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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1932
Page
8
In a heated session representatives halted ad valorem tax legislation as big corporations received concessions. Sanders decried delaying revenue measures claiming a massive spending spree during hard times. Huson of Mansfield urged immediate retrenchment and criticized salary reductions.
Legislators expected to curb salaries and rejected further revenue measures. A supporter offered no additional comment, leaving the dispute unresolved and prompting questions about future fiscal policy.
The Louisiana House indefinitely postponed four Hamiter-Drake-Perrault tax relief amendments aimed at abolishing ad valorem taxes for 1932 and 1933 and funding debt with bonds. Perrault urged third-reading action despite an unfavorable joint judiciary report, while Administration leaders urged to sustain the postponement.
Chairman Snell used the sergeant at arms as a threat to clear demonstrators as 15 000 people filled the upper tiers. Despite 2000 assistants on site, most avoided action, discarding badges and fleeing from the prospect of clearing galleries.
The speaker notes the subject did not clear the galleries alone or with resigned subordinates, claiming the order prevented their resignation. It is argued that such action, if taken, would have cost them the chairmanship of the national committee.
Jesse Wainwright, 27, was released from the parish jail on an order by City Judge W. M. Harper and handed to W. C. Sammons and J. F. Parker. The peace warrant, sworn by R. J. Moran, led to the release. New Yosemite waterfalls appear as snowpack melts after 16 years.
A humorous column notes M Lemore promoting W C T U tracts with samples and quotes from Dr Charles Mayo and Connie Mack, highlighting anti liquor messages and a mix of cartoons and captions. The piece ends with the narrator preparing to leave and offering a ride on a bicycle.
A 1639 history of Yucatan is prepared for printing from manuscripts compiled by Luis Cosada Vega director of the Yucatan Historical and Archaeological Museum.
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