Oil Well Fee Bill Postponed by Louisiana Senate
Louisiana senate on motion by Senator Frederick W. Oser indefinitely postponed action on lease bill 275, which would levy a $25 fee for oil well drilling. The house had inserted an amendment allocating funds for a New Orleans department museum building. House members questioned legality after passage. Senate also considered appropriation bills from the house, including funds for a city judicial fund reimbursement, railroad bridge reconstruction, and a program for Spanish war veterans services.
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Baton Rouge
Frederick W. Oser
New Orleans
Senate
McGrath
House of Representatives
Department of Rvation
House
Burke
Judicial Fund
Judicial Fund of the City of
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Bayou Carlin
Shattuck
Annie
Legislative notes on appropriations and approvals
A summary of bills and amendments debated and passed in the session. Accounts include H B 113 for inmate injuries, H B 151 for tax reimbursements to New Orleans Land Co., H B 310 funding for printing deficits, H B 337 maintenance of Camp Moore cemetery, H B 379 state market commission funds, and H R 802 reimbursing veterinarians for tuberculin tests. Several measures were defeated or amended, with local bills like the Caddo parish justice of the peace elimination noted.
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C. Lewis
H. B
Duke
New Orleans
Burke
Soniat Memorial Hospital
Bradford
L. R. Provosty
Rapides Parish
McEneely
Anzalone
Camp Moore
Tangipahoa
Shattuck
Herbert
Louisiana State Market Commission
Gilmore
Attorney General
Interstate Commerce Commission
Delesdernier
Grand Prairie Levee
Monette Jones
Allen
Beauregard
Calcasieu
Vernon
Madison
R. A. Whitaker
Conway Allen
National Aeronautics Convention
Reed
Confederate Veteran Fund
Jenevieve Hooter
Juneau
H. R
Hoffpaulr
Two-eyed camera to settle Olympic race results
New York reports a two eyed camera will be used at the summer Olympic games to determine winners. One eye photographs runners in motion and the other records the exact crossing times to quell disputes.
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New York
Alabama yields to John E Mack for nomination
Mississippi delegates vote 10 1 2 to 9 1 2 for Roosevelt on first ballot with later polling on the convention floor. Rankin and Stephens spar over the Roosevelt alignment while other speakers press for or against the New York governor. Delegates meet in executive session amid sharp exchanges and a call to carry out state wishes.
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Murray
John Rankin
Rankin
Roosevelt
Pat Harrison
Hubert Stephens
Sennett Conner
W. L. Guice
Biloxi
Newton D. Baker
Guice
Stephens
New York
Mississippi
Harding
Louisiana lawmakers split on repeal vote in national plan
Louisiana backed the repeal by 17 to 3 with three dissenters. Congressman John H. Sandlin of Minden Riley J. Wilson of Ruston and Dr. Fred H. Mecom of Clarks voted against the repeal and modification declaration while Senator Huey P. Long and New Orleans Mayor T Semmes Walmsley voiced support for repeal.
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Chicago
Louisiana
John H. Sandlin
Minden
Riley J. Wilson
Ruston
Fred H. Mecom
Clarks
Huey P. Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
Roosevelt Nominated as First Candidate Amid Raucous Convention Noise
Roosevelt placed in nomination as the first candidate to be presented to the convention. The din was deafening with organ music flash bulbs and shrieks of delegates. Roosevelt's manager James A. Farley appeared on the platform amid a year of intensive political work. Less than half of the New York delegation joined the parade as Texas Massachusetts Missouri Connecticut Rhode Island Oklahoma and the Philippines stayed out.
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Roosevelt
James A. Farley
New York
Texas
Massachusetts
Missouri
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Oklahoma
Philippines
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Smith declares commitment to Democratic nomination
Alfred E. Smith denied withdrawing from the Democratic presidential race and asserted he intends to stay in and be nominated. He said, I am not only going to stick but I am going to be nominated. The statement was made in Chicago on June 30.
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Chicago
Alfred Emanuel Smith
Democrats oppose immediate bonus payment at convention
Chicago Stadium report notes the Democratic convention on a viva voce vote rejected immediate cash payment of the bonus. The item records the body’s stance as of June 30.
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Chicago Stadium
Democratic convention rejects bi metallism and honors child welfare
At Chicago Stadium on June 30 the Democratic convention defeated a bi metalism proposal and an amendment for a silver coinage and international monetary conference. Other defeated amendments included DC representation. Mrs. Caroline O Days' child welfare amendment passed. Roosevelt endorses the wet plank and praises the platform as clear and readable.
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Willis E. Reed
Nebraska
Congress
District of Columbia
Caroline O'Days
Baptist Brother hood to hear Dr Dicken on The Imperial Book
Dr Charles E Dicken of El Dorado Arkansas will address the Brotherhood at the First Baptist church Friday night. He is superintendent of Union county schools. the talk titled The Imperial Book will begin at 7 oclock and invites men of Monroe and West Monroe to attend.
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el Dorado
Ark
Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church
Dicken
Union County
Arkansas
Monroe
West Monroe
Baptist Brotherhood
Why the Sea Never Dries Up
Bobby pesters his elder brother with questions about the sea and its never drying up. Harry grows tired but responds with a teasing quip. A light humor item from Bits.
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Bobby
Harry
Lady Hostesses Honor Mrs Snyder With Bridge Luncheon
Mrs Arthur Ross and Mrs Fannie Taylor hosted a bridge luncheon on Jeffer son Street for Mrs Charles Snyder before her ten week abroad trip. Guests included Mrs Geo Beekman Mrs R Bloch Mrs A G McBride and many others. Mrs Roy Shuck won high score and received a pewter water pitcher as a gift.
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Fannie Taylor
Jefferson Street
Charles Snyder
Geo. H. Beekman
R. Bloch
A. G. McBride
Jake Kerr
H. J. Seligman
Leland Howard
Ford Wolff
A. C. Volk
E. V. Loftin
Roy Shuck
Leroy Loftin
Mobile
Snyder
Country Club
Allen T. Turpin
W. B. Smith
Denton
Tex
C. M. Corbin
Mansfield
Arthur McMeans
Jake Kern
H. I. Seligman
R. Raphael
A. B. Andrews
C. G. Scott
F. K. Bettis
George Beekm
W. N. Reitzell
Reg
Ludlum Ford Wolff
R. E. Holladay
McKennon
Shreveport
Ala
Chariot Race Among Teamsters Ends With 30 Day Sentence
In Philadelphia eight teamsters staged a mock chariot race while waiting for a banana boat. They rode past elevated pillars to amuse pedestrians until a police whistle stopped the stunt. All participants were sentenced to 30 days.
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Philadelphia
Rome
Ohio river hosts first sea battle of coal strike
Seven boat loads of pickets clashed with six boats from West Virginia on the Ohio river. The impact of clubbed cars sent two miners into the river, but rescuers saved them.
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Powhatan
Ohio River
West Virginia
Endicott Selected Chief of Kiwanis International
Carl E. Endicott of Huntington Indiana was elected president of Kiwanis International for 1932 1933 at the seventeenth annual convention in Detroit. Delegates chose Los Angeles as the 1933 convention city.
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Endicott
Kiwanis International
Detroit
Carl E. Endicott
Huntington
Ind
Vention
Los Angeles
Spider Defeats Ten Foot Snake In Curious Brisbane Clash
A round by round account from Queensland museum describes a redback spider atop a post battling a ten-foot snake. The snake broke the spider’s web and the spider struck the head, biting and clinging until the reptile died from the injected poison.
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Brisbane
Australia
Queensland Museum
Three Minute Relief From Your Headache
A newspaper advertisement touts B.C. as a fast acting headache remedy prepared by a registered pharmacist. It claims several blended ingredients provide relief in minutes for headaches muscular pains colds neuralgia fever and nervous distress without opiates or habit forming drugs. Available in 10 and 25 cent packages.
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B.C
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