Banks reopen as usual despite three day moratorium
Banks in Monroe and West Monroe opened Thursday morning with ordinary crowds and normal business. Bank officials expressed confidence in the safety and soundness of local and regional institutions while merchants and politicians voiced optimism for northeast Louisiana. Court and public business continued without suspension despite the governor's proclamation.
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Monroe
West Monroe
O. K. Allen
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Ouachita National Bank
F. F. Millsaps
Louisiana
Banks Open as Usual in Bastrop Parish
Banks across Bastrop parish conducted business as normal on Thursday despite the governor’s continued action. Report notes all banks remained open and operating on regular schedules as of March 2.
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Morehouse
Bastrop
Garner Predicts Economy Slashes in Roosevelt Plan
Speaker Garner told reporters that Roosevelt advisors completed an economy program to save from 150 million to 200 million dollars by cutting government costs. Drafted by Douglas of Arizona and Swagar Sherley, the plan would mainly use executive orders after the budget director appointment.
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Washington
Garner
Roosevelt
Douglas
Arizona
Swagar Sherley
Treasury-Post Office Department
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
War on food and cats spurs quirky town chatter
In Monroe a string of local items fills pages with oddities from 15 and 10 cent meals to a “big meal for a nickel” promotion. Erne st Bennett asks if God has a telephone to stop rain, while others share light anecdotes about fashion, rumors, and a bank chalk slogan.
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Mommie
Ernest Louis Bennett
L. H. Bennett
Ernest
Prohibition Rally Planned by Louisiana Bishop
Bishop Hoyt M. Dobbs of Shreveport head of the Louisiana Methodist Episcopal conference issued a call for all friends of prohibition to rally at Alexandria on March 28. The meeting aims to devise ways to continue the work of temperance and spur enforcement.
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Shreveport
Hoyt M. Dobbs
Louisiana Methodist Episcopal Conference
All Friends of Prohibition
Alexandria
Dobbs
Japanese Push Toward Jehol City From Lingyuan
Japanese forces under Major General Tadashi Kawahara swept through Lingyuan and Sutao ling on the march toward Jehol City in Jehol province. By 4 30 p m Sutao ling was occupied and units moved past Peking as they converge with other columns for the final assault on Chengtefu Jehol City.
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Jehol
China
Tadashi Kawahara
Jehol City
Sutaoling
Bis
Peking
Pingchuan
Tokyo
Rengo
Tad
Ashi Kawahara
Tingchuan
Chinchow
Manchuria
Chihfeng
Chengtefu
Cotton Exchange Suspends Trading During Louisiana Bank Holiday
New Orleans Cotton Exchange directors halt all cotton futures and spot trading for March 2 to 4 due to a three day bank holiday proclaimed by Governor O K Allen. Offices stay open to post statistics. Banks and public businesses in Louisiana ordered closed during the holiday period.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
O. K. Allen
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Henry Plauche
Exchange
K. Allen
Washington
J. S. Brock
State Bank
Brock
Allen
Split over new speaker as Burns backs Rainey
Washington reports say Burns of Tennessee will back Rainey for speaker and seek Democratic leadership in the new House. Democratic caucus nears. 313 members to decide who succeeds Garner and attends the inauguration.
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Washington
Rainey
Ilinois
Burns
Tennessee
New House
House of Representatives
John N. Garner
Banking As Usual In Northeast Louisiana During Three Day Holiday
Governor Allen declared a three day banking holiday but Monroe and Northeast Louisiana bankers kept doors open. Banks in the region reported sound conditions and public confidence, with business as usual despite the governor’s moratorium proclamation and a public call for caution. Local officials praised the bankers, while critics questioned the governor’s decision and trip to Washington.
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Allen
Monroe
Louisiana
Washington
Senate probes pause on 25,000 funds for Overton Broussard inquiry
The Senate campaign funds investigating committee delayed action on a 25,000 request to finance further inquiry into Louisiana’s 1930 senatorial primary won by John H. Overton over Edwin S. Broussard. Chairman Howell ill in hospital and Senator Carey said funds will await review of 2,000 pages of New Orleans testimony. Huey Long opposes new money, while Long’s floor attack led to Ansell filing a 500,000 damage suit against Long in D C supreme court.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Investigating Committee
Louisiana
John H. Overton
Edwin S. Broussard
Carey
Wyoming
New Orleans
Howell, Reubilican
Nebraska
Howell
Senate
Overton
Huey P. Long
Long
Samuel T. Ansell
Ansell
Senator Long
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Mayor Cermak Stricken By Hiccups After Wound
Miami reports Mayor Anton J. Cermak endured hiccups on Thursday due to peritoneal irritation from his liver wound. Dr. J. W. Snyder said the attack is not serious and should pass, distinguishing irritation from peritonitis which is an infection.
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Miami
Fla
Anton J. Cermak
Cermak
J. W. Snyder
Snyder
Roosevelt and Woodin Confer Before Inauguration
President elect Roosevelt met with William H. Woodin at his East 65th Street residence to discuss national issues as he prepares to assume the presidency on Saturday. Officials indicated no cabinet appointments or public statements were planned before the inauguration.
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New York
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Roosevelt
William H. Woodin
Treasury
East 65Th Street
Senator Walsh
Senate
White House
James A. Farley
John C. Knox
Washington
Fournet Succeeds Allen as Acting Louisiana Governor
Baton Rouge March 2 John B Fournet of Jennings assumed the governorship in the absence of Governor O K Allen after Allen crossed into Mississippi en route to Washington for the presidential inauguration Fournet became acting governor automatically.
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Baton Rouge
John B. Fournet
Jennings
O. K. Allen
Fournet
Allen
Washington
Man Dies Starting Fire at Texas Home
Leonard Tex March 2 Clark Bell about 25 burned to death at home in Bailey community Thursday while attempting to build a fire with highly inflammable material. His home was destroyed. Mrs Bell and three small children escaped serious injury.
Kidnappers’ Denver ransom case triggers regional chase
Denver march report says Charles Boettcher Jr was freed after 16 days in captivity and $60,000 ransom. Deputies and volunteers exchanged fire near Barr and Greeley as posses and sheriffs pursued two suspects in a dark sedan toward Cheyenne, with one shot believed to have struck a kidnapper.
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Colo
U.P
Charles Boettcher
Eaton
Colorado
Wyoming
Boettcher
Barr
Charles Williams
Adams County
Greeley
Claus
Winn
Cheyenne
George Carroll
Smith Confident on Cotton Bill After White House Talk
Senator Smith of South Carolina says after a conference with President Hoover he is more confident the emergency cotton relief bill will be signed. The measure would pool cotton owned by cooperatives and the agriculture department and grant shares to growers who cut production by 30 percent or more.
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Washington
Smith
South Carolina
Hoover
White House
Department of Agriculture
Rogers has his say in Beverly Hills remarks
Beverly Hills speech notes imply the inauguration may be delayed three weeks due to budget. Ford era Detroit outgrows him yet he saves it again. Al Smith outlines views on major issues and faces doubts about election viability.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Detroit
Henry Ford
al Smith
Ward Nine Man Held as Slayer
John P. Skiles, 49, of Ward Nine, is held in Ouachita parish jail on a murder charge after a fatal shooting at a dance at the home of Dewey Hamilton, about 12 miles southwest of Monroe. Sheriff Milton Coverdale said no motive was found beyond Skiles resenting social events at Hamilton’s home, which he rented from Skiles for two years. Three Butler boys were present. the dance ended and guests prepared to leave. Willie Butler, 19, died in the incident.
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John P. Skiles
Ward Nine
Ouachita Parish
Willie Butler
Dewey Hamilton
Monroe
Milton Coverdale
Skiles
Hamilton
Butler
Willie
Herschel Butler
Robbery at Fort Worth Rail Station Nets $71000
The Dallas Times-Herald reports three men robbed a mail clerk and a railway employee on February 21 at the Texas and Pacific station in Fort Worth. They escaped with seven mail pouches, two of which held a total of $71000 from the Federal Reserve Bank.
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Dallas
Tex
Dallas Times-Herald
Texas and Pacific
Fort Worth
Federal Reserve Bank
Senator Walsh Dies Aboard Train En Route to Washington
Rocky Mount North Carolina March 2 Senator Thomas J Walsh a 13 year veteran and attorney general designate in the new Roosevelt cabinet died suddenly aboard an Atlantic Coast Line train en route to Washington with his Cuban bride Physicians cited a heart condition or brain hemorrhage He collapsed at Daytona Beach and was pronounced dead at Wilson North Carolina before the body was sent to Washington embalmment performed in Rocky Mount Mrs Walsh a Cuban widow Miss Leona Rosewell attended her and a Cuban maid assisted the hurtful ordeal
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Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Roosevelt
Wilson
N. C
Senora Nieves Perez Chaumont de Truffin
Florida
Washington
Rocky Mount
U.P
Atlantic Coast Line
Walsh
Daytona Beach
Fla
Roosevelt Likely to Call Special Session in March
Washington reports indicate President elect Roosevelt may convene a special session of Congress late in March. Speaker Garner says he has no official information though he once suggested mid-April and would favor an early session to address the banking situation.
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Washington
Capitol
Roosevelt
Congress
Garner
Inquirers
New York
Local Taxes Are Limited In Several Dixie States
The report notes that Louisiana and Alabama fixed local millage years ago, while Mississippi recently restricted local taxes including county and municipal levies. North Carolina and Virginia moved county road duties to state control, lowering local tax bills by about 20 percent. Florida limits school taxes to ten mills per county. The Burns act expanded Mississippi limits across counties, municipalities, and special districts.
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Atlanta
Dixie Commonwealths
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oners
Virginia
Old North State
Florida
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