Louisiana tax bill hits near eighty million in 1939
Louisiana's 1939 state tax intake climbed to about 80 million dollars, roughly four times the 1928 level when Huey Long began his governorship. Revenue from 35 sources totaled 70,446,289 dollars in 1939, with payroll taxes for unemployment totaling about 7.94 million, and local taxes easing to about 30 million due to state aid and exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey Long
New Orleans
Move to Oust Platt Planned by Louisiana League
The People’s League in New Orleans says it will seek legislative action in May to oust Criminal Judge George P. Platt for obstructionism in a grand jury corruption investigation. It cites failure to act judicially and vows to restore public confidence in Louisiana courts and justice. Seven grand jurors discharged signed a petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
People’s League
George P. Platt
League
Platt
Charles A. Byrne
of Louisiana
Louisiana
Grand Jury
Five Williams Family Struck By Food Poisoning In New Orleans
In New Orleans on March 6 a family of five was hospitalized in critical condition after suspected food poisoning. Victims include Mr and Mrs Warren E Williams and their children Warren Jr Lorraine and Doris. Friends Mr and Mrs Emile Lehr found them after repeated calls went unanswered. Warren Jr moaning deliriously while the others were unconscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Warren E. Williams
Warren, Jr
Lorraine
Doris
Emile Lehr
Williams
Roosevelt supports Hatch Act expansion in Senate debate
President Roosevelt’s public backing renews confidence among senators pushing to extend the Hatch Act to cover state and local workers paid with federal funds. Opponents predict a chance to defeat the extension or narrow the current scope as Senate debate advances and House talks focus on Interior appropriations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hatch
Senate
New Mexico
Treasury
Miller
Arkansas
House
Interior Department
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Overloaded Plane Blamed for Louisiana Crash
Five Denver residents died when an overloaded aircraft crashed in a Louisiana swamp near Hammond on February 4. Testimony to the Civil Aeronautics Safety Board stated the plane carried 350 to 400 excess pounds when it left Denver for New Orleans, and the pilot had limited cross countryside experience. Victims included pilot Don T. Craig, owner Elizabeth McSweeney Powell, Harry and wife Merle Zimmerman, and guest M. Creed Hinderlinder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Louisiana
Hammond
Civil Aeronautics Safety Board
C. C. Leboutillier
Civil Aeronautics Authority
New Orleans
Fort Worth
Tex
Woodward
Calif
Don T. Craig
Elizabeth McSweeney Powell
Harry Zimmerhacker
M. Creed Hinderlinder
Fire devastates unfinished LaGuardia hangar in New York
A roaring fire at LaGuardia field destroyed part of an unfinished 1.25 million dollar hangar. Investigators questioned witnesses as officials ruled the blaze accidental. Damage ranged from 250 thousand to 1 million dollars with roof collapse and steel girders buckling. no aircraft were inside. 40 million airport project bears losses.
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New York
LaGuardia Field
Thomas Brophy
WPA
Brophy
Transcontinental and
Western Air
Democratic split feared in Ohio Democratic split feared in Ohio
Ohio observers fear Martin L. Davey may reopen party wounds by seeking a third term as governor while John W. Bricker is poised for renomination. Others opposing Davey in the May 14 primary include William Kennedy Herbert Duffy Harold Mosier and James R. Coe. Sawyer signals unity by not running. Limbach calls Davey’s stance unfortunate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Kent Tree
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Davey
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Arthur L. Limbach
Democratic State Executive Committee
Roosevelt
Vic Donahey
William J. Kennedy
Herbert S. Duffy
Harold G. Mosier
Ekieik
James R. Coe
Surprise raid in Moselle area shocks Britain and Germany
British navy detains two Italian vessels in the Downs adding to nine held amid German coal controversy. In Moselle, German shock troops stormed a British dugout killing twenty soldiers and taking sixteen prisoners, marking a rare direct clash on the western front since the war began.
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London
The
Downs
Iialy
Britain
Germany
Berlin
Western Front
Moselle
DNB
Move to Oust Wilcox Looms in Detroit Gambling Case
Ouster proceedings against Wayne County Sheriff Thomas C. Wilcox loom as a next step after indictments of Wilcox and five other officials on bribery charges to permit gambling and dis orderly houses. Judge Homer Ferguson plans to hear 13 pleas and set bonds as federal probes into Detroit graft surface.
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Detroit
Wayne County
Thomas C. Wilcox
Homer Ferguson
Loren D. Dickinson
Duncan C. McCrea
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pontiac
Ferguson
Michigan
McCrea
Fred W. Frahm
Wilcox
Grand Jury Action Probes Nina Paterno Precinct Irregularities
About 75 witnesses were summoned to testify before the federal grand jury in New Orleans on alleged irregularities and intimidation at the Nina Paterno precinct. Paterno and workers face charges in local court for attacking poll workers near the first precinct polling place.
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New Orleans
Federal Grand Jury
Fifth Ward
Nina” Paterno
Paterno
Sam Jones
Jimmie Nee
Odd Items In The News From Greensboro and Surrounding
Police reported burglars entered nine dentists offices over the week end. Records show that nineteen years earlier nine dental office robberies were reported with four dentists as victims in both raids. Two brothers who married sisters on the same day filed divorce suits on the same day in Kentucky. A six year old in Cooper rural school is noted for whispering with no one to whisper to.
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Greensboro
N. C
Rushville
And
Cecil S. Moore
Ethel
Raymond Moore
Vesta
Greenup
Bobby Duiaban
Cooper Rural School
Maverick Calls for Abolition of Poll Tax in Senate Hearing
Maury Maverick, mayor of San Antonio, urged abolishing the poll tax to unlock voting for millions of sharecroppers and urban workers in the South. He charged poll taxes enable phantom ballots with help from political machines and tax collectors. He argued Congress can set standards for elections and that the poll tax sustains minority rule and economic and political disadvantage for the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Tex
Meaveritk
Walter
Pennsylvania
Maverick
Alabama
Arkansas
Carolina
Mississippi
Georgia
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Congress
South
Chicago
New York
Wall Street
Long masquerade as woman ends in death in Redwood City
The body of a man who lived as a woman known as Mrs Adele Best lay in a mortuary in Redwood City as authorities investigate burial claims. He had曾 married as a bride to Albert Bect and lived with him for years before dying after a brief illness. The aunt, Mrs E A Dornberger of San Francisco, said the man began dressing as a woman at age about 20 and was the son of her deceased sister.
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Redwood City
Calif
Adele Best
C. L. Collins
Albert Bect
San Jose
Best
E. A. Dornberger
San Francisco
Helen Rey
Republicans in Iowa hail Sixth District victory
Exultant Republicans celebrated Robert K. Goodwin Jr. winning the special election to fill the unexpired Dowell term in Iowa sixth district. Goodwin beat Byron Allen 29,248 to 18,770 as about 44,000 votes were tallied in 212 of 218 precincts, with Klein third. National figures linked the win to New Deal farm policy concerns and a GOP comeback mood into 1946.
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Des Moines
Robert K. Goodwin
Redfield
C. C. Dowell
Goodwin
Byron G. Allen
Dex Moines
Allen
Washington
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Iowa
Ditter
Pennsylvania
National Republican Congressional Committee
Ohio
W. W. Klein
Razor Blade
Klein
Dowell Two
Kert Utterback
Louisiana youths attempt 20 mile river trip in rowboat
Three Louisiana youths Len Draper 17 Charles Ryan 21 and Charles Smith 19 set off from Pittsburgh for a 20 mile river journey in a 10 foot rowboat. They plan to navigate the Ohio Mississippi and Hed river toward their Shreveport homes while gathering gear and planning meals.
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Pittsburgh
Louisiana
Len Draper
Charles Ryan
Charles Smith
Ohio
Mississippi
Hed River
Shreveport
DAR to Mark Fort Miro Site in Louisiana Ceremony
The Louisiana state DAR convention will meet at Hotel Virginia in Monroe on Friday and Saturday with delegates from all chapters. Fort Miro will be marked on courthouse lawn with two stone benches and a metal time capsule to be buried nearby. Speakers include Mrs. David Garrett and Mrs. Lewis Slater.
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the Daughters of the American Revolution
Virginia
Louisiana
Mra. C. M. Flower
Old Fort Miro
David 1. Garrett
Lewis Slater
Monroe
West Monroe
Fort Miro
National
D. A. R. Society
Washington, D. C
Russian standard of living drops in Moscow food supply
London reports Spencer Williams of the American-Russian Chamber of Commerce says the Russian standard of living fell about 33 percent in six months with food shortages worse than 1933 famine. He notes a 6 percent rise in food prices in January and says Russians face daily hardships undermining morale. He also says Russians are at war without realizing it.
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London
Moscow
Spencer Wiliams
Edward R. Murrow
Columbia Broadcasting System
Russian push at Viipuri repelled as Finnish forces hold front
Reds use aircraft tanks and artillery in attempts to seize Viipuri and surrounding sectors. Finnish high command reports repulsed Russian assaults with several tanks destroyed and heavy casualties in the border battlefront.
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Max Harretsen
Helsink
Viipury
Vudai
Fee Ee
Oed
Fce
Pomenarcan
Red Army
Kuheng
Mikkeli
Lahtis
Kuopie
Eee 1
Viipuri
Chamber of Commerce 1940 drive expands in Monroe area
The Cham ber of Commerce announces a progressive 1940 membership expansion drive led by L P Landry. Twenty six teams of two work in Monroe and West Monroe soliciting new members among business and professional men to meet the budget rise from 11000 to 15000. The festival will be financed by the chamber this year.
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Chamber of Commerce
L. P. Landey
Wed
Monroe
West Monroe
Chamber
Landry
Twin Cities
Thatcher Renamed By School Board
C. T. Bienvenu elected president of the Louisiana school board association at the St Martin parish meeting. Theo Hotard named vice president and Fred G. Thatcher reelected secretary treasurer. New Orleans chosen as next convention city. T. H. Harris elected life membership by acclamation.
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Lafayette
C. T. Bienvenu
St Martin Parish
Louisiana School Board
Amocustion
Theo Hotard
Orleans Parish
Fred G. Thatcher
West Monroe
Tressurer
New Orleans
T. H. Harris
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Tage
Dick Merrill
Toby Wing
Merrill
Henry Tindall, Jr
Tindall
Associated Press
Harry Day
Rome
Tells Subcommittee
Ae “Mau
Tom Phelps
Mary Restivais
St. Louie
Isle, & Haven
Gulf of Mexico
Fla
Clinton M. Washburn
Vuoksi River
Thatcher
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