Roosevelt Denounces Spineless Judges for Court Packing
President Roosevelt declares he will not appoint “spineless puppets” to the Supreme Court and urges a judicial reorganization plan. He says he favors justices who act as judges not legislators, and argues public support for packing the courts. Attorney General Cummings testifies as Senate hearings begin.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Cummings
Connally
Texas
Industry Must Bombed Craft Help Fight Next War
Washington March 10. Civilian and military planners unite in defense mobilization. A preparedness survey of 20 000 firms shows 12 000 have signed to supply war needs, underscoring that war is a whole economy effort with coordinated civilian and military resources.
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Army and Navy Munitions Board
New York Rejects Federal Child Labor Amendment
In Albany on March 10 the New York Assembly blocks ratification of the federal child labor amendment for the second time in two years. The vote was 102 to 42 with 41 Democrats and 1 Republican in opposition and 33 Democrats plus 9 Republicans in favor. Thirty-six states are needed for ratification. 28 have approved. President Roosevelt had urged action via telegrams to 19 state legislatures.
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Herbert Lehman
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Eastern Star Opens Baton Rouge Meet
Hundreds of Louisiana Eastern Star members gather in Baton Rouge for the annual Louisiana grand chapter convention with an eight o clock open meeting at Baton Rouge High School. Frances Haun of Milan Tennessee leads national officers accompanying about 1 000 delegates. Governor Leche Appellate Judge Higgins to address proceedings through Friday.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Baton Rouge High School
Frances Haun
Milan
Tenn
General Grand Chapter
Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
Archie T. Higgins
New Orleans
Masons
Margaret Conner
D. W. Landress
Port Allen
Alabama Votes On Repeal Of 22 Year Bone Dry Law
Birmingham March 10 Alabama in the deep south pressed to repeal its 22 year bone dry law as voters decide whether to end statewide prohibition with the center of the dry belt as the focal point in a major state ballot.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Deep South
Texas Ranger Help Sleuths in Jefferson Sheriff Slain
Unidentified assailant shoots and kills Sheriff Alex Brown during a conversation with his wife in Jefferson Texas officers launch a manhunt. Bloodhounds track to near the jail block before losing scent and investigators suspect escape by automobile. Two Negroes escaped from the county jail.
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Tex
Alex Brown
Brown
East
Texas
Louisiana
O. B. Beard
Little
State Liquor Board of Control
Marion
Miss Gottlieb Found Drugged After Assault Trial
Ben Gottlieb famed golfer once credited with defeating the Prince of Wales is recovering from an overdose of sleeping tablets at Queens General Hospital. Police call the incident accidental as her assailant was acquitted in a separate case and Gottlieb was found unconscious in her Forest Hills apartment.
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New York
Ben Gottlieb
Prince of Wales
Duke of Windsor
Queens General Hospital
Rockaway
Joyce Bushel
Miss Gottlieb
Phelan
Weather forecast for Louisiana and Arkansas
In Louisiana fair and warmer tonight with a partly cloudy Thursday and warmer south east. southeast to south coast winds light to moderate. In Arkansas partly cloudy and warmer except extreme northwest tonight. Thursday cloudy and colder in the northwest portion.
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Arkansas
Lewis Group Plans New Union Drives
The Committee for Industrial Organization planned unionization for about 2.25 million textile and oil workers and sought an autonomous structure to rival the AFL. The push comes amid strikes affecting over 100,000 workers across affiliated groups.
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Associated Press
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
The
United
Roosevelt fireside chat defends supreme court plan
Washington March 10 President Roosevelt in a radio talk defends his proposal to reform the court arguing the court has acted as a policy maker. He says the plan aims to restore the court to its proper role and make federal justice more efficient and less costly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Choudrant High School Fire Destroys Two Buildings
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed Choudrant High School in the early morning hours Wednesday causing estimated losses of 75000 dollars. The two brick, two story buildings connected by an arcade were burning after midnight when responders from Monroe and Ruston arrived with a 500 gallon pump and six firefighters to fight the blaze. Captain H L Hale and Principal C L Madden's residence area were among the sites targeted as the fire department fought the flames.
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H. L. Hale
Monroe
Hale
Princ Cipal C
South Called Last Frontier by Graves in Atlanta
John Temple Graves warned Atlanta delegates that the southern states are the final economic frontier and urged self-reliance and federal support to rebuild and secure rural life, saying without action the region faces destruction. Other speakers at the conference included R. W. Hudgens.
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Southeastern Council
John Temple Graves
United States
Birmingham
Graves
R. W. Hudgens
Night riders ambush DA Baron Fills near ranch home
Los Angeles reports that the hunt for the night riders who shot District Attorney Baron Fills last Sunday near his ranch home has grown colder. Fills suffered a flesh wound in his left forearm but is expected to leave the hospital next week.
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Los Angeles
Baron Fills
Madrid fronts see armored motorcycles in new insurgent assault
Reinforcements reported as 15 000 Italians and Spaniards push toward Madrid from Guadalajara province amid heavy insurgent fire. Government units defend along the Aragon highway and Jarama valley fronts facing mechanized infantry with tanks and air support. General Franco’s strategy signals a long anticipated offensive against the capital with General Jose Misja coordinating defense.
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Guadalajara
Aragon
Francisco Franco
Jose Misja
Spain
Jarama Valley
el Pardo
Death Quashes Arson Charge Against Keech
An indictment for arson against Colonel Frank Browne Keech, famed as the Prometheus of the stock market, was quashed by his death after being run over by a subway train at List Street station. Keech, a West Port graduate and World War II veteran, had been indicted for burning his mansion at Tuxedo Park on February 2 1932. The case follows his reputation as a lavish host in Pierre Lorillard's colony and his service as a port inspector at Newport News Virginia.
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Frank Browne Keech
West Port
Wilson
Newport News
List Street
East Side
Keech
The
Military Academy
Tuxedo Park
Pierre Lorillard
Lopacce Xing
Hen
Weather Man at Shreveport to Quit
Shreveport March 10 W Cronk will retire and fold up his weather charts on May 31 after three years as meteorologist at the Shreveport Weather Bureau He came from Port Huron Mich and will be succeeded by A W Pugh transferred from Palestine Tex Cronk said he would not sit idle but enter other work
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W. Cronk
Weather Bureau
Cronk
Shreveport Bureau
Port Huron
Mich
A. W. Pugh
Palestine
Tex
Cron
Ouachita Parish Sets Blanket Liquor License Fee
Ouachita Parish police jury amended the parish liquor law to require a uniform 200 dollar annual license for dealers outside Monroe and West Monroe selling beer wines and spirits over six percent. The measure aims to curb abuses from broken package sales and clarifies fees for Monroe and West Monroe dealers expiring December 31.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
West Monroe
Hts
Gullett Gin Strike Continues Amid Amite Labor Battle
Workers at the Gullett gin and cotton machinery firm press a ten cent per hour wage hike as costs of living rise. H Bostick, president, says the firm has lost money for years and cannot meet the demand. Strikers Wade and Walsh seek governor intervention while vowing to hold out.
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Walter A. Walsh
Lace
Bonetick
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Walzheid
No & Udiof
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