Legislature pressed for extra session on luxury tax
Rep Norton urged Governor Lewes to convene an extra session to repeal the luxury tax and adopt a retail sales tax. Louisiana officials reported relief payments cut in half due to revenue gaps and outlined bond plans and highway contracts as part of funding for charity hospital work and state projects.
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Huey
Supreme Court
Board of Liquidation
Leche
A. P. Tugwell
Louisiana State University
Long
Public Works Administration
Highway Commission
Baton Rouge
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem
Kansas City Bridge Company
L. P. Abernathy
Louisiana Highway Commission
Norton
Haynesville
Richard Lewhe
Carpenters Union Elects Officers at Local Meeting
The Carpenters Union Local No. 1811 elected officers Monday night at the labor temple. Alex Sikes was named president with Bill Robert as vice president, C. C. Burkett financial secretary, Hilton Hazel recording secretary, C. O. Doyle treasurer, J. A. Hedgepeth conductor, Jimmie Nelson warden, D. Hibbard and Gus Bowen as trustees. Delegates to the local labor council are Bill Hibbard, C. C. Burkett and C. C. Dovie.
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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. Hibbard
Gus Bowen
Labor Council
Bill Hibbard
C. C. Dovie
Johnstown Strife Surges as Steel Strike Spreads
Amid mounting nationwide labor unrest, Johnstown faces violent clashes between police and pickets at the Cambria works as 80,000 workers go idle across seven states. State police deployed tear gas and firearms as fights erupted at the Cambria plant and Franklin mill gate. Bethlehem Steel aims to keep its local plant running with limited labor, while other companies show mixed responses to the CIO strike wave.
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Youngstown
Buffalo
N. Y
Monroe
Mich
Grand Rapids
Daniel Shields
John L. Lewis
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
United States Steel
Point Stadium
Franklin Mill
Cambria
Steel
Republic Steel
Birth of John Richmond Holladay to Rev Holladay
A son named John Richmond Holladay was born June 11 at St Francis Sanitarium to Rev and Mrs S S Holladay. The father, previously pastor at Gordon Avenue Methodist Monroe, now leads First Methodist Delhi. Whisky exports in Q1 this year reached about 23 times the prior year's level.
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S. S. Holladay
St. Francis Sanitarium
John Richmond Holladay
United States
Monroe Social Security Office Expands To Handle Old Age Benefits
The Monroe field office with two employees plans to add staff as workload grows. All eligible workers are urged to apply for SS-5 account numbers by June 30. Lump sum payments begin 1937 and total 3.5 percent of wages. monthly benefits start in 1942. Employers are encouraged to assist employees with filing claims.
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Dark
Monroe
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Social Security Board
Louisiana
Tax questions and wage law dominate Senate schedule
Michigan officials accuse federal waste as they note tax dodgers while revenue from June income taxes nears 600 million. Senate divisions on wage and hour reform emerge ahead of hearings with Morgenthau testimony set. War debt payments reach semi annual deadline as Finland stands alone in potential default.
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Washington
Black
Alabama
House
Senate
War Department
New England
Ohio
Mississippi
Morgenthau
Harrison
Doughton
North Carolina
Robinson
Arkansas
Finland
Public health ceremony to include national colors show
The event features W D H Rodriguez in charge with a Louisiana National Guard color guard. Speakers include J L Warren J Lester White James H Crutcher Prentice Gray and W H Seemann. Captain Cooley to speak on sanatorium history as officials and civic groups attend. A German shatterproof glass that dissolves in 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
Basque City Under Siege as Insurgents Reach Bilbao Corridor
Insurgents drive toward Bilbao and Santander with barricades along the Biscay coast. Refugees flee Bilbao as thousands of children are evacuated by sea. An insurgent communique claims Basque casualties in four days near 6000 and outlines plans to encircle the city.
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Bilbao
Biscay
Santander
Spanish Republic
Galdacano
Galdagano
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