Witnesses Describe Burning Lobby Records At Inquiry
Testimony at the investigation into utility bills centers on a burning of lobby records. Witnesses say the act aimed to hide evidence and obscure the true purpose of the bill.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1935
Page
1
Telegrams Fired Up Campaign Fight Against Utility Firm
Senate hearing reveals Associated Gas and Electric employees spent 4800 on telegrams to sway lawmakers, with funds routed via personal checks. E W O'Brien of Erie testified he destroyed campaign records after being told there was no need for legislative files. Herron of Warren admitted sending over 1000 telegrams and burning originals, under questioning about the probe into the utility holding company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Associated Gas and Electric Company
E. W. O’brien
Erie
A. E. Beach
Securities Department of Associated
Ithaca
Beach
R. P. Herron
Bond
Warren
Congress
Herron
O’brien
Black
O'Brien
Western Union
Utilities Investment Corporation
E. W. O'Brien
Jack Fisher
Fisher
Chairman Black
Southwide Cotton Committee Planned for Roosevelt Aid
A southwide committee to advise President Roosevelt and Washington officials on cotton industry improvements will be formed from the all-south conference. From each of the 11 cotton states two farmers and two other reps will serve, chosen by governors or appointed by state authorities. The New Orleans Association of Commerce sponsored the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Cotton Conference
Roosevelt
Washington
A. E. Hegewisch
New Orleans Association of Commerce Permanent Cotton
Activities Against Jews Pushed by German Nazis Ends Life
Reports indicate intensified Nazi activity targeting Jews with propaganda and coercive measures. A German Aryan association faced penalties as authorities pursue actions against those promoting racial policies.
Bullet barrage sends death to Chicago bad man
Louie Two Gun Alterie, a Chicago gangster famed from bootlegging wars, was shot outside a hotel and died an hour later at Lakeview hospital. His wife Irma, 35, survived the attack as attackers fled. Police tied the killing to labor trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Louie
Alterie
Lakeview Hospital
Irma
Daniel Gilbert
State’s Attorney's Police
Diane O’banion
Youngs Bayou Drainage Work Resumes as FERA Project
Work to drain Youngs Bayou, deemed Monroe area’s key drainage project, resumed Thursday under FERA. A crew of 60 clears and grubs along a 14 mile stretch, a task expected to extend through the year and into next year. The bayou carries Monroe city drainage and empties into La.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young's Bayou
Monroe
FERA
Nazi anti Jewish agitation shifts to writing and bans
Berlin reports show Nazi authorities intensifying anti Jewish pressure through written propaganda and social bans rather than violent acts. Publications urge penalties for Jews associating with Aryans and forbid renting to Aryans or employing Aryan domestic help. A postcard depicts an Aryan girl with a Jew couple, provoking warnings. Crowds gather at a Jewish owned shop as police monitor, while press protests abroad continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Judenkenner
Stuermer
National Sozialistische Partei Orrespondenz
Schoenberg
Louisiana road bonds sold to New York and Louisiana syndicate
Baton Rouge July 18. The Louisiana highway commission sold a 1 million dollar block of five percent highway bonds to a syndicate including Bancamerica Blair New York Nusloch Baudean and Smith Eli T Watson Burr Robinson Humphrey and City National Bank Baton Rouge for 1 million with a 38,100 bonus yielding 4.41 percent at 103.81. Five bids were heard, two alternates rejected as irregular. first since 1931 that eastern bankers bid on Louisiana state financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission Today
New York
New Orleans
Louisiana
Bancamerica-Blair Corporation
Nusloch, Baudean and Smith, Inc
Eli T. Watson and Company, Inc
Burr and Company, Inc
Robinson- Humphrey Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
City National Bank
New Orleans Hit By Tropical Downpour and Fires
New Orleans endured a tropical downpour with about 1.5 inches of rain in two hours from 6:30 to 8:30 am. The storms sparked fires in three locations causing estimated damage exceeding $6,000, with origins undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Memphians View Stream Lined Train Rebel Exhibition
Memphians will see the Diesel powered Rebel, the souths first stream lined train, on an exhibi tion run through west Tennessee. The train will stay at Grand Central station from noon to 10 p m for public inspection. Tomorrow it moves to Jackson stopping at Dyersburg, Halls, and other towns. The Rebel begins its regular Jackson to New Orleans run next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
South
West Tennessee
Grand Central Station
Jackson
Dyersburg Halls
I. B. Tigrett
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Seven of nine buried miners recovered in Kentucky disaster
VAN LEAR KY July 18 Seven of the nine men entombed by a coal mine explosion were found dead by rescue workers today and two remained missing. The bodies were brought to surface in mine cars and identified as William Kretzler 41 among others. John F Daniel of the state mines department said gas likely caused all nine deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Lear
John F. Daniel
Lexington
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Frank Price
Consolidation Coal Company
William Kretzler
American Editor Held in Berlin
M. C. Harbeck editor of the German edition of Golden Age, published in Berne, was arrested by Berlin secret police. He is held at secret service HQ and linked to alleged theft attempts, ties to the Watchtower Bible Society, and continued attacks on the Nazi regime. Harbeck recently returned to Europe after a Washington conference with the International Bible Students' Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
M. C. Harbeck
Golden Age
Berne
Switzerland
International Bible Students’ Society
Harbeck
United States
Watchtower Bible Society
Europe
Washington, D. C
Louisville & Nashville declares dividend of 1 dollar
NEW YORK July 18 The Louisville and Nashville Railroad company announced a dividend of 1 dollar on the capital stock payable August 24 to stock of record July 31. The company made two payments of 1.50 during the past year, one on February 25 last and the other on August 25, 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Maritime body challenges Ross statement over Lake Charles clash
The Maritime and Traffic association of Lake Charles calls on Joseph P. Ryan to correct or justify Holt Ross's claim that steamship agents ignored a 15 day extension of ILA contracts. The group notes all signatories agreed to a July 31 extension and cites the July 1 Lake Charles longshore battle as proof of a conspiracy by Gulfport and New Orleans interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Maritime and Traffic Association of
Joseph P. Ryan
New York
International Longshoremen's Association
Holt Ross
Gulfport
Miss
Ross
Louisiana Longshoremen's Association
Queen City
Maritime Association
Ryan
I L. A
New Orleans
Bogalusa Lawyer Cassidy Named Special Assistant Attorney
New Orleans July 18. John Herbert Cassidy Jr., Bogalusa attorney, is appointed as special assistant to United States District Attorney Rene A. Viasca. He succeeds William H. Norman, now attorney for the treasury department. Cassidy, 26, is a St. Tammany native and Loyola and LSU law graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
John Herbert Cassidy, Jr
Bogalusa
United States
Rene A. Viasca
Washington
William H. Norman
Treasury Department
Cassidy
St. Tammany Parish
St. Stanislaus College
Bay St. Louis
Springhill College
Mobile
Loyola University
Louisiana State University
Ethiopia's Emperor Calls Citizens to War for Freedom
Haile Selassie urged Ethiopians to join him in battle to defend independence. He warned Italy seeks conquest, vowed to lead troops, and urged unity despite protracted hostilities. He cited past treaties and vowed to resist with all Ethiopians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Lion of Judah
Italy
Yalual
Mussolini
Body of Woman Found in Chicago Sewer
In Chicago a bound unidentified woman's body was found in a sewer beneath 78th street. Police probe if she is Evelyn Smith, the missing burlesque dancer linked to the Ervin Lang murder case. A confession tied Mrs Dunkel to hiring Smith to kill Lang for 500 dollars. The swamp murder details involve Lang’s legless body found near Hammond, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
78Th Street
Evelyn Smith
Ervin Lang
TVA Power Sale Held Valid By Appeals Court
New Orleans July 18 The fifth circuit court of appeals upheld the TVA power sale as constitutional. Opponents led by Alabama Power holders plan appeal to the Supreme Court, with Birmingham area leaders and TVA dam sites in Sheffield Tuscaloosa Florence Muscle Shoals reacting with mixed emotions. Senator Norris hailed the ruling as expected. Continued on Seventh Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Joseph F. Johnston
Alabama Power Company
TVA
Birmingham
Ala
Supreme Court
TVA Power
W. S. Cross
Northern District Court of Alabama
Congress
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Florence
Muscle Shoals
Norris
Nebraska
Washington
Deficiency Bill Would Aid Veterans Hospitals
Senate appropriations committee favorably reports a deficiency bill providing 700000 for Mississippi veterans hospitals. Biloxi home to receive 400000 for 350 additional beds and Gulfport hospital 300000 for 164 new beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Hospitals
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Veterans’ Hospital
Mississippi
Veterans’ Home
Biloxi
Gulfport
Foes Consent To Long Control Of Orleans Utility
Walmsley agrees to action to put 000 men to work. Foes consent to extended control of the Orleans utility, signaling a politically charged move with potential public works implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
Walmsley
New Orleans Board Accepts Long Control to Release Federal Funds
The New Orleans sewerage and water board voted unanimously to accept Huey Long state influence and release 1.3 million dollars in federal public works funds to hire 4,000 workers. Mayor Walmsley and Fred Earhart joined the move, aiming to end litigation and dissolve a pending injunction while keeping a peace stance with Long. The action creates a personnel director and shifts employment control to the state, amid rival boards and a receivership suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Walmsley
Fred A. Earhart
Long
Senator Long
Commission Council
Federal Works Fund
Long Forces
O. K. Allen
Charles J. Theard
Theard
Michel Provosty
Earthart
John E. Morrill
A. Baldwin Woods
Wayne G. Borah
Federal District Court
Will Rogers on Courts and a Lost Fortune
Will Rogers comments from Santa Monica dated July 18 warn that ongoing court rulings may invalidate taxes and force rework of many deals. He quips that a girl led rich young men astray this time, showing American males can be as gullible as females in the scam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Cal
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Hollywood
Benjamin Reynolds
Associated Press
Youngs Bayou
Potsdamer Platz
William Scott
Louis Mobley
Glascock Reynolds
Atlanta
William
Luna
M. (. Harbeck
Maritime
Erty
London
Helen Vinson
Top
Fred Perry
Hbottom
Fairfield
Washtenaw Aveues
Appeals
Huey
Will Rogers
Yours
McNaucht Syndicate, Inq
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