Bonus Seekers Decline Washington Transport Offers
Washington police offered trucks to the bonus marchers to take them home but none accepted the invitation. Eight thousand veterans planned to stay until the bonus is paid, backed by nearly $3,000 raised at a boxing benefit. The line of marchers grew as 350 new arrivals joined encampments.
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Washington
Glassford
Walter W. Waters
Chow
Albert J. Headley
Police Department
Headley
Lankford
Georgia
Honduran Forces Mobilize to Quell Revolt in Tequicigalpa
In Honduras, President Mejia Colindres orders regular army to move north to confront a revolt that has left more than sixty dead. Rebels, aligned with General Tuburcio Carias Andino, advance from Espiritu Santo mountains toward Cortes as General Justo Umana leads government troops in a pitched battle.
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Carias
Justo Umana
Umana
Inticuba
Cows Wander Ward Lines Prompt City DA Appeal
In Ouachita parish wards 3 and 4 cows cross ward boundaries. District attorney David I. Garrett urges informing cows they cannot cross into wards. Also notes on local graduations and a reader letter about mail delivery quirks ending with a moral. Phil Bernhardt seeks egg boiling tips for high altitude. H. M. James replies with boiling point details.
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Ouachita Parish
David I. Garrett
Garrett
LePrince Fought Decisive Battle in Tropic Jungle
MEMPHIS Tenn June 9 Deep in a Central American jungle one of civilization's great battles was fought Malaria was defeated by J A LePrince and his team at the malaria investigation department of the U S Public Health Service Their work on Anopheles the female mosquito helped enable the Panama Canal project and protect workers from deadly diseases
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Tenn
Central America
Panama Canal
J. A. LePrince
Federal Building
Malaria Investigation Department
The
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LePrince
Anopheles
le Prince
America
Roosevelt
Relief of Poor Forges to Front in U S Congress
Congress moves both chambers on relief for the hungry. In the House the Rules Committee favors fast action on the Fulmer bill using 40 million bushels of farm board wheat and 500000 bales of cotton for the destitute. The Senate Agriculture Committee backs the McNary resolution boosting wheat to 50 million bushels. The reconstruction corps loans for crops gain preferred status. Senator Robinson threatens drastic steps to advance a 300 million loan bill for unemployed states.
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Senate
House
House Rules Committee
Farm Board
Jones
Agriculture Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
McNary
Reconstruction Corporation
Robinson
Arkansas
Youthful prank triggers kidnapping scare in two states
A 14 year old boy in Okmulgee Oklahoma tossed a note claiming he had been kidnapped from a car in Shreveport Louisiana. Police hunted abductors but found no crime. the boy faced a spanking after his prank. The incident involved Charles Edward Steele Sr and Fred Korp en route to East Texas oil fields.
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Okla
Shreveport
Charles Edward Steele
Charles E. Steele
Fred Korp
East Texas
Young Steele
Longview Texas
Louisiana Senate Approves Fiscal Agency Bank Bill
The Louisiana senate approved a new fiscal agency bank bill by Senator Coleman Lindsey of Minden by a 23 to 12 vote. It caps bank deposit rates at 3 percent and permits a 6 percent interest charge on state loans, with bond requirements for banks and leeway for the board of liquidation in contract awards.
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Senate
Minden
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
Fiscal Agency
Coleman Lindsey
Lindsey
Board of Liquidation
Dore
Ville Platte
Bankers Association
State Board of Liquidation
Improvement in Construction in May Reported
May totals from the Manufacturers' Record show a southern building upturn with contracts reaching 35 million, positioning the year to date well ahead of April. Southern and southwestern states awarded over 19.48 million in public contracts. housing, hotels, banks, and schools comprise much of the work, while road, paving, and bridge projects rise and bond-market signals hint at more public works funding.
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Baltimore
Mississippi
New Orleans
Chesapeake Bay
Puppet Show at Forsythe Park Promises Family Fun
The Municipal Recreation Department announces two puppet performances of Jack and the Beanstalk at Forsythe Park this Saturday at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. An admission fee will fund supplies for city playgrounds. A large tent near the merry go round hosts the event.
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Recreation Department
Suspect Held After Wisner Grocery Burglary
Two men attempted a burglary at the Winnsboro Wholesale Grocery Wisner branch at 2 am. One suspect, armed with a pistol bearing 20 notches and a high powered rifle, was captured at the scene and jailed in Winnsboro. Five cases of cigarettes were taken before alarms unified the attempt. R. A. Brown, the store manager, fired at a fleeing assailant but did not deter them.
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Wisner
Winnsboro
R. A. Brown
Two Prisoners Escape City Chain Gang
City police report two prisoners fled the chain gang yesterday. Names given include Willie Howard serving a three month state sentence dating from April 20 and Willie Washington serving a similar sentence dating from May 4. Walker Glenn of 201 Arkansas Avenue called police to report the escape. officers identified the fugitives but had not located them.
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Willie Howard
Willie Washington
Walker Glenn
Arkansas Avenue
F. S. Pettit
R. J. Gora
Alabama Congressman's Wife Arrested For Drunken Driving
Mrs. Bertha Huddleston wife of Alabama Congressman Huddleston was arrested in Washington on charges of driving while intoxicated and released on 500 bond. Police said she drove with Mark M. Penn and their car crashed into a parked vehicle. Penn faced intoxication charges. The congressman spoke with police before her release.
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Washington
Bertha Huddleston
Congressman Huddleston
Alabama
Mark M. Penn
Penn
Fisherman Testifies Gar Bite Was Lethal
Wilson Drago 15 recalled being bitten seven times by a large gar fish while swimming in Bayou Teche near New Iberia. He was rescued and treated for puncture wounds over two inches, marking a sharp turn in local fishing reports.
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New Iberia
Wilson Drago
Bayou Teche
Man Surrenders in Lindbergh Case in Detroit
Harry Fleisher, a long-sought figure linked to the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and the Collingwood apartment massacre, surrendered at 10 29 am today at Detroit police headquarters with two attorneys. He refused to discuss the cases as prosecutors prepared to arraign him Friday on a federal liquor violation and a warrant for complicity in the massacre.
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Detroit
Harry Fleisher
Collingwood
Fleisher
Texas
Canada
Toy
Recorders Court
Cannery Running in West Monroe At Full Blast
West Monroe Kiwanis community cannery operates daily from 8 am to late night. A record 1,104 cans of vegetables were canned in a single day. More hot plates and burners will be added as usage rises. Vegetables include string beans carrots squash and beets. Supervisor Mrs. C A Kincaid says the cannery hours will extend to colored people on Wednesday nights, a plan starting last night with participation from various parts of the parish.
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West Monroe
C. A. Kincaid
Garner Supporters Announce Chicago Convention Plan
Representative Sam Rayburn announced that Senator Tom Connally would place Speaker John Garner in nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. California will yield to Texas on roll call and Connally will speak for Garner. McAdoo will second for California. Rayburn also named a Garner steering committee in Texas and will move to Chicago June 20 to head Texas headquarters.
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Sam Rayburn
Texas
Tom Connally
John N. Garner
Chicago
California
Connally
William Gibbs McAdoo
Garner
John B. Elliott
Amon G. Carter
Fort Worth
Maury Hughes
Dallas
Roy Miller
Corpus Christi
Alvin Wirtz
Walter Woodul
C. N. Chambers
Fred Horton
R. F. Lindsay
Rayburn
Dr A H Gladden Called By Death At Early Hour
The death of Dr A H Gladden a retired physician occurred at 12 45 this morning at his residence south of the city The funeral will be held at his house tomorrow afternoon at 4 oclock Interment is to take place in Riverview burial park Rev L T Hastings and Rev Ernest Holloway will officiate Active pallbearers include L C Slater Charles E Bynum Jr Frank Simpson Jordan Barton Simmie Wood Sam Newsom C W Perkins Courtney Oliver Honorary pallbearers are named doctors and other local figures (Continued on Page Three)
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First Presbyterian Church
L. C. Slater
Charles E. Bynum, Jr
Frank Simpson
Jordan Barton
Simmie Wood
Sam Newsom
C. W. Perkins
Courtney Oliver
J. Q. Graves
A. D. Tisdale
B. M. McKain
M. W. Hunter
B. J. Williams
D. I. Hirsch
Burglars Raid Two Drug Stores in New Orleans
Burglars raided two New Orleans drug stores early today. In one case proprietor William Grossimon fired at a thief, who fled leaving loot. Grossimon’s brother was killed resisting a bandit in the same pharmacy two years ago. A second robbery reported only minor losses.
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New Orleans
William Grossimon
Grossimon
Longs Face Off Over Louisiana Corporate Tax Debate
In Baton Rouge the house ways and means committee favors the Hammon corporation tax bill after a clash between Huey P. Long and George Long of the Louisiana Manufacturers Association. The panel also moves to substitute Burges s bill to cut carbon black tax and plans further rate reductions and deductions for corporations under review.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Huey P. Long
George Long
New Orleans
Louisiana Manufacturers Association
J. Porter Burgess
Quachita
Administration
Long
Ways and Means
Persiana Manufacturers Association
Edmund G. Burge
Senator Long
Huey Long Declines To Judge Prohibition-related Referendum
In Baton Rouge on June 9 Senator Huey P. Long said he would not comment on the Louisiana legislature’s plan to hold a referendum to memorialize Congress to call a constitutional convention to repeal the prohibition amendment. The House approved the proposal 71 to 25, after the Senate had already passed it 23 to 15, with the measure aligned to the September Democratic congressional primary. The House still must act on another bill by Senator Dugas, which the Senate passed 22 to 6 to set a referendum on the Hood act, Louisiana’s prohibition law.
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Baton Rouge
United States
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Congress
House of Representatives
Waldo Dugas
LaFayette
Senate
House
Dugas
Prominent Americans Revealed by Surprising Hobbies
United Press survey lists Henry Ford chopping wood and prowling the icebox at night while Florenz Ziegfeld favors $40 hats and horseshoes. Alfred E. Smith smokes cigars in a penthouse as John Barrymore wears London-made clothes and Samuel Seabury collects first editions. Other figures like Eddie Cantor, Irving Berlin, Eugene ONeill, and John N. Garner appear with distinct quirks and habits.
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U.P
Henry Ford
Florenz Ziegfeld
Clarence Darrow
Alfred E. Smith
United Press
Ford
Ziegfeld
al Smith
John Barrymore
London
Mayor Walker
Eugene O'Neill
John N. Garner
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