Merchants Oppose Added Taxation At Virginia Hotel Meeting
The Merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce unanimously opposed any additional taxation after a largely attended Virginia hotel meeting. They urged opposition to all new tax bills before the state legislature, citing wartime cooperation with the federal government and directing revenues to the war effort. Committee members named include A. K. Kilpatrick, J. G. Durrett, J. W. Keene, Grover Holroway, and Herbert Fink.
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Merchants Division
The
Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
Herbert Fink
J W. Keene
A. K. Kilpatrick
J. G. Durrett
J. W. Keene
Grover Holroway
Brian Bell to be buried Wednesday
Funeral services for Brian Bell 52 chief of the Washington bureau of the Associated Press will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St Marys Episcopal Church Arlington with burial in Columbia Gardens Arlington. Bell died of heart disease yesterday at his home in Arlington after being stricken while watching a baseball game. He was a renowned reporter editor and raconteur praised by Congressman Priest for his greatness in journalism.
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Washington
Brian Bell
Associated Press
Arlington
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Columbia Gardens
Bell
Congress
Priest
Democrat
Tennessee
Midway fight changes hands as Japan faces losses
Japanese fleet reportedly limped west after a fierce Midway clash while China reports gains on the Burma road and a Chinese defense thwarts a Japanese foothold at Chuhssen. Tokyo radio hints at bad news and the war outlook grows grave for Japan amid Allied support from the United States and Britain.
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Associated Preas
Battte
Midway
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tokyo
Berlin Radio Today
Japan
China
Chiang
Burma
Chungking
Chuhssen
Chekiang
U S Controls Bus Operations War Time Order
The Office of Defense Transportation took control of inter city bus service to freeze current routes pool competitive lines and discontinue express service effective July 1. Buses may not operate mainly to serve golf courses athletic fields race tracks theaters dancing pavilions or other amusement venues. Bus companies must cut schedules with low average loads and keep passenger records.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Priority Officer to Visit Monroe Chamber for Two Days
B A Rapier from New Orleans will be at the Monroe Chamber of Commerce Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss priority matters with local merchants. A prior visit drew many inquiries on puzzling priority problems, and during the sessions Rapier will answer questions from attendees.
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B. A. Rapier
New Orleans
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Rapier
Tough Texan Witnesses Japanese Ship Destruction at Pearl Harbor
Ensign George H. Gay, a Houston native, reports from Pearl Harbor after surviving a torpedo plane crash and 24 hours adrift amid Muiney island wreckage. Admiral Nimitz released his eyewitness account detailing a morning June 4 start to the battle and attacks on Japanese carriers observed from the surface.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Muiney Island
George H. Gay
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Navy
Houston
Tex
Gay
Supreme Court rules cannot force amputation over parental wish
Seattle June 9 The state Supreme Court ruled that a judge cannot order the amputation of Patricia Hudson s misformed arm over the mother s protest The 6 to 3 decision held that a court cannot override a parent s custody rights when the parents voices remain unchallenged Doctors testified Patricia s distorted arm weighs ten times heavier than the other and may be worth a risky operation with a 50 50 chance of survival The mother opposed the procedure while the father a 58 year old invalid favored leaving the decision to the court Patricia is one of nine children and remains in hospital awaiting medical verdicts and potential surgery while seeking non fatal remedies if possible
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Seattle
Patricia Hudson
Patricia
Children's Hospital
Supreme Court
William Long
Claude Hudson
WPA Bill Approved by Committee in Washington
A $280,000,000 Works Progress Administration bill to employ 400,000 per month starting July 1 was sent to the House by the appropriations committee. It warned of sharp retrenchment and potential large job reductions as wartime production shifts. The report noted unemployment between 2,000,000 and 2,400,000 with only a fraction eligible for WPA. The committee stressed civilian goods declines and older workers’ hire reluctance. Continued on Third Page.
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House
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Works Projects Administration
WPA
Jones Forces Narrow Senate Victory on Ballot
Baton Rouge June 3 The senate postponed a bill stripping the governor of appointment power to fill parish police jury and school board vacancies by a 21 17 vote. Senators Fredericks Guidry backed the measure to have interim appointments made by the bodies themselves. Critics said the governor’s power should stand.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
A.A. Fredericks
Oscar Guidry
Church Point
A. K. Goff
Ruston
Joseph T. Camwthorn
Sam Jones
Fred C. Parker, Jr
C. P. Fornet
House
Louisiana
Jones
Brooks Oliver
Bastrop
Andrew Sevier
Tallulah
Gas rationing delay possible while scrap rubber survey looms
Washington reports a nationwide gasoline rationing postponement may hinge on a full scrap rubber survey. Senate Democratic Leader Barkley and other lawmakers say a survey is being considered and President Roosevelt may wait for results before deciding on private auto fuel rations. Price Administrator Henderson warns that without nationwide gas rationing a serious transport crisis could still arise despite scrap improvements.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Leon Henderson
Punishment In Germany Is Imposed With Heavy Hand
A report by Louis P. Lochner describes Nazi Germany's harsh justice as death penalties for theft of furs and woolens given to soldiers, with executions in Kassel and Vienna and sentences of hard labor for accomplices as Allied forces retreat.
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Germany
Louis Lochner
New York
Reich
Cember
Russia
Hitler
Karl Sachs
Fulia
Kassel
Johann Walter
Vienna
Retail Sales Tax Okayed By State House Committee
Three bodies from a wrecked navy blimp were recovered off New Jersey as coast guards searched for other missing occupants after a mid air collision during an experimental mission. Ensign Howard Fahey was rescued, and a clock in the L-2 gondola stopped at 10 20 p m. The dead and missing include officers Ensigns C C Ross K G Lee and V Roos, Lieutenant Commander Rounds and civilians J C Hoover A B Wise among others.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Coast Guards
Atlantic Ocean
Manasquan
Frank A. Trotter
Toms River
Clinton
R. C. Poteet
Langdon
Kans
A. B. Wise
San Diego
Cal
Howard Fahey
Scarsdale
N.Y
Coast Guard
Rounds
C. C. Ross
Jacksonville
Fla
K. G. Lee
New London
Conn
V. Roos
Lakewood
Kan
W. H. Herndon, Jr
J. C. Hoover
Middletown
L. S. Mover
Minneapolis
Minn
Mr. Tiles
Calif
F. C. Gilbert
Simms Nominated At Bankers Meet In New Orleans
David E. Simms of Salt Lake City was nominated without opposition for president of the American Institute of Banking at the annual convention in New Orleans. Nominations for vice president and executive council members followed, with remarks urging a peace enforced by armed strength and a focus on war bond purchases to curb inflation.
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New Orleans
David E. Simms
Salt Lake City
Utah
American Institute of Banking
David L. Colby
St. Louis
Executive Council
George J. Greenwood
Portland
Ore
Herman W. Kilman
Dallas
Tex
Walton L. Sanderson
Washington, D. C
Everett O. Stevenson
Brock
N. J
Fred C. Wiegman
Midland College
Fremont
Neb
United Nations
Henry W. Koeneke
Ponca City
Okla
American Bankers Association
Auto Use Stamps On Sale In New Orleans June 10
The $5 federal automobile use stamps go on sale tomorrow at post offices and internal revenue offices with penalties for failure to purchase by July 1 says Paul H. Maloney Louisiana internal revenue collector. Motorists should display the stamp on the windshield.
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New Orleans
Internal Revenue
Paul H. Maloney
Louisiana
Internal Revenue Collector
Measure to raise 13 million via two percent retail tax
A House Ways and Means committee report favors a two percent general retail sales tax to yield about 13 million in extra state revenues. The plan, replacing the former one percent tax and excluding tokens, would exempt gasoline and natural gas under other laws and set a two year sunset. Funds would be allotted to parishes for revenue replacement and an equalization fund for low income areas.
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Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
House
Ways and Means
H. H. Huckabay
Caddo Parish
M. J. Picciola
Lafourche
Charles Gonzales
Orleans
Huckabay
G. C. Womack
Catahoula
N. Curtis Petitjean
Acadia
W. Sam Vincent
Calcasieu
E. C. Parker
Bienville
W. H. Carter
Tangipahoa
Highway Head Faces Charge in Louisiana
Sheriff Newman de Bretton announced an affidavit charging W Prescott Foster, director of the state highways department, with violation of Act 174 of 1928 for failing to file quarterly payroll statements. Foster, present in the state house as a spectator, awaiting arrest. complainant named A R Pearson of Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Newman de Bretton
W. Prescott Foster
State Highways Department
Foser
Foster
Statehouse
de Bretton
Louisana
A. R. Pearson
Justice of the Peace
J. A. Tribe
Secretary of State
State
Louisiana Highway Commission
Pensioner Gives Monthly Gift to U S War Effort
In Coushatta Louisiana veteran Emery H Lafollet of the Spanish American War era, though unable to bear arms, sent a $10 check to support the war. He then authorized a $25 monthly deduction from his SH pension for the duration as a government gift.
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Coushatta
Emery H. Lafollet
Lafollet
Sam
Treasury Department
Russians Claim Allied Attacks Pause German Raiders
Allied air raids harried the Ruhr and occupied France and Holland as Britain reported losses while evacuations were urged from the Belgian frontier to the Pyrenees. In Sevastopol a five day battle saw German forces claim success with heavy losses on both sides.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Germany
Ruhr
France
Holland
Belgian
Pyrenees
Russia
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Crimea
Red Star
Fritz Erich von Mannstein
Lions of State Open Sessions at Hotel Here
About 300 Lions members registered for the Lions International state convention by Tuesday noon with more enrolling later. The opening luncheon on Cherokee terrace featured Massey presiding, with Benoit and Holland extending city and chamber welcomes.
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Lions OF State
Lions International
Chuir
Brenda Frazier Inherits Vast Wealth On 21st Birthday
New York notes Brenda Frazier turns 21 and gains 5 900 900 in fortune resources. Her assets include 1 000 000 cash from grandmother Clara Duff Frazier and 2 500 000 from unexpended trust balances. She now devotes time to navy relief causes after a glamorous early life attending clubs.
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New York
Brenda Frazier
Clara Duff Frazier
Chicago
Frank Duff Frazier
Brenda
John
Kelly
Navy Relief
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