15 Mar 1934
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1934
Page
1
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Louisiana institute participants attend through Friday. Junior Red Cross urged at Virginia hotel dinner. Friday disaster relief discussion led by Maurice R. Reddy, national Red Cross aide with a long Midwest disaster relief record since 1919.
Vance Armentrout of the Louisville Courier-Journal filed a $50,000 damage suit against seven members of Kentucky’s house investigating committee. He alleges illegal arrest after they jailed him for refusing to name the author of a letter to his paper. The pension system remark appears as a separate historical note.
Six states target Georgia license plates as state police enforce tag rules in New Orleans. Georgia residents prove residency to receive courtesy. otherwise cars must be stored at the motorist’s expense. Louisiana’s minimum tag fee is 15 dollars. Similar actions reported in Connecticut. arrests noted in North and South Carolina and Florida near Tampa for Georgia tags.
Washington reports that the NRA enforcement tightens as the president demands code compliance from all trades. Labor leaders warn of a major automobile industry strike as General Motors resists recognizing unions.
Washington March 15. House consideration of the Bankhead compulsory cotton control bill was resumed today with sponsors seeking a vote, but action likely delayed to tomorrow. An hour of general debate remained before amendment reading. The measure would cap production at 10 million bales and impose a fifty percent tax on cotton produced above quotas. Rep. Gilchrist Iowa opened debate stressing broad agricultural interest in the compulsory measure.
The senate interstate commerce committee closed public hearings on the communications bill. Chairman Dill of Washington said he would seek a subcommittee to investigate AT and T and urged facts about the American Telephone and Telegraph organization. Approval of the bills by the navy department marked the closing session.
Washington reports a looming stalemate over veterans benefits as both Senate and House debate a far reaching package. The measure faces intense lobbying and partisan divides amid pressure to address long standing claims and funding.
Advertisement urges prudent mothers to use Creomulsion for any cough or cold in children. It claims the product emulsifies creosote with six other medicinal elements to soothe inflamed membranes and provide relief without narcotics. Buy now from your druggist for instant use.
Justice department officials said they were near deciding to seek an injunction to restrain Weirton Steel officers from interfering with a company workers election for bargaining representatives. The case, placed with the DOJ by the National Labor Board, may lead to an injunction or criminal action for NRA code violations.
Mrs. Don J. Graham 43, missing since March 4 from a Seattle home, is reportedly visiting friends in California per a letter to her Everett brother James E. Jones. Graham formerly lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Investigators traced extortion letters to a former Hager company employee Lopez and an accomplice linked to a group of mobsters. Handwriting analysis and Spanish phrases helped identify the suspects. The men claimed to have waited to receive money thrown from a train but did not see it. A potential 20 year prison term faces each for the extortion letters.
George Cubano a Filipino tied to a New Orleans confession alleging an extortion plot against Louis A Hager Jr a St Louis manufacturer was arrested in St Louis on March 15 authorities said Cubano’s link to the case was outlined by two co conspirators in a signed confession.
Police disclosed a series of ten threatening letters sent to Hager and turned over to Justice Department agents. One letter included a floor plan of the Hager home and warned, You think I am taking you, well just take a load of this. Details come as authorities release findings amid large surpluses totaling 918,060.
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