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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1933
Page
1
Bodies of three petty racketeers found in a New York City East 65th Street flat. Each man stabbed with an ice pick after being gagged and trussed, with adhesive tape sealing eyes and mouths. Victims identified by fingerprints as Charles Cabrese Salvator Tulwinello and Louis Sally. likely killed after last Friday’s gang slayings.
Authorities identified the body as Andrew Lamar Patterson a one time millionaire contractor and former president of the American Alcohol distillery found killed near a New Orleans riverfront wharf. Coroner said it appeared he shot himself and threw the pistol into the river after fleeing a ferry landing. Patterson had been away from New Orleans for years.
Massachusetts faced a likely repeal pledge as 45 delegates to the state convention were expected to be committed to repealing the eighteenth amendment. Repeal supporters aimed to continue a nationwide trend with other states already voting yes. Local referendums on beer licenses were also on the ballot.
A long green snake was spotted outside Ouachita National bank with a casual air. The column reflects on travel from Marion Ohio to New York and Tennessee with stops at Harding’s mausoleum, Hatfield Hatfields and McCoys sites, and Alvin York’s estate, ending with optimism about the new deal.
President Roosevelt named John J. Kennedy of Biloxi to be comptroller of customs at New Orleans on Tuesday, June 13. The announcement advances Kennedy to a high post overseeing customs operations in the port city.
Twenty four Italian planes carrying 96 men led by General Italo Balbo poised to take off from Orbetello for a mass flight to Chicago. Meanwhile others, including Jimmie Mattern from Khabarovsk to Nome, pursue separate long distance legs as favorable weather is awaited.
The House approved the Glass-Steagall reform bill sending it to the Senate. The conference agreement would end 48 state banking systems after 1936, with deposit insurance tied to Federal Reserve membership, shaping a national banking framework under federal regulation.
Senate banking sub committee agreed to begin hearings on Kuhn, Loeb and Company and Dillon Read and Company on June 26. Ferdinand Pecora said he was ready to proceed with Chase National Bank of New York as part of the same probe.
Roosevelt signs a 2 billion refinancing bill for small home mortgages. It allows mortgages up to 20 000 dollars to be exchanged for 5 percent government bonds with 80 percent loan value and up to 14 000 maximum, plus a three year moratorium and 15 year loans. A home owner loan corporation will administer the act.
Rep G W Lee and W T Bradford of Rapides met Governor Oscar K Allen in Baton Rouge to discuss plans for funding a fall school opening and operations. Lee said a discussion on school finances was likely with the governor to cover two or three matters. Bradford and Lee also planned a further conference with the tax department.
A truck carrying merrymakers five miles south of Mobile collided with a car early Tuesday killing Dorothy Isham, 16, of Grand Bay, and Elmer Shirley of Bayou La Batre. Seventeen were injured, with Miss Isham among the seriously hurt.
Secretary Cordell Hull left the world economic conference to attend a secret steering committee session that could shape American participation. The closed door talks intensified a dispute with French officials as key decisions loomed for the parley.
Senator Borah Idaho Republican opened debate in the Senate on the conference report of the administration’s industry revival bill. A vote was set by four p m eastern time under a Monday unanimous consent. Borah noted conferees retained prohibitions on monopolies while striking price fixing bans.
Washington reports indicate no final conclusion on war debts with Great Britain after informal talks. Britain reportedly settled Thursday's 75.95 million dollar war debt installment at ten percent, with Chamberlain expected to announce changes in the House of Commons.
Balfe MacDonald a 17 year old heir to part of a fortune sits in a Flint county jail cell awaiting a Friday justice court examination on murder charges for slain mother Grace MacDonald. He admitted wielding a heavy book end before arraignment but remained mute. Accomplice William Terwilliger 16 is held as a material witness after contradicting the first account and facing possible return to Nashville on extortion charges.
A Louisiana series argues that the state university drains public funds far beyond other institutions. It cites 1932 appropriations, bond issues, and salaries paid by scrip, claiming the university is effectively broke despite large past gifts. The piece hints at more funding battles ahead.
Beverly Hills, June 13. The king urges an international conference to fix a universal hour for all actions. He notes nations have different problems and times and suggests making it five o'clock in the morning everywhere. He proposes standardizing guns, goods, and currency by a single global time.
The world economic conference opened by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and continued into its second day with 66 nations represented. King George V hailed the event as the greatest diplomatic card, while MacDonald attacked war debts and a general mood. Secretary Hull observed, and debate continued as nations eyed a path to relief and cooperation.
A five man jury in district court found Roy Garrett guilty of assault with intent to commit robbery after a March 19 attempt to rob Ed Boyd at his store on Brown Paper Mill road. State witnesses included Ed Boyd and Sheriff Milton Coverdale. Garrett testified with one other witness.
Readers are urged to follow The News-Star and Morning World on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays for a series on state tax matters. The articles explain how the state and agencies collect and disburse revenues from taxes, licenses, and more to inform residents.
The world economic conference opens amid talk of a European bloc of debtor nations to press the United States for an immediate settlement of war debts. British Premier MacDonald and France's Daladier lead sessions as Hull's speech is delayed, with Italy's Jung and South Africa's Smuts addressing the floor.
New Orleans daily newspapers sue radio station WDSU to stop broadcasting news from the papers columns. Judge Gleason refused transfer to federal court and allowed testimony to proceed. Continuance granted as plaintiffs counsel would be out of town. WDSU owner Joseph Uhalt testified about general news sources.
The Japan cotton spinners federation voted to boycott Indian raw cotton in retaliation for India raising duties on non-British cotton cloth. A foreign office statement noted Japan weighing steps against Britain’s tariff policies, with some predicting American cotton could supplant Indian goods in Japan.
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