Economists See U S Recovery Amid War Demand
New York Oct 9 United States enters a period of good business recovery due to domestic conditions and European war impact. Early peace could trigger a temporary recession, say 30 economists surveyed by AP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United State
Europe
Associated Press
Seymour L. Andrew
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
New York City
James Washington Bell
Northwestern University
Evanston
M. R. Benedict
University of California
Stuart Chase
National Economic Committee
Georgetown
Conn
Navy patrols detect non-American submarine near Key West
The White House said navy patrols observed a small non-American submarine about 20 miles west of Key West Florida yesterday. Stephen Early noted it may be the craft reported Saturday off Miami and said two non-American tankers were in the area. Nationality of the vessels was not disclosed and verification was ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Navy
Key West
Fla
Stephen Early
Miami
Cotton Crop Fixed At 11 928 000 Bales
The agriculture department forecast this year’s cotton crop at 11 928 000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. The third estimate compares with 12 380 000 bales a month earlier and 11 412 000 two months earlier. Last year yielded 11 943 000 bales. the ten year average is 13 800 000. The October 1 crop condition was 68 percent of normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Crop Reporting Board
Grand Jurors Here Fail to Make Report
The federal grand jury in session resumed investigations into routine cases after a weekend recess but produced no report. Six routine cases were probed, three were no billed, and no partial report was given on others. District Attorney Harvey G. Fields said a report may come Friday with non routine matters, while routine items dominate today. The court session also covered motions and jury selection in a civil case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Harvey G. Fields
Fields
Federal Court
Gaston Porterie
Tax assessment probe launched in New Orleans area
A federal grand jury began an inquiry into an alleged tax assessment reduction racket in New Orleans with United States Attorney Rene A. Viesen promising a voluminous file from WPA investigators. The probe follows prior Wilkinson charges claiming state treasury losses. other parish grand juries, including Monroe East Baton Rouge Caddo and Calcasieu, also resumed sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Rene A. Viesen
Hugh M. Wilkinson
Orleans Parish
Wilkinson
Viosca
WPA
Grand Jury
Louisiana
Paul F. Hansen
Monroe
East Baton Rouge
Caddo
Calcasieu Parish
Germany moves to repatriate Germans from Baltic states
Berlin announces plans to negotiate with the Baltic states for immediate transfer of German blood residents to Reich territories. Key issues include compensation for real estate and capital assets to avoid harming Baltic economies while protecting Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Baltic States
Reich
Hitler
Poland
Europe
Ouachita Fair Draws 30000 in Valley Exhibition
Attendance at the Ouachita Valley fair ending Sunday was about 30,000 with 8,000 paid admissions on Saturday. Weather was perfect from opening day Tuesday through Sunday. Visitors came from distant parts of the Fifth district and beyond, and state official Harry D. Wilson praised the event in letters to fair management. The rodeo and all six exhibitions drew capacity crowds and dismantling began Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Eby
Fifth Congressional District
Harry D. Wilson
Baton Rouge
Fair Management
Red flag of Soviet Russia raised at Tulane campus
The red flag of Soviet Russia appeared atop Tulane University’s flagpole before dawn, after the ropes were cut and the pole greased. Porters lowered the emblem as students paused for class. Officials weighed humor versus malice. similar stunts have occurred with LSU banners in the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Russia
Tulane University
Louisiana State University
Missing pilot D D Watson found dead near Cruthersville
Cruthersville Missouri October 9 D B Watson an army air corps pilot from Randolph Field Texas was found dead in his wrecked plane fifteen miles from Cruthersville this afternoon police said Watson aged 42 had been missing since early today a search party located the aircraft and pilot's body in the wreckage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cruthersville
D. D. Watson
Army Air
Randolph Field
Tex
Here
Not Guilty Pleas Entered in Tax Case Nets Five Defendants
In New Orleans four Lake Charles nightclub operators and a tax consultant pleaded not guilty in U S district court to conspiracy to evade federal income taxes. The group faces counts alleging false partnership returns and evasion totaling about eleven thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Lake Charles
United States District Court
H. A. Mitchem
C. M. Lewis
George W. Woodard
Felix Maggiore
Robert Dalovisio
Woodard
Mitchem
Lewis
Maggiore
Dalovisio
J. H. Handley
Handley
Woodward
Auto Wreck Near Blanchard Kills Four
Four people died and three were injured in a two car crash on the Shreveport Blanchard highway near Blanchard. Victims were Dexter J. Eaton 48 W Durham Rives 56 A F Thomas 60 and Jerry Ann Nelson 21 months old. Injured were Steve Walton 39 and James Hollingsworth and wife of near Blanchard. The Hollingsworth car struck the Vivian vehicle causing the fatal sequence. The Nelson child was the Hollingsworths granddaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Blanchard
Shreveport-Blanchard
Jerry Ann Nelson
Lloyd Nelson
Dexter J. Eaton
W. Durham Rives
A. F. Thomas
Vivian
Steve Walton
James Hollingsworth
Miles J. Byrne
W. M. Tyler
Hollingsworth
Nelson
Hollingsworths
Minister James Wilson Johnson Dies During Sermon
Dr. James Wilson Johnson 65 died of a heart attack while preaching at First Methodist Church in Newnan Georgia. He served 42 years in ministry including prominent southern pastorates and was a World War I chaplain. Survivors include his widow a daughter in Louisville and three sons with brothers listed in Alabama and Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newnan
James Wilson Johnson
First Methodist Church
Judicial Council
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Alabama
Kentucky
Texas
Georgia
Samuel B. Kirby
Louisville
J. W. Johnson, Jr
Fort Worth
Tex
H. McCoy Johnson
T. H. Johnson
Langdale
Ala
S. A. Johnson
Hartselle
Chanler Says He Will Not Seek Re election
W J B Chanler of Ida a two term Caddo parish legislator and administration follower announced he will not run again. He cited the present legislative pay rate as the major reason in a statement released to the press.
Highest Court to Rule on 3 Labor Disputes
The U S Supreme Court agrees to hear three AFL CIO labor act challenges. Issues include Pacific coast longshoremen union certification, ballot rights in a Consumers Power run off, and Waterman Steamship reinstatement with back pay after membership changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oct
Supreme Court
American Federation of Labor
National Labor Relations Act
United States Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Labor Board
Court of Appeals
Sixth Federal Circuit Court
Consumers Power Company
Jackson
Mich
Fifth Federal Circuit
Waterman Steamship Corporation of
Mobile
Ala
Federation
Louisiana political bout heats up with governors race moves
In Louisiana on Oct. 9, Sam Jones lambasted “costly mansions” of political plunderers while Earl Long pledges economy and honesty. James A. Noe assails promises and names Charles E. McKenzie campaign manager. James Morrison criticizes Long and Jones at Covington event. Short backs farm price standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Sam Jones
Lake Charles
Earl K. Long
James A. Noe
Harrahan
Earl Long
Bob Maestri
Charles E. McKenzie
Monroe
Covington
James H. Morrison
Long
Jones
Noe
John P. Short
Donaldsonville
Short
Gladney urges cleanup as Legion acts on officials
Edward L. Gladney Jr., commander of the Louisiana American Legion, told Third district legionnaires that while the Legion stays out of politics, members must help remove officials unfaithful to duty. He spoke to posts at New Iberia Thibodaux Houma Franklin Lafayette Napoleonville Morgan City and Breaux Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan City
Legionnaires
Third District
Edward L. Gladney
Louisiana Department of the American Legion
American Legion
Gladney
New Iberia
Thibodaux
Houma
Franklin
Lafayette
Napoleonville
Breaux Bridge
Britain and France in Accord on War Aims
London reports Chamberlain stating Britain and France are in complete accord on war aims and will refine specifics through consultation. Britain prepares for a formal reply to Hitler’s peace gestures as Parliament reconvenes and Chamberlain faces a weekly war review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
France
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Reichstag
Commons
Hitler
Poland
United States
Motors Trial Opens Over Anti Trust Charges
The General Motors corporation and affiliates face an anti trust trial in federal court in South Bend Indiana. Defendants include GM Marketing Finance units and 19 officials led by Alfred P Sloan Jr and William S Knudsen. The case follows May 27 1938 indictments accusing a monopoly scheme via in house financing harming small firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
General Motors Corporation
General Motors Sales Corporation
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
William S. Knudsen
Detroit Automotive
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
Ford
Chrysler
Thomas W. Slick
Indiana
General Motors
Walter C. Lindley
Danville
Eastern
Illinois
Slick
Holmes Baldridge
Washington
John Thomas Smith
Dawries Heads Louisiana National Guard Association
Major P A Dayries elected president of the National Guard Association of Louisiana at New Orleans. The meeting in Jackson barracks followed a review and drill and awarded the Louisiana distinguished service medal to Adjutant General Raymond H. Fleming. Seven officers received 25 year service citations as plans discussed boosting national guard strength to 235000 with Louisiana quota of 450 and 126 already enlisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
P. A. Dayries
141St Field Artillery
National Guard Association of Louisiana
Harry Stahl
Shreveport
Jackson Barracks
Raymond H. Fleming
National Guard
Fleming
The
National Guard Association
Louisiana
Contempt Charges Rise After Byrne Controversy In New Orleans
In New Orleans on October 9, Judge George P. Platt ordered two Orleans Parish grand jurors arrested for contempt as they tried to read a petition seeking to recuse District Attorney Charles A. Byrne. The petition accused Byrne of obstructing the grand jury’s work amid investigations into irregularities and double moving of a Charity hospital project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Grand Jury
George P. Platt
Criminal District Court
Charles A. Byrne
Byrne
Edgar H. Powell
Platt
Sidney de Armas
A Wise
Pope
Boat
Richard W. Leche
Oscar K. Allen
Eugene Stanley
Stanley
Huey P. Long
R. M. Slavant
Conrad Meyer, Jr
Powell
Dean Powell Rejects Louisiana Bishopric for Washington Cathedral
Dean Noble C. Powell of Washington cathedral declined a second election to become bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Louisiana. He cited the grueling self and work review and said he can best serve in his current post at Mt. St. Albans and the cathedral, sustaining clergy contacts and ongoing duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Noble C. Powell
Washington Cathedral
Episcopal Diocese of
Louisiana
Mt. St. Albans
College of Preachers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Paynter
New York
Federal
Ouachita Fair
Tulane
George M. Goben
Gobens
Lucas, Ia
Reds
Rome
Il Corriere Padano
Italo Balbo
Libya
Balbo
Nello Guilici
Il Corriere
Marshal Klementi E. Voroshiloff
Voroshiloff
Italy
Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Motors
Davries Will Head Guard Association
Orleans
Dean Powell
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!