Disagreement Diminishes After House Barred Row
A clash within the chamber ends quickly as members are barred from the upper chamber under a rule. The episode centers on procedural discipline and governance dynamics.
01 Jul 1932
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1932
Page
1
A clash within the chamber ends quickly as members are barred from the upper chamber under a rule. The episode centers on procedural discipline and governance dynamics.
Open friction erupted in Baton Rouge as the Louisiana legislature debated access rules between chambers. Representatives including Rupert Peyton and Cad Morvant protested delays by the senate, while the senate barred outsiders from its floor and later reversed the ban to restore order.
Dr. Isaac M. Cline remains chief of the Weather Bureau in New Orleans, a position he has held for 31 years. President Hoover, in a retirement bill signed yesterday, exempted him and more than a score of federal workers in the city. Local officials had urged his retention as the bureau forecasts weather for seven southern states. He is 75 years old.
Dr J W Williams head of the health unit defeated his chief Dr L L Lumsden in a surprising golf win noted for his strong play. The piece also includes local anecdotes on weather numbers, Bayou De Siard trips, farm milking antics, a 32 flood lesson from a First Baptist Sunday school class, and a child’s plea to fetch a Bible.
In Chicago the stadium hosted a long parade with amateurs and pros marching under heat and crowd. Delegates and bystanders endured a hot, packed arena as veterans led the way and some attendees recalled support for Bryan. The scene shifted as speakers neared their climax with cheers and carried-on spectators.
The Ouachita parish school board met in July to adopt the 1932-33 budget and plan teacher employment for the year. The budget totals 362 454.36 with the junior college budget fixed at 108 461.37. A finance report noted careful study of revenue sources for the coming year.
The Louisiana state senate ended its committee probe into the arrest of Francis Williams, chairman of the Public Service Commission, by sergeant at arms Joe Messina. Messina said he acted as a peace officer with a special commission from the identification bureau and not as senate sergeant at arms. An assailant, Wilford Thompson, was arrested and released on bond.
The treasury reports a 1932 deficit of 2.885 billion dollars, up from 903 million. Receipts totaled 2.121 billion, expenditures 5.006 billion, reflecting higher public works, wartime claims settlements, postal deficiencies, and financing of Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Federal Land Bank. Debt grew by 2.686 billion.
Ned Kimbrough of Birmingham, district traffic manager for American Airways, announces Monroe’s first anniversary of combined airmail passenger service. He credits local leaders for securing a July 1, 1931 stop and notes steady patronage proving Monroe deserved inclusion from the route’s 1930 launch.
New York police announce that Frank Giordano who faces the electric chair at Sing Sing tonight admits he was in the car from which shots were fired in the Harlem baby killing. Vincent Coll, a slain gang leader, did the shooting. Giordano and Dominic Odierno received 24 hour reprieves after Governor Roosevelt's counsel recommended delay.
Soldiers of the Bonus Expeditionary Force lined up after breakfast and drilled for an hour in Washington. Commander in chief Waters aims to form a brisk 15 000 veteran unit and extend the BEF across the United States to organize drill corps in other cities as a visible plea for unemployed veterans.
In Chicago on July 1, Bishop James Cannon Jr declares continued opposition to the Democratic party and calls for a conference of prohibition supporters to decide the anti repeal strategy. He vows no compromise in the fight to maintain the eighteenth amendment and notes southern votes backing Hoover in 1928.
Baton Rouge Louisiana lawmakers approve the house anti chain store bill taxing each store from 15 to 200 dollars. The 26 to 9 vote backs a measure championed by Senator Oser with opposition from Senator Dore. Amendments to exempt majority locally owned chains and lumber plants were defeated.
At Lausanne on July 1 the U S stance on debt cancellation dominated efforts to resolve the deadlock between France and Germany over reparations. A French spokesman said Paris requires a safeguard against U S refusal to reconsider debts, while Germany rejected depositing 1.5 billion with the World Bank. Britain’s MacDonald pressed for a solution amidst broad doubt that a deal was near.
At Chicago Stadium the Democratic National Convention ends a tense night with three ballots showing Roosevelt ahead but short of the two thirds needed for nomination. Roosevelt gains slowly while Missouri shifts toward him. adjournment set for 8:30 p.m. as insiders ponder a possible vice presidential pairing and breakthrough.
Baton Rouge July 1. The senate passed the cooperative insurance association regulation bill by Representative Lee without discussion. The chamber defeated an earlier fight in the house by a 31 to 3 vote.
The senate postponed further consideration of the Hawes Cutting bill freeing the Philippines to December 8 after a week of debate. The action follows a request by Democratic Leader Robinson and sets the session aside on the independence question.
The Louisiana Senate votes 38 to 0 to enact a bill by Rep Norman Bauer of St Mary parish making kidnapping a capital offense in the state.
President Hoover signed the 982 million independent offices appropriation bill without comment. The act requires drastic reductions in the expenses of his own office and the White House.
Baton Rouge report says Representative G. K. Per rault of St. Landry saw his bill to add penalties for election fraud in the state primary win House passage 76 to 2. The measure aims to strengthen enforcement and deter dishonest voting practices.
J A Livermore aged 72 long time flag man for the Texas and Pacific railroad was killed when an automobile struck him as he flagged a train at a crossing in New Orleans. The driver of the car fled and has not been apprehended.
Lawson Thompson, 21, of Clarks, was rushed to St Francis sanitarium after a railroad motor car crash near Clarks. He remains in critical condition as doctors report skull fracture with bone fragments penetrating the brain. He had been operating the car for a local lumber company when it left the tracks and pinned him.
Henry McLemore profiles William C Page of Mumford New York a 76 year old delegate whose whistle blows like a whippoorwill. Page says he owes his success to his Airedale Duke and explains how a whistle helps him summon the dog while attending Democratic conventions in Houston and Chicago.
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