Schley warns flood funds insufficient for new projects
Major General Julian L. Schley told a House appropriations subcommittee that budget allowances for flood control and navigation are too small to sustain the program. He cited limited new river and harbor work for Delaware River and Wake Island projects while most funds must cover maintenance.
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Washington
Julian L. Schley
Army Engineers
Congress
House Appropriations
Engineer Corps
Delaware River
Wake Island Harbor
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
War Department
Pearl River
Louisiana
Southwest Pass
South Pass
Mississippi River
Os Bayou LaFourche
EU River
Pass
Leap Year Dollar Day Opens In Monroe And West Monroe
The Monroe and West Monroe Chamber of Commerce merchants division announces Leap Year Dollar Day as the year’s first special sale. Chair David C. Silverstein leads four planned events offering winter and early spring items beyond apparel, including furniture and household goods priced to attract immediate purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce of
Monroe
West Monroe
David C. Silverstein
Truck Passes Between Louisiana and Mississippi Open March 1
Trucks licensed in Louisiana or Mississippi may operate freely in either state starting March 1 under a reciprocity agreement signed by E. A. Conway Jr and Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commissioner Howard Dyer. The pact ends major interstate commerce barriers and follows years of discussion including ties with Alabama and Georgia.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Mississippi
E. A. Conway, Jr
Howard Dyer
Sage
Alabama
Georgia
Prince David Defends Sending Money for Son in Court
Prince David Mdivani testified he sent funds for his 13 year old son Karan as Mae Murray seeks 1000 a month for a home for the boy on an Albany farm. A New York court recently refused Murray custody citing an unsatisfactory home. Murray, once a movie star, described her financial decline and the ongoing son custody dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince David
Mdivanis
Mae Murray
Miss Murray
Mdivani
Albany
N. Y
New York
Karan
Gone With the Wind to Open March 7 at Monroe Theater
Paramount manager Benny Bicknell announced that the Margaret Mitchell film Gone With the Wind will begin its Monroe engagement March 7. He said advance reservations will be announced soon and that only two daily showings are planned due to the film’s length and limited prints, with technicolor requiring longer production time.
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Margaret Mitchell
Benny Bicknell
Paramount Theater
Bicknell
Charges Dropped in Embezzlement Case Involving Lorio Caldwell
Baton Rouge judge quashed embezzlement charges against Senator Clarence A. Lorio and George Caldwell former LSU building superintendent. Ruling found part of the criminal procedure code unconstitutional allowing new charges to be filed as separate counts for each day, potentially reducing cases to jury of five with unanimous verdicts.
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Baton Rouge
Clarence A. Lorio
George Caldwell
Louisiana State University
Charles A. Holcombe
East Baton
Eee
Dewey J
State Supreme Court
Vaf
Helcombe
Lorio
Caldwell
Holcombe
Sikorsky Offsets Spring Optimism on Finnish War
Igor Sikorsky, noted airplane designer from Kiev, disputes that spring aids Finland. He says firm terrain and frozen lakes will thaw, hindering movement and potentially prolonging the conflict if Finland adds 190,000 troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Igor Sikorsky
Finland
Sikorsky
Kiev
Russia
Odd items in the news reel in Elkhart and beyond
A collage of brief incidents includes Richard Fields’s joy ride with his car returned with more gas, Charles Rick ens’s 106 descendants noted at his death, a tie race between an automobile and a train at San Bernardino, and a Kansas City ER orderly Alf Reynolds heard an emergency report.
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Elkhart
Ind
Richard Fields
Richard
San Bernardino
Calif
Kansas City, Kans
Alf Reynolds
University of Kansas Hospital
Heard
Lopsided Development Called Fault in South
A special committee at the Southern Governors conference urged balanced growth for the next decade noting food and fertility crops lag behind money crops and agriculture trails industry. A southwide corrective group was proposed with state governors and county committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Southern Governors’ Conference
Clarence Poe
Progressive Farmer
South
Monroe revenue office trims two officials amid party shifts
H B Chambers of Mangham and Woody B Miller of Farmerville were removed from the Monroe state revenue payroll after proxies supporting James Gremillion were cast for secretary of state by the Democratic central committee. Miller and Chambers learned of their dismissal by letter dated Saturday. Miller, ill with influenza, and Chambers had lent proxies to Noe of Monroe via C E Pitta of Alexandria.
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Long
Monroe
State Department of Revenue
Democratic State Central Committee
Baton Rouge
Burl K. Long
H. B. Chembers
Mangham
Woody B. Miller
Farmerville
James Gremillion
Sam Jones
Chambers
Central Committee
Miller
John Miller
James A. Noe
Jones
C. E. Pitta
Alexandria
W. A. Cooper
Farnerville
Mangharm
Noe
Canal Locks Fund Cut in Roosevelt Plan
The House Appropriations Committee rejected immediate $15 million for a third Panama Canal locks set and approved only $850,000 to prepare plans and specifications. It also declined $1 million for Guam harbor dredging and $700,000 to dredge Wake Island channel.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
House
Guam
mid-Pacific
Wake Island
Hawaii
New Hampshire Primary Deepens Roosevelt Third Term Split
New Hampshire moves toward its March 12 presidential primary with a Murchie Roosevelt slate for delegates-at-large and district delegates amid opposition from unpledged Democrats including Sanderson Marston and Hurley who oppose a third term. The party fights over loyalty to the New Deal and postmaster general Farley.
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Concord
N. OH
Hampshire
Roosevelt
Robert C. Murchie
Democratic State Committee
James A. Farley
John N. Garner
New Hampshire
Robert H. Sanderson
New Hampshire House
John G. Marston
John 8. Hurley Sanderson
Hurley
Clared
France Agrees To Supply Arms Planes To Romania
Severe burns to Mrs. Sarah Griffith after gasoline vapor from cleaning a kitchen stove ignited. She was taken to St Francis sanatorium and reported resting comfortably. The incident occurred Tuesday morning when the cloth caught fire from the flame free stove area.
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Sarah Griffith
Dixie Street
St. Francis Sanatorium
Secret World War Agreements Reported From Bucharest
Three secret agreements reportedly seal arms supplies from France to Romania including war planes and machine guns. Britain is said to have dispatched Spitfire and Blenheim bombers to the region after assurances Romania will limit oil exports to Germany. The moves come as a German economist is due to visit to discuss oil, fueling regional unease about future actions toward Romania.
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Bucharest
France
Rumania
Rumanian Finance Commission
Paris
Britain
Shige
Ps Agen Blenheim
Lowing
Rummanie
Germany
Ascaews
Madison Parish Assessor James L. Cason Dies
Madison Parish tax assessor James L. Cason, 65, who served 24 years, died of a heart attack in Tallulah after years of ill health. A Delhi native, he resided in Tallulah since youth, elected in 1916, reelected in January. Funeral at Methodist church with Masonic rites. survived by wife Belle Almut, son James Almut of Victoria, Texas, and three daughters.
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Tallulah
James L. Cason
Madison Parish
Delhi
Methodist Church
Poole
Joseph Whitaker
Cason
Belle Almut Cason
James Almut Cason
Victoria
Tex
Albert Sherwin
Ellen Fortner
Ener Pane
House Leaders Push Quick Pass on Finnish Loan Bill
Washington Feb 7 House leaders urged swift action on the Finnish loan measure aiming for passage in a single session. The bill would boost the Export-Import Bank capital and provide Finland with a 20 million dollar non military materials loan. Norway and Sweden also seek loans as part of the bank’s queue.
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Washington
House
Senate
Jesse Jones
Finland
Norway
Sweden
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Senator Lodge
Republican
Massachusetts
United States
Moscow
Lawmakers probe unemployment without experts in sweeping House plan
Forty four Democrats and Republicans in the House form a bipartisan panel to study unemployment, pledging to work through the night until answers emerge. They reject outside experts, hoping citizen-led inquiry will guide a solution to the era’s jobless crisis.
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Washington
Fett
Burdick
North Dakota
Voorhis
California
Congress
Ths
Seaview
Jobn
Wisconsin
Ie Republican
Pennsylvania
Pee Ree
State Democratic Committee Faces Nomination Shakeup
New Orleans and Baton Rouge reports say Governor-designate Samm Jones may replace Governor Bart Long as party nominee. The Democratic central committee considered alternatives, with James A. Gremillion as a fellow contender and talk of a special session to adjust primary laws.
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New Orleans
Fetp
Pf Lret
Samm MW Jones
Eld
Bart Ko
Kha
Long
James A. Gremillion
Crowley
Wade O. Moran
BC Crimery
Suc Jones
Lake Charles
BE. A. Conway
Gremillion
Acadia Me
Conway
Longan Jones
Jones
Huey Long
Lang
New Tuberculosis Treatment Seen by Denver Doctor
Dr H J Cooper of the National Jewish Hospital reports a new protection method against tuberculosis using a nonvirulent germ strain tested on animals. He says immunity can be isolated in a form that may prevent deadly doses and could open a new treatment approach, after years of research.
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New York
H. J. Cooper
National Jewish Hospital
Denver
Colo Medical
Corper
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Army
Monroe Area
Marvin Hartmann
Johnson City
Jad
Los Angeles
Sanchez
Rickens
MT Vernon
Charles Rickens
Frederick Stengler
Port Everglades
Carl E. Bailey
Arkansas
Woody Miller
H. B. Chambers
Henry A. Rougon
Canal Locks Fund
U.S
Oscar Chapman
Interior
NEW Deal
Romania
Bart K. Long
Atate Central Committee
Cevernar Oe
Atate
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