Ellender Foresees Roosevelt Victory in Louisiana
Allen J Ellender, Louisiana House Speaker and administration candidate, told the Atlanta Journal that all is well for Franklin D Roosevelt in Louisiana. He said strong support for the president exists despite opposition to New Deal policies and that he would back reforms if elected to the Senate.
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Atlanta
Allen J Ellender
Huey P. Long
The
Atlanta Journal Today
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Ellender
House of Representatives
Senator Long
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Senate
E. D. Smith
Mails Open to Holding Firms Not Registered
Postmaster General Farley ruled that unregistered holding companies may still use the mails at least until the Supreme Court rules on the utility act. He ordered no steps to exclude unregistered firms, despite the December 1 deadline and ongoing constitutional challenges.
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Washington
Farley
Supreme Court
Cummings
The
Securities Commission
Postmaster General
Court Considers Kansas Farm Mortgage Moratorium
Kansas Supreme Court may decide Saturday on the Fourth Farm Mortgage Moratorium legality ten cases raise questions of constitutional validity. The decision affects ownership of hundreds of farms and ammunition for political battles as the act runs to January 15, 1937 and covers foreclosed lands. Opponents argue the law only fits an economic emergency and cite the US Supreme Court Minnesota moratorium ruling.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Pledges Sought for Welfare Department Support
New Orleans December 5 Pledges of support for a proposed state department of public welfare are being sought from Louisiana legislature candidates through parish committees of the Louisiana State Conference for Social Betterment. About 1500 parish members will seek pledges, with gubernatorial candidates backing a non political, well funded department to enable receipt of federal Social Security funds.
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New Orleans
State Department of Public Welfare
Louisiana
Louisiana State Conference For Social Betterment
Susan K. Gillean
Gillean
Miss Gillean
Farm Wives to Gather for First Convention
Chicago December delegates from 30 affiliates in 26 states attend the first annual convention of the Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Mrs Abbie C Sargent of Bedford New Hampshire president notes aims toward better education social and community progress.
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Chicago
Associated Women of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
Abbie C. Sargent
Bedford
N. H
Police Juror Candidate In Caddo Parish Killed
James Wynn 69 of Ida Louisiana, a ninth ward police juror candidate and Caddo parish leader, died when a pitch fork used to remove cotton hulls tangled in a belt and struck him in Ida. He was brother of Rev John M Wynn of Shreveport, a former legislator and current candidate for the legislature.
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Shreveport
James Wynn
Ida
Ninth Ward
Caddo Parish
Wynn
John M. Wynn
Caddo
Conferences on Across Atlantic Air Mail Held
Washington December talks bring American, British, Irish and Canadian aero nautical delegations to discuss opening Atlantic air lanes for commercial flights. Officials seek reciprocal pacts to allow American planes to land on foreign soil as a hurdle, with Postmaster General Farley planning air mail service to Europe and experimental flights next summer.
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Washington
Atlantic
Inter-Departmental Committee On Civil International Aviation
Farley
Europe
Prohibition Row to Front Again on Second Anniversary
On the second anniversary of repeal, advocates for repeal praise outcomes while anti prohibition forces push a new crusade. W H Slayton of Repeal associates notes declines in lawlessness, while the Anti Saloon League demands full prohibition including at White House events.
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Washington
W. H. Slayton
Repeal Associates
Anti- Saloon League of America
Roosevelt
League
St. Louis
White House
Roose
Child Requests Christmas Gifts For Small Sisters
A 13 year old girl asks the Good Fellows to send Santa Claus to visit her younger sisters for Christmas. The appeal grows as donations arrive through the mail, with three weeks until Christmas and membership closing soon. Contributions listed include donations from the Biedenharn family and others in memory of David Heller NE iv.
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Good Fellows Fund
David Heller
J. A. Biedenharn
H. A. Biedenharn
M. S. Biedenharn
B. W. Biedenharn
Santa Claus
Good Fellows
Slain Agent Curtis Cousin Tied to Nightclub Case
Tulsa authorities reported ongoing witness questioning in the slaying of internal revenue agent Louis Pappan and his companion George Stewart at a suburban nightclub. County Attorney Holly Anderson said the probe involved more people and was far from a solution as four men connected with the club faced scrutiny.
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Tulsa
Okla
Holly Anderson
Internal Revenue
Anderson
Louis Pappan
George Stewart
Witness Questioned In Shooting Of Livermore
In Santa Barbara District Attorney Heckendorf, deferring to Jesse Livermore Jr.’s wish to be left alone, focused on D B Neville who stayed as a house guest when the 16 year old Wall Street trader’s son was shot on Thanksgiving night. Neville gave conflicting accounts, saying the incident followed a quarrel over drunkenness and later that it was an accident during mother and son joking. Mrs Longcope and Jesse Livermore Sr. also asked that the matter be kept private.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Percy Heckendorf
Jesse Livermore, Jr
D. B. Neville
Wall Street
Neville
Dorothea Wendt Longcope
Heckendorf
Desperadoes Still At Large In Kiamichi Mountains
Fort Smith Arkansas dispatch reports five jailbreak escapees sought in Muskogee Oklahoma after Tuesday breakout. Police chief Mike J. Gordon and Arkansas possemen suspect hill folk may aid the bandits, with investigators citing local ties as a major obstacle.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Kiamichi
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Mike J. Gordon
Arkansas
Gordon
Sus
Mrs Root Seeks To Make Bond Of $7 500
Mrs Daisy Alexander Root, 31 year old mother, is jailed in Shelby county jail after being accused of slaying her husband Brenton Root, 32. Her attorney seeks a 7500 dollar bond for release as authorities say she admitted shooting him following alleged taunts about affection for a 19 year old nightclub cigarette girl Lucy Underwood.
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Memphis
Tenn
Daisy Alexander Root
Brenton Root
Shelby County
TVA Assailed In Action Before Supreme Court
James M. Beck filed a brief in the Supreme Court challenging the Tennessee Valley Authority Act as unconstitutional and revolutionary. Beck, for Alabama Power stockholders, warned upheld legislation could alter the federal government and social order. The brief follows the December 2 deadline with government due December 16.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Supreme Court Today
James M. Beck
American Liberty League
Beck
Alabama Power Company
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
High Court
TVA
Manufacturers Oppose New Deal At Annual Meeting
The National Manufacturers' Association, representing the largest U S industries, prepared a tentative 1936 platform of rugged individualism as critics of New Deal policies dominated remarks at the group's annual meeting in New York. Alfred P Sloan Jr of General Motors warned that business must accept broader responsibilities or risk greater government interference urging enlightened industrial statesmanship.
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New York
National Manufacturers’ Association
America
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
American Business
Father shoots air pistol in court to prove innocence
Louis De Florez testifies by firing an air pistol in a Cambridge district court trial to show his son Peter and Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt did not discharge dangerous weapons. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s grandson, and De Florez face assault with a dangerous weapon charges as a police arms expert notes the pistols could kill.
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Cambridge
Mass
Louis de Florez
New York
Peter
Cornelius van Schaack Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
de Florez
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Indictments Tie Long Aides to Tax Evasion Conspiracy
Four men including Seymour Weiss and R S Wilson were indicted in New Orleans on charges of conspiring to evade income taxes tied to funds from the Huey P Long political organization. The case accuses the Louisiana Quarry Co and Sam Beasley of unpaid taxes totaling about 32 996 dollars, with prior graft trials referenced.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Long
Seymour Weiss
R. S. Wilson
Little Rock
Chauncey D. Nichols
Oklahoma City
Louisiana Quarry Company
H. F. Schiff
Sam Beasley
Louisiana Highway Commission
Winnfield
Express
Quintuplets Star In Full Film Scene In Ontario
The Dionne quintuplets took command of the film set in Callander Ontario as they begin their first full length feature The Country Doctor. Director and crew faced a crowd of movie men at the hospital but reports say the five sisters stayed focused on filming.
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Callander
Ont
Dionne Quintuplets
Five Little Sisters
Russell Charged With Shooting Coach Killen
Rufus A. Russell, hospitalized, is charged with shooting R. S. Killen Lake Charles High School football coach with intent to kill. He reportedly fired after Killen dismissed his son from the squad for breaking training rules, then wounded himself. Both men are recovering. Bond was set at $2000 upon filing yesterday.
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Lake Charles
Rufus A. Russell
R. S. Killen
Russell
Killen
Hoare Says England Ready to Take Action
In a statement before the House of Commons Harold Hoare asserts that England is prepared to act on looming issues. The pronouncement emphasizes decisive government measures and readiness to respond to domestic challenges.
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Hoare
England
House of Commons
Britain warns Japan over China actions and seeks Italy accord
London reports Sir Samuel Hoare, the foreign secretary, urged Japan to clarify its stance in North China to avoid harming its prestige. He also proposed Italy end aggression in Ethiopia as Britain withdrew two warships from the Mediterranean amid rising tensions.
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London
Japan
China
Italy
Ethiopia
Samuel Hoare
Mediterranean
Samuel
House of Commons
Hoare Says Nation Is Ready For Action
London December 5 Foreign Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare told the House of Commons that Britain is prepared to join oil sanctions against Italy. The dispatch noted battle cruisers Hood and Renown and other ships would leave the Mediterranean for Atlantic maneuvers. Officials stressed the withdrawal has no political significance.
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Great Britain
Mediterranean
Britain
Mussolini
I Duce
Libya
Egypt
Associated Press
London
Samuel Hoare
Italy
House of Commons
Admiralty
Hood
Renown
Atlantic
Italy Seeks Oil Relief as Embargo Threat Grows
Rome reports that fascist sources warn an oil embargo would trigger a fight as fuel shortages deepen. The regime pushes to cut gasoline use and develop substitutes and new oil sources to forestall motor crisis amidst sanctions extension.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
New Prohibition Drive In Alaska Targets Eskimos
In Nome Alaska a native led campaign seeks re enactment of prohibitions making it a crime to give liquor to Eskimos and those of mixed blood. Barrow shows early momentum as Alaska's drink consumption nears 700000 gallons in six months amid widespread availability in small towns.
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Seattle
Alaska
Nome
Territorial Board of Liquor Control
Barrow
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