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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1935
Page
1
Senate Lobby Committee hears testimony from Hoover aide as Hurley testifies in a dramatic scene. The proceedings focus on lobbying activities and potential influence on policy.
Former War Secretary Patrick J. Hurley clashed with the Senate lobby committee as he testified that his law firm earned 100000 from the Associated Gas and Electric system in the last three years. He claimed representation of shareholders and asserted no conflicts with public welfare while arguing with Chairman Black over the hearing.
Prices fall as trade reports point to the AAA campaign as the main cause of the downturn. Analysts say foreign markets suffer alongside domestic cotton shipments with uncertainty shaping futures.
The New Orleans cotton exchange in its annual report blames government programs for shrinking demand and loss of dominance in world trade. It notes a 2,723,000 bale drop in exports and 2,212,400 bale fall in world consumption, with uncertainty over AAA validity and export subsidies dampening buying. The report values the 1934-35 crop at 600.4 million dollars, down from 682.2 million the prior year, despite a steady rise in spot prices since 1931-32.
First arrivals of hundreds of veterans for the American Legion state convention begin pouring into Baton Rouge. Roland Cocreham sets up offices in a hotel as State Commander Bruce Baird and executive committee members arrive. National commander Frank N. Belgrano Jr. heads to Baton Rouge after visiting the Carville hospital en route and will attend a luncheon with mayors Walmsley and Bynum.
An increase of 162000 in Louisiana relief funds for the first half of August was announced by Frank H. Peterman federal emergency relief administrator. The allocation rose from 600000 to 762000 and the full amount was set for the second half of the month.
Chicago reports state defers further grand jury action against Mandeville V. Zenge a Missouri carpenter linked to the mutilation death of Dr. Walter J Bauer as prosecutors plan a conference to resume evidence. Zenge pleads innocent and witnesses testified including Dr. Bauer’s widowed wife Louise Schaffer Bauer.
Tokyo reports Asahi says Japanese foreign office will close the Vanity Fair incident in view of sincere sympathy from the American state department. A spokesman offered no firm comment awaiting fuller reports from Ambassador Hiroji Saito regarding Washington measures after insults to the Japanese imperial house in August issue.
Rome reports the war department orders prospective officers born 1909 to 1914 who have not completed training to resume by November 15 and finish by May 15. Pensioned under 39 and those who left service abroad may also readmit as Mussolini’s Ethiopian policy provokes protests in San Remo Asti Milan and nearby areas.
A fire in the engine room of the new U S S Quincy was extinguished after a five hour battle in Quincy Massachusetts. Officials estimate damage around 100000 dollars as deck plates stayed too hot to permit belowdecks inspection. The blaze likely began in the main cable room switchboard and will be investigated by Bethlehem Shipbuilding and navy officials.
Rhode Island elected a GOP congressman, hailed by Republicans as a sign of national shift. Democrats call the vote insignificant, with Snell predicting the end of the New Deal and Crowe calling it a district flip. The reaction spans western central southern states and the region.
Siam reports an insurrectionary plot within its defense forces aiming to arrest and kill superiors and seize control of the army. Several noncommissioned officers were arrested as the government acted quickly to prevent a broader crisis. The situation was not expected to become critical.
Washington report notes quack medicines and bogus stocks remain the top sellers among frauds. Karl A. Crowley, directing the post office anti-fraud effort, says cure-alls and get-rich-quick schemes persist. He notes 20,000 chronic stock buyers will buy anything that comes along.
Berlin officials say measures are prepared by Count von Helldorf and Julius Lippert to stem a larger than ever influx of Jews from provinces seeking refuge in the capital. The warning targets non Aryans and promises health measures for incoming Jewish families amid ongoing anti semitic campaigns.
In Chicago on August 7, the confessions of Mrs. Evelyn Smith and Mrs. Blanche Dunkel were admitted as evidence in a juryless trial for the murder of Ervin Lang. Dunkel allegedly promised Smith $500 to kill Lang, whose body was found dismembered in a Hammond Indiana swamp. Lang was Dunkel's son in law and his marriage plans prompted the alleged crime.
As results crept toward halfway in the statewide primary Mississippi Hugh White led Johnson with Murphree trailing by about five thousand. In Rhode Island Charles Risk won a congressional race while Antonio Prince trailed. Virginia contests remained unsettled with few races decided.
Washington officials disclose that corporations and major investors donated millions in stock over recent months. Under a tax bill then pending, such gifts would face higher taxes, led by John D. Rockefeller Jr with a $1,000,000 Socony Vacuum stake and Henry H. Fisher with a $700,000 McCall gift.
About 400 relief workers gathered at the Wyandotte county courthouse in Kansas City Kansas for a second day of strike breakfast on the front lawn. The crowd pressed for higher relief funds while officials pledged milk aid for children and a possible 20 percent boost to the poor fund tax levy, short of the requested 25 percent increase.
In Olympia Washington a three year old girl recounts that her mother, 24 year old Mrs Harold Jensen, drowned her baby son Bobby and attempted to drown her daughter before taking her own life. The girl Ann Jensen survived by crawling onto a float. a note to her husband read Goodbye daddy.
Ouachita Tubercular and Public Health association to build a sanitarium near White's Ferry at an estimated cost of 35000 using PWA funds. Capt G B Cooley announced the project to the Ouachita parish police jury and a maintenance fund was urged to assure ongoing support. A police jury committee was formed to liaise with PWA officials and the tubercular association.
In Brest France workers at the naval arsenal returned to work under guard after two days of rioting that left one dead and about 50 injured. Gendarmes soldiers and sailors reinforced patrols as 3,000 demonstrators clashed with troops protesting wage cuts. Similar protests erupted in Paris and other cities.
Seattle August 7. Whether Wiley Post Mrs Post and Will Rogers plan a Alaska flight hinges on weather and Post mood. Rogers is ready to go anytime, Post says he will start when he feels like it, Mrs Post has no comment.
Henry E. Hardtner and Lynn Richey, both well known in Alexandria and Rapides Parish politics, die after an automobile carrying three young girls is struck by a Missouri Pacific freight train near Kahn West Baton Rouge. The girls Henrietta Hardtner Jeanie Holbrook and Frances Spangler are seriously injured.
Will Rogers portrays Seattle as a booming hub near New York in miniature with air and sea links to many cities and notes rapid travel. He references a bombing plane under construction, streamlined ferries, and criticizes Roosevelt era money tokens and a governor who is a fiddler.
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