Prohibition Bureau Shifts Focus Due to Funding Cuts
The Prohibition Bureau will target liquor supply sources rather than speakeasies as funds for evidence purchases are cut. Amos W. Woodcock says the new plan reallocates emphasis to source eradication, with wire tapping barred and federal money for buying liquor limited. The House approved amendments limiting wire taps and purchases, citing reduced enforcement funds from 10.25 million to 8.44 million for the next year.
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Man Captured After Store Robbery in West Monroe
B P Chandler aged 49 was nabbed at 1 50 am by Sheriff Milton Coverdale and J M Hammons as he burglarized T Johns store in West Monroe He broke the back door and entered the shop before arrest At parish jail Chandler has a lengthy record including a 1931 two to three year term for forgery and earlier arrests in Monroe Shreveport Many Mansfield to Mansfield reprieve four months ago
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Bank Holiday Reactions Stir Town chatter and faith
Citizens share varied views on the bank holiday mood and economic future. Local voices praise government oversight, call for confidence, and reflect on past panics while stories of hospitality and small acts of kindness surface. A veteran’s charity tale links to warmer civic sentiment.
Determination of Japan to Quit League Grows Clear
Japan's resolve to withdraw from the League of Nations strengthens as its forces rest after seizing the last major pass south of Jehol City. The cabinet approved a draft note to the league, aiming for March 20 submission, and Japan walked out of the assembly after a report condemned policy in Manchuria.
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Abductors of Boettcher Gang Spark International Hunt
Denver police chief Clark says two of six kidnapping suspects in the Charles Boettcher case likely fled to Canada to evade arrest. Vern Sankey and Gordon Elkhorn are believed to have left from Sankey’s ranch near Chamberlain South Dakota after Boettcher was held for ransom. The pursuit mirrors a widening, cross border manhunt as investigators track the gang.
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Ramson
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Prices Fluctuate as Banking Emergency Shapes Food Markets
In New York on March 8, food prices show nervous movement as wholesalers and retailers gauge supply and demand amid a banking holiday. Meat prices rise on pork surges in Chicago, while sugar refiners restrict orders at set prices with optional shipments.
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Parish Workers Pay Slashed by Ouachita Jurors
Ouachita Parish police jury voted at a Wednesday meeting to cut salaries by 20 percent for employes earning over 75 dollars monthly and by 10 percent for those under 75 dollars. The secretary treasurer Mrs. E H Hill exempt. Day laborers' pay unchanged. This marks the third pay reduction since 1929, with prior cuts of 10 percent. The jury also reduced payments to pauper and widows' relief accounts.
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Foreign Writers Warned Over Misrepresentation in Germany
Berlin reports that foreign correspondents face expulsion for persistent misrepresentation of Germany's internal situation. Agencies say reporters fleeing police measures are noted, with probation after a first offense for ill will toward the Hitler regime and visa revocation after a second offense. In Düsseldorf a shooting left one dead and six wounded as fifty people, mostly communists, were arrested.
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Mayor Anton Cermak Returns to Chicago in Funeral Train
A special Chicago train brought the body of Anton J. Cermak to the city. About 20,000 people watched as officials carried a flag draped casket to a hearse. Gov Henry Horner and a large city delegation attended the arrival and procession to the mayor’s home where his wife had died years earlier.
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Henry Dalton Dies After Short Illness at 60
Henry Preacher Dalton aged 60 died at his home 704 Oak Street Wednesday morning after several days illness. An autopsy was planned to determine if a past head injury from an altercation contributed to death. Born in England he served in the British navy and later earned the name Preacher from Salvation Army ties. He worked as a streetcar motorman in Monroe and had no regular work in recent years. Survived by widow and several children. Funeral plans were not set by noon Wednesday.
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Senate selects new chairs for standing committees
The Senate Democratic steering committee named new chairmen for all standing committees for the new Congress. Fletcher of Florida will head banking and finance alongside Harrison of Mississippi. Pittman of Nevada takes foreign relations, Smith of South Carolina agriculture, Copeland of New York rules, Carter Glass of Virginia appropriations, Ashurst Arizona judiciary, Sheppard Texas military, and Trammell of Michigan among others.
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200 Men Recalled to Cotton Belt Railroad Locomotive Dept
Pine Bluff Arkansas March 8 200 men are called back to work by the Cotton Belt railroad shops in the locomotive department for Wednesday in a posted notice the dispatch cites a need to resume operations following a shutdown
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New Democratic Leaders Plan Committee Slate in House
Washington March 8 Intra party fight heats up as new Democratic leaders prepare to drive the conservative wing at a late caucus to elect four members to the controlling Ways and Means Committee. The triumvirate Rainey Burns Cullen and an assistant whip back a slate including Burch Shallenberger West and Boehne with possible last minute shifts. Other candidates listed include McClintic Hart Boland and Cox among the 15 Democratic committee members.
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Grain exchanges seek to reopen markets in Washington
On March 8 representatives of major grain exchanges urged modified banking rules to reopen cash and futures trading to prevent food supply disruption. They met with Henry Morgenthau Jr who planned to consult Secretary Woodin and made no statement before 4 p.m. about plans. Peter B Carey of the Chicago Board of Trade warned cash trading alone disturbs markets as mills plead for hedging flour sales against future wheat.
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Rogers Has His Say
Beverly Hills March 8. A letter praises Mayor Cermak for courage and family devotion during his illness. It notes the tribute of a fallen leader and contrasts it with Tom Walsh of Montana, whose epitaph hints at fairness versus crookedness, reflecting on the inspiration of those who die.
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Plans for expanding currency curb scrip use nation
In Washington on March 8 AP reports that Roosevelt will keep firm control of banks until permanent laws pass. White House Treasury and Congress push remedies to ease the emergency. A special session starts Thursday to expedite the plan, which does not call for a national scrip program but allows local use where permitted by Secretary Woodin.
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Government currency plan replaces scrip amid treasury gains
Secretary Woodin said actual currency would circulate instead of scrip or clearing house certificates as a formal plan is abandoned. He expressed optimism that a new monetary arrangement is near, with a midnight Thursday deadline for a final form and backing, while federal reserve notes in circulation totaled about 3.865 billion with gold and bonds backing.
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Bank Crisis Actions Expand as Federal Banks Open Fleeting Aid
Federal Reserve banks opened coffers to finance necessities and allow currency in exchange for gold or gold certificates. Secretary Woodin urged reserve banks to aid member banks. The administration signals potential controlled currency expansion under Glass Steagall while national scrip ideas face decision. President Roosevelt plans a banking reform package after emergency needs are met. Alfred E. Smith leads New York scrip board as banks in various locales finance food medicine payrolls and make change. Hog prices rise slightly as Col Frank Knox advocates taxing gold into circulation. Clearing house scrip schemes loom.
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Bank Holiday Starter Defends His Moratorium Decision
Gov William A Comstock defends his Feb 14 eight day bank holiday proclamation saying it prevented a Detroit financial house from closing and a rapid nationwide panic. He believes the 21 days since have strengthened the nation’s banking system and spurred recovery.
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