07 Jul 1935
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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1935
Page
1
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Mussolini proclaims an unavoidable war with the Ethiopian Empire in a bold assertion of expansionist aims. The dramatic statement underscores fascist leadership and the broader tensions shaping international relations in 1935.
Huey Long hosts a rapid session from the 33 story statehouse as 26 dictatorship clinching measures race through the house and senate. The house adjourns to 12:30 am while the senate forwards bills to finance committee for swift approval. New appointments by Governor Allen expand the legislature during this extraordinary meeting.
Vittorio and Bruno Mussolini, aged 19 and 17, join the Italian air force as pilots to fight in East Africa. Bruno is noted as the youngest licensed fighting pilot in Italy. both sons train in scouting and bombardment planes as compared with German royalty.
The World Telegram reports Charles H. Sabin Jr forms a committee of wealthy donors lobbying for lower income taxes a federal sales tax abolition of nuisance taxes and major government cuts. The letter lists prominent names as supporters and claims a nationwide reach with eastern HQ at Hamilton Gas Co offices.
President Roosevelt leaves Annapolis aboard the government yacht Sequoia for an afternoon of fishing and a weekend on Chesapeake Bay. The voyage is noted with a Washington paper describing ideal fishing opportunities during the hot July day.
Washington July 6 The wealth tax plan split Congress with Republicans predicting a recess or fall reconvening, while Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee pressed to push a bill this session. Meanwhile, votes and hearings were set on TVA amendments, utilities measures, and various must bills to expedite the broader program.
The Chicago dispatch notes a day of heat relief after a brief summer peak. Temperatures reached 90s to 100s across many regions with cooling showers and winds. Kansas Dodge City hit 100, down from 104, while fatalities occurred in Missouri Ohio and Indiana attributed to sunstroke and heat.
New Mexico Supreme Court ruled the occupational chain store tax unconstitutional in a decision favoring four large operators who challenged unfairness and inequality. The 1934 amended act and prior measures were struck down, leaving the state without the tax. The ruling followed district judge M A Otero Jr.'s finding of unconstitutionality due to penalties for high business volume.
In Jackson Mississippi July 6 Dr Sarah Ruth Dean of Greenwood must begin a life sentence in the state penitentiary Tuesday unless Governor Sennett Conner grants a 30 day suspension or pardon. The governor, recently ill, left for an undisclosed destination with his family and did not state a course of action on the case.
King George and Queen Mary observed the Royal Air Force display near Duxford and Mildenhall on the 42nd anniversary of their marriage. 359 planes from 38 squadrons lined up before the monarchs, who met officers as 200 planes flew in formation. The king wore the RAF blue for the first time, joined by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York in similar attire.
Washington July 6 Senator Connally said Argentina Brazil and Paraguay efforts to recruit Texas cotton farmers appear propaganda fueled by a reduction program in the United States. He voiced little sympathy among Texans in Congress for Governor Jose Castells Chaco plan.
President Roosevelt pressed for swift passage of key New Deal measures. He urged passage of the Guffey coal bill while the Wagner labor bill, social security, and utility control bills moved toward enactment amid ongoing constitutional challenges. Suits to annul major programs were expected, as party divisions persisted.
A Chicago rally of liberal supporters voted to create a new national party named The American Common wealth Political Federation. They urged production for use as a guiding principle and directed an executive committee to call a national convention for 1936, likely in October, to place the party in the race.
Merton W. Goodrich, long-haunted by the 11 year old Lil lian Gallaher death, says he is ready to be done but will not plead until the fate of his wife is known. He claims his wife is innocent and seeks no further trouble as Gallaher confronts him at police headquarters after locating him in New York.
The Mongolian government in Ulan Bator accused Japan and Manchukuo of pressuring to seize Mongolian territory. A formal note cited demands for permanent Japanese military observers and warned against peaceful settlement of border disputes.
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma accused rival banks of profiting from the Treasury silver buying program and said he will serve President Roosevelt with a request, backed by 40 senators, for early stabilization of gold and silver. The letter urges adherence to the monetary policy of the last Congress, including continued silver purchases until one quarter of the monetary metal is silver.
Zack McHenry, 25, one of two inmates who fled Tucker penal farm on July 4, turned himself in to his father Sam McHenry and Faulkner County Sheriff J. R. Summers in a woods nine miles north of Conway. He was returned to custody near Wooster after pleading for peace. The elder McHenry joined the posse to secure his son without force. Lee, 38, remained at large as the search continued.
Governor Eugene Talmadge of Georgia is denounced as a "boll weevil menace" in unsigned leaflets circulated among farmers waiting to hear the anti Roosevelt speaker. The leaflets accuse labor unions and Roosevelt of conspiring to exterminate the pest and are linked to the Non Tax association rally opposing AAA policy and New Deal measures.
Clyde Trammell was detained for questioning after the body of 14 year old Mary Isabel Mahar was found in Clear Creek 20 miles north of Fort Smith. The missing girl had been last seen during Independence Day swim party with 16 youths. An inquest was started by the Crawford county coroner and adjourned to Monday afternoon.
Peoria flyers Ken Ringel and Ellis Frederich announced a July 21 start to reclaim the official world endurance flying record. They will fly a six place monoplane from Mt Hawley airport aiming for a full month, breaking the 27 day mark set by the Key brothers of Meridian, Mississippi.
Mussolini announced a government and people will not turn back as 12 000 Blackshirts from Forli and other units prepare for service in East Africa. Italy accelerates mobilization with ships Celio and Principessa Maria sailing from Naples and Salerno.
Rep. Joe B. Hamiter sought a $250 000 state loan for flood relief in parishes affected by the Red and Sabine rivers but the measure was killed by Huey P. Longs house majority. The bill would have empowered the state board of liquidation to borrow the funds for Rapides Caddo Natchitoches DeSoto Grant Avoyelles Vernon Sabine and other parishes. The proposal was referred to the Ways and Means committee and opposed as vague in its planned administration by parish police juries.
Will Rogers jokes about celebrating the library’s 159th anniversary only every 100 years and mocks the July fourth speeches as politics under liberty rhetoric. He quips that the country needs less liberty and more restraint, comparing the celebration to a Roman candle that fires from one end.
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