Tax Commission guidelines drive state budget draft
The Louisiana House Appropriations Committee shapes an $80 million draft for future state disbursements at a special session. J Cleveland Fruge notes the bill follows tax commission recommendations amid school college and hospital budget clashes and warns of possible extra session.
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Ouachita 4-H Boys and Girls Head to Camp
About 50 4-H members from Ouachita parish and six neighboring parishes left after 9 a.m. for the annual 4-H club encampment near Rayville. A special truck from the Louisiana Baptist children's home carried most of the delegation after gathering on the courthouse west side.
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Louisiana Judges Bill Advances to Senate
The House passed the Bachman bill to add one federal district judge for the eastern and western districts of Louisiana and sent it to the Senate for consideration.
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New York Woman victim of fake Cuban marriage
Shirley Baron a Bayonne New Jersey buyer for a New York department store was entangled in a sham marriage with Dr Nunez Carrion a Santiago de Cuba physician. She left for New York abandoning prosecution and declared the ceremony a prank after a brief three day honeymoon.
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New Lindy Welcomed With Modest Announcement
The Lindberghs welcomed a son named Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr born Sunday at 2:15 p m weighing seven pounds seven and a half ounces at the Morrows home in Englewood New Jersey Mother Anne Morrow Lindbergh, a 24th birthday mother, rests with baby as progress remains private Honor and congratulations poured in from across the nation and abroad as radio stations interrupted programs to report the birth
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Three Boys Rob Store While Its Owner Is Buried
Three youths aged 20, Edgar Noel and brothers Faust and W F Threlkeld, were jailed in Oxford Mississippi charged with robbing a combined store and post office during the proprietor's funeral. They allegedly stole about $80 from the Lafayette post office and store while Dr E P Sneed was buried. Authorities have not yet determined ownership of the stolen money.
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Fields Seek Improvements at West Monroe Depot
Harvey G. Fields public service commissioner called for depot upgrades in West Monroe. He asked the railroad through state agent Ed Ferry of New Orleans to paint the roof install extra electric lights add umbrella sheds and beautify the passenger station following a request from the ladies civic club and city council.
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Hambone Meditations by J P Alley Visit De Fathas
A readable excerpt presents Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley with lines about de sins o de fathers and de chilluns gwine visit de father. The text features dialectal talking points and rural themes in a compact passage.
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Records in Many Places Broken as Mercury Mounts
Across Georgia farmers faced wind and hail storms tearing through corn cotton and tobacco belts with thousands of dollars in damage. No direct casualties reported though homes roofs and barns suffered. Hail pooled on highways up to six inches deep as heat wave spread nationwide with high temperatures from 92 to 101.
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Ark. Treasurer Defends Stand In A Statement
State treasurer Ralph Koonce rebutted criticism of fund handling in a formal statement. He argued 500000 was properly placed and said if private accountants are correct he earned the state enough to fund two legislative sessions. He also defended handling of $40000 in bad checks, saying the law could not be enforced and his actions mirrored a business institution.
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Ralph Koonce
Koonce
Young Dorchester gunman escapes from padded cell
Victor Stanwhite a 17 year old from Dorchester wriggled out of a strait jacket in city prison and slipped past an armed guard to escape a padded cell The feat likened to Houdini and marks a rare prison breakout Stanwhite had been arrested after claiming to be the cryptogram killer 3 X and was later identified as not that suspect
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Victor Stanwhite
Dorchester
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Stanwhite
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New York
Governor Denies Unlimited Constitutional Meet Claim
Lieutenant Governor Lee Cazort and Ernest Dew of Little Rock waived preliminary hearings and were held on $500 bonds in Phillips county. They were accused of offering $1500 cash and a high state office to persuade Helena Judge Sheffield to withdraw from the Democratic gubernatorial race in favor of Brooks Hays. Both deny the charges and discuss possible withdrawal with allies.
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Fred Isgrig
Little Rock
Lee Cazort
Ernest Dew
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Rockefeller Son to Wed Mary Clark Today
Miss Mary Todhunter Clark of Cynwyd becomes the bride of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, second son of John D. Rockefeller Jr., at St. Asaph's Church Bala Cynwyd this afternoon. Over 700 guests from New York Philadelphia Washington and other cities attend. ceremony led by Rev. Benjamin N. Bird. Matrons of honor are Mrs. Roger Page Jr. and Mrs. Phillip Wallis.
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Catholic Educators Meet in New Orleans Today
In New Orleans the National Catholic Educational Association prepares to open, with over 2,000 nuns priests and brothers filling convents academies and priests houses from across the United States and Canada. Preliminary meetings run ahead of the official start tomorrow.
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Northern Chinese Forces Defeat Government Armies
Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang announced that 6,000 government troops were captured and pursued southeastward after a three day battle near Peiping. The northern forces led by Feng clashed with Chiang Kai-Shek's Nanking government troops, as reported from Peiping.
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Governor Denies Unlimited Constitutional Convention
Baton Rouge, June 23. Governor Huey P. Long denied that the proposed constitutional convention would be an unlimited proposition. He said the bill would restrict the convention to three proposals including highway bonds of 68 million dollars, greater state participation in federal flood control aid, and an amendment on pardons and paroles. He pledged to stake his reputation on these limits.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Fear Youth Is Dead Upon Snow Covered Peak
Harold Johnson a 12 year old Boy Scout is missing in the San Jacinto mountains near Riverside California after separating from his group last Saturday. An army plane sighted what appeared to be a body on a 10 000 foot peak while a large search by forest rangers scouts and volunteers continued at dusk.
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Mystery Tales Writer Mellville Post Dies at 59
Clarksburg West Virginia reports Mellville Davison Post, famed mystery fiction author and lawyer, died in hospital after a two week illness. He authored The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason and many crime stories.
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Randolph Mason
Judge Bars State From Spending Bond Funds Pending Suit
Judge Carruth Jones grants a preliminary injunction in the New Orleans suit to recover 246000 from the highway commission, keeping bond funds from the one cent gas tax in abeyance until final ruling. He also ruled state board attorneys require attorney general approval to act and barred Fitch and Perez from representing the Tax Commission in the case. Case reset for next Monday amid continuance requests to the Supreme Court.
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J George K. Favrot
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Leander H. Perez
St. Bernard Parish
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Supreme Court
Atlantic City Mayor and three others killed in auto train crash
Absecon New Jersey June 23 Mayor Anthony M Ruffo Jr of Atlantic City and three others died when his car was struck by a shore bound Philadelphia Atlantic City express at a grade crossing. Also killed were John Wiley and his wife Lillian of Ventnor and Margaret Ciracusa of Ventnor. The wreckage spread over tracks. engine disabled, another engine sent to move the train.
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N. J
Anthony M. Ruffo, Jr
Atlantic City
Ruffu
John Wiley
Lillian
Ventnor
Margaret C. Siracusa
Pennsylvania Railroad
Legislature to Open Seventh Week of 60 Day Session
Baton Rouge June 23 The Louisiana legislature will start its seventh week as 29 house bills and five senate bills await final passage tonight. The Peltier bill for statewide tick eradication is on the house calendar but may not be reached. Also up is John’s constitutional amendment to exempt new industries from taxes for five years. 14 assessor salary increase bills cover 14 parishes including Livingston Richland St. Tammany and East Feliciana.
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