Navy signs peace time bill for 24 new ships and 555 planes
President Roosevelt signed a 460 million dollar peace time navy bill to start 24 new warships and acquire 555 aircraft, with 282 replacements and 273 additions toward a goal of 2,000 planes by 1942. Navy funding for new vessels was reduced to 20.69 million, but officials pledged no delay to construction totaling about 197.4 million.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Navy Department
Department
Roosevelt Urges Tax The Wealthy Plan Vote Now
New Deal leaders faced complications as they push President Roosevelt’s tax the wealthy program. Debate centers on attaching taxes to a two year extension of nuisance and excise levies, with potential bonus rider and tariff disputes looming.
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Washington
Capitol
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
la Follette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Thomas
Oklahoma
Capital Charge Faces Pardoned Convict in Robbery Attempt
William Martin 21, pardoned convict, faced a capital charge in New Orleans after wounding two men during a Sunday morning attempt to rob the Canal Liquor Company. Henry Marki 19, and Martin Kiern 18, were injured when others inside the store attacked the bandit. he was beaten unconscious.
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New Orleans
William Martin
Canal Liquor Company, Inc
Henry Marki
Martin Kiern
Fletcher Forges Ahead In Coast League Marble Finals
James Fletcher took an undisputed lead in the Coast league of the southern marble finals in Gulfport Mississippi with ten wins in the second round. He stands at eighteen victories to six defeats, while L E Wicker of Baton Rouge is second with fourteen and ten. Monroe’s rival, the Baton Rouge youngster, was swept in four matches to seal Fletcher’s top position.
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Gulfport
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James Fletcher
James
L. E. Wicker
Baton Rouge
Monroe
Bonds Sold By State Board To Restore Confederate Pensions
The Louisiana state board of liquidation privately sold 550000 in bonds at par and 5 percent to restore Confederate pensions to 60 dollars monthly, cut in half three years prior. A New Orleans bond house syndicate bought the issue with a 30 day option on 450000 more. Previously, 2000000 of Confederate pension bonds offered publicly drew a single bid of 95 and 5 percent, which was rejected.
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Baton Rouge
State Board of Liquidation
New Orleans
Endurance Plane Ole Miss Flies 500th Hour With Flat Tire
Meridian Mississippi June 25 The Meridian endurance flight plane the Ole Miss at 832 am today passed the 500th hour on the fliers 22nd consecutive day in the air with a flat tire Al and Fred Key the brother pilots notified the ground crew that one tire went flat and that when they land they must use utmost caution to avoid a crash The ground crew said the Keys would have a better chance to land safely on the punctured tire by flying until their gas is exhausted to lighten load and balance the plane The fliers report good spirits and adequate rest to continue toward the world record attempt set by the Hunter brothers in 1930
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Meridian
Miss
Ole Miss
Fred Key
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Keys
Hammond Police Chief Says State Job Offered
Hammond Louisiana June 25 George F. Smith removed as Hammond police chief by the state civil service commission says the action stems from politics. The commission cited incompetency inefficiency and neglect of duty. Smith says Senator Huey P. Long offered him a state job if he resigned and joined Long’s side.
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Hammond
George F. Smith
State Civil Service Commission
Baton Rouge
Smith
Huey P. Long
Four Accidents in Ouachita Parish Claim One Life
A series of accidents in Ouachita Parish Monday and Monday night left one man dead at Bosco after being struck by a freight train. Three others were injured including a car crash victim on DeSiard street, a worker burned in a steam cloud at Brown Paper mill, and a 13 month old infant with a broken leg after a fall at home on Pargoud avenue. A fifth Monroe resident was injured Sunday when a freight train he rode derailed on its right side.
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Bosco
DeSiard Street
Brown Paper
Pargoud Avenue
Monroe
Bids Sought for Monroe and West Monroe Levee Wall Work
Sealed bids are invited by the United States engineer in Vicksburg Mississippi for the concrete steel sheet pile levee wall work on two sections in Monroe and West Monroe. Projects cover about 4500 feet of wall along the river east and west banks from Pine street to Grammont street and from Coleman avenue to Claiborne avenue.
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Monroe
West Monroe
South Grand and
Chestnut Streets
C. J. Wagner
S. and W. Company
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Forrest Avenue
Jack McEnery
Standifer Avenue
Pine Street
Grammont Street
Coleman Avenue
Claiborne Avenue
Fire Devastates 75 Palatial Boats in Florida Basin
A blaze at Pilkington's basin near Fort Lauderdale destroyed 75 pleasure craft and caused damage estimated over 1 million dollars. Firemen searched for Captain R. C. Abel, 28, of West Palm Beach, who was aboard the 110 foot house boat Seminole when a blast ripped through it. The Seminole was half sunken as pumps operated to retrieve the body.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Pilkington’s Basin
Here
R. C. Abel
West Palm Beach
Red Cross Aids Flood Sufferers in Arkansas
Relief agencies battled remaining flood effects as waters receded across over 500000 acres of Arkansas crop land. Southeast Arkansas remained a danger zone with the town of Gillett affected by rising waters from Farrelly lake, while crews prepared for the crest in the overflow region.
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Little Rock
Ark
Red Cross
Arkansas
Gillett
Farrelly Lake
Identity of Slain Man Still Mystery
Authorities sought to identify a white man found dead yesterday three miles west of Jennings Louisiana. The body lay wrapped in a blanket and clothed only in underclothing with a deep head wound suggesting murder elsewhere. A young boy discovered the body while hunting near bushes. physicians said he had been dead about 18 hours.
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Jennings
Here
Planes Collide Over Medellin Kill 14 and Hurt Six
In Medellin on June 25 two low flying airplanes collided and burst into flames. Fourteen people died and six were seriously injured. Victim Carlos Gardel, a famed South American film star, prompted theater suspensions in respect. The Ernesto Samper plane, nicknamed the Lindbergh of Colombia, collided with a Scadia aircraft owned by a German company.
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Associated Press
Medellin
Colombia
Americas
Carlos Gardel
Ernesto Samper
Lindbergh
Scadia
Man Hunted for 16 Years Caught in New York Sailors' Home
Fred C. Smith, who fled Leavenworth on St Patrick's Day 1919, was recaptured after a 16 year fugitive manhunt that stretched to Hawaii California and Texas. Hoover described the arrest as a model of cooperation and perseverance.
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Fred C. Smith
Leavenworth
St. Patrick's Day
Hawaiian Islands
California
Texas
Smith
Navy
Staten Island
N. Y
J. Edgar Hoover
Jutice Department
Army Post Exchange
Fort Ruger
Hawaii
Amoskeag Sues Government Over Cotton Taxes
The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company of Manchester files a federal suit in Concord seeking 2.5 million dollars claiming that cotton processing and floor taxes are unconstitutional.
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Concord
N. H
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
Manchester
Monroe Drivers Hit by Series of Accidents. One Killed
Parish and Monroe authorities plan intensified road safety measures after 35 accidents within the city through June 25 left one dead and six injured. Police report 34 traffic arrests this month, 28 for reckless driving or drunken driving, with few for parking or other offenses.
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Parish
Monroe
Roosevelt presses TVA reform amid Senate House clash
President Roosevelt asked Congress to act on stronger TVA legislation and resisted Senate bill changes favored by the House military committee. House Chairman McSwain met with the president and predicted action within a week while Rankin and Maverick urged passage of the Senate bill and regulation of utility holding companies.
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Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
House Military Committee
McSwain
House Committee
House
Rankin
Mississippi
Maverick
Texas
Power
Doors Close at Baton Rouge Brokerage Firm
Baton Rouge firm D. E. McInnis and Company shut its doors after head D. E. McInnis disclosed a $42,500 defalcation. He said a written confession was obtained from a person he blamed for the shortage. No charges filed yet as creditors are convened for tonight.
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Baton Rouge
D. E. McInnis
McInnis
Lawless Activities Of State Troops Charged In Petition
A petition accuses state troops of unlawful acts amid protests. The document cites alleged abuses of power and calls for investigation by competent authorities. Details about dates locations or officials are not fully clear in the fragments.
Labor protest as troops reopen Tacoma mills
The Central Labor Council urged the president to use army protection against alleged lawlessness after troops cleared streets with tear gas and fixed bayonets to reopen six Tacoma lumber mills. About 2,000 protesters were dispersed and roughly 15 arrests were made by state patrols as oxygen and pepper gas lingered from clashes. Similar troops moves were forecast in Portland Oregon as mill operators pushed the reopening.
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Tacoma
Wash
National Guard
Central Labor Council
Oregon
Portland
Petition to oust Long and Overton reaches Senate door
The Louisiana Women’s committee seeks Senate action to remove Senators Long and Overton charging whitewashing of investigations. Mrs Hilda Phelps Hammond delivered the petition to the Senate. Senator George will decide if it is receivable. The document cites prior probes and urges further inquiry into alleged fraudulent election assistance.
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Washington
Senate
Long
Overton
Louisiana
Women's Committee of
Hilda Phelps Hammond
New Orleans
Garner
George
Georgia
Elections Committee
Woman Drowns While Trying To Save Child In Sabine River
PORT ARTHUR Tex June 25 Search continues for the body of Mrs Webb Coleman 31 mother who plunged into the Sabine river above Starks La yesterday to rescue a daughter Mildred who saved herself by clinging to an inner tube A woman in a boat rescued another daughter Jewel Ruth from an eddy before Mrs Coleman disappeared The husband two daughters and Mrs Colemans parents and a sister survive all of Sulphur La
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Port Arthur
Tex
Fay
Webb Coleman
Sabine River
Starks
Mildred
Mayor challenges senator on good faith in pay dispute
In New Orleans on June 25 AP reports deputy commissioner J L Reilly says the mule wagon strike is only partly effective and the city will be cleaned by nightfall. Fewer than 300 workers struck over back pay and a demanded full week’s work amid calls for Walmsley to resign in favor of Huey P Long. The federal government took charge of garbage collection as workers persisted in the dispute.
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New Orleans
J. L. Reilly
Walmsley
Huey P. Long
United States
T. Semmes Walmsley
Firemen Payless in New Orleans Paycheck Dispute
An army of 1,400 city employees including garbage collectors were paid off today by the federal emergency relief administration. Walmsley city departments were taken over as an FERA project while police and fire forces under Huey Long remained payless. The Walmsley payroll totals about $63,729 monthly versus the city’s roughly $100,000 monthly obligation.
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New Orleans
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
T. Semmes Walmsley
FERA
Huey P. Long
Walmsley
City backs wages as long battle closes payroll gap
relief administration paid past due June wages and planned a meeting to decide future action. Walmsley accused Long of fomenting the strike and claimed Long promised back wages if Walmsley resigned, which he refused. Workers threatened a new strike today unless paid, with Reilly warning of replacement by FERA workers protected by marshals. The FERA assumed control of 11 city departments and will pay over 1,000 employees due to an empty municipal treasury from the Long Walmsley conflict.
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FERA
Walmsley
Will Rogers on tax exempt bonds in Congress
Will Rogers in Beverly Hills laments a bill to tax tax exempt bonds. He argues such bonds let a taxpayer earn a million dollars tax free, and notes the fairness of requiring bonds to pay taxes. He suggests the bill would curb over issuing bonds by towns states or the government.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
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