Luxury tax plan gains administration support in Louisiana
Baton Rouge June 16 The caucus committee backs the Sylvest luxury tax bill to fund public schools by raising taxes on cigars and tobacco with set per thousand rates and a $59 000 annual enforcement appropriation while abolishing the tax on chewing tobacco and stamps commissions. The measure secures administration approval and is seen boosting passage prospects.
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Caucus Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Sylvest Institute
Caucus
Sylvest
Freep Thinker Society Protests Welcome to Cardin als
The Freep Thinker Society of New York released a telegram to Governor Smith and Mayor Walker protesting the City Hall reception of John Cardinal Bonzano papi legate and other cardinals. They argue civil government should not recognize a religious organization not recognized by the federal government. The cardinals were welcomed in the name of city and state with officials kneeling and kissing the cardinal's ring.
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New York
A. P
Freep Thinker Society of
Smith
Walker
John Cardinal Bonzano
Papi Legate
City Hall
United States
Bonzano
Hayes
Pure Oil Finds Oil in Sweet Lake Texas Lease
Pure Oil company reports discovery of oil in the center of its 10 000 acre Sweet Lake district lease in Texas. Two wells have been completed and a third is being drilled as of June 16.
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NEW Oil District
New York
A. P
Pure Oil Company
Sweet Lake District
Texas
Farm relief pushters press Senate as primary probe moves
In Washington, farm relief measures advance before the Senate while investigations into the Pennsylvania primary continue. The prompt notes ongoing relief efforts alongside scrutiny of primary conduct.
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Senate
Pennsylvania
Pet dog saves Neb child from poisonous snake
Duke, the pet of Billie Garrison and son of Mr. and Mrs. W K Garrison in McCook Nebraska, shielded the two year old from a viper for several minutes. A paying gang attracted by the dog’s barking helped capture the reptile and rescue the child.
Ground broken for series of new buildings at North Third Street
Workmen began excavating for the foundation of the first projected building on the northeast corner lot at North Third and Washington Streets. George G. Weaks and W. E. Allen plan a brick gasoline and service garage costing about 10000 dollars with a tile roof. Later, three 24 by 70 foot street-facing stores and two 30 by 109 foot Washington street stores will rise as tenants are found. W. C. Barringer is constructing a brick steel one-story building to be leased to Lennon Motor Co. for a used car department, with foundation work already started.
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North Third
Washington Sts
George G. Weaks
W. E. Allen
Third Street
Washington Street
Weaks
Allen
W. C. Barringer
Lennon Motor Co
Anti-Evolution Bill Favored Reported in Louisiana
The Shattuck anti evolution bill was favorably reported to the Louisiana House after an 11 to 1 vote in the public education committee. Representative Jeansonne was the lone negative. Colonel T. D. Boyd of LSU warned that enactment would curb science progress and drive youth to learn from outside sources.
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Bible Crusaders of America
T. D. Boyd
Louisiana State University
Louisiana
Colonel Boyd
Railroads seek permission to abandon 17 mile line
R. R. reports that St. Louis Southwestern and the Central Arkansas and Eastern railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to abandon a 17 mile line between Rice Junction and Hazen Arkansas. The application says the line never earned enough revenue to cover operating costs.
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R. R
Washington
A. P
St. Louis Southwestern
Central Arkansas and Eastern Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Rice Junction
Hazen
Arkansas
First Cotton Bloom Reported From Bosco Field
Albert Page, a bosco resident, brought the season's first cotton bloom to the News-Star. The 40 acre field was planted March 16 and the plant stands hip high. Page expects a bumper crop if favorable weather continues, with 15 acres also yielding promising corn.
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News-Star
Albert Page
Bosco
Page
Reed Is Questioner Lieutenants of Ware Quizzed
The senate campaign funds committee grilled Vare campaign officers in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh over funding sources and tactics in the $2,000,000 Pennsylvania primary. Chairman Reed pressed witnesses on ward results and possible political reprisals tied to supporters of the defeated governor candidate.
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Washington
A. P
Wm. S. Vare
Pennsylvania
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Reed
Missouri
Vare
Philadelphia
Harry Mackey
Guv. Pinchot
Pepper
Joseph N. Mackrell
Pittsburgh
Albert Cooper
Harrisburg
Losing fight on bridge program in Louisiana Senate
Senator Hugh Wilkinson’s resolution to have the highway commission build state owned toll bridges across Chef Menteur and the Rigolets faces a set back after a 7 to 5 vote in the roads committee. The measure returns to the Senate in a minority report as its author plans to push the issue to voters in the next campaign. The proposal is framed as an economical plan amid the ongoing bridge debate.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Hugh Wilkinson
Highway Commission
Chef Menteur and
Rigolets
Senate
Lake Pontchartrain Bridge
Wilkinson
Power shifts in New Jersey as drys gain in key primaries
Newark article reports June primary results showing dry wins in two of three prohibition races. Mrs Adeline Lawrence, wife of a circuit court judge, wins a dry victory in Monmouth County against James R. Hendrickson. In the Sixth District race wet challenger D Duncan McClaye loses to Perkins. Union County race: Herman J Pascoe loses to Pierson amid dry advocacy.
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Newark
N. J
A. P.J
Washington
Trenton
Adeline Lawrence
Lawrence
Monmouth Country
Senate
James R. Hendrickson
D. Duncan McClaye
Representative Perkins
Herman J. Pascoe
Pierson
Union County
Pascoe
House committee favors land purchase for L T I Monroe school
Louisiana House appropriations committee approves the Webb bill to allow the state training school for boys at Monroe to buy 415 more acres, expanding holdings to 675 acres. Superintendent W J Gill cites self sufficiency and revenue as he notes 528 paroles in three years and crops including 38 bales of cotton.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
House Appropriations Committee
State Training School For
Monroe
Louisiana
W. J. Gill
J. Arthur Smith
Frank Manling
E. L. Neville
Geoge Wesley Smith
Louisiana Mississippi oyster pact shapes state bill outcomes
The Louisiana and Mississippi oyster cannery agreement spurred the Fisher bill restricting Louisiana oysters to state residents, passed unanimously in the Senate. Pike Hall’s barber board bill drew protests over union control but passed 25 to 12 amid debate on licensing hardships for aspiring barbers and rural aspirants. The session also advanced the Hardiner bill allowing parishes to collect three fourths of severance tax on reforestation lumber.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Fisher
Senate
Pike Hall
Jahiy Union
Johnson
Board of Control
State Board of Health
Huson
Senator Johnson
Bridge Project Wins U S Approval for Girard Crossing
War department approved the Louisiana Highway Commission's plan to build a bridge across the Boeuf river at Girard marking a key step in the county's infrastructure expansion. The ruling clears the way for construction and signals federal support for the project.
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Girard
U. S
Washington
A. P
War Department
Louisiana Highway Commission
Fire wipes Borger business district. losses rise to 175000
The oil field town of Borger near Amarillo was cleared of debris after a blaze swept Main street yesterday destroying about six buildings and a row of small wooden stores. Revised estimates place the loss at 175000 and the fire is believed to have started in a theater.
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Amarillo
Texas
A. P
Borger
Main Street
Dawkins Discharges U S Grand Jury in Alexandria
Judge Ben C. Dawkins harshly rebuked the federal grand jury in Alexandria Louisiana discharging them after finding outside influence tainted their deliberations he ordered no immediate replacement and left the timing of a new grand jury unclear with Philp H Mecom stating no date for a new panel.
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Alexandria
A. P
Ben C. Dawkins
Federal
Western District of
Louisiana
Dawkins
Philp H. Mecom
Mellon Opposes Farm Relief Plan in McNary Bill
Representative Dickson of Iowa denounces Secretary Mellon's opinion on the equalization plan as economically unsound and harmful to farmers and consumers. He argues Mellon favors industry and warns the administration fights will widen rifts between city and farm, urging farmers to resist being priced out of the market.
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A. P
America
Farmig
Mellon
Capitol
House
Senate
Washington Post
Haugen
Ohio
Dickinson
McWon
Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Iowa
Europe
Brent
Republican Party
Alexandria approves bus lines plan in quiet election
The Alexandria municipal election approved the proposal to abandon the street railway in favor of motor bus lines. The vote was 6501 to 452 in a low turnout. The decision, announced by city administration, marks a shift in local transit policy.
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Alexandria
A. P
Red train bearing nine cardinals leaves for Eucharistic Congress
A cardinal red train bearing nine Roman Catholic princes and retinues departs from Grand Central amid thousands in the rotunda and platforms. Police restrain crowds as papal legate Cardinal Bonzano and Cardinal Hayes head to the station for the Chicago Eucharistic Congress.
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New York
A. P
Grand Central Terminal
Chicago
Cardinal Bonzano
Cardinal Hayes
40Th Street
Papel
N. Y
Bonzano
Grand Central Station
Jugo-Slavian Bishops Arrive under Guard in New York
Three Jugo-Slavian bishops Monsignor Anton Yeplic Monsignor Ivan Guidovac and Monsignor Ivan Rapphael Rodich arrived on the White Star Olympic and were met by bomb squad detectives. They were escorted to St Cyril's church rectory with six policemen guarding and taken by two limousines amid tensions between clerical factions. The bishop group travels as a security measure in a city with heightened political unrest.
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Olympic
Pier
Anton Yeplic
Ivan Guidovac
Ivan Rapphael Rodich
St. Cyril's Church
St. Mark's Place
Kingdom
Two Badly Hurt In Collision On Dixie Overland Highway
John Elkins sixty and his eight year old son were in a wagon when Paul Boutelle twenty three tried to pass on a narrow bridge. His car struck the wagon and dragged the occupants several hundred feet. Both Elkins and his son are in serious condition while Boutelle faces reckless driving and speeding charges in Minden Louisiana. The injured are expected to recover.
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Minden
A. P
John Elkins
Johnnie
Paul Boutelle
Elking
Boutelle
Court martial for Bennet Doty postponed to July
Damascus Syria June 16 Bennet J Doty of Memphis Tennessee facing court martial for desertion from the French Foreign Legion in Syria had been scheduled for today but postponed until the first week in July by military authorities in the area.
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Damascus
Syria
A. P
Bennet J. Doty
Memphis
Tenn
French Foreign Legion
River Stage Readings by River System and City
River levels in Mississippi basin show Memphis at 10.0 with a 0.8 drop, Vicksburg 16.7 up 0.1, New Orleans 2.7 up 0.1. Red River cites Shreveport 9.6 down 0.4, Alexandria 8.6 down 0.8. Ouachita notes Camden 4.2 unchanged, Monroe 18.8 up 0.1. Ohio reports Oatro 14.8 down 0.8.
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Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Ohio
Poodle Dogs and Liquor Link in Prohibition Hearing
William C. Davidson a former bootlegger testified before the house liquor traffic committee detailing five years in illegal trade. He described using railroad cars to move liquor and noodle dogs, banking connections in San Diego Portland and San Francisco, and said eleven agents raided Truman H. Newberry’s Detroit home but case was dropped.
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William C. Davidson
Prohibition Cied Andrews
Evera
California
New Orleans
Davidson
United States
Bask
San Diego
Cal
Northwestark Bank
Portland
Oregon
Liberty Bank of
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Memphis
Tenn
Monterey
Superior
Wis
Prohibition
Truman H. Newberry
Detroit
Ugquorg
Los Angeles
Klanswomen denounce mixed bathing and Charleston in resolutions
Resolutions signed by Pineville Klanswomen denounce mixed bathing and the Charleston dance. The document calls bathing beauty contests degrading and says the Charleston resembles heathen rites, unfit for civilized American citizens.
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Alexandria
R.v
Klanswomen
Pineville
D. G. Brakefield
Pauline Waites
Cally Downs
Charleston
Flashes of Life from the Nation and New York Courts
Judge Olvany of Tammany Hall says Gov Al Smith should run again for governor after a fishing trip. Edward Py Corning of the state democratic committee also believes Smith will run, while party leaders fear prejudice could block the White House bid. In New York a patrolman’s court case involves a girl Bath tub scene and theatre incident with Rosser and others referenced.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Olvanys
Tammany Hall
al Smith
New York
Saint Croix
Uptown
Jean Boding
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