Naval leaders see no effect in note on building pace
Roosevelt urged scrapping attack weapons in a world message while naval leaders in Congress said the plan to expand the fleet remains defensive and unchanged. Representatives Vinson and Britten voiced support for building to treaty limits under London Washington accords and noted sea arms are restricted.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Vinson
Georgia
Britten
Illinois
Weap
San Francisco Quake Shakes Bay Area Early Tuesday
A dawn earthquake of 3 46 am rattled the San Francisco peninsula and surrounding regions for about 45 seconds. Chinatown faced heavy bustle as crowds filled streets and police reported a quick halt. Cities including Stockton Sacramento Petaluma Vallejo and Oakland noted tremors and paused telephones and clocks.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Market Street
Stockton
Sacramento
Petaluma
Vallejo
San Francisco Bay
United Press
Oakland
Telephone Company
Ouachita Parish school tax on May 23 push to fund growth
Supt T O Brown reports a growing pupil count and rising high school costs while per pupil expenses stay below state averages. The proposed one and a half mill tax aims to fund added year schooling. opponents cite a taxpayer with a $10 assessment and three bused children. A local chicken oddity, business optimism, and a beer tax misunderstanding close the column.
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Supt
T. O. Brown
Brown
Ouachita
Bern
Lee Fincher
Prairie Road
Monroe
Mar of Medicine
News-Star— World
Hitler to Address Reichstag as Geneva Deadlock Deepens
Berlin May 16. Chancellor Hitler prepares to outline Germany's international stance before the Reichstag amid a deadlock at the disarmament talks. Count Rudolf Nadolny and Alfred Rosenberg were recalled for Berlin consultations after Papen's critical foreign reception.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Rudolph Nadolny
Geneva
Reichstag
Germany
Alfred Rosenberg
Nazi Party
London
Mayor approves Monroe playgrounds summer recreation plan
Mayor Arnold Bernstein endorses the Parent-Teacher association and recreation department plan to continue Monroe playgrounds this summer. City funds have been withdrawn, and the mayor appeals to citizens to donate to the PTA to cover costs, $200 monthly, to prevent juvenile delinquency and support public recreation.
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Arnold Bernstein
Parent- Teacher Association
Recreation Department
Monroe
Parent-Teacher Association
News- Star—World
Wheat surplus problem faces Secretary Wallace
Washington report notes over 2,000,000 farmers grow wheat and 1.0 to 1.2 billion bushels may be produced this year. Weather caused 32.2 percent of winter wheat area to be abandoned, yielding a potential surplus despite normal domestic consumption. Wallace considers several farm act tools to reduce output and raise prices, including leasing land, processing taxes, and trade agreements with millers.
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Washington
United States
Wallace
Cavalry Sent to Shawano County to Keep Order
Milwaukee National Guard cavalry under civil authorities moved into Shawano county to back Acting Sheriff Dettman after Sheriff Druckery was suspended for alleged inefficiency. Governor Schmedeman said peaceful picketing would be allowed but the law would be upheld as 225 Milwaukee troopers and 275 from other cities were ordered to the area amid dairy product movement tensions.
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Oscar C. Dettman
Otto Druckery
A. G. Schmedeman
Druckery
Bonduel
Dettman
Milwaukee
Ralph M. Immels
Bank Bill Gets Group Approval
The house banking committee amended and approved the Glass Steagall bank reform bill aimed at separating speculation from banking. Amendments included removing double liability for stockholders if their bank failed and barring banks from engaging in the insurance business. The deposit insurance feature was approved as written, allowing state banks with certificates of soundness to join the federal fund.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Hancock
North Carolina
Federal Deposit Insur
Texas Railroad Commission Extends East Texas Oil Rules
The Texas railroad commission on Tuesday extended indefinitely the production rules for the East Texas oil field. The daily allowable in the area is set at about 750,000 barrels.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
Bonus Seekers Prepare To Launch Convention
The 1933 bonus army, over 1,000 veterans, moved from Fort Hunt Virginia to form a mass near the White House. They gathered at Washington auditorium to demand immediate cash payment of the bonus and relief for farmers and the unemployed. War Department buses and army trucks ferried them about 10 miles to the venue.
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Washington
Fort Hunt
White House
Washington Auditorium
War Department
Major J Lester White Receives Purple Heart
Major J Lester White of Bastrop has been awarded the Purple Heart by the secretary of war for distinguished services overseas in World War I. He commanded Company Fo lith Engineers in the Rainbow division and earned a Pershing citation for exceptional meritorious service in Meuse Argonne. He fought in Meuse Argonne Chateaux Thierry Aisne Marne St Mihiel and Baccarat sectors, enlisting at Le Compte Louisiana and serving 17 months overseas.
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J. Lester White
Bastrop
Secretary of War
White
General Pershing
Meuse-Argonne
Fo Lith Engineers
Rainbow Division
Chateaux- Thierry
Aisne-Marne
St. Mihiel
Baccarat
le Compte
George Washington
Rogers Has His Say on a National Oil Overseer
Beverly Hills May 16. A columnist argues for a single strong ruler to regulate the oil industry. He names Al Smith as the best possible choice to lead this vast national post in fairness and justice for producers and users.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
United States
America
al Smith
Flood Ravages Mississippi Region Across Two States
Floods from heavy May rains flood the middle Mississippi basin in Illinois and Missouri. Des Peres River reaches unusual depths and two deaths occur in Missouri. A young bridegroom drowns near Poplar Bluff as Black River swells. National guardsmen guard Fisk as rivers threaten farms and homes.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Illinois
Missouri
Charles LaBruyere
Walter Brooks
Black
Poplar Bluff
St. Francis
National Guardsmen
Fisk
Injury to 18 month old in Louisiana Training Institute area
Clyde Vernon Sanders Jr. suffered a skull fracture when his mother's car backed into him at the Louisiana Training Institute bungalow. He was taken to St Francis sanitarium for X rays and later returned home reported doing well. A separate Monday night collision on South Grand Street near the parish school narrowly avoided serious results.
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Clyde Vernon Sanders
Clyde Sanders
Louisiana Training Institute
St. Francis Sanitarium
Senate probe focuses on tax loopholes and bank practices
A Senate banking committee investigator is studying J P Morgan income tax returns and those of his partners as part of a broader inquiry into banking and stock market practices. The probe aims to identify loopholes in the income tax law and draft legislation to tighten them while eyeing potential extra taxes for the government. Charles E. Mitchell's loss selling scheme is cited as a prior example under scrutiny.
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House of Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Thomas W. Lamont
S. Parker Gilbert
Russell C. Leffingwell
Morgan
Senate Banking Committee
United Press
Norbeck
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank
New York
Andrew Mellon
Louisiana Press Association to Convene Annual Meeting
The Louisiana Press association plans its first convention in this city in almost twenty years from Friday to Sunday. It marks the 53rd anniversary since its 1880 Baton Rouge founding with Colonel George W. McCraney noted as the first president. Nationally famed speakers include Colonel Robert R. McCormick.
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Louisiana Press Association
Association
Baton Rouge
George W. McCraney
Monroe
Ouachita Telegraph
Robert R. McCormick
Mitchell Charged With Defrauding Government in Sanctioned Securit
Charles E. Mitchell, former National City Bank chairman, faces federal charges in New York on May 16 for defrauding the government of 850 428 in taxes on over 4 million in income tied to allegedly sham securitie s sales. U S Attorney George Z Medalie says the so called sales were not genuine.
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New York
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank
United States
George Z. Medalie
Roosevelt calls for global disarmament pact and no armed forces across borders
President Roosevelt told Congress he proposed a world non aggression pact and sent a cable to 54 rulers urging no nation to deploy armed forces across frontiers. He backed Ramsay MacDonald’s disarmament plan and emphasized a system of consultation to avert war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Raymond Clapper
Europe
Ramsay MacDonald
Chinese Retreat Before Japanese Army
Japanese dispatches report Chinese forces in disorderly retreat from north China as they prepare to defend a line thirteen miles east of Peiping. In Tientsin signals point to possible cessation of hostilities south of the Great Wall. Evacuations continue as U S children leave north China.
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Associated Press
North China
Peiping
Tientsin
Great Wall
Hwang Fu
Nanking
Cone Junction
Nobuyoshi Muto
Manchuria
Muto
Hwang
Japan
North China Americ
Russian Recognition May Be Effect of Peace Note
Senator Robinson argues that Roosevelt's armaments message to Russia may have the effect of recognizing the Soviet government. Officials say the note was not a recognition step, though sending to Kalinin could imply acknowledgement of relations. Historical precedents include Wilson's 1918 message to Kalinin's predecessor and later exchanges with Harding and Coolidge.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Robinson
United States
Kalinin
Moscow
Wilson
Jacob Sverdloff
Soviet Russia
Brest-Litovsk
Germany
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