Solons Back Tar and Feathers Idea in Tax Reform Debate
Louisiana lawmakers face mounting protests as tax reform measures move toward a return to the legislature. The tax commission plans a crude oil import licensing tax and a lower oil severance tax to fund a property tax relief fund. Commission members resume drafting bills and aim to finish a government economy program and levee board consolidation.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
J. A. Richardson
West Feliciana
East Feliciana
Malcolm Dougherty
Commission
W. Scott Heywood
Jennings
A. C. Gardiner
Church Point
Removal of Black person Thwarts Huge Mob in Greenville
A Black prisoner accused of confronting a 13 year old white girl was moved to an unnamed prison shortly before a mob of about 1000 gathered at the county jail. Authorities say the prisoner was whisked away around midnight, avoiding a planned attack. The mob dispersed by 3 am after searches to nearby Gaffney proved futile.
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Greenville
S. C
Gaffney
Brady Convicted on Criminal Assault Count
George Brady was sentenced by Judge David I Garrett in district court yesterday to 15 years in the state penitentiary for attempted criminal assault. Two youths, Mike Adams and Garland Kennedy, pleaded guilty to burglary of Louisiana Stores, Inc. last November and each received one year in the penitentiary. The spring term closed after two weeks with several trials postponed to a later term.
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George Brady
David I. Garrett
Louisiana Stores, Inc
Mike Adams
Garland Kennedy
British Foreign Secretary Says U S Must Aid If Britain Needs
Sir John Simon announces Britain will not defend China's territorial integrity or the Open Door without full U S cooperation. The piece notes criticism of U S global policing and references the Dillinger case with a Flint Michigan crime robbery on a front-page lead.
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Los Angeles
John Simon
Great Britain
China
Japan
United States
Sam
MR. Dillinger
Flint
Michigan
Citizens Commercial
Roosevelt urges citizens to aid federal crime fight declaration
President Roosevelt called on Americans to marshal support for the federal war on crime as he signed six justice department bills. He urged individuals and groups to confront criminals with courage and warned that public tolerance and corruption hinder law enforcement's progress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
City Riverfront Inferno Destroys Factories Homes Shipyard
A major fire in Newburyport Massachusetts swept a quarter mile square riverfront destroying 12 factories homes stores and a shipyard with yachts. Insurance estimates put losses at 900000 with 400 workers left jobless and two firefighters seriously affected by smoke. Aid came from multiple Massachusetts and New Hampshire communities including Salem.
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Newburyport
Mass
Fisher Shoe
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Salem
Search For Robles Kidnapers Continues
Tucson authorities pursue two unnamed men as suspects in the June Robles kidnapping. The six year old girl remains unable to identify her abductors, while investigators probe the desert case after June was found imprisoned in a buried sheet-iron box nine miles southeast of Tucson.
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Tucson
Ariz
June Robles
June
Here
Bulgarian Army Seizes Government In Swift Coup
Bulgarian forces topple constitutional government and establish a military dictatorship. King Boris signs decrees dissolving parliament and installing Kimon Guerroguiff as premier, with arrests of former cabinet members and troops securing Sofia and provincial cities.
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Associated Press
Sofia
Bulgaria
Boris
Kimon Gueroguieff
Joris
Keeper of Toll Bridge Is Slain
Texarkana Arkansas May 19 Glenn L Williams 35 keeper of the toll bridge over the Red river at Fulton 19 miles northeast of here was shot to death by a gunman police theorize Williams tried to capture after recognizing him as a desperado No money was taken from the toll house The killer fled in an automobile after Williams staggered toward fellow toll collector L R Quinn who found him fatally wounded in the bridge cottage doorway.
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Texarkana
Ark
Glenn L. Williams
Red River
Fulton
Here
Williams
Hempstead
Miller Counties
L. R. Quinn
Quinn
Hurley demands DOJ inquiry into administration’s reputation
Patrick J. Hurley, Hoover secretary of war, asked the senate civil service committee to determine if the department of justice tried to destroy the former administration’s reputation. He urged removal of A. V. Dalrymple, former prohibition director, now a special assistant to the attorney general, and denied involvement in a Republican conspiracy.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Patrick J. Hurley
Hoover
Senate Civil Service Committee
Hurley
Department
A. V. Dalrymple
Prohibition Service
Dalrymple
Prohibition
Ouachita Parish Seeks Tax Renewal For Road Maintenance
The Ouachita parish police jury urges voters to renew a one and a half mill tax for road and bridge upkeep, replacing the former two mills to save at least $25,000 annually. The piece explains costs per mile, daily maintenance, and the need for ongoing drag and repair work to sustain the parish road system.
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Ouachita Parish
Parish Highway Department
Hamilton Given Long Sentence In Denton Robbery Case
Raymond Hamilton pleaded guilty to robbing the First National Bank of Lewisville in Denton county. Prosecutors could not field a death penalty jury after 109 veniremen, adding 99 years to Hamilton’s existing 263-year total for armed robberies and a murder.
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Denton
Texas
Raymond Hamilton
Hamilton
First National Bank
Lewisville
Denton County
Gambill
Ben Boyd
Striking Drivers and Police Clash in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on May 19 police beat back striking truck drivers who halted shipments since Tuesday night. Dozens injured, including four officers, as pickets hurled stones at produce trucks in the market district while police escorts protected early arrivals.
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Minneapolis
C. Thomas Stores, Inc
Fear-Swept Crawfish Cringes Behind Hedge Of Gunmen At Capital
A Louisiana legislative session opening is described as mild and uneventful, while sensationalized imagery centers on Senator Huey P Long guarded by armed protectors at a Baton Rouge hotel. The piece contrasts theatrical political pomp with stark security, noting the spectacle lacked the promised melodrama.
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United States
Baton Rouge
Huey P Long
Louisiana
Capital
Progressives Form New Party In Wisconsin Battle
In Wisconsin a new Progressive party forms led by Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr as the campaign centers on 1934 elections. He will back President Roosevelt while opposing Democratic scheme and utility interests allied with old party factions.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Wisconsin
Robert M. la Follette
Progressive Party
Republican Party
la Follette
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Roosevelt
Schmedeman
Senator la Follette
Washington
Four Die as Bus Plunges From Overpass in Texas
A Greyhound bus went off an overpass near Cisco after a blowout. Driver Roy Turnbow said steering failed and the bus smashed through a guard rail and fell 50 feet. Four killed include Mary Ann Hilton and Ethel Boney and Boney's two month old baby. two women were injured fatally and others injured.
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Greyhound
Texas and Pacific
Roy Turnbow
Fort Worth
Mary Ann Hilton
Abilene
Ethel Boney
Ranger
Davis Returns to Arms Conference
Norman H. Davis United States ambassador at large left New York to rejoin the international disarmament talks aboard the liner Aquitania He warned of a crisis in two negotiations and said prospects for an early agreement were not encouraging while urging continued public support for disarmament.
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New York
Norman H. Davis
United States
Europe
Davis
Aquitania
Kidnapers at inn insulted by inmates in Chicago area
In a muted Chicago dispatch the piece notes kidnappers checked into a hostelry across the bay where fellow inmates snubbed them and refused assistance. It also mentions a new flying boat record carrying 11,000 pounds at 22,000 feet, and comments on Congress and Roosevelt regarding evacuation and trade.
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San Francisco
Calif
Congress
Roosevelt
ERA Plans Rural Rehabilitation Committee for Louisiana
The Emergency Relief Administration announced a rural rehabilitation committee will be appointed for Louisiana to aid farmers and farm workers. Members include J. G. Lee Jr of LSU and others from Southwestern Louisiana Institute Tulane and more. A state director for rural rehabilitation will also be named, with qualifications and no political entanglements.
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Washington
Emergency Relief Administration
Louisiana
J. G. Lee, Jr
Louisiana State University
J. L. Fletcher
Agriculture Department
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
H. C. Nixon
Tulane University
H. J. Early
Louisiana Relief
ERA
Governor Paroles Pugilist’s Slayer in Missouri
Walter Dipley, who killed middleweight great Stanley Ketchel in 1910, was paroled after more than 23 years in Missouri state prison. Governor Guy B. Park ordered the parole to activist Springfield contact, with Dipley aged 46 and claiming self defense after a quarrel over Goldie Smith at Col. Dickerson’s ranch.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Walter Dipley
Stanley Ketchel
Guy B. Park
Ketchel
Col
R. P. Dickerson
Conway
Ohio
Goldie Smith
Dipley
Dickerson Ranch
Smith
B. Ward Mackey
Springfield
Retail Code Authority To Meet Monday Night
The Monroe Retail Code Authority, with about 26 members, will hold its monthly meeting Monday night at 7 30. S H McClary, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, says the group is well organized and active and among the first to organize and receive authorization from the national recovery administration.
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Monroe
S. H. McClary
Chamber of Commerce
National Recovery Administration
Chicago Blaze Destroys 12 Blocks in Packingtown Fire
Chicago's most disastrous blaze since 1871 wiped out 12 square blocks in Packingtown and surrounding area with an estimated nine million dollars in losses. Fire raged for four and a half hours starting near the western edge of the stockyard district, with 2000 firefighters, police, and onlookers aiding in containment. No deaths, but three missing and 25 seriously injured including firemen and spectators. at least 1200 people left homeless.
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Chicago
Stockyards
Michael Corrigan
James Allman
Mile Square
Packingtown
Halsted Street
Physician on Trial as Dillinger Aide in Minneapolis Case
In St Paul on May 19 the trial heard that Dr Clayton May, charged with conspiring to harbor outlaw John Dillinger, showed nervousness after March 31. Bonnie Sanders testified the physician lacked regular office hours in early April while the government says May and Augusta Salt hid Dillinger in Minneapolis after he was wounded. The shooting occurred March 31 and the fugitive fled to the city with Evelyn Frechette, with most shelter sought at Salt’s apartment. Prosecution rests its case.
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St, Paul
Clayton May
John Dillinger
May
Bonnie Sanders
Augusta Salt
Minneapolis
Dillinger
St. Paul
Evelyn Frechette
Perkins Backs Roosevelt Housing Bill
Frances Perkins told the senate banking committee that the administration housing bill is essential to the recovery program. She noted job gains in consumable goods but weaker returns in durable goods, citing two million building trades workers unemployed and about 1.5 million in durable goods jobs missing.
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Washington
Perkins
Senate Banking Committee
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Feliciana
Tax Reform Commission
Brady
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Synd
Robles
Arkansan
Bandit
News-Star—World Legislative Bureau
Imperial
Bob L’follette
Progressives
Cisco
Rogers
Royere
McNaight Syndicate, Inc
Cigaret
Frances Perkins
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