Earl Long Becomes Louisiana Governor After Resignation
Earl Kemp Long, brother of the late Huey Long, takes office amid federal probes into WPA activities and university funds amid the LSU embezzlement case. Leche resigns, Maestri supports Long, as investigations into Dr. James Monroe Smith and bond irregularities unfold.
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Huey Long
James
Monroe Smith
Baton Rouge
Earl Kemp Long
Long
Giles
P Pees
Louisiana State University
Rho Toddy
Richard W. Leche
WPA
Robert S. Maestri
New Orleans
Maestri
Earl
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana’ State Unive
Smith
Charles E. Fenner
Fenner and Beans
LSU
J. Monreer
State University
Fenner
Ely
University Board of
Louisiana
Works Progress Administration
Federal District Attorney
Leche
Covington
Biherocarane
Baton
Rouge No
Earl K. Long
Weather forecast summary for Southern states
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with unsettled conditions Wednesday. Georgia and Alabama districts observe scattered thundershowers, with light to moderate coastal winds. Northwestern Florida also sees scattered afternoon showers into Wednesday.
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Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Public Works Administration orders routine audit in Louisiana projects
Washington on June 27 reports the Public Works Administration ordered a routine checkup to verify that local funds for PWA projects in Louisiana are intact. The investigation division will assess 55 percent local contributions and progress payments, with $19 million in grants and $4 million in loans across $51 million of projects, including LSU construction.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
PWA
Louisiana
Ickes
Division of Investigation
Louisiana State University
Smith Made LSU Head As Man Not Apt To Talk Back
Baton Rouge report recalls Huey Long's quip about James Monroe Smith then dean chosen as LSU president. Now amid embezzlement charges and resignation rumors, police broadcast a nationwide alert seeking the former LSU leader described as 51, white, 6 feet tall and 190 pounds.
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LSU
Huey
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey Long
Louisiana State University
James Monroe Smith
Long
Earl Long
New Orleans
East Baton Rouge Parish
Roosevelt lending plan to cities explained
President Roosevelt proposes a 3.86 billion federal lending program to fund local projects at low interest. Local loans replace grants with costs tied to repayment and potential savings over the previous PWA terms. The plan includes a 150 million dollar first year and 200 million in the next, with self liquidating highway and bridge investments via a separate express highway concept.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
PWA
Treasury
Federal Works Agency
Congress
Bulkley
Ohio
Bureau of Public Roads
Britain Tops Germany in Warplane Production
London reports Britain's monthly warplane output has surpassed Germany's with planes being placed in underground cold storage. Production runs at about 10 million dollars weekly, while Germany may produce 8 000 to 12 000 planes annually. Details on exact readiness and factory locations remain secret.
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London
Britain
Germany
Air Ministry
France
House of Commons
Camp to Seek Post of Late Rep Owen
A. Sidney Camp of Newnan Ga attorney and runner up in the last democratic primary announced he would seek the post of the late Rep E M Owen in Georgia fourth district He is a World War veteran and has served as assistant United States attorney since 1934 Prior candidate Edgar Blalock also announced filing notices Candidates must file notices with the secretary of state at least thirty days before elections Governor Rivers plans to call the fourth district on July 1 with election set for August 1 Secretary of state may accept advance notices and Camp urged early qualification
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A. Sidney Camp
Newnan
E. M. Owen
Griffin
Coweta County
Camp
United States
Georgia
West
Middle West
Edgar Blalock
Owen
Rivers
Senate approves relief bill hurried to floor for debate
Washington reports the senate appropriations committee approved the administration 1.735 billion relief bid and sent it to the senate floor for rapid debate to avert a loss of funds for the fiscal year starting July 1. House leaders discussed emergency methods as strains rise over relief, agriculture, and other measures before Friday midnight.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
WPA
House
White House
Appropriations Committee
District of Columbia
Rep
Woodrum
D-Va
Cannon
Europe
Chesley Jorney
Deadlock in S C over diversion of road funds
A joint conference of appropriations in Columbia resumes at 3 30 p m after a weekend recess to resolve a deadlock on highway fund diversion. House conferees seek outright diversion of part of highway money for state expenses, while senators oppose. Compromise talks neared agreement before.
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Columbia
S. C
Legislative Joint Conference of Appropriations
House
Highway Department
Conflicting wage hour opinions on southern textile minimum
Atlanta June 27 conflicting opinions emerged at a wage hour hearing before Elmer F Andrews on a proposed 32 1 4 cent hourly minimum for textiles. Dr H C Nixon argued the raise would boost buying power and prosperity, though some mills might close. K P Lewis of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association warned it would raise costs, hurt the south’s principal industry, and force thousands to relief. Industrial unions supported the plan. Mills opposes argued higher prices and losses.
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South
Elmer F. Andrews
H. C. Nixon
Nixon
K. P. Lewis
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
University of Missouri
Tyre Taylor
Mills
Taylor
Andrews
Jap Navy Sets Sights On Foochow And Wenchow Ports
The Shanghai radio says the Japanese navy will strike two more Chinese ports, Foochow and Wenchow, and seal the coast by closing those harbors to foreign shipping. Tokyo reports raids into outer Mongolia as Tokyo and London pressure for a peace option in the Tientsin deadlock.
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Shanghai
United States
Japan
Wenchow
Foochow
Swatow
Ningpo
Wendhow
Chekiang Province
Fukien
Talks Planned to End British Japanese Deadlock at Tientsin
Preparations proceed for talks to resolve a 14 day deadlock at Tientsin with the United States shaping the background. British Ambassador Sir Robert Leslie Craigie awaits word from London after a half hour meeting with Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita on terms for settlement. Japanese blockade of British and French concessions in the North China port triggers the dispute, labeled intolerable indignities by Prime Minister Chamberlain.
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Tientsin
United States
Robert Leslie Craigie
London
Hachiro Arita
North China
Chamberlain
Anita
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Outer Mongolia
Mongolia
Manchukuo
Masaharu Honma
Shigenori Tashiro
Mongaulia
Moscow
U. S
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Warrenton
Igor Cassini
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