State income tax bill heads to third reading in House
Dr. George L. Drouin proposed a graduated state income tax from 1 percent on 3000 to 7 percent on income over 18000, with deductions for dependents and corporate expenses. The measure ties to a constitutional amendment in the Senate and could yield 2 to 3 million annually if approved.
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Baton Rouge
George L. Drouin
Avoyelles
House of Representatives
General State Fund
Drouin
Senate
Caffery
St. Mary
Wen
Jefferson Boys Sail Toward Panama Aboard 16-Foot Rowboat
Charles Jannelly and Tom Gillespie, 17 year old Jefferson youths, left the Big Cypress river landing in a 16 foot boat named The Spirit of Jefferson. They aimed to reach Shreveport to speak on KWKH radio and then travel via the Red and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans for a steamer route to a Panama port. They carried food and a small sum of money for the journey.
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Jefferson, Tex
Charles Jannelly
Tom Gillespie
Jefferson
Big Cypress River
Panama
Shreveport
W. K. Henderson
KWKH
Red River
Mississippi
New Orleans
Slaying Probe Likely At Morehouse Special Session
A Morehouse parish grand jury special session is likely in early July to investigate charges against four men tied to the killing of 40 year old moonshiner Robert Holman. District Attorney David I. Garrett said a July special term may be called to try Ellis Hayden for poisoning his wife Lavinia Hayden, with potential grand jury action before the term if indicted. Judge J. T. Shell was to decide on the call.
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Morehouse Parish
Robert Holman
David I. Garrett
Ellis Hayden
Lavinia Hayden
Open hearings on need of Louisiana schools tonight
Baton Rouge June 4 Open hearings before the legislature on the financial needs of state colleges and schools were fixed, with public invited. Also scheduled are anti race track legislation June 10 3 p m Arm strong Jones plumbing law June 10 8 p m and repeal of state prohibition law June 11 3 p m among others.
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Baton Rouge
Armstrong
Jones
Legislature in Brief Bills Introduced In Legislature
A roundup of measures includes H B 502 authorizing small towns to sell public property and H B 506 creating 27 judicial districts. Other proposals raise assessor salaries, fund a Lake Palourde hatchery, and add roads to the state system. Some bills tweak criminal procedure and health property sales while others set hunting seasons and tax issues.
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Uwing
McClung
Julius Aaron, Jr
Robert Henry
Highway Commission
Natchitoches
J. H. Henry
H. B
Hebert
Lake Palourde
Parish of St. Mary
Louisiana
Orleans
Hankins
Red River Roads
Knott
Morehouse
Peltier
Lafourche
Jefferson Parishes
Fernandez
State Board of Health
New Orleans
Union Parish
King
Breard Re-elected U S PAYS 100 Ends Fatally Police Jury Head
In Avoyelles parish a feud over illicit liquor operations ends with Sampson Dubroc killing Purdy Bordelon on the Marksville Alexandria highway. Dubroc is jailed. brothers-in-law Brouillette and Douzart held as accessories. John M. Breard is re elected Ouachita parish police jury president after a tight vote 7 to 6 amid Browning’s seating and a rushed oath.
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Breard
U. S
Avoyelles
Williams
Alexandria
Avoyelles Parish
Bayou Choctaw
Marksville - Alexandria
Sampson Dubroc
Purdy Bordelon
Bordelon
Dubroc
Marksville
Jesse Brouillette
Cyril Douzart
John M. Breard
Ouachita Parish
Court House
Harry M. Williams
Captain Williams
R. M. Browning
West Monroe
Browning
Senate
J. E. Bryan
O. B. Morton
Anna L. Hill
Probe Committee Will Meet to Decide on Its Course
In Baton Rouge on June 4 the senate committee on public roads and highways will meet to plan the highway commission probe. Lester Hughes of Natchitoches parish is named chairman and will decide on procedure and needed clerks and stenographers. Senator Tom Wingate's penitentiary committee may be invited next week to begin preliminary inquiry steps.
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Baton Rouge
Senate Committee On Public Roads and Highways
Highway Commission
Senate
Lester Hughes
Natchitoches Parish
Tom Wingate
Vernon
Senate Penitentiary Committee
Senate Passes Measure to Ban Force Account
Senate approval of a bill by Schwing of Iberville would require mail ballots on state board of liquidation loans to be public and require three fourths consent for grave emergencies. The secretary of state would tabulate and issue a proclamation and send results to the liquidation board. A separate Knott resolution urges Congress to repeal the 18th Amendment with a Louisiana referendum.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
State Board of Liquidation
Senate
Schwing
Iberville Parish
Secretary of State
Secretary of the State Board of Liquidation
Board of Liquidation
Labbe
Lafayette
Congress
Louisiana
Knott
Move to Boost State School Funds for Calhoun Dairy Work
Police jury unanimously adopts a resolution urging a senate and house appropriation to support the Calhoun state experiment station for dairy experiments. The measure ties to broader plans for public school funding via a constitutional amendment proposing $15 per educable child, about $10 million annually.
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Louisiana Senate
House
Calhoun
J. E. Bryan
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
N. S. Hoffpaulr
Acadia
Hoffpaulr
Mail Flier Taken By Appendicitis In Air
United Press reports New Orleans to Atlanta mail pilot Jimmy Burns suffered an appendicitis attack near Mobile while flying a mail run. He remained at Candler Field then underwent a successful operation at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Piedmont Hospital
Jimmy Burns
Mobile
Burns
Candler Field
Hambone’s Meditations by J P Alley
A humorous dialect piece titled Hambone’s Meditations by J P Alley features verses urging readers to keep busy and not forget their worries while noting idleness as a common foe. The piece uses rural speech and a folksy tone to convey thrift and diligence.
Pineville Declared Safe From Flood Water Peril
Alexandria June 4 Red river levee lines held intact today due to steady levee workers effort to stem the flood crest believed near. Pineville across the river from Alexandria remained safe though the river had risen to the level that required topping the levee to keep water from flowing over.
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Alexandria
Red River
Pineville
Paragould Meteorite Donated to Chicago Museum
A 820 pound meteorite, believed to be the largest single meteorite to fall to Earth, was presented to the Field Museum by Stanley Field and placed on exhibit in Chicago. It fell at Paragould Arkansas on February 17, 1930, and penetrated nine feet into clay.
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Chicago
Field Museum
Stanley Field
Paragould
Ark
Army Engineers Push Jadwin flood plan amid local interests
Major General Lytle Brown testified before the House flood control committee that Army engineers consider local interests in placing Mississippi levees. He affirmed work on the Jadwin plan proceeds as fast as possible despite controversies. Representative Stone claimed land values rise with the Bonnet Carre spillway and that negotiations involve the Justice Department.
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Washington
Lytle Brown
House Flood Control Committee
Army Engineers
Mississippi
Brown
War Department
Representative Stone
Oklahoma
Bonnet Carre
New Orleans
Stone
Department of Justice
L H Krogmire Re-elected Head of Local Knights of Columbus
Virtually all officers of the local Knights of Columbus council were re-elected at a meeting in St. Matthew's School auditorium. Colonel M J O Leary praised the council's growth and urged emphasis on the Boy Work Program as the supreme council promotes. L H Krogmire was re-elected grand knight with A B Bergevin deputy grand knight and A L Marrioneaux to another term.
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the Knights of Columbus
St. Matthew's Parochial School
M. J. O'Leary
Monroe Council
Knight of the Order
O'Leary
Knights of Columbus
Supreme Council
L. H. Krogmire
A. B. Bergevin
A. L. Marrioneaux
Old Mississippi Tax Commission Fights Bilbo Ouster
Two Mississippi tax commissions face off over plans for the 3 million dollar state hospital for the insane. The original panel led by Provine Waddell and McLaurin seeks immediate completion while Governor Bilbo asserts their authority expired and vows court action. Former governor Longino, named to the new commission, has declined to serve.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Theodore G. Bilbo
State Hospital For
J. W. Provine
W. H. Waddell
S. L. McLaurin
Bilbo
A. H. Longino
Alvis and Virginia Hotels Change Hands in Monroe
Negotiations ended at noon with S J Thigpen of Corsicana S W Sibley of Dallas and associates taking over hotel operations. Hotel Virginia built in 1925 has 160 rooms and Hotel Alvis 125 rooms opened years ago. Ownership remains with F N Kalil and E A Frost and associates.
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S. J. Thigpen
Corsicana
Tex
S. W. Sibley
Dallas
Virginia
Hotel Alvis
Daley-Moffatt Company
Houston
C. H. McHenry and Associates
Jackson and
Harrison Streets
Monroe
Long Receives U S General in Underwear
New Orleans report states Governor Huey P. Long met a United States Army general and his staff while Long wore only his underwear during Mardi Gras. The Item notes the incident followed his prior reception of German diplomats in green pajamas.
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Item
Long
General
New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Dock Board Man Sues to Regain Position
In New Orleans on June 4 Jules Langhauser a long time dock board employee filed suit in civil district court to regain his job after being discharged on May 6. He alleges political motivation by Governor Lang his 21 years of service and age 52 with a large family of 11 children.
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New Orleans
Lang
Dock Board
Jules Langhauser
Civil District Court
Langhauser
Long Plans Bonding Boost For Louisiana Highway Fund
Gov Huey P Long moves to bond far more than the two cent gasoline tax and divert auto licenses into bonds to raise about 60 million dollars for a new highway debt. Lawmakers, highway officials, and opponents meet to craft an Ellender Bennett backed bill. A statewide referendum on repealing the 18th Amendment is proposed for November.
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State House
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Long
QO. K. Allen
Highway Commission
Allen Ellender
House
William H. Bennett
Ellender-Bennett
Senate
Labbe
Congress
Marshall Returns to Biloxi From His Exile
Carl Mars hall Bay St. Louis lawyer who fled to New Orleans to evade a contempt sentence in the Mississippi legislature anti-trust case returned to Biloxi. He visited here yesterday and mingled with reunion crowds on the coast.
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Associated Press
Biloxi
Miss
Carl Marshall
Bay St. Louis
New Orleans
Mississippi
Marshall
One Man Killed as Train Hits Car Near Monroe
A southbound Illinois Central train struck an automobile at a grade crossing near Crew Lake twelve miles from Monroe. German L. White, 34, of Bastrop, died instantly. seven others were hurt, including five children. White’s wife and four children survived with minor injuries. Morris and a niece were treated at the Clinic.
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Crew Lake
Monroe
German L. White
Bastrop
Eugene Morris
Hale
White
Morris
Courtney
Mr. White
B. Graham
Eldred Lee White
Esta Morris
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