Louisiana supports Roosevelt says Ellender in interview
Allen J. Ellender state administration candidate and former speaker of the Louisiana house tells the Atlanta Journal that all is well for Roosevelt in Louisiana. He states no likely defeat for Roosevelt in the state or nation despite opposition to New Deal policies and pledges to back the president in the senate.
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Atlanta
Allen J. Eliender
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
Post master General Farley ruled that holding companies refuse to register under the New Deal utility law will not be barred from using the mails at least until the Supreme Court rules on the act. He directed not to exclude unregistered firms pending court determination and noted authorities may vary. The major holding systems had skipped registration by December 1 and challenged the act in court.
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Washington
Farley
Supreme Court
Cummings
The
Securities Commission
Postmaster General
Kansas Supreme Court to rule on farm moratorium legality
The Kansas Supreme Court may decide Saturday if the farm mortgage moratorium extending to January 15 1937 is constitutional. The case involves ownership of hundreds of Kansas farms and political leverage, with opponents arguing the measure only fits an economic emergency. The decision hinges on whether the emergency persists as key legal challenges proceed.
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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 committees will press candidates to back the department and an adequate appropriation to access federal funds under the social security act.
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New Orleans
State Department of Public Welfare
Louisiana
Louisiana State Conference For Social Betterment
Susan K. Gillean
Gillean
Miss Gillean
Farmer's Wife to Have Inning at Chicago Convention
The Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau Federation holds its first annual convention in Chicago with over 250000 members and delegates from 30 affiliates in 26 states. Mrs Abbie C Sargent of Bedford New Hampshire is president. The group aims to advance education and social welfare among farm women.
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Chicago
Associated Women of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
Abbie C. Sargent
Bedford
N. H
Conferences on Across Atlantic Mail Are Held
Washington reports official conversations among American and foreign aero nautical delegations to open trans Atlantic air lanes for commercial flight. British Irish and Canadians join the inter departmental aviation committee to iron out difficulties in air passages. Postmaster General Farley aims for reciprocity pacts and air mail service to Europe with experimental flights next summer and regular service the following year.
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Washington
Atlantic
Inter-Departmental Committee On Civil International Aviation
Farley
Europe
Prohibition Row to Front Again in Nationwide Debate
On the second anniversary of repeal, supporters hail the shift away from liquor and praise reduced lawlessness, while the Anti Saloon League launches a new crusade for prohibition. The Roosevelt pledge and saloon return fears fuel fresh tensions in St. Louis conventions.
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Washington
W. H Slayton
Repeal Associates
Anti- Saloon League of America
Roosevelt
Child Requests Christmas Gifts For Small Sisters
A 13 year old girl asked the Good Fellows to send Santa Claus to visit her smaller sisters at Christmas. The appeal arrives as Christmas nears and Good Fellows membership closes in three weeks. Donations, including funds in memory of David Heller Masur and several Biedenharns, total $202.50 to support gifts for needy children.
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Good Fellows Fund
David Heller
Masur Viscoesenss Sacvereece
J. A. Biedenham
Santa Claus
Good Fellows
Slain Agent Curtis Cousin Linked to Case
Tulsa reports County Attorney Holly Anderson said witnesses in the nightclub slaying of internal revenue agent Louis Pappan and his companion George Stewart were being questioned, with more people involved and no solution yet. Four men with ties to the suburban club where the shooting occurred are connected to the case.
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Tulsa
Okla
Holly Anderson
Internal Revenue
Anderson
Louis Pappan
George Stewart
Witness Questioned In Shooting Of Livermore
In Santa Barbara California District Attorney Percy Heckendorff questioned D B Neville a house guest about the shooting of Jesse Livermore Jr 16 on Thanksgiving night Neville gave conflicting accounts first saying an argument with his mother Mrs Dorothea Wendt Longcope triggered the shooting then claiming it was an accident The case also involves Mrs Longcope charged with wounding her son and Jesse Livermore Sr at his bedside.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Percy Heckendorf
Jesse Livermore, Jr
D. B. Neville
Wall Street
Neville
Dorothea Wendt
Heckendorff
Police Juror Candidate in Caddo Parish Killed
James Wynn 69 of Ida Louisiana, a ninth ward police juror candidate and prominent Caddo parish citizen, was killed at his Ida gin when a pitch fork used to remove cotton hulls entangled and struck him in the head. Death was instantaneous. Wynn was brother of Rev. John M. Wynn of Shreveport.
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Shreveport
James Wynn
Ida
Ninth Ward
Caddo Parish
Or Wynn
John M. Wynn
Desperadoes Still At Large In Mountain Country
In the Kiamichi mountains near Muskogee Oklahoma five jailbreakers remain at large as possemen hunt across rugged terrain. Fort Smith Arkansas officers join the search amid reports of local support for the outlaws and possible collusion with the gang.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Kiamichi
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Mike J. Gordon
Arkansas
Gordon
Suse
Mrs Daisy Root Seeks Bond For Slaying Case
Mrs Daisy Alexander Root, 31, accused of killing her husband Brenton Root, 32, sought a $7,500 bond to gain release from Shelby County jail as her attorney pursued surety. The case unfolds with defense efforts to secure her release pending trial.
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Memphis
Tenn
Daisy Alexander Root
Brenton Root
Shelby County
Underwood
Renee
TVA Assailed in Action Before Supreme Court
James M. Beck filed a brief arguing the Tennessee Valley Authority Act is unconstitutional and revolutionary. He represents Alabama Power stockholders challenging the act, which the federal circuit court of appeals at New Orleans upheld. The government must file its brief by December 16 with arguments set for December 19.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Supreme Court Today
James M. Beck
American Liberty League
Beek
Alabama Power Company
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
High Court
TVA
Manufacturers oppose New Deal platform at 1936 meeting
The National Manufacturers Association convened in New York as it weighs a tentative 1936 platform promising rugged individualism. Speakers criticized New Deal policies and Alfred P. Sloan Jr. warned industry to accept broader responsibilities or risk more government interference.
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New York
Dee
National Manufacturers’association
America
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General” Motors Corporation
American Business
Father Uses Air Pistol In Court Demonstration
Louis De Florez and Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt faced assault with a dangerous weapon charges in Cambridge. The New York engineer fired an air pistol at himself in court to prove his son Peter and Roosevelt were innocent, as a police arms expert testified the pistols could kill. Roosevelt is a Roosevelt grandson.
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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 allege tax conspiracy in Huey Long era graft
Four men including Seymour Weiss long tied to Huey Long face conspiracy charges for evading income tax payments. Indictments claim $32,996 due from Louisiana Quarry Co and Sam Beasley, purchasing agent of the Louisiana highway commission, with the quarry company organized in 1931 at Winnfield Louisiana.
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Long
Seymour Weiss
R. S Wilson
Little Rock
Chauncey D. Nichols
Oklahoma City
Louisiana Quarry Company
H. F. Schiff
Oklahoma City Public
Sam Beasley
Louisiana Highway Commission
Winnfield
Express
Quintuplets Dominate First Full Film Scene in Canada
The Dionne quintuplets commanded the production day in Callander Ontario as they began their first full-length feature film The Country Doctor. Movie crews swarmed the hospital but the five sisters remained undisturbed, drawing focus from directors and staff during the second day of filming.
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Callander
Dionne Quintuplets
Five Little Sisters
Russell Charged With Shooting Coach Killen
Rufus A. Russell is charged with shooting Lake Charles High School football coach Killen after a pep meeting on November 2. Killen was wounded below the heart and jaw. both men were reported recovering at a local hospital.
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Lake Charles
Dee
Rufus A. Russell
R Killen
Lake Charles High School
Footsball
Russell
Killen
Hoare says England ready to act over Asia crisis
London December 5 Sir Samuel Hoare foreign secretary warned Japan against aggression in China and urged Italy to end Ethiopia aggression. He noted two empire warships withdrawn from the Mediterranean and said the situation risks harming Japan's prestige and mutual relations with neighbors.
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London
Japan
China
Italy
Ethiopia
Samuel Hoare
Mediterranean
Samuel
House of Commons
Hoare Indicates Britain Ready For Oil Sanctions Action
Sir Samuel Hoare, the foreign secretary, told the House of Commons that Britain is prepared to play its part in oil sanctions against Italy. The move followed news that battle cruisers Hood and Renown and other ships will leave the Mediterranean for Atlantic maneuvers, a withdrawal not seen as politically significant.
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London
Samuel Hoare
Italy
House of Commons
Admiralty
Hood
Renown
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Italy Eyes U S Oil War Threat Amid Shortage
In Rome on December 5 Associated Press reports fascist sources warn an oil embargo would trigger a fight as fuel shortages deepen sanctions against Italy. The regime seeks to cut gasoline use and develop substitutes to avert motor disruption.
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Associated Press
Italy
New Prohibition Drive Start In Alaska
A new prohibition campaign begun by Eskimos at Nome aims to curb alcohol use as natives petition the authorities. The drive seeks to press for a wide prohibition across Alaska.
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Alaska
Seattle
Nome
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