Indicted ex Governor Leche linked to hot oil scheme
Former Louisiana Governor Richard Leche and Seymour Weiss are indicted by a federal grand jury on charges tied to a hot oil scheme with East Texas Refining, Rodessa fields, and Pelican Oil. Burford allegedly built a pipeline to raise oil from 5 000 to 20 000 barrels daily while profits and commissions were distributed.
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New Orleans
Richard Leche
Seymour Weiss
Connally
Leche
Weiss
Frank Murphy
Washington
Reman Burford
Dallas
Louis C. Lesage
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Lesage
Huey P. Long
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Weiss and Lee
Burford
Rodessa
Shreveport
Fast Texas
Pelican Oil Company
State Conservaton Department
East Texas Refining Company
Peanut theft solved by shell trail to park
Police tracked a theft of several sacks of peanuts from G. A. Richardson concessionaire’s home. A trail of peanut shells led to a nearby park where three small boys were found slightly sick from overeating goobers.
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Okada
G. A. Richardson
Goldsmith Lands Two-Pound Flounder From Surf
In Myrtle Beach South Carolina C H Goldsmith waded in the surf and felt a strike on his leg. He grabbed the catch and reeled in a two pound flounder proving fishing gear unnecessary for a successful haul this day.
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Myrtle Beach
S. C
C. H. Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Kansas City Officer Raises Eight Infants Found in Park
Officer Alva Puget retrieved a female victim struck by a motorist in Swope Park and discovered eight infants, two or three days old, in a pouch. He took them home and is raising them using a medicine dropper.
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Kansas City
Alva Puget
Swope Park
Puget
Jam Session Turns Nightly Tom Toms Into Lodging Echo
A vacationing youth in Wabeno Wisconsin fled toward a resort lodge as distant tom-tom rhythms rose from the woods. A guide investigated then dismissed the sounds as a jam session, returning to the fire while the drums faded away.
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Wabeno
Wis
North Woods
Elephant Trunk Also Called a Proboscis
A common alternative term for an elephant's trunk is proboscis. This word is used in anatomical and zoological contexts to denote the elongated nose and upper lip of the animal.
Favors Poll Of Packard Plant
Detroit August 7 An AFL UAW official announced the union agreed to a National Labor Relations Board poll of Packard Motor Car Company workers and would not contest similar elections at Chrysler Briggs Manufacturing and Moto Products. Packard vote set for August 17 with Moto Products on August 15.
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Detroit
Afl-United Auto Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Packard Motor Car Company
Chrysler Corporation
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Moto Products Company
Ciovaw
Packard
Frank H. Bowen
NLRB
Motor Products
Briggs
Chrysler
Bowen
Fred Durrance
Uaw-Afl
UAW- A
Senator Millard Tydings Joins Democratic Nomination
Maryland Senator Millard Tydings becomes the first to publicly enter the Democratic presidential race. A longtime foe of the Roosevelt administration, he announces his candidacy amid party chatter.
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Millard Tydings
Maryland
Roosevelt
Public sale of desirable building lot in Winchester Virginia
Default on a May 24 1927 Deed of Trust by R C Green and wife triggers a public auction. The lot on West Leicester Street bounds Green residence and adjacent property, with 45 feet frontage and 118 feet depth, will be sold at the county courthouse noon on August 26 1939. Terms require one third cash at sale and balance in one and two years via two equal bonds, 6 percent interest, Waiver of Homestead Exemption, secured by a Deed of Trust.
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R. C. Green
Winchester
Virginia
West
Leicester St
Assis
Laidlot
Bete
James P. Reardon
Dr Page Andrews Visits Winchester for Historical Talks
Dr Page Andrews renowned Virginia history author visited Winchester today to confer with Brooks Flickinger former Colonial National Park superintendent at Yorktown. The two have long collaborated in historical research with Flickinger drafting a biography of General Daniel Morgan.
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Page Andrews
Virginia
Winchester
Brooks Flickinger
Colonial National Park
Yorktown
Andrews
Flickinger
Daniel Morgan
Basketball Attracts Largest Number Of Participants
Basketball draws the greatest participation across four seasons, far surpassing other sports in the field. The statement highlights basketball culture and broad involvement in seasonal play.
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Sherwin
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Bull Run
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Manassas
China
William B. Bankhead
House of Representatives
Dickie Lee
Brooklyn
N. Y
John Lee
U. S
Sen
Soviet
Moscow
Red
Boris M. Shaposhkinov
Klementi Voroshilov
Nikolai G. Kuznetsov
Canada
Europe
North America Assurance Society of
Richmond
Andrew G. Briggs
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester Business College
Palmer Comfortable
Palmer
Swimley
George Washington Hotel
Hubert A. Kerr
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Bureau of Insurance and Banking of Virginia
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