Tax Opponents Move Toward State Capital in Louisiana
Mass meeting in Baton Rouge draws thousands as tax opposition targets Long era policies. Rally calls out kingfish politics while a 12 point reform plan seeks to lower ad valorem taxes, fund education, and allow state to absorb parish road bonds amid legislative deadlock.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
W. H. Hodges
Elm Grove
Lester White
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
J. Porter Burgess
Ouachita
O. K. Allen
Mass Assembly
William Pegues
de Soto Parish
McGrath
Bauer
St. Mary
Buie
Franklin
T. Semmes Walmsley
Long
Walmsley
Washington
Allotting Delayed on Cotton Control Bill Change Described
Washington officials delay final allocation of tax exempt cotton as Congress considers a Hayden Johnson amendment to Bankhead cotton control. The change would clarify Arizona and California status and grant allotments to states with large production, aiming to aid growers but potentially reducing total allotments by about 13 000 to 15 000 bales.
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Agriculture Department
Congress
Arizona
California
Hayden
Johnson
Department
The Doll Tale Sparks Community Memory in West Monroe
Readers recall last Sunday's Morning World story The Doll which drew on West Monroe Christmas tree memories. Bruce and real neighbors figure in the tale and Mardi Gras gift-giving follows.
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Jes’ Ramblin
West Monroe
Rambling
Bruce
Uriah Millsaps
Mardi Gras
Dolly
Survivors recount Pan American crash rescue near Junin
Six survivors describe clinging to the aircraft wings for four hours to avoid drowning after a Pan American Grace Airways plane with four Americans and a Chilean crashed into a small lake near Junin Argentina. The flight from Buenos Aires to Santiago faced fog and rain. five people were killed including pilot Charles Lindneberg and co pilot Samuel Eisenmann.
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Here
Pan-American Grace Airways
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Santiago
Chile
Charles F. Lindneberg
Los Angeles
Samuel B. Essenmann
Teaneck
N. J
James Raley
Irene
Texas
H. Greig Veeder
Senora Maria Milla Martinez
Carlos Alessandri
Eisenmann
Raley
Bodies of seven moved from crash scene
The seven victims of a Newark to Chicago Luxury Liner crash on Mongaup mountain were brought to Livingston Manor. Coroner Dr W G Burke said naval papers aboard belonged to victim William Bader of Buffalo and salvaged. Officials contested possession until the inquest concludes.
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N. Y
Mongaup Mountain
Here
W. G. Burke
Sullivan County
William Bader
Buffalo
Burke
T. H. Bennett
Sement-Solvay Company
Bader
Barometers Rise At Brownsville Tampico Mexico
Weather observers report barometers back to normal in Brownsville Texas and Tampico Mexico as the gulf disturbance remains unsettled. Northeasterly winds ease, skies clear, and tides run normal while officials await Washington advisories to forecast the storm's path.
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Tampico
Mexico
Texas
Washington
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Gulf
Mexican Coast Digs In Against Hurricane
Tampico Mexico June 12 The entire Mexican coast along the Gulf of Mexico dug in today against a approaching hurricane. Officials warned residents to seek shelter and prepare for possible storm surge while monitoring radar and reports from local weather stations.
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Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
All Kiwanis Night Observed by Two Clubs
Kiwanians and wives from Monroe and West Monroe met for a barbecue at the Bernstein place on Bayou DeSiard. The event accompanied a fellowship hour tied to the international convention in Toronto where 5,000 Kiwanians gathered. Bastrop hosted Ruston and Rayville clubs with dinner and entertainment.
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West Monroe
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United States
International
Doris Duke Bomb Threat Revealed in Newark Indictment
Federal grand jury returns an indictment charging 17 year old Thomas Layden of Newark with attempted extortion and sending threatening letters in cases involving Thomas N. McCarter of Public Service Corp of New Jersey and Doris Duke. The letter promised a bomb at Duke estate in Somerville unless $3,000 was paid. Layden was arrested May 26 and confessed, bail set at $25,000. He is to be arraigned before Judge Guy L. Fake.
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Somerville
Doris Duke
Thomas Layden
Smo Layden
Thomas N. McCarter
Public Service Corporation of New Jersey
McCarter
Layden
Miss Duke
Duke
Cedar Grove
N. J
Guy L. Fake
Cotton weevils swarm Ouachita parish cotton crops
Ouachita parish reports a heavy early boll weevil infestation due to mild winter rains. E R Strahan notes weevils emerging from hibernation in large numbers and puncturing early squares. Farmers see more damage than usual. one observer found 11 mature weevils in 11 squares. The agent discusses control methods.
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Ouachita Parish
E. R. Strahan
Mr. Strahan
State attorneys study decision on Sunday closing law
District attorneys across Louisiana study the impact of the Louisiana Supreme Court's refusal to review Bert Anderson's case. Anderson, proprietor of Lake Charles, was convicted of violating the 1886 Sunday closing law by selling beer on Sunday. The court upheld the law's constitutionality and declined to act on the appeal.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Louisiana Supreme Court
Bert Anderson
Lake Charles
Anderson
Parish notices bill killed by Louisiana House committee
The Louisiana House Parochial Affairs Committee killed a bill by Rep. George Lester allowing parishes under ten million in assessments to post notices in parish seats rather than in official journals. Opponents argued cost negligible. supporters said readers would travel to read notices. Senator Waldo Dugas later withdrew a companion bill to permit posting of proceedings and notices in conspicuous places for smaller municipalities and parishes.
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Baton Rouge
House Parochial Affairs Committee
George Lester
West Felician
Lester
Waldo Dugas
Lafayette
Mass slaying stirs Susanville. suspect guarded amid lynching fears
Five people killed in Susanville as Peter Alosi, 45, is held after a brutal knife attack. Deputies guard the jail while an inquest is set. Victims include Joe Fazio, his wife, their son and daughter, and a neighbor. Community tensions rise amid past local violence.
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Susanville
Calif
Peter Alosi
Alesi
Joe Fazio
Mountain Valley
California
Nevada
John
Sadie
Tugwell Seeks Undersecretary Post In Senate Room
Washington reports a 16 to 2 committee vote favoring Dr. Rex Tugwell for undersecretary of agriculture as senators wrangled over his beliefs. The Senate awaited confirmation for the $10,000 a year post while the House tackled a bill to wipe out unneeded appropriations.
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Washington
Rexford G .Tugwell
Congress
Senate
Tugwell
House
Former Railroad Employee Kills Self in Covington
Covington Louisiana report states Patrick Noonan 51 a former railroad employee borrowed a shotgun from a friend claiming to shoot a possum and killed himself. He had suffered a paralysis stroke prior to the act.
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Covington, la
Patrick Noonan
Union Leader Demands Recognition Amid Metal Workers Walkout Threats
The Amalgamated Association of Iron Tin and Steel Workers plans a Thursday meeting to issue a strike call unless industry capitulates. President Michael Tighe cites recognition as the sole demand while Roosevelt weighs mediation options as violence erupts in Alabama and California.
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Associated Press
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers
Michael Tighe
Roosevelt
Green Patton
Republic Steel Corporation
Alabama
San Pedro
Cal
United Front Strike Committee
New York
Conner Fights Liquor Referendum In Mississippi Vote
Meridian Mississippi June 12 Governor Sennett Conner declared opposition to the July 10 liquor referendum. He pledged to use his influence to defeat legalization arguing prohibition remains effective and that hard liquor will not restore prosperity. He praised Senator Roberts but urged voters to reject the proposal.
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Miss
Sennett Conner
Mississippi
State Committee Against
Conner
Roberts
Senate panel shoots down trapping fund measure
The Senate conservation committee reported unfavorably a Moss bill to allow police juries to use trapping license funds for nonconservation purposes. It also approved two Moss bills striking from the common purchaser act a clause limiting effects on corporations or utilities building distributing plants that may be municipal assets. The House municipal affairs committee favored Hamiter’s bill permitting banks to charge six percent interest on loans to the state via the state board of liquidation.
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Senate Conservation Committee Today
Moss
Lake Charles
House Committee On Municipal Affairs
Hamiter
Caddo
State Board of Liquidation
Lawmaker seeks action on joint tax returns bill
Representative Treadway asks Ways and Means subcommittee to shape a treasury proposal requiring joint income tax returns in eight community property states. He defends the plan as correcting tax inequities, noting it would raise tax payments for residents of Texas Louisiana and other original Spanish land states by mandating joint returns.
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Washington
Treasury
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Ways and Means
Treadway
Congress
Texas
Louisiana
House Debates Gag Resolution Censuring Press
In Baton Rouge the Louisiana House rejects Pegues of De Soto's gag resolution to censure the press for dealing in personalities in legislative reports. After more than an hour of heated exchanges, the measure failed 33 to 55 amid Buie of Franklin criticizing wasted time and noting the Huey Long and Walmsley split without naming them.
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Baton Rouge
Pegues of
DeSoto
High
House
Buie
Franklin
Huey P. Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
Washington
Patrolman and 2 gunmen killed in Miami Oklahoma gun battle
In Miami Oklahoma on June 12 patrolman Jack Dunaway 30 and two unidentified gunmen were shot to death after an attempt to question them near the Northeast Oklahoma railroad freight depot. Officer S Johnson and Witt Ellis survived the exchange with one gunman later dying. A car passenger identified as Chin from Webbers Falls said he did not know the gunmen but agreed to drive them to the Miami airport and was arrested. Each gunman carried two pistols.
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Miami
Okla
Jack Dunaway
Dunaway
S. Johnson
Witt Ellis
Johnson
Louisiana Legislature Stalls Tax Reform Efforts In Protest Rally
Lawmakers spar over taxation and state budgets as citizens rally at the state house to oppose new taxes. The tax reform commission’s plan stalls amid protests, while the Ways and Means and Appropriations committees delay action on bills and the general appropriations bill. Bouanchaud proposes a separate limit on new taxes to liquor taxes and funding for schools, with implied local tax relief.
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Jack Adams
Associated Press
State House
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Commission
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ferguson
Richland
Delese Dernier
J. Oliver Bouanchaud
East Baton Rouge
Tax Reform Commission
Bouanchaud
Senate
Rogers Has His Say On NRA Collective Bargaining
In Hollywood California on June 12 a columnist argues the National Recovery Act clause on collective bargaining is ambiguous. He suggests a Supreme Court Webster dictionary test to settle its meaning and likens branding a calf to the difficulty of defining the clause.
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Hollywood
Cal
Supreme Court
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