Upper House Moves Quickly on Tax Moratorium in Louisiana
Louisiana Senate adopts without record vote a moratorium on all tax sales and seizures through October 1, 1934, as part of concurrent resolutions led by reform advocates. Adjournment set for 8 p.m. Monday. reception invited for legislators at the governor’s mansion.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
House
Louisiana
Coleman Lindsey
Minden
General
Paul Chasez
New Orleans
J. J. Wingrave
Monroe
Lake Charles
Shreveport
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Judiciary
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
General Assembly
Gardiner, Heywood
Burgess
Wimberly
Boudreaux
Committee On Education
Coleman Lindsey Minden
State Banker's Association
George Wallace
Deposit Insurance Corporation
James A. Richardson
Norwood
Ernest F. Delahoussaye
New Iberia
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
Rivers Daily Stages Flood Present 24 Hour Stage
Flood stage reported for Rivers area in 24 hour cycle with rapid level changes noted. Officials warn residents to monitor weather updates and prepare for possible water rise and road closures. Local agencies coordinate with emergency services to assess risk and respond as conditions evolve.
Garden clubs showcase floral wealth in northeast Louisiana
The Tallulah Garden club held its spring show with Monroe visitors and a luncheon. A fountain by Guy Stubbs on the Dixie Overland highway near Whited plantation is praised as a beauty and aid to travelers. A barber near DeSiard street recounts untangling a badly tangled comb with pliers after his hair became hopelessly snarled.
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Louisiana
Tallulah
Monroyans
James Wooten
Elmer Richards
W. S. Garnett
Fred Williamson
Fred Hanna
F. C. Rowland
John Potts
Ouachita
Guy Stubbs
Whited Plantation
Butch Lee
DeSiard Street
Liquor License Levy Sustained by New Orleans Court
The Louisiana Supreme Court upheld New Orleans authority to charge a liquor license fee exceeding the state levy. It affirmed a civil district court ruling not to enjoin a $500 fee on Peter Centanni, noting the 1898 constitution allowed such excess for liquor dealers while the 1921 constitution did not.
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New Orleans
State Supreme Court
William H. Byrnes, Jr
Peter Centanni
Supreme Court
Hamiter Seeks Expenditure Reports From State Departments
Louisiana representative Joe Hamiter introduced a resolution in the house demanding all state departments and institutions enjoying general appropriations submit a full account of expenditures for the past biennium. Reports would be due by May 31 to aid crafting a 1934-36 budget aligned with tax reform plans for a state budget system starting with 1936-38.
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Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
Louisiana
Joe Hamiter
Caddo
Hamiter
House
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Louisiana House members propose first income tax bill
Representatives Hood and Guillory filed a plan to tax incomes of individuals estates trusts and corporations with rates from 2 percent on 2000 up to 10 percent for higher incomes and exemptions for single married and dependents a constitutional change is sought to lift the 2 percent restriction and voters would decide if rates exceed 3 percent in November elections
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
John T. Hood
Acadia
Isam J. Guillory
St. Landry
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Tax Reform Commission
Hood
Guillory
Forty Three Miners Feared Lost In Belgian Explosion
In Belgium at Paturages Au Fief a coal mine blast and fire left forty three miners feared dead after ten bodies were recovered and five men were brought to the surface in critical condition. Rescue efforts faced intense flames from a fire damp explosion as volunteers worked to reach others.
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Brussels
Belgium
Paturages Au Fief
Long Walmsley miss each other in Baton Rouge
In Baton Rouge on May 16 the rival figures Huey P. Long and New Orleans Mayor T Semmes Walmsley avoided each other after tense talks in Washington. Long, en route to Washington, faced a brewing legislative rebellion aimed at unseating Speaker Allen J Ellender and challenging the Long administration in the Louisiana legislature.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Washington
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
Walmsley
Long
Senator Long
Allen J. Ellender
House of Representatives
O. K. Allen
Bloody clothes found in auto on Monroe lot
A bundle of bloody clothes was found in an automobile on the Monroe Auto and Supply Co. lot at North Second and Washington streets. Police study the items to determine if they were used in a crime after night watchman Andrew J. Brown chased a young man from a car. blood was discovered on a shirt and underwear.
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Monroe Auto and Supply Company
North Second
Washington Streets
Andrew J. Brown
Brown
West Monroe
Japanese Aviators Die When Ship Is Shot Down
Two Japanese officers were killed when their plane was shot down over Manchukuo while scouting near a concentration of Chinese irregulars west of Hailar. Harbin dispatches quoted by the Asahi noted the loss occurred today.
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Tokyo
Manchukuo
Harbin
Asahi
Hailar
Roosevelt backs strict stock exchange controls in Congress
President Roosevelt urged regulation of the stock market by the Federal Trade Commission. He pressed for the House bill standards including a 45 percent marginal requirement, noting the Senate bill lacks a specific figure. He conveyed support to conferees in talks, shaping the gap between Senate and House measures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Trade Commission
House
Senate
Rayville Kiwanis to Receive Charter at Dinner
More than 100 Kiwanians and their wives are expected at a 7:30 p.m. charter presentation dinner for the Rayville Kiwanis club at the Coenen hotel. District and local officials from Monroe and Bastrop will attend and participate in a program led by Allen J. Cook.
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Rayville
Rayville Kiwanis Club
Coenen Hotel
Monroe
West Monroe
Bastrop
Allen J. Cook
America
J. T. Harris
A. S. Means
Jones
H. F. Madison, Jr
Monroe Club
Kiwanis
W. D. Cotton
Rayville Club
Peyton Bill Prohibits Employment of Kinsmen
Rep Rupert Peyton of Caddo introduced a bill banning employment of legislators or their immediate family in key state departments and institutions including the executive secretary of state public accounts agriculture public service commission labor health welfare and penal facilities The measure hazards penalties up to six months in jail and a 500 fine.
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Baton Rouge
Rupert Peyton
Caddo
Public Accounts
Agriculture
Public Service Commission
Labor
Board of Health
Tax Commission
Peyton
Ouachita Parish Votes on Road Maintenance Tax Plan
A. E. Montgomery warns voters on June 5 that the plan reduces the road maintenance tax to 1.5 mills for five years, replacing the current two-mill rate that expires this year. He notes property assessments fell about 30 percent, making the lower rate a tax cut in effect.
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Ouachita
A. E. Montgomery
Montgomery
Bar Association Outlines Three Year Crime Campaign
The American Bar Association announced a three year plan to combat crime. In California three men received life imprisonment for kidnapping William F Gettle. District Attorney Baron Fitts said he would seek the death penalty if the case went to trial. At the federal level seven anti racketeering bills reached President Roosevelt after Senate action.
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Associated Press
California
William F. Gettle
James F. Kirk
Larry Kerrigan
Roy Williams
Baron Fitts
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
American Bar Association
Earle W. Evans
Association
Three Sera camp members die in forest fire near Julian
Three men identified as Clarence Harris of Topeka Ohio? Wait. The three Sera camp members Clarence L Harris 27 of Topeka Kansas John H Leapley 37 of Jacksonville Oregon and Ambrose Williams 21 of Westel Tennessee perished on a mountain trail while fleeing flames from a forest fire near Julian 60 miles northeast of San Diego.
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San Diego
Calif
Sera
Julian
C. P Hebert
Clarence L. Harris
Topeka
Kas
John H. Leapley
Jacksonville
Ore
Ambrose Williams
Westel
Tenn
Judge Gleason to Be High Court Candidate
New Orleans May 16. Judge Walter L Gleason of Orleans Parish civil court announced his candidacy for the state supreme court vacancy created by Justice John St Paul retirement. Judge William H Byrnes Jr of civil district court said he would not run and praised Gleason as one of the best legal minds in the state.
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New Orleans
Walter L. Gleason
Orleans Parish
State Supreme Court
John St. Paul
William H. Byrnes, Jr
Civil District Court
Gleason
Trio of Kidnapers Speedily Sentenced
Three kidnapers of wealthy William Gettle were ordered to life terms, to start before nightfall, less than a day after Gettle’s release from captivity and a week after he was abducted from a party.
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Los Angeles
William Gettle
Gettle
Pinchot concedes defeat in bid for Senate nomination
Philadelphia May 16 Governor Gif ford Pinchot conceded defeat in the Republican race for the U S Senate as Senator David A Reed led by over 100000 statewide. Pinchot blamed ill health for not touring the state and left open a possible run in November on an independent ticket against Reed and Democrat Joseph F Guffey. He urged he would continue fighting for the people against concentrated wealth.
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Philadelphia
David A. Reed
Gifford Pinchot
Senate
Reed
Joseph F. Guffey
Pinchot
Roosevelt
Steps Toward Air Mail Service Between New Orleans and New York
Officials of Eastern Air Lines prepared to start air mail service within 10 days linking New Orleans to New York via Atlanta. One ship would depart New Orleans daily at 2 p.m. arriving in New York the next morning, with return flights overnight to New Orleans. Planes carry 10 passengers and 200 pounds of mail, stopping in Mobile Montgomery and Birmingham before Atlanta.
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New Orleans
Eastern Air Lines, Inc
New York
Atlanta
Mobile
Montgomery
Birmingham
Measures Aimed at Long Regime Face Test Vote Delay
In Baton Rouge the anti administration bloc introduced bills to challenge the Long Allen regime but failed to secure a test vote as lawmakers adjourned for a five day recess. Senator Long left for Washington after no motion to unseat Ellender materialized and the Peyton segr egation of school funds resolution was sent back to the calendar.
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Jack Adams
Associated Press
State House
Baton Rouge
Long-Allen
Assembly
O. K. Allen
Huey P. Long
House
Long
Allen
Allen J. Ellender
Washington
Senate
Louisiana
Rupert Peyton
Caddo
Yuestere Day
Peyton
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