Moratorium on Mortgages Proposed by Hunger Marchers
Three hundred farmers arriving in Washington for a hunger march plan urgent orders to Congress for a mortgage moratorium and other relief. Andrew Oja of Montana predicts farmers will visit lawmakers directly to demand action as they push beyond mere resolutions.
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Washington
Farmers National Relief Conference
Baltimore
Andrew Oja
Geyser
Mont
Congress
Oja
Chicago
Expectant Mother Faces Death Row in South Carolina
Beatrice Ferguson Snipes, a white woman from York County, was found guilty of murder in the July killing of rural policeman Elliott Harris and faces the electric chair after a possible new trial. She is pregnant and expects a baby within a month, with the husband Clyde Snipes to be tried separately. The state last executed a white woman decades ago, with hangings common until 1912 when the electric chair was adopted.
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York
S. C
Beatrice Ferguson Snipes
Snipes
Elliott Harris
York County
State Penitentiary
Reminiscences from 1875 and Local Oddities in Monroe
A column recalls relics from 1875 tied to Judge J. G. Taliaferro and Hon. J. J. Taliaferro, including Crescent Hall’s New Orleans opening invite and rent receipts. It weaves in anecdotes about Salvation Army activity, parish memories, and a humorous river-hogs tale on the Ouachita.
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J. J. Taliaferro
Crescent Hall
New Orleans
J. G. Taliaferro
Judge Taliaferro
City
New Orléans
Senate Panel Backs Recognizing Soviet Russia
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes nine to five in favor of diplomatic recognition for Soviet Russia with Roosevelt to act after inauguration. A United Press poll shows several members leaning pro recognition, while others expect a trade pact first before recognition.
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United Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Robinson
Ark
Borah
Russia
United States
Johnson
LaFollette
Cutting
Arkansas
Walsh
Montana
Wagner
Black
Shipstead Farmer-Law
Moses
Senate Bodies Debate Day Question on Prohibition Repeal
Testimony before the Ways and Means Committee estimates a four percent alcohol brew would add about 330 million dollars yearly to federal revenues, while the Senate Judiciary Committee shows a tight, split stance on repeal. A repeal amendment may face dry state protections and internal divisions.
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Washington
Federal Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Levi Cooke
R. A. Huber
St. Louis
United States Brewers’ Association
Treasury
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Equalizing Fund Checks On Way To Louisiana Schools
Louisiana state equalizing fund checks totaling 297 870 76 are en route to 31 parish school systems. Distribution approved by State Treasurer J S Cave aims to ease financial strain reported by State Superintendent T H Harris. Warrants were submitted Oct 20 and await payment approval. funds come from a half cent gasoline tax to assist poorer parishes.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
J. S. Cave
T. H. Harris
Acadia
Allen
Avoyelles
Beauregard
Bienville
Calcasieu
Caldwell
Catahoula
Evangeline
Franklin
Grant
Jackson
Jefferson Davis
la Salle
Lincoln
Livingston
Natchitoches
Rapides
President Hoovers View on War Debt Revisions Questioned
President Hoover doubts renewed debt relief will win backing in Congress. He may send a special debt message after talks on British and French pleas. The notes sought December 15 payments suspension but fell on deaf ears with the public. Hoover denies promising Laval lower reparations or cancellation.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
White House
Congress
Pierre Laval
Mills urges passage of sales tax act by Congress
Secretary Mills, in his annual report from Washington, proposes a 2 1 4 percent manufacturers levy and calls for repeal of recent excise taxes. He asks the House to reverse its stance, warns of a large deficit for the next fiscal year and urges drastic government cutbacks.
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Washington
Congress
Mills
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Senate
Cold Wave Heads Toward North Louisiana
A cold wave is forecast for North Louisiana with temperatures dropping to 28 to 22 degrees tonight. Monroe observer Miss Kate Key notes yesterday’s high of 73 and low of 50 as a rain total of 0.48 inches was recorded.
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Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Kate Key
Monroe
Conte di Savoia Heads to Quarantine After Valve Jam
The Conte di Savoia, slowed by a water inlet valve problem, is speeding toward quarantine in New York and is expected to reach at 2 PM. Earlier estimates put quarantine at 5 PM after the ship was hove to for repairs.
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New York
Conte di
Explosion at Premnitz silk works leaves several dead
In Rathenow Germany an explosion at the I G Farbin artificial silk plant at Premnitz killed ten workers and buried others under debris as crews worked on an addition. A 400 pound hydrogen container ruptured during the mishap.
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Rathenow
Germany
I. G. Farbin
Premnitz
Man in Gray Sought in Wanderwell Slaying Case
Detectives near a breakthrough in the slaying of Captain Walter Wanderwell known globe trotter and alleged German spy. They broadcast a nationwide appeal for Curley Guy described as the man in gray seen near the yacht Carma shortly before Wanderwell was shot in the back aboard the unsighted vessel. Mrs Wanderwell identifies Guy as a former companion with motive over finances. Confirming statements come from Seattle and witnesses who report a prior attempt on Wanderwell's life.
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Long Beach
Calif
Walter Vanderwell
Globe Trotter
Guy
Harry Greenwood
Gray
Wanderwell
Carma
Minden Judge Steps In To Lead District Court
Judge J Frank McInnis temporarily fills the Webster Bossier district seat after Judge Percy Sandel’s death. Introduced by Judge J T Shell, McInnis handles the motion hour and begins trial of a damages suit in Minden.
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J. Frank McInnis
Fourth Judicial District
State Supreme Court
Percy Sandel
Webster
Bossier
Minden
Webster Parish
J. T. Shell
Sandel
McInnis
Judge McInnis
Judge Shell
Hoover calls major cut to flood control budget
President Hoover urged Congress to reduce flood control appropriations by more than a third for the coming year. He cited savings on construction costs and relief funds to keep the Jadwin project on the lower Mississippi moving toward completion in 1938.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Lytle Brown
Army Engineers
Jadwin
Mississippi River
Ida Tuck sues for damages after city car crash
Mrs. Ida Belle Tuck and her husband sue Robert G. Harmon and Commercial Standard Insurance in district court seeking 15000 and 653.65 for medical costs and car damage after a May 1 collision on South Grand Street. Judge J Frank McInnis presides replacing the late Percy Sandel.
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Ida Belle Tuck
Robert G. Harmon
Commercial Standard Insurance Company
J. Frank McInnis
McInnis
Percy Sandel
Supreme Court
Webster
Bossier Parishes
Harmon
Tuck
Gloria Elaine
Grand Street
Layton Place
Hoover budget message calls for tax and spending cuts
President Hoover urged Congress to enact a 2 1 4 percent sales tax retain the gasoline tax for a year cut government salaries by 11 percent and extend the 8 1 3 percent furlough cut. He proposed veterans benefits reductions of 127 million and appropriations of 4 218 808 344. Deficits were forecast at 1 146 478 307 this year and 307 million next year without the plan.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Mr. Hoover
Roosevelt speeds toward New York state in shift to governor duties
Franklin D. Roosevelt travels by train to New York to assume the governorship and to prepare a message for a special state legislature session. He plans a series of talks with experts at Warm Springs to study the federal government structure and address farm relief and budget issues. Judge Samuel Rosenman accompanies him to brief on city finances and the session’s purpose.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
New York
Empire State
Samuel Rosenman
New York City
Mr. Roosevelt
Conciliation Urged Over Sino Japanese Clash at League Assembly
In Geneva on December 7 French delegate Boncour urged the League of Nations assembly to begin with conciliation using the Lytton report as a negotiation base. He warned that failure to conciliate would still guide future steps. Spain joined four other small nations in pressuring acceptance of the Lytton report.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Joseph Paul Boncour
Assembly
Lytton
Japan
Manchuria
Spain
League Assembly
Hoover Budget Calls for Deep Cuts and Tax Reforms
President Hoover urged Congress to adopt a drastically reduced budget with a 2.4 billion excise tax and kept gasoline levy, plus 11 percent salary cuts and a major veterans benefit slash. He projected a 4.22 billion total appropriations and a 1.27 billion pension and allowance reduction, aiming to offset deficits through new taxes.
Suspected Bank Robber Held by Caddo Sheriff
Walter J. Henderson, 46, is held in the parish jail as a suspect in bank robberies in Oklahoma and Louisiana. Sheriff Tom Hughes said Henderson was identified as one of two men in the Gilliam Louisiana bank holdup on Nov. 18, with $2,229 taken. Warrants from Oklahoma charge him in the Marlow bank robbery for $4,287 and the Maude bank robbery for $900.
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Shreveport
Walter J. Henderson
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Tom Hughes
Henderson
Gilliam
Marlow
Marlow, Okla
Maude
Okla
Good Fellows Fund Receives Leading One Day Gifts
The Good Fellows Fund saw its largest single day total this year with several contributions, including a prior donor giving again anonymously. The editor appeals for broad local support to ensure no Monroe family misses Christmas cheer this year.
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Good Fellows Fund
Monroe
Good Fellows
Tre
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