Two Developments Brighten Industrial Sky
The report notes 10 percent wage boosts for all Lake Charles boats, potentially aiding about 13,000 workers if all 400 boats operate. Nash Motors Kenosha workers accept concessions ending a six week strike, while unrest grows elsewhere with plant strikes and layoffs across Detroit Toledo Gloversville Cleveland Indianapolis and Buffalo. injuries occur at Cleveland Worsted Mills and associated conflicts.
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Lake Charles Association
Detroit
Electric Autolite
Toledo
Glove Cutters’ Union
Gloversville
N. Y
Cleveland
St. Louis
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
Federated Automobile Workers of America
Pontiac
Mich
Automobile Labor Board
Buffalo
Curtiss Company
Baltimore
Detroit Tool Die Workers On Strike
Detroit’s tool and die industry strike affects between 2500 and 4000 men as workers ratified plans after a wage and 36 hour week demand was refused. Picketing began at midnight by the Automotive Tool and Die Manufacturers' association. the stoppage covers job shops only, not the broader automobile industry.
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Detroit
Tool and Die
Automotive Tool and Die Manufacturers’ Association
Miss Irene Hickerson Seeks Return Of Loaned Book
Jess Ramblin reports a reader borrowed Vol. VI of Elbert Hubbard's Little Journeys and has not returned it. Mrs. Irene Hickerson wants it back as part of a valued set. Booster club guest E H Reynolds shared stories from St Louis and Washington. Jimmie Jones laughs at pecan furs sign seen with Harry Frazer Jr.
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Irene Hickerson
Elbert Hubbard
Jess Ramblin
Harry Frazer
Jimmie Jones
Harry Frazer, Jr
Heninger
Grand Street
TENANT FARMING SCORed AT MEET
New Orleans April 13 Elimination of the tenant system of farming to make the farm population self sustaining is a primary objective of emergency relief measures now underway Col Lawrence Westbrook assistant administrator of the FERA said in a conference with state administrators from Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama Others discussed Mississippi rehabilitation problems and conditions in Alabama with Louisiana officials and university staff also speaking
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New Orleans
Lawrence Westbrook
Washington
FERA
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
George Powers
Jackson
Thad Holt
Montgomery
Harry J. Early
Dean J. G. Lee
Department of Agriculture
Louisiana State University
J. L. Fletcher
Southwest Louisiana Institute
Dallas summons Dallas preacher to grand jury in Clyde Barrow case
Dr J Frank Norris of Fort Worth arrived in Dallas under an official summons to testify before the grand jury about charges that a Dallas deputy sheriff acted as a go between for Clyde Barrow and his mother who lives west of the city.
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Dallas
J. Frank Norris
Fort Worth
Clyde Barrow
Dillinger gang raid hits Warsaw police station
John Dillinger led a machine gun raid on the Warsaw police station, slugged Officer Jud Pittinger, and stole four bullet proof vests and two revolvers. Homer Van Meter was identified among the two raiders, as police and bank officials brace for further action in Indiana towns.
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Warsaw
Ind
John Dillinger
Jud Pittinger
Indiana
Desperado
Homer van Meter
Dillinger
Auburn
Peru
Greencastle
Chicago
Racine
Wis
Pittinger
Paul Hodges
Crown Point
Freden Addresses P T A Gathering on Child Training
Dr Gus Freden of Louisiana Polytechnic Institute spoke at the Cherokee Terrace session of the state P T A convention on Governing Normal Mental Development. He urged calm home atmosphere and mutual understanding to guide a child’s personality from cradle onward. He emphasized courtesy as a social lubricant.
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State
Parent-Teacher Association
Cherokee Terrace
Hotel Frances
Gustaf Freden
Department of Education
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, Ruston
Freden
Three Killed And One Hurt When Train Strikes Car
In Mississippi near Bovina seven miles east of Vicksburg an Illinois Central passenger train struck an automobile carrying the Williams family. Oscar Williams 55 his wife 31 and their five year old daughter Willie Louvina Williams were killed. Their nine year old son Oscar suffered a possible skull fracture and was taken to a hospital in grave condition.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Illinois Central
Bovina
Oscar Williams
Willie Louvina Williams
Williams
Oscar
Ouachita Parish considers road tax cut to 1.5 mills
Ouachita Parish police jury proposes lowering the road maintenance tax from two mills to one and a half as property owners demand tax relief. Vote on June 5 will decide the measure, which Breard says could save taxpayers about $25,000 annually amid recent property reassessments.
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Ouachita Parish
John M. Breard
Breard
Amendments Out of Cotton Bill Progress in Congress
The Bankhead cotton bill faces few senate amendments after a house senate conference. Report to be sent to the senate by Monday with a house vote soon after. White House approval seen if current form passes. Senator Bankhead predicts easy acceptance as the measure aims to cap this year’s cotton production at 10 million bales.
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Washington
Senate
Senate House
House
White House
Congress
Snator Bankhead
Alabama
Plans Approved for Chefuncte River Bridge at Mulberry Street
The War Department approved plans by the Louisiana Highway Commission for a bridge across the Chefuncte River at Mulberry Street in Madisonville Louisiana. The project signals a new link on the state road network and reflects federal involvement in local infrastructure.
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Washington
War Department
Louisiana Highway Commission
Mulberry Street
Madisonville
Riots Spur Peace Protest Across Campuses
A national antiwar strike mobilized students to walk out at 11 a.m. causing clashes on campuses. In Brooklyn a riot drew about 500 evening high school students and 2,000 others as police and demonstrators exchanged blows. Two officers and a bystander suffered injuries.
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New York
Brooklyn
Samuel Insull Turns Jokester Aboard Turkish Ship
Samuel Insull lightened mood on a night voyage from Istanbul to Smyrna aboard the Adana. He joked about seven Turkish escorts while passengers saw him shed despair on the Marmora leg as he heads toward trial in the United States.
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Panderma
Turkey
Samuel Insull
Smyrna
United States
Istanbul
Marmora
Adana
Wash
Dispute Over Constable Job Blamed For Slaying
In Beaumont Texas Noble Garrett a 38 year old shoe repair shop operator jailed in Hemp Hill Sabine county on charges tied to the shooting of Louis H Russell 54 a Bronson merchant in his store Russell had opposed Garretts bid to regain the constable post Garrett had held the office until three months ago when he resigned and Russell helped appoint R D Jordan as new constable
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R. D. Jordan
Garrett
Harris backs tax body's plan for school aid reform
State Superintendent T H Harris told the Louisiana PTA convention he supports the state tax reform commission's plan to standardize school funding. The plan calls for a statewide levy of 12 million dollars for schools and abolition of all local school taxes, or a 10 million dollar levy with reduced local taxes not exceeding three mills. Harris urged shifting school tax burden to the state level, noting forty parishes already receive federal aid.
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T. H. Harris
Louisiana Parent- Teacher Association
State Tax Reform Commission
Harris
William H. Awl Dies in Monroe Confederate Veteran
William H. Awl a long time Confederate veteran and former commander of Henry W. Allen post No. 182 died at his home 217 Adams street Monroe at 7:07 p m Friday after years of ill health He was born June 10 1849 in Natchez Mississippi and moved to Ouachita parish in 1853 remaining largely retired for several years until his death
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Confederate Veterans
W. H. Awl
William H. Awl
Monroe
Adams Street
Mr. Awl
Henry W. Allen
Mansfield
Mr. An
Natchez, Miss
Ouachita Parish
Auto Crash Kills Birmingham Man. Two Sisters Critically Hurt
An automobile overturned several times near Meridian Mississippi killing T. E. Burnham of Birmingham Alabama and critically injuring his sisters Mrs. J. H. Cook of Tyler Texas and Mrs. Lottie Leslie of Birmingham.
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Meridian
Miss
T. E. Burnham
Birmingham
Ala
J. H. Cook
Tyler
Texas
Lottie Leslie
Sullivan Denials End Hearing On Revenue Clerk
The Senate Finance Committee concluded its probe into D. D. Moore's qualifications as New Orleans revenue collector. Colonel John P. Sullivan denied controlling the office or ties to gambling in Louisiana. The hearing was adjourned and an executive session set for tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
D. D. Moore
Internal Revenue
New Orleans
John P. Sullivan
Louisiana
Harrison
Mississippi
Colonel Sullivan Is Cross-Examined
Col onel John P. Sullivan, New Orleans lawyer and sportsman, testified to the senate finance committee that he persuaded two men not to open a Jai-Alai gambling house during Huey Long’s governorship because Long opposed gambling. Long, repor tedly, says the New Orleans internal revenue office has been under Sullivan’s control and that Sullivan and Col. E. R. Bradley have been gambling partners. Sullivan was cross-examined on previous testimony asserting he did not dominate the office and could not read a racing form.
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Washington
John P. Sullivan
New Orleans
Senate Finance Committee
Huey Long
Louisiana
Long
D. D. Moore
Internal Revenue
Moore
Sullivan
Col. E. R. Bradley
Kentucky
Roosevelt Receives Rousing Welcome Back in Capital
President Roosevelt returns from Florida vacation to a 200 member congressional welcome led by Vice President Garner and Speaker Rainey. Laughter greets his remarks at Union Station as Mrs Roosevelt and relatives board the president’s car.
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Roosevelt
Capital
Washington
Florida
Congress
Garner
Rainey
Union Station
Capitol
Marine Band
Anna Dall
James Roosevelt
Elliott
Senate
Nazi Youths of Prussia Rally Against Catholics
In Koenigsberg on April 13 Nazi youth members rallied behind their leader for a “finish fight” against the Catholic youth movement. Ammerlahn warned the battle would continue and called Catholic clergymen hypocrites. He denied reports of violence at a Vatican rally in Henigsdorf as disinformation.
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Koenigsberg
Germany
East Prussia
Nazi Youth Organization
Herr Ammerlahn
Hennigsdorf
Berlin
Hitler Youth
Escaped convict shot during hold up at Three Mile Inn
Ralph C. Higgins a 35 year old escaped convict from the Louisiana state penitentiary was killed after attempting a daylight hold up at the Three Mile Inn three miles from town on the Dixie Overland highway. W H Barkalow the inn employee fired from a rear room through a window hitting Higgins as he threatened Jack Angell and other customers with a 45 caliber revolver. Higgins died before officers arrived. Sheriff Milton Coverdale said Higgins masked his face with a handkerchief and powder. Higgins had a 10 year crime career including robberies in north Louisiana and escape from Arkansas penitentiary prior to his death.
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Ralph C. Higgins
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Jack Angell
Angell
Higgins
W. H. Barkalow
Barkalow
Milton Coverdale
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Office
W. E. Hayes
Quachita River
West Monroe
Hayes
Louisiana
East Side
Burns’ Cash
Delhi
Dumas
Cheniere
Epps
Arkansas
State
United States
Coverdale
Moving picture theater owners urge old fashioned films
In Santa Monica on April 11, theater owners report rising business nationwide. They told producers audiences tire of sex and sensational ads and prefer straightforward old fashioned pictures with modest advertising.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Moving Picture Theater
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