Roosevelt plan to raise millions via processing taxes on wheat and cotton
The Roosevelt administration aims to levy processing taxes on wheat and cotton to raise about 25000000 dollars, offering payments to farmers who cut output. A major cotton acreage reduction program could remove up to 10000000 acres, while wheat cuts focus on a delayed and limited impact. The plan, approved by President Roosevelt, awaits final timing and rate details.
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Roy F. Hendrickson
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Rotary Wallace
Howl
Wallace
Farm Act
Rehabilitation plan advanced for hardwood industry eight hour day
The Hardwood Manufacturers Institute in Memphis discusses a plan to shift unskilled workers to an eight hour day with up to a ten percent raise. The proposal, drafted by a committee including C Arthur Bruce J H Townshend and others, seeks Roosevelt administration approval via the National Lumbermen's Manufacturers association.
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Memphis
Tenn
Hardwood Manufacturers Institute
C. Arthur Bruce
J. H. Townshend
Langdon Bell
Columbus
R. L. Kellogg
Monroe
Gordon Reynolds
Albany, Ga
John Raine
Rainelle
Test Case on Beer Dismissed by Court
In Biloxi Mississippi a federal court dismissed a case over transporting 3.2 percent beer through a dry state. Judge Edwin Holmes ruled the Mississippi stance inconsistent. The case against R A McCarthy Macon Ga and two men Roland Tuff and Ralph Seale was dropped with government allowed to reinstate. A separate demurrer by O C Marthaler Pascagoula over 100 cases of beer was fined. beer and truck released and the defendant left liable only for own actions.
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Biloxi
Miss
Edwin 8
Holmes
R. A. McCarthy
Macon
Roland Tuff
Ralph Seale
New Orleans
Columbia
S. C
Mississippi
O. C. Marthaler
Pascagoula
Fishing trip yields duck and mishaps in Monroe
A Monroe news item recounts Jes Ramblin and a friend fishing at Clearlake on Tuesday. They catch a wild duck named Oswald and feed worms to it. Albert Horuff falls before a crowd, then recovers, while Fred Le Brocq notes a peculiar eggshellless hen.
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Monroe
Clearlake
Oswald
Albert Horuff
Bernhardt
Albert
Hudson Lane
Fred le Brocq
DeSiard Road
Jury hears details of Plums Street killing at scene visit
Jurors and the court visited the garage apartment at 614 Plum street where Ted Reiser was shot after midnight on August 26. Roy Smith testified detailing positions of himself Orville Elmore and Reiser during the shooting and how he fell with a shattered thigh. The witness described the moments at the scene before the trial continued.
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Plum Street
Ted Reiser
Frank Manley
Reiser
Roy Smith
Georgia Troops Guard Treasury Over Highway Dispute
Militia with machine guns guards the state treasury in Atlanta to protect highway board funds amid a clash with Governor Eugene Talmedge. The conflict began last April when five engineers were ordered discharged. The governor blocked funds, payless workers and growing debt followed as funds exceeded 2.6 million moved to the treasury. Guards posted as the money is vaulted. The governor later traveled to New York for a Sons of the Revolution event, keeping the transfer secret until his arrival. Meanwhile the highway department reclaims control by returning over 540 convicts to state road projects.
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Atlanta
Highway Board
Eugene Talmedge
Highway Commission
Highway Department
Capitol
New York
Sons of the Revolution
Bank depositors urged to organize for federal aid
New Orleans June 15 John J Robira district attorney for Calcasieu Beauregard and Cameron parishes urged every Louisiana community to form local bank depositors associations to press for federal aid to reopen 5000 closed banks on a 60 percent basis He arrived from Washington where he helped organize the American Depositors association and said a southern push was essential.
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New Orleans
John J. Robira
Calcasieu
Beauregard
Cameron
Louisiana
Robia
Washington
American Depositors’ Association
South
National Association
Girl Heroine, 5, Dies Saving Brother in Yard Accident
New York June 15. Helga Kuhner, aged 5, saved her brother Henry 3 by pushing him aside as a clothes pole swayed and fell. She died from injuries in the yard incident.
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New York
Helga Kuhner
Henry
Rogers Has His Say on Debt Crisis in Beverly Hills
President pressures Congress to act before Thursday the debt due date. London sources say action is needed and responsibility may fall on the United States to avert a financial crisis.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Congress
Potomac
London
Jimmie Mattern Arrival Awaited at Nome Alaska
Nome residents awaited news of Jimmie Mattern the globe circling aviator overdue from Khabarovsk Siberia after a 2500 mile ocean leg. He departed Siberia at 2 30 p m Wednesday and was due about 7 30 a m EST 1 30 a m Nome time Thursday with no wireless to report progress. Wiley Post and Harold Gatty were noted in the vicinity.
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Nome Alaska
Nome
Jimmie Mattern
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Siberian
Asiatic
Mattern
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Preacher to Face Federal Obscenity Charge in Shreveport
In Shreveport Louisiana federal officials expect Rev E L Thompson formerly of Central Christian church Shreveport to appear voluntarily to answer a federal indictment for sending obscene matter through the mails. Thompson recently left his parish and took another post in Dallas Texas and has not been issued a capias.
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Shreveport
E. L. Thompson
Dallas
Thompson
The
Central Christian Church
Mount Auburn Christian Church
Tex
J. Fair Hardin
United States
Philip Mecom
Cox Picked as Chairman Amid Bitter World Conference Fight
At the World Economic Conference the steering committee unanimously elected James M. Cox as chairman of the monetary committee after a clash over the chair from a gold standard nation. Georges Bonnet backed Cox amid a mid afternoon compromise with Guido Jung named vice chairman and Bonnet reporter to the conference. Dutch Prime Minister Hendrik Colijn had been floated as a candidate.
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London
United States
James M. Cox
Vital Monetary Committee
Georges Bonnet
Bonnet
Cox
Guido Jung
Italy
M. Bonnet
Hendryk Colijn
Holland
James Roosevelt Home Burned in New Hampshire Fire
The Roosevelt family temporarily evacuated from their Rye Beach residence after a fire that started on Wednesday in an upper story. Firefighters from Portsmouth Rye Beach and North Hampton contained the blaze, with $5,000 in damage from flames and water. Mrs Roosevelt and her 14 month old daughter Sara Delano Roosevelt were unharmed and the family planned to move to the Cushings in Boston. A White House threat kidnapping report was denied.
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Rye Beach
N. H
James Roosevelt
Portsmouth
North Hampton
Roosevelt
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Boston
Harvey Cushing
Navy plans reveal $238 million build program
Secretary Swanson announced a $238,000,000 naval building program to put 32 new ships in the water within three years. He also said the special trial board recommended accepting the airship Macon and that President Roosevelt had agreed to allocate the funds.
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Washington
Naval
Swanson
Special Trial Board
Navy
Roosevelt
Naval Pro
Johnson Reveals Industrial Plan for Jobs Push
General Hugh Johnson, industrial director, expects one third of the unemployed to return to work by October, with about 4,000,000 men to be put on payrolls again. He announced the target in a speech to state relief officials in Washington on Wednesday night as Perkins coordinated relief efforts with new government enterprises.
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Washington
Hugh Johnson
Johnson
Perkins
State's Most Expensive Luxury Is $8,000,000 Capitol Building
An analysis of Louisiana's 1933 Long Allen bond issue for the new state capitol in Baton Rouge notes the total burden near $8 million when interest and principal are counted. It explains bond payouts, interest accrual, and how debt projections outpace the face amount, with the surplus tax fund acting as collateral.
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Capitol
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
State House
State University
Democrats Sustain Roosevelt’s Veterans Aid Plan
A House Democrats conference voted 171 to 31 to back Roosevelt’s veterans compensation plan, signaling party sentiment though not binding on the full caucus. The Tammany delegation fronted the president’s proposal while Republicans planned support for the Steiner amendment.
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Roosevelt
Washington
House Democrats
House of Representatives
Tammany
C M T C Training to Start in July
The citizens' military training camp at Alexandria Louisiana will open for advanced trainees between July 7 and 15. Col H R Richmond said Camp Beauregard will host those who completed basic training or its equivalent. The course will be four weeks long, not six.
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New Orleans
Citizens’ Military
Alexandria
H. R. Richmond
87Th Division
Richmond
War Department
Camp Beauregard
Dern
State Tax Load Series Aims to Explain Louisiana Revenue
Readers of The News-Star and Morning World follow a tax series on Tuesdays Thursdays and Sundays. An experienced writer explains how the state and its agencies collect and disburse vast revenues from taxes and licenses. The articles aim to inform every Louisianan about state taxation.
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Louisiana
News-Star
Morning World
European nations fall behind Britain on war debt payments
Poland cannot pay 3 559 000 due as part of the semi annual war debt installments. Italy will pay 1 000 000 of 13 545 000 due. France to default on 40 738 000 due. Great Britain to pay 10 000 000 in silver. Finland completes 148 592 installment in full. A U S Britain talks to Congress on debt problem.
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Washington
Great “Britain
State Department
Poland
Rosso
Italy
Dispatches
Paris
France
Great Britain
United States
Congress
William Phillips
Finland
Britain Pays 10 Million Silver on War Debt Installment
Washington dispatch reports Britain settled part of its war debt by paying 10 million dollars in silver on the 75.95 million dollars owed. The payment was due Thursday as part of ongoing British installments.
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Washington
Great Britain
Two Said to Be Arms Smugglers
Washington June 15. Secret service agents arrested Angel Roderiquez and his wife Sadie at Augusta Georgia on counterfeiting charges. Moran said seized evidence links the pair to smuggling arms and ammunition from Miami to Cuba by airplane. The couple, known in New York as Ralph Rena and Sadie Rena, reportedly carried counterfeit one dollar silver certificates and counterfeit ten dollar Federal Reserve notes.
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Washington
Cuba
Miami
Florida
Secret Service
Angel Roderiquez
Sadie
Augusta
W. H. Moran
Roderiquez
New York
Ralph Rena
Sadie Rena
Sadie Waxman
Aiken, & C
Moran
Federal Reserve
Coal Operators Meet To Discuss Industry Code
Five hundred bituminous coal operators opened the National Coal Association convention in Chicago to discuss a tentative code drawn up by a special committee. The code omits labor questions amid opposition to the national industrial recovery act. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson will speak on Friday, the first public appearance since taking office. The secretary’s report notes coal accounts for 44.7 percent of national energy now, down from 70.3 percent twenty years ago. Other speakers include Sunes D. Francis, Huntington, and W. Vay.
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Chicago
National Coal Association
Hugh S. Johnson
Industrial Control
Sunes D. Francis
Huntington
W. Vay
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