Leche and Weiss Charged in Louisiana Graft Case
U S Assistant Attorney General Rogge charged former Louisiana Governor elect Leche and Seymour Weiss with taking graft in a $148 000 payment to cover a pipeline from the Rodessa field to Texas The men allegedly divided 134 000 with Leche receiving 67 000 and Weiss the same Rogge called it the venal single transaction and vowed to pursue other violators Burford attorney Harris said he had no Louisiana ties and that Weiss received only a commission, not a payment to him.
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Dallas
Tex
U. S
O. John Rogge
Richard Leche
Louisiana
Seymour Weiss
Rogge
Burford
Rodessa Field
East Texas Refining Company
Weiss
Rogce
Leche
Locke
Will Harris
Mir. Burford
Harris
Hivers
House
Girl testifies to immorality in band camp on Long Island
Nine teen year old Helen Vooros testified before the Dies committee that a German American bund camp on Long Island bred immorality among band youth. She said leaders planned harassment and pressured girls and boys to sit apart, spoke of German superiority, and printed pamphlets from Germany. She described German language study and penalties for speaking English.
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Washington
Helen Vooros
Dies Committee
Long Island
N. Y
Starnes
D-Ala
Miss Voores
Siegfried
Theodore Dinkelacker
The
Word
Hitler
Germany
Dies
D-Tex
Adolf Hitler
South Broooklyn Band
War tension eases in Europe amid diplomacy shifts
Europe’s nerves relax as Germany shifts focus from the Danzig dispute to eastern European politics. Count Csaky travels to Rome to meet Italian officials while Britain notes no immediate alarm. Poland tightens border defenses and German press cites German refugees as taxed amid rising tensions. The Geneva Zionist congress appeals to the League of Nations to reject a Palestine Arab state plan.
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Associated Press
Europe
Germany
Danzig
Britain
Poland
Stefan Csaky
Hungary
Count Csaky
Rome
Galeazzo Ciano
Budapest
Foreign Office
London
Uoon
Moscow
Medliwhile
Gleiwitz
Squirrels Lost Nest After Fall From Tree
A Kansas City incident reports three baby squirrels and their mates falling from a tree. The injured mother carried one infant to an abandoned nest while Harold Allison rescued the other two and kept them in a box. A few days later the third joined the brothers in the box. Allison theorizes the mother died.
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Kansas City
Harold Allison
Allicon
Regional Forecast For South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama
Weather forecast predicts showers this afternoon and on Saturday for South Carolina and Georgia with scattered showers in northwest areas and near the coast. Florida shows partly cloudy to night and Saturday with thunder showers in the far north. Alabama expects partly cloudy to night and Saturday mostly cloudy with total thundershowers in the extreme south. Coastal winds expected from the southwest and south, gentle to moderate.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Floridas
Siabama
Flooded Alabama lowlands force 4,500 from homes
Rampaging Alabama River floods lowland areas forcing about 4,500 residents to flee their homes. Officials warn damage may grow as floodwaters rise while weather forecasts call for more rain.
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Prattville
Alia
Allehville
Autauga Creek
Prattsville
Alabama
Roosevelt Fishes in Newfoundland Waters on Trip
President Roosevelt, aboard the U S S Lang near Bay of Islands, fished in Newfoundland waters with Hal Roosevelt. He praised the scenery, landed 16 cod weighing up to five pounds, and said he would fish further at Main Bay before an overnight stay and a future journey to Bonne Bay.
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Newfoundland
Hal Roosevelt
Tuscaloosa
New York
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Humber
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Corner Brook
Hall Roosevelt
Main Bay
Bonne Bay
Storm area moving into the Carolinas from Georgia
Weather dispatch notes storm bands shifting into the Carolinas and Virginia after heavy rain drenched Georgia and Alabama. Alabama totals reach 14.93 inches since last Saturday with 4.70 inches in 24 hours. Georgia flood risks easing as rivers recede, crops harmed including cotton and peanuts with widespread rainfall figures across towns from Toccoa to Columbus.
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Carolinas
Virginia
Dothan
Ala
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Hautein
Savannah
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Toccoa
Dahlonega
Gainesville
Norcross
Allanta
North Carolina
Columbus
Atlanta
LaGrange
Newnan
Fliers collide near Pensacola leaving coast guard airman dead
A coast guard aviator was killed and a navy flier uninjured after two trainer planes collided northwest of the Pensacola Naval Air Station. The crash occurred around 10 a.m. local time, prompting a naval board of investigation. Ensign Laivure survived. the deceased was James Aust Merrick of Biloxi Mississippi.
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B& OP Oa
Coast Guard
Tuckey
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Naval Board of Investigation
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Roper Resigns as Minister to Canada
Former Secretary of Commerce Daniel Roper resigns as U.S. minister to Canada. President Roosevelt announced the resignation aboard the Turseadouea during a Hyde Park visit. Roper thanked officials for their support and will depart to take up the post amid George Kane and Queen Elizabeth of Mugland.
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U.S
Hang
Bay of Islands
Mid
Commere
Daniel Roper
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Kane George
Queen Elizabeth of
Mugland
Britain Rejects Japanese Demand in Tokyo Talks
In London a British official stated that Britain rejected Japan’s demand to tie questions to the discussions in Tokyo. The note was conveyed to the Japanese government, clarifying Britain’s position amid the Tientsin dispute between the two ports.
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Tokyo
London
Augus
Demahdl
Tientsin
Floods Hit Selma Area as Rivers Rise and Help Arrives
Severe flooding along the Alabama and Cahaba rivers floods homes and crops in the Selma region. The Red Cross reports emergency plans to aid about 4500 refugees while the Coast Guard assists with boats and a hydroplane. High water closes roads and prompts crop emergency efforts from Auburn.
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Alabama
Cahaba
Red Cross
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U. S. Coast Guard
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Leon Uassen
Coast Guard
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Highway Department
Autauga
Prattville
M. A. McWilliams
Allen Stewart
Autauga County
Allen
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John B. Spivey
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House Economy Committee
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Muscogee County
Guy Holcomb
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