Louisiana General Sales Tax Bill Faces Merchant Penalties
A Louisiana sales tax bill requires merchants to collect the tax from customers starting July 1, with penalties for not doing so or for ads claiming merchants will pay the tax. The measure, introduced to replace the luxury tax, would apply to all retail transactions and imports, with first reports due August 20 covering July activity.
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Baton Rouge
Colles of
Alice Leean
Assembly
Shouls Ways and Means
Grosjean
Ilgram
Louisiana
Park Purchase Bill Moves as New Orleans Site Sought
Baton Rouge June 30 The house concurred 61 to 14 in a senate amendment to appropriation of 200000 from severance tax revenues to buy the Chalmette battlefield site for a national park. Opposition argued land value far below 300000 and teachers feared loss of school funding as the measure proceeds through legislative action.
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Baton Rouge
House
Senate
New Orleans
Chalmette
Leoner’ Spinks
Tangipahoa
Louisiana
Mervant
Volcanic heat noted in Mount Rainier and Shasta domes
Mounts Rainier and Shasta emit heated vapors signaling lingering internal heat. A separate stray line mentions Citas Cahting expensing in China and a cricket match in a bamboo arena, though the connection remains unclear.
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Mounts Rainier
Shasta
United States
China
Roosevelt Calls for Free Learning and Global Peace
The president argued for narrowing the education gap between rich and poor while preserving intellectual freedom. He warned that failing to lift the bottom could widen disparities and urged focused federal aid. He tied these aims to keeping press freedom and cultural truths alive amid global tensions. Roosevelt then proclaimed against war, promoting the good neighbor policy, world peace at the New York fair, and broader cultural and economic exchange.
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New York
Roosevelt
Europe
Substitutes for Mothers Used in Home Care
Miss Gertrude A. Smith of the Benjamin Rose Institute in Cleveland warns the social security act is not a final solution for the aged. She notes more elderly people and fewer young workers, and that today’s youth cannot fully support families, care for parents, and save for old age.
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Gertrude A. Smith
Benjamin Rose Institute
Cleveland
Committee On Care of the Aged
Postoffice to Close All Day Monday July Fourth
Postmaster J R Wooten announces the Monroe postoffice will close in all departments on Monday July 4. Citizens should mail letters and packages before noon Saturday. The fragment notes a marine biology fact about deep ocean fish appearing gray due to pale light.
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J R. Wooten
Monroe
Insurgent Air Raid Kills 45 in Badalona Near Barcelona
A fleet of ten bombers hit Badalona, five miles north of Barcelona, killing at least 45 and wounding nearly 100 as four blocks of houses were ruined. Rescue teams and weary residents cleared debris and casualties amid the destruction.
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Badalona
Spain
Barcelona
Britain
June Cupid Shoot Victims Across High Society Weddings
A June wave of marriages claims prominent names from Harold Ickes to Alfred Vanderbilt and Marshall Field Jr. They join Lily Pons, Princess Eugenie, and other elites in lavish unions. Cupid also tops lists with Ed Beale McLean Jr and Helena Rubenstein among those wed, while some notable Hollywood stars are left out.
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America
Marshall Field, Jr
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Field
Chicago
Joanne Bass
Robert P. Bass
New Hampshire
Young Vanderbilt
Manuela
Molly” Hudson
California
Harold Fowler McCormick
Adah Wilson
McCormick
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Ganna Walska
Bowana
Grand Opera
Lily Pons
Andre Kostelanetz
Eugenie
Greece
Denmark
Dominique Radziwill
Poland
Cupid
Mary Duke Biddle
Anthony Drexel Biddle
United States
Josiah Charles Trent
Okmulgee
Oklo
Duke University
Edward Beale
Ned” McLean, Jr
Evelyn L. Walsh MeeLean
Washington
Ann Carroll Meems
Helena Rubenstein
Shoe Repair Shop Robbery Reported in Monroe
Five dollars in nickels were taken from a slot machine at Frank Genusa's shoe repair shop at 619 DeSiard Street during Wednesday night. Entry was gained through a tran som over the front door. City detectives L G Parker and D J Bedsole led the investigation.
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Frank Genusa
DeSiard Street
Monroe
L. G. Parker
D. J. Bedsole Send
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ROUSE
Japan
Berlin
Hitler
Yangtze
Hankow
Matowchen
Catalan
France
Valencia
Sierra de Espaden
Gime
London
Robert M. Hodgson
Burgos
Harold L. Ickes
Jane Dahlman
Dublin
Rosemary Webster
Paul Gilson
St. Lawrence College
Paul
Catalpa Street
Tangee
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Ile
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