LouisianaQuick Passage Of Social Security Bills
Rapid action in Baton Rouge saw a string of Governor Leche backed measures sail through the senate and move to the house. Bills covering social security, dependent children aid, maternal and child health, and state department reorganization were approved with near unanimous votes as officials push for rapid implementation.
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Avoyelles
Ben R. Simpson
Caddo
State Department of Public Welfare
New Orleans Commission Council
State Board of Health
Department of Labor
Leche
Senate
Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
C. A. Morvant
Leche Senate
Andormer
James A. Noe
Noe
Peltier
Harvey Peltier
Thomas Wingate
Leesville
State Bureau of Identification
Extradition Hearing Set for J. Zarro
The article reports an extradition hearing planned for J Zarro following his arrest by federal authorities. It notes Zarro's long community standing and family life, his prior murder case details as relayed by his attorney, and that an extradition hearing will include his attorney present.
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Zarro
Five Murders by Clock Told by House Head
Police describe a mass killing in a single bedchamber where a mother is found ill and dead on one bed. Three children Marietta Elsie May and Walter lie slain on a second bed while Rose Marie is on a third. Johnson lay nearby. A note by W F Johnson blames discord and outlines a plan to kill remaining family members and himself with timings for each death. Arthur 21 arrives shortly after the killings.
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Marietta
Elsie May
Walter
Rose Marie
Johnson
W. F. Johnson
Goodby
Horace
Wilbur
Arthur
Old swimming pool closed levee begun at natatorium site
The shovel digs the embankment as the eastern half of the natatorium is set aside for levee work. The pool may later serve small children for wading, but not soon. The new natatorium progress is satisfactory but won’t finish before autumn. Forcum James of Dyersburg, Tenn builds the levee. National forests named for Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Cleveland.
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Swayze
Forcum James Company
Dyersburg
Tenn
The
United States
Washington
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Home Drug Company Prescription Ad Offer
An advertisement from Home Drug Company promotes Prescription No. 69 for gallstone prevention and liver support. It claims specialists’ formula to avoid stones and surgeries, offers free guidance and literature dating 89 years of reported results, and a money back plan. Distribution via Sandman’s Pharmacy and Fauwik’s Drug Store in Minneapolis.
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Write Home Drug Company
North Fourth Street
Minneapolis
Minn
Sandman’s Pharmacy
Fauwik's Drug Store
Ady
Police Jury Organization Meeting
The police jury gathered with Juror Sander Berry leading the roads committee on a Baton Rouge trip. A committee was set to inventory parish road equipment for needs assessment, with W. J. Vinson asserting all purchases require majority authorization. Remaining loan formalities are expected to be resolved by the state within days.
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Sander Berry
New Roads Committee
Warren
Berry
J. M. Breard
H. M. Williams, Jr
W. J. Vinson
Colvert
C. C. Colvert
Northeast Center
Glee Club
Washington
Calvert
Kiwanis Club
St. Louis
Municipal Auditorium
Kiwanis
United States
L. S. A. Center
Charity Relief and Donations Committee
A.bryatt
Williamson
Vinson
West Side
Ouachita River
S. O. Henry
D. S. Owens
W. A. Mills
A. E. Montgomery
River
D. Y. Smith
W. S. Berry
Sandel Berry
S. QO. Henry
B. Oakland
C. A. Kincaid
Bills Voted On and Committees Appointed in Session
A summary lists bills passed with votes, including S 62 to S 68, creating state police, criminal identification, and other departments. The article notes appointments of glee club trip advocates, Kiwanis funding, and committees for road, finance, contact, flood, aviation, purchasing, and more chaired by Warren and others.
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Lindsey and Peltier
Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Lindsey
Peltier
Supervisor of Public Accounts
Department of Revenue
Supervisor of Public Funds
Lindsey and
Huey P. Long
Canton and Nanking Plan Near Union Amid Tense South China
Canton leaders push toward a possible union with Nanking while southern Chinese factions demand government action to curb Japanese advances in north China. Chou Lou, Canton national university chancellor and key anti Nanking figure, left for Europe May 28 under scrutiny by political observers.
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South China
Nanking
Formosa
North China
Chou Lou
National University of Canton
South China Political Council
Europe
Heidelberg University
Canton
Barrymore case cites $50,000 for fired aide services
Camomile testified to extraordinary personal services by the aide to Barrymore. The actor, once unemployed due to health and habits, recovered via Camomile’s help, securing radio and motion picture contracts. Papers kept after discharge were retained in good faith as protection to Barrymore.
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Barrymore
Camomile
Diploma Awards Honor Caldwell Parish Graduates
Diplomas were awarded to 64 Caldwell Parish High School graduates across five schools last week. Columbia High School honored Albert Wrie Adams and others. Grayson High School and Clarks High School also listed multiple recipients, reflecting a regionwide commencement effort.
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Columbia
Caldwell Parish
Columbia High School
Albert Wrie Adams
Lawrence Mack Brown
Ebern Bernard Carr
Joyce Bernice Childress
Hazel Vivian Cobb
Marvin Harold Corey
Edgar Warner Duke
Horace Cecil Duke
Herman O'Neal Gunn
John Russ Hawkins, Jr
Helen Hailey Hudson
Ailson Kee Lee
Gay Odette Mosely
Irma Mott
Coy
Avis Peterson
Margie Bernice Puckett
Maxine Stafford
Alis Brown Kelly
Evelyn Camilla Green
Agnes Louise Rogers
John Wesley Self
Mabel Frances Thornhill
Bert Hundley Wilkins
Edgar Theodore Williams
Grayson High School
Oper Humphries
J. J. McKeithen
Opal Cook
Marjorie LaCour
Helen Nethery
Gladys Walker
Curtis Johnston
Casper
K. R. Russell
Aubrey Humphries
Joe Anderson
Willie Gibson
Curtis Dunn
Stanton Whitten
Vertie Childress
Jewel Harris
Irma Lea Eubanks
Ha‘‘lan Hargrove
Norris Martin
Ollie Way Bratton
Vester Laird
Garland Thomas
Congressman Zioncheck Confesses Suspected Mental Health Crisis
Congressman Zioncheck faces hospitalization on a commitment sworn by E. P. Stump a sanitary officer charging him with unsound mind. He seeks a fair examination while questioning his wife whereabouts and recounts a White House and House Restaurant incident amid tensions with fellow congressmen and his marriage.
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E. P. Stump
Zioncheck
Rubye Louise Nix
WPA
Texarkana
Texas
White House
House of Representatives
Senate approves relief bill with changes to grants
The Senate passed a relief measure with edits from the House. The bill routes funds to the president and allows funds for local public works, boosting PWA grant limits from 30 to 45 percent after Mayor LaGuardia led opposition to tighter caps. An added Western reclamation appropriation and a Florida ship canal provision were kept pending review.
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Borah
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Schnellenbach
Washington
Senate
Landon
Kansas
Schwellenbach
William Randolph Hearst
Senate-House
White House
House
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Ickes’ Pwa
Florida Ship Canal
Boards of Review
Hayden
Arizona
United States Conference of Mayors
LaGuardia
New York
PWA
Black Legion death plot unfolds at Detroit meeting
Detective Harville says Davis urged lynching tone at Legion gathering. Poole was seized for a fatal ride after others refused to volunteer. At Gulley road ten miles from downtown Detroit Davis ordered all from cars except Poole.
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Dean
Harville
Davis
The
Legion
Poole
Paul R. Edwards
Urban Lipps
Lee
Gulley Road
Detroit
Local man charged in trio of bogus drafts
John A. Hopper, 62, was arrested yesterday by West Monroe police and jailed. Accused by Lorenzo Smith and John Hembree for cashing two drafts, drawn on Texas and Tennessee merchants. Bond set at $100 per charge. L. T. Dickerson also jailed for obtaining $3 from C. S. Simpson via bogus check.
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John A. Hopper
West Monroe
Sheriff's Department
Hopper
Lorenzo Smith
John Hembree
Texas
Tennessee
L. T. Dickerson
C. S. Simpson
4-H Club Members to Attend Camp at Camp Peck
West Carroll 4-H members will participate in the annual encampment at Camp Peck in Catahoula parish from June 29 through July 3. Assistant Parish Agent J. J. Joice notes anticipated local attendance near 50 with over 50 youngsters last year.
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Oak Grove
West Carroll
Camp Peck
Catahoula Parish
J. J. Joice
Confession of Day in Slaying of Loeb Declared Key Evidence
Prosecutor McKeown says Day's confession to prison authorities is the sole statement ever taken by the State's attorney's office. Day claims self defense after a fatal duel with Loeb, admitting he used the razor in the fight. Day's lawyers oppose its admission as evidence as the state nears its closing case.
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McKeown
Day
Loeb
James
Three Others Shot as Mine Strike Erupts in South
Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company shifts to incentive pay, triggering clashes. Five people shot Sunday as workers protest the plan and violence escalates in the Alabama strike area. Officials from state and federal labor departments seek a negotiated settlement. Newcomb Barco and Perry forecast mine reopening in two to three weeks.
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Nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
United States Steel
South
Perkins
James F. Dewey
Labor Department
Birmingham
Bibb Graves
Montgomery
Robert R. Moore
Alabama
John L. Perry
Department of Labor
George L. Googe
American Federation of Labor
Perry
Newcomb Barco
LSU Announces Record 1936 Graduation Class
Baton Rouge June 2 1936 LSU awarded diplomas to a record 742 graduates. Governor Leche and President James M. Smith presided over ceremonies. Dr. Richard Garfield Cox of Gulf Park College delivered the address as Russians begin carrying foreign cargo.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Richard Leche
James M. Smith
Richard Garfield Cox
Gulf Park College
Gulfport
Miss
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