Death of Herbert N. Straus and temperance debates
The death of Herbert N. Straus, youngest son of the late Isidor and Ida Straus, is a loss to friends and philanthropy. Elsaai Boole, leader of temperance groups, argues beer is harmful and temperance means abstinence from intoxicants, while noting nations have lived temperately without total abstinence. Nineteen states sold beer legally while crowds celebrated, and beer is sold in many venues. The piece also mentions a return of beer and public discussion on its sale. The Senate contemplates a five day work week at six hours daily for a 30 hour week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert N. Straus
Isidor
Ida Straus
Mr. Straus
Elsaai Boole
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Illinois Anti-Saloon League
Senate
Bastrop Political Street Dance Honors Aldermen Candidates
In Bastrop a street dance honors 15 alderman candidates with a Monroe orchestra and hundreds attending. The event, sponsored by Southern Kraft employees, ran from 8 until near midnight on a street by the business district. Next Tuesday Bastrop voters nominate a mayor and a five member alderman board for a four year term. 18 names appear on the ballot, the longest in Bastrop history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
Monroe
Southern Kraft Corporation
Man Arrested Here in Gulfport Warrants
Gulfport, Miss. police say Louis Cambrino, 43, was arrested here Saturday by sheriff's deputies on a desertion charge and jailed. A. M. Poynter, held on a false pretenses charge in Baton Rouge, was released after district attorney review. R. E. Bass, 35, released on bond to Dr. A Johnson and Mrs. R. E. Bass after several days in custody.
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Gulfport
Miss
Louis Cambrino
Sheriff's Department
Mississippi
A. M. Poynter
Baton Rouge
R. E. Bass
A. Johnson
Jailed in Texas Dallas: Lafferty and Thornton Confined
Os car Lafferty and Roy Thornton, both under sentence to the Texas penitentiary and at large since their escape, were confined in the Dallas city jail late today by Detectives J T Luther and L G Del.
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Texas
Dallas
Oscar Lafferty
Roy Thornton
Texas Penitentiary
New Orleans
J. T. Luther
L. G. del
Orleans clamps down on illegal drinking places
New Orleans officials reversed enforcement policy, ordering closure of speakeasies and unlicensed drinking spots ahead of the April 13 return of legal beer and wine. Mayor Walmsley says police will raid and arrest after April 13 those selling beverages with more than one half of one percent alcohol without proper permits.
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New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
George Reyer
Beverage Department
Sunny skies aid flood districts in the delta
Bright skies improve conditions as floodwaters fall in Mississippi and Arkansas. Government engineers report levees along a 100 mile Greenwood Belzoni stretch holding firm while Red Cross seeks Reconstruction Finance funds to aid up to 1500 flood refugees.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mid-South
Mississippi
Greenwood-Belzoni
Red Cross
Reconstruction Corporation
Ben Saunders
Webb
Herriot to Represent France at Conference
Paris April 8 Edouard Herriot former French premier and foreign affairs committee chairman agreed to go to Washington as France’s representative in international economic talks arranged by President Roosevelt. He will sail April 16 on the Ile de France.
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Paris
Edouard Herriot
France
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
M. Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
Ile de France
Jury weighs fate of alleged attacker in Scottsboro case
Heywood Patterson, one of nine negroes tied to the Scottsboro case, sits in a Morgan County jail cell as a Decatur jury weighs evidence on charges of attacking Huntsville textile worker Mrs. Victoria Price. The court heard threats tied to racial tensions and a renewed push for change of venue as guards escort other defendants to Birmingham for safety.
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Decatur
Ala
Heywood Patterson
Chattanooga
Scottsboro
James E. Horton
Huntsville
Joseph R. Brodsky
New York
Wade Wright
Brodsky
Thomas S. Lawson
Charlie Weems
Clarence Norris
Broadsky
Samuel S. Leibowitz
National Guard
Patterson
Birmingham
Weems
Morgan County
Victoria Price
Funderburk Sentenced in Post Office Burglaries Case
Robert Clyde Funderburk pleaded guilty to burgling the Wisner post office and received 18 months in the Chillicothe federal reformatory. Jesse Waller got two years for breaking into an interstate shipment. Joe King awaits sentence during ongoing investigation. Elijah Taylor was sentenced to six months for stealing a check from a mailbox. Several pleas remain unsentenced, including I C Fife, Bastrop former postmaster accused of taking about $8 000.
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Robert Clyde Funderburk
Ben C. Dawkins
Wisner
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
Jesse Waller
Joe King
Waller
J. Noble White
Elijah Taylor
I. C. Fife
Bastrop
Louisiana May Boycott Fruit From California
Hammond La April 8 report that Louisiana considers a boycott of California fruit after California refused to distribute Louisiana strawberries for sale by weight. Telegraph exchanges show four cars of berries denied entry due to pint dry pack measures not conforming with California law. Louisiana Commissioner Harry D Wilson notes berries could be sold by weight though not intended, as they weigh 12 ounces per pint.
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Hammond
California State Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
California
Harry D. Wilson
Wilson
Beer Boom Sends Millions to Government Coffers in 3.2 Beer Rise
New York reports show the 3.2 beer sales fueling municipal state and federal tax intake exceeding 10 million dollars. Breweries struggle to meet demand with double shifts, expanded production and around the nation, while beer advertising boosts newspaper circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
District of Columbia
Brewery Age
Program to Aid Banks Planned Washington Plan to free frozen deposits
Secretary Woodin announced a concrete plan to free millions of dollars in frozen deposits in thousands of unopened state banks. Walter J. Cummings of Chicago was named executive assistant to oversee the work. Woodin expressed confidence the plan would restore solvency to many state institutions, though exact figures were not yet available.
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Washington
Woodin
Walter J. Cummings
Chicago
Treasury
Cummings
America
Bomb Explodes in Nashville Theater Injuring Nine
A crude cigar box bomb exploded in the Paramount theater auditorium at 8 p m injuring nine people slightly. Mrs Joseph T Howell under whose seat the device was placed was unharmed. Nearby patrons suffered minor burns and cuts treated by Dr Harry M Merchant. The theater manager offered no comment on the bombing’s cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Paramount Motion Picture Theater
Joseph T. Howell
Harry M. Merchant
Shaw Denies Saying Americans Are Dumb
In Havana on a world cruise to New York, George Bernard Shaw denied claims he told Helen Keller that all Americans are deaf dumb and blind. He called Americans a funny animal and contrasted them with Italians and Russians tackling problems in new ways.
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Havana
George Bernard Shaw
New York
Helen Keller
Roosevelt to Host World Talks as Congress Recesses
President Roosevelt plans international talks after national rehabilitation moves. Eleven nations invited to talks on trade barriers include Canada Mexico Great Britain France Italy Germany Japan China Argentina Brazil Chile. State banking plan aims to reopen closed banks with regulatory approval pending.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Canada
Mexico
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Japan
China
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Congress
Woodin
Officer's Body Found in Ocean Aboard the U S S Portland
Navy search continues for wreckage of the Akron after the body of Lieut. Col. A F Masury and debris are found. Masury, a U S ordnance reserve guest of Rear Admiral Moffett, died while aboard the Akron. Center of search is about 20 miles off Barnegat light. Portland captain Leary directs dragging operations.
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U.S.S. Portland
Jersey Coast
A. F.eMasury
Navy
Masury
U. S. A. Ordnance Reserve
Akron
William A. Moffett
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Coast Guard
Galatea
Barnegat Light
Leary
Portland
Navy Department
Washington
School Rally Consolidated to One Day in 1933
Baton Rouge April 8. The Louisiana high school rally will be limited to April 29 and all contests will be individual. The move eliminates baseball and dramatic interpretation events and shifts track to an individual format to save school expenses.
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Baton Rouge
State
P. H. Griffith
Two Women Freed In Human Sacrifice Case
INEZ Kentucky April 8 Mrs John H Mills and Mrs Fred Mills were freed of murder and conspiracy charges when Commonwealth Attorney J B Clark moved to dismiss the indictments. The case against them was said to be weak. Trial of seven other defendants began. A jury fined Tucker Buskirk $25 for attempting to interfere with the Mills jury. two other men charged similarly were freed.
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Inez
John H. Mills
Fred Mills
Commonwealth
J. B. Clark
Lucinda Mills
Tucker Buskirk
Mills
Flood Control Meet Sought on Levee Highway Plan
New Orleans April 8 Levee board representatives and state officials are summoned to discuss federal plans to build highways along Mississippi river levees if rights-of-way are provided. The proposal from Major General Lytle Brown aims to speed flood relief and aid unemployment with hand labor on levee corridors.
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New Orleans
Levee Board
Wade O. Martin
Louisiana Highway Commission
State Board of Engineers
Lytle Brown
Corps of Army Engineers
Harley Ferguson
Mississippi River Commission
Louisiana
Martin
General Brown
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
American Camp Hit by Bullets Near Chinwangtao
The 15th U S infantry camp west of Chinwangtao was struck by bullets during a Sino Japanese skirmish nearby. A small guard under Captain Dennis Moore of Texas remains on duty. Reports from Manchukuo troops occupying Chinwangtao and Japanese orders to evacuate south of the Great Wall are unconfirmed, per dispatches.
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Peiping
China
U. S
Chinwangtao
United States Legation
Dennis Moore
Texas
Renga
Manchukuo
Great Wall of China
Chinwangtoa
Sanhaikwan
Great Wall
Swan River
Man Found Dead in Camden From Wood Alcohol Poisoning
An unidentified man about 50 was found dead early today on the Ouachita river bank in Camden Arkansas. He appeared to be a victim of wood alcohol poisoning. Transients found the body and testified at a coroner inquest that he was intoxicated late Friday. No identification was found on the body or in his clothing.
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Camden
Ark
Ouachita River
Rogers Has His Say
Beverly Hills Calif April 8 Roger s comments reflect on national mood and Prohibition era debates as he quips about the senate vote for a 30 hour work week and rewards. He notes Americans desire for the right to drink and mocks increased work hours while preserving a satirical tone.
State schools plan term cuts across Louisiana parishes
Louisiana state education chief T H Harris said about 50 parishes likely to shorten terms to seven or eight months due to financial strain. Banks restricting state school funds and parish tax deposits prompted early closings as the department reviews each parish plan. Harris noted state funds totaling 460000 plus 750000 appropriations and ongoing tax collections.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
T. H. Harris
State Department of Education
Harris
State Board of Education
Roosevelt Plans Billion-Dollar Government Cut
Washington reports a broad one billion dollar reduction in federal outlays is sought by the Roosevelt administration with a 200 million cut for the army and navy. Cabinet officers were given targets by budget director Lewis W. Douglas to exceed the 25 percent campaign pledge.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Lewis W. Douglas
Germany Targets Jews in Civil Service Purge Law
Berlin reports a new civil service law declaring Germany to be run by Aryans and defining a Jew as anyone with one Jewish grandparent. It bars Jews from public office, with limited exceptions for those in service before 1914 or who fell in war. Thousands of officials will be ousted and pensions denied for most dismissals.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Armed men dynamite Mississippi levee near Tippo
Thirty masked gunmen overpowered guards two miles west of Tippo Mississippi, rowed in at dawn, and placed nine cases of dynamite on the levee. They fired the charges as emergency crews rushed to plug the break, threatening thousands of acres of delta floodwaters near Webb and Swan Lake.
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Tippo
Miss
Matthew's Bayou
Here
Chute Bridge
Webb
Swan Lake
Mississippi Delta
Charleston
Quachita Junior College to Graduate 140 in historic commencement
On Monday June 5 Quachita junior college will graduate 140 students in its first commencement. The arts department has 39 graduates, teacher training 47, engineering 27, pre medical 14, and pre legal 7, with 6 in other certificates. The baccalaureate sermon is set for Sunday June 4 and the speaker will be announced later.
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Quachita Junior College
C. C. Calvert
Examiners End Probe Of Banks At Capital
National bank examiners who since March 29 have been examining three local state banks planning reorganization under national charters completed their check. They will forward findings to the chief district national examiner at Atlanta for transmission to the comptroller of the currency in Washington to decide if assets are acceptable for nationalization. The Bank of Baton Rouge and the Union Bank and Trust company plan a merger into a single national bank while Citizens Bank and Trust company seeks a separate charter.
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Baton Rouge
National Bank
Atlanta
Comptroller of the Currency
Washington
Bank of Baton Rouge
Union Bank and Trust Company
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Georgia Minister Tries To Kill Self
Dr. Carl C. Gregory pastor of Mulberry Street Methodist Church in Macon was in critical condition from a self inflicted firearm wound near the heart. Police said he had returned to duties recently after a two month leave. Neighbor Paul Maerz reported hearing a shot and finding the pastor in a small park with a pistol nearby. The pastor told officers I was a fool to do it.
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Macon
Carl C. Gregory
Mulberry Street Methodist Church
South Georgia
Peolice
Gregory
Paul Maerz
Maerz
Dr. Gregory
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King Features Synd
Alfred E. Smith
Empire State Building
Bastrop Office
Orleans
R. L. Funderburk
Cooperages and Glass Works
Chicago Association of Commerce
W. J. Cummings
Shreveport
Hanna
Lynn Bailey
Charles Webb
Grand Bayou
Shaw
U.S
Rogers
Beverly Hills
Calif
We Raper
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Georgia
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