Win or Lose oil grab tied to Huey Long era in Louisiana
The piece describes the Win or Lose corporation formed in fall 1934 to drill oil on state lands with Louisiana profits to the state. James A. Yee would own 98 percent, Seymour Weiss as vice president, and Earl Christenberry as secretary. The article casts the deal as a local graft under Huey Long’s power, with little expectation of accountability.
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Huey Long
Louisiana
Allen Ellender
Huey
Baton Rouge
Win Or Lose Corporation
James A. Yee
Ellender
Seymour Weiss
Wfo
Earl Christenberry
Long
School of Journalism
Huey’s State University
Jones predicts stronger Southern influence after war
Governor Sem Jones forecast a more independent, louder Southern voice in national councils after the war. He praised regional lawmakers and Delta leaders for retaining a unified army, urging Southern states to push for greater federal consideration and Democratic Party impact through renewed attention and untapped resources.
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Alexandria
Sem Jones
South
National Democratic
Ed Kiwanis Club
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
National Councils of America
Democratic Party
Five Believed Drowned After Auto Plunges Through Bridge
Lowville New York September first graveside search begins for Mrs Bruce Robbins and four of her children and relatives believed drowned when their car crossed a washed out bridge and was swept into the Black River. Rescued were Bruce Robbins a fourth child William Fletcher and a hired man Maurice Fletcher aided by bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowville
N. Y
Bruce Robbins
Jane
Janet
Richard
Stanley Robbins
William
Maurice Fletcher
West Martinsburg
Fletcher
Tno
Clarence Carter
Aer
Robbins
Wisconsin
Charles Westemeyer
Dubuque
Iowa
California
New York
Illinois
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Fatalities in Louisiana among Labor Day traffic toll rises
AP reports a grim Labor Day with 406 deaths nationwide from traffic crashes, drownings, and other causes. California led with 29 highway deaths, while Louisiana contributions were part of the grim toll across states and incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Funeral for Oak Ridge youth after high tension electrocution
The funeral of William Whithorne, 20, son of Mr and Mrs J L Whithorne of Oak Ridge, who was electrocuted with soldier George H Carlson of St Paul Minn when their car struck a high tension wire near Collinston Saturday night was held at the Oak Ridge Methodist church. Carlson’s funeral was arranged by Robinson Funeral Home Bastrop. Corrigan of Fort Meads SD was injured. Whithorne and Opal Warwick of Bastrop were in a car headed to Hamburg to join soldiers.
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William Whithorne
J. L. Whithorne
Oak Ridge
George H. Carlson
St. Paul
Minn
Collinston
Oak Ridge Methodist Church
J. F. Dring
S. D
Whithorne
Opal Warwick
Bastrop
Hamburg
Collinston Road
Corrigan
Admiral Nomura Leaves White House Says No News
All smiles from Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura the Japanese ambassador to the United States as he exited the White House after talks with President Roosevelt and Secretary Cordell Hull. He offered no update telling reporters to ask the secretary for news.
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Kichisaburo Nomura
United States
White House
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
500 Delegates At Meeting Of Beauticians And Barbers
Over 500 delegates gathered at Hotel Frances for the state convention of master barbers and beauticians. Louis McIlvain outlined the group’s push for higher standards, sanitation, and education while Otis L. Johnson presided and speakers cited regulatory gains and school programs across Louisiana.
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Beauticians
Master Barders and Beauticians Association
Louis McIlvain
National Association
Hotel Frances
Otis L. Johnson
Monroe
Master Barbers and Beauticians
Vichy Moves Veterans Group to Sole Political Party
Marshal Petain’s government in unoccupied France advances toward a totalitarian state by forming the French Legion into the single functioning political party. Veterans and volunteers will join to back Petain, Darlan, and the regime, with 1.3 to 1.5 million members reported.
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Vichy
France
Marshal Petain
Germany
French Legion
Petain
Darlan
Legion
Paris
Pierre Laval
Stahlelm
Hitler
20 000 000th Guest Visits Army Navy YMCA
Walter Guth from Chicago became the 20 000 000th visitor at the army and navy YMCA in San Diego California. Paul Brown executive secretary presented a traveling bag and a special meal via rain check after Guth revealed he had just had his tonsils removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Walter Guth
Camp Callan
Chicago
Army and Navy
Guth
Well Known Paris Broker Slain in Nazi-Occupied City
Adolphe Rosenthal, a renowned Paris stock broker, was found shot in a Porte Maillot tunnel. Police say anti-Semitic terror appears to be the motive. He was seized by three pretender policemen and killed at close range. a 1500 franc pocketbook was found on him. The victim was brother to Leonard Rosenthal, famed diamond merchant now in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Adolphe Rosenthal
Porte Maillot
Rosenthal
Leonard Rosenthal
United States
Troops spend money freely in Arkansas and Louisiana
More than 16 million dollars and nearly 400000 troops of the Second and Third armies swarmed through Arkansas and Louisiana in a large post maneuver spending spree. Merchants kept shops open to serve soldiers with restaurants and theatres packed as payrolls flooded the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry T. Baulch
Arkansas
Louisiana
Russians Arrive in Nome Aboard Secret Mission Flight
Forty seven Russians with diplomatic passports landed at Nome after arriving from Moscow on two flying boats. They stated they left Moscow Thursday and plan to travel to Washington D C via Anchorage Sitka and San Francisco. Customs officials validated their passports but did not disclose details of what they learned.
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Nome
Alaska
United States
Moscow
Washington, D. C
Anchorage
Sitka
San Francisco
Labor Day Parade and Events Highlight Union Celebration
The Twin Cities honor labor with a daylong program sponsored by the Central Trades and Labor Council. A morning parade ended at Bernstein Park with barbecues and speeches, followed by contests such as a beauty pageant, races, and prize awards. Two Monroe Fire Department trucks also participated in the parade route along multiple streets before the plaza gathering.
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Twin Cities
Central Trades and Labor Council
Bernstein Park
Louisville Avenue
Cypress Street
Wood Street
Trenton Street
Walnut
DeSiard
Sixth
Layton
South Second
Plum Street
Mississippi
Thomas
Monroe Fire Department
Squally Labor Day On Gulf Coast Seen
Labor Day is expected to be damp and squally along the gulf coast as a weak disturbance moves north from about 150 miles south of the East Texas coast. The U S Weather Bureau orders small craft warnings from Port Eads Louisiana to Port O Connor Texas as winds reach 30 mph with squalls today and tonight.
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New Orleans
Labor Day
Gulf Coast
East Texas
United States Weather Bureau
Port Eads
Port O'Connor
Tex
Louisiana
East
Texas
French Navy Shakeup Sees Admiral Lelug Replaced by Auphan
Vice Premier Jean Darlan as navy minister dismissed Admiral Lelug who had long served as commander in chief. Rear Admiral Auphan was named his successor and also appointed director of the naval ministry secretariat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Admiral Lelug
Auphan
Naval Ministry
Plane Crash in Turin Kills 13 Including Armistice Official
An Air France transport plane crashed into a lake at Turin today killing 13 people, among them a French member of the French Italian armistice commission. One engine reportedly failed shortly after takeoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseille
France
Germans claim red army counteroffensives smashed in Baltic battle
German authorities report 11 432 prisoners in the Tallinn fight as they acknowledge renewed Soviet pressure while examining rumors of a separate Russian Finnish peace. London reports Russian withdrawal and Finland talks, with German confidence in no separate peace and U S ambassador denying mediation plans.
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Dnieper
Tallinn
London
Finland
United States
Nome
Alaska
Washington
England
Ruhr
Rhineland
Luftwaffe
Roosevelt vows to crush Hitler in Labor Day address
President Roosevelt pledged the nation to do its full part in conquering Hitler and the Nazi forces while stopping short of a renewed war declaration. He urged sacrifice and warned of threats to fundamental rights, highlighting workers and employers as the principal fighters in the battles ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hitler
United States
America
Fort Worth Man Kills Three Women Then Is Slain
G D Driskill, 73, shoots and kills his wife and two visiting women in Fort Worth after fears over their health. Police say he wounded a patrolman and died after tear gas and gunfire from detectives. Victims include Mrs. Driskill, 69, Mrs. Fannie Moore of Dallas, and Mrs. Ola Jordan of Arlington.
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Fort Worth
Tex
G. D. Driskill
Driskill
Fannie Moore
Dallas
L. Nash
FE. S. Dickerson
Bessie McComas
Defense Pledged by Mexican President
Mexico City September first. President Avila Camacho stated in his annual message to Congress that Mexico will defend the Western Hemisphere and cooperate with the United States against the axis powers. He warned that Mexico’s social revolution will continue and that a general settlement with the United States is forthcoming.
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Mexico City
Avila Camacho
Congress
United States
Mexico
Peace rumors amid European war on second anniversary
On the second anniversary of the European war the report cites rumors of a Finnish peace, German-Russian battles along the Dnieper, and intensified air and sea actions. It notes Red forces recaptured by gunboats, and German claims of destroying Russian monitors and tanks while advancing in Estonia and Haapsalu.
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Associated Press
Finland
Britain
Axis
Iran
Dnieper
Kiev
Red Army
DNB
Russia
Tallinn
O. K. Oesch
Viipuri
Moscow
Hitler
Atlantic
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Daego
Oesel
Finnish Gulf
Haapsalu
Estonia
Luftwaffe
Ruhr
Rhineland
Essen
Cologne
Hull
Thames
London
Boulogne
France
Mediterranean
High Command
Rhodes
Dodecanese
Berlin
Alexandria
Egypt
Germany
Twelve missing after Lake Superior storm near Munising
Coast guardsmen continue search for twelve people aboard two trawlers the Otter and Miners Castle after a gale from a late summer storm. Nine boats set out from Munising with ten believed aboard the Miners Castle last seen near Grand Portage.
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Munising
Mid
Grand Marais
Lake Superior
Miners Castle
Grand Portal
Pictured Rocks
Joseph Vaniandschoot
Carl Strand, Jr
Charles Hoffman
Rogers City
Gabralison
Skinggenga
Edward Coreyell
Roger Carl+son
Coreeyell
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Fair
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State Department of Justice
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Tin
McIlvain
Association
J. J. Weigand
State Board of Barbers Examiner
Frances
Sylvester Carra
Brooklyn
Emanuel Grossman
Shoe
Carra
Harold M. Kennedy
The
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Slayer
Finn
Red
Coast Guard
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