Democrats Face Platform Dispute at Philadelphia Convention
In Philadelphia on June 24 the Democratic convention faced a rising platform clash over constitutional changes and Townsend old age pensions. Roosevelt leaders resisted both, predicting no platform support for those issues. Senator Wagner of New York was named platform chairman as hearings began with farm leaders present.
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Associated Press
Philadelee
Platform Committee
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
Wagner
New York
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Jacko
Tania Lessora
Philadelphia
Emma Guffey Miller
Pennsylvania
National Committee
Louisiana House Approves Luxury Sales Tax On Fast Track
Louisiana lawmakers advanced an administration luxury sales tax by a vote of 84 to 0 and sent the measure to the Senate. The House quickly approved the omnibus general appropriations bill totaling about 70 million dollars for the next biennium. Representative Frank J. Stich urged passage of the tax as part of funding and property tax relief provisions.
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Baton Rouge
House
Senate
Frank J. Stich
New Orleans
Stich
Lorris M. Wimberly
N. S. Hoffpaulr
Acadia
Wimberly
W. C. Pegues
Memorial fund to honor Edison with education grants
Monroe backs a national drive to create a $5,000,000 living memorial for Thomas A. Edison. A local quota of $3,000 will aid technical education for gifted youths, with Barkdull Faulk Post No. 13, American Legion, spearheading the campaign and a July Fourth barbecue planned at the Bernstein place to raise funds.
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Arnold Bernstein
Monroe
Thomas A. Edison
Barkdull Faulk
American Legion
Bernstein Place
Bayou DeSiard
Candidacy Set For New Red River Judge Run
Incumbent James W. Jones and challenger Paul Stephens agree to a new election for the Red River Natchitoches district judge seat after a runoff dispute. Stephens is the Democratic nominee, which in Louisiana equivalent to election. Jones alleged fraud and a compromise urged a September primary with others eligible to enter.
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Coushatta
James W. Jones
Paul Stephens
Red River-Natchitoches
Stephens
Louisiana
Jones
Democratic Executive Committee
Perkins Discusses New Deal Labor Laws for Women Leaders
Frances Perkins outlines labor advances under the New Deal to Democratic women at a Philadelphia breakfast, citing shorter hours in 13 states, minimum wages in nine, workers' protection in 16, homework regulation in three, injunction curbs in 18, and a 16 year age minimum for employment.
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National
Perkins
Louisiana chooses Weiss amid Democratic convention action
The Louisiana delegation held a caucus to fill committee spots at the Democratic national convention. While most assignments were made, the rules committee seat remained open and debate over abolishing the two thirds rule loomed. Seymour Weiss, prominent New Orleans hotel man and ex aide to Huey Long, urged support for changing the rule.
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Philadelphia
Louisiana
Seymour Weiss
New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Former postmaster shot in Louisiana feud over dog
William L. Brown a 40 year old Rapides parish farmer and former LeCompte postmaster and state representative candidate was shot and critically wounded in Alexandria Louisiana today. Hadley Dyer a 35 year old farmer surrendered to the LeCompte town marshal Barker and was jailed in the parish jail after the incident.
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Alexandria
William L. Brown
Rapides Parish
LeCompte
Hadley Dyer
Dyer
Barker
Last-Minute Briefs From Across The Nation
Summary of brief items including a woman's body found near Harahan bridge in Memphis, burglars stealing over 400000 in gems from the Coe estate on Long Island, Japan rejecting a three power naval treaty, drought and heat in western farming regions, Frances Perkins praising Mrs Roosevelt in Philadelphia, ICC dismissing Southern Railway's line abandonment bid, Gov Landon on his horse in Kansas, dynamite near Moscow advancing port hopes, Britain dropping sanctions on Italy with a tally favoring the move.
Cutten Death Ends Era of Wheat Market Titan
Arthur W. Cutten the 66 year old “little giant of the wheat pits” died suddenly at 2 30 am in Chicago after a heart attack in Edgewater Beach hotel suites. He built a multimillion fortune in 30 years of trading and had been in frail health for months. His wife Maude Boomer of Chicago sought medical help but he died twenty minutes later.
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Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Maude Boomer
J. Philip Evans
Edgewater Beach
Cutten
Bloody Hold Up Suspect Arrested in Los Angeles
New Orleans police learned that Joe Cavaretta alias Joseph Oliver, 23, suspected in the December 31 1930 Third District Whitney Bank holdup at Dauphine and Piety Streets, was arrested in Los Angeles by Detective Lieutenant Jack Cohen. He is to be brought back to face capital charges.
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New Orleans
Joe Cavaretta
Joseph Oliver
Third District
Whitney Banks
Dauphine and
Piety Streets
Los Angeles
Calif
Jack Cohen
Cavaretta
George Rever
Hessmer Man Killed by Accidental Shot
Murphy Villemarette, 29, of Hessmer, died when a small calibre rifle fired accidentally as he tried to loosen a locked trigger. The bullet struck below his heart after attending his cousin James Villemarette’s marriage to Amy Firman. He is survived by his widow.
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Marksville
Murphy Villemarette
Hessmer
A. T. Barbin
Villemarette
James Villemarette
Avoyelles Parish
Amy Firman
Longbridge
Stratosphere Balloon Takes Off On Flight
Unmanned experimental balloon launched from Memorial stadium at 6 58 a m bound for 10 to 14 miles altitude. It carries a radio report system and a letter with disposal instructions for finders. Descent expected to begin around noon central time as it drifts northeast toward its landing.
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Minneapolis
Spi
Jean Piccard
Memorial Stadium
Piccard
University of Minnesota
Roosevelt Plans renomination speech amid subsidy bill actions
President Roosevelt worked on his renomination acceptance speech and possible ship subsidy bill action as 38 measures and the $800,000,000 revenue bill remained on the agenda. He drafted a Philadelphia address for Saturday and conferred with Judge Mack along with Speaker Bankhead and other officials about the campaign and policy plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
John F Mack
New York
Bankhead
McReynolds
Tennessee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hugh R. Wilson
Geneva
Jesse Jones
The
Reconstruction Corporation
Hayden
Arizona
Two Injured When Bus Is Overturned in Texas Crash
Two women from Baton Rouge were the only injuries in a bus sedan crash two miles east of Scottsville Texas on Highway 80. The bus overturned down a ten foot embankment after a side swipe with a car. Seventeen others escaped serious harm. passengers were taken to Shreveport for treatment. The bus was damaged and moved to Dallas by a wrecker.
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Shreveport
Guy Harold, Jr
Thelma Cash
Napoleon Street
Baton Rouge
Scottsville
Texas
H. A. Cecil
Dallas
Nancy Jacobs
Helen Newcomb
Iris Leon Newcomb
Oklahoma City
Wrecker
Split Thought Likely Among Great Powers At Dardanelles Talks
In Montreux on June 24, delegates from major nations faced a possible split over a Soviet demand for unlimited warship movement from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. Britain might seek a showdown with Japan backing Moscow, while France appeared inclined to side with Russia amid mutual assistance ties. The conference approved a four point draft on refortifying the straits.
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Montreux
Switzerland
Black Sea
Straits
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Japan
France
Russia
Turkey
Zioncheck Begins Treatment After Court Postponed Sanity Hearings
Representative Marion Zioncheck of Washington state started treatment in a Towson Maryland private hospital, halting a planned mental status examination. He was removed from Gallinger hospital on a stretcher amid protests and transported to Sheppard and Enoch Pratt hospital ahead of a scheduled DC supreme court sanity hearing. His wife Rubye Louise Nix helped finalize transfer arrangements.
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Washington
Marion Alioncheck
Washington State
Towson
Zioncheck
Gallinger Hospital
Sheppard
Enoch Pratt
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Rubye Louise Nix
District and Court Au
Couple Freed In Death Of Boarder In New Orleans
Mr and Mrs Stephen Jenusa cleared of manslaughter charges over the fatal shooting of boarder Jules J Gouzy 54 on June 30 1935 The jury acquitted Mrs Jenusa after ten minutes of deliberation citing improper advances and Jenusa received an instructed verdict of acquittal
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New Orleans
Stephen Jenusa
Jules J. Gouzy
Jenusa
Gouzy
Convention Talk at Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
Report from Philadelphia on the Democratic convention where Gov. George Earle and other figures drew loud reactions as the applause indicator climbed. Delegates, attire, and remarks from Farley and Mencken are noted along with Tea Bar scenes and early arrivals.
Man Who Cut Al Capone Placed in Solitary
James C. Lucas, Alcatraz prisoner who stabbed Al Capone, was placed in solitary confinement as authorities review the incident. U S District Attorney H H McPike said there are no plans to move Lucas for trial, noting Capone would need a murder charge if killed. Capone sustained a superficial back wound about a quarter inch deep.
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San Francisco
James C. Lucas
Alcatraz Island
al Capone
Chicago
United States
H. H. McPike
James H. Johnston
San Francisco Bay
Texas
Capone
McPike
Lucas
Johnston
Slaying Suspect Bruises Studied In Death Case
In Los Angeles on June 24 7 the fiancee’s mother Mrs Caroline Lindahl faced police after Herman Jacobs world war marine and jeweler was found dead with a crushed head in a vacant lot last Monday. Lindahl is held on murder suspicion and her daughter Virginie 18 a material witness. Detective Leroy Sanderson said bruises and scratches on Mrs Lindahl and a grasp mark on an arm were noted while investigators studied letters including one read to Captain Bert Wallin from Miss Jackie Van Atten a dancer once associated with Jacobs. Jacobs had received 750 in bonus bonds last week.
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Los Angeles
Caroline Lindahl
Herman Jacobs
Jacobs
Leroy Sanderson
Bert Wallin
Jackie van Atten
Corpus Christi
Tex
Wallis
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Samera
Voice of Safety
Edison Fund
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Frances Perkins
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N. Y
W. R. Coe
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Southern Railway Company
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Carson
Ala
Clarke
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Kas
Alf M. Landon
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Democratic Convention
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Lioncheck
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George Earle
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Ham Lincoln
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Harlan Stone
Kitty Carlisle
America
Senator Barkley
James A. Farley
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