Taxation Case Being Pondered in New Orleans
A three judge federal court in New Orleans has taken under advisement the petitions of Interstate Natural Gas Company and Memphis Natural Gas Company seeking to permanently restrain Mississippi from collecting taxes for 1927 to 1931 and five years respectively. Each company claims five year exemptions for new industries, while Mississippi argues the exemption does not apply since its pipelines transport gas through the state without the firms conducting business there.
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New Orleans
Interstate Natural Gas Company, Inc
Mississippi
Memphis Natural Gas Company
Europe Warns of Air Mail Stamp Forgery Surge
Stamp dealers and collectors face a rising epidemic of air mail forgeries across Europe. A Royal Philatelic Society member notes some fakes fetch up to 2000 dollars and that many forgeries are so clever they can take weeks to prove. Photographic reproductions are among the hardest to detect.
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Europe
Royal Philatelic Society
London
Three Burson sisters prove three can live as cheaply as one
In Athens Georgia in June 1930 the Burson girls Ruby Eddie May and Pauline, farmer’s daughters, completed four years of college at the Georgia State College of Agriculture for about $3000 total. They shared costs from tuition to living, with father R P Burson contributing farm produce and support as they balanced coursework and student life.
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Athens
Burson
Ruby
Eddie May
Pauline
Georgia State College of Agriculture
R. P. Burson
Georgia
College of Agriculture
Papa Burson
Eugene Talmadge
Board of Regents
Pauline Burson
Roosevelt signs Glass-Steagall banking reform bill
President Roosevelt signs the Glass-Steagall banking reform act as part of a broader package to lift the country from the slump. The administration plans sweeping public works and industrial controls to employ millions, with coordination across industry and labor so as to raise wages and stabilize prices. Formal action and appointments complete the program.
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Glass
Recovery Act Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
George N. Peek
Death closes strange career of Houston Post staffer
A former Houston Post staffer, once from New Orleans, led a solitary, controversial life. He cherished a resemblance to novelist Joseph Conrad, kept notebooks on philosophy, and had Hebrew writings in his shanty. A Chinese gong marked his sermons delivered to few listeners. He rode a carnival horse for $50 and once wrote his own obituary for publication. His body was sent to New Orleans to his two sisters.
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Joseph Conrad
Richardson
The
Houston Post
New Orleans
Post
Rail unions refuse wage cut demand by railroads
Chicago June 16 Spokesmen for the million workers on America 201 class 1 railroads said they would ignore a 22 1 2 percent wage reduction proposed to replace a 10 percent temporary cut ending November 1 The Railway Labor Executives association with 21 unions condemned the request and attendees said the roads were not serious. Alexander F Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and chairman of the association said the unions would not recognize the demands or attend the July 12 conference.
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Chicago
America
Railway Labor Executives Association
Alexander F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Labor Executives Association
Sister Benedict Celebrates 50 Years With Sisters of the Poor
In New Orleans Sister Benedict of St. Paul, age eighty, received papal benediction as a high mass marked her fiftieth anniversary as a little sister of the poor. A native of Tipperary she took vows at La Tour France, serving 48 years in New Orleans. report notes rising gasoline taxes surpassing five cents a gallon.
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Sister OF Poor
New Orleans
Benedict of
St. Paul
Tipperary
Ireland
la Tour
France
Roosevelt Wins Senate Battle Over Economy and Railroads
President Roosevelt secures Senate support in a clash over economic policy and railroad reorganizations. A single bill approves 3.6 billion dollars for public works to cover government expenses for three prewar years, enhancing executive power.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Congress reconvenes January after six months off
Washington reports that for the first time under the twentieth amendment Congress adjourned sine die and will convene January 3 next year, ending the previous December session schedule during holidays. The change moves the new Congress to meet on January 3 instead of the first Monday in December.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
Congress Ends Special Session Over Veterans’ Pay Debate
After hours of debate and a late adjournment the special session wrapped with a $30 million veterans’ pension dispute unresolved. President Roosevelt praised the emergency response as Congress and the White House negotiated to preserve earlier reductions, then relented on some cuts amid opposition from Democratic dissidents.
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Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
Robinson
Independent Offices
House
Bone
Washington
Copeland
New York
Hayden
Arizona
Long and Overton
Louisiana
Neely
West Vir
Congress wraps up record peace time session with 16 new laws
Washington June 16 Congress adjourned after enacting 16 major laws drafted largely by President Roosevelt and aides. The measures include national recovery act, farm relief, emergency bank law, Glass Steagall reform, Wagner-Lewis relief, reforestation, railroad reorganization, securities and beer bills, home owners program, Muscle Shoals, gold clause repeal, employment service, postal rate cuts, and a $3.6 billion deficiency appropriation for public works and other emergencies.
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Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
P F. C
Glass-Steagall Bank Reform Act
Federal Reserve
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Home Owners Act
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Tennessee Valley
Muscle Shoals
U. S
Cal
Hardwood men seek production limits across southern states
Until consumption surpasses demand, producers would be barred from expanding plants or boosting output. No plant changes require written approval and any rise in production must match additional labor. States represented include Texas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma Florida Georgia Tennessee Kentucky South Carolina North Carolina Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland.
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Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkanas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Reins Tightened on Soviet Farms
Soviet policy tightens control over collective farms aiming to instill socialized agriculture to boost output. Currently 80 percent of land and 60 to 70 percent of peasants are collectivized, with 10,139 party members in political sections likely to triple or quadruple as productive cells form. Approximately 3 200 cubic feet of helium at 95 to 98 percent purity is needed to lift 200 pounds.
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Russia
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Economy Furniture CO
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Industrial Control and Public Works
Monroe Printing Co
Jack Boyer
Mgr
Sid Floor
Monroe, la
Summer
Value Supreme
Sally
DeSiard
AL Rose
Ginia
Trammell
Wheeler
Montana
Hardwood
United States Bureau of Home Economics
Louisiana Ice & Coal Company, Inc
Trenton Street
West
Monroe, Louisiana
Bureau of Home
Saark
Slouthwretera Ice Manufacturers Asse
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