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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1933
Page
1
President Johnson announces renewed push to re-employ workers and boost purchasing power under the NRA blue eagle. Officials say about 2,000 unemployed people are back at work as the effort gains new life and momentum.
Beckendorff, operator of a Katy county ranch near OUSTON Texas, registered his cattle symbol with the county clerk this week as the NRA program begins. He says the move applies to his heifers and cow ponies on the Beckendorff ranch and is intended to identify his stock.
The report outlines a broad drive to press wage codes and union support, with Henry Ford pressured to back the automotive code. Officials warn higher prices may offset gains, while credit expansion and mass mobilization aim to sustain recovery as figures show millions seek reemployment and self support.
The Rivers Daily reports a 24 hour flood stage with present readings and a stage change noted. Local authorities monitor gauges for rising water and potential impacts along the river.
The News-Star and Morning World publish a Tuesday Thursday and Sunday series on state tax matters written by an expert in state fiscal affairs. The articles explain how the state and its agencies collect and spend revenues from taxes licenses and other sources, helping Louisianans understand fiscal policy and its impact on every resident.
Washington August 30 The lifting of the gold embargo and new orders would allow producers to sell gold at world prices around 30 dollars an ounce, spurring a hoped revival of mining and restoring up to 50 000 workers. The move tightens government control of gold holdings and foreign exchange dealings to stabilize the dollar.
Utica Mississippi authorities and county posses with bloodhounds swept Big Sandy swamp for Austin Kelly a negro wanted for shooting and beating Roy Newlin deputy sheriff of Claiborne county Newlin was wounded in the back and beaten and rushed to a Vicksburg hospital as bloodhounds bayed through the swamps joining residents in the manhunt.
A month into the sleeping sickness outbreak in St Louis and suburban areas, 45 deaths and 320 cases are recorded since the July 30 first fatality. Surgeon General Hugh S. Cumming visited, ordered lab experts to assist, and national health leaders prepared to deploy more specialists to combat the illness. Suburban Kirkwood postponed its public school opening, with other communities weighing delays as parents worry.
The Rev. August Stoecker, a Catholic priest in Dorthmund, was sentenced to 16 months in jail on Wednesday for disparaging the Nazi regime from his pulpit. The case highlights church tensions with the regime during the period.
Early returns show Washington with a 2 to 1 majority for repeal of the 18th amendment as 2663 precincts report. Urban voters in Seattle and Tacoma tilt wet while Spokane supports repeal two to one. overall, wets expect 90 district delegates to back repeal at the state convention.
The American Bar Association began its annual convention in Grand Rapids with calls for a united front against kidnappers and racketeers. Opinions on the New Deal program varied, but leaders looked to national president Clarence E. Martin for guidance as Michigan's Attorney General Patrick H. O'Brien challenged parts of Roosevelt's recovery plan.
Governor Oscar K. Allen signed extradition papers for William Turk sought on a $200000 bucket shop swindle tied to New York cities. Turk, also known as William Young, was arrested in New Orleans and faces charges in New York and Chicago. An attorney for Chicago bondsmen pledged to seek a writ of habeas corpus.
The national forest reservation commission approved buying 268 785 acres to extend national forests at a cost of 539 387 dollars. Funds come from 20 million dollars in public works money set aside by the president. Lands to be purchased span Maine New Hampshire Vermont Pennsylvania West Virginia Virginia Kentucky Tennessee North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota.
Judge Harmon C. Drew denounces LSU officials plan to establish junior colleges as pre graduate steps toward centralizing higher education. He warns of a political ring forming through state schools and accuses LSU president James M. Smith of aiming to subsume other colleges and place control under one administration.
Three Plattsburgh youths, William La Due Robert Glenn and Tyler Grey, remained on a 400 foot cliff ledge above Wallace Mountain as rescuers lowered sandwiches water and oranges on a 1000 foot rope. A plan to drop 500 more feet of rope by air was prepared to haul them up past jagged rock ledges. Trooper Harold Muller forged a trail to Heart Lake and Adirondack Lodge to secure extra rope for the perilous hoist.
Reports say Senator Huey Long was in drawing room A aboard an Illinois Central train when Memphis stopped, but the door remained shut on arrival and reporters failed to obtain an interview. The incident follows chatter about an onside punch at a Long Island party and a rumor implicating Port Washington Chief of Police Steve Webber, who denies involvement.
Houston, Aug 30. Storm number nine of the hurricane season was lost in the Gulf and replaced by storms ten and eleven. Heavy rains and high seas hit the coast from Port Arthur to Brownsville, with squalls and winds up to 24 mph. Authorities lowered warnings after the disturbance curved back into the Gulf, as one new storm neared land near Tampico and another remained powerful 150 miles northeast of Puerto Rico.
In South St Paul Minnesota five bandits robed bank messengers of a $30,000 payroll at the livestock market area. A policeman Leo Pavlek was killed and officer John Yeaman wounded as the gang fled in a car under a smoke screen after a firefight in front of the post office.
U.S. S Sacramento and British ship Wishart sailed from Hong Kong on August 30 to Foochow Fukien province to protect Americans and Britons amid reported Communist advances. Japanese warships were also dispatched from Formosa. Uncertainty lingered over Yenping’s reported capture by the Communists.
In Beverly Hills Aug 30 So Germany bans Schumann Heink and the writer laments politicians abroad and at home. He recalls Huey Long in disguise a Long Island dresser and criticizes senators for staying away from their home districts. He proposes a movement to bring elected officials home for a week.
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