Louisiana Tax Fight Sparks Massed Opposition Across State
In New Orleans a mass meeting at Municipal auditorium urged no new taxes and drastic cuts in government spending. Telegrams from other cities voiced opposition to tax shifts while a proposed state income tax provoked protests as lawmakers consider Huey Long era reforms amid fears of expanded police power and loss of local self government.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Municipal Auditorium
John X. Wegmann
The
Association of Commerce
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
QO. K. Allen
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Allen
Burt W. Henry
Honest Election League
Long
John H. Overton
Mr. Henry
Governor Allen Praised as State's Greatest Leader
In Baton Rouge Governor O K Allen is hailed as the state's greatest governor amid legislative debate over his administration. Senator Huey P Long and Representative Rupert Peyton are mentioned in exchange, with Ike Sharp defending Allen and noting strong support for his tenure.
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Baton Rouge
O. K. Allen
Huey P. Long
Allen
Rupert Peyton
Ike Sharp
Sharp
Senator Long
Peyton
Dad
U.S. Struggling With Drought in Couple of Ways
The article outlines federal responses to drought hardships with promises of more food money and clothing for calamity victims. It highlights how shortages affect rural communities and the relief measures being considered or enacted.
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U. S
Planning Necessary as Drought Crisis Grows
President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace responded to the drought with promises of more food money and clothing for victims. Acknowledging a major disaster, they urged long range planning to blunt nature's cruelties and stabilize farm income through continued production controls.
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Agriculture Department
Wallace
Bismarck
North Dakota
Nature
Brouth
Ice cold lemonade stalls bloom in West Monroe
Residents along Filhiol avenue report a sudden rush of kid vendors selling lemonade for a penny with candy or wafers as premiums. Stand numbers grow across the neighborhood and some youths boast solid day’s profits.
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West Monroe
Filhiol Avenue
Quintuplets Get Boost From Rum As Health Improves
Corbeil Ontario June 7 The Dionne quintuplets show stronger appetites and wakeful meals every two hours Dr A R DaFoe reports they enjoy small rum doses to stimulate feeding They stick out their tongues at rum enhanced meals The outlook is more optimistic while news arrives of newborn twin boys in San Francisco related to Avila Dionne family.
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Corbeil
Ont
Dionne Farm
A. R. DaFoe
Dionne
Dr. DaFoe
San Francisco
Aldo Beltrami
Avila Dionne
Play With Gun Ends In Death In New Orleans Beer Parlor
In New Orleans a 41 year old, Joseph Sanchez, is killed after a man playing with a gun shoots him in a beer parlor. John J. Mason fired the weapon during a “fun” act and Sanchez died at Charity hospital after failed transfusion. District attorney considers a technical hold but expects no action.
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New Orleans
Joseph Sanchez
Sanchez
Charity Hospital
John J. Mason
District Attorney's Office
Mason
Appropriations Group Fails To Hold Session
STATE HOUSE BATON ROUGE La June 7 In spite of a house resolution ordering the appropriations committee to work on general appropriations bills the committee again failed to meet only vice chairman George Delesdernier of Plaquemines answered the roll declaring no session due to no quorum Governor Allen opposed appropriations before revenues are in sight but the house yesterday ordered consideration of appropriations before revenue measures
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State House
Baton Rouge
House
Appropriations Committee
George Delesdernier
Plaquemines
Allen
Bronx Murder Syndicate to Die Tonight at Sing Sing
A Bronx murder ring faces execution at Sing Sing for plotting to kill Mike Malloy the derelict with a sequence of poisons and gas. After failed attempts and a near-miss shooting, the quartet will die by electric chair for the $2000 insurance scheme.
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Bronx Murder Syndicate
New York
Sing Sing
Bronx
Frank Pasqua
Anthony Marino
Joseph Murphy
Daniel Kreisberger
Mike Malloy
Malloy
Steel Workers Walkout Threat Looms Large
United States labor tensions rise as a nationwide steel strike threat grows despite efforts by Recovery Administrator Hugh S Johnson. Violence flares in Alabama mines and Cincinnati typewriter shops while break in Alaska shipping offers cautious hope. In Laurinburg a Waverly Mills settlement nears as Johnson presses for a labor board with the American Iron and Steel Institute, which rejects a closed shop.
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Associated Press
Hugh S. Johnson
Alabama
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Alaska
Laurinburg
N. C
Waverly Mills
New York
General Johnson
American Iron and Steel Institute
Johnson
Mrs G F Breard Expires After Illness
Mrs Bessie Brown Currie Breard wife of Grammont F Breard died at their DeSiard road home after two months illness She was 40 a Colorado Springs native and mother of Graham Currie Breard aged 10 Survived by husband son mother and sister Funeral planned in Colorado Springs next Saturday with services and Missouri Pacific train departure details provided Pallbearers named J D Pettit L P Abernathy T A Breard Courtney Oliver H L Breard Tom Sandridge.
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Bessie Brown Currie Breard
Grammont F. Breard
DeSiard Road
Colorado Springs
Graham Currie Breard
Stella Currie
Monroe
Missouri Pacific
J. D. Pettit
L. P. Abernathy
T. A. Breard
Courtney Oliver
H. L. Breard
Tom Sandridge
Youth Diver Succumbs After Neck Injury in Houston
Seamon Sterns a 19 year old Houston youth who broke his neck while diving in Spring Creek near here Sunday died in a hospital today. He had been paralyzed since the accident.
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Houston
Tex
Seamon Sterns
Spring Creek
Here
Reprieved Convicts May Return to Penitentiary
New Orleans district attorney Eugene Stanley said he would ask courts to send convicts reprieved by Governor O K Allen back to the state penitentiary to complete sentences. The move followed the arrest of Luther Reed who served four and a half years of a nine to 14 year term for the 1929 armored car holdup of twenty one thousand three hundred dollars.
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New Orleans
Eugene Stanley
O. K. Allen
Luther Reed
Stanley
Reed
Defense Delays Dr Dean Retrial Motion Hearing
In Greenwood Mississippi the retrial motion for Dr Sara Ruth Dean who is serving a life sentence for murder was postponed as defense lawyers asked for more time. Judge S F Davis granted a two hour extension to present arguments and subpoenas were issued for Greenwood residents to testify about audience attitudes at the previous trial.
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Greenwood
Miss
Sara Ruth Dean
S. F. Davis
Dean
John Preston Kennedy
Kennedy
Wilson Bill Authorizes Pay For Flowage Rights
A bill by Representative Wilson, chair of the house flood control committee, would authorize the war department to pay landowners in flood areas for flowage rights over flooded lands. Levee boards would acquire the rights and be reimbursed by the government, a plan preferred to outright land purchase to save costs.
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Washington
Representative Wilson
House Flood Control Committee
War Department
Mississippi River
Valle
Tax Reform Bills Stall In Louisiana House
Louisiana tax reform bills to fund local governments through excise boards stalled in the House Ways and Means Committee amid strong opposition from mayors and officials. Rep. Burgess argued the measures would not strip local self government while supporters said they sought to control expenditures and set spending limits.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Commission
House Ways and Means Committee
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
George W. Hardy, Jr
W. V. Lamkin
Alexandria
Arnold Bernstein
Monroe
Leander Perez
Plaquemines Parish
J. Porter Burgess
Ouachita
E. G. Burke
Tax Reform Commission
Ways and Means
Burgess
L. M. Wimberly
Bienville
Top
Botton
Louisiana
Wimberly
Unemployed Auditor Found Wounded in Houston Hotel
Roy Phares of Athens Texas an unemployed auditor died in a Houston hospital after being found in his hotel room with a bullet wound in his abdomen. The coroner indicated no further details were available at that time.
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Houston
Tex
Roy Phares
Athens
Texas
Measure Made Law of Land At Twelve OClock
The hour set by the president will give applicants an even start as a new measure becomes law of land at noon.
Roosevelt signs bankruptcy bill to aid reorganizations
Washington reports President Roosevelt signed into law a bankruptcy bill at noon to streamline corporate reorganizations. The act binds all creditors to a court approved plan requiring two thirds of claims, with specific thresholds for petitions by creditors or stockholders and conditions for insolvent firms seeking relief.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Better Homes Exposition Slated for June 26 29
Monroe and West Monroe schedule the first Better Homes Exposition from June 26 to 29 in the Lieber building on South Grand street. Merchants manufacturers and supply houses from both cities will display goods with music novelty acts and KMLB radio broadcasts. A. V. Miller chairs the event with an executive committee including Harry Rice and Leon Hammonds.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Twin Cities
A. V. Miller
Lieber
South Grand Street
KMLB
Miller
Harry Rice
Leon Hammonds
Fred Williamson
H. R
Former Dictator Reclaims Lithuania Premiership in Coup
Kaunas reports from Tilsit that Augustine Waldemaras, former dictator, returned from exile by air and led a military revolution to seize the premiership. Valdemaras’ forces proclaimed him premier and occupied the general staff building as President Antanas reportedly refused to negotiate. ultimatum extended past noon.
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Tilsit
Germany
Kaunas
Lithuania
Augustine Waldemaras
Valdemaras
General Staff
Antanas
Peyton Address Sparks House Floor Tax Reform Debate
Rep Rupert Peyton of Caddo led a floor speech urging the Louisiana tax reform commission to provide specific revenue estimates. He attacked the administration bills as a tax gauge program and criticized school fund handling, vowing to oppose dataless tax measures and warning of state upheaval if protests are ignored.
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Baton Rouge
House
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Rupert Peyton
Caddo
Dr. Pavy
Tax Reform Commission
Peyton
Louisiana
Allen Ellender
Henry Fletcher Named Chairman of Republican National Committee
Hollywood, June 17. Henry Fletcher, formerly ambassador to Italy, is praised as a capable choice to lead the Republican National Committee. The piece humorously notes the honor of the appointment and suggests Fletcher will perform well if limited to constructive criticism amid Roosevelt’s divisive public reaction.
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Cal
Republican Party
Henry Fletcher
Italy
Republican National Committee
Henry
Roosevelt
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