Roosevelt Faces Defeat in Fight Over Economies
President Roosevelt signed an executive order raising compensation for service connected veterans from World War and Spanish American War. He plans to present a compromise veterans economy program to House leaders as the bloc pushes to limit cuts. Budget Director Douglas and Veterans' Administrator Hines were summoned to a White House conference on the issue.
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Roosevelt
Washington
House
Rainey
Douglas
Hines
White House
U.P
United Press
Repeal Advances with Indiana Vote in Prohibition Push
The repeal movement nears its goal as Indiana joins eight other states in voting to strike the eighteenth amendment from the constitution. Thirty six states are required for repeal. Bishop James Cannon Jr. said a Indiana victory could accelerate the process.
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Associated Preas
Ilinois
Indiana
James Cannon, Jr
French Agree to Four Power Pact in Rome
Henry De Juvenel the French ambassador received Paris instructions to initial the Mussolini four power peace pact removing a principal obstacle. Sir Ronald Graham the British ambassador also received similar instructions as the Italian government signaled readiness and Germany awaited Berlin's authorization. The final pact text was sent to governments after days of discussion focusing on disarmament and Germany's arms status.
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Rome
Henry de Juvenel
Paris
Ronald Graham
London
Ulrich von Hassel
Berlin
Germany
Compromise Measure Backed by Lower House
The House approved a compromise bill to let the reconstruction finance agency buy 50 million dollars in stocks and bonds of insurance companies and sent the measure to the Senate for final action.
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Washington
Senate
Commencement and local legends highlight Oua Chita College day
The piece recalls Oua chita junior college’s first commencement with 133 graduates and honors former Gov. Charles H. Brough as a notable speaker. It also covers Ruston’s fiftieth anniversary plans, a Ruston saloon origin tale, a minstrel show return, and a humorous anecdote about cemetery dog burials in New Hope.
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Ouachita Junior College
Charles H. Brough
Southland
C. C. Calvert
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
William J. Bryan
Ilinois
William Rising O'Brien
Raid by townsfolk thwarts Rison loot plot
In Rison Arkansas a band of five to seven armed men, believed by Sheriff Roy Morrison to be fleeing Kansas convicts, tried to loot the town after kidnapping night watchman W. A. Fore and two others. Citizens activated, lights on, guards patrolled as the incident unfolded.
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Rison
Ark
Roy Morrison
Kansas
W. A. Fore
J. R. Perkins
Sam Rogers
Harry Thomasson
Thomasson
Perkins
Rogers
Morgan Probers Seek Expanded Powers in Inquiry
The Senate Banking and Currency Committee moved to broaden its authority to cover evidence linking securities sales with income tax payments in the J. P. Morgan investigation. The session resumed at 12 10 p m after an executive discussion. O P Van Sweringen, Cleveland railroad magnate, testified on financing the Van Sweringen railroad network.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
J. P. Morgan and Company
O. P. van Sweringen
Cleveland
van Sweringen
John W. Davis
Morgan
Reds Repulsed at Ford Plant Demonstration
A hastily set camp near Dearborn city limits was dispersed after police said marchers led by communist sympathizers attempted to present demands to Ford Motor Co. About 3000 original marchers were barred from entry and relocated to a field vowing to camp all summer if needed.
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Detroit
Dearborn
Ford Motor Company
Ford
State Tax Series Aids Louisiana Taxpayers
A World and News-Star series explains how the state collects and disburses revenues from taxes licenses and other sources. The articles written by an expert in state fiscal affairs aim to inform Louisiana citizens about state tax matters.
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Louisiana
The
World and News-Star
Mississippi Gas Pipelines Win Temporary Tax Relief
Mississippi is temporarily restrained from collecting five years of back taxes from Interstate Natural Gas and Memphis Natural Gas. A three judge federal court issued a preliminary injunction and will hear merits to decide if the relief stays or is lifted. The companies were exempted 1928 1933 under a new industry tax exemption. the state argues they are not new public utilities as they only transport gas through Mississippi.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Interstate Natural Gas Company
Memphis Natural Gas Company
Ouachita Parish
Memphis
Tenn
State Tax Commission
Roosevelt signs Wagner bill creating national employment system
President Roosevelt on Tuesday signed the Wagner bill establishing a national employment system under the department of labor.
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Wagner
Roosevelt
Washington
Department of Labor
Greenville on Lake as Mississippi Flood Threatens Port
Mississippi river swelled and breached barriers near Giles Bend and Leland Dike, threatening Greenville by creating a lake like area south of here. Government engineers and residents debated whether the river would divert its course and leave Greenville immobilized as floodwaters spread.
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Here
Point Chicot
Arkansas
Giles Bend
Natchez
Niagara Falls
Greenville
Motion to Quash Charge Denied in Hogan Case Hearing
Defense sought to quash the indictment against Dan Hogan linked to the Canadian schooner I'm Alone. Judge Ben C. Dawkins refused the motion, with defense counsel arguing double jeopardy amid Hogan's prior trial and current proceedings.
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Opelousas
Dan Hogan
Canada
Louisiana
U. S. Coast Guard
Orleans Woman Held 24 Hours Then Liberated
Miss Margaret Breckinridge, 23, daughter of prominent locals, was abducted by two shabbily dressed men and held for 24 hours in an apartment to demand a ransom. She was released near her St Charles avenue home after convincing the men her parents could not pay. Police hunted the suspects with slim clues as to their identities.
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New Orleans
Margaret Breckinridge
Business Improves While Defaults Drop
New York on June 6. May insolvencies totaled 1,909, the lowest in four years, down from 2,758 in May 1932. Liabilities also fell to 47,971,573 dollars from 83,763,521 dollars a year earlier, according to Dun and Bradstreet.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
Long-Allen Finance Plan Makes Victims of Confederate Veterans
The piece recalls a bronze tablet in Baton Rouge honoring Huey P. Long for boosting Confederate veterans pensions to 60 dollars monthly. It laments the pension funds ran dry later, blaming Long and Allen’s bond policy, noting new jobs and taxes while veterans faced pension cuts or borrowing.
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Long-Allen
Baton Rouge
Con
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Long
Hear
Man Slain as He Resists Arrest in Jonesville
Mack Rogers 21, linked to Ida bank robbery via Gladewater Texas, slain by Alcide Gallender after resisting arrest by Jonesville Marshal Ben Smith. Rogers used aliases Hughes Joe Cain and gave false names to bank staff. He hired a taxi to Jonesville and was seen with suspicious inquiries before the confrontation.
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Harrisonburg
Mack Rogers
Doyle Rogers
Gladewater
Texas
Ida Bank
Jonesville
Alcide Gallender
Rogers
Ben Smith
New Trial Move Delayed in Elmore Case
A motion for a new trial for Orville Elmore, convicted of manslaughter in the Ted Reiser killing, was postponed due to the absence of District Attorney Frank W. Hawthorne and rescheduled for Wednesday at 10. Mrs. Frank Manley, co defendant, is set for trial next Wednesday. The defense argues undisclosed testimony was included beyond the opening statement.
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Orville Elmore
J. T. Shell
Frank W. Hawthorne
Elmore
Ted Reiser
Frank Manley
Rogers Has His Say in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills June 6 Rogers comments on Roosevelt and Congress. He notes recovery hopes with Roosevelt but fears Congress will be put back in its place after keeping them too long. He references government ruling banning beer sales on Indian reservations and concerns over alcohol policy.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Mattern Covers 1400 Miles Moscow to Omsk in 12 Hours
James Mattern landed at 1 35 p m Tuesday Moscow time after a non stop flight from Moscow to Omsk covering about 1400 miles in 12 hours 21 minutes. He flew a Stanavo Eagle with head winds near Moscow and expects clear weather beyond Omsk. Omsk is a major Siberian city on the Trans Siberian railway with 115 000 population and strong regional winds.
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Omsk
Siberia
James Mattern
Moscow
Mattern
Weather Bureau
Irtysh
Ural Mountains
Europe
Asia
Central Asiatic Republic
Kolchak
Promise to Restore Jewish Positions in Upper Silesia
In Geneva on June 6 a German representative pledged before a League of Nations council that Germany will restore Jews to positions they recently lost in Upper Silesia. The issue arose after Franz Bernheim, a German Jew, petitioned May 20 alleging that excluding Jews from professions violates the Polish German convention safeguarding rights regardless of race or religion.
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Geneva
Hitler
League of Nations Council
Germany
Upper Silesia
League Council
Franz Bernheim
Friedrich von Keller
Oil Bill Change Denounced as Useless by Ickes
On June 6 Secretary Ickes called the Connally amendment useless as a remedy for oil overproduction. He said the Connally plan would limit production only by state maximums, which California lacks, rendering the proposal ineffective compared with the administration’s broader plan.
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Washington
Ickes
Connally
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of Interior
Texas
California
Escaped Oklahoma Prisoner To Return After Capture
Chickasha Oklahoma June 6 Frank Sawyer a Kansas convict who escaped from McAlester Oklahoma last year and who was recaptured near Binger will be returned to the Oklahoma penitentiary County Attorney Gerald Spencer said Tuesday Sawyer one of 11 prisoners who fled the Kansas prison a week ago will face recapture after this latest escape incident.
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Okla
Frank Sawyer
Oklahoma
Kansas
Binger
Gerald Spencer
Sawyer
McAlester
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