Court measure reforms dignity of courts roosevelt says
President Roosevelt described the judiciary reorganization bill as a limited advance and noted omissions. He signed the act restructuring lower court procedure while higher courts remained unchanged. He urged further reform to ease the Supreme Court burden. He warned of a widening rift between the public and the legal system.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Roocevelt
Supreme Court
Trade barriers urged as path to world peace
High U S officials said reducing trade barriers and expanding free commerce offer the best chance for peace amid conflicts in China and Spain. They cited 16 nation trade agreements and extended authority to negotiate them as evidence of this approach amid global tensions.
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Washington
China
Spain
William C. Bulfitt
France
Hugh R. Wilson
Switzerland
Reau
Geneva
United States
Roosevelt
Cuba
Brazil
Belgium
Haiti
Sweden
Colombia
Canada
Honduras
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Finland
Costa Rica
el Salvador
State Department
Ecuador
Italy
Sir Hubert Begins Hunt for Aviators
Sir Hubert Wilkins speeds toward the polar regions in a search for six Soviet transpolar airmen missing 13 days. His 17 ton Soviet owned flying boat leaves Coppermine on a second effort after fog halted the prior attempt. Meanwhile Jimmie Mattern flies from Barrow to cover 600 miles in a search for Levaneffsky's four motor plane.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Coppermine
Moscow
Oakland
Calif
Sir Hubert
Jimmie Mattern
Arctic
Barrow
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Mattern
Boys die before using fortune from old gold finds
Henry Grob and Theodore Jones unearthed a $20,000 gold hoard as boys. Henry died at 18 before accessing his share due to a court order. At his death $7,000 remained in the bank after fees. The court ruled finders were keepers after a lengthy ownership dispute.
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Baltimore
Henry Grob
Henry
Young Grob
Theodore Jones
Theodore
Ouachita River Pollution Sparks Mass Meeting
A Caldwell mass meeting in Columbia organized by the Ouachita Valley Protective league adopted resolutions urging the state conservation department to halt alleged pollution from the Brown Paper mill in West Monroe. The resolutions stress Ouachita’s value as a natural resource and its role in sustaining commercial fishing livelihoods.
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Columbia
Ouachita Valley Protective League
Ouachita River
West Monroe
State Conservation Department
Louisiana
City Abandoned by Job Marchers Ends Potomac Protest
Washington August 25 1934 Workers Alliance of America abandoned rain soaked tent city on the Potomac and returned home by train bus and car. David Lasser called the march a series of real victories while urging locals to fight reactionary forces in Congress and noting no WPA layoffs without cause.
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Washington
Workers Alliance of America
Potomac
Works Progress Administration
David Lasser
National Alliance
Lasser
White House
Congress
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Moonlight slaying in Grant Park linked to blonde companion
Investigators theorize two vice racketeers killed Herbert W. Lee to stop a marriage to Grace Snyder, 22, after Lee was shot in Grant Park while strolling with her. Snyder said she was slapped by one assailant. police say the motive was to keep a valuable “meal ticket.”
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Chicago
Herbert W. Lee
Grant
Lee
Grace Snyder
Thomas F. Kelly
State’s Attorney's Office
Miss Snyder
Kelly
Japan declares blockade of Chinese coast
Tokyo reports a full blockade of all Chinese official and private shipping on the Chinese coast effective at 6 p m tonight. The move, proclaimed by Vice Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, excludes ships of other nations and follows tensions in north China and Shanghai. The Kokumin urges the United States to stay cautious and fair. The Yomiuri voices satisfaction with Hull's stance and notes British neutrality.
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Tokyo
Japan
Domei
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Kokumin
United States
China
Shanghai
Washington
Yomiuri
Hull
Ten New Industrial Contracts Exempt From Taxes
Ten contracts exempting industrial construction worth over 1 034 200 from taxation for ten years were signed by Governor Leche and Ernest Lee Jahncke. The programs bring total new factory construction to the state well past 26 million, supporting 39 new plants or additions in under a year. The Falstaff Brewing Co adds a 400 000 expansion in New Orleans for 100 new jobs, and Duke Bourgeois Sugar builds a 300 000 cane mill at Jeanerette for 75 jobs. Harry Bros. Co. of Louisiana secures a 50 000 to 200 000 plant expansion in New Orleans.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
Ernest Lee Jahncke
State Department of Commerce and Industry
Jahncke
Falstaff Brewing Company
New Orleans
Harvey Beffa
Duke-Bourgeois Sugar Company
Jeanerette
J. Paulin Duke
Sidney Bourgeois
Harry Bros. Company of Louisiana, Inc
14 Fugitives Survive Sea Peril After Isle Escape
In Mayari Cuba on August 25 14 United States citizens led by Dr Dudley Arthur escaped Great Inagua amid a native uprising after five days at sea with no food or water. The group faces trial in Santiago for unlawful possession of war materials.
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Mayari
Cuba
Inagua Island
Santiago
United States
Dudley Arthur
Bahamas
Black-Topping Work Launched on City Streets
WPA crews began black-topping about five miles of graveled city streets on Wednesday with full equipment on Mississippi street. City officials expect completion in 60 to 90 days and say high-traffic streets will be prioritized to minimize traffic disruption. Commissioner C. R. Tidwell announced the plan.
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WPA
Mississippi Street
C. R. Tidwell
Tropical disturbance drifts near St Thomas moving westward
The weather bureau warned vessels of a small tropical disturbance centered about 60 miles north of St Thomas at 7 am moving west northwest at 15 mph. It cautioned this system could intensify and pose a danger to ships in its path while stating it poses no US threat for several days. First detected Monday night by a French ship about 500 miles east of the Windward Islands.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Weather Bureau
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Florida
Windward Islands
San Juan
West Indies
United States
Louisiana Hotel Men Open Two Day Session in Monroe
The Louisiana Hotel association holds its twelfth two day meeting in Monroe starting Friday with about 100 members and families expected. Host hotel managers include E C Gibson E C Apperson D L Newman J E Kersh G B Watt Guy Smith and J L Keenan. The opening agenda covers registration invocation welcome address and reports followed by luncheon and social events. Saturday features a business session and speeches by Hon A R Johnson commissioner Louisiana public welfare.
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Louisiana Hotel Association
Monroe
E. C. Gibson
Alvis
E. C. Apperson
Frances
D. L. Newman
Grand
J. E. Kersh
Kersh
G. B. Watt
Marion
Guy Smith
J. L. Keenan
Hotel
Virginia
Crystal Ballroom
Hotel Virginia
E. F. Hayward
Arnold Bernstein
George H. Thomas
Evangeline Hotel
Lafayette
A. R. Johnson
Louisiana Public Welfare
Man identified as lottery operator shot dead in Wheeling
Mike Russell, 42, a numbers lottery operator, was killed early today in front of his home as his wife watched from an upstairs window. He was beaten, knocked down, and shot multiple times, including a head wound. His brother Theodore and two Wheeling men face trial Monday in Clarksburg federal court for fraudulent income tax report charges.
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Wheeling
W- Va
Mike Russell
James Stanley
Stanley
Russell
Theodore
Clarksburg
W. Va
Japanese Landing Blocked as Chinese Mines Halt Shanghai Assault
Chinese mines and hidden machine gun nests halted a 42,000 troop Japanese landing at Shanghai. An official report said 500 of 1,500 at one point drowned, two ships foundered, and eight ships were damaged amid heavy Chinese artillery and naval bombardment. Casualties exceed 5,000 officially with hundreds of thousands estimated killed or wounded in the broader fight.
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Morris J. Harris
Associated Press
Shanghai
Wentsoapang
Whangpoo
Tsungming Island
Yangtze
Liuho
Nanwed
United States
Parrott
Gough Ise Land
Texas Oil Company
International
Woosung
Yikung
Paoshan
Lotien
Changhaopeng
Yangtze Mouth
Yangtzepoo
Japan
Merchants Set Fall Winter Business Hours in Monroe
A Monroe and West Monroe Chamber of Commerce meeting decided on fall and winter hours: stores to open at 9 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. on weekdays, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays. Some favored 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. but hours become effective September 7 after Labor Day. J G Durrett chaired the session.
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Chamber of Commerce of
Monroe
West Monroe
J. G. Durrett
Reetail Merchants’ Division
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