Governors praise Mills cooperation in Roosevelts reelection bid
Alexandria Oct 23 Governor Sam Jones welcomed Congressman Newt Mills pledge to work with his administration. Mills won renomination for a third term in the Fifth district amid attempts to oust others from the Leche-Long era. Jones lauded Mills as independent and popular with voters, saying cooperation will aid jobs, farming, industry, roads, licenses, and ending the poll tax. Continued on Sixth Page.
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Sam Jones
Newt V. Mills
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Huey P. Q
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Kills Wife in Florida Fire Deaths fire scene
In Miami a man and woman were found dead with crushed skulls in a burning garage apartment. Detectives say a man sought for questioning was badly wounded by a gunshot to the temple and rushed to a Miami hospital. The woman is named Mrs Carl B Hendricks, age 33. The dead man’s identity was not yet known. Police say Hendricks shot himself in a downtown hotel room as investigators closed in. Firefighters removed the bodies from the burning rear apartment of an unoccupied house on the northwest side.
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Miami
Fila
Tectives
Carl B. Hendricks
John Deas
Hendricks
Deas
Caribbean tropical storm holds stance in Caribbean
The Weather Bureau reports a Caribbean sea tropical storm showing no increase in intensity while continuing to threaten Cape Gracias Nicaragua and the northwestern Caribbean including the Gulf of Honduras. The 8:30 am CST advisory from Jacksonville notes slow northwest drift and strong winds with a limited gale area, urging continued caution.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Caribbean Sea
Jacksonville
Cape Gracias
Nicaragua
Gulf of Honduras
Ouachita unit of Louisiana Sportsmen's League to meet at city hall
President Laigh Parker calls a Thursday night Ouachita unit meeting at city hall to pick delegates for the state convention in New Orleans. Committees on finance publicity legislation membership conservation and by laws will be appointed. John G McCloskey will speak on conservation education assurance of non political aims and game law updates.
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League
Conservation Department
Parker
Louisiana
Bakery Safe Baffles Thieves In Six Hour Standoff
In Indianapolis on October 23 two suspects battered a bakery shop safe for six hours. Richard Everett, 23, an employee, was bound and gagged as the men swore and sweated, with the door refusing to yield.
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Indianapolis
Goggs
Richard Everett
Twin City Community Chest Drive Opens Tomorrow
The Twin City Community Chest and Council campaign begins Thursday with a $27 700 goal and runs to November 7. Ed Seymour, president of the board, announced division heads and team captains as workers meet at 5 pm in the Virginia Hotel ballroom. Mayor H H Benoit issues a proclamation urging citizen support for the public fund drive.
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Twin City
Community Chest and Council
Ed Seymour
Chest
Twin Cities
Virginia Hotel
The
H. H. Benoit
United States
Hitler Franco in Conference at Frontiers
A Madrid dispatch quotes a German wireless report that Adolf Hitler and Generalissimo Francisco Franco with their foreign ministers have arrived at the French Spanish frontier possibly for talks. Joachim von Ribbentrop and Ramon Serrano Suner accompany the chiefs. Reports note Laval’s secret meeting with Hitler and France’s stance to avoid war with Britain.
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London
Reuters
Madrid
Adolf Hitler
Francisco Frarito
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Ramon Serrano Suner
Spain
Lisbon
France
San Sebastian
Hitler
Physical standards for draft shown to be eased for army
The federal plan releases a guidebook for draft medical exams outlining eligibility. It sets minimums for height and weight, requires corrected vision 20/40, normal hearing, and tolerates mild illnesses but rejects cancer tuberculosis rheumatic fever osteomyelitis chronic arthritis and late syphilis.
Meniere's Disease Cured By Ergot Extract Findings
Histamine injections from ergot extract show promise for Meniere's disease with rapid relief in many patients. Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins researchers report 49 treated. surgery cutting the eighth cranial nerve offered a permanent cure in some cases but risks hearing loss. Dr. Dandy cites near-total safety in his 401 operations.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Meniere
Martin Luther
American College of Surgeons
Walter E. Dandy
Johns Hopkins University
Mayo Clinic
Bayard T. Horton
Dandy
Dean Swift
Observers Downgrade French Axis Reintegration Possibility
Washington report by Lloyd Lehrbas notes observers in Paris and Washington doubt France will rejoin the Axis or fight Britain again. Most French people distrust renewed war effort, with anti German sentiment among those inclined to aid Britain, and many expect pressure from Germany to gain cooperation short of full war.
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Lloyd Lehrbas
Washington
France
Germany
Berlin
Great Britain
Vichy
Frank Carman Named Leader Of Tuberculosis Association
Dr Frank Carman of Dallas Texas was elected president of the Southern Tuberculosis Association at the closing session of a three day meeting at the Virginia Hotel Miss Leslie C Foster of Richmond Virginia was named vice president J P Kranz of Nashville Tennessee secretary treasurer Other board members include Dr Paul Turner Louisville Kentucky Dr V F Cullen State Sanatorium Maryland Mrs S I Bolton Nashville and Dr H C Schenck Atlanta The 1941 Asheville North Carolina and 1942 Memphis Tennessee conferences were set with about 300 delegates registered Dr Robert Shaw of Dallas spoke on rapid progress in chest surgery and its role in tuberculosis care
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Frank Carman
Dallas
Tex
Southern Tuberculosis Association
Virginia
Leslie C. Foster
Richmond
J. P. Kranz
Nashville, Tenn
Paul Turner
Louisville
V. F. Cullen
State Sanatorium
S. I. Bolton
Nashville
Threats to Kill F D R Charged
Edward De Roulhac Blount a 90 year old government clerk was indicted on charges of twice threatening to kill President Roosevelt. He pleaded guilty at a preliminary hearing but will plead innocence at district court. He is free on a $5000 bond. Blount formerly lived in Evansville Indiana.
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Washington
Edward de Roulhac Blount
Roosevelt
Blount
United States
Evansville
Ind
Sail November 10 homeward for US naval families in China
Most wives and children of United States naval and marine personnel in China will sail home November 10 aboard the Monterey and Mariposa. Departure aims to prompt further removal of U S citizens reluctant to leave despite Washington urging return. Police announce the arrest of 75 Communists in unoccupied France including 13 women during a Marseille raid on the Communist headquarters.
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United States
China
Monterey
Mariposa
Washington
Vichy
France
Charles de Gaulle
Marseille
de Gaulle
Lyon
Loire
Himmler Flies to Barcelona for Madrid Dinner Visit
Heinrich Himmler head of the German police flew to Barcelona by special plane for a dinner hosted by the mayor. He will depart for Germany the following day. Earlier he was honored at a Madrid dinner hosted by Count Mayalde, the Spanish police chief.
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Heinrich Himmler
Barcelona
Germany
Himmler
Count Mayalde
Diplomatic talks in Tokyo with Ambassador Grew
United States Ambassador Joseph C. Grew met with Vice Minister Chuichi Hashi at the foreign office in Tokyo for a lengthy discussion. No details of the meeting were released. A separate London report noted a bomb disposal squad narrowly avoided injury when a delayed truck failed to arrive to defuse a renewal bomb before it exploded during lunch.
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Tokyo
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Foreign Office
Chuichi Hashi
London
Marshal Unveils Campaign Button
Kansas City Oct 23 United States marshal L Dillingham resigns from the secret service after removing adhesive tape marked Hatch act from his coat lapel revealing a Roosevelt campaign button.
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Kansas City
Hon. L. Dillingham
United States
Cne
Secret Service
Dillingham
Roosevelt
Exiled Romanian King Carol and Companions Detained Abroad
Former King Carol of Romania and Magda Lupescu along with Ernst Urdareanu were placed under virtual arrest in Seville amid possible extradition to Nazi‑controlled Romania. They faced transfer to Granada while officials review their cases, with Carol reportedly seeking refuge in the United States and communications with Lisbon noted.
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Spain
Carol of Romania
Magda Lupescu
Bucharest
Romania
Ernst Urdareanu
Carol
United States
Lisbon
Portugal
Granada
Urdareanu
Mme. Lupescu
Madrid
Arriba
Fear Child Missing as Police Expand Search in Pa Hills
Four year old Seve Kunchnick vanished from his Mons day home in Sheppton near coal country. State police say a crime angle is being considered after exhaustive two day searching by nearly 100 volunteers using dynamite to probe water holes and an airplane patrol failed to locate him. Bloodhounds followed a brief trail in heavy leaf cover as residents hold out hope.
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Sheppton
Seve Deatcall
Rudy Kunchnick, Jr
Pennsylvania
Milton Rauenzahn
Rauenzahn
George Cortelyou Dies Former Treasury Secretary and financier
George B. Cortelyou Sr. died in New York at age 78. He served as secretary to President McKinley and later as secretary of the treasury under Theodore Roosevelt, who in 1907 named him to head the department. He was a longtime head of Consolidated Gas Company of New York and national Republican chairman from 1904 to 1907.
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George B. Cortelyou
Treasury
Consolidated Gas Company of
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McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Treasury Department
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