Daladier Pledges Quick France Rebuild in Six Weeks
Premier Daladier seeks a six week dictatorial program to rebuild France's economy and finances after political strife and diplomatic errors. Parliament granted decree power until November 15 with limits tied to socialist reforms and no inflation. A revaluation of gold reserves at the Bank of France is noted as a temporary step.
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Paris
Daladier
France
People’s Front
Bank of France
Lewis Calls CIO Convention Sours Labor Peace Hopes
John L. Lewis announced a CIO constitutional convention to be held in Pittsburgh on November 14, aiming to establish a permanent industrial union. AFL leaders view the move as undermining President Roosevelt's call for labor peace amid ongoing AFL CIO tensions. Green sees it as a rebuff to the president and plans for the federation to consider the CIO action in its resolutions committee.
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Houston
Tex
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
A. F
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
A. F. of L
William Green
Federation
Lewis
Green
Convention Resolutions Committee
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Paris Rejects Balloon Barrier Plan for City Defense
The French government refused the Paris city fathers plan to shield the capital with an eight mile tethered balloon screen. It would require 3,000 balloons and 40,000 ground crew at an initial cost of 2 billion francs and could be vulnerable to enemy wire-cutting. Officials favored evacuation as more practical and cheaper.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
Chamberlain Wins Confidence Vote Over Munich Policy
London report states the House of Commons backed Prime Minister Chamberlain by 366 to 144 in approving his Munich bargain. The majority supported his claim that the policy saved Czechoslovakia from destruction and protected Europe from Armageddon amid the recent crisis.
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London
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Munich
Europe
House
Czechoslovakia
Probe reports ready for hearings on nine states
Washington Oct 6 The senate campaign expenditures committee met to review progress on agents investigations in nine states. A report is ready on a letter soliciting funds under Senator Guffey's purported signature. Guffey denies knowledge of the letter's origin. The panel notes possible criminal code violations if a federal employee was solicited for funds.
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Washington
Sheppard
Texas
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Pennsylvania
Democratic State Committee
Guffey
Secretary of the Treasury
Three Killed In Philippine Storm Passes Into China Sea
A typhoon swept the Philippine Archipelago leaving three known dead and heavy damage to public works communications and crops across 230 provinces. The storm moved from La Union toward the China sea as Manila escaped the worst.
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Manila
Philippine Archipelago
China Sea
la Union
Lion's owner charged with manslaughter in boardwalk tragedy
Joseph Dobish 50 faces manslaughter charges after his lion Tuffy escaped from a cage and killed Thomas Saito 37 in Wildwood New Jersey. Police and volunteers formed a posse to cordon the area as the animal roamed the boardwalk for hours before being slain by a police bullet.
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Wildwood
N. J
Leonard Byrne
Joseph Dobish
Thomas Saito
Philadelphia
Ocean Front
Tuffy
Saito
Dobish
Nobel Peace Prize Sought for Benes
H G Wells urged in a London Times letter that former Czechoslovak president Eduard Benes receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Wells said Benes’s moderation and wisdom deserve recognition as the world awaits the next peace prize amid postwar relief.
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Benes
London
H. G. Wells
London Times Today
Czechoslovakia
Ex-legislator W A Steidley Dies in Crowley
W A Steidley aged 87 former grand secretary of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Louisiana died Wednesday night in Crowley He was a member of the state legislature many years ago.
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Crowley
W. A. Steidley
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
Louisiana
Czechs protest beyond Munich accord in League note
The Czechoslovak delegation said the German members of the Berlin based Sudetenland commission pushed new demands for ceding territory beyond Munich. They urged immediate occupation of industrial and communications centers with Czech populations and plebiscites in areas with minimal German population. The commission in Berlin had already agreed to a fifth zone, expanding German control by October 10.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Geran
International Sudetenland Commission
Berlin
Munich
International Commission
Germany
iThe
Czechoslovakia
Sudeten
Rodeo Slated at Fair Today in West Monroe
After a bustling fair day with about 3000 attendees the Quachita Valley fair moves to a night rodeo as the main attraction. A daytime parade featured horses mules steers and livestock through West Monroe and Monroe with local bands leading the procession to the parade end.
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West
Monroe
West Monroe
Trenton Street
New Traffic Bridge
Walnut Street
DeSiard Street
Sixth
Grammont Street
South Grand
Old Toll Bridge
Pick-a-Back Plane Aims for Transcontinental Record
The Mercury, a British pick-a-back sea plane, left Dundee Scotland aiming to set a new nonstop long-distance record. It seeks 6,370 miles from Dundee to Capetown, matching or beating the 6,295 mile Moscow to California route set in 1937 by Soviet aviators.
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Dundee
Scotland
Mercury
Atlantic
Capetown
South Africa
Mikhail Gromoff
Moscow
California
North Pole
Chamberlain maps new arms program after Munich debate
London reports Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain plans an unprecedented rearmament drive as a follow up to the Munich peace talks. He asks ministers for a concrete program ready before Commons reconvenes November 1 amid debate on the four power pact and defense gaps.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Daladier
France
John Simon
John
Winston Churchill
Britain
Munich
Commons
May Be Islands Lease Bid Challenge in Louisiana
Baton Rouge La Oct 6 Lessley P Gardiner warned people seeking mineral rights on several small islands off the Louisiana coast that the state owns them. The federal government claims 295.77 acres Timbalier island and two nearby islets and has invited bids by Oct 31. The dispute centers on the Louisiama purchase and the 1812 ceded area.
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Baton Rouge
Lessley P. Gardiner
Timbalier
LaFourche Parish
Louisiama Purchase
Louisiana
United States
Timbalier Island
Gardiner
Novel coal tossing tale sparks police fine in Grant Park
In ANReAniver C A McM itrey tossed coal at a crowd to provoke a reaction and was fined 12 dollars plus costs after police intervened. A Denver laundry worker Robert Salvate heard a hissing noise as a cat named Fluff jumped from a washer bag revealed by Jo Ann Hoffman, missing for three days.
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C. A. McMitrey
Allipoe
Grant Park
John L. Cone
B. S
Gators
McMurtrey
Cone
Denver
Robert Salvate
Jo Ann Hoffman
Hoffman
Hoople Holds Line After Corner Drug Clerk Request
Warner Hoople responds to a clerk at a corner drug store who told him to hold the line. The incident continues on the next page.
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Evanston, II
Warner Hoople
Monroe Civic Music drive ends this Saturday
Only two days remain in the annusly membership campaign of the Monroe Civic Music association. E. C. Gibson says no more memberships can be received after 10 pm Saturday. budget depends on current totals and funds concerts for the coming season. He commended team captains and solicitors for progress amid competing community activities.
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Monroe Civic Music Association
E. C. Gibson
Gibson
Millican, Police Juror, Dies After Wounding in Baton Rouge
Frank Millican a 49 year old police juror from Ward five Deerford East Baton Rouge parish died after a September 17 quarrel over a ditch with Tom Methvin a 65 year old farmer and ward political leader Methvin claimed self defense saying Millican advanced in a threatening manner Millican chaired the road and bridge committee for the police jury result of a fatal gun wound in Baton Rouge
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Baton Rouge
Frank Millican
Deerford
East Baton Rouge Parish
Tom Methvin
Methvin
Millican
Police Jury Road and Bridge
Girl appeals jail sentence in case of escape of two prisoners
Lula Belle Kimmel, 22, from Lexington North Carolina, appeals a 60 day jail term after aiding the escape of two inmates, James Godwin and Bill Wilson, who were sought for murder and burglary. She was released on a $200 appeal bond and faces a suspended four month sentence. Godwin, charged with first degree burglary, faced a possible death penalty.
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T. C. Kimel
Davidson County
Lexington
N.C
Lula Belle
James Godwin
Bill Wilson
Godwin
Lala Belle
Kimel
Husky Lula Belle Kimmel
Sherif Raymond Bowers
L. A. Martin
Bowers
Benes Brother Sees Short Peace After Sudeten Ceding
Votja Benes brother of Edouard Benes, who resigned as Czechoslovakia's president, tells 1000 Bridgeport Czechoslovakians that ceding the Sudetenland will not bring lasting peace. He denounces the agreement as a sale and warns Germany will seek further conquest under Hitler's philosophy of war.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Votja Benes
Edouard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Germany
Benes
Hitler
Yankees Clinch World Series as Crosetti and DiMaggio Hit Homers
At Wrigley Field Chicago on October 6 the Yankees beat the Cubs 6 to 1. Frankie Crosetti and Joe DiMaggio hit solo drives with men on base. Dizzy Dean was pulled in the ninth as New York sealed the series with dominant hitting and pitching.
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Happy” Felsch
Milwaukee
Wrigley Field
Chicago Cubs
New York Yankees
Happy
Crosetti
DiMaggio
Chicago
Frankie Crosetti
Joe DiMaggio
Disey Dean
Dizzy Dean
Lefty Garne
Yankees
Crete
Dean
Gomes
Industry Eager to Aid Recovery Amid Roosevelt Unity Push
Washington reports that industry officials signaled eagerness to cooperate with labor and government for economic recovery. Charles M Hook of the National Association of Manufacturers urged no rattling of industrial giants, while Roosevelt favors peaceful negotiation to resolve tensions. Reaction varied as Republican leaders blamed namecalling for the slump. Labor fronts show continued strife despite calls for unity.
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Washington
Charlies M. Hook
National Association of Man
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Kook
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National
Hyde Parks
Child Killed by Unloaded Pistol in Golden Meadow
In Golden Meadow on October 6 a ten year old boy Emile Cheramie Jr. was killed when a toy pistol he pointed at another Cheramie child caused a discharge. Earlier incidents include a scalding from boiling water and a drowning in Bayou Lafourche involving Cheramie children.
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Golden Meadow
Emile Cheramie, Jr
Cheramie
Bayou Lafourche
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