Overton urges retention of arms embargo in senate
Louisiana Democrat Senator Overton argues against repealing the arms embargo warning that arming European belligerents could draw the United States into war. He says neutrality and national defense must go hand in hand and opposes any step toward foreign involvement while stressing dangers of a home grown dictatorship if the nation enters war. He supports selective exports for noncombatants but not weapons.
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Two More Police Jurors Indicted in Shreveport Case
Caddo parish police jury faces new indictments raising total charged members to seven. Frank Fulco, printing plant operator, and John D. Lyles, laundry owner, are charged with violating a statute that bars jurors or firms in which they have an interest from selling to the jury. Fulco faces 15 counts for parish printing work totaling $1,092.68. Lyles faces eight counts for laundry work ranging from $2.50 to $80 over two years.
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Ourator
John D. Lyles
Earl Illiamson
Death Row inmate to hear World Series outcome tomorrow
Twenty two inmates at central prison on death row listen to the World Series broadcast. One inmate Charles Fain faces execution for criminal assault and burglary tomorrow. Other items include a car crash in Kendallville Indiana, a Denver crash death of a mother and injury to her sister, and civic scheduling quirks in Houston and a tax dispute over city hall in International Falls.
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Reds
Charles Fain
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W. L. Whitlock
Mary Whitlock
Josephine Lane
Biggest day at Ouachita Fair draws 6000 attendees
The Ouachita Fair reached its peak on Wednesday with about 6,000 visitors. West Monroe Rodeo Association opened the event with a largely attended night show as part of a week of nightly programs.
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Ouachita Fair
West Monroe Rodeo Association
Hitler in Warsaw Triumph Seen as Step Toward Peace Terms
Adolf Hitler visited Warsaw in triumph as Nazi forces paraded after the city’s surrender. He planned to address the Reichstag with a possible peace terms outline while Western fronts showed limited action and Eastern Poland was described as mopped up.
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Reichsfuerer Hitler
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Poland
Associated Press
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Germany
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Anti Trust Quiz Brought South Expands to New Orleans
Federal probe into antitrust violations in building materials extends to the south with New Orleans as regional HQ. Tom C. Clark leads the regional office with jurisdiction over eight southern states. Subordinate offices will open in Dallas Houston Monroe Hammond Jacksonville Birmingham and Norfolk. Clark says the goal is to lower home construction costs and subpoenas will compel records on product prices for comparison with testimony and audits.
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Hammond
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Birmingham
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Norfolk
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South
Britain Aims to Break German U Boat Campaign
London reports a naval tech contest as Britain and Germany duel submarines. Admiralty secrecy hides plans while experts note improved heater torpedoes and depth charges. Depth charges can crush submarine hulls, even if not exact. Britain abandons WWI anti torpedo nets as nets proved weak.
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Germany
Kenneth Edwards
Britain
KWKH In Shreveport Boosts to 50 000 Watt Daytime Power
KWKH in Shreveport began daytime broadcasts at 50 000 watts the highest in the United States, with tests and a directional antenna planned to redirect power south and southwest. Full 50 000 watt operation to all directions is expected within 10 to 14 days with daylight use nationwide and night power adjusted accordingly.
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KWKH
Shreveport Times
News-Star—World
United States
Federal Communications Commission
Communications Commission
The
Pittman Holds 3 High Senate Posts
Senator Pittman of Nevada, a Democrat, today held three top senate roles including chairman of the foreign relations committee and president pro tempore. He also became acting majority leader in Barkley’s absence as the Kentucky Democrat attended Senator Marvel Mills Logan’s funeral with Minton, Indiana, the majority whip.
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Senator Pittman
Nevada
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Chamber
Barkley
Kentucky
Minton
Indiana
Marvel Mills Logan
Bank bandits threaten to blow Picher bank with nitroglycerine
Three desperadoes who kidnapped Tulsa salesman Raymond C. Quirk and held him for over a day grabbed cash from the First State bank in Picher and a Webbers Falls raid. They threatened to blow the bank sky high with nitroglycerine and escaped in a stolen car after partial disclosures.
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Oklahoma
Webbers Falls
Pretty Boy Floyd
Raymond C. Quirk
Tulsa
Vinita
Miami
Quirk
Clarence Miller
Miller
Clarence (Blondie) McLanahan
W. A. Brewer
Claremore
Fairland
Mother of Eight Sentenced to Life in Uniontown Shooting
A mother of eight was sentenced to life in prison in Uniontown after shooting her husband when he stopped her credit at a company store. Judge W Russell Carr called the act wilful deliberate and premeditated. She testified he cut off food to starve her and the children. She said he began choking her and she shot seven bullets into Vallelonga.
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Tony Vallelonga
W. Russell Carr
Vallelonya
City officials okayed. legislature members not violating charter
New Orleans October 5 assistant city attorney William F P Conkerton released an opinion for Mayor Maestri stating that legislators employed by the city are not in violation of the city charter. District Attorney Byrne had earlier said he would take no action, citing a supreme court ruling. Conkerton noted conflicting decisions but affirmed the view that city workers who are legislators are not holding offices in breach of Section 53.
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New Orleans
William FP. Conkerton
Robert S. Maestri
Charles A. Byrne
Supreme Court
Conkerton
Francis
Shipping Warnings From Europe Reach U S In War Start
Washington reports nearly two dozen warnings to shipping from European nations in the first month of the war. Germany urged American ships to avoid suspicious behavior in French and English waters and not to join convoys. It also warned of mined Baltic areas. Hull warned against indiscriminate warfare and advised staying out of European seas. France said navigational lights are being discontinued and foreign ships must stay beyond three miles unless permitted.
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State Department
Germany
Baltic Sea
Hull
United States
Europe
France
War vivid on Maginot line tour through German-held frontier
Associated Press photographer Henry C. Cassidy reports the Western Front quiet yet calls the war serious after touring the Maginot line and entering German territory west of Saarbruecken. The radiophoto from Paris shows Cassidy in helmet and field glasses.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
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Saarbruecken
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Federal grand jury probe here aided by special aides
Acting on instructions from John Rogge and Harold Rosenwald special assistants to the attorney general assisted U S Attorney Harvey G Fields in a grand jury inquiry. A partial report yielded 24 true bills for offenses including liquor laws narcotics and counterfeiting with sentences and suspensions announced after a morning session.
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United States Attorney General
Department of Justice
Harold Rosenwald
Alfred Teton
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Harvey G. Fields
Ben C. Dawkins
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Monroe
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Halliburton’s Fate Confirmed By Boat Crew Adrift
Seattle report says Richard Halliburton is dead after his junk Taiping, crewed with Captain Anderson and companions, drifted 106 days from Shanghai. The Discoverer sighted the battered group near Vancouver Island as they clung to survival with scant food and water.
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Richard Halliburton
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John Anderson
Yangtse River
Taiping
Shanghai
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Vancouver Island
Coast Survey
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Pearson Delivers Two-Hit gem in 4-0 World Series win
Yankee pitcher Marcellus Monte Pearson held the Cincinnati Reds to two singles as New York won 4 to 0 at Yankee Stadium. Babe Dahlgren hit a 400-foot homer in the fourth, driving in three runs after a third-inning rally that featured Frank Crosetti, Red Rolfe, and Charley Keller. The crowd neared 60,000 as the Yankees claimed a second straight victory in the series.
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Cincinnati Reds
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Pearson
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Wally Berger
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Joe DiMaggio
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Reds
Charley Ruffing
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Monte Pearson
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U-Boat Lands 28 Survivors Off Irish Coast
German submarine landed 28 men from the torpedoed Greek steamer Diamantis near Dingle County Kerry before Irish guards could detain it. Survivors ferried ashore by collapsible boat, six taken to Dingle hospital for injuries.
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British Press Association
Ireland
Dingle
County Kerry
Roger Casement
Dublin
Land’s End
Press Association
Louisiana Supreme Court orders judge to reinstate juror coercion case
The Louisiana Supreme Court ordered Judge R R Reeves of Ouachita Parish to show cause on November 10 why he should not be ordered to reinstate and hear a case where Johnny Whitlock and Sandel Berry were accused of trying to corrupt juror Ben H Crawford in the trial of Jimmy Rhodes for voluntary homicide. Reeves had earlier dropped charges against Berry and Whitlock, ruling no reward or threat was proven.
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Louisiana Supreme Court Today
R. R. Reeves
Ouachita Parsh
Ben H. Crawford
Jimmy Rhodes
Johnny Whitlock
Sandel Berry
Reeves
Rhodes
Berry
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