Labor federation backs limits on marsh lands leases
Louisiana labor leaders at their twenty second annual convention endorsed resolutions to curb leasing of south Louisiana marsh lands to individuals rather than corporations and cap leases at 200 acres per year. They urge a trappers protection plan and call for legislation to curb non owning corporate subleasing while citing the plight of 35000 trappers and state revenue losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana State Federation of Labor
South Louisiana
Executive Committee
The
State Federation of Labor
Trappers’ Union
State of
Louisiana
New Orleans
Monroe
CWA
W. C. Feazer
J. Porter Burgess
R. D. Swayze
William T Mayo
Shreveport
Roosevelt
Rivers Daily Stages Flood Present 24 Hour Stage
A rivers daily flood stage report lists current crest levels and a 24 hour outlook. Stage changes show rising water at several gages with potential impacts downstream. Officials advise monitoring readings and took preventive actions where needed.
Navy Opposes Modernization Of California And Tennessee
The Navy Department opposed upgrading the battleships California and Tennessee at a cost of 20 million dollars. Admiral Standley told the House Naval Committee the ships should remain in fleet use rather than be tied up in yards for years. He cited 1935 treaty uncertainties and noted potential fire control improvements were not opportune.
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Washington
Navy Department
California
Tennessee
William H. Standley
House Naval Committee
Standley
Vinson
Georgia
Navy
Rambling Town Tales and a Rural Labor Tale
A voice claiming city attorney status cites 60 agencies and urges two new ones, a worker laments illness after being made to fetch boots for a muddy day, and a foreman’s boots cause injury. The piece recalls LaZarre’s Point now littered with dead cattle and horses, a foul odor drifting across the area. A gardener’s onion sets yield little profit while offering exercise and a perennial grievance about budgets for “green things.”
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LaZarre
Man Sentenced After Guilty Plea In Memo... Slaying
James E. Shipley, 24, who confessed a five year old murder to ease his conscience, was sentenced in Memphis to 10 to 20 years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
James E. Shipley
State Penitentiary
Three Negroes Die in Electric Chair in Tennessee Case
In Nashville early today Percy Smith 20 confessed to attacking a white woman while Jasper Graham 29 and Frank Mays 30 convicted of attacking a young woman in north Memphis in September 1932 were executed after robbing and shooting her escort. Graham and Mays maintained innocence as they faced the chair with witnesses and a minister present.
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Nashville, Tenn
Shelby County
Memphis
State Penitentiary
Percy Smith
Jasper Graham
Frank Mays
North
Graham
Mays
Hollis Archibald
Smith
Nine Lose Lives as Streams in Midwest Flood
Floods across western Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota claim nine lives as torrential rains of two to four inches retreat. Trainmen die when a freight derails at Hudson. A buggy washed into a stream near Whitehall drowns three. Two more drownings occur near Eau Claire and Spring Valley. Twenty mill workers remain trapped at Chippewa Falls.
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ST. Paul
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Hudson
Wis
Whitehall
Eau Claire
Spring Valley
Chippewa Falls
Professor Hoop Wins Tulsa Police Chief Post
Professor Q O W Hoop, a retired army colonel, wins the Tulsa police commissioner race defeating two Democratic rivals and then a Republican in the runoff. His victory contradicts his classroom claim that only machine politics could win office. He vows a firm approach to crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
QO. W. Hoop
University of Tulsa
Hoop
New Orleans Girl Stricken by Mysterious Child Disease
Marie Denise Van Geffen nine years old of New Orleans diagnosed with leucocythemia a deadly blood disorder. Her parents seek treatment ideas after learning of two other young victims as Marie battles weight loss and weakness at home while remaining an upbeat pupil in a sick room filled with flowers and toys.
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New Orleans
Marie Denise van Geffen
Marie
Peter van Geffen
Willie Mae Miller
Memphis, Tenn
Roma Garrett
Peekskill
N. Y
van Geffens
Jennings
Louisiana Baptist Women hold convention sessions in Monroe
Departmental conferences opened the Louisiana Baptist Women's Missionary union convention at the First Baptist church in Monroe. Leaders from Lake Charles Alexandria and Shreveport spoke on youth work study stewardship and service with music and tea at the Baptist Children's Home later. Final awards in the statewide stewardship declamation contest were announced, with winners from Sunbeam division and junior girls auxiliary noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Baptist Women's Missionary Union Convention
First Baptist Church
Monroe
Vivian Ora Pittman
T. W. Herndon
Lake Charles
J. W. Rolston
Alexandria
L. W. Owens
C. W. Culp
Shreveport
White Cross
L. T. Hastings
Lee Stall
Monroe W. M. S
H. M. Bennett
Bastrop
Baptist Children’s Home
DeSiard Road
Louisiana Missionary Union of the Baptist Church
Sunbeam Division
Vivian Simmonds
LeCompte
Sellie Brumfield
Pineville
Nudism Set to Grow in 17 States in Coming Months
New York April 4 Nudist camps are expected to flourish in at least 17 states within a month with four new states Massachusetts Rhode Island Nebraska and Colorado joining. Dr Ilsley Boone executive secretary of the International Nudist conference says adherents may rise 400 percent this year. Camps will operate in Virginia New York New Jersey Connecticut Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois California Maryland South Carolina and Florida with a Louisville Kentucky camp possible after legislative interpretation.
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New York
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Nebraska
Colorado
Ilsley Boone
Virginia
New Jersey
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
California
Maryland
South Carolina
Florida
Louisville
Crowds flood Monroe cooking school session
The second session led by Mrs. Kate Stafford drew large crowds at Central Grammar school in Monroe. Fire rules limited attendance and organizers urged adults only to ensure seating, with recipes and prize winners noted for Tuesday’s event and more to appear in upcoming issues.
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News- Star
Morning World
Cooking School
Kate Stafford
Central Grammar School
Monroe
Stafford
News-Star
J. W. McCarty
South Third Street
W. M. Morris
Natchitoches Street
West Monroe
W. Ralph Brown
Park Ave
H. R. Russ
Dixie Street
H. E. Averett
W. W. Washburn
Sherrause
West Monroe Run-off Set After Busy Primary
West Monroe prepares for run-offs in two city offices the mayoral race between C. C. Bell and W. S. Heard and an aldermanic seat between E. B. Harrell and Fred R. Mitchell. Bell led with 560 votes to Heard 416 Hammons 167 and Haynes 127. Registrar Lillian Collins notes voter registration drives as open registration continues through Saturday.
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West Monroe
C. C. Bell
W. S. Heard
Heard
J. M. Hammons
W. Green Haynes
Bell
E. B. Harrell
Fred R. Mitchell
Lillian Collins
Registrar of Voters
Hammons
Haynes
Poison Peddler Sought After Fatal New Orleans Drug
Police and federal agents hunt a narcotics peddler who sold poison capsules to two informer addicts, killing Talmadge Gandy and severely injuring Frank Gandy near Charity Hospital. The brothers, aiding federal operations against dealers, had helped arrest many suspects. motive alleged as revenge. The name of the peddler was not released.
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New Orleans
Talmadge Gandy
Frank Gandy
Charity Hospital
Wandle Quits LSU to Take Yale Trainership
Major Frank Wandle resigns as Louisiana State University trainer after presenting and having accepted the resignation this morning to accept a similar post at Yale University in New Haven Connecticut.
Desperado Taken in Dillinger Gang Raid on Hideout
Federal raid crippled the Dillinger group as Eugene Green was wounded and captured during a midnight raid. A woman believed to be Evelyn Frechetti was arrested with him, while Green admitted he and two others shot their way from a trap Saturday. Federal authorities kept details secret.
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ST. Paul
Minn
John Dillinger
Eugene Green
Evelyn Frechetti
Dillinger
Green
Frechetti
W. A. Boer
Edward G. Bremer
Milk industry split over proposed production control plan
Reactions varied as dairymen nationwide weighed the Agricultural Adjustment Administration draft for curbing dairy output. States from Indiana to Ohio largely approved while Alabama to Georgia opposed citing regional surpluses. New Jersey threatened court action over the act with a $6.5 million cost cited. An alternative plan proposed $10 million in advertising to lift per person daily milk intake.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Michigan
Ohio
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
North
South Carolina
New Jersey
William B. Duryea
I. W. Heaps
Baltimore
Maryland/State Dairy men's association
AAA
Chicago
M. D. Munn
National Dairy Council
United States
Worry Over Examinations Blamed For Girl's Death
Ann Arbor Michigan April 4 Louise E Van Ameringen a 20 year old University of Michigan junior was found shot through the heart Coroner ruled death by own action Parents say overwork from four upcoming semester examinations may have driven her toward a nervous breakdown She participated in a class play and left no note as to the cause of the tragedy
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Louise E. van Ameringen
University of Michigan
Victor E. van Ameringen
van Ameringens
Profanity Sparks Senate Hearing Over Moore Appointment
Huey Long clashed with Col. John P. Sullivan during the confirmation hearing for D. O. Moore as internal revenue collector in Louisiana. Long charged betting schemes run by Bradley and Sullivan, while Sullivan defended himself amid a chaotic session that ended at noon.
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Washington
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Senate
D. O. Moore
Internal Revenue Collector
Roosevelt
Long
Col
John P. Sullivan
New Orleans
Bradley Says He Is Gambler in Senate Hearing
Colonel E. R. Bradley, a Kentucky sportsman, testified he is a dealer in race horses and a gambler. He said his gambling is not limited to horse races and he gambles on anything. The remarks came during questioning at the Senate Finance Committee hearing on D. D. confirmation.
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Sullivan
Edward Righter
Moore
Long
Harrison
Mississippi
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
E. R. Bradley
Kentucky
Bradley
D. D
Statue honors Mrs Hitchcock in Hollywood tribute
In Hollywood on April 4 a tribute notes that Horsemanship and maternal love converge in 67 year old Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, described as godmother and patron saint of American polo, celebrated for her courage and equestrian devotion.
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Hollywood
Calif
Thomas Hitchcock
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