National Plan for Resources Stirs Comment
A six year public works program and broader resource reforms announced to President Roosevelt stirred mixed views on Capitol Hill. Some called the plan progressive and prudent while others doubted permanent relief works, with a proposed five member planning agency to coordinate long term public works and land use. Senator Norris called it very progressive and urged pursuit, noting it would take years to implement and protect natural resources.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
National Resources Board
Relief Works Administration
Mary
Ickes
Perkins
Dern
Wallace
Roper
Harry L. Hopkins
Frederic A. DeLane
Charles E. Merriam
Wesley C. Mitchell
Congress
Norris
Nebraska
Transport Pilot Killed in Jackson Plane Crash
Jackson Mississippi December 17 Hudson Chadwick Jr a 27 year old licensed transport pilot was killed when his silver and red bi plane crashed near the airport after takeoff. The accident drew onlookers and airport workers who recovered the pilot from the wreckage. The cause was under investigation by the department of commerce Chadwick a Kelly Field graduate had held his transport license for four years.
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Jackson
Miss
Hudson Chadwick, Jr
Department of Commerce
Chadwick
Kelly Field
Parish word lingers in Louisiana pride and telephonic lore
A local column celebrates Louisiana unique parish system while humorously noting parish versus county confusion. The piece highlights Stork’s visits to a clinic delivering nine babies, naming families from Fondale to Fort Necessity and Garrison Texas, and mentions Vivian Voges of St. Francis Sanatorium and an alumni meeting at her high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Mr. Stork
DeWitt Cannon
Fondale
W. S. Moss
A. M. Stagg
Jean H. Berry
P. J. McClendon
W. S. Buie
Fort Necessity
Joe Ramey
W. D. Stoddard
Garrison
Texas
Sam Turner
Vivian Voges
St. Francis Sanitarium
Baronetess Eloise Wagner and companion May Be Dead on Island
Ecuador officials examine a Galapagos mystery involving Baroness Eloise Bousquet de Wagner and Robert Philipson. Testimony from Charles Island residents suggests they were last seen March 2 and may be dead, with Lorenz and Nuggrud implicated in related disappearances. Captain Hancock relays details to the AP amid island investigations.
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Los Angeles
Eloise Bousquet de Wagner
Robert Philipson
Equatorial Charles Island
Republic of Ecuador
Galapagos
Alfred Rudolph Lorenz
Paris
Trygve Nuggrud
Wreck Bay
Chatham Island
and Philipson
Chatham
Associated Press
G. Allan Hancock
Galapagos Archipelago
Smithsonian Institution
Charles Island
Baroness
Philipson
Lorenz
South Seas
Baroness and
Isle of
Hancock
New Step Taken to Force Money to Work in Trade
The federal government acts to boost business by lowering the maximum interest on time and savings deposits. Beginning February 1 the rate will drop from 3 percent to 2 1/2 percent on about 11 billion dollars held in 13 800 banks, a move by the Federal Reserve Board and the FDIC under Marriner Eccles. The step aims to accelerate Roosevelt’s recovery program and tightens coordination between agencies.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Marriner Eccles
Jinky contest nears end with three final days
The Jinky contest offers Wednesday prizes including $40 cash and merchandise. Winners recoup prize receipts for Week ten and can claim at Jinky headquarters 135 North Second Street. Free Jinkys are provided by local firms such as Iron Mountain Bakery Griffin Studio Johnnies Elbert Central Savings Bank and Trust Co West Monroe Hardware and Furniture Co Slagle Johnson Lumber Co Monroe Furniture Co Monroe Hardware Co etc.
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Jinky
North Second Street
Iron Mountain Bakery, Inc
Griffin Studio
Johnnies
Elbert
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
West Monroe Hardware and Furniture Co
West Monroe
Sur-Way Stores
Inc
Holloway and Thompson, Natural Gas Co., Inc
Thompson's Pharmacy
Monroe Automobile and Supply Co
Slagle-Johnson Lumber Co., Inc
J. W. Rogers
Eureka Grocery
Lee- Rogers Chevrolet Co., Inc
R. and A
Central
Circle
Standard Office Supply Co
Collens Pharmacy, Inc
E. Jack Selig, Inc
Monroe Furniture Co
Monroe Hardware (Furniture) Co
Sandman’s Pharmacy
E. R. Kiper Hardware and Supply Co
Hemp’s
Ouachita Baking Co
Ford Levi Stationery Co
North Side Pharmacy
Demand for more teeth in NRA program gains support
Washington December 17 The recovery unit's labor advisory board led by William Green calls for stronger NRA powers to enforce labor codes. The memorandum says voluntary action fails and urges amending the act to empower a special labor equal-representation board to impose codes on noncompliant industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Recovery Unit
Labor Advisory Board
William Green
Clay Williams
Clara Bow Welcomes Baby Boy in Hollywood
Clara Bow and her tall cowboy-actor husband Rex Bell welcome a seven and a half pound blue eyed baby boy born just before dawn bringing the 1934 Hollywood film colony census to eleven. The infant, blonde like his mother, is said to be already shaping the couple’s film-notable life in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Calif
Clara Bow
America
Clara
Rexell
Rogers Has His Say in a Santa Monica Letter
In a Santa Monica dispatch a correspondent cites a divorce plea that ends with a frank line about financial strain. The writer also notes a global mood, mentioning Russia and a movement to “un recognize” the nation amid cold weather coverage.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Florida
Russia
Bastrop Citizen Dies of Stroke Sunday Morning
Harry A. L. Swan, manager of two Bastrop paper mills and prominent local figure, died after a cerebral hemorrhage Sunday morning. He was 51, born in Canada, moved to the U S about 12 years ago, and chaired the Morehouse Country Club. Swan’s Masonic involvement and civic duties were noted as a service is planned.
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Bastrop
Harry A. L. Swan
Mr. Swan
Canada
Swan
United States
Nashville
Tenn
R. J. Cullen
Bastrop Mills
Cullen
International Paper Company of New York
Morehouse Country Club
Bastrop Masonic Lodge
Dixie Experts Discuss 1935 Corn Hog Control
Atlanta hosts a two day meeting of agriculture adjustment administration officials extension service chiefs and eight southern state experts to outline the 1935 corn hog program. Georgia Virginia South Carolina North Carolina Mississippi Tennessee Louisiana Florida are represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Georgia
Virginia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Florida
Precautions Tighten as Saar Tension Rises Over Plebiscite
In Saarbrucken on December 17, international troops moved to keep order for the January 13 plebiscite after a Saar resident was wounded by a British officer’s pistol. A scuffle followed in which the officer and an English lord were beaten, prompting the suspension of Captain James Justice as an inquiry begins.
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Saar
League of Nations
League Governing Commission
James Justice
Justice
Earl of Aylesford
Fraulein Kathe Braun
German Front
Senator Long May Seek Extension for Coach Jones
Senator Huey P. Long said he does not know if he wants to extend Capt. Biff Jones's army assignment at LSU as football coach. He noted he has not been asked to extend it again and recalled his previous successful intervention to keep Jones at Baton Rouge. The issue follows a clash with Long over team management during LSU's game with Oregon.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Biff” Jones
Louisiana State University
Long
Jones
Army
Louisiana State
War Department
School of Command
Oregon
Dionne quintuplets await Santa visit for Christmas gala
Callander Ontario December 17 A whiskerless Santa arrives by snow to the Dionne quintuplets at the hospital looming Christmas plans. Dr Allan Roy Dafoe returns from New York with a car full of gifts for the five famous daughters of Oliva and Elzire Dionne as holiday preparations reach a festive peak.
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Callander
Santa Claus
Northland
Allan Roy DaFoe
New York City
Good Fellows Fund Seeks Boost Before Christmas
With five days left the Good Fellows fund shows $674.17 raised including $474.17 by Monday noon. The total includes $142.17 from a Nev ille high school vs old grads football benefit and $200 in groceries donated by city firms. The committee urges larger gifts to match last year’s about $1,000 to aid destitute children across the river.
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Good Fellows’ Fund
Neville High School
Long's Bills Move Forward in Louisiana Special Session
Senator Huey P. Long pushes 3 measures granting centralized powers and patronage in Baton Rouge. One bill to block police and fire cuts without civil service approval drew opposition as potentially harming New Orleans finances and Mayor Walmsley.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
House Ways and Means Committee
Long
Senate
Statehouse
State Civil Service Commission
New Orleans
Long Reveals Meaning Of Bills In Louisiana Session
In Baton Rouge Huey Long moves 35 special session bills through the Ways and Means Committee with brief explanations. Opponent Rep. Jack Williamson of Calcasieu queries the measures as Long rushes to approval, aiming to beat a previous session’s pace and shield the bills as mere formality.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
House
Ways and Means Committee
Long
Ways and Means
Jack Williamson
Calcasieu
Williamson
Louisiana
Bank Robbery in Sylacauga by Two Masked Bandits
Two bandits wearing adhesive plaster masks robbed the City National Bank of Sylacauga this morning, taking about 15,000 dollars but only roughly half of the bills on the counter. They used a sub machine gun and a sawed off shotgun to force customers and employees to lie on the floor, then fled in a waiting car toward Goodwater after dropping currency along the exit.
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Sylacauga
Ala
City National Bank of
Goodwater
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Albert H. Fish
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Rogers
Rogere
McNaught Syndicate
Bastrop Citizen
Harry Swan
Dixie
Saarbruecken
Saar Territory
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