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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1934
Page
1
On this anniversary of the assassination in Sarajevo the article reflects on the 20 year toll of World War I and the continuing global rivalries. It notes Princep's age and impact, recalls the Versailles peace, and mentions current European military postures and US debt talks with Britain.
Widespread bombing outrages rocked Austria as trains were disrupted and property damaged on the 20th anniversary of Archduke Ferdinand's assassination. One blast near Bludenz shattered a main railroad line. trains were delayed, and a train carrying Louis Barthou avoided the explosion. A police captain died from injuries.
The River Daily reports a 24 hour stage change in river conditions with updated levels and flow notes. Officials caution water users to monitor updates as readings shift across sections and flood risk remains possible in downstream areas.
The bullet-riddled car linked to Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker was turned over to U S Marshal George W. Montgomery by Sheriff Henderson Jordan. The vehicle remains stored in Arcadia awaiting ownership determination after a Topeka man filed suit claiming ownership and theft.
A Jackson street pharmacy wrongly received a classified kitten ad from the News-Star and World. The editor offered to forward the cats, joking about trading drugs for them. The piece also mentions Eleanor Faulk’s globe trot and a Scouting council leader G. W. Simpson juggling Camp Ki Ro Li duties and parish courthouse duties.
Mayor J. A. Trotti returns from Baton Rouge disgusted by what he calls railroaded dealings in the legislature. He accuses the Long-Allen leadership of enacting laws to empower the Long ring and warns citizens to act as the two-year session unfolds.
Berlin reports Hitler faces a stark choice between radical and conservative wings as Germany seethes. Goebbels Rosenberg push for total Nazi control while conservatives rally to back old structures and the Stahlhelm veterans in a battle over the chancellor’s future.
Rioting across four fronts disrupted street car service as 30000 people, including pickets and sympathizers, overwhelmed Milwaukee Police. Fifty one arrested, eleven officers and twelve others injured. service suspended as workers strike the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light company.
Louisiana House sets the state tax reform commission school bills for final action Friday after Senate approval. The measures raise state school support to 10,900 dollars annually and reduce local school property taxes proportionally.
In Baton Rouge on June 28 the administration's tally overrode rules to send the Tugwell automobile license bill to the public roads and highway committee for a hearing this afternoon. The suspension vote was 19 to 7, with opposition from Senator Paul Chasez of Orleans.
The Better Homes and Trade Ex position sponsored by Monroe and West Monroe merchants drew large crowds and public interest for the Renovize the Twin Cities campaign. Friday night the final session features an engaging program under Leon Hammonds and Harry Rice with grand prizes including a $50 merchandise order. The exposition committee announced the prize event Thursday morning.
Washington June 28 The farm administration plans to expand livestock purchases in drought regions to 10 million head for farmers harmed by the dry spell. The program, originally 2 million, will include about 5.0 percent sheep and likely set a price near 2 dollars per head for older animals. An official said weeded out poorer stock will improve the nation’s livestock industry within a year.
Santa Barbara Calif June 28 Marie Dressler renowned star remains critically ill. A nurse attends the 60 year old actress as doctors warn the outcome is uncertain though not expected to be immediate. Dressler arrived for rest at an estate here weeks ago suffering kidney and heart complications.
Fred G. Held a labor union organizer ejected from Harriman with a death threat said he will return as soon as possible to demonstrate that AFL organizers will not be terrorized by lynch law. Held, vice president of the Hosiery Workers Federation, spoke in a telegram to Emil Rieve and followed the release of Held after a mill closure linked to labor unrest.
A huge explosion at a Hawks Prairie powder plant near Olympia Washington killed ten workers and left seven others hospitalized, some in critical condition. The blast, heard 30 miles away, started a fire that hampered rescue efforts. the main storage magazine escaped destruction. Plant owner J A Dean of Portland Oregon faced heavy losses estimated at 75006 dollars.
Louisiana Emergency Relief Administrator Harry J. Early condemned the Ways and Means Committee for indefinitely deferring five bills to create a state public welfare board and to match federal relief expenditures with state funds. He warned that without action no federal relief will be available in August and urged the bills be reported to the full house and funded. Representative Dicharry, St. James, spoke as the dispute continued.
Norma Millen, wife of Morton Millen and sister in law to Irving Millen, was convicted today of being an accessory after the fact to robbery and murder. The six day trial ended with three indictments against her, as the state scored a major success in a sensational Norfolk county case. The Needham Trust Company robbery left two policemen dead in February, with her husband, his brother, and Abraham Faber already convicted of murder.
Albert Reilly in custody in St Paul asserts to federal investigators that John Dillinger is dead based on a claim Carroll made before his death in Waterloo Iowa. Reilly's grilling followed his Minneapolis arrest as Chicago detectives note Dillinger was seen at a Chicago ballgame two days earlier.
Baton Rouge la June 28 chairman E G Burke of the house ways and means committee said the Louisiana Tax Reform Commission in lieu tax bills would be taken up tomorrow. Nine bills before the committee propose substitutionary revenue to permit local property tax reductions. The committee has already reported out two measures a liquor tax and a chain store levy. Burke noted action on five bills deferred today to create state and parish public welfare organizations.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace will speak at the Farmers Free Chautauqua in Ruston on Tech campus July 30 to August 1. H. L. McKnight announced the invitation, with attendees from north Louisiana, east Texas and south Arkansas expected. letters from organization heads were delivered in Washington.
The Louisiana House passed a concurrent resolution from the tax reform commission to suspend constitutional provisions for special tax elections from now to November. If the commission's in lieu taxes are approved and yield revenue, it would allow the governor to suspend local tax collection accordingly. debate ensued over whether the action effectively suspends the constitution.
A man about 25 years old robbed the Covington State Bank and forced president M. T. Davis to drive him ten miles southwest to meet two accomplices before fleeing with about 1000 dollars.
President Roosevelt signed a housing bill to mobilize hundreds of millions for new homes and modernization through private loan insurance. The plan aims to cut material costs, lower rates, and insure mortgages up to 80 percent of appraised value with caps on size and term, to revive industry and employment.
A dynamite explosion at Camp Reform near Hot Springs Arkansas killed William Branham of Kansas City instantly and injured Tony Moreno of Kansas City. Both were members of CCC Company 126 and were blasting stumps when the blast occurred.
Beverly Hills dispatch notes President Roosevelt plans a Honolulu trip as evidence of his belief the country is moving out of difficulties. The speech aimed to reassure the public while firemen continue their work without rest.
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