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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1928
Page
3
Baton Rouge news report states the Louisiana senate approved the administration’s severance tax bill 25 to 14 after lengthy discussion. The measure would raise levies on all natural resources and affect producers and state revenue.
Senators listed voting for the bill include Allen Barousse Boone Cain Delahoussaye Sere Ducers Fernandez Fisher Gamble Gilbert P H Hughes King Knott Labbe Larcade Norwood Oser Peterman Robinson Schwing Settoon Wingate and Woods. Opposing senators include Brenner Brooks Caffery Duke Foucher Gilbert Hall Holcombe Huson McConnell Redmond Skelly Whittington Williamson.
The McClanahan measure would tax oil on a quantity basis to fund free textbooks and replace tobacco tax revenue. Passed the house, now goes to the senate for concurrence in amendments before a gubernatorial signature. Senator Allen defended the bill while opponents labeled it unfair and unethical.
Captain Frank T. Courtney, who failed to reach the Azores yesterday, took off at 8 a.m. today from Lisbon for Horta about 1050 miles away. He plans to fly on to the United States via Halifax.
Houston convention notes describe crowded hotel lobbies and elevators filled with reporters. The veteran correspondent humorously contrasts New York and Houston crowds, recalling playful Texas mischief and Eastern reporters shuffling through blocks amid spirited atmosphere.
Baton Rouge June 28 Senator Norris Williamson of East Carroll parish accuses H A Bozeman of moral cowardice after Williamson demanded an investigation into a threat guide. Bozeman, described as governor's bodyguard, denies payrolls or ties to the state. The dispute began with Williamson's Senate floor remarks and continues with further protest and page six continuation.
A near thousand strong excursion train from Scarborough collided with a shunting engine in Carlisle Durham. Twenty two killed and forty seven injured, including many women and children, with 28 in hospital. Rescue teams faced harrowing conditions as survivors and victims lay entangled.
Fire department officials estimate $60,000 in damage from a blaze in a Canal street building housing six concerns. The heaviest loss is the building owned by the Marshal Lapeyre estate at $25,000. Origin of the fire not definitely determined.
Cor dell Hull said he would release the Tennessee delegation pledged to him only when Smith reaches a two thirds majority. He stated the delegation could then change its vote. In a separate brief, Captain Frank T. Courtney completed the first leg of a trans Atlantic flight arriving at Horta from Lisbon in the Dornier Napier Whale after a 1,000 mile leg.
Nellie Tayloe Ross Emma Guffey Miller and Stella Hamlin drew the spotlight as they seconded Governor Smith’s nomination in Houston. Hamlin's debut on the national committee scene sparked discussion as she wore a coffee lace gown and cloche hat.
The resolutions sub-committee approved a prohibition plank calling for enforcement of the eighteenth amendment. Drafted by Senator Key Pittman the plank has Gov. Alfred E. Smith’s support and is seen as aligned with anti republican positions amid days of controversy.
In Baton Rouge on June 28 the senate unanimously approved representative Shattuck’s bill for back pay to Confederate veterans and their widows. The measure seeks a constitutional amendment to grant $210 for 21 months when funds were unavailable. The session also passed representative Jordan’s bill setting a $6000 annual salary for the highway commissioner’s attorney and requiring domicile in Baton Rouge.
Fragmentary notes echo a verse titled Hambones Meditations by J P Alley with phrases about debil sow seeds and weeds taking deep root and weeds harder to pull up, suggesting a rural or poetic meditation on growth and resilience.
Copyright notice from 1928 Bell Syndicate appears on the clipping. The brief shows a standard agency credit and year marking for distribution. No events, names, or places are provided in readable form.
Baton Rouge June 25. Senator Webb’s bill to raise the Ouachita parish assessor salary from 3000 to 5000 dollars a year was passed by the Senate today.
VICKSBURG Miss June 28 Hattiesburg was declared the winner of the Cotton States league pennant for the first half after league president Frank A Scott overruled Gulf ports protest against Laurel club.
Miss Amelia Earhart Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon, famed American fliers from the trans Atlantic flight, left Southampton on the steamship President Roosevelt. They were greeted warmly by passengers as their tender approached the vessel and are returning to the United States.
In the newest News Star serial, a girl escapes a former insane asylum house. The heroine faces dread and unknowns as she flees through a country road at night while lingering hatred toward a man she despises. Subscriptions and delivery details are provided for Monroe and West Monroe readers.
ALBANY N Y June 28 Governor Smith stayed up late listening to radio coverage of the Democratic convention as his name was placed in nomination for the presidency. He danced about his floor circle with a throbbing smile while family and friends cheered then declined to comment on political matters until after balloting.
J C Dollar salesman with D Masur and Sons was slightly hurt at 10 45 am when a passing car driven by T O Bunn struck his arm as he stepped into the road on DeSiard Street. The door handle tore free but injury not serious.
In Alexandria Louisiana Monroe Waites and Victor Moresu drowned in Bayou Rapides while demonstrating the motor boat entered in the American Legion Fourth of July races. Two children in the boat were rescued and the bodies recovered shortly after the craft capsized.
A Houston mass meeting of dry delegates to the Democratic convention erupted in threats of a bolt if Al Smith is nominated. Francis M. Stephenson reports the fiery scene as delegates debated party unity and propriety amid dry versus wet tensions.
The Houston convention managers hope to complete nominating speeches and adopt the platform in the afternoon session starting at 3 p m and nominate the presidential nominee in the evening session. This could allow final adjournment on Friday.
Alfred Fronval France's leading stunt pilot died in a crash at Villa Coublay airport after a display at the Vincennes fair. His plane collided with a military craft on landing and burst into flames. Fronval held the world's loop the loop record with 1 100 consecutive turns.
An air mail line from Birmingham through Monroe to Shreveport received a favorable nod after a survey by Captain Leander Poole and Major Sumpter Smith. The report suggests advertising for bids and forward to Postmaster General Bass. Monroe is cited as a Class A post office with $130,000 annual business and a 30,000 population, with hangar and machined facilities noted.
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