Federal plan eyed for liquor control after repeal
Washington November 16 A cabinet committee with congressional reps presented a plan to President Roosevelt for federal liquor control after repeal on December 5. Most experts favor placing the distilling industry under the farm administration with a future tax and distribution scheme. The president seeks a dry-state understanding and may form a government agency to supervise distilling, tax collection, and distribution, while keeping rates low to deter bootlegging.
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Roosevelt
Farm Administration
Congressional Judiciary Committees
Capitol Bill
Roper
Cummings
More Trouble For Huey Long
Reports from Louisiana indicate Huey Long will miss the first and several subsequent Senate roll calls when Congress opens in January. The Kingfish faces renewed election trouble as New Orleans city elections loom.
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Louisiana
Huey Long
Senate
New Orleans
Stampede For Liquor Permits In Wettest State In January
The piece notes Louisiana politics with Huey Long rival Francis Williams opposing a mayoral candidate. It cites Senate probes of Long and the Roosevelt program, while also detailing Home Owners' Loan Corporation criticisms of loan applicants and misperceptions about government aid. It mentions Ickes and the interior department expanding due to the New Deal public works program and moving agencies to new quarters on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Water project to employ 1600 workers in SD plan
HOT SPRINGS Nov 16 The advisory public works board of South Dakota approved the Fall River irrigation project. It envisions a 100 foot deep dam with a 94 mile canal to irrigate about 51000 acres. The dam rises 138 feet with a natural spillway. The plan aims to employ 1600 men for two years and seek federal appropriations. Delegates including Gov Berry and Sen Bolow will tour Washington when the proposal is submitted.
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Ghotelike
Tom Berry
Judge denies injunction against truck mile tax in interstate use
District Judge Fred Jansonius denied an application for a forum injunction that would bar state officials from imposing a truck mile tax on vehicles used in interstate transportation. The tax was imposed under 21933 law.
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Fred Jansonius
Al Smith Drops Old Brown Derby For New Look
Washington reports on November 16 detailing Al Smith’s shifting image. The former presidential candidate discards the brown derby, adopts new gestures, and hints at changes in style and speech. He sports an iron hat at times and jokes about radio usage while retaining some familiar mannerisms from his 1928 campaign.
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al Smith
Chicago Fair
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Roosevelt
White House
Mystery Man Of The Campaign Al Smith In Silence
In the recent mayoral race New Yorkers sought Al Smith's view on the situation but he remained aloof. Now a fusion Republican victory over Tammany and the independent Democrats prompts questions about his next move as a central political figure.
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New York
al Smith
Tammany
Alz
Band instruments stolen from Juanah municipal band HQ
Instruments and music valued over 1000 dollars were reported stolen from the headquarters of the municipal band in Juanah Texas, prompting police inquiry and an investigation into the burglary.
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Juanah
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Igorotes And Gold Miners May Clash
Reports of potential trouble between gold prospectors and Igorotes near Baguirio Mountain 150 miles north of Manila reached Governor General Frank Murphy. Igorote legislator Hilaryo Clapp said the tribesmen misunderstand mining laws and fear land invasion. He urged an eight year suspension of staking mining claims in the area. Thirty years axvigorates were feared as head hunters.
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Baguirio Mountain
Frank Murphy
Hilaryo Clapp
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