Inland waterway link opens via Harvey canal locks
Lees four killed and multiple slugs marked the opening ceremony for the New Orleans to Sabine river inland waterway. Jugs of water symbolizing cross state cooperation were poured in the coastal canal as Commodore Hatfield led ceremonies in Fort Worth Gulfport Pass Christian Pascagoula and Mobile. Major General Ashburn offered that private barge lines may operate without federal competition if they can succeed. otherwise the Inland Waterways Corp will step in.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Sabine River
Texas
Fort Worth
Gulfport
Pass Christian
Pascagoula
Miss
Mobile
Ala
Commodore B. M. Hatfield
Wage Increases Announced Across Industries
In three weeks since Roosevelts appeal wage boosts affecting over 300000 workers were announced. Auto and steel sectors lead gains with 10 percent raises effective April 1. Ford Motor restores 5 day minimum wage benefiting 47000 workers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Detroit
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Corrigan-McKinney Steel Company
American Rolling Mill Company
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Schenley Products Company
New York
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Kentucky
Ford Motor Company
Corn Products Refining Company
Federal Reserve
Willian Green
American Federation of Labor
Civil Works Administration
Automobile Mediation Board
Leo Wolman
Nicholas Kelley
Richard L
World Friendship club letters reach Dutch friend in Holland
In Wisner a World Friendship club member receives a post card from Dickens Hillegersborg Holland. He thanks the American for a friendship card of S. S. Columbus and asks to hear back. The Dutch boy explains language barriers and a translation aid by the A V R O. Then a separate Lake Providence tale recalls a Monroe newsman stranded at night with a flat tire and no lights who is helped by friendly locals.
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Jes’ Ramblin
World Friendship Club
Wisner
Joe Baer
Wisner World Friendship Club
Dick Dickens
Hillegersborg
Holland
Wisner Lad
Joe
Algemeene Vereenining
Radio Corporation
Broadcasting Association
S. S
Monroe
Lake Providence
Bayou Macon
Three Croatians Sentenced to Death for Plot to Kill King
In Belgrade three Croatian men were sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate King Alexander of Yugoslavia. The court ruled the sentence for defense of the realm and all three will be hanged. Vienna reports note the men were Croatian immigrants arrested at Yugoslav request in connection with the plot.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Alexander of
Zagreb
Vienna
NRA Machinery Reorganized Under Hugh S Johnson
A complete NRA shake up transforms it into a faster running machine for about 400 coded industries. W Averell Harriman leads transformation with 1 900 staff, creation of a litigation division under Donald Richberg to speed court actions. Deputy admins gain legal and economic advisers to push compliance and litigation actions. Continued on third page.
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Associated Press
Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
W. Averell Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Department of Justice
Justice Department
Legal Department
Donald R. Richberg
Insull Considers Yemen Refuge Offer Amid War Funding Talks
Athens March 28 Samuel Insull reportedly weighs a deal to fund a war in the Arabian desert in exchange for personal peace. Reports say he may seek refuge in Yemen with protection behind Sana walls if he helps Imam Yahia oppose King Ibn Saud.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
Chicagoan
Insull
Yemen
Arabia
London Daily Mail
America
Yahia
Ibn Saud
Saudi
Hedjaz
Nedj
Sana
M. Pop
Haas Named Acting Postmaster at Alexandria Louisiana
Senator Overton recommended Samuel Haas for acting postmaster at Alexandria Louisiana. The appointment awaits final approval and will last while an eligibility register is established for a permanent postmaster. Haas is a prominent veteran and Legion leader with a Tulane University degree.
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Washington
Overton
Louisiana
Post Office Department
Samuel Haas
Alexandria
Haas
Louisiana-Mississippi Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Alexandria Legion Post
Tulane University
Bankhead cotton control bill faces Senate delay vote
The Bankhead cotton control measure, altered by amendments, awaits a Senate vote as leaders may adjourn to tackle President Roosevelt’s veto of the independent offices appropriation bill. The bill still restricts the cotton crop to 10 million bales and would become effective for one year after a Dickinson Reynolds amendment.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Independent Offices
Dickinson
Iowa
Reynolds
North Carolina
Byrd To Spend Eight Months In Antarctic Shack
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd prepared a small portable hut at a winter advance base 123 miles south of Little America to house eight months of meteorological study. He will use thermometers to chart Antarctic weather from March through October amid extreme cold and darkness.
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Little America
Antarctica
Mackay Radio
Richard E. Byrd
Michigan and Ontario buried by snow blanket
A heavy March snowfall paralyzed southeastern Michigan and western Ontario with slow traffic on autos trains and buses. Four deaths occurred from shoveling fatigue: Roy Britton 57 and Isaac Kaussman 52 in Detroit Michael Kromer 72 in Port Huron and Frank Darling 81 in Adrian.
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Detroit
Michigan
Ontario
Roy N. Britton
Isaac Kaussman
Michael D. Kromer
Port Huron
Frank W. Darling
Adrian
Gold Hoarding Charge Tikes Shape in Shreveport Case
Mrs. Mary Blanchard of Shreveport stood charged with hoarding $2500 in gold coin tied to a shipment received from the Atlanta Federal Reserve in December 1932. She was free on a $3000 bond after arrest and reportedly refused to tell government agents where the coins went. A hearing was set for Monday, April 9.
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Shreveport
Mary Blanchard
Blanchard
A. G. Blanchard
New Orleans
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
U. S
Philip Mecom
Bids Open for Air Mail Contracts in Three Months
Washington March 28 Temporary contracts with commercial airlines to carry air mail for three months will be let within three weeks Postmaster General Farley said after talks with President Roosevelt He barred any company with fraud or collusion ties or officers involved in anticompetition schemes from bidding and announced anti collusion provisions to ensure fair bidding
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Washington
Farley
Air Mail
Run Off Primary Looms In Judgeship Election
In Shreveport run off is set between State Senator Cecil Morgan and Frank J. Looney after a five-candidate field. Morgan led with 2897 votes, Looney had 1405, Reynolds 889, McDonald 605, and Hardin 591 as returns from nearly all precincts showed no majority winner. Clerk of court race winner Victor G. Simmons had 4332 votes. Tanner 1703. Williams 77. Wil 59.
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Cecil Morgan
Frank J. Looney
Morgan
Mr. Looney
President Roosevelt sails for a week of vacation at sea
President Roosevelt departed Washington for a week of vacation aboard the Nourmahal yacht in Jacksonville after arriving by train. He waved to cheering crowds with his son James by his side, and declined comment on political matters, while Governor Sholtz and Mayor Alsop greeted him at the dock.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Roosevelt
Vincent Astor
St. Johns River
James
Dave Sholtz
John T. Alsop, Jr
Reconsideration Sought on Louisiana Potato Freight Rates
The Louisiana public service commission the state department of agriculture and the Louisiana farm bureau federation asked the interstate commerce commission to reopen proceedings and reconsider denying a request to lower freight rates on a large share of Louisiana spring potato shipments to northern and eastern markets. The appeal targets the Illinois Central and Louisiana and Arkansas railroads ongoing rate case.
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Baton Rouge
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisiana
Louisiana Public Service Commission
State Department of Agriculture
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Illinois Central
Louisiana and
Arkansas
Revolutionary General Strike Declared in Spain
Syndicalists announced a revolutionary general strike in Zaragoza following a large popular demonstration. Four bombing victims were buried, and several suspects were arrested in connection with the case. The extremist workers party had led a broader uprising late last year that ended with numerous deaths.
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Zaragoza
Spain
Syndicalists
Machine Winner in Kansas City Municipal Vote
Big Tom Pendergast's Democratic machine won a sweeping victory in Kansas City despite a blood-soaked election with four deaths and many assaults. Fusionists led by Dr. A Ross Hill failed to oust the machine but gained two council seats. The six council seats and two judgeships went to Pendergast. The total vote set a record, surpassing the 1932 presidential total. Deputy Lee Flacy was killed in a gunmen hit near a precinct. several others were wounded or died later.
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Kansas City
Big Tom Pendergast
A. Ross Hill
University of Missouri
Little Tammany
Hill
Bryce B. Smith
Frank H. Backstrom
D. S. Adams
Pendergast
Lee Flacy
William Finley
P. W. Oldham
Flacy
Larry Cappo
Violet Sprague
Isaacman Heads Retail Group in Monroe C of C
At a Monroe chamber of commerce meeting the retail merchants division chose Joe Isaacman of Monroe Furniture as chairman replacing Herbert Fink. H. B. Cannon of Morgan and Lindsay was named vice chairman. The group set holidays Armistice Day Labor Day Thanksgiving Christmas New Year and July Fourth and summer hours to 5 pm daily except Saturdays 9 pm. Beginning June 1 through Labor Day the new schedule takes effect. The chairman urged merchants to cooperate with the chamber in limiting advertising solicitation for programs.
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Chamber of Commerce
Joe Isaacman
Monroe Furniture Company
Herbert Fink
H. B. Cannon
Morgan and Lindsay
Inventor of Fly Trap Wins Court's Decision
Federal Judge Wayne G Bo rah grants Charles Medford Curry of Goodlett Texas a decree against American Sheet Metalworks for 4750 plus costs. The court orders return of dies and special machinery and cancels the contract by mutual agreement. Curry says he sold rights but collected only 500. company says trap manufacture unprofitable.
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New Orleans
Wayne G. Borah
Charles Medford Curry
Goodlett
Texas
American Sheet Metalworks
Curry
Faction Leaders Predict Close Vote on Roosevelt Veto
Senate debate over the veterans federal pay bill hinges on a veto override. faction leaders on both sides express hope the administration will be upheld as the ballot narrows to a tight result.
Fight To Blast President's Veto In Senate Battle
In Washington on March 28 the powerful veterans' wing in the senate pressed to overturn President Roosevelt's veto of a bill to add a quarter-billion dollars to the budget for ex soldiers and federal pay. Administration leaders predicted the veto would be sustained.
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Washington
Veterans’ Wing
Senate
Roosevelt
House Democrats Vote to Override Roosevelt Veto Listed
On March 23, House Democrats who backed overriding the veto of the independent offices appropriation bill included Mississippi lawmakers Busby Coblin Colmer Doxey Ellzey Rankin Louisiana members Dear Derouen Maloney Montet Sandlin Wilson Alabama figures Carmichael Huddleston Jeffers. Those voting against included Mississippi’s Whittington and Alabama’s McDuffie opposed. paired votes showed Fernandez of Louisiana in favor and McDuffie again against.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Independent Offices
Mississippi
Busby
Coblins
Colmer
Doxey
Ellzey
Rankin
Louisiana
Dear
Derouen
Maloney
Montet
Sandlin
Wilson
Alabama
Carmichael
Huddleston
Jeffers
Whittington
Fernandez
McDuffie
Veto override vote stirs Senate as House lines shift
Overnight maneuvering shapes the veto showdown with 209 Democrats joining 97 Republicans and four Farm Labor members in the House to override. Senators clashed over adjournment delaying action while Democratic leaders predicted lines would not shift before final rolls.
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Senate
House
Robinson
Clark
Missouri
Long
Louisiana
American Legion
Farmer-Labor
Rogers Has His Say on Strike Settlement
Beverly Hills reports a cautious note on ending a strike as unions and groups gain representation proportional to their worker numbers in any settlement. The piece credits the president with successful mediation and mentions Morgan's yacht as a side detail.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Morgan
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