Louisiana election chaos looms as ballots printed
In Baton Rouge the East Baton Rouge district court learns ballots were printed despite a restraining order. Protests erupt as anti Lang factions burn ballots, while Major Howell warns of possible bloodshed if Huey Long supporters trigger violence.
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Lvar E. Kemp
Congress
Democratic Committee
Kemp
Huey P. Long
Congressional Post
O. K. Allen
Bolivar E. Kemp
Sixth District
Democratic Executive Committee
New Orleans
Lang
Allen
M. E. Whitman
Amite
Tangipahoa Parish
Ponchatoula
Hammond
Donaldsonville
Ascension Parish
Roland Howell
Thibodaux
State Public Works Advisory Board
Louisiana
Huey Long
Howell
National Guard
Alien
Columbia Considers Rose Bowl Bid Against Stanford
New York AP reports Columbia University's athletic authorities met to decide whether to accept an invitation to represent the cast against Stanford in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena on New Year's Day. No immediate decision was given on acceptance or rejection.
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New York
Columbia University
Stanford
Pasadena
California
Columbia
Connally Condemns Louisiana Election Practices
Senator Tom Connally chairman of the senate sub committee investigating the Overton Broussard election in Louisiana condemned the election practices in that state in a statement released from Houston Texas.
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Houston
Tex
Tom Connally
Two Floyd Relatives Hurt in Fort Smith Accident
In Fort Smith Arkansas on December 4 two women identified as Charles Arthur Floyd's wife and cousin and a man believed to be Floyd were injured in a hospital guard status after an accident.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Jack Pace
Otto Kuykendall
Charles Arthur
Pretty Boy
Body Found Near Princess Anne Newton Farm Girl
The body of Edna Morris 20 a white farm girl missing since last Friday was located by two Black men in a wood five miles from Princess Anne Maryland today authorities said.
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Princess Anne
Edna Morris
Jake Must Go Extradition for Fac tor Approved by Supreme Court
Washington December 4 Extradition of John Jake the Barber Factor of Chicago to England for trial on an eight million dollar swindle charge was approved today by the supreme court.
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John
Jake the Barber
Factor
Roger Touhy
Chicago
Jake
Washington
England
Supreme Court
Ehringhaus Sees Higher Peanut Prices With Marketing Pact
Governor Ehringhaus believes a marketing agreement will soon guarantee peanut growers three cents a pound for this variety and urges growers to market slowly until a deal is reached. He returned from a Washington conference confident of better returns and asks farmers to delay sales while seeking favorable commodity credit loans.
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Raleigh
Ehringhaus
Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Work Begins On U S Revenue Raising Act
Washington December 4 The House Ways and Means Committee began work on revising the tax system to raise about 400 million dollars in federal revenue annually. It will study sub committee recommendations to expand income tax administration without raising rates and will later consider liquor taxes after repeal. Treasury proposals are not due until about December 15 delaying the bill ahead of Congress January 3.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
Doughton
D-Nc
Congress
Farmer Offers 18th Century Stainer Violin for Washington Farm
W D Cleming a farmer from Kings Mountain North Carolina seeks a farm in Washington or Oregon. He offers his 18th century genuine Stainer violin valued at 1400 dollars in normal times as the exchange for a farm in the Pacific Northwest.
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Seattle
W. D. Cleming
King's Mountain
N. C
Washington
Oregon
Swanson Seeks O. K. In Building Up Navy
Secretary Swanson asks for conversations with President Roosevelt to push for a stronger navy and end disarmament, noting the U S has weakened naval strength since World War I. He urges a progressive annual building program to reach full treaty strength and replace aging ships versus past sporadic efforts. News from London and Tokyo show mixed reactions to disarmament moves.
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Washington
Swanson
Roosevelt
United States
Navy
London
Tokyo
Japan
America
Pet Dog Killed by Truck Shatters City Pride
Special to Enterfrice Santa Monica columnist laments lack of interest in politics after a dog is killed by a truck. The note laments Governor Rolph and Eth el Barrymore and ends with a personal, heartfelt sign off.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Rolph
Ethel Barrymore
O. O. McIntyre
Lea Extradition Case Heads for Tennessee Supreme Court
Tennessee Supreme Court opened its December term in Nashville with a decision due on Colonel Luke Lea and Luke Lea Jr. Their habeas corpus appeal challenges North Carolina extradition for banking law violations. Both men were convicted in Asheville in 1931. Lea Sr. faces six to ten years, Lea Jr. a fine or two to six years.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Supreme Court
Luke Lea
North Carolina
Lea
U.S
Asheville
N. C
John T. Cunningham
Clarksville
Supreme Court
Former Scotland County Sheriff L. P. Gibson Dead at 78
Laurinburg report notes L P Gibson aged 78 and former Scotland County sheriff has died. Funeral details not listed.
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Carolina
Laurinburg
L. P. Gibson
Scotland
P S Car Michael Dies After Illness
Charlotte obituary notes the death of P S Car Michael 58 an educator who served in both North and South Carolina after a two weeks illness.
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Charlotte
P. S. Carmichael
North
South Carolina
Four-Homicide Weekend Toll Across Carolinas Details
A weekend AP tally reports twenty deaths in the Carolinas from Saturday to Sunday. Sixteen via cars, two by train derailments, two by accidental pistol discharges, and four by homicide. Victims include Vernon Baldwin and Albert Welles of Sumter.
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Carolinas
Associated Press
South Carolina
North Carolina
Atlantic Coast Line
Bennetteville
D. C
Vernon Baldwin
Albert A. Welles
Sumter
Edward B. Steading
Piedmont and Northern
Greenville
Lee Barnett
Spartanburg
Barnett
L. C. Coggins
Edna
Reidsville
Fred Beaton
Elkin
N. C
Jesse C
New York Prepares for Liquor Repeal Night
New York City braces for repeal after a long dry era as warehouses fill with liquor and ships bring aged wines. Workers load trucks for hotel and club celebrations while officials monitor changes across the border in Canada and Utah awaiting the new rules.
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New York
Manhattan
Canada
Utah
New York City
Pan American Debt Moratorium Sought at Conference
Dr. Jose M. Puig Casa uranc of Mexico proposed a six to ten year Pan American moratorium on public and private debts and an international court to handle them without bankers. The plan calls for bi metallic monetary system with silver reserves and a continental master bank.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Jose M. Puig Casauranc
Mexico
United States
Doran Leaves Government to Lead Distillers Code Authority
Washington reports Dr. James M. Doran, long time commissioner of industrial alcohol, offered to head the distillers code authority in Washington with offices to be established here. His resignation from government service is effective tonight or tomorrow after 26 years of service.
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Washington
James M. Doran
Distillers’ Code Authority
Doran
Ickes Defends PWA With Work Figures
Secretary Ickes cites that 2,993,360 men were employed under works allotments as of November 25 to rebut Alfred E. Smith's charge that the PWA is a failure. He notes 347,623 in the civilian conservation corps and 1,183,267 under the Civil Works Administration allotment of 400 million dollars.
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Washington
Ickes
Alfred E. Smith
PWA
New York
Smith
Civilian Conservation Corps
Civil Works Administration
Defense Council Faces Judge Criticism in Scottsboro Trial
In Decatur Alabama on December 4 the second Scottsboro retrial defendant Clarence Norris faced sharp cross examination by Samuel Leibowitz. Judge W W Callahan admonished both sides for disruptive conduct as the state rested and the defense began its case with Dr. R R Bridges testifying.
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Decatur
Ala
Clarence Norris
Scottsboro
Victoria Price
W. W. Callahan
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Orvel Gilley
Albertville
Norris
Leibowitz
Gilley
Callahan
Montgomery
Thomas BE. Knight, Jr
Thomas B. Knight, Jr
Knight
R. R. Bridges
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