30 Jan 1934
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1934
Page
1
RFC chair Jones urged the extension of loan maturities to 10 years and broader authority for all institutions including banks. He pressed the Senate Banking Committee to approve the change, signaling interest in railroads with $400 million due this year and RFC loans of $300 million.
Proceeds from about 6000 birthday balls on Roosevelt’s 52nd birthday will fund an endowment for the Warm Springs foundation for infantile paralysis. Events span the Waldorf Astoria in New York Washington and Cherry Valley Illinois with notable officials and bakers planning cake auctions to boost funds.
Mayor Arnold Bernstein calls on citizens and civic leaders to attend a Tuesday night ball at Hotel Frances Cherokee terrace. Event runs 9:30 p.m. to 10:20 p.m. with a national radio message from President Roosevelt. Proceeds support Warm Springs foundation for children with infantile paralysis.
Light local items from Monroe include Forrest Jarvis and Arthur Grant running the old Central Savings Bank elevator with a novel midget radio, a yard claim of nine rattlesnakes turning out to be harmless grass snakes, and Mrs. J W Kincade receiving a record sized eggshell weighing one quarter pound from a Rhode Island Red hen.
Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean, 33, sits unmoved as Dr. Henry Kennedy and Dr. Barney Kennedy accuse her in the John Preston Kennedy murder case. Jury selection continues in Greenwood with 12 challenges remaining and aims for a complete panel by nightfall.
The Vinson Trammell bill to build the navy to treaty strength won Senate naval committee approval with no recorded vote as Admiral Standley put costs at about 475 million dollars. Peace groups labeled it a threat to the 1935 naval conference while critics urged limiting aircraft purchases to a set number. The panel backed a navy plan giving the President authority to buy naval aircraft in numbers aligning with a treaty navy.
John Dillinger, described as a midwestern desperado, landed in Dallas at 9:49 am under Indiana state custody and departed two minutes later for Memphis. Guards appeared fresh while he showed signs of exhaustion as bystanders watched the brief stop.
John Dillinger, the famed Midwest gang leader, was brought to Fort Worth on an American Airways passenger flight from Tucson to Indiana. The tri motor plane was delayed by head winds and did not arrive at the municipal airport until 8:45 this morning.
SHREVEPORT January 30. With arbitration failing a general strike of northwest Louisiana raw milk producers seems certain beginning tomorrow morning. Mayor George W Hardy placed guards at major firms plants as creameries promised continued milk supply to consumers. H D Hardeman of Gloster, president of the northwest Louisiana producers, said the strike will go on Wednesday morning.
President Roosevelt marked his birthday with a White House party joined by his 1920 campaign cohort and staff. A flood of over 75,000 birthday cards arrived, with aides estimating total mail and telegrams could reach 100,000 as the nation joined the celebration.
A Soviet civil aviation stratosphere balloon named Osoa viakhim reportedly ascended to 20 600 meters 67 585 feet marking a new height record. The crew said descent began immediately as outside temperatures ranged from 33 to 49 degrees below zero and visibility was poor.
During the 1931 32 state primary campaign the highway commission dispensed tax money to political favorites in Louisiana. Arthur J Fowler, who managed the disbursements, presented evidence showing large payments to Cottonport residents for trucks and teams and a surge of service orders before the primary. One recipient received over 19 000 for gasoline delivery to highway trucks.
In LeBeau St Landry parish the state highway commission sought an acre and a half of land from Boudreaux for road work. He asked 500 dollars, a counteroffer rejected. High court action followed, yielding 800 dollars plus about 2500 in lawyers fees. Litigation and incidental costs pushed total outlay toward 4000 dollars, viewed as political debt payments.
A reference notes operations tied to a large gasoline plant in St John parish. The Cottonport area, located in Avoyelles parish, is mentioned as the home of further details continued on the third page.
Washington on January 30 1930s reforms push ahead in reconstruction labs. Plans include moving unemployed from shrinking cities to rural areas and smaller communities, a half billion dairy aid program, home modernization funds, and a 950 million civil works appropriation to spring relief. A unemployment insurance bill aims to end bread lines.
President Roosevelt will sign the dollar devaluation bill at 3 30 p m Eastern and take immediate steps to seize the nation's gold supply. He plans to move quickly to implement the new monetary system while experts meet after signing to outline the value of the dollar in gold and establish the stabilization fund.
Mrs Anne Morrow Lindbergh received the National Geographic Hubbard gold medal for her work as radio operator aerial navigator and co pilot becoming the first woman to earn the honor The award groups her with nine men including her husband Charles A Lindbergh after their recent long air journey
Fourteen days have passed since Edward G. Bremer, St. Paul banker and Commercial State Bank president, was kidnapped for a $290000 ransom. Family contacts with the gang are unconfirmed, though reports of at least one possible outreach persist despite denials from Adolph Bremer, the banker’s father.
The official reading by Miss Katie Key government weather observer showed 21 degrees in Monroe Tuesday morning, with a high of 40. A north wind, pipe freezes, car starting issues, and delayed streetcar service marked the day before it returned to normal after 7 a.m.
New Orleans reports record low temperatures across Louisiana and Mississippi with freezing conditions spreading to coastal areas. The season’s first ice formed as unseasonably cold weather continued through the region.
Postmaster General James A. Farley testified before the Senate committee probing air and ocean mail contracts. He said he traveled to Fort Worth to dedicate the Fort Worth post office and noted a department colleague from Texas, adding he bore no responsibility for subsequent events. He supplied air mail correspondence from Walter F. Brown.
Athens January 30 The minister of the interior announced he would reserve until tomorrow the final decision on Samuel Insull's application for an extension of his police residence permit which expires at midnight Wednesday.
Allen expected to call new elections or sixth district after Solon accuses four states of using dummy ballots in a disputed political maneuver.
Senator Long returning from New Orleans defends Louisiana against corruption charges raised by a special Senate committee. He says dummy candidates were used in multiple states and by national parties to divide votes, and he proposes a five member special committee to probe plans to defame him and alleged libels in the 1930 campaigns. He accuses the committee of overreach and calls for federal action on national election machinery.
A Washington report notes Huey Long will speak on Wednesday prompting a Senate layoff on Monday to rest. The author recalls testing Long's speech on a dog and jokes about the big money stabilization bill now passing, with optimism in the Capitol and birthday celebrations ahead.
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