Walsh Opposes Armament Build Up For Unemployment Aid
Senator David J. Walsh, chairman of the Senate affairs committee, warned against using national defense spending as a cure for unemployment. He urged guidance by non political expert military opinion and cautioned against reviving arms industries to fuel a spending campaign. Other leaders like Carter Glass Byrnes Borah also called for restraint while endorsing selective naval and air force expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Wilson
New York
Senate Affairs Committee
David J. Walsh
Massachusetts
New
William E. Borah
Idaho
Walsh
Boston
Plan to adjust cotton loans discussed in New Orleans
N C Williamson president of the American Cotton Cooperative Association outlined a seven point plan for adjusting the cotton loan situation. The plan emphasizes maintaining current programs, not reducing acreage, liquidating stocks, and protecting farmer income. It proposes a five year framework, soil conservation continuation with set payments, acreage control with Secretary of Agriculture authority, and cotton price adjustment payments tied to parity and market value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
N. C. Williamson
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Cotton Section
American Farm Bureau Federation
Williamson
Secretary of Agriculture
Appointment of Percy Sharp Jr to Caddo parish police juror
Governor Richard Leche announces Percy Sharp Jr of Mouvinsport Caddo parish ward 3 will fill the late father’s seat after a fatal car accident. Rudolph Krause and Frank Roberts are reappointed to the Lake Charles harbor district. A January 31 special election is set to fill the Lincoln Union district attorney term. Theodore Bergeron died of a heart attack on a hunting trip. A custody requisition is sent for Howard Welsh of Mobile linked to a New Orleans auto theft case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Richard Leche
Percy Sharp, Jr
Moovingsport
Caddo Parish
Rudolph Krause
Frank Roberts
Lake Charles Harbor and Drainage
Lincoln
Union Parishes
Theodore C. Bergeron
Alabama
Howard Welsh
Mobile
Welsh
New Orleans
South’s solons blamed for harming the South say Maverick
Maury Maverick former Democratic representative from Texas argues in a Virginia Quarterly Review article that many southern senators and representatives are the worst enemies of the South. He says most leaders who reach Congress serve utilities natural-resource firms textile plants insurance and mortgage firms owned by eastern capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Maury Maverick
Texas
South
Virginia Quarterly Review
Congress
Eastern Capital
Kilbourne Funeral Held for J W Kilbourne
J W Kilbourne 65 longtime local businessman and secretary of First Federal Savings and Loan died after a short illness Sunday evening. Funeral conducted at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev E F Hayward. interment in Hasley cemetery. Survived by wife and two sisters Minnie K Shelby Jackson Miss and L K Jouvenat Monroe. Kilbourne, origin of Kilbourne Louisiana named for his father. Peters Funeral Service Inc. in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Kilbourne
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Abstract and Title Company
Grace Episcopal Church
E. F. Hayward
Richard Troy
T. C. Rowland
Joe Williamson
Fletcher Ashcraft
Duncan Cook
Milling Bernstein
James Heard
Joe Washburn
Hasley
Kilbourne
Minnie K. Shelby
Jackson
L. K. Jouvenat
Monroe
West Carroll Parish
The
Peters Funeral Service, Inc
Private Killed by Gun at Barksdale
Private Everett R. Honegger, 23, was shot and killed at Barksdale Field when a machine gun from a fighting plane discharged accidentally. He stood in front of a squadron before aerial gunnery training. autopsy pending. Son of Mr and Mrs Stani Honegger of Feoria Michigan. enlisted at Barksdale September 17 after service at Marshall Field and Chanute Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Everett R. Honegger
Barksdale Field
Honegger
Stani Honegger
Morton Street
Feoria
Barksdale, Field
Marshall Field
Ft. Riley
Kaw
Air Corps Technical School
Chanute Field
Mother of Murder Suspect Faces Charge After Son’s Suicide
In Seattle on December 12 Mrs Mary Eleanor Smith 73 a former inmate of the state prison faced a first degree murder charge in the 10 year old disappearance of James Eugene Bassett of Annapolis Md Her son Decasto Earl Mayer 44 also charged as a co defendant killed himself in the county jail Mayer had been in the state penitentary as a habitual criminal Prosecutor B Gray Warner planned to proceed while authorities sought Bassett s body Mrs Smith expressed a wish Mayer had confessed and indicated she now says Mayer carried the body but ground is uncertain and 10 years have passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Mary Eleanor Smith
James Eugene Bassett
Annapolis
Decasto Earl Mayer
State Penitentiary
B. Gray Warner
Mrs. Smith
Bassett
Severyns
Mayer
May Deny Curtsy to Windsor's Wife
London report shows Countess of Pembroke defending a no curtsy rule toward the Duchess of Windsor. She says curtsies are only for royal figures and criticizes others who curtsey in Paris to please the duke. No royal highness status granted to the duchess despite reconciliation talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
London
Countess of Pembroke
Duchess of Windsor
Sunday Dispatch
Pembroke
Earl of Pembroke
Diana Cooper
Admiralty
Euan Wallace
Board of Trade
Edward
Paris
Alfred Duff Cowper
Windsors
Edwards
Duke
Duchess of Gloucester
Planters Face Loan Threat Amid Cotton Control Debate
Southern cotton farmers split over acreage control as surpluses grow and prices fall. Supporters warn no more crop loans if control ends, while opponents seek a new farm act with higher dividends. Global supply and government stocks rise, exports drop, and Memel politics trigger British caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
China
Egypt
Library Contract Awarded for Northeast Center
The Louisiana State University board of supervisors awarded the library building contract to Salley and Ellis of Monroe for a low bid of 101,819.97 dollars for the Northeast Center project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Center
Louisiana State University
University Board of Supervisors
Salley & Ellis
Monroe
Legion fights for jobs for those past 40 in Indianapolis
The American Legion announces a national campaign to stabilize employment and expand jobs for workers over 40. In 11,498 posts, the group will educate 25 largest employers per state about merit rating clauses and potential savings of up to half a billion dollars yearly in unemployment funds by stabilizing hiring and reserving funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
American Legion
Jack Crowley
Rutland
Crowley
Jay 0. Hormel
Austin
Minn
Delacey Allen
Albany
Elbert
Rawls
Lewiston
Idaho
Spencer S. Buise
Bismarck
N. D
Lawrence J. Fenlon
Chicago
Good Fellows Fund Gains but Goal Still Distant
The Good Fellows fund totals $343.59 after a charity football game raised $20.98 and a company donation of $325. The text urges continued support to reach more than $1,000 for urgent needs including clothes and food for a mother and four children, highlighting the seven year old girl who is blind and homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellows Fund
Monroe Wholesale Drug Company
Good Fellows
Lindbergh Kidnap Hoax Swindler Gaston Means Dies
Gaston Means former justice agent and famed Lindbergh ransom hoaxer dies in Springfield Missouri after a heart attack. He served time at Atlanta Leavenworth and Springfield prisons after his 1932 Washington conviction for obtaining 104000 from Evelyn McLean under a dead or alive return promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Gaston Bo Means SA
United States Medical Center
Evelyn Walsh McLean
Washington, D.C
Charles A. Lindbergh
G-men
Mean
Mia
Julie Means
Wallyington
D.C
Billy
Afton
Brandon W. Means
Concord
N.C
Frank Means
Providence
J. F. Goodman
Mary Belle and
Kate Means
M. R. King
Justice Department
Washington
McLean
Charies A. Lindbergh
Baron Munchausen
Means
Atlanta
Northwestern Penitentiary
Lewisburg
Leavenworth
Kas
Tilness
Springfield Prison Hospital
Lindbergh
Nazis Evolve New Jew Plan for Emigration
A German source says Germany is devising a plan to curtail Jewish emigration by allowing one wealthy Jew and four impoverished Jews to depart, using their departures to generate foreign exchange. The report notes a possible easing of anti Jewish measures as foreign Jews might supply funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Corrigan Cashes In on Fame and Frugality
Hollywood December 12. Doug Corrigan the former fly boy who earned 75000 in three months and tours to promote his book lives frugally in a modest hotel room and handles his finances personally. He leases his secondhand monoplane to the San Francisco World's Fair for a share of admissions and seeks further offers for publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Dee
America
Douglea Corrigan
Santa Claus
United States
Geta
Mollywood
Corrigan
Eak CO Coy
Pardon of Former Officer Revoked in Kentucky
Frankfort dispatch reports 149 pound ex Harlan deputy sheriff Lee Fleenor had his conditional pardon revoked and returned to prison on the murder charge tied to the death of miner Charlie Reno during a labor dispute. Fleenor had been free on bond and was to face trial at Harlan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Lee Fleenor
Harlan County
Harlan
Fleenor
Fenate Civil Liberties Committee
B.C. Dawson
Charlie Reno
Reno
London
Bird Fleenor
Ruby Laffoon
A Or Dawson
Compee
Morroe and West Monroe Chamber Elects New Board Members
The Morroe and West Monroe Chamber of Commerce announced election results via Secretary George D. Holland. New three year senior board members include Sig Masur J L Ewing H M James J G Durrett and Sam Rubin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce of
Morroe
West Monroe
George D. Holland
Sig Masur
J. L. Ewing
H. M. James
JG. Durrett
Sam Rubin
Harry Schroeder
Robert Cowden
Thomas Fraser
Max Moses
L. B. Mathis
C. P. Brogan
A. O Evens
J. L. Keenan
W. C. Oliver
C. A. Prophit
C. EB. Woodman
BE. BR. Whitaker
Bob Harmen
C C. Boardman
Albert Marx
A. Moas
H. M. Willian, Jr
H. A. McDonald
H. F. Medinon
RC. Stes
BA. Trousdale, Jr
Lee Hodges
B. Martin
George Weaks
VY. Breard
W. BR. Hatch
Mrs. Bertha Skinner Dies After Hospital Operation
Mrs. Bertha Skinner, wife of J. M. Skinner a Missouri Pacific ticket agent in Monroe, died suddenly during a hospital operation Monday morning. Funeral arrangements had not been made by noon and services were to be announced by Peters Funeral Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Skinner
J. M. Skinner
Missouri Pacific
Monroe
Peters Fuerin
Joint Defense Plans By Many Nations Debated In Spain
Lima Peru December delegates from Argentina Mexico and the United States discuss a sweeping project for safeguarding hemispheric welfare through immediate consultation and common defense. Jose Maria Cantilo Argentine foreign minister signals a push for a united front while wary of distancing from Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andru Lima
Peru
Alt M Landon
United States
America
Vetervela
Americas
Jose Maria Cantilo
Fortes
Argentina
Cantile
Cantila
Tear-Proof Jury to Try Col Gimp in Etting Case
In Los Angeles on December 12 the murder attempt case against Ruth Etting’s ex-husband Martin Snyder, nicknamed Colonel Gimp, moved toward a tear jury. Prosecutors expect testimony from Etting and Ruth Snyder, along with Myrl Alderman’s account, about the October shooting at the Hollywood Hills home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Colonel Gimp) Snyder
Eft
Ruth Etting
Los Angeles
Myrl Alderman
Miss Etting
Snyder
J. Ward Sullivan
Martin Snyder
Ruth
Alderman
Hollywood Hills
A. U. Blaelock
Ruth Snyder
Mum Etting
Alltour
Colonel Gimp
Jerry Glealer
Croes
Chicago
Segreder
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Senate Naval Affairs Committee
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Memel
Caddo
Solons
North
Maverick
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Barksdale
Decas
Earl Mayer
W. B. Ragsdale
England
Great Britain
Chamberlain
House of Commons
France
Italy
Japan
Lithuania
Legion
Monroe Wholesale Drug Woubitig
Saddivic Siis Sons Ass
Harry Joe
Jean Elstner
Wong Diences
Segee Neville Commercial Club
Terminal Heights
Gaston Means
Gaston B
Doug Corrigan
Chamber
Boards of Commerce
Spain
Col
Gimp
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