Slayer Refuses Motive After Capture in Meyer Slaying
Ohio ex convict Harold St Clair, captured in New Orleans after fleeing Illinois, admits killing Dr Homer L Meyer but refuses to disclose motive. He says he will face the electric chair and will waive extradition for immediate Illinois trial. Police report two bullets killed the dentist, with St Clair found with pistols and poison, and name a traveling companion as a possible associate.
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New Orleans
Harold St. Clair
Homer L. Meyer
el Dorado
Meyer
St. Clair
Ohio
John Grosch
Illinois
St. Claire
Memphis
Dr. Meyer
Grosch
Ill
Evelyn Anderson
Corpus Christi
Texas
Rivers Daily Stages Flood Present 24 Hour Stage
Flood conditions intensified with a 24 hour stage update. Local officials warned residents of rising water levels and potential impact on riverside communities. Storm system influenced river dynamics prompting advisories and contingency plans across affected counties.
Authority at Issue in Virginia Dam Fight Over Federal Permit
Appalachian Electric Power files notice to proceed with building a New River dam in Virginia defying the Federal Power Commission order to obtain a permit. Huston Thompson led government counsel and Newton D. Baker represented the power company as the suit tests the constitutionality of the federal water power act.
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Washington
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Federal Power Commission
New
Virginia
Commission
The
Power Commission
Huston Thompson
Newton D. Baker
Power Corporation
George Otis Smith
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Renovizin' the Twin Cities and a Flag Boy
A humoristic note on local youth in the north side who call their flea-cleaning pup “renovizin” him. H M James keeps in touch with his New Mexico vacationing family via phonographic home news. Lawrence McMurphy, age 4, flies Old Glory and serves as school flag boy observing Memorial Day and daily flag routines.
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Twin Cities
North Side
H. M. James
New Mexico
Mr. James
Carbuncle Fatal for Bank Robber
Earl Joiner, the bank robber who boasted jail could not hold him, died in Liberty jail from blood poisoning caused by a carbuncle on his back. He had been brought for trial in the 1932 Cleveland First National Bank robbery and had pleaded guilty, receiving ten years. His body rests at the Roper Funeral Home in Liberty awaiting word from relatives in Louisiana.
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Houston
Tex
Earl Joiner
Liberty Jail
L. V. Hightower
Liberty County
Joiner
First National Bank of Cleveland
Hightower
M. C. Payne
Roper Funeral Home
Liberty
Louisiana
Letters refute defense offered by Jugoslavian case strengthened
Boston reports Miss Agnes Turverson believed alive in Boston as late as this month after a cleansing job visit on May 15 and June 1 to 10. New York dispatches reveal three letters from the missing woman refuting a marriage of convenience with Captain Ivan Poderjay and indicating plans to spend her life abroad with the Jugoslavian soldier of fortune. Viennese authorities protest Poderjay imprisonment and issue warnings from Vienna.
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Boston
Boston American
Agnes Turverson
New York
Ruth F. Hall
Melrose
Agnes Tufverson
Ivan Poderjay
Tulverson
America
Vienna
Poderjag
Vienneseau
Catholic group launches drive for cleaner films
Cincinnati June 22 A Catholic bishops committee on motion pictures plans direct and aggressive action to safeguard moral welfare from salacious movies The Legion of Decency will extend to every town in the United States with more than a million pledges Their national council of priests will direct the work Archbishop John T McNicholas leads the committee and says they seek a wholesome screen not to harm the industry
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Cincinnati
Committee On Motion Pictures
Roman Catholic Bishops of America
Legion of Decency
United States
United States.” the Legion
John T. McNicholas
McNicholas
Senator Calls War Material Probe Evidence Shocking
Senator Pope of Idaho says the senate munitions investigation has already uncovered startling revelations. He warned that public disclosure before September hearings could harm strategic interests and fuel propaganda. He alleges a large ring fosters wars.
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Washington
Pope
Idaho
Senate Munitions Committee
House Delays Costly Louisiana Taxpayer Savings
Baton Rouge special report notes the Louisiana House failed to adopt retrenchment plans, costing taxpayers 5 045 554 69. Independents sought 5 430 596 over two years while administration cuts totaled 381 041 33. Some reductions masked actual totals due to reserves in state offices.
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Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
Louisiana
House
Johnson cracks down on critics of brain trust
Nashville report says Gen. Hugh S Johnson defended the president’s adviser group against critics who say the brain trust should be a fixed policy body. He contrasted Roosevelt’s cross‑section brains with critics who favor Wall Street influence and backroom aid.
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Johnson
Brain Trust
Nashville
Tenn
Hugh S
Roosevelt
United States
Wall Street
Perry Whitney in semifinals at Southern Amateur
Sam Perry of Birmingham, Dixie champion in 1929 and 1932, reached the Southern Amateur semifinals with a 7 and 6 win over Ben Weddington Jr. of Meridian. Nelson Whitney, veteran champion with five titles, defeated Crawford Rainwater 7 and 6 after a 15 year layoff. Continued on Fourteenth Page.
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New Orleans
Sam Perry
Birmingham
Ben Weddington, Jr
Meridian
Miss
Perry
Weddington
Nelson Whitney
Crawford Rainwater
Atlanta
Mother Charged With Slaying Son Is Jailed
SHREVEPORT La June 22 Taken to jail in a wheel chair from her sick bed Mrs Alma Garrison 30 today languished She was charged with the murder of her eight year old son Travis on May 9 The son's body was found with his head almost severed The mother's throat was cut and for a time she was a serious condition and prayed to it Officers accused her of killing her son in despondency and slashing her own throat.
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Shreveport
Alma Garrison
Travis
Workers prepare booths for Better Homes and Trade Exposition opening next week
Preparations for the Better Homes and Trade Exposition underway as a staff builds booths for displays. The Central Trade and Labor Council will present a model house while the Natural Gas company features a modern kitchen with an automatic gas range for Monroe. A. V. Miller notes high sponsor enthusiasm and full merchant cooperation.
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Twin Cities
Central Trade and Labor Council
Carpenters Union
Natural
Monroe
A. V. Miller
Housing Head Appointment and Price Revisions Ahead
Washington reports a planned downward revision of building material prices under NRA codes to boost home building and repairs within two weeks. Harry L. Hopkins’ appointment as administrator of the new housing law depends on whether he accepts the housing post or remains relief administrator.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt Proclaims Suspension of Davis Bacon Act
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation suspending the Davis Bacon act of 1931 which required laborers on public building construction to be paid prevailing local wages. The action, announced in Washington on June 22, pauses the wage rule affecting workers in similar city or area projects.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Middletown man kills wife then shoots others before suicide
Sidney R Redanus, 46, former vice president of the American Rolling Mills, beat and shot his wife Alma 42 then wounded two other family members before killing himself. Aged mother in law Elesa Rathman 76 was shot in the neck, daughter Shirley 12 wounded, and two other children fled. Coroner cites temporary insanity.
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Middletown, CO
Sidney R. Redanus
American Rolling Mills Company
Alma
Elesa Rathman
Shirley
Jane
Daniel
Redanus
Cook
Tobacco tax measure delayed by Louisiana committee
Legislative ways and means committee deferred action on the administration tax reform tobacco bill in Baton Rouge. Representative McGrath urged studying a higher cigar tax to boost school revenue, while backers praised the cheaper cigarette provision. The bill would cut the cigarette levy from four cents to three cents for packs at or below ten cents and tax larger packs at one fifth of a cent per cigarette. Louis Yarrut and Hugh Wilkinson urged approval, representing tobacco interests.
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Baton Rouge
Legislative Ways and Means Committee
Administration-Tax Reform Commission
McGrath
Orleans
Tax Reform Commission
Louis Yarrut
Hugh Wilkinson
New Orleans
P. H. McGrath
Six Children Buried as Frame House Collapses
In Chicago on June 22 a vacant frame house collapsed while children played inside. At least six children were buried, two seriously injured, and five were rescued within an hour and taken to a hospital. George Wieczorek, 10, and Stanley Bezonek, 12, suffered fractures.
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Chicago
George Wieczorek
Stanley Bezonek
President Roosevelts Son Loses Harvard Yale Wins Regatta
President Roosevelt watches from the referee’s launch as Yale defeats Harvard by a length in the 72nd regatta at New London. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. rows at number six for Harvard, while Yale junior varsity pulls away to win by three lengths.
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New London
Conn
Roosevelt
Harvard
Yale
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Elis
Jayvees
Crews
Franklin D., Jr
New Haven
Flying Brothers Still Aloft In Endurance Flight
Meridian Mississippi June 22 The flying brothers Fred and Al Key remain aloft in their plane Ole Miss seeking to break the world endurance record of 23 days. They took off last night at 7 37 and by 6 a.m. had 12 hours 39 minutes aloft covering about 785 miles. Ground crews plan a late day transmitting unit for constant contact while notes dropped from the sky have been their only communications so far.
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Meridian
Miss
Flying Brothers
Fred
al Key
Ole Miss
Governor Allen Denies Backing Lottery Bill
Governor O K Allen rejected any administration support for a Louisiana state lottery and warned against private lotteries now operating. He said a legal lottery will not be re established and promised steps to keep Louisiana free of lotteries.
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Baton Rouge
O. K. Allen
Louisiana
Allen
Louisiana House Passes 1934-38 Appropriations Bill
The Louisiana House approved the 1934-38 general biennial appropriations bill totaling 111,562,503.41 dollars with 15,750,000 yearly for the Tax Reform commission's property tax relief fund. Vote was 58 to 19. Dissenters criticized excessive items and warned of ongoing payrolls and political influence.
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Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
Senate
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
House
Rupert Peyton
Cadedo
Louisiana House passes convention bill amid party lines
The Louisiana House approved a bill to require state convention selections for national party delegations, 55 to 32, amid administration opposition. Williamson defended the measure aiming to curb 1928 and 1932 Long-backed delegations, while Provost and Hoffpauli argued the state central committee is democratic and rightful.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Provost
Iberia
Hoffpauli
Acadia
Williamson
Calcasieu
Democratic State Central Committee
Huey P. Long
Long
House
Calcasieu Parish
State Central Committee
Yale honors Roosevelt with degree at Hollywood ceremony
Yale awarded President Roosevelt a degree in Hollywood on June 22, but he was required to deliver a speech. The piece notes high cost of degrees, comments on the brain trust, and that he praised Congress after its recent adjournment.
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Hollywood
Cal
Yale
Roosevelt
Congress
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