Measure passes in Louisiana by one vote on liquor act
The Louisiana Senate narrowly approves a bill re-enacting liquor regulations amid debate over banning drinking in barrooms for whites and Negroes, with supporters citing regulation against vice while opponents call it state overreach. The measure, authored by Senator W. Gilbert of Wisner, faced a tied reconsideration vote and ongoing contention.
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Rouge
Senate
Senat W. Gilbert
Wisner
Albert
James A Noe
Monroe
Monroe Woman Dies at Home in West Monroe
Mrs Eva Stewart, wife of Stewart, died at her residence on Mer Street West of Wednes day. The service will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at First Methodist West Monroe with Rev H W and Rev Ernest Holloway officiating. Interment follows at Hasley Cemetery with pallbearers E D Case Leon Wood W Welch R D Fort Warren and Joe Watts. Honorary pallbearers include Dental Society Fifth District officials and local business leaders. Stewart was formerly M Durham.
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Wednes i
Marti Astor
Methodist
West Monroe
H. W
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Sbyterian
Monroe
Hasley Ceme Pallbearers
W. L. Mitcheltewart
Durham
Loyola assistant coach charged in wedding club killing
James S. Percy of Loyola University New Orleans faced tentative manslaughter charges after a fight at a wedding reception in the Orleans Club left Summers Carpenter, 21, dead. The coach was released under bond pending further proceedings.
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James S. Percy
Loyola University
New Orleans
Pond
Orleans
Summers Carpenter
Associated Press
Murder trial hinges on wife deaths as weapon
Los Angeles July 1 prosecutors argue Robert S. James used deaths of two wives to cover murder. They allege James drowned Mary James after a snakebite plot and struck Winona James, then drove off a cliff. Defense contests relevance of Winona’s 1992 Colorado case.
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Los Angeles
Robert S. James
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France
Winona James
Manitou
Colo
Roosevelt Nominators Club Formed in Ouachita Parish
Mayor Arnold Bernstein leads a Roosevelt Nominators club in Ouachita Parish to raise 3500 for the national campaign. Membership costs 1 and is limited to citizens who contribute to the national Democratic fund. The effort aims to support President Roosevelt’s reelection and extend campaign reach.
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Quachita Parish
National Democratic Campaign Fund
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Bernstein
Nominators’ Club
Roosevelt
National Democratic Committee
Louisiana
Marion Zioncheck Campaign Stop Interrupted by Airport Chaos
Representative Marion Zioncheck, en route to Seattle to campaign for re election, faced a chaotic Chicago layover when passengers were ordered off a nearly full Northwest Airlines flight. Anxious passengers waited as staff refused seats, police intervened, and Zioncheck feigned a lawsuit threat while autographs and photos followed amid the disruption.
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Lfve
Washington
Marion A. Zionbheck
Seattle
F. J. Bixler
George Bishop
Washington, D. C
Capital
Northwest Airlines
Zion Passage
Chicago boy questioned by psychiatrist in Castle death case
Jimmy Thompson, a q-year-old Chicago boy, was interrogated by a psychiatrist after a strange account of his mother Florence Thompson Castle's death puzzled investigators. Chief Sullivan said the boy would be turned to Dr Harry Hoffman as detectives pursue elusive clues with no definite progress.
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Criminal Court
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WPA Joins States In Fast Drive For Drouth Relief
WPA officials in Minnesota North and South Dakota Montana and Wyoming rush a relief plan for drought damaged farms. Projects include farm to market roads water conservation rural school construction and ground development. Each worker would earn 34 cents per hour with funding released as needed to reach tens of thousands of farm families in need.
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Works Progress
Drouth
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Hopkins
Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Chalmette Park Measure Vetoed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt vetoed a house bill to add 250 acres to Chalmette National Monument in Louisiana at an estimated cost of 275000 dollars. The memo of disapproval states the land for national monuments should be acquired at no cost to the federal government and condemns the proposed large addition as a departure from established policy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chalmette National Monument
Louisiana
Rich Man's Widow Warms To Testimony On Waiver
Riverhead New York July 1 Mrs Pauline V Rogers widow of oil magnate Col Henr H Rogers prepared to resume testimony in a suit to reclaim dower in a 22 million estate She alleges attorney Adrian H Larkin deceived her into signing the waiver and claims the attorney told her the will would provide a 500000 trust for H H Rogers Jr She testified in Suffolk surrogate court she was in a plaster cast recovering from injuries and narcotics when Larkin obtained her signature on January 13 1934.
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N. Y
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Henr H. Rogers
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Suffolk Rogate
Adrian H. Larkin
Larkin
Zioncheck to face 17 challengers in bid for seat
Seattle July 1 Representative Marion Zioncheck vows to return to Congress but must defeat 16 men and one woman who seek his seat. The field includes two Laborites and other local politicians with Mary O'Meara among early contenders according to the report.
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Seattle
uFi
Marion Zioncheck
Zioncheck
House of Representatives
Pardee
Schum
Aga
Mary O'Meara
Mexico Opens Big Highway Linking Laredo to Mexico City
Officials from the United States and Mexico inaugurated the $17 million Pan American highway. The route traverses the eastern Mexican highlands, connecting Laredo with Mexico City and showcasing a major engineering feat.
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Mexico
Laredo
Tex
United States
Mexico City
Republic
Six Guards Indicted Over State Reform School Abuse
Nashville report says county grand jury finished its inquiry into brutal treatment at the state reform school. Six guards face assault and battery charges after testimonies described beatings with a wheel spoke and leather strap. Former matron Mollie Stone testified to heard licks and whisky being moved past her door. Superintendent G Newt Choate labeled unfit by the grand jury.
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Nashville
Tenn
State Reform School
Mollie D. Stone
Drivers' License Measure Declared Dead in Louisiana
Baton Rouge bill to enact a drivers license law was declared dead by Rep. Guy Hollo way of Union Holloway when brought to third reading. He said no attempt would be made to pass it, but work would continue to push a measure for the 1938 session with state officials and others.
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Baton Rouge
Guy H. Holloway
Union Holloway
Senator Dill Divorce Contested by Rosalie Jones
Spokane report on former Senator Clarence C. Dill’s divorce suit against Mrs Rosalie Jones Dill. He accuses her of unkempt dress and public criticism of his beliefs while she testifies she is an excellent hostess and a careful housekeeper aided by society witnesses.
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Spokane
Wash
Rosalie Jones Thi
Clarence C. Dill
No. 5 lime works rock by gunfire in iron ore strike
Gunfire erupted at the No. 5 lime works of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company a U S Steel unit ending a period of calm during the iron ore mine strike Plan Cotton research Memphis moves to rally southern farmers and business leaders for a cotton research foundation as the south nears a new economic era
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Birmingham
Ala
Uup
No. 5
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
U. S. Steel
Plan Cotton Research
Memphis
Tenn
Cotton Research Foundation
Memphis Meteorologist John Blagden Dies at 71
John D. Blagden, a retired meteorologist from Memphis aged 71, died at home after suffering a fourth stroke yesterday. His daughter, Willie Sue Blagden, a Memphis social worker, has alleged she was flogged during a recent visit to Earle Arkansas amid an investigation into sharecropper conditions.
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Memphis
Tenn
John D. Blagden
Willie Sue Blagden
Earle
Ark
Quiet enforced at Wheeling Steel plant strike site
A heavily armed squad of special deputies kept peace around Wheeling Steel in Portsmouth Ohio where a two mile plant has been shut since May 22 by a strike. Senator Borah said he would appear around Chicago during the presidential campaign. Maryon Cooper Hewitt appeared in Jersey City criminal court with two nurses and a policeman to face charges of attempted death by action and flight from California.
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Portsmouth
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Borah
BFE
Chicago
William E. Borah
Idaho
Hewitt
Jersey City
N. J
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
California
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Two Dead in Flood Along San Antonio Rivers
Two people died and others were injured or missing as sudden rainfall caused San Antonio area creeks and rivers to flood. Several sections reported flood proportions and urgent rescue efforts followed.
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San Antonio
Texas
South Texas
Kodak wage dividend checks distributed in Rochester
Wage dividend payments totaling 1 119 271 dollars were distributed today to 17 499 Eastman Kodak employees in Rochester New York. The payout reflects profits shared with the workforce in a formal company distribution.
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Rochester
N. Y
Eastman Kodak Company
Geneva Police Charged With Italian Abuse
Reported remarks at the League of Nations assembly describe Anthony Fritein urging against recognizing Italy's Ethiopia actions and calling sanctions ineffective while British Foreign Secretary Eden warns of sanctions withdrawal. Delegates from Latin America and smaller nations voice doubt and criticism amid pressure over responses.
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League of Nations Assembly
Italy
Cone
Ethionia
Geneva
Eden of Greatin
Eden
League
Assembly
Panama
League Assembly
Denmark
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Netherlands
Spain
Switzerland
Former Orleans Commissioner Dies in Automobile Crash
Stanley W Ray former New Orleans city commissioner and ex managing editor of the Times Picayune died from injuries in a Bay St Louis crash. His wife died later. Their son escaped with minor injuries. Ray, a Joplin Missouri native, came to New Orleans in 1919 and later served as secretary to Governor Parker and as commissioner of public safety. He studied law at Loyola during his term and opened a law office afterward.
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Arkansas Gazette
Little Rock
Ark
Times-Picayune
John M. Parker
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