Amendments to AAA Taxation Battle in Supreme Court
Receivers for Hoosac Mills Corp in Massachusetts pressed fraud charges against AAA amendments aimed at strengthening processing tax legality. A friend of the court brief from the American Farm Bureau Federation defended the taxes, likening them to protective tariffs and accusing critics of taxation without representation. The case, to be argued December 9 before the Supreme Court, questions whether the amendments validate or invalidate the original AAA act.
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Washington
Hoosac Mills Corporation
Massachusetts
AAA
Congress
Supreme Court
American Farm Bureau Federation
Secretary of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Court Grants Industry Higher Domestic Prices and Tariff Ineffectiveness
The court notes that securing higher prices for domestically consumed products is aided by protective measures, while processing taxes aim to raise surplus agricultural commodity prices. yet the tariff system is described as wholly ineffective for that purpose.
College student found dead in Pi Kappa Alpha house
Coroner Riggs reported Corlette died from a single shot to the temple in his room at the Pi Kappa Alpha house. The gun was found nearby and powder burns marked the right temple. Only one youth heard nothing, likely writing on a typewriter. Funeral plans await his father, Dean Holmes Corlette Sr., arriving from Chicago.
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Pi Kappa Alhpa House
Riggs
Young Corlette
Corlette
Dean Holmes Corlette, Sr
Chicago
Baptist Ministers Set Rayville Meet Monday
Northeast Louisiana Baptist Pastors conference gathers at Rayville First Baptist Church starting 10 a m with devotion by Rev D D Cantrell. Speakers include Rev Basil Halbert Forrest and Rev E N Weaver Rayville on topics and a conference sermon by Rev L A Materne Tallulah. lunch to follow.
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Rayville
First Baptist Church
Roger M. Baxter
D. D. Cantrell
Monroe
Basil Halbert
Forrest
E. N. Weaver
Shreveort
George Nelson
Lake Providence
Choudrant Couple Mark 57th Wedding Anniversary
La November 30 Special Mr and Mrs R D O Neal celebrate their 57th anniversary on Thanksgiving day. The couple aged 81 and 80 live at the family home bought from the government with no mortgage. Their family includes 12 children 22 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Mr O Neal known as a road builder and civic actor. Mrs O Neal formerly Maud Kelly sister of tax assessor E A Kelly. A turkey dinner by daughter Mrs W M Barmore honors the milestone.
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W. D. O'Neal
J. M. O'Neal
McAdams
Hilly
O'Neals
Retail Sales Rise Amid Mixed Early November Data
Gains in retail sales were reported up 22 percent overall with Detroit up 16 percent. Wholesale activity showed little change while New York markets noted modest improvements in apparel and dry goods but sales still lagged expectations. Manufacturers' stocks were light and the November industrial index, adjusted for seasonality, is expected to rise above October. Industrial production in November did not show the usual seasonal decline as steel, auto, and electric power output continued to expand.
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Detroit
New York
L S U Honor Roll Includes Thirteen Students
Thirteen northeast Louisiana State University students earned grades of 90 or higher to make the honor roll compiled by academic dean Miss Ophelia Stone. The list names scholars from Catahoula to Tensas parishes, including A G Seal Sicily Island and J E Sapp Swartz, with others from Vidalia, Winnsboro, Monroe, Mangham, Rayville, and St. Joseph.
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Louisiana State University
Ophelia Stone
Catahoula
A. G. Seal
Sicily Island
Concordia
R. D. Calhoun
Vidalia
Franklin
Mary V. Griffin
Gilbert
B. J. Berry
Winnsboro
Jackson
Olive E. Head
Olive E. Lusk
Bros. Ouachita
Jessie G
Human Fly D. D. Roland Climbs Nine Story Hotel Monroe
About 1,000 spectators watched D. D. Roland the so called human fly ascend the nine story Hotel Monroe on South Grand. He inched from window to window then slipped but saved himself with a firm grip and continued the climb to the top amid gasps from the crowd. A frightened negro mammy nearby turned away as the stunt drew to a close.
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D. D. Roland
Hotel Monroe
South Grand Street
Roland
Barham and Adams to Hunt in Mexico
C C Barham of Dubach and Ruston and G Adren Adams, noted Louisiana sportsmen, plan a fall big game hunt in Mexico beginning from Ruston with John A Caplis joining in Shreveport. They will cross at Douglas Arizona and travel by motor into Mexico to hunt antelope deer lion bear and turkey using pack trains after a day’s drive. Barham is on his seventeenth Mexico hunt.
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Ruston
C. C. Barham
Dubach
G. Adren Adams
Louisiana
Mexico
John A. Caplis
Shreveport
Douglas
Arizona
Farnsworth Brothers
Mischievous Fire Box Prank At Lida Benton School
A group of boys reportedly pulled a fire box at Lida Benton school causing a false alarm. When the fire truck arrived, the youths fled, while a separate note mentions physicists' belief that elements may be synthesized in the near future.
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Lida Benton
Reading of a Tragic Night Onlookers Describe Silent End
An elderly witness sighed as a plot unfolded and a blindfolded man named Roland faced a fatal fall from a building. Roland and his father were seen late on Friday after the incident, with a tense scene described by bystanders.
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Roland
Stork to Visit Hollywood as Astaire Couple Await Child
Calif November 30 Fred Astaire and his wife expect a baby after the new year. Mrs Astaire is Phyllis Potter of New York and Philadelphia. Another effort to climb Mount Everest will be made by British explorers in 1936.
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Hollywood
Calif
Fred Astaire
Screen
Astaire
Phyllis Potter
New York
Philadelphia
British Ex
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