Eunice Editor Faces 10 More Indictments
St Landry parish grand jury returns ten additional counts against Howard D. Strother Eunice editor and state senate candidate accusing him of overcharging for parish printing in his Eunice New Era. Strother blames political enemies amid busy gubernatorial campaign activity in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
St. Landry Parish
Parish
Howard D. Strother
Eunice
State Senate
Strother
James H. Morrison
Winnfield
Earl K. Long
Baton Rouge
Askready
Sam Jones
Louisiana
Vincent Moseley
Constitutional League For Civil Liberties
James A. Noe
Noe
Joming
Joseph A. Airey
Citizens Voluntary Committee
The
Eunice New Era
Britain Deposits Magna Charta at Library of Congress
The eleventh Marquess of Lothian carries England's magna charta to the Library of Congress for safekeeping during the European war with 24 hour armed guard like the constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Archibald MacLeish announces the display near those documents as three great democratic papers unite.
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Washington
Marquess of Lothian
England
Library of Congress
Archibald MacLeish
Lord Lothian
United States
Capitol
Runnymede
John
British Museum
Salisbury
New Solution for Destroying Mines Offered in New Orleans
The Times-Picayune reports a fisherman proposed to salvage mines by releasing Louisiana alligator gars with steel bands. The gar would trigger and explode mines, protecting people but not the fish, a plan aimed at Britain's German mine crisis.
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New Orleans
Great Britain
Times-Picayune
King George
Louisiana
Waldo Cockerham Named Secretary to Governor Long
Governor Earl K. Long announced Waldo Cockerham will serve five years as secretary to the governor. He said Earle Christenberry has acted as secretary and has not drawn pay from the office. The governor claimed his own accounts show funds on hand with private audit possible on Tugwell’s books.
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Baton Rouge
Waldo Cockerham
Earl K. Long
Long
Earle Christenberry
Tugwell
A. P. Tugwell
Warren Sought as Witness in Dillon's Trial
Ouachita parish police jury president J. Lloyd Warren remains missing for jury service as prosecutors press the Dillon embezzlement case. Witness W. L. Brewster testified Dillon took $65 from the reformatory sale and later sought $100 to give Warren while Warren faced a $7,500 bond and possible court appearance Friday.
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J. Lloyd Warren
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Training Institutes Governing Board
Harvey Dillon
Reformatory
Dillon
Warren
Sheriff's Office
W. L. Brewster
Brewster
J. Reuel Boone
Joe Cawthorne
George Wesley Smith
Dr. Dillon
Blewster
Basketball's Inventor James Naismith Dies at 78
Dr. James A. Naismith, 78, inventor of basketball and Kansas University physical education professor emeritus, died at 1:50 am after a cerebral hemorrhage and heart disease. He originated the game in 1891 with two peach baskets at a Springfield YMCA training school and later helped shape its rules and spread.
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Lawrence
Kans
James A. Naismith
Naismith
Kansas University
Springfield
Mass
University of Kansas
French Communist Leader Thorez Sentenced for Desertion
Maurice Thorez secretary-general of the French Communist party before it was outlawed was sentenced by default to six years imprisonment as a deserter from the army. The military court also ordered confiscation of his property. Thorez a 39 year old deputy had been accused of desertion after leaving his regiment on October 6 and failing to rejoin. He had been sought by police since then.
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Paris
Maurice Thorez
French
Communist Party
Thorez
Chamber of Deputies
Roosevelt weighs deficit cut and defense boost plan
In Warm Springs Georgia President Roosevelt grades the looming deficit of about 3.5 billion dollars for the year ending June 30 and proposes cutting it by roughly half while increasing defense spending by 500 million. He and Budget Director Harold D. Smith spent three hours reviewing the next year’s budget focusing on treasury justice and Panama Canal funding.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Harold D. Smith
Treasury and
Justice Departments
Panama Canal
Smith
Washington
House
Treasury
Governor Long Denies State Employees Forced Campaign Donations
Baton Rouge Louisiana governor Earl K Long rejected claims that state workers were compelled to contribute up to 50 percent of salaries to his campaign and pledged to fire any official who enforces such demands. He urged the People’s League to prove accusations while noting many employees refuse contributions and that he has personally funded his campaign with his full governor’s salary.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
People's League
League
Long
People’s League
Constitutional League For Home Rule
League For
Spring Creek
Lutcher
Final Tribute to P M Atkins in Rites Here
Final tribute to P. M. Atkins 59 outstanding citizen of northeast Louisiana was paid at his home 520 Riverside Drive Tuesday at 10 30 am. Death Sunday night from an internal hemorrhage prompted elaborate floral designs from public officials sportsmen and business executives. Funeral service by Rev. Ernest Duncan Holloway was held at First Presbyterian Church before burial at Riverview Park.
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P. M. Atkins
Louisiana
Riverside Drive
Ernest Duncan Holloway
First Presbyterian Church
Atkins
Riverview Burial Park
Mr. Atkins
J. T. Conger
Vitamin B-1 Treatment Aids Paralysis Victims
Medical Record reports vitamin B-1 improving amytrophic lateral sclerosis in a Canadian World War veteran. After 10 weeks of injections and a vitamin rich diet, muscle strength and speech improved. W. J. McCormick cites recovery in infantile paralysis and other muscle nerve diseases, linking benefits to diet and food processing changes.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees
W. J. McCormick
M. D
Toronto
McCormick
Germany
Austria
Speeding Defendant Denies Identity in High Point Court
Officer R I Barr testified the defendant charged with speeding was doing 80 mph. The man gave the name Schram in court while denying the charge. A twin-split report from Gary Indiana notes a boy offers pennies as a reward for his missing dog Snubby.
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High Point
N. C
R. I. Barr
S-c-h-r
Red Cross Roll Call Nears Deadline in Ouachita Parish
George D. Holland urged Ouachita parish residents to join the Red Cross during the final two days of the annual roll call. He stressed war related needs and asked all not yet solicited to enroll, aiming for at least 3 000 members parish wide.
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Red Cross
George D. Holland
Ouachita Parish
Holland
Europe
Quachita Parish
Fish weighs presidential bid after war stance split
Rep Fish of New York says he may seek the Republican nomination on a keep America out of war platform and plans a midwest and western speaking tour. He will open in Tucson four days after Thomas Dewey speaks in Minneapolis, noting entry would depend on whether war as a paramount issue is presented.
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Washington
Representative Fish
Republican
New York
Middle
Far West
Tucson
Ariz
Thomas E. Dewey
Minneapolis
Fish
Shushan and four others enter innocent pleas
A. L. Shushan and four defendants pleaded innocent to mail fraud charges in a Louisiana political corruption probe. Trial set for December 4 after a judge overruled motions for delay or a publicity change. Defendants include Robert J. Newman Norvin Trent Harris Jr. and Herbert Waguespack with Henry J. Miller, tied to a $496,000 levee board fee for bond refunding advice.
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New Orleans
A. L. Shushan
Louisiana
Edmond E. Talbot
Counsel For
Defense
Wayne G. Borah
Borah
Orleans
Levee Board
Robert J. Newman
Norvin Trent Harris, Jr
Herbert Waguespack
Henry J. Miller
Talbot
Fisher Removed as Voters Registrar in Jefferson Parish
Louisiana state board of registration removed Elias Fisher as Jefferson Parish registrar of voters after 15 years. Governor Earl K. Long announced unanimous board action. Ernest Riviere is to succeed Fisher. Fisher is uncle of Senator Jules G. Fisher and brother of Joe Fisher, recent aviation panel secretary.
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Baton Rouge
State Board of Registration
Elias Fisher
Jefferson Parish
Earl K. Long
Lorris M. Wimberly
Coleman E. Lindsey
Ernest Riviere
Jules G. Fisher
Long
Board of Registration
Joe Fisher
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Aeronautics Commission
Nazi Sea Clash With England Deepens As Finland Russia Ties напряж
Helsinki reports Russia denounced the Finnish nonaggression pact while Germany claims a British heavy cruiser was torpedoed off the Shetland Islands. King George vows sea lanes remain open as Chamberlain announces a British French blockade against Germany. Finland offers to withdraw troops if Moscow does likewise and urges an old joint border commission to mediate.
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Germany
Great Britain
North Sea
Berlin
London
Shetland
Orkney Islands
Helsinki
Foreign Office
Russia
Finland
Moscow
Associated Press
Shetland Islands
Europe
Scapa Flow
North Atlantic
King George
Chamberlain
Fineland
Ashburn Funds Investigated Over Inland Waterways Audit
New OrleansNovember 28 Col J M Johnson assistant secretary of commerce announced an audit of Major General Q Ashburn former Inland Waterways president. The inquiry covers a $5000 yearly expense account plus other costs and a $20000 yacht usage. Justice Department review and future action will follow the audit which spans 1924 onward.
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New Orleans
Colnel J. Monroe Johnson
Commerce
Q. Ashborn
Inland Waterways Corporation
Colonel Johnson
Chester C. Thompson
Rock Island, Ill
Aubrey C. Mills
Commerce Department
Thompeson
Johnson
Waterways Corporation
Secretary of War
Ashburn
Department of Justice
General Ashburn
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Grant F. Wentz
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Utah
Barth
Dalene
Marie Wentz
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Rsland
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Tian
Sishetland
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Amburg
Sremen
Qzirmany
Va Eee
U. S
Cockerham
GOV
Earl Long
Christenberry
Gary
Buddy) Maddock
Snubby
Texarkana
Tex
Shushan
Fisher
Voters
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Waterways
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