New Deal to Back Party in Pennsylvania
The New Deal plans to aid Pennsylvania campaigns led by James A. Farley with eight big guns, including Ickes Wallace and Barkley. The effort targets the U S Senate race and state government control as Governor Earle seeks the first Democratic state chief executive in 44 years.
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The
New Deal
James A. Farley
Pennsylvania
United States
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Guffey
Hyde Park
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Cummings
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Alabama
Bankhead
Rayburn
Texas
John L. Lewis
Keystone
George H. Earle
United
Unemployment Drops Sharply As Reemployment Grows
A government economist estimates June unemployment at 10,250,000, about 9,250,000 now, implying roughly 1.0 million fewer jobless and one quarter of recession losses restored. WPA rolls rise to about 3,120,000 as relief funding shifted to new available funds. Secretary Roper cites GM recall of 35,000 workers as a sign of renewed re employment efforts.
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Washington
Roper
General Motors
Former Huey Long Partner Injured In Automobile Collision
George T. McSween 42, once Huey P. Long's law partner and son-in-law of Chief Justice Charles A. O'Neill, was struck by a car in Shreveport and suffered a fractured skull. The incident follows his involvement in a state bar controversy over alleged sale of exam questions.
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Shreveport
George T. McSween
Huey P. Long
McSween
Charles A. O'Neill
State Supreme Court
Hugh Wilkinson
State Bar
Bar Board of Governors
Overtime Rule Sparks Wage Hour Debate
Washington officials study a potential difference in calculating overtime between weekly workers and hourly paid staff. The outcome could let some workers exceed 44 hours a week after the law starts without raising total income, an unofficial interpretation awaiting potential court review.
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Washington
Funeral for Rev H L Walton Friday in Rayville
Reverend Harry L. Walton pastor of First Presbyterian Rayville dies after lingering illness at home. Funeral Friday at 3 p.m. at the Rayville church with ministers from Minden Monroe and other local churches officiating. Interment in Rayville Masonic cemetery. Survived by wife, a son and a daughter H C Walton of …
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First Presbyterian Church
Rayville
Louisiana
W. F. O'Kelly
Minden
Ernest Duncan Holloway
First Presbyterian Church of
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Labor group denounces Munich Pact urges regrouping of liberty
The international labor executive group representing 18 countries issued a resolution attacking the Munich peace accord and urging a European regrouping of liberty and justice as urged by President Roosevelt. The body met Tuesday and Wednesday and adopted the measure unanimously.
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Brussels
International Labor Executive Group
Munich
Japanese advance to within twenty miles of Canton in northeast drive
Hong Kong dispatches report Japanese forces edging to 20 miles from Canton after circling Chinese defenses. A second column nears 50 miles from Canton from the east as Chinese rear troops threaten communications. Chinese officials expect a major battle east of Sheklung along rail lines.
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Canton
South China
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Sheklung
Kowloon-Canton
Tsenchin
Cantoney
Canton‘sungfa
Louisiana Tech receives $100000 grant for campus improvements
Louisiana Tech in Ruston receives a $100000 check from the state board of education to fund remodeling and campus improvements in WPA projects. Funds will upgrade the women’s dormitories and help build a new baseball field, with additional aid expected to offset student payroll.
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Louisiana Tech
State Board of Education
WPA
E. S. Richardson
T. H. Harris
Tech
Richardson
Leche seeks $75,000 for Louisiana exhibit at fair
Governor Richard Leche reported plans to borrow $75,000 via the state board of liquidation to fund a Louisiana exhibit at the Golden Gate exposition in San Francisco. This would add to $25,000 already appropriated, with a replica of the New Orleans Cabildo slated for display. He did not indicate plans for a New York world fair exhibit, though $35,000 had been appropriated for that purpose.
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Baton Rouge
Richard Leche
State Board of Liquidation
Louisiana
San Francisco
New Orleans
Junk kisha pullers flee Hankow as fleet heads inland
Hankow natives reported that 15,000 junk pullers and their vehicles departed the city, taking to the Yangtze for inland points to escape advancing Japanese forces. Automobiles are now under defense control as authorities prepare for continued disruption.
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Hankow
Yangtze River
G O P Seeks Labor Act Amendments For Fair Play
Republican national chairman John D. M. Hamilton said the party would pursue amendments to the national labor act to ensure fair play for workers and employers and to act as an umpire rather than a partisan of any single labor faction. He backed AF L amendments proposed at the convention and aligned with William Green, while omitting mention of the CIO.
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John D. M. Hamilton
American Federation of Labor
Hamilton
A. F. of L
Committee For Industrial Organization
A. F
William Green
Five CCC Campers Die in Forest Fire Tragedy
Five members of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp perished in a set of forest fires near Emporium Pennsylvania as investigators probe reports of incompetent leadership and possible arson. Victims include Gilbert Mooney and four youths. May and Stephenie were so badly burned they could not be identified.
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CCC
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Ridgway
C. L. King
Indiana
Basil Boguth
Conemaugh
John Boring
Johnstown
Howard May
Erie
Andrew Stephenie
Wilkes-Barre
May
Stephenie
J. D. Johnston
Edwin W. Tompkins
Mooney
Senate Campaign Committee Probes Set for Next Week
Chairman Sheppard of Texas urged the senate campaign expenditures committee to meet next Tuesday and Wednesday to receive reports from 18 investigators in nine states. A new inquiry into Pennsylvania WPA worker allegations by Senator Davis is to be considered, with active investigations in nine states continuing up to election day.
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Sheppard
Texas
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Davis
Pennsylvania
WPA
Tennessee
Georgia
Kentucky
Indiana
Ilinois
California
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Weather forecast for New Orleans predicts cool snap
New Orleans weather officials forecast a fall temperature break with a minimum range of 36 to 58 degrees. The morning low reached 71 degrees as residents brace for cooler air moving in from the north.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Twin City Community Chest Exhibition Of Prizes Begins Campaign
As the first annual Twin City Community Chest campaign starts on Monday, managers and leaders finalize plans. Attorney Thomas Davenport has arranged for forceful speakers to address audiences at theaters and on radio. A radio talk airs on KMLB Thursday at 5:53 pm, and daily at the same hour. Talks are set at the Paramount daily at 4:30 and 8:30 pm.
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Twin City Community Chest
Thomas Davenport
KMLB
Paramount
Butler Valiant in Marine Role
General Smedhey D. Butler is regarded as one of the most intrepid warriors and romantic figures in American army annals. He typifies the rough and ready esprit de corps of the Marines, with two congressional medals of honor and other decorations. He was sent to Mexico City to gauge enemy strength and map transport routes, humor intact despite detection fears.
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Smedhey D. Butler
Esprit de Corps
United States
Mexico
Butler
Mexico City
Tin
Mass Offered For Sleeping Victim In Chicago Home
Four year old Mary Ellen Reardon, who suffered sleeping sickness for seven months, was remembered in final ceremonies of the National Eucharistic Congress. Rev Dennis A Gurren S J offered a Mass at Loyola University for her recovery.
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New Orleans
Mary Ellen Reardon
Chicago
Dennis A Gurren
S. J
Albuquerque
N. M
Loyola University
Rumrich reveals opened mail bags on Nazi ship
Government probes alleged tampering of sealed U S mail aboard a German liner. Guenther Rumrich, 22, pleads guilty and names Karl Schlueter, a fugitive co conspirator, as having ripped a mail bag on the Europa and copied a letter about a military contract. The case ties to a wider spy ring and could affect U S post and naval contracts.
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Associated Prage
New York
State Department
United States
Guenther Qasten Rumrich
Burmrich
Karl Schlueter
Liegdliner Europa
Ihe Contennia
Schlueter
Jury Indicts Ruth Etting's Former Mate for Kidnapping and Murder
In Los Angeles Martin Snyder known as Cole one Gimp remained jailed on a 50 000 bond as a grand jury indicted him on charges of kidnapping and murder connected to Myrl Alderman shooting Miss Etting testified that Snyder shot Alderman in her Hollywood Hills home after Alderman drove up with Snyder threatening to kill all present. Edith Snyder fired at her father during the struggle and the scene ended with Snyder fleeing the room.
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Los Angeles
Cole One
Martin Snyder
Myrl Alderman
Ruth Etting
Colenel
Miss Etting
Alderman
Hollywood Hills
Mus Etting
Snyder
Edith Snyder
Edith
Miss Snyder
Leche to Probe Sugar Prices in Louisiana Market
Governor Richard W Leche announced an investigation into why refiners buy foreign sugar in York at 3.05 to 3.10 cents per pound while paying as low as 2 1/2 cents for Louisiana raw sugars. He warned refiners may be exploiting Louisiana producers and vowed action if foreign raws are used during the Louisiana grinding season.
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Richard W.leche
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