Committee Contemplates Hefty Inheritance Gift Tax Shift
A House Ways and Means poll shows 14 of 25 members would back an inheritance and gift tax program if urged by President Roosevelt. Supporters see wealth redistribution while opponents warn of political risk. specifics on rates remain undecided.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
Colonel Sullivan Arraigned on Real Estate Schemes
Col John P Sullivan longtime federal patronage dispenser in Louisiana and Huey P Long foe will be arraigned in criminal district court Monday on charges of operating a confidence game tied to real estate deals. Three information bills allege illegal title acquisition. trial date pending. Judge Mark C Pickrel to sit, option for bench or jury trial.
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New Orleans
John P. Sullivan
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Criminal District
Sullivan
Attorney General's Office
State Supreme Court
Mark C. Pickrel
Lake Charles
Pickrel
Positive Relief For Itchy Skin Ointment Claim
Cooling Blue Star Ointment melts on the skin sending medicines into pores to kill itch tetter rash eczema foot itch ringworm. Money back if first jar fails.
$90700 Dug Up in Canyon Near Salt Lake City
Charles Dennis United States district attorney at Tacoma said kidnappers should be tried in state courts for the severest penalty possible. He warned a supplementary federal trial may be necessary.
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Charles Dennis
United States
Tacoma
Dennis
Federal Agents Push For Swift Clean-Up In Kidnapping Case
Federal agents moved to hasten the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping investigation as a key suspect, William Mahan, surfaced in Butte Montana. Agents expanded searches from Spokane to nearby towns while Waley and his wife faced federal charges. George Weyerhaeuser was moved from the Spokane hideout as investigators combed the scene and tracked sightings across Washington state.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
George Weyerhaeuser
West
William Mahan
Butte, Mont
Tacoma, Wash
Washington
Butte
Mahan
Dillon
Dayton
Pasco
Walla Walla
Harmon M. Waley
Waleys
Spokane
Wash
Little George
South Hill
George
Tacoma
F. L. Prescott
Prescott
Waley
Birth Control Endorsed by Federation Meeting
The general federation of women's clubs endorsed federal legislation to disseminate scientifically regulated birth control information. The vote was 493 to 17. The convention also adopted anti lynching and anti communist resolutions and urged federal aid for cancer control and child welfare.
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Detroit
General Federation of Women's Clubs
S. Blair Luckie
Chester
Missouri Pacific to hold public inspection of shops
In observance of Railroad Week Monroe will host a public inspection of the Missouri Pacific railroad shops from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday led by master mechanic John P. Roquemore. S. A. Moss notes many locals are unaware of shop operations and urges public familiarity via on-site learning. Kiwanis luncheon program follows on Wednesday with H. Flood Madison presenting a related talk and a railroad quartet performing.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
John P. Roquemore
Monroe
S. A. Moss
Missouri Pacific
Kiwanis Club
Presbyterian Church's Stated Clerk Succumbs
The Rev. John Douglass Leslie age 75, stated clerk of the general assembly of the southern Presbyterian church, died in Dallas after illness on returning from the Montreal assembly. Born in Statesville, North Carolina, he authored religious works and previously served pastorates in Mississippi before moving to Texas in 1894.
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Dallas
John Douglass Leslie
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Montreal
N. C
Leslie
Statesville
Texas
Mississippi
Womble and Nettles wed in Ansley ceremony
William R. Womble of Ansley and Mildred Nettles of Jonesboro were married June 1 in Ansley by Rev. S. L. Yeager. The couple will reside in Minden where Womble works for the federal soil erosion service.
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Jonesboro
William R. Womble
Ansley
Mildred Nettles
S. L. Yeager
Methodist Church
Minden
Four Thousand Sign Jackson Parish Poll Books in 1934
Jackson Parish residents signed 4122 ballots before polls closed, per Sheriff Neil Thomas. The tally reflects local civic activity in Jonesboro Louisiana as the 1934 election process wound down.
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Jonesboro
Jackson Parish
Neil Thomas
Special Services Slated At Tabernacle West Monroe
Young people from Southwestern Bible School at Enid Oklahoma conduct a goodwill tour visiting assemblies invited by the Assembly of God tabernacle in West Monroe. The group includes Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Sellers and Misses Irene Baston Vida Belle Pinkston and Edna Freeman offering musical numbers and a short message by Mr. Sellers.
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Assembly of God Tabernacle
West Monroe
Southwestern Bible School
Enid
Oklo
Robert C. Sellers
Irene Baston
Vida Belle Pinkston
Edna Freeman
Sellers
Maxwell brothers leave for reserve officers' training camp
Stanley and John Maxwell of Canebrake plantation Lake St. John have gone to Camp McClellan near Anniston Alabama to attend the reserve officers training camp. In the fall they will resume studies at Louisiana State University Baton Rouge.
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Ferriday
Stanley and
John Maxwell
S. L. Maxwell
Canebrake Plantation
Lake St. John
Camp McClellan
Anniston
Ala
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Additional Time Given for HOLC Loan Applications
Home owners facing foreclosure have until midnight June 27 to file HOLC loan applications to redeem property. An amendment to the HOLC act, effective May 28, allows 30 days and unlocks 1.75 billion dollars in bonds for pending and new loans. Louisiana HOLC estimates about 2,000 state applications, potentially totaling about 6 million dollars in loans to boost business conditions. The change may liberalize rules to refinance some previously ineligible loans.
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Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation Act
Paul B. Habans
HOLC
Louisiana
Quachita Parish Home Demonstration Sets June Achievement Day
The annual achievement day of Quachita parish home demonstration clubs will be held on June 20 at Bernstein Park. The date was originally set for a week earlier and was announced Tuesday by Mrs. Jewel McQuiller, parish home demonstration agent.
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Quachita Parish
Bernstein Park
Jewel McQuiller
Car Fire at Riverside Drive Blamed on Cigarette
Firefighters from Station No. 1 responded at 5 AM Tuesday to extinguish a blaze in a parked automobile at 505 Riverside Drive. Investigators attributed the fire to a smouldering cigarette dropped by occupants Monday night. no one was inside the car. The car belonged to Morris Haas.
Fey Bayes wedding announced in Many ceremony
William Fey and Ruth L. Bayes married May 4 in Many. Rev. Henry Young officiated. Mrs. Fey is daughter of R. E. Bayes of Jonesboro. Fey is son of P. J. Fey and a Lafayette native. The couple will live in Jonesboro then move to Ruston.
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Jonesboro
William Fey
Ruth L. Bayes
Many
Henry Young
The
Baptist Church of Many
Fey
R. E. Bayes
P. J. Fey
Lafayette
Ruston
Mr. Fe
Federal Soil Erosion Service
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