Roosevelt Roars Plan to Raise Taxes and Cut Spending
A conference between President-Elect Roosevelt and congressional leaders outlined a Democratic program to balance the federal budget without an extra session. It calls for a 3.2 percent beer levy, continuation of the gasoline tax, and changes to income tax rates, with $100 million in additional appropriations cuts below Hoover estimates. The plan targets $125 million from beer, $37 million from gas, and $130 million from new income taxes, while reducing exemptions.
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York
Nilin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Loover
Hoover
Congress
Garner
Robwon
House
Agri
Actress Betty Compson Robbed In Hollywood Home Invasion
Hollywood January 6. Actress Betty Compson and her companion were bound and gagged during a home invasion. The robber posed as a messenger, entered the door, and escaped with a jewel box containing diamonds, rings, watches and other gems valued at fifty to sixty thousand dollars. Compson notified police after telephoning her former production manager E. D. Leshin and fainting.
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Hollywood
U.P
Betty Ompson
Miss Compson
E. D. Leshin
Promction
Leshin
Ncw
Jess Ramblin about the Town column delights Monroe readers
A collection of light local vignettes and anecdotes from Monroe. Officer E F Brown’s keys vanish and are found buried in a child led grave site. Henry C Ray Jr donates his New Year bet to the Salvation Army. Bank holdup spectator Joe Austin recounts the scene. A humorous postscript about a post office encounter and a holiday trailer tale rounds out the feature.
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Henry C. Ray, Jr
California
Henry
Salvation Army
Valley Dwellers Flee As St Francis Floods Delta
In Tennessee and neighboring states, residents near the St Francis River moved to higher ground as floodwaters breached five levees or overflowed about 68 000 acres of wetlands. The Mississippi rose to 8 8 feet, with 35 foot flood stage forecast for January 11 as downstream rivers and backwaters surged.
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Memphis
Tenn
St. Francis Rer
Arkansas
Missouri
Kennett
Big Lake
Blytheville
Mississippi
Lta
Tennin
Tallahatchie
Cassidy Bayou
Sumner
Glendora
Webb
Swan Lake
West Tennessee
Ohio
Big
Early Senate Hopeful Repeal Vote Draws Prohibition Split
Washington January 6 A forecast of early Senate approval for a repeal of the eighteenth amendment emerged as former prohibition backers show division. Senator McNary predicted passage this session, with the full committee to consider Monday. Fess Hastings and Ashurst indicated support, while Sheppard and Borah withheld judgment.
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Washington
Senate
Prohibition
McNary
Senate Judiciary
Congress
Fess
Ohio
Hastings
Delaware
Ashurst
Arizona
Sheppard
Texas
Borah
Idaho
Aviator Injured Slightly as Plane Crashes Near Brownville
Captain Nutt of Kellyfield Texas sustained a scalp laceration and his assistant pilot escaped injury when their plane was wrecked during a forced landing in fog near the Brown paper mill. The captain was taken to Monroe hospital, then proceeded to Brownville. He was en route to Miami from San Antonio when dense river valley fog forced the diversion.
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Nutt
Kellyfield
San Antonio
Tex
Brown Paper
Monroe
Brownville
Miami
Fla
West Monroe
Brown Mill
Man Shot Twice Injures Man in West Monroe Home
Ernest Coleman, 35, of Europa Miss, was shot once in the head and once in the chest at 1103 North Thirg street West Monroe. J H Henry 28 of Eros held in parish jail after the incident. Coleman in serious but improving condition at St Francis sanitarium. pneumonia risk noted.
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Ernest Coleman
Europa
Miss
St. Francis Sanitarium
J. H. Henry
Eros
Coleman
A. Fartenberry
North Thirg Street
West Monroe
Henry
Steps Taken to Start Tick Eradication Work
Dr. W. A. McDonald, supervisor of the Louisiana livestock sanitary board tick eradication program, began steps to inaugurate the work in Pointe Coupee Iberville and Ascension parishes, the first designated eradication zone. He succeeds S. H. Still as federal inspector, arriving after 12 years in Arkansas. The program will be financed by the meat and dairy products tax revenues.
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Baton Rouge
W. A. McDonald
Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board
Pointe Coupe
Iberville
Ascension
McDonald
Arkansas
S. H. Still
Louisiana
Counterfeit Money Found In Louisiana Swamp
New Orleans police and a secret service agent recovered 2470 dollars in counterfeit twenty and ten dollar bills from a Christmas wrapping package hidden in a swamp nine miles from Sun. The operation shattered a south Louisiana counterfeiting ring with seven arrests and ongoing manhunts. Suspects include Estelle Schmidt and Nancy Fortenberry, plus Arthur Magee, Herbert Magee, Leroy Talley, T. A. Humphries, and Franchey Haddock, with formal charges pending.
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New Orleans
Sun
Bogalusa
Secret Service
Louisiana
Arthur
Herbert Magee
Slidell
Leroy Talley
T. A. Humphries
Jena
Franchey Haddock
Tullos
Alexandria
McDuff Wins Close Franklin Parish School Post
Winnsboro Louisiana January 6 John L McDuff former parish schools superintendent and former Wooleridge opponent wins by 5 to 4 vote in a tight race. One ballot missing. Wooleridge a former Rayville high school principal.
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J. L. M’duff
Wooleridge
Franklin
Winnsboro
John L. McDuff
Harry Wooleridge
House asks for Reconstruction loans public details
Washington January 6 the house requested the Reconstruction Corporation reveal public details of loans made between February and June last year. The request aims to disclose names amounts and terms of these loans to ensure transparency and accountability.
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Washington
House Today
Reconstruction Corporation
News-Star suspends Saturday afternoon edition
Beginning tomorrow the Saturday afternoon News-Star will be suspended until further notice as a cost saving measure. The move aims to maintain standards and ensure five papers weekly with greater efficiency. Serial features will shift from Saturday to Friday and continue on Monday with a new dress for the paper.
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Saturday Afternoon News-Star
News-Star
Calvin Coolidge Last Rites on Saturday in Massachusetts
Nation mourns death of 30th president Calvin Coolidge with a simple funeral in Northampton. President Hoover and Congressional leaders will attend the 10:30 a.m. service at Edwards Congregational Church. A brief sermon will precede a motor procession to Plymouth, Vermont for burial.
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Northampton
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
Vermont
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Edwards Congregational Church
Main Street
Jonathan Edwards
New York
Boston
January police jury meets to review parish road work
A. E. Montgomery reports parish spends 28760.50 through unemployment bureau on road construction funded by Reconstruction Finance Corp. and 2503.50 by parish. Two motions authorize trucks for worker transport an extra month and cap annual road maintenance at 4000 per month with 500 for materials. Ward allotment of materials planned.
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A. E. Montgomery
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Monroe
West Monroe
Montgomery
C. R. Tidwell
Tid
Cashier of Texas bank guns down bandits in bank stand‑off
HOUSTON Jan 6 H D Brown cashier of the Spring State bank at Spring near here today shot it out with two holdup men and prevented a robbery. No one was wounded. Brown who was robbed of 7378 a year ago dropped under a counter as the two armed men demanded money. They fired through the counter, he rose and fired back. They fled in a car with a third man toward Conroe.
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Houston
H. D. Brown
Spring State Bank
Spring
Here
Brown
Conroe
Four States Receive Emergency Relief Loans Totaling Over Three Million
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation distributed 3,078,593 in emergency relief loans to four states on January 6. North Carolina received 1,650,000, Alabama 950,103, West Virginia 136,990, and Arizona 24,590.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
North Carolina
West Virginia
Arizona
Alabama
Police identify man in slaying case in New Orleans
New Orleans police announced that George Dallao, among several suspects in the slaying and robbery of grocery clerk Charles Rabito, has been identified by witness William Andrews and three others as one of two men seen with Rabito before the murder on Airline highway near Bridgedale. Dallao was arrested after ownership of the pistol used to shoot Rabito was traced to him. He denies buying the pistol from his brother Salvadore Dal lao, who allegedly said he sold it.
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New Orleans
George Dallao
Charles Rabito
William Andrews
Bridgedale
Dallao
Rabito
Salvadore Dallao
Salvadore
Vote Investigator of Senate Returns to New Orleans
John G. Holland chief investigator of the senate special elections committee has returned to Louisiana to resume the probe of the September 13 Louisiana Democratic primary. After a hearing in New Orleans the committee authorized continued investigation and Holland with assistants filed a preliminary report in Washington. A follow up meeting will be held after the session ends.
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New Orleans
John G. Holland
Senate
Special Elections Committee
Louisiana
Bombing Reported North of Shanhaikwan by AP
Chinese and Japanese forces clash at Shanhaikwan area with rifle fire and reports of Japanese planes bombing villages north of the city. Observers say no clear advance along the Peiping Tientsin line, while Nanking declares peace talks broken and criticizes leaders amid Jehol campaign concerns.
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Shanhaikewan
Chinwangtao
Tientsin
Peiping
Shanghai
Shanhaikwan
Jehol
Manchurian
Swan River
Nanking
State convention set for parish school officials
Baton Rouge January 6 The annual state convention of parish school superintendents and school board members will meet January 27 in the state house representatives chamber. State superintendent T. H. Harris urged gathering financial data and said the gathering would be one of the most important in Louisiana education history. He planned to share available state finance information during the meeting.
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Baton Rouge
T. H. Harris
Louisiana
Representatives Chamber
State House
Harris
Engagement report denied by track star in Kansas City
James A. Bausch world decathlon champion denied engagement to Mildred Harris Chaplin former wife of Charlie Chaplin. He said her manager was presumptious and that they are merely good friends.
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Kansas City
James A. Bausch
Mildred Harris Chaplin
Sponge Divers of Florida Observe Epiphany Feast
Sponge divers from Florida held Epiphany rites at St. Nicholas Greek church Tarpon Springs and on Spring Bayou. The ceremony began with services at the church, a cross cast into the bayou waters, and a white dove released to symbolize Christ’s baptism. Divers then plunged to retrieve the cross as part of the day’s all site events.
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Florida
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Jesus
John the Baptist
St. Nicholas
Spring Bayou
Gulf of Mexico
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