State seeks special session to repeal luxury tax
Governor Leche plans a special session to amend tax laws with federal relief funds cut due to revenue shortfalls. Norton urges lawmakers to press for a sales tax or refer endum while officials outline bond issues, highway contracts, and hospital costs tied to a large charity project.
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Leche
Norton
James D. Womack
Huey Long
Supreme Court
Board of Liquidation
Ture
Long
Public Works Administration
State Advisory Board
The
Highway Commission
Richard Lewhe
Carpenters Union Elects Officials At Local Meeting
The Carpenters Union Local No. 1811 elected officers Monday night at the labor temple corner DeSiard and North Grand streets. Alex Sikes was named president and Bill Robert vice president. C C Burkett financial secretary Hilton Hazel recording secretary. C O Doyle treasurer. J A Hedgepeth conductor Jimmie Nelson warden. D Hibberd and Gus Bowen trustees. Delegates to the local labor council are Hibbard Burkett and Doyle.
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Carpenters’ Union
Labor Temple
DeSiard and
North Grand Streets
Alex Sikes
Bill Robert
C. C. Burkett
Hilton Hazel
C. O. Doyle
J. A. Hedgepeth
Jimmie Nelson
D. Hibberd
Gus Bowen
Labor Council
Bill Hibbard
Bethlehem strike violence grips Johnstown amid labor unrest
Bloodshed and mounting tension spread from a nationwide C I O walkout as Johnstown faces clashes at the Cambria works gates. State police clash with pickets while Bethlehem Steel aims to keep plants running despite disruption and potential wider spread. Authorities fear further violence as 80,000 workers in seven states go idle and coal miners threaten to cut steel fuel.
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Daniel Shields
John L. Lewis
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
United States Steel
Johnstown
Point Stadium
Franklin Mill
Cambria
Steel
Republic Steel
Monroe
Mich
Birth of John Richmond Holladay to Rev Holladay
A son was born June 11 at St Francis sanitarium to Rev and Mrs S S Holladay. He is named John Richmond Holladay. The father formerly pastored Gordon Avenue Methodist in Monroe and now serves at First Methodist in Delhi. Whisky exports in Q1 this year were nearly 23 times those of the same period last year.
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Highway Commission
Baton Rouge
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem
Kansas City Bridge Company
L. P. Abernathy
Louisiana Highway Commission
Norton
Haynesville
S. S. Holladay
St. Francis Sanitarium
John Richmond Holladay
United States
Monroe Social Security Office Expands Staff And Services
The Monroe field office increases personnel as workload grows. The office handles social security accounts and lump sum claims, not tax collection. By June 30, 1942, many workers should receive account numbers. forms are available at post offices, with submissions routed to nearest field office after that date.
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Dark
Monroe
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Social Security Board
Louisiana
Sanatorium ceremony to honor public health leaders and guards
Public invited event features ceremonies led by W. D. H. Rodriguez with the 156th infantry Louisiana National Guard ensuring color duties. Speakers include J. L. Warren J. Lester White James H. Crutcher Dr. Prentice Gray and others. A German shatterproof glass tech that dissolves in common solvents is noted.
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W. D. H. Rodriguez
Finance and Public Utilities
156Th Infantry
Louisiana National Guard
J. L. Warren
Parish
J. Lester White
Louisiana Planning Board
James H. Crutcher
WPA
Prentice Gray
Fifth District Medical Society
W. H. Seemann
Louisiana Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
G B. Cooley
Tax inquiry ties to federal waste in June revenue report
Michigan official links tax inquiry to federal waste while noting tax exempt securities as major loophole. Treasury reports June revenue between 500 and 600 million. first 11 days show 55 million, up 37 percent from last year. Senate debates wage hour bill split into House and Senate drafts. relief funds and local cost share contested. Public works and flood control expenditures debated. Morgenthau to testify as tax inquiry prep proceeds. Roosevelt court bill is a key question in Senate debate timing.
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Treasury
Washington
Black
Alabama
House
Senate
War Department
New England
Ohio
Mississippi River
Morgenthau
Harrison
Mississippi
Doughton
North Carolina
Robinson
Arkansas
Finland Faces War Debt Payment Default Risk
The semi annual deadline for war debt payments reached $1.5 billion with Finland poised as the sole nation among 13 assessed not to default. The outcome remains uncertain as nations respond to the payment schedule and financial pressures.
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Finland
Basque City Quandary as Insurgents Siege Bilbao
Refugees flood toward Santander as barricades line the Biscay coast. Insurgents push toward Bilbao from Galdarcano to the sea, claiming 6000 Basque casualties in four days and threatening to encircle the city while evacuations of thousands of children continue by sea.
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Bilbao
Biscay
Santander
Spanish Republic
Galdacano
Galdagano
Identifications From Bay Area Party Tragedy
A body identified as William A. Ebner of Altoona Pa was found floating in the bay eight miles from Bowers Beach still in a life preserver. Other members of the party were listed as Captain Floyd Davis F C McKee Theodore Watson Benny Fishburn Charles Stodard William C Dublin James Dublin Howard Buzzard and James Stine with identifications made via cars left near the beach.
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William A. Ebner
Altoona
Bowers Beach
Floyd Davis
F. C. McKee
State College
Theodore Watson
Benny Fishburn
Charles Stodard
William C. Dublin
James Dublin
Howard Buzzard
James Stine
Pennsylvania
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