Storm-Tossed Laponia Aids by President Roosevelt Near Cape Hatteras
The Swedish freighter Laponia radioed steering and tank leaks and sought help as the US liner President Roosevelt diverted from its Bermuda-bound course to assist. A coast guard cutter and an unidentified ship also moved to aid, while storm warnings spread from Cape Hatteras to Eastport.
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New York
United States
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Bermuda
Cape Hatteras
Laponia
Coast Guard
Carrabassett
Norfolk
Eastport
New England
Weather Bureau
Nantucket
Mass
Virginia
Barnegat
N. J
Brooklyn
Edgemere
N. Y
Portugal
Federal juries selected for Monroe division court
The Monroe division grand and petit juries were chosen Monday by Commissioner O G Elliott for the U S district court. The fall term opens October 7 with Leon C Weiss of New Orleans slated for trial October 9 on a mail fraud charge.
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Grand Jury
Petit Jury
Monroe
United States District Court
O. G. Elliott
United States
Harvey G. Fields
Leon C. Weiss
New Orleans
Merrill F. Bush
E. Bailey Grand
R. W. Patterson
Bernice
J. M. Landrum
J. H. Ohlsen
St. Joseph
Guy McDonald
W. J. Shelton
Gilbert
Joe Piro
Clayton
Herman Stein
Lake Providence
C. H. Hatfield
Winnsboro
D. Curtis Seaman
I. A. Cobb
Farmerville
John Dawes
Clarks
J. Floyd King
Ft. Necessity
H. D. Clifton
Pioneer
W. B. Powell
Baskin
C. J. Grayson
B. F. Evans
Just A Rat Let Me Die Bandit Says Before Death
The FBI announced Leroy Ralfs a 17 year old sought in Mason City Iowa for kidnapping after his companion was fatally shot by sheriffs. Merril J Hanson 19 of Albert Lea Minn died after resisting arrest in Ruston Lincoln Parish deputies shot him during a West Monroe hold up case. Leroy Aalfs 17 surrendered and is jailed in Ouachita Parish. Hanson’s body lay at Kilpatrick Funeral Home pending removal.
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New Orleans
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Leroy Ralfs
Mason City
FBI
Ralfs
Monroe
Ruston
Merril J. Hanson
Albert Lea
Minn
Ruston-Lincoln Sanitarium
Hanson
Lincoln Parish
West Monroe
Roy Aalfs
Albert Lea, Minn
Ouachita Parish
Kilpatrick
A. E. Robinson
Minnesota
Fort Smith
Ark
J. B. Harris
C. V. Hanson
State Funeral Held in House for Bankhead
Washington observes state funeral for Speaker William B Bankhead in the House chamber. Sam Rayburn chosen to succeed Bankhead as speaker. Body leaves for Jasper Alabama after services. President Roosevelt attends with a congressional delegation and cabinet members. Henry A Wallace to attend services in Jasper. Three day House recess announced. Police precautions accompany the presidential visit.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William B. Bankhead
House
Bankhead
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
Speaker Bankhead
Jasper
Ala
White House
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Chicago
Stephen Early
Des Moines
Iowa
Early
Hull
Hull Defends Roosevelt Over Munich Czechoslovakia Row
Secretary Hull called Wendell Willkie grossly ignorant of recent history for blaming Roosevelt for Czecho Slovak fate at Munich. Hull rebutted Willkie charge that Roosevelt telephoned Hitler and Mussolini and urged a sale of Czecho Slovakia. He said the president urged pacific solutions under the Kellogg pact.
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Washington
Hull
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Munich
Illinois
Willkie
Hitler
Mussolini
Women Accepted at LSU Flying School for Fall Term
Captain John P. Fraim announced the Louisiana State University Flying School will admit women for the fall session for the first time since joining the Civil Aeronautics Authority program. Of 50 flight-training scholarships for the term starting September 25, ten are reserved for women.
Fiery Sunday Morning Fatal Struggle Ends in Death
Police report a socialite spinster killed her longtime friend, a 44 year old attorney, during a brutal fight at a Westchester County home. Miss Lottie Washington Booth, NYU law graduate, was struck with a Windsor chair during the brawl. Miss Mary E. B. Jones, 44, is held on homicide charges. Miss Jones was taken to Grasslands Hospital psychiatric ward. she had prior confinement at a Long Island sanitarium.
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Hastings-On-Hudson
N. Y
Lottie Washington Booth
New York University
New York
Mary E. B. Jones
Booth
Westchester County
Frank McCaffrey
Miss Jones
Miss Booth
Dinette
John J. Dunnigan
Guardsmen Waiting Orders In National Mobilization
Louisiana units report no immediate mobilization orders despite 60,000 National Guard members nationwide being recalled to armories for medical examinations papers and packing. Major Louis F Raleigh says Second Battalion includes Monroe Ruston Natchitoches and Minden and stands ready for call before January 1.
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Louisiana
Louis F. Ralleigh
Monroe
204Th Coast Artillery
United States
Ralleigh
Ruston
Natchitoches
Minden
Washington
National Guard
National Guard Bureau
Roosevelt
War in the week at a glance across fronts and air war
Invasion gateway storms the French coast as German long range guns pound Dover and cross channel bases. British claim 185 Nazi planes shot down over England in Sabbath raids. Time bombs dropped by Nazis in London forewarned. Italians in Egypt widen spearhead thrust under Marshal Graziani amid harassing fire. Mexicans mark 130th independence anniversary with Pan American solidarity words from Lazaro Cardenas. Blum arrested by Vichy in war guilt probes.
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Associated Press
Dover
Channel
England
London
Buckingham Palace
St. Paul's Cathedral
Egypt
Rodolfo Graziani
Spain
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Adolf Hitler
Blum
Vichy
Leon Blum
Roosevelt to sign first peacetime draft bill today
President Roosevelt planned to sign the nation’s first peacetime conscription law this afternoon in the White House. A proclamation and executive order would set the draft into effect and fix the registration date for 21 through 35 year olds.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
White House
ABC
Indo China war seems positive amid moves by Japan
Hanoi reports from Sept. 16 say French Indo China officials and foreign observers believe Japan may land troops without French resistance. A mission to the United States failed to secure warplanes or diverted planes and negotiations with Tokyo and Vichy favor a landing of potentially 25,000 troops.
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Indo-China
China
France
Asia
United States
Philippines
Japan
Washington
Tokyo
Vichy
Stephens Named State Finance Director for Democratic Campaign
E A Stephens of New Orleans was named state finance director by the National Democratic Committee. He plans to appoint chairmen for the Jackson Day Finance Committee and the Roosevelt Wallace Committee and to name an assistant and campaign headquarters opening date.
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Early
White House
Sheppard
Texas
May
Kentucky
Senate
House
Stimson
George C. Marshall
Army
Wythe Williams
Williams
New York
New Orleans
E. A. Stephens
National Democratic Committee
Stephens
Chicago
Sam Jones
Menzies predicts quick German peace offensive during war
Prime Minister Robert Menzies says Germany may launch a peace offensive within a fortnight to blunt Allied bombing while Britain seeks to purge Nazi evils before peace. The Tate Gallery suffered a bomb strike amid German air raids over London. Berlin accuses Sweden of insulting Germany through its press and newspapers.
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Melbourne
Australis
Robert G. Menzies
Germany
London
England
British Victory Reported as Luftwaffe Battle Rages
Associated Press reports Berlin leadership including Hermann Goering flew over London in a Junkers aircraft as the Luftwaffe faces British air defenses. Dover guns duel with German batteries while RAF claims 185 German planes shot down and 25 British planes lost in a day of heavy combat. civilians seek shelter amid the Dover bombardment.
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Associated Press
Germany
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
London
Junkers
Berlin
Goering
Luftwaffe
Poland
Norway
England
Channel
Dover
German Batoa
French
Britain
RAF
Heartsill Ragon Dies of Heart Attack in Fort Smith
Fort Smith Ark Sept 16 A heart attack at his home Sunday killed Heartsill Ragon 56 longtime United States judge for the Western district of Arkansas and a prospective appointee to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals He was endorsed by the State Bar Association Funeral services tentatively planned for Wednesday in Fort Smith
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Fort Smith
Ark
Heartsill Ragon
United States
Western District of
Arkansas
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Ragan
Washington
Eighth Circuit
Appeals Court
State Bar Association
Careful Driving Urged as Schools Open in Monroe Area
Ouachita parish and Monroe city officials urged careful driving as schools opened. Chief Frank Reitzell stressed drivers must watch school zones to protect children. Last term Monroe reported no accidents in school zones, with registration and teacher rolls similar to last year. Neville High, Georgia Tucker, Central Grammar, Barkdall Faulk, Sherrouse, and Negro schools began sessions.
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Ouachita Parish
Twin Cities
Frank Reitzell
Monroe
Ives
T. O. Brown
E. L. Neville
Neville High School
Georgia Tucker
Central Grammar
Barkdall Faulk
Sherrouse
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W. M. Swimm
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Thomas MeInnerney
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National Gallery of British Art
Thames Embankment
Vauxhall Bridge
Victoria Station
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Voelkischer Beobachter
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