Labor Troubles Roil Great Lakes and Beyond
Labor strife spans the Great Lakes with tugmen threatening a strike and Buffalo tug crews quitting over wages and hours. Portland, Seattle, Cleveland and Minneapolis see walkouts as truck drivers and teachers join surges of unrest. A wide array of workers face disputed pay, hours, and union recognition amid local protests and federal appeals.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Hand
Johnson
Cleveland
Pacific Coast
John F. Dore
Seattle
Secretary of Interior
Ickes
Strike Looms At New Orleans Port
A threatened longshoremen strike in New Orleans could start next Monday at 7 a m unless a settlement is reached. The notice was issued as workers press for terms and the port awaits possible disruption on trade and cargo handling.
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New Orleans
Rivers Daily Stages Flood Present 24 Hour Stage
Daily flood stage update shows the river at a 24 hour stage, reflecting rising water levels and stage changes across monitored gauges. Authorities warn residents near low lying areas to remain alert as crests approach and infrastructure remains under watch.
Former Heavyweight Champion Guest in Monroe Today
Jess Willard former heavyweight champion of the world arrives in Monroe with Mrs Willard and their son to referee five amateur bouts at Roosevelt stadium tonight. The Willards tour the south by car and have refereed in many cities since leaving California. Willard rose to national fame 19 years ago by defeating Jack Johnson for the world title in Havana. They will stay until Friday morning.
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Jess Willard
Johnson
Havana
Guba
Willards
Town Notes on Forsythe Park Rides and Local Quips
Jess Ramblin reports Forsythe park summer attractions with a painted merry-go-round and a replica of the Seth Parker schooner on tour. Five generations enjoy one device together as a new pipe for women appears in a Monroe drugstore window. The fountain on DeSiard road gains support from Louisiana highway maintenance workers and Mr. Stubbs. A Junior College biology exam prompts a humorous exchange about brains.
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Twin City
Forsythe Park
Seth Parker
Cap'n
C. W. Naill
Monroe
Guy Stubbs
DeSiard Road
Louisiana Highway Department
Mr. Stubbs
Wayne H. Huckabay
State's aviation pioneer honored in Baton Rouge air fete
Louisiana celebrated Harry P. Williams, aviation pioneer and partner of Jim Mc Wedell, with an air circus at East Baton Rouge parish airport. Major W. F. Harmon led a six-plane display from Barksdale field, plus Captain Chenault and others. Local officials from Baton Rouge, the chamber of commerce, and LSU organized the tribute for Williams invited from Patterson.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Harry P. Williams
Jimmy Wedell
East Baton Rouge Parish
W. F. Harmon
Barksdale Army Flying Field
Shreveport
James Haizlip
George Chenault
Maxwell Field
Ala
Heywood Hansel
John H. Williamson
Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana State University
Williams
Patterson
Move to Expand Levee District Being Pondered
Louisiana lawmakers study a bill to extend the 1.3 million acre Ten as basin levee district to include Ouachita parish west of the Ouachita river. The measure seeks tax raised revenue to build maintain and repair levees and public works to protect lands from inundation. The proposal targets lands within the expanded district for taxation under state law.
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Baton Rouge
Tensas Basin
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita River
James A. Noe
Monroe
Senate
Morehouse
West Carroll
Richland
Franklin
Catahoula
State of
Louisiana
Government aid promise cheered drought stricken farmers
In Chicago on May 17 farmers in central west drought regions welcomed a Washington pledge of aid. Nine House members from dry districts backed a plan, including loosening corn hog wheat rules. The administration authorized 350 000 dollars for seed and fast growing forage crops despite continued heat and scarce rain.
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Chicago
Central West
Washington
Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Assaulter Being Sought By South Carolina Posse
A 300 man posse with bloodhounds scoured Greenville County for an unidentified black man suspected of abducting a 13 year old white girl. The girl was taken from near her home and restrained before escaping. Authorities coordinated city county and state searches with civilians joining the hunt.
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South Carolina
Greenville
S. C
Greenville County
Louisiana lawmakers hold caucuses in towns as session pauses
Baton Rouge May 17 The Louisiana legislature left the capital for a five day recess and lawmakers returned to their home communities to confer with constituents. They took no controversial actions, except a moratorium on tax sales and seizures through October 1. Gov O K Allen urged homestead tax relief and extra school funding via six in lieu taxes, while anti administration factions prepared counter measures.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House
Senate
O. K. Allen
Western Union Fights NRA Code For Communications Industry
Western Union threatens to challenge the National Recovery Act fundamentals in court if a code is imposed on the communications industry. Bankers brokers and other major users of wire services joined NRA hearing supporters to back the attack while Postal Telegraph backs a code.
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Washington
Western Union
NRA
Postal Telegraph
Ford Said To Have Paid Secret Visit To Insull
Chicago May 17 Henry Ford reportedly visited the hospital room of deposed utilities magnate Samuel Insull after touring the Century of Progress grounds. The Herald and Examiner said Ford spent about 15 minutes in conversation before boarding his train.
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Chicago
The
Herald and Examiner
Henry Ford
Samuel Insull
Ford
Detroit Industrial Leader
Insull
Britain to curb arms in long South American conflict
Great Britain proposed to the League of Nations that no more arms be shipped to Paraguay and Bolivia amid a 50 year quarrel over the Chaco Boreal. The plan won early support from France Italy Spain Australia Czechoslovakia Argentina and others as Britain warned both nations through its ministers in Paraguay and Bolivia.
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Associated Press
Europe
South America
United States
Great Britain
League of Nations
Paraguay
Bolivia
Chaco Boreal
France
Italy
Spain
Australia
Czechoslovakia
Argentina
Russians Deny Firing On Manchukuoan River Steamer
Moscow reports an official denial of claims that Russian frontier guards fired on a Manchukuoan river steamer on May 12 near the Amur river mouth. The Khabarovsk dispatch says guards fired blanks after the vessel ignored signals to halt while photographing border posts.
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Moscow
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Amur
Bijan
High Militia Officers To Confer At Atlanta
Division commanders and adjutant generals from eight southeastern states in the fourth corps area will meet in Atlanta on Saturday. Major General Von Horn Moseley will lead the conference with Major Generals Henry D. Russell and Albert H. Blanding among expected attendees and Adjutant Generals Lindley Camp Hartley Moon Vivian Collins Raymond Fleming Thomas Grayson and others listed.
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Atlanta
von Horn Moseley
Henry D. Russell
Macon
Sti
National Guard
Albert H. Blanding
Bartow
Fla
Lindley W. Camp
Hartley A. Moon
Montgomery
Ala
Vivian Collins
St. Augustine
Raymond H. Fleming
New Orleans
Thomas J. Grayson
Jackson, Miss
J. van B. Meets
Raleigh
N. C
James C. Dozier
Columbia
S. C
J. H. Ballew
Nashville, Tern
Gardiner Opposes Gallonage Tax Seeks License-Only Revenue
Senator A C Gardiner of Church Point says he does not approve the gallonage liquor tax plan and would back a license only system with a $500 state license on saloons and related venues. He notes potential coordination with Governor Allen and the tax reform commission but stresses differing views within the group. Gallonage tax ideas have been discussed as substitutes to relieve property taxes.
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Baton Rouge
A. C. Gardiner
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Gardiner
Church Point
Administration-Tax Reform Commission
Commission
Allen
Tax Reform Commission
Ses
Father Held as Abductor of 10 Year Old Son
Denver police and federal agents arrested Percy Lamar Armstrong Sr. and Robert Mc Phail on a fugitive warrant. They found Armstrong Jr. 10 in a Denver apartment rented the day before. Clarksville Tennessee authorities say the boy was taken from a school yard last Friday and the case spans several states. The child had been awarded to the mother in a divorce four years ago. The grandfather allegedly a former Tennessee governor.
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Denver
Percy Lamar Armstrong
Robert McPhail
Tennessee
Lamar Armstrong
Clarksville
Tenn
Armstrongs
Family Advised Boy Is Located In Denver
The family of Percy Lamar Armstrong, 10, grandson of late Gov. Austin Peay, was told by federal officers in Denver that he had been located there with his father Percy Lamar Armstrong Jr. This is the first definite word on the boy's whereabouts after he vanished last Friday morning.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Percy Lamar Armstrong
Austin Peay
Denver
Percy Lamar Armstrong, Jr
Fourteen More Killed In Belgian Mine Explosion
In Belgium fourteen rescue workers were killed at the Pasturages Au Fiel mine when firedamp exploded as they searched for bodies of three miners killed in a blast Tuesday night. The second blast occurred amid widespread consternation in the mining district.
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Brussels
Pasturages Au Fiel
Negro Denies Guilt In Plot To Extort Money
John Collins 37, a black former railroad worker, arrested in Lake Charles for attempting to extort $100,000 from C. H. Austin, president of the Stevedores association. He denied writing the extortion note and said he found the package. The letter warned Austin to inform police and directed him to place the money in a wooded area near railroads.
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Lake Charles
John Collins
C. H. Austin
Stevedores Association
Department of Justice
Collins
Austin
Southern Pacific
Kansas City
Washington
Tax Moratorium Relief for Louisiana Tax Payers
Louisiana voters received temporary relief as a five and a half month moratorium shields against tax sales and land seizures until October 1. state figures show high timely payment rates in 1930 1932 with 93.62 to 96.42 percent collected, while unofficial estimates suggest six to seven percent of bills remain unpaid this year.
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Bob Myers
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
General Assembly
Joe B. Hamiter
Caddo
J. C. Buie
Franklin
S. Allen Bordelon
Avoyelles
Arrest Forecast in Robles Kidnap Case
Captain D E Hamer of Rangers Headquarters predicts an arrest in the Robles kidnapping within 12 hours of arrival in Texas of a Chicago operative. Hamer refused to identify the operative or the arrest location, saying no Texas developments expected before the Chicago visit.
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Austin
D. E. Hamer
Rangers Headquarters Company
Robles
Texas
Chicago
Hamer
Bolton
Tucson
Senate clash over stock exchange watchdog roils Washington
In Washington on May 17 1930 a Senate House conference on the Fletcher Rayburn stock market bill sputtered as President Roosevelts federal trade commission plan and Senator Glasss independent commission demand battled for control The stalemate intensified after Glass accused officials of mockery and threatened committee resignations while the White House backed the House plan and conferees held firm.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Glass
Virginia
House
Federal Trade Commission
Chamber
Independent Commission
White House
Capitol
Fletcher-Rayburn
Banking Committee
Fletcher
Virginian
Housing Measure Urged On Committee
Horace Russell of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation urged support for the administration housing bill before the Senate Banking Committee. He warned that without resumed normal mortgage lending foreclosures would rise and real estate values would fall. He noted HOLC applications exceed 4 billion dollars and many mortgages near maturities. He described a federal savings and loan insurance corporation with 100 million dollars capital to insure accounts up to 2 500, and argued a 5 percent reserve in both the insurance fund and member institutions would meet future emergencies.
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Washington
Administration
Senate Banking Committee
Horace Russell
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Russell
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Insurance Corporation
San Quentin visit colors view of kidnapping cases
A writer in San Francisco describes sighting San Quentin prison from a hotel and notes three kidnapers checking in for life. He laments lawyers missing defense chances and mentions parole board consideration at its first meeting.
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San Francisco
Calif
San Francisco Bay
San Quentin Prison
Crim
Parole Board
Daa
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Roy R. Stuart
Stuart
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American Federation of Labor
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Jess Ramblin
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la Crescenta
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