Democrats Plan to Raise $200 Million Revenue Without Tax Hikes
Speaker Garner said Democrats aim to raise 200 million dollars in revenue by amending existing laws to close tax loopholes. He noted no formal tax program exists and highlighted differing views among Ways and Means members and party leaders. A tariff bill decision remains unsettled.
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Glendora
Washington
Garner
Treasury
Texas
Ways and Means Committee
House
Collier
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Senate
House Democratic Policy Committee
Democratic House
Farmer Lays Self to Rest on Porch Over Ill Health
Winnsboro citizen A. T. Stroud a 55 year old farmer living near Lamar ten miles northeast of Winnsboro shot himself on the front porch of his farm home. Ill health was blamed for the act. He left a wife and four children.
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Winnsboro
A. T. Stroud
Lamar
Monroes Quirky Holiday Tales and New Year Plans
A hometown column recalls humorous town episodes in Monroe and West Monroe. A onetime long serving merchant jokes about an advance obituary while a streetcar motorman known as Big Bill Anders is teased after a lunch pause. Readers consider a fruit stand idea and a high school teacher cans beef. A poll tax reminder and New Year preparations cap the piece with local color.
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Bill’ Anders
Lee Avenue
New Rare Hormone Cortin Sparks Hope and Caution
From New Orleans reports the cortin hormone boosts happiness strength memory and stress resistance with two day effects. researchers note its scarce supply may limit use to serious illness while hinting at broader potential including nerve growth and textile breakthroughs from nettle jamie.
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Howard W. Blakelee
Associated Press
New Orleans
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Frank A. Hartmand
University of Buffalo
Hartman
Cortin
Finns Ballot on Repeal of Dry Law Act
Voters across Finland endure blizzard and snowbound roads to decide on the 13 year old prohibition law. Citizens in Helsinki and rural areas race to polling places as heavy snowfall and Arctic night test turnout for the two day election.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Old Boreas
Democrats Call For Leader Like Woodrow Wilson
Democrats nationwide urge a Wilsonian leader to guide the country. Speakers praise his ideals while criticizing current policy, with New York and other cities hosting tributes and calls for leadership free of special interests.
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Woodrow Wilson
New York
Raymond B. Fosdick
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Boise
Idaho
Dern
Utah
Wilson
Thomas Jefferson
St. Joseph
William E. Dodd
University of Chicago
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Cross
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
Camden
N. J
Wheat Proposal Seen for Senate Vote Monday
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman McNary expects a Monday vote to authorize 40 million bushels of Farm Board wheat for relief under the Copper Wheeler bill. The Farm Board has no objection to relief use but suggests repayment of 16 million dollars reflecting the wheat’s estimated value.
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Washington
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Farm Board
House Wet Leader Predicts 150 Votes for Repeal
Rep. J Charles Linthicum Maryland Democrat and head of the house wet bloc says he has secured 150 votes for repeal in the current session. He claims this is the largest tally since prohibition began.
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Congress
Rep
J. Charles Linthicum
Maryland
House
Flood Threat Forces Ten West Monroe Families From Homes
Rising Ouachita River at Monro e drives ten families from lowland outskirts as water reaches 40.8 feet, eight tenths above flood stage. Red Cross tents available only for sudden catastrophe. city remains safe. Boeuf River overbanks near Winnsboro Highway. widespread December rainfall records in Monroe with 17.16 inches this month, far above normal.
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Quachita
Monroe
West Monroe
The
Red Cross
W. C. Holstein
War Department
Boeuf River
Winnsboro
Ouachita
Harrisonburg
Jonesville
Monterey
Catahoula
Concordia
Kate Key
Poll taxes paid total 1 042 since Monday morning
Deputies at Sheriff Milton Coverdale’s office reported 1 042 people paid poll taxes since yesterday morning, bringing the year total to 6 359. If all registered pay, 4 875 must settle this afternoon and in the next two days before December 31, the last day. Registrar Lillian Collins unofficially lists 11 234 registered, about 3 000 more than any four year period. Payments arrive at a good rate and are processed quickly with prompt service at windows.
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Milton Coverdale
Lillian Collins
Registrar of Voters
Armed Gang Loots Pine River Stores In Early Morning Raid
Six gunmen rampaged through Pine River Minnesota forcing residents from beds and looting several establishments. They used supposed sheriff business to access homes and forced Hor rigan and Hill families to open safes retrieving cash jewelry and a ring before fleeing toward Brainerd.
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Pine River
Minn
F. E. Little
Brainerd
Frank Marsh
Marsh
Ole Hougward
Horrigan
Benjamin Horrigan
Horrigan Home
Fraud in Voter Registration to be Investigated
New Orleans officials announce a twofold probe into voter registration fraud in the Fourth Ward. District Attorney Eugene Stanley and Attorney General Percy Saint say 11 people face charges of perjury and false registration as 347 women are checked, with 293 officially entered. An alleged plan to use seamen in the January 19 Democratic primary is also under review.
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New Orleans
Eugene Stanley
Percy Saint
Fourth
Saint
High Seas
Stanley
Neils F. Hertz
Bienville Street
Norman Davis Named to U S Arms Delegation
President Hoover announced the appointment of Norman Davis former under secretary of state as a member of America's delegation to the Geneva Arms Conference. The four member team includes Mary Emma Woolley Mount Holyoke College president and Senator Swanson Democrat of Virginia with Ambassador Dawes as chairman.
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Washington
Hoover
Norman Davis
America
Ambassador Dawes
Mary Emma Woolley
Mount Holyoke College
Swanson
Virginia
Japs Push Back Enemy Force in Chinchow Drive
Reports from Tientsin say Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang planned to evacuate Chinchow and withdraw toward south of the Great Wall to meet Japanese demands. Japanese aircraft patrolled Chinchow at night amid expected attacks in Manchuria.
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Chinchow
Manchuria
Shanghai
China
Tientsin
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Great Wall
Town of Panshanhsien Falls to Japanese Forces
From Manchuria December 29 Japanese troops captured the town of Panshanhsien on the Chinese branch line between Yingkow and Kowpangtze after an aerial bombardment and armored truck assault. Cavalry and infantry followed as the column camped for the night pushing toward Kowpangtze with possible plans toward Chinchow. A second detachment from Mukden headed to Hsinmintun to join the advance.
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Panshantsien
Yingkow
Manchuria
Panshanhsien
Kowpangtze
Tawa
Mukden
Rate Increase Hearing Set On Intrastate Rail Fees
The Louisiana Public Service Commission schedules January 12 for a hearing in New Orleans before Chairman Francis Williams on a railroad request to apply intrastate rate boosts approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission for emergency relief. Interstate rates take effect January 4, others stay unchanged. few state shipments affected and most raw farm products face no I C C boosts. Sweet potatoes appear excluded from increases while Irish potatoes unchanged.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Francis Williams
Commission
New Orleans
Interstate Commerce Commission
Welfare Worker Urges Federal Relief Fund Support
Linton B. Swift executive secretary of the Family Welfare Association of America told a Senate committee that federal unemployment relief is needed for states unable to meet relief costs. He has cooperated with President Hoover on voluntary relief efforts. The remarks came as part of hearings on federal aid.
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Washington
Treasury
Hoover
Linton B. Swift
Family Welfare Association of America
Senate
Glendora Flood Levee Breach Spurs Nightlong Sandbag Effort
Glendora Mississippi mobilizes convicts and residents to plug sandbags after the Glen dora levee broke near the post office flooding the business district. A 20 foot crevasse was halted as water drained, with refugees from Quitman and Tallahatchie counties filling the town.
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Glendora, Miss
Glendora
Tallahatchie
Matthew Bayou
J. B. Sorrells
F. KE. Scott
Quitman
Panola
Louisiana Auditor Hurt in Automobile Wreck Near Alexandria
State Auditor L B Baynard Jr of Baton Rouge and his son Ludlow were injured in a car crash Sunday near Lee Compete while traveling to Natchitoches. The elder Baynard remained confined to his hotel room in Alexandria after the collision.
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Alexandria
L. B. Baynard
Baton Rouge
Lee
Ludlow Baynard
Allen-Fournet
Natchitoches
Allen
Zwolle
Mr. Baynard
Six Men Plead Guilty to Burglary in Morehouse Parish
Six men facing burglary charges pled guilty in Morehouse Parish District Court. Joe and Bob Groves and Harvey Griffith received two year sentences running concurrently for burglary and related wounding counts tied to a Bastrop jail delivery. John and Earl Graham and C E Graham each drew one year terms. Mrs. M C Griffith and Audrey Graham saw charges dismissed.
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Morehouse Parish
J. T. Shell
David I. Garrett
Morehouse
Ouachita Parishes
Joe Groves
Bob Groves
Tulsa
Okla
Guy Boyd
Collinston
Baton Rouge
Harvey Griffith
John Graham
Griffith
Earl Graham
C. E. Graham
Bastrop
Joe
Fred Blakemore
M. C. Griffith
Audrey “Blondie” Graham
Nolle
Clarence Williams
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