One Cent Farm Road Tax Proposed in Angelle Bill
Baton Rouge May 11. Representative Robert Angelle of St. Martin parish introduced a bill for a one per cent general sales tax dedicated to building farmers gravel roads. The levy would run alongside the existing one per cent tax to replace the luxury tax. Norton vowed to answer Noe on income transparency for public officials, while Fink and Stumpf proposed repealing a 1934 law giving the state police chief say over sheriffs deputies beyond the first five in a parish.
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Baton Rouge, la
Robert Angelle
St. Martin Parish
George T. Norton
Claiborne Parish
House
James A. Noe
Senate
Noe
Norton
Paul Fink
Monroe
Alvin Stumpf
Gretna
Mother fears kidnapper took missing Marjory West
Bradford Pennsylvania May 11 Mrs Shirley M West fears her four year old daughter Marjory has been abducted after a picnic disappearance. She appealed for the child’s return to any American Legion post or her home promising no questions will be asked. A man with clothes like Marjory’s was reported seen with a girl in Thomas West Virginia and later at a hotel where the girl cried out before the man left.
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Bradford
Shirley M. West
Marjory
American Legion
Thomas
W. Va
L. V. Minnick
Paul Valentine
Parsons
Two Mishap Victims Die in Alexandria Accidents
In Alexandria Louisiana two accident victims died today at a local hospital as officials sought to locate relatives. Mrs Doris Mata about 35 from Maria Texas and Ira Bishop about 55 from Shreveport died after separate crashes on Jefferson highway four miles north of Lecompte and near the city limits. The deaths follow injuries sustained Sunday and indicate the highway incident is under investigation with bodies held in the morgue. The report notes Bishop was a magazine representative and former soldier, while Mata’s hometown is listed as Maria Texas.
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Alexandria
Doris Mata
Maria
Tex
Ira Bishop
Shreveport
Ishop
Bishop
4 Magazine
and Cucus
Oakland High Students Strike For Picnic Day
Oakland Maryland students held a classroom walkout to picnic on campus grounds. It took two days to return to class and the principal initially refused without parental approval before allowing reentry on a pledge to avoid further strikes. Portland Oregon reports a wallet found along the Columbia River Highway was returned to Knute Lions after three weeks, with $11 and a letter from a grateful hitchhiker.
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Oakland
Oakland High School
F. D. Bittle
Portland
Orc
Knute Lions
Columbia River
Detroit
Mich
Stranger robs man in revolving door incident
In Denver a man in a revolving door took $177 from 75 year old Frank Chancey. The stranger exited and fled. Chancey notified police and reported the loss of both funds and the thief.
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Denver
Frank Chancey
Chancey
Delayed payment by ex South Park officer noted
Christopher T. Hynes, who resigned sixteen years ago as a South Park policeman, is owed 53.09 dollars in back pay. He told family he would write a letter to request the money, but details of follow up are unclear.
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Chicago
Christopher T. Hynes
South Park
Berry farmers plan talks with Leche on berry bounty
Governor Leche after a Baton Rouge conference with Louisiana strawberry farmers sent a message to Secretary Wallace requesting a one dollar per crate bounty for this season. Hammond farmers joined a large turnout heading to the capital to press for strawberry legislation.
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Baton Rouge, la
Richard Leche
Louisiana
Wallace
Hammond
Leche
Baton Rouge
Highway 19
Capitol
Independence
Air raids hit Suchow and Amoy in China
Shanghai dispatch reports 4000 houses damaged and 300 civilians killed or wounded in Suchow as 30 bombs ignite widespread fires. Amoy endures intensified bombardment while US gunboat Asheville and British destroyer Diana standby for evacuations. Foreigners watched from Kulangsu as ships Edsall and Marblehead move toward Amoy.
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Shanghai
Suchow
Lunghai
Amoy
Fukien
South China
United States
Asheville
Diana
Kulangsu Island
Edsall
Tsingtao
Marblehead
Manila
Hongkong
Canton
South China Metropolis
Sanchu Island
Canton River
Louisiana products month makes buying easy says official
Baton Rouge May 11 Special says Governor Leche urges preference for Louisiana manufactured goods during Louisiana products month. Ernest Lee Jahncke notes most household necessities are produced in state and new plants have expanded the list of Louisiana products available, aiding balanced diets from local sources.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
Ernest Lee Jahncke
State Board of Commerce and Industry
Lewhe
Baby Princess Beatriz To Take First Ride In Hague
Ten week old Princess Beatriz born January 31 will ride in the golden royal coach to her christening in the Great Church with Crown Princess Juli ana and Prince Bernhard. Crowds watch as soldiers clear streets and King Leopold of Belgium is named godfather.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
Beatrix
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Leopold
Disney Oklahoma Election Victory Sparks Nightlife Pride
Disney voters elect Billy Baker self described dictator for 30 days and end all curfews. Vera Silar opposes curfew and vows to restore order after the month long period. Chief Hale Dunn neutral on municipal future as town plans incorporation and new governance.
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Billy Baker
Disney
Vera Silar
Baker
Silar
Hale Dunn
National Air Mail Week Celebrations Proclaimed
Louisiana marks twenty years of air mail service May 15 to 21 with Governor Leche issuing a proclamation. Public committees to promote events as history notes the first 218 mile New York to Washington route in 1918 and expansion to 62,826 miles domestically and abroad. Plans include publicity programs and potential future extensions to Europe.
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National Air Mail Week
Richard W. Leche
New York
Washington
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska
Mexico
Central
South America
West Indies
Hawaii
Midway
Wake
Guam
Philippines
The
Orient
Bermuda
Europe
State of
Louisiana
Executive Department
Baton Rouge
Post Office Department
United States
Truck driver confesses strangling Sophie Kujat in Newark
Edward Holle, 24, a truck driver, admits killing Sophie Kujat, 23, after a dispute over her notes. He says he bound her body with tire chains, moved it to the Passaic River on a hand truck, and dumped it amid fears his wife would misinterpret their friendship. A witness places him at the riverbank the night of the disappearance.
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Newark
N. J
Edward Holle
Sophie Kujat
Passaic River
John Haller
Holle
Miss Kujat
Haller
Hailer
9 State Floodway Row Settled
Bryan A. Myers a 58 year old shipping clerk for Slagle Johnson Lumber company died Wednesday morning at a local hospital from a pistol wound in the head. A South Carolina native he had worked 12 years for the Eagle Johnson operation and had been in ill health. He reportedly shot himself in his office before 7 am the weapon a 41 caliber Colt collected from a desk. He died about an hour later.
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Bryan A. Myers
Slagle-Johnson Lumber Company
Mr. Myers
South Carolina
Eagle-Johnson Lumber Company
Wife of LSU alumni secretary dies from suffocation
Baton Rouge, May 11. The coroner's jury ruled that Mrs. Ray Mobley, 43, wife of the Louisiana State University alumni secretary, who was found dead April 29 in her bedroom, died from suffocation. The finding was returned last night.
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Baton Rouge
Ray Mobley
Louisiana State University
Overton announces Satis factory deal on floodway split
Senator Overton says Louisiana Mississippi floodway dispute settled with a compromise. He and Representative Whittington outline provisions for immediate Morganza floodway construction in Louisiana and allow flowage easements by condemnation if needed to speed Eudora floodway work. They also propose severing Morganza from Eudora in southeast Arkansas.
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Washington
Senator Overton
Louisiana
Whittington
Mississippi
House Flood Control Committee
Army
Eudora
Overton
Arkansas
Kennedy Daughters Presented to King at Buckingham Palace
Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy will present her daughters Rosemary and Kathleen and five other American debutantes to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace in London on May 11. The event marks the new ambassador's policy limiting debuts to permanent American residents in Britain, a change from prior years when about three American debutantes were presented annually.
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London
Joseph P. Kennedy
Rosemary
Kathleen
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Britain
Local church worker Mrs Elizabeth Wills dies at 59
Mrs Elizabeth Smith Wills wife of A M Wills 1007 St John street died at 7 oclock Wednesday morning at a local Sanitarium after a long illness She was 59 Funeral services set for 9 oclock Thursday at First Presbyterian Monroe Rev Ernest D Holloway officiating Pallbearers elders of the church After services the body will be taken by Illinois Central to Corsicana Texas for 10 oclock Friday service at Wade Smith home Interment in Corsicana cemetery She was a prominent Presbyterian figure and former president of the Louisiana Synodical
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Elizabeth Smith Wills
A. M. Wills
St John Street
Illinois Central
Corsicana
Tex
Wade Smith
Wills
Monroe
Presbyterian Church
Louisiana Synodical
Gas Explosions Kill 79 in Markham Coal Mine
Government probes cause of two gas blasts at Markham coal mine in Derbyshire England. Seventy nine dead and more than forty injured as of yesterday withCleanup and safety reviews underway.
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Duckmanton
Derbyshire
England
Markham
Revolt Against Vargas Crushed In Rio De Janeiro
Brazilian authorities report an abortive fascist uprising against President Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro. Rebels, inspired by Integralist greenshirts, were routed after a gun battle at the Guanabara palace. Casualties and arrests were reported as police contained the revolt.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Guanabara
Integralist
Integralists
Vargas
Hurgrieds
Tax revision moves to final House action
Washington May 11 The $5 000 000 000 tax revision bill nears final House approval after Senate agreement The plan preserves a small undistributed profits tax but alters capital gains levies It imposes no net tax increase and shifts rates for corporations with profits above 25000 providing 16 12 to 19 percent taxes while those below 25000 face 12 12 to 16 percent under the old law the IRS levy is retained or adjusted as specified
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Washington
Busi«Ness
House
Senate
Lindberghs Will Stay in England and Return Only in War
San Diego May 11. Friends of Colonel Charles A Lindbergh say he will remain in England with wife Anne Morrow and sons Jon and Land until war or national emergency requires his services. He may return to the United States only if needed, and associates recall he left for France in a trans Atlantic flight aboard a plane built in a local fish cannery.
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San Diego
Calif
Charles A. Lindbergh
England
United States
Lindbergh
Here
France
Anne Morrow
Jon
Land Morrow
St. Louis
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