Solons Return to Baton Rouge for Tax Legislation
Louisiana lawmakers resume work in Baton Rouge with bills on liquor taxation and highway funding. Governor O K Allen backs administration tax proposals including a gallonage liquor levy likely to raise about 1 million dollars. Long says no compromise on tax method and that funds may target utilities, cotton, stock exchanges, severance taxes.
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New Orleans
Long
House
Ways and Means Committee
O. K. Allen
Louisiana
Allen
Storm Wreaks Havoc Across Wisconsin and Illinois
A thunderstorm caused extensive damage including a boat collapse during a rescue near Mundelein Illinois, 500 dancers fleeing a Mundelein hall destroyed by fire, a fire on Lake Geneva Fontana Wisconsin destroying a block and 15 small boats, farm buildings flattened near Menomonie and Rice Lake Wisconsin with losses around 250000 dollars, and a brick plant at Stanley Wisconsin suffering 100000 dollars in damage plus half a million in wind and lightning damage overall.
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Young Warfield
Mundelein
Fontana
Wis
Lake Geneva
Menomonie
Rice Lake
Tornado Strikes Claxton Georgia Causes Roof and Home Damage
A tornado swept through Claxton Georgia tearing off the roof of a cotton warehouse and damaging the home of G C Edwards. The storm rolled through the south Georgia town leaving little other damage as the wind appeared to lift only at two points in the city.
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Claxton
South Georgia
G. C. Edwards
Escape Of Convict From Angola Reported Monday
Augustus Welch, a Denton Texas native serving a life sentence for a statutory offense, escaped from Angola State Penitentiary in Louisiana. Identifications bureau reported the June 25 escape from camp B on the penitentiary farm. Welch was convicted in East Baton Rouge parish on May 8, 1931.
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Baton Rouge
Augustus Welch
Denton
Texas
Angola
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
Welch
East Baton Rouge Parish
Penitentiary Farm
Fugitives Free After Texas Breakout Near Big Spring
Fugitives fled a Texas jail last night 75 miles from Big Spring after prying open cell doors with bars from their beds. They assaulted Deputy Bedford Carpenter, stealing his gun and keys before escaping to ground level. One inmate, Stanton, had been convicted of murder and was awaiting transfer to Huntsville for electrocution.
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Big Spring
Posey
Elkins
Bedford Carpenter
Stanton
John B. Moseley
Swisher County
Huntsville Penitentiary
Use Bonnet Carre Spillway For Pasturage
The Rural Rehabilitation Branch of the Emergency Relief Administration seeks War Department permission to use the Bonnet Carre spillway area near New Orleans as pasture for cattle imported from the western growth area. ER officials were instructed to have manager J. Lee Rhodes meet with the war department district engineer chief in New Orleans to obtain authority to convert the spillway to pasture.
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Washington
Emergency Relief Administration
War Department
Bonnet Carre
New Orleans
Grouth
J. Lee Rhodes
Peace for Scotch Mines Ends Wage Unrest
Glasgow agreement between the Coal Trade Conciliation board assures two years of peace in Scotland's coalfields. It restores a five per cent wage cut for certain surface workers and sets a minimum wage of 75 cents per shift for boys 15 underground. The pact runs to March 31, 1936, unless terminated on one month’s notice by either side.
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Scotch Mines
Scotland
Glasgow
Coal Trade Conciliation Board
Cross Word Puzzle Across Clues Mixed With Misc Letters
The page shows a crossword style puzzle with numbered across clues and scattered letters and hints. It includes entries like Chance, room in a harem, pastures and fertilizers, appetisers, and various household and animal terms. Many clues appear with garbled punctuation and mis-spellings typical of an OCR extract from a historic newspaper.
Woman treated for poisoning at Monroe Hospital
Mrs Sehon retrieved two tablets from a bathroom cabinet and swallowed poison instead of aspirin causing a burning sensation. Police notified and transported her to the sanitarium. Charges against Sehon were withdrawn and he was released.
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Grammont Street
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