Sixth District Congressional Primary Vote In Louisiana
Voters in Louisiana s sixth district cast ballots in a five candidate Democratic primary to select a successor to the late Congressman Kemp. Key figures include J Y Sanders Jr son of a former governor and Harry D Wilson agriculture commissioner vying against John S Nelson and others while Huey Long association looms behind some campaigns. Balloting faced rain and steady turnout across 12 parishes with expectant participation from about 30 000 registered voters. Ballot action centers on independence from Long influence and farm relief promises shaping the race.
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Bolivar E. Kemp
Baton Rouge
West Baton Rouge Parish
Mississippi River
Pointe Coupee
East Feliciana
Kemp
House
Washington
Huey P. Long
District Democratic Committee
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
J. Y. Sanders
Long
Senator Sanders
Harry D. Wilson
Sanders
Senator Long
Wilson
John S. Nelson
Doyle
Clerk of Court of
Monroe Town Buzz Fueled by Outlaw Rumors and Local Crime
Jess Ramblin notes a week of Monroe excitement with rumors of John Dillinger and Clyde Barrow passing through town and a murder suspect to be transported via Shreveport. He adds a quip about a sandwich shop robbery and a cartoonary view on science and gender remarks.
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Monroe
John Dillinger
United States
Clyde Barrow
Shreveport
Caddo
Tallulah
Trotzky Ordered to Leave France
Paris reports that Leon Trotzky exiled Russian revolutionary was ordered to quit France by the government for attempting a world revolution. Interior Minister Sarraut said Trotzky violated political neutrality and permission to live at Barbizon was withdrawn. Local residents raided his secluded villa amid protests.
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Paris
Leon Trotzky
France
Albert Sarraut
Trotzky
Barbizon
Ministry of the Interior
Corsica
Monroe Hosts Chief of U S Engineers in Flood Control Talk
General Markham headed a Monroe visit with General Ferguson and staff as city officials and the Tensas Basin Levee Board joined a briefing on flood control plans. He declined comment on specifics, noting the vast scope and importance of protecting the floodplain. Continued on Third Page.
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E. H. Markham
United States Engineers
Monroe
Tensas Basin
Markham
Washington
Mississippi Valley
Arnold Bernstein
P. M. Atkins W. L. Ethridge
John W. Summerlin
Tens
Spite marriage of oil heiress ends in divorce
Janet Snow den, oil fortune heiress, divorced the Italian Prince F. Caravita Siriggnano in Juarez Mexico. The decree after a New York wedding last August followed her annulment bid begun five days after the nuptials. Divorce action cited incompatibility. no further details released.
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EL Paso
Texas
Janet Snowden
F. Caravita Siriggnano
Italy
Juarez
New York
Arturo Martinez
Janet
Jennicoe Ceniceros
Burnside pleads guilty in federal case on riot incitement
Houston Burnside pleaded guilty in U S district court to impersonating a federal officer during a plan to incite a negro riot in Union parish Louisiana and Union county Arkansas. Sentence postponed until state charges are resolved. Brother W C Burnside received five years in Atlanta federal prison. Both men lived near Jackson Mississippi.
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Union Parish
Union County
Ark
Houston
Burnside
United States District Court
Ben C. Dawkins
Farmerville
W. C. Burnside
Atlanta
Jackson
Miss
Japan to Restate Policy Toward China for Protests
Tokyo reports a draft restatement of Japan's China policy has been submitted for Hirota's approval. It asserts Japan's special responsibility to maintain East Asian peace and to ensure China's contracts with other powers do not threaten that peace. The draft will be sent to Nanking officials and may be explained to allied capitals.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
United States
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Koki Hirota
Nanking
East Asia
Washington
Hearings Planned on Charges Against Long and Overton
Senator George of Georgia said hearings on Louisiana petitions to oust Senators Long and Overton would begin soon. The Senate Elections Committee will set a date after finishing major finance bill work, with witnesses possible and both sides to present arguments.
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Washington
George
Georgia
Senate Elections Committee
Louisiana
Long
Overton
Senate
Finance Committee
Elections Committee
Allen plan to bluff Legislature signals Gulf-to-Gulf push
Semi official Baton Rouge report says Governor Oscar K Allen backed by Senator Huey P Long will tell lawmakers Louisiana finances are strong. He allegedly will cite no liquidation loans as proof and tout generosity to schools while aiming to blunt rising opposition along the state’s borders.
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Baton Rouge
Oscar K. Allen
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Veriest Bank
Long
Allen
Arkansas Line
Gulf
Pearl River
Sabine
Huey Long Impeachment Fund Conversation Reported
A Baton Rouge room scene shows Governor Huey P. Long accusing a highway commission employee of misusing a thousand dollar impeachment fund. The employee denies handling the money while another official is questioned about a 300 or 500 dollar sum. The Kingfish calls the worker a crook as the call ends.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Highway Commission
The
Kingfish
Long
T. W
J. N
Board launches inquiry into all phases of duty
Secretary Dern names an eleven member board of inquiry to study the army air policy after the army took over the airmail. Newton D. Baker heads the panel with six civilians and five military officers. The move follows Roosevelt's call for a congressional commission and a push for a national aviation policy.
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Washington
Dern
Army
War Department
Roosevelt
Congress
Army Air Corps
Newton D. Baker
Charles A. Lindbergh
Capitol Hill
White House
Roosevelt Asked to Intervene in Alabama Dispute
President Roosevelt was asked to intervene to restore the wage differential and return 17,500 coal miners to work in Alabama. A telegram from the president said the matter was taken up with the recovery administration, amid clashes at the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Hamilton colliery and injuries to two Black miners.
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Birmingham
Ala
Roosevelt
Alabama
NRA
B. M. Miller
Recovery Administration
National Recovery Administration
President Roosevelt
Hamilton
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Government Completes Its Case Against Cannon
The government finished presenting its case against Bishop James Cannon Jr and Ada L Burroughs for conspiring to violate the federal corrupt practices act tied to the Southern Methodist churchman 1928 bid against Alfred E Smith. Government accountant E J Armbuster reviewed financial transactions and campaign reports from the Hoover Smith period.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Ada L. Burroughs
Southern Methodist
Alfred E. Smith
E. J. Armbuster
Armbuster
Hoover-Smith
Soviet Reprisal Against Johnson Law Warned in Moscow
In Moscow on April 17 the official organ of the commissariat of heavy industry urged Soviet industrial bodies to shift away from American materials and equipment for the rest of the second five year plan. It called the Johnson act a menace to Soviet American trade and said the Soviet government would not be coerced into a debt settlement.
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Moscow
United States
Commissariat of Heavy Industry
Three suspects held in Mae Giffin slaying case
In Shreveport Louisiana three men who sold paper knickknacks were held for questioning in the Mae Giffin slaying case. Mrs Peters identified J A Conroy as the man who lured the girl to work, and a grand jury was ordered for April 30.
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Shreveport
Mae Giffin
Mae
Mae _ Giffin
Robert Roberts
James A. Galloway
Miss Mae Giffin
Caddo Brothers
T. R. Hughes
Caddo Parish
Pretty
Maggie Peters
Jackson
Hostess Tells of Wirt Dinner in Washington Testimony
Miss Alice Barrows interior department employee and hostess at the September dinner with Dr. William A. Wirt testified before house investigators that guests did not mention Kerensky Stalin Tugwell or discuss those topics. She said the party failed largely due to Wirt's focus on devaluation of the gold dollar and noted attempts to interrupt his talk.
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Washington
Alice Barrows
Interior Department
William A. Wirt
House
Kerensky
Stalin
Rexford G. Tugwell
Wirt
Tragic Motel Death Of John T Perkins From Mattress Fire
John T. Perkins 45 a Standard Oil district salesman for about 20 years died early Tuesday from smoke asphyxiation after a cigarette set a mattress ablaze in his Hotel Monroe room in Shreveport. Firemen extinguished the blaze before arrival. he was pronounced dead at a local sanitarium.
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John T
Jack”) Perkins
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Shreveport
Hotel Monroe
Perkins
M. E. Warner
Kirby
James Peterkin
Peterkin
Oil Company
W. L Bendel
Sikes
Winn Parish
O. K. Allen
Income tax cut for British public announced
London on April 17 reports a six pence in the pound reduction of income taxes. For small incomes the cut amounts to about 10 percent, a government measure described as a gift to taxpayers today.
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London
Rogers Has His Say on Ireland Senate Move
On Sabbath, a columnist in Santa Monica reflects on Ireland considering abolishing its senate. He urges caution, noting Sunday sentiment and the imperfect vision of both Irish leaders and their electorate, while asking readers to withhold judgment until clearer outcomes emerge.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Republic of Ireland
Senate
Ireland
Saint Peter
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