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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1938
Page
7
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Louisiana legislators in Baton Rouge debate funding for farmers roads with Governor Leche proposing a statewide one percent sales tax and Tugwell urging parish taxes. Proposals include diverting bond funds and taxing gas gathering, with mixed support and several bills advancing in the House.
In Baton Rouge the state senate indefinitely postponed Noe's resolution seeking an account of how the $30,000,900 bond issue floated in 1936 for roads was spent. The measure failed after a clash between Noe and Peltier, with Sweeney siding with Noe. Noe urged transparency for taxpayers. House-approved tax relief for small businesses moved forward in the same session, exempting retailers, taxis, collecting agencies, and insurers with under 5,000 gross sales, and under 2,000 for ice cream parlors and similar outlets.
Laigh Parker, general traffic manager at Delta Air, endured an emergency appendectomy Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at St. Francis sanitarium and was reported resting well Wednesday morning. The attack began Tuesday morning prompting the operation later that day.
The Vanderbilt heir, famed for racing passion and early rising at Maryland farm, clocks thoroughbreds at pre-dawn workouts. He enjoys wagers with stable hands, while a fragile health history and elite upbringing shape his life. His father and Commodore lineage tie to yacht and automobile racing legends, with wartime summaries of estate wealth and congressional appropriation figures interwoven in this historical note.
Gillette leads the Iowa Democratic primary with 80,107 votes as Wearin trails with 42,282 and Dickinson tops Republicans at 142,644 with Thurston at 168,921. President Roosevelt and WPA chief Hopkins spark speculation on political endorsements in the campaign season.
A parish police jury approved a clinic for syphilis treatment and raised J. G. Ford's salary by $50 monthly to cover car expenses. They donated $75 to Confederate veterans attending the Gettysburg reunion and urged Louisiana officials and congressmen to establish a regional PWA office in Louisiana, as the current office is in Fort Worth.
Oak Grove Louisiana is forming the Swappers Club to unite farmers for at least one trading day monthly. Officers: W D McCormick president, William S Pollard vice president, Marion T Lipp secretary treasurer. Executive committee includes L L James, T O Mitchener, J H O'Neil, Spencer Farmer, C H Neely.
Reporters note Hopkins praised the Iowa vote proving WPA workers voted freely. He expressed hope that Senator Gillette would return to the Senate, as administration allies including Secretary Wallace and James Roosevelt congratulated Gillette. Roosevelt hinted at a White House visit to discuss the outcome.
Chinese war planes clashed with invaders as incendiary bombs struck a 10 car train at Wongsha station from Hankow. An oil depot nearby caught fire, flames rising high as the Canton Hankow line terminal lay in ruins with shops and freight sheds destroyed.
Officials ordered women and children to evacuate as Japanese air raids extended into south China. Pamphlets dropped by warplanes urged swift flee from Swatow and Canton seaports. Canton area suffered over 6,090 casualties and 1,000 buildings destroyed as anti aircraft defenses and morale faltered.
Shanghai dispatch reports that ongoing combat in central China has pushed Japanese casualties beyond 32,000 killed from April 1 to May 22. Chinese losses exceed 1,000,000 with total casualties in the broader war well over 300,000 for Japan. Estimates are from foreign military authorities using undisclosed sources.
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