Uniform fees set for wholesale and retail liquor dealers
West Monroe officials approved uniform ordinances mirroring Ouachita parish action to tax beer sales. A $50 wholesale license and a $25 retailer permit were adopted, with enforcement to begin under parish and city authorities. The measure, drawn by local attorneys, cites state law and follows Baton Rouge precedents.
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Ouachita
Mance
C. R. Tidwell
George Breece
City of West Monhe
J. B. Ormhill
L Russell
Mono
H. D. Montgomery
West Monroe
Baton Rouge
Thornhill
Russell
Amethod
Beer Legalization Sparks Nationwide Sale Dates Favor Early Availability
The Associated Press reports 19 states plus the District of Columbia set 12 01 a m as the legal start for 3 2 beer with 4 percent alcohol. Others schedule midnights or later start times with varied sale locations and prices. States include Arizona Canada Colorado Delaware Illinois Kentucky Maryland Missouri Montana Nevada New York Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Washington Wisconsin. Some states plan phased openings with dates such as Louisiana April 13 May 1 North Carolina May 18 West Virginia May 9 and North Dakota July 1.
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Associated Press
District of Cobig
Paris
Arizona
Canda
Colorado
Delaware
Illinois
Kentucky
Maryland
Minneissouri
Montana
Nevada
Newry
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Maylvania
Washington
Wisg
Louisiana
Pnt
North Carolina
Mayoming
West Virginia
North Dakota
Adam and Eva delights brighten Little Theater
The Little Theater's Adam and Eva drew strong audience praise and added to Monroe's cultural pride. Sam Turner showed notable paternal instincts, while the cast as a whole delivered a refreshing sparkling comedy from curtain to curtain.
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Little Theater
Adam and
Eva
Sam Turner
Monroe
Economical Resuscitator Evolved at Shreveport
The Democrat reports a Shreveport Charity hospital resuscitator uses rocking action and warm water to revive breathing in newborns and adults. A double can device with a rubber collar, air chamber, and adjustable water pressure simulates chest compression and ventilation. The system warms air, stimulates circulation, and may be installed at New Orleans Charity hospital.
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the Democrat
Eveport Charity Hospital
New Orleans Charity Hospital
Fishermen Lose Lives as Storm Capsizes Vessels at Grays Harbor
A spring squall struck Grays Harbor late Wednesday, killing at least 11 fishermen from the salmon trolling fleet. Seven small craft capsized with crews thrown into the sea as about 50 boats proceeded to sea. others returned to Westport. Names of lost crew reported by fishermen and coast guardsmen include the Annie with brothers Jack and W. Sainio aboard.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Grays Harbor Bar
Westport
Annie
Jack
W. Sainio
Axel
Oil slick found near Akron crash site off New Jersey coast
A coast guard patrol reported a large oil slick 23 miles east of Little Egg Inlet near the Akron crash area. The navy will begin sweeping and dragging operations as search planes failed to locate wreckage. Wreckage parts and the body of Lt. Cmdr. Harold E. MacLellan were previously found nearby.
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Cape May
N. J
Little Egg Inlet
Coast Guard
Harold E. MacLellan
Westerly
R. I
Akron
Kalmia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Barnegat
Sagamore
Portland
Navy
Coastguard
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland-Virginia
Beach Haven
Carter Testifies in Assault Case in Scottsboro Trial
Lester Carter testified as a defense witness in the Patterson retrial in Decatur Alabama. The Chattanooga man, previously named to refute statements by Victoria Price, faced subpoenas from the state as the case resumed in the Scottsboro sequence.
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Decatur
Ala
Lester Carter
Heywood Patterson
Chattanooga
Scottsboro
Carter
Victoria Price
Patterson
Ban on Soviet Goods Nears Final Commons Vote
London April 6 The house of commons is near final approval for a bill to authorize an embargo on imports of Russian goods to protect six British engineers facing trial in Moscow on sabotage and economic espionage charges. The measure may be limited to the crisis surrounding Metropolitan-Vickers representatives in Russia.
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London
House of Commons
Moscow
Russia
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Equipment Company
Manchester
Tear Gas Used on Unemployed Protesters Near Springfield
About eleven hundred unemployed relief demonstrators en route to the state capitol at Springfield were repelled by tear gas. Most hailed from Chicago. Eleven marchers including Karl Lockner of Chicago, chairman of the unemployed council, were arrested after a night on a muddy tourist camp site following a clash with police.
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Ottawa
State Capitol
Springfield
Chicago
Karl Lockner
Unemployed Council
Nazi Chief Tackles America in Exile Warning
Berlin reports Chancellor Adolf Hitler cites U S immigration policy as precedent for removing Jewish professionals from German fields. He argues America bars undesirables and declares the country unsafe for Jews fleeing Germany.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
United States
Germany
America
Hitler
Levee Camps Probers Named By Garner
Vice President Garner named a three member Senate committee to probe labor conditions in flood control camps along the Mississippi Valley. Headed by Senator Wagner the panel includes Senators Stephens Falpi and Nye with party affiliations listed. Indiana.
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Washington
Garner
Wagner
New York
Mississippi Valley
Stephens
Falpi
Nye
Indiana
Floods Spread Across Central Oklahoma and Mississippi Delta
Three states intensify flood fight after heavy rains. Drownings reported in Oklahoma as Cimarron river near Cushing swamps attempt to cross. Mississippi delta sees Tallahatchie and Yazoo rivers spilling over. Drumright refinery dam bursts, 50 houses swept away but no serious injuries.
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Memphis
Tenn
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Tallahatchie
Yazoo
Arkansas
Frank Lillie
Reuben
Cimarron
Cushing
Okla
Drumright
Mississippi Valley
Hoarded Gold Turn-In Ordered by U S Leader
President Roosevelt orders the hoarded gold and gold certificates totaling about 1 billion dollars to be turned in by May 1 or face penalties. The move aims to restore gold to the Treasury and ensure gold is available for legitimate banking and industrial needs.
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U. S
Washington
Roosevelt
the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Woodin
Federal Reserve
Rogers Has His Say During Aviation Loss Reflection
Beverly Hills on April 6 quotes a speaker mourning a aviation loss. He recalls Admiral Moffett as the propeller of naval aviation and notes nature can challenge airlines with earthquakes floods tornadoes or droughts while defending aviation's safety and practicality.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Admiral Moffett
Moffett
Naval Aviation
California
Mississippi
Ohio
Arkansas
Vallee and wife announce end of romance
Rudy Vallee and his brunette wife Fay Webb say their romance has ended and they will separate immediately. They have not decided on divorce, with Mrs Vallee suggesting California as the potential forum. A family conference confirmed the parting of the ways and plans call for Mrs Vallee and her father to travel to California.
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New York
Rudy Vallee
Fay Webb
Vallee
California
Forest Work Corps Planned To Aid Lumber Country
Washington reports a varied program for the forestry conservation corps to replace rugged lumberjack routines. Recruits will work 40 hours a week, live in army tents, and receive three square meals daily. Crews of 30 to 100 will move camp sites as projects finish with Y M C A, Knights of Columbus, baseball clubs, libraries, and hospital tents aiding welfare and recreation.
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Washington
Forestry Conservation Corps
Conservation Corps
Forest Service
Knights of Columbus
Roosevelt Expected to Invite Premier to Visit U S
Washington dispatches report a formal invitation to Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald to visit President Roosevelt in the United States. The invitation hinges on a conference with President Roosevelt Secretary Hull and Undersecretary Phillips as MacDonald plans a hurried April 15 trip to discuss world economic and disarmament issues.
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Washington
Ramsay MacDonald
Roosevelt
London
State Department
Hull
Phillips
First conservation corps camps chosen in Louisiana and Mississippi
The first work camps for the conservation corps will be in Kisatchie National Forest near Pollock Louisiana and in Homo Chitto National Forest near Brookhaven Mississippi. Representatives from both states proposed sites to federal forester R V Stuart and noted nearby cutover lands and proximity to Muscle Shoals projects.
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Washington
Mississippi
Brude
Brookhaven
Homochitto National Forest
Louisiana
R. V. Stuart
Sandlin
Stuart
Pollock
Grant Parish
Rankin
Federal
Monroe
Itawamba
Muscle Shoals
Unemployed Men Picked in 17 Cities for Work
Twenty five thousand jobless men in seventeen large cities were being selected on Thursday as the first group for a new employment program. Washington reports the move aims to place men in public works projects and relieve unemployment in urban areas.
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Washington
Chicago Students Strike Said To Be Light Spring Fever
Chicago officials dismissed a five high school walkout as minor spring fever. About 14 000 pupils left five schools in protest over overdue teacher salaries while some teachers held mass meetings and urged action. Crane junior college expelled two agitators. parents halted small elementary walkouts.
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Chicago
Crane Junior College
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Orville J. Taylor
Version of Airship Crash Is Given by Crew Survivor
Moody Erwin one of the Akron crew survivors recounts clinging to a helium tank after the airship sank off the New Jersey coast during a violent storm. He describes Cobland Copeland Deal and Lucien Rutan aiding and holding on until the Phoebus rescue ship arrived. The four were saved as a lifeboat helped lift them to safety amid freezing water.
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New York
Akron
Jersey
Moody Erwin
Copeland
Robert W. Copeland
Phoebus
Lucien Rutan
Rutan
Deal
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Akron Extra
Morning World
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Mickey” Morris
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U.S. S. Akron
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