Senate Finance Committee Questions Tax Bill Phase
The Senate Finance Committee questioned a phase of the 803 million dollar tax bill amid White House efforts to avoid clashes with the House and possible adjournment. Senator Bailey urged constitutional issues over debt-ridden corporations and the bill's 22 1/2 percent rate with a one fifth debt cap, while Harrison defended classification and credits. A major feature aims to push profits to stockholders by taxing corporate income progressively and ending dividend tax exemptions. Brazil donated coffee to Vienna, incurring 70 cents a pound in duties and transport to move coffee from Trieste to Vienna.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Congress
Bailey
North Carolina
Finance Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Haarlem Oil Capsules Offer Kidney and Bladder Relief
An advertisement promotes Gold Metal Haarlem Oil Capsules at 35 cents per package to flush poisons and acids from kidneys and ease bladder irritation. It claims to reduce nocturnal urination and lists symptoms such as burning during passage backache and puffy eyes. Ad.
Local road upgrades set with grading and gravel work
Four miles of road improvement planned with grading and graveling. Sullivan Long and Hagerty are the contractors handling the project.
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Sullivan, Long and Hagerty
Young Returns From AS Engineers Convention
K. R. Young, area engineer for the United States engineering department, has returned from Hot Springs Arkansas where he attended the convention of the American Society of Engineers.
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K. R. Young
United States Engineering Department
Hot Springs
Ark
American Society of Engineers
McClary Plans Monroe Effort to Host 1937 Medical Meeting
S H McClary secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Monroe and West Monroe will depart Monday for Lake Charles to attend the Louisiana State Medical Society meeting. He aims to secure the 1937 convention for Monroe.
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M’clary
Lake Charles
S. H. McClary
Chamber of Commerce of
Monroe
West Monroe
Louisiana State Medical Society
West Monroe NYA Opens Community Room for Children
A new community room in West Monroe will serve residents lacking space. Equipment has been prepared by NYA boys from Cypress and Crosley streets. A daily story hour runs 9 to 11 each morning for preschool children.
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West Monroe
NYA
Cypress and Crosley Streets
Reverend Johns to Preach at First Methodist West Monroe
Rev H L Johns presiding elder of the Monroe district will preach this evening at the First Methodist church in West Monroe. Following the service the quarterly conference will be held.
Physicians Are Delegates Monroe Delegation Named
Monroe delegates to the state convention of the Louisiana State Medical Society will comprise Dr. George Wright with Dr. C. P. Gray Jr. as alternate, Dr. A. L. Peters with Dr. Irving J. Wolff alternate, Dr. John G. Snelling Jr. with Dr. George M. Snellings alternate. Dr. J. B. Vaughan is counselor from this district.
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Monroe
Louisiana State I Medical Society
George Wright
C. P. Gray, Jr
A. L. Peters
Irving J. Wolff
John G. Snelling, Jr
George M. Snellings
J. B. Vaughan
Reading Room Opens at 304 Wood Street West Maines
Mrs. Julius Chandler, NYA supervisor, announces a new reading room at 304 Wood Street West Maines. It opens daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and offers books and magazines for visitors.
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Julius Chandler
NYA
Wood Street
West Maines
Canning Plant to Open in West Monroe May First
Mrs. C. A. Kincaid supervisor announced a community canning plant for the people of Ouachita parish will be located on the Mills and Cypress street corner in West Monroe. The site change from the previous plan was deemed inadvisable and the plant will open on or about May 1.
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Quachita Parish
Mills and
Cypress Streets
West Monroe
C. A. Kincaid
Miss Gwendolyn Edwards Visiting Baton Rouge
Miss Gwendolyn Edwards daughter of Mr and Mrs C B Edwards is spending the week end in Baton Rouge as a guest of friends.
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Gwendolyn Edwards
Mrs. C. B. Edwards
Baton Rouge
Road work to begin on Calhoun to Cadeville highway
Work will start this week on the Calhoun to Cadeville highway. The project covers a distance of approximately the stated length and aims to improve travel.
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Calhoun
Cadeville
Silver Wedding Anniversary Observed in Monroe
Mr and Mrs J J Devereux of 510 Sixth Street celebrate their silver wedding anniversary today with an informal reception at their home. Three sisters Miss Katie Mulvihill Miss Helen Mulvihill and Miss Margaret Mulvihill of Vicksburg and Mrs James Keeney of Shreveport will be out of town guests honored by the couple, known widely in Monroe.
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J. J. Devereux
Sixth Street
Session of First Presbyterian church calls congregational meeting
Rev. Ernest D. Holloway moderator and Sidney Stroud clerk announce a congregational meeting after morning service on Sunday May 3 in the church auditorium. The meeting will consider steps to secure a loan from the federal government.
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Ernest D. Holloway
Sidney Stroud
First Presbyterian Church
Monroe Doctors Prepare for State Medical Society Meet
A large contingent of Monroe and West Monroe physicians heads to Lake Charles for the Louisiana State Medical Society convention. Monroe’s Dr. C. P. Gray Sr. will serve as president, with Dr. D. M. Moore and Dr. James E. Walsworth leading radiology and general surgery sections. Efforts aim to bring the 1937 convention to Monroe.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Louisiana State Medical Society
Lake Charles
C. P. Gray
Gray
St. Clair Adams
New Orleans
Lake Charles Country Club
State Society
D. M. Moore
James E. Walsworth
Shirley Temple in College at Georgia State College for Women
Milledgeville Georgia Shirley Temple and Helen Morgan are students at the Georgia State College for Women not the film stars. Sir Guy Standing the movie actor is a commander in the British navy.
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Shirley Temple
Milledgeville, Ga
Helen Morgan
Georgia State College For Women
Sir Guy Standing
Deaths in Lake Charles and Harrisonburg Notices
Mrs Ida Foard widow of J C Foard died in Lake Charles La she is survived by two sisters and two sons funeral services set for 3 PM tomorrow In Harrisonburg La the funeral of Dick Doyle 28 operator killed when his engine ran over him was held at the Baptist church Burial followed in Harrisonburg cemetery Doyle survived by three sisters and three brothers
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Lake Charles
Ida Foard
J. C. Foard
Funeral services for Madison R. Coon in Walnut Grove
Madison R. Coon age 69 of Walnut Grove died of pneumonia. Funeral conducted at Walnut Grove church by Rev. E Hearne with interment at a nearby cemetery. Pallbearers named from West Monroe Monroe and Eros. Survived by widow eight daughters and 27 grandchildren including Mrs. Clara Bennett Mrs. C Crowell and Mrs. Ada Tolbird of Eros and others across Monroe Tallulah West Monroe and Portsmouth.
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Okaloosa
Madison R. Coon
Walnut Grove
Walnut Grove Church
E. Hearne
Will Mitchell
West Monroe
J. Norman Coon
H. S. Coon
Monroe
W.S. Wilbanks
D. A. Coon
L. N. Coon
Eros
Hearne
Clara Bennett
C. Crowell
Ada Tolbird
Claudina Eady
Mary Frith
Tallulah
Allie Walpole
Portsmouth
Ola George
Elmer Frith
Chicago, Il
Ouachita Parish Singing Convention at Claiborne School
The Ouachita Parish Singing convention meets at Claiborne school with attendees from Monroe and West Monroe. Luther Kilpatrick, president, announced the summer session will be in Winnsboro on the first Sunday in June.
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Ouachita Parish
Claiborne School
Monroe
West Monroe
Luther Kilpatrick
Winnsboro
Milky Well Near Nanking Attracts Curious Visitors
A centuries old wells sits beside a rural temple outside Nanking China offering a sweet liquid described as milk from a well where visitors flock to taste a mysterious white fluid believed to be over 500 years old.
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Nanking
China
Louisiana Medical Society to Convene in Lake Charles
Dr. C. P. Gray president of the Louisiana State Medical society presides over the annual convention set for April 27 to 29 in Lake Charles. Gray is noted as the first Monroe physician to hold the presidency of the group. The article adds a note on ancient Egyptian belief that scarabs symbolized self-created deities.
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C. P. Gray
Louisiana State Medical Society
Lake Charles
Police Jurors to Hold Meeting in New Orleans
A large Ouachita parish delegation is expected at the Police Jury Association of Louisiana state convention in Hotel Roosevelt New Orleans. Registration begins Monday at 5 p.m. with sessions on the mezzanine and a resolutions committee chaired by D. Y. Smith of Sterlington meeting Monday afternoon. Officers will be elected Monday at 10 a.m. and entertainment includes a theater party for visiting ladies and a stag party with refreshments plus a floor show at the New Orleans Athletic Club.
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Ouachita Parish
Police Jury Association of
Louisiana
Hotel Roosevelt
New Orleans
Resolutions Committee
D. Y. Smith
Sterlington
New Orleans Athletic Club
Notices and Rules Governing Upcoming Nevada Divorce and Local Addresses
At 9 a m Tuesday addresses of interest include Governors elect Richard Leche James A Noe H J Early state relief administrator Gaston L Porterie James Monroe Smith president of LSU and others A divorce may be obtained in Nevada after six weeks residence but six months are required before issuance of a resident fishing license there
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Richard Leche
James A Noe
H. J. Early
Gaston L. Porterie
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Nevada
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Amleto Cicognani
Adrian
Henry P. Rohiman
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Young Returns
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OP Macy
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John Collens
Thompson's Pharmacy
Ing. Virginia Hotel
Frank ‘Thompson
Orner Grand
Lard St
Be McHenry
Fet
Thompson NO. 2, Inc
Frances Otel
Mounae
Ar Lee
DeBlard Street
Bev
Sutton
John J. Batafora
A. FR
Holloway
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Lovers Lane
Me Rizzo
Jackson Street
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Coon Funeral
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