Senate Defeats Cash Bonus Bill in Finance Committee
The $2.4 billion cash bonus bill was voted down 14 to 2 in the Senate Finance Committee led by Smoot. Democrats Connally Gore Harrison LaFollette and Republicans King Jones voted for the adverse report while Thom as of Oklahoma opposed the move to fast track the measure. A Connally motion to pay veterans the present value of certificates was rejected 4 to 11.
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Washington
Smoot
Finance Committee
Senate
Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate Finance Committee
Utah
Watson
Reed
Shortridge
Couzens
Keyes
Idaho
Metcalf
King
George
Walsh
Massachusetts
Connally
Gore
Harrison
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton Critically Ill
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton evangelist is reported critically ill in Los Angeles with doctors split on the diagnosis. Dr C McKenzie Jones says typhoid fever while Dr Edward Huntington Williams claims neurasthe nia with no typhoid evidence. Tests to confirm fever status planned.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
C. McKenzie Jones
City Health Department
Edward Huntington Williams
Health Department
Hutton
Ocean Park
Williams
David Hutton
Evangelist
Lake Elsinore
Central America
Mexico
Jes Ramblin About the Town and Local Tales
D Aubrey Haas and Sig Masur head to Seattle for a Rotary convention next week. George Anders recalls Sergeant Alvin C York tales. Stanley Wyeth studied jokes from Judge. L Caspari seeks access to a mountain place near Cypress in Ouachita parish. Bill Hyde’s golf shot yields a 300 yard tale with witnesses Sam Newsom. Akron dirigible seen near the dairy near Columbia road by Roy Foster and J W Allen. Dr R L Wood enjoys Monroe fishing with entourage and comforts. Jimmie Pope grows 50 beehives yielding up to 2500 pounds honey. Andrew P Bair, Sovell Telephone district manager, dies after a week illness.
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D. Aubrey Haas
Seattle
Sig Masur
Rotary
George Anders
Alvin C. York
Stanley Wyeth
Mother England
L. Caspari
Ouachita Parish
Cypress
Bill
Ball Park
Sam Newsom
Goforth
Riverside Club
Jes
Sergeant Alvin C. York to address audience at Paramount theater
Sergeant Alvin C. York, famed World War I hero and president of the Alvin C. York Institute, will speak at the Paramount theater tomorrow at 9 45 am, as part of events linked to the Veterans of Foreign Wars department convention for Louisiana and Mississippi. The program highlights York’s modest upbringing in Pall Mall Tennessee and his limited formal schooling.
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Alvin C. York
Paramount Theater
Pall Mall
Tenn
Army
Jamestown
York
Salley contract to repair parish school attacked
Hearing set for Monday as Ouachita parish school board and contractor W C Salley face an injunction bid. Frank Masling claims Salley’s repair contract was illegally awarded without competitive bids or proper advertisement.
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Percy Sandel
Ouachita Parish
Salley
Unterrifieds Meet Today to Name Louisiana Delegation
In Baton Rouge a crowd including lawmakers, state employees, and Huey P. Long observers gathered in the state house to name a third Louisiana delegation to the Democratic national convention. Insignia favored Jules G. Fisher for president and George W. Delesdernier for vice president.
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Baton Rouge
Chicago
Pat
United States
Huey P. Long
State House
Louisiana
Jules G. Fisher
Jefferson Parish
George W. Delesdernier
Plaquemines Parish
Senator Denies Threatening Mrs Pleasant in Baton Rouge
Senator Huey P. Long denied knowledge of a charge by Mrs. Ruffin G. Pleasant that he threatened her removal from the office of supervisor of public accounts. He offered a terse remark and said he went to the office to prevent jail for the lady.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Ruffin G. Pleasant
Governor Pleasant
Shreveport
Long
Supervisor of Public Accounts
Mrs. Pleasant
Alice
Louisiana Senate Passes Two Important Measures
The Louisiana Senate approved a $5,000,000 state bond issue to fund about $3,500,000 in debts and $1,000,000 for the State university. It also enacted the Heywood-Burgess tax reform commission bill by a 35 to 0 vote to study new revenue sources in lieu of ad valorem tax cuts.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
House
Anzalone
State University
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Guarded Bank Messenger Is Robbed in Worcester
Ernest Wilson of the First National Bank Webster was held up by four armed men just before 10 am in Worcester Massachusetts. The gang grabbed a parcel containing 15 000 to 20 000 dollars from the Federal Reserve shipment intended to replace worn Webster bank notes. They fled in a waiting automobile and police across New England were alerted to the car.
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Worcester
Mass
Ernest Wilson
First National Bank
Webster
Federal Reserve Bank
Boston
Webster Bank
Final Approval Given Tax Sale Delay Measure
Louisiana lawmakers approved a bill by Senator Clement Moss and W Scott Heywood to postpone tax delinquent property sales to December 5 1932. The House, by 88 to 0, accepted an amendment extending the original sale date from November 15 and gave final passage without debate.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Clement Moss
Lake Charles
W. Scott Heywood
Jennings
House
S. O. Shattuck
Moss and Heywood
Moss-Heywood
Shattuck
Taxpayer leagues urge four proposed amendments in legislature
Reports from the Louisiana legislature indicate the taxpayer leagues from multiple parishes advocate four constitutional amendments aimed at tax relief. Debates focus on potential fiscal impacts and implementation details.
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Baton Rouge
Legis
Veterans Meet Program Set For Friday and Saturday
The Louisiana and Mississippi Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment program is announced with registration at 8 a.m. Friday at Hotel Frances and an 10:30 a.m. opening at Central City Grammar School auditorium. Rev. Tom Roberts of Farmerville will offer the invocation, Mayor Arnold Bernstein will give the welcome, and Samuel Haas of Alexandria will deliver the response as department commander. A 1:30 p.m. business session follows at the school auditorium.
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Louisiana and
Mississippi Department
Hotel Frances
Central City Grammar School
Tom Roberts
Farmerville
Arnold Bernstein
Samuel Haas
Alexandria
John A
G O P Ponder Position Taken On Prohibition
Republicans opened the 1932 campaign weighing a new prohibition revision stance amid a platform battle at the national convention. A repeal drive drew 472 votes for and 681 against as Hoover aides watched reactions from the floor. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt sat among early participants. Idaho, home state of Senator Borah, was noted in coverage.
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Chicago
Hoover
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
California
Idaho
Senator Borah
Fruit Inspector Here Melons to Be Shipped Soon
Hunter S. Moses chief federal inspector of fruits and vegetables in Louisiana visited Monroe to discuss cantaloupe shipments. He, with E. R. Scrahan and S. H. McClary, aims to start shipping by late June with one inspector present at launch and a second later if needed. Roadmap includes possibly 13 carloads of tomatoes shipped from Eros, Chatham, Sikes and Winnfield. tomatoes weigh about 35 pounds per lug.
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Hunter S. Moles
Louisiana
Monroe
E. R. Scrahan
S. H. McClary
Chamber of Commerce
Ouachita Parish
Moses
Strahan
Eros
Chatham
Sikes
Winnfield
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway names C P Couch chief
SHREVEPORT Louisiana June 16 The Louisiana and Arkansas Railway named C P Couch as president replacing Harvey C Couch who joined the federal reconstruction finance corporation duties. Couch had served two years as vice president of the L and A and as president of the Louisiana Arkansas and Texas railway. The board made no other executive changes at the annual meeting.
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Shreveport
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company
C. P. Couch
Harvey C. Couch
Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation
L. and A
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway
Board of Directors
Man Identified as Hendrix in 1929 Gastonia Murder Case
A man calling himself John Gray admitted in a New York police lineup that he is Kelly Yale Hendrix, 35, who jumped sentencing bail in Gastonia North Carolina where he and five others were convicted in 1929 of murdering Chief of Police O F Aderholt.
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New York
John Gray
Kelly Yale Hendrix
Gastonia
N. C
O. F. Aderholt
G. O. P. Convention Gavel Vanishes in Rumpus
Chicago police said they were on the thieves’ trail after the Republican convention’s gavel disappeared during last night’s session. Chairman Bertrand H. Snell of New York reported the theft and arranged a substitute gavel as investigators pursued leads.
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Chicago
U.P
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
Matthew Mulberry
Utah
Snell
Jahncke Praises Open Saloon Plank Adopts by Republicans
At the Republican convention in Chicago the wet open saloon plank is described by Ernest Lee Jahncke assistant secretary of the navy and Louisiana national committeeman as a change to the 18th amendment that leaves the decision to the people. John E. Jackson Louisiana delegation chair supports the plank.
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Chicago
Ernest Lee Jahncke
Navy
John E. Jackson
Louisiana
Court Refuses to Free Gaston Means on Bond
Justice Proctor of the DC supreme court denies bail for Gaston B. Means awaiting appeal on a $140000 theft charge from Evalyn Walsh McLean tied to the Lindbergh baby ransom plot. The judge cited possible flight risk and remaining $100000 in Means assets.
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Gaston
Washington
James M. Proctor
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Gaston B. Means
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Justice Proctor
Means
Justice Department
Robbers Enter Joseph Store Loot Reported
Burglars pry open a front window at Edward Joseph's grocery at 2400 DeSiard street and steal nine bottles of Garrett snuff plus cigars and cigarettes. Police investigate with Captain Pettit and Sergeants Busby and Reitzell hoping fingerprints identify the intruders.
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Edward Joseph
DeSiard Street
Garrett Snuff
F. S. Pettit
J. D. Busby
Frank Reitzell
Burgess Bill Adversely Reported By House Body
Louisiana house ways and means panel unfavorably reports Rep Burgess bill taxing cotton futures ten cents per bale and rice sugar futures one cent per bag. Senator Huey P. Long urged defeat, citing support from the senator and urging opposition.
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House
Baton Rouge
Ways and Means
Louisiana
United States
Huey P. Long
J. Porter Burgess
Quachita
Hoover Nomination Cemented as Republicans Reelect President
At the Chicago convention Herbert Hoover won the party’s renomination on the first ballot amid a noisy parade. California and Maine leaders led the march as Governor James Rolph and Governor William Gardner carried a 32 foot banner “From Maine to California press on with Hoover.” A Hoover running mate ahead.
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Chicago Stadium
Republican Party
Hoover
California
Joseph L. Scott
Los Angeles
Curtis
Hoover Nominated by Joseph L. Scott at Republican Convention
At Chicago on June 16 Herbert Hoover was presented as the ideal standard bearer by Joseph L. Scott of California. Scott praised Hoover as a man of human engineering and dedication, while a brief disruption occurred as Dr. Joseph I France was escorted from the platform during his own nomination attempt.
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Joseph L. Scott
Los Angeles
United States
Herbert Hoover
Chicago
Chicago Stadium
Herbert Tloover
Joseph I
France
Maryland
Coolidge
California
Scott
Hoover
Republicans Women Face Prohibition Split At Hoover Convention
Chicago June 16. Women in the Republican party debate Hoover plank over prohibition and the woman vote. Wet and dry factions clash as Agnes Giffort and others speak on the convention floor signaling a potential shift in support or revolt within the party.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Agnes Jones Giffort
New Jersey
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