Roosevelt Defends New Deal in Nationwide Radio Address
President Roosevelt denounces self seekers and prophets of calamity in a radio talk promising a broader New Deal. He cites gains in wages and employment, defends brain trust policies, pledges protection against price gougers, and outlines his threefold security program while noting planned White House renovations.
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Roosevelt
White House
Congress
NRA
Executive
Republic
Kremlin
Potsdam Palace
Monroe Man's Quip Ends Rainy Night Tale
A Monroe man's remark to his wife during a recent storm proves costly in humor as she recounts being locked out in the rain. Clerk Pat Hamilton shows memory for Ouachita parish officials while Frank Reitzell and Dewey Turbeville entertain in the News-Star and World office with stories of birthdays and playful initiations.
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Pat
Hamilton
Ouachita Parish
Frank Reitzell
Dewey Turbeville
News-Star and World
William Maxwell
Arkansas fears feud outbreak in Searcy county flare up
Governor Futrell said he cannot dispatch national guard troops without civil authorities requesting aid as long standing Henley Barnett feud tensions in Marshall and nearby Searcy county persist. City Marshal J H Barnett was killed in a street shooting linked to the feud, his sons search for his killer, while Leland Henley remains at large after furlough.
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Ark
Futrell
Marshall
Searcy County
Barnett
Robert
Oscar
Leland Henley
Henley
Delayed Executions Spark Hope For Anna Antonio
In Sing Sing, Governor Lehman halted the planned executions of Anna Antonio and co-defendants Saetta and Feraci after a condemned man claimed Antonio's innocence. Warden Laws and Saetta spoke by phone, prompting a postponement to study a long statement Saetta left. If the governor finds the claim false, the three may die tonight.
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N. Y
Anna Antonio
Vincent Saetta
Warden Laws
Saetta
Lehman
Albany
Sing Sing Prison
Samuel Feraci
Salvatore
Laetta
Zaro Agha Dies at 1774 Birth Claim Towering Turkish Longevity
Istanbul report says Zaro Agha, famed as Turkey’s Methuselah who claimed to live 160 years, died in a Children's hospital after two months of illness. He faced ailments including Bright's disease and gland issues and believed science doubted his age. He claimed birth in 1774 and had many spouses and children.
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Turkey
Methuselah
Istanbul
Zaro Agha
Children's
Broadway
Bright
Great Britain
Zara
Number 11
New York
London
Sleeping Powder Overdose Sends Woman Into 24 Hour Sleep
Louise Wright, 26, of Meridian Mississippi, overdosed on sleeping powders in a New Orleans restaurant. Attaches at Charity hospital said she would sleep for 24 hours with no ill effects, though authorities lacked a fixed address in the city.
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New Orleans
Louise Wright
Meridian
Miss
Charity Hospital
Three School Aid Bills Pass House In Louisiana
The Louisiana House approved three Senate-passed bills setting up the tax reform commission’s school aid program to raise state school support to 10 million dollars a year from about 6.5 million, with local levies cut. Debate covered tax funding, distribution formulas, and county equity.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Louisiana House votes against national child labor amendment
The Louisiana House defeated a concurrent resolution calling for ratification of the national child labor amendment 22 to 70, following the Senate's lead. Fortier and Lucas urged adoption, while opponents argued against ratification and the Senate also postponed its similar measure.
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Louisiana House of Representatives
Senate
Fortier
Orleans
Lucas
Rapides
House
Marie Dressler Surges Past Critical Night in Santa Barbara
Marie Dressler aged 62 battled a grave crisis in Santa Barbara after doctors abandoned hope she would live to dawn. Five hours later she rallied, confounding the physicians who had warned she would not survive the night, her heart and kidney ailments easing as the clock neared noon.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Marie Dressler
F. R. Nuzum
Miss Dressler
Nuzum
Opal Long Sentenced in Dillinger Harboring Case
Opal Long was sentenced to six months in the Minneapolis workhouse after pleading guilty in federal court to harboring John Dillinger, the fugitive, in a St. Paul apartment last March.
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ST. Paul
Opal Long
Minneapolis
John Dillinger
Better Homes And Trade Exposition Reaches Climax
Monroe's Better Homes and Trade Exposition reaches its climax tonight at the Lieber building on South Grand Street. Merchants display goods and a grand prizes program will award a $25 merchandise prize and $15 and $10 gifts to attendees. The finale includes music and dancing as exhibitors conclude the event.
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Monroe
Lieber Building
South Grand Street
Upward Trend Noted in May Review by Atlanta Bank
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta reports May increases over April in five lines of activity for the sixth district. Department store sales, wholesale trade, textiles, pig iron and coal building permits all rose, while contract awards fell from April though remained higher than May 1933 levels except textiles. May department store sales averaged 6.8 percent above April.
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Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Testimony Concludes in Joe Palmer Murder Trial
Anderson Texas June 29. Joe Palmer professes gloom about facing the death penalty as testimony in his murder trial of Major Crowson, Eastham prison farm guard, ends in district court. Attorneys granted a recess to study the judge's charge and will begin closing arguments after lunch.
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Tex
Joe Palmer
Major Crowson
Eastham
Louisiana Senate Acts On Three Major Measures
Baton Rouge, June 29. The Louisiana Senate moved through a heavy calendar by noon acting on three major measures. It adopted committee amendments to the biennial appropriation bill, rejected 24 to 9 a proposed amendment to the Tugwell automobile license bill that would have returned 700000 annually in highway funds to New Orleans, and overrode protests to send the Shreveport city charter back to the calendar amid reportedly ongoing compromise talks.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
New Orleans
Lindsey
Shreveport
Welburn Divorce Trial Nears End
In San Antonio Texas on June 23 the Welburn divorce case nears its close. Mrs Wineta Long Welburn seeks freedom from Rev William D Welburn Jr and custody of their seven month old son while he denies marriage and parentage. Four witnesses including Dr R Wright and County Judge Maurice J Lehman identify Welburn as the husband.
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San Antonio
Texas
Wineta Long Welburn
William D. Welburn
Mr. Welburn
R. Wright
New Braunfels
Welburn
Two-armed men rob Missouri Pacific payroll train
In Osawatomie Kansas on June 29 two armed men stopped a payroll transfer from the railroad station to the post office. They secured between 25000 and 30000 dollars during the holdup. An investigation is underway by local authorities.
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Osawatomie
Kan
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Efforts to End Walkout Face Grave Situation
City officials and union leaders intensified talks to halt a walkout that threatens to spread into other city industries. Key venues and dates were not confirmed as negotiators pressed for a settlement.
Milwaukee Strike Violence Hits Power Network
A dynamited pole near Vernon Center collapses trolley wires and halts service on the Milwaukee–Mukwonago line. Rioting at the Lake side power plant leaves one dead and many injured as peace efforts intensify. Police estimate 30,000 witnesses.
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Vernon Center
Here
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Milwaukee-Mukwonago
Lakeside
Action Deferred Again On Reform Body Measures
Baton Rouge June 29 Administration forces control the house ways and means committee but again defer nine special in lieu taxes for the property tax relief fund. The committee instead reports a tax reform commission bill to amend the tobacco tax lowering stamps on packs from 4 to 3 cents per pack, replacing the current 4 cent rate with a 3 cent stamp under a substitute.
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Baton Rouge
House
Ways and Means Committee
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
E. G. Burke
Ways and Means
Tax Reform Commission
Two Arrested In Death Of Rural Mail Carrier
TEXARKANA Ark June 29 A Miller county man and a Genoa woman were jailed here while a Genoa man was sought for the slaying of T E Buck Pearson 57 Genoa rural mail carrier whose body was found east of Texarkana in a dense wooded area yesterday the couple were arrested early this morning and brought here for questioning
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Texarkana
Ark
Miller County
T. E. (Buck) Pearson
Genoa
Tax relief action advances first phase amid tax plan delays
Louisiana house and senate moved three tax relief bills forward as administration leaders pressed the plan for a $10 million state school fund. Ratification of the national child labor amendment was rejected, and debate continued on the Tugwell Hoffpault amendment to cut autoway costs and redirect highway funds from New Orleans.
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St. Mary
Casse
Duke
Henriques
Fletcher
Fordyce
Majewski
Moynagh
Mitchell
New Orleans
Feazel
Ouachita
Madison
Morehouse
Buie
Franklin
Cunningham
Natchitoches
Joseph
Iberville
Stich
Orleans
House
Senate
Wimberly
Jack Adams
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Ways and Means Committee
Fortier
Chaser
Huson
DeSoto
Shreveport
O. K. Allen
Coleman Lindsey
Reform Commission
Lester
West Feliciana
Bienville
Hamiter
Caddo
Mail train robbery shocks Big Four route
In Indianapolis on June 29 seven sacks of valuable mail and express goods were looted from a Big Four train 34 between Illinois Central station in Chicago and Kankakee Illinois. J A Moran, chief clerk, said thieves entered a storage car and fled with the valuables. Clerks in a neighboring car did not learn of the theft until after leaving Kankakee. Inspectors work to determine the total loss and possible drop-off points at Chicago or Kankakee.
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Illinois Central Station
Chicago
Kankakee
J. A. Moran
Fifth Division
Post Office Department
58Rd Street
63Rd Street
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