Roosevelt Signals Early Adjournment Aim for Tax Revision
President Roosevelt leads a White House push to stimulate business by seeking tax revisions and cutting government spending. House leader Rayburn warns of a reasonably early adjournment as Congress clears current work. The president also convenes the CIO AFL peace committee to set negotiations procedures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
House
C. I. O.A. F. L. Peace Committee
Morgentheu
Harrison
Mississippi
House Leaders Seek Votes On Reform Bill In Congress
Washington March 3 House leaders pressed a modified government reorganization bill aimed at avoiding last session’s defeat. The measure would let the president abolish or consolidate minor federal agencies with eight hours of debate ahead and a final vote due Wednesday.
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Washington
House
Comptroller General
Civil Service Commission
Department of Welfare
Warren
North Carolina
Senate
Brookings Institution
Lewis Meriam
L. F. Schmeckebier
Eight Months Cost U S Government Over Six Billion
Treasury figures show the last eight months cost the federal government more than 6 billion dollars. For the period ending March 3, expenses totaled 6,029,286,657, with WPA spending 1,547,586,756. Debt rose to 39,927,798,750, and the deficit widened compared to the prior year.
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Washington
Treasury
WPA
Negrin Ousted Way Paved For Peace In Spain
Lynchburg publisher and son of U S Senator Carter Glass, known as Junior Glass, filed as a candidate for the Virginia senate, while Carter Glass eyes a statewide seat. The piece notes tensions after Spanish events and references a Dad’s influence on political paths.
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Negrin
Spain
Carter Glass
Glass
Lynchburg
United States
Virginia Senate
Supreme Court takes up state income tax on federal employees
Today the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether a state may tax incomes of federal agency employees. The session also addressed deportation for Communist party membership, inheritance tax on Edward Green’s estate, and the gold clause issue affecting bond payments. Roosevelt urged Congress to allow reciprocal taxation of federal and state salaries and bonds.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Communist Party of the United States
Joseph G. Strecker
Hot Springs
Ark
Harry Bridges
Massachusetts
Texas
New York
Florida
Edward H. R. Green
Hetty Green
Congress
Utah
Federal Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Salt Lake City
New York Court of Appeals
Roosevelt
House
Tax probe asked in Leche letter in Baton Rouge
Governor Leche released a letter directing the Louisiana Tax Commission to turn over names of firms and taxpayers on a list alleging tax assessment reductions to the Orleans parish district attorney for possible grand jury action. The memo requests review of reductions in the last three years and notification to the district attorney.
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Baton Rouge
Orleans Parish
Richard W. Leche
Allen H. Generes
New Orleans
Lousiana Tax Commission
Hugh M. Wilkinson
Board of Governors of
The
State Bar of Louisiana
Leche
Wilkinson
Generes
Charles Byrnes
Power Taken From Premier Through Coup in Spain
Paris reports say General Segismundo Casado offered peace talks with Franco if republican leaders receive safe conduct out of Spain and Italian troops are kept out of Madrid. Diego Martinez Barrio, head of the Spanish parliament, supports the six man defense council and says Miaja could negotiate peace with Franco. He notes Negrin’s ouster paves surrender path. Azana resigned February 28.
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Paris
Madrid
Segismundo Casado
Spain
Diego Martinez Barrio
National Defense Council
Martinez Barrio
Juan Negrin
Jose Miaja
Francisco Franco
Negrin
Cortes
Manuel Azana
Arana
Catalonia
Barcelona
Miaja
Town Hall selects speakers committee for Monroe program
The Monroe Town Hall group named its speakers committee led by W. D. H. Rodriguez and six others. The panel will curate a schedule of national and international figures with 18 names listed for potential appearances and seven to be chosen by Town Hall in New York.
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Town Hall
Monroe
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Henry Whitfield
W. C. Scott
A. D. Tisdale
J. L. Ewing
F. K. Hirsch
Hotel Frances
Town Hall, Inc
New York
Charles Morgan-Webb
Carl Taylor
America
Upton Close
Asia
Henry J. Allen
Arthur H. Compton
Aliens to be Dropped From WPA Payroll
Washington reports that the WPA must drop all aliens from relief payrolls within 30 days under the emergency relief bill. Officials could not provide exact numbers but recalled Colonel Harrington estimated fewer than 30,000 workers would be affected as the deadline expired over the weekend.
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Washington
Congress
WPA
F. C. Harrington
Congressional
Killer of Girl 13 Slays Self in Oklahoma City
A rambling 5 percent word note describes the "terrible nightmare" of 13-year-old Haselteen Black's murder. William P. Purkhiser, 53, an insurance man, signed the note and then shot himself. Haselteen's mother found the girl beaten and strangled. Purkhiser's body was later found in a rooming house. The auto he rented in Oklahoma City Thursday was found in Topeka, Kansas. The note cites financial disagreements with Haselteen's mother and hints at planned confrontation.
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ST. Joseph
Haselteen Black
Oklahoma City
B. W. Tadlock
William P. Purkhiser
Haselteen
R. W. Scharber
Purkhiser
Topeka
Kas
Auto Workers Move to Ban Communists in Union
Detroit March 6 The United Automobile Workers convention led by Homer Martin adopts an amendment to bar officers affiliated with Communist or Nazi or Fascist groups. The body, in its third day, considers resolutions to ban Communists, rename the union, and organize the aircraft industry. An opposing CIO aligned convention is set for March 27 in Cleveland. Fifty three resolutions are on the agenda.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Homer Martin
Communist Party
United Automobile Workers Union
Martin
Cleveland
C. I
United States
Union
Stimu
Average Briton Now In Frame Of Mind For War
The article notes Britain has prepared for air attacks with 50 million gas masks and 1.4 million child masks, while civilians endure trench work and refuges. It highlights a shift from pacifism to wartime resolve as reflected in a London mother's letter about schools, shelters, and gas mask fittings.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
John Anderson
House of Commons
England
Tommy Atkins
London
Hitler
Gandhi Faces Weakening Fast in Rajkot Standstill
Gandhi grows weaker on the fourth day of his fast unto death as British viceroy Linlithgow hurries to New Delhi amid protests from nationalist leaders. Gandhi has lost weight and shows signs of dangerous strain, with observers fearing a decisive political turn.
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Rajkot
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Marquess of
Linlithgow
Rajputtana
New Delhi
Thakore Saheb
Dharmendrasinhji
500 Mile an Hour Speeds Seen For Army Air Corps
Wright Field engineers report that Lt. Ben S. Kelsey cruised a 2454 mile California to New York test at 60 percent power, indicating a potential 450 mph pace with higher power. New 1000 horsepower Lockheed tests suggest speeds well above 350 mph at cruising. German rivals clock 382 mph in trials as U S plans rapid, coast to coast air defense flights.
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Dayton
Army Air Corps
Wrightfield
Army
Ben S. Kelsey
Kelsey
California
New York
Lockheed
Air Corps
General Headquarters Air Force
Continental Air Defense
Wright Field
Mrs Pat Murphy Named Sheriff to Succeed Husband
Governor Leche appoints Mrs F W Pat Murphy of Farmerville as Union parish sheriff to fill the vacancy created by the death of her husband. He died Saturday night in Monroe from a brain hemorrhage after 20 years in the sheriff's office and a 51 year life.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
F. W
Pat) Murphy
Farmerville
Union Parish
Monroe
Murphy
Hungry mother tries to give her baby away
In Baton Rouge on March 6 a weary mother sought to abandon her 18 month old son Leo Jr as welfare officials arranged a possible informal adoption with the Noto couple. The girl and child were later reunited with the mother finding a housekeeper job to support them.
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Baton Rouge
Donnie Arrighi
City Social Service
Leo Frank Barrient
McCall
Leo, Jr
Danie C. Manzullo
Barrient
Camille Noto
Social Service
Old Boston the famed McAlester bloodhound dies at nine
Oklahoma March 6 Old Boston a notorious leader of the McAlester penitentiary bloodhound pack has died at age nine. The temperamental hound was known for a sour disposition and unmatched tracking skill. He reportedly helped capture many felons including a man pursued for a night in rugged terrain before the dog returned to camp.
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M'Alester
Okla
Old Boston
McAlester Penitentiary
Death toll climbs in state weekend accidents
Auto crashes killed 14 people in Louisiana and Mississippi over the weekend. Four from a plunge off the Rigolets bridge near New Orleans were recovered from 40 feet of water, including Lois Kennedy 23 and her son Edward Kennedy 6. A Baton Rouge ambulance collision killed James M. Jackson, negro, and three others died from separate injuries in New Orleans and Monroe.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Mississippi
Rigolets Bridge
New Orleans
Lois Kennedy
Edward D. Kennedy
Alto Porter
Margaret Gomez
Monroe
Lawrence Edward Morsrison
Northeast Center Dean Colvert Named AAJC Vice President
Dean C. C. Colvert of Northeast Center, Louisiana State University, elected vice president of the American Association of Junior Colleges at the Grand Rapids convention. Byron Hollingshead named president. Colvert, an authority on junior colleges, authored A Critical Analysis of the Public Junior College Curriculum.
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C. C. Colvert
Northeast Center
Louisiana State University
American Association of Junior Colleges
Grand Rapids
Mich
Byron S. Hollingshead
Scranton
Calvert
Louisiana State University Press
Dean Calvert
University of Arkansas
van Buren
Ark
Marion, Ark
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