Approaching Hurricane Strikes Central America and Mexico
Dispatches report a massive storm threatening Texas and Mexico with 3 000 deaths in El Salvador and Honduras from last week’s floods. Ocotepeque wiped out, floods across Sonsonate San Miguel Santa Ana and San Vicente, Tampico hit by winds, and Red Cross aid offered from Washington.
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el Salvador
Honduras
Texas
Vera Cruz
Red Cross
Tampico
San Salvador
Playa Miramar
Mexico City
Sonsonate
San Miguel
Santa Ana
San Vincente
American Red Cross
Washington
Sunny All-Bran Health Claim from Kellogg Ad
An old Kellogg advertisement promotes ALL-BRAN as a fiber cereal to aid digestion and prevent constipation. It claims safety, vitamin B and iron, with two tablespoons daily as sufficient, and notes the product comes in a red and green Battle Creek package.
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Allotting Delayed Over Amendatory Resolution
Cotton division officials say tax exempt production allocations are delayed while clarifying amendatory resolution is before Congress. State allocations were nearly complete and will require revision if the amendment passes. Officials say the disputed 13 000 or 15 000 bales will not affect allocations to southern cotton states.
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Congress
Legislative Branch
Commission Plan Stalls in Lower House Amid Talks of Compromise
Report notes the commission plan at a standstill in the lower house with ongoing caucuses since the weekend. Informal chatter cited possible concessions between extreme proposals including the Bouanchaud plan, though authorities offered no confirmation.
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Commission
Louisiana House approves university revenue pledges for campus debt
The Louisiana House passed two bills authorizing LSU to pledge receipts from dormitory rents to secure about 1.7 million dollars in construction debt. One measure allows pledging revenues to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. a second would enable borrowing up to two million from the Public Works Administration to fund a new girls dormitory and other campus improvements.
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House
Perrault
St. Landry
Hoffpault
Acadia
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Henriques
Orleans
Spencer
Madison
Hoffpauir
Public Works Administration
Lester
West Feliciana
Wilkinson
West Baton Rouge
Bauer
St. Mary
Mysterious Try to Amend Key Auto Bill Stuns Baton Rouge
In Baton Rouge on June 12 the Louisiana House debated a puzzling move to amend the administration automobile license reduction bill. The action could affect the $700,000 currently dedicated to the city of New. The chamber buzzed with speculation as representatives sought clarity on the motive and legality of the proposed change.
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Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
Louisiana State University
New
Lawmakers Debate Auto License Cut and $700,000 Fund
A Louisiana House committee reported a bill to cut the present $15 license minimum to $7.50 for certain lower horsepower cars and remove a $700,000 fund dedication to New Orleans. The measure faces controversy as an amendment transferring the fund surfaced without clear provenance. The $700,000 allocation is tied to revenue shortfalls and a court dispute between the highway commission and the city.
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New Orleans
Supreme Court
Louisiana Highway Commission
A. P. Tugwell
Commission
Chandler Bill Passed By House
The House passed 92 to 0 a bill by Rep W J B Chandler to require hospitals to attempt 48 hours of contact with relatives before contracting with an undertaker for body disposition at Shreveport Charity hospital. Chandler cited complaints that poor persons faced delays in obtaining bodies until payment.
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Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
W. J. B. Chandler
Caddo
Chandler
Shreveport Charity Hospital
Senate Tackles Tugwell Auto License Tax Row
In Baton Rouge on June 12 Senator Paul E. Chasez raised a point of personal privilege to discuss New Orleans city concerns over the Tugwell measure. City officials Pratt and Ryan signed statements opposing the bill while noting the city spent 749,756 in 1933 on streets and bridges.
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Baton Rouge
Tugwell
House of Representatives
Senate
New Orleans
Paul E. Chasez
Orleans
Chasez
A. Miles Pratt
Walter Ryan
A. P. Tugwell
Highway Commission
Pratt
Four Measures Adopted By Senate In Baton Rouge
In Baton Rouge on June 12 the Louisiana Senate, amid a parliamentary tangle, sum mary passed four bills none read aloud by the clerk. Sen Hugo Dore ruled a two thirds vote was needed to reconsider after initial passage. The four measures included an illegal checks bill, a Federation of trades code group bill under the national recovery administration, Lindsey homestead bill, and a sale method regulation for homestead stock under the Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation, approved 32 to 2 on the latter.
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Senate State House
Baton Rouge
Senate
Hugo Dore
Evangeline
John Fournet
Lindsey
Jules Fisher
Jefferson
National Recovery Administration
Chasez
Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation
Conner Opposes Reintroduction of Liquor
Conner declares himself against any return of hard liquor or prohibition repeal. He condemns hard liquor as an evil and argues government legalization cannot legitimize it. He says bootlegging cannot be eliminated by the state competing with bootleggers.
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Conner
Tax Opponents Advance Toward State Capitol
During debate on the press gag resolution Buie says opponents have been made innocent victims of a squabble. He notes they have been present for 30 days and believes the legislation will accomplish nothing.
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Buie
Monroe Delegates to Attend State Mass Meeting in Baton Rouge
About 200 Monroe residents prepare for a statewide mass meeting in Baton Rouge tonight at Community House, opposing new taxes. Roughly 50 delegates left Monday, with others arriving this morning. Attorney J. M. Munholland will present Monroe resolutions condemning tax hikes and urging expenditure cuts to ease taxpayer burdens as over 10 000 voters are expected statewide.
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Monroe
Baton Rouge
Community House
J. M. Munholland
Ouachita Business Men's Club Opposes New Taxes
In regular session the Ouachita Business Men's Club condemns any new or additional forms of taxation proposed by the state legislature. George Fink and E G Courtney Jr announce a resolution stating the 87 members are loyal Louisianans and oppose tax measures.
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Ouachita Business Men's Club
George Fink
E. G. Courtney, Jr
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Ouachita Business Men’s Club
Resolved Opposition to New Tax Bills Urged by Louisiana Group
The document urges opposition to all bills proposing new or additional taxation. It calls on Senator James A. Noe and Representatives W. C. Feazel and J. Porter Burgess to vote against such bills. The secretary is directed to mail copies to Governor O K Allen and the named lawmakers. Dated June 11, 1934.
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Louisiana
James A. Noe
W. C. Feazel
J. Porter Burgess
Bell
O. K. Allen
A. D
E. G. Courtney, Jr
Sec
George Fink
Doctor Tugwell’s approval speeds up home building plan
Approval linked to administration proposal to accelerate housing by easing private capital flow. Hope for adjournment by weekend if Senate revisions or silver purchase bill pass. Developments in steel issues watched from White House and Capitol as strike risk splits opinion. Morgenthau seeks law to curb bootlegging by denying bottles to distillers and illicit liquor pours.
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House
Senate
White House
Capitol
Morgenthau
Senate action on tobacco control bill and dairy inquiry
Speaker Rainey pledged quick House action as the Senate agriculture committee approved the tobacco production control bill and a dairy products investigation resolution. Senator Smith and Hatfield opposed the light opposition, while passage of the House commodity exchange control bill faced slim chances. A separate measure to continue bank deposit insurance went to President Roosevelt, and a glowing Australian mushroom lit the night.
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Rainey
Senate Agriculture Committee
Tugwell
Smith
South Carolina
Hatfield
West
Virginia
Senate
House
Trade Commission
Roosevelt
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Mama
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Ouachita Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd
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