Lieutenant Governor Snider Warns Lt Gov Office Useless
Jackson Mississippi September 28 Lieutenant-Governor J B Snider says abolishing the lieutenant governor would be a first class idea He calls the office unnecessary and says there is no reason for its existence He criticizes any acting governor who contradicts the elected chief executive and compares the office to a nuisance or public menace
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Jackson
Miss
J. B. Snider
Hugh White
Clarksdale
Free Movement of Farm Trucks Urged by Auditor
Jackson Mississippi September 28 State Auditor Carl Craig urged that Louisiana soon join Mississippi Tennessee Alabama and Georgia in reciprocal pacts for free interstate passage of farm produce trucks He expressed confidence Louisiana would reopen talks and work out an agreement acceptable to both states
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Jackson
Miss
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Carl Craig
Craig
Silent gray cap clue in Ross kidnapping mystery
A Chicago hotel bellboy described a man in a gray cap who spoke to Charles S. Ross in Sycamore before the 72 year old retired greeting card maker was abducted on a highway west of Chicago Saturday night. No ransom demand yet. Ross is said to have heart disease and may have died from shock.
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Chicago
Charles S. Ross
Ross
Sycamore
Ill
Fargo
Florence Freihage
Cecil Vandemere
Vandemere
Daniel Gilbert
State's Attorney's Police
Jena Youth Dies in Car Crash On Jena-Olla Road
Funeral services set for Wednesday at 3 pm in Jena for Dave Martin Jr. 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Martin. He was killed when the car he rode in overturned on the Jena Olla road on Monday night. The driver was Billy Walter Brewton 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brewton. Interment will be in Nelley Baptist cemetery.
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Jena
Dave Martin, Jr
Dave Martin
Jena-Olla
L. D. Posey
Nelley Baptist Cemetery
Billy Walter Brewton
W. W. Brewton
Open Door China Trade May Be Shut By Japanese
Question holds attention of U. S. government officials as tensions rise over the Open Door in China. Diplomats weigh responses to possible Japanese actions that could alter trade access and influence in the region.
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China
U. S
Washington
United States
Japan
Electrifying of New Rural Communities Praised
President Roosevelt tours Bonneville Dam and argues federal power projects will electrify hundreds of small communities, lower costs, and spread population. He promotes wider use of hydro power, balanced budgets, and regional planning while opposing centralized national control.
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Bonneville Dam
Ore
Roosevelt
Columbia Basin
America
St. Lawrence Waterway
Canada
Senate
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
United States
Francoist forces mass offensive on Aragon front
In eastern Spain on September 28 Generalissimo Francisco Franco announced a major push with 250000 troops under General Jose Moscardo across the Aragon front. The new fifth army is contesting positions near Jaca Zuera and Zaragoza as Moscardo replaces a wounded commander. Counter offensives by insurgents followed with hundreds captured.
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Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Aragon
Spain
Jose Moscardo
Alcazar
Jaca
Zuera
Zaragoza
Moscardo
Fifth Army
Ponte ¥ Y Manso de Zuniga
Hitler and Mussolini Seek Broad Peace with Britain
Berlin reports Hitler and Mussolini agreed on a four power approach with England as the initial partner in a staged plan to ease tensions. They favor developing Rome London friendship and arranging further talks to solve Mediterranean disputes stemming from the Ethiopian crisis.
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Berlin
England
France
Rome
London
Mussolini
Britain
Mediterranean
Italy
Census on Jobless Will Start Soon
Federal experts finalize a 14 point questionnaire to gauge unemployment. It will be mailed to 31 million homes on November 16 and 17 for return by November 2, with Roosevelt approving many questions and leaders pledging cooperation. Partial employment includes those wanting full time work.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Industry
Agriculture
White House
John D. Biggers
Quachita Valley Fair Opens as Attendance Rises
The Quachita Valley fair opened yesterday afternoon at the West Monroe grounds near North Seventh street and the Dixie-Overland highway. Officials expected several thousand visitors in the evening with ample parking and good access by motor vehicles.
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West Monroe
North Seventh Street
Shreveport Youth Trial Moves Into Second Day
Miss Grace Marchand testified she was assaulted by Frank Hill 20 and Claude Jett 18 after they entered her car near Shreveport and continued until A C Callahan halted them at Hallsville. Jett was granted a severance from the joint indictment.
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Marshall
Tex
Frank Hill
Shreveport
Grace Marchand
Shreveport Oil Company
Bar Association weighs Black Supreme Court fitness
The American Bar Association resolutions committee opened debate on a proposal by Robert Lee Tullis to probe Hugo L. Black’s fitness for the U S Supreme Court. The plan calls for an impartial five member panel to ascertain facts about alleged affiliations with secret, oath bound groups. Tullis, former LSU Law School dean, faced scrutiny after a long career and retirement.
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Kansas City
American Bar Association
Resolutions Committee
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Robert Lee Tullius
Louisiana State University
Law School
Huen P. Long
Supreme Court of the United States
Lousiana
Tullis
Junior
Bar Association
L. S. U. Law School
Arkansas Governor Calls Rate Parley
Arkansas Governor Carl E. Bailey invites Louisiana Texas and Oklahoma governors to meet October 21 to discuss protective measures against discriminatory freight rates in the southwest. He says a general discussion may yield an appropriate defense or attack and coordinate state positions.
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Little Rock
Ark
Southwest
Carl E. Bailey
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana Vets Set Reunion Dates in Baton Rouge
Major-General QO. R. Gilette announces the Louisiana division United Confederate Veterans annual reunion to be held in Baton Rouge on October 21 and 22. The dates are published in general order No. 2 from the division commander.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
United Confederate Veterans
QO. R. Gilette
Baton Rouge
Nation mobilizes on unlimited war footing in Sino conflict
Japanese planners mobilize 600000 troops in north China as Russia and Japan mass along the Manchoukuo Siberia frontier. Tokyo reports Japan and Russia concentrating forces amid a Sino-Japanese clash with armored trains advancing toward Hankow. Bombers target Chinese air strength around Nanking and Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Russia
Tientsin
North China Expeditionary Force
Korea
Manchoukuo
Soviet Russia
Tokyo
Manchoukuo-Siberia
Nanking
Paotingfu
Peiping
Hankow
Lotien
Liuhong
Canton
Trouble fills Freddie's life in MGM court case
In Los Angeles Freddie Bartholomew faces a court fight over adoption by his aunt Mylificent after his parents seek to set aside the adoption citing fraud. A hearing was scheduled, as Freddie's salary dispute with Metro Goldwyn Mayer looms and a younger actor steps into top roles. Ronald Sinclair, 14, replaces him in a fast rise from western to high profile pictures.
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Los Angeles
Freddie Bartholomew
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Mama
Papa Bartholomew
Mylificent
Cecil Llewellyn Bartholomew
Freddie
Superior Court
Avery Blount
Burns
Ronald Sinclair
Dumbedin
New Zealand
Bartholomew
MGM
Ronnie
Gene Autrey
Sophie Tucker
C. Aubrey Smith
Mickey Rooney
Jady Garland
LSU enrollment tops last year across three campuses
Baton Rouge Sept 28 More than 500 additional students are enrolled at Louisiana State University across its three campuses compared with last year. The main campus reports 6 568 students, the medical center in New Orleans has 359, nursing education in New Orleans 115, and the Northeast Center at Monroe 419, totaling 7 461.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Medical
New Orleana
New Orleans
Northeast Center
Monroe
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