Darrow Report May End NRA Review Board
The Darrow led review says the NRA is a friend of monopoly and calls for government ownership or control of industry. President Roosevelt may let the board die after its work ends in days, while NRA head Hugh Johnson pushes to abolish it immediately.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Darrow
NRA
Clarence Darrow
White House
Hugh S. Johnson
Nye
Republican
North Dakota
Borah
Idaho
Recovery Review Board
National Recovery Administration
William C. Thompson
Chicago
America
John F. Sinclair
Rivers Daily Stages Flood Report With Stage Changes
A flood report lists 24 hour water stages and changes such as rises and falls across multiple sites. The data shows numbers like 30 44 42 43 25 52 40 with rises and falls indicating fluctuating water levels.
Glee Club Praises And Mystery In Ouachita Town
Mrs. George Moffett leads Ouachita parish high school glee club to prize honors at a Baton Rouge rally and their members receive many appearance requests. A Sunday quartette entertained the Frank P Stubbs Bible class at Paramount theater with sacred numbers. A mysterious message found in a Ouachita river cave stirs curiosity. Kiwanis club rivals in northeast Louisiana discuss the Rayville baby club christening with Monroe as father and West Monroe as big brother, Bastrop as little brother, Ruston as sister.
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George Moffett
Ouachita Parish
Baton Rouge
Frank P. Stubbs
Paramount Theater
Gladys Hughes
Bonnie Burge
Robert Faulk
Russell Ray
Kiwanis
Louisiana
New Baby Club
Rayville
Monroe
West Monroe
Bastrop Club
Ruston
Horace Mangham
Sanders Takes Place in House
J Y Sanders Jr representative elect from Louisiana's sixth district took the oath and seated in the house. He relinquished his East Baton Rouge parish state senate seat after credentials confirmed his election. Speaker Rainey administered the oath following presentation by Representative Wilson amid Long faction tensions.
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Washington
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
Louisiana
House
Congress
East Baton Rouge Parish
Sanders
Wilson
Rainey
United States
Huey P. Long
Harry D. Wilson
Long
Solons Return to Baton Rouge for Ant-Administration Showdown
Louisiana legislators reopened the state house for the second week, with factions aligned for a potential vote on resolutions criticizing the Long-Allen regime. A key measure, Rep Rupert Peyton’s call to segregate public school funds, loomed as a test, while Governor Allen urged for peace to pass needed legislation.
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State House
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Allen J. Ellender
House
Caddo Parish
Rupert Peyton
J. A. Richardson
The
Felicianas
O. K. Allen
Prayers for Rainfall as Drouth Pummels Midwest Farms
Farmers turned to prayers as drought and pests devastate crops across Nebraska Indiana Wisconsin and surrounding states. Grains oats hay and small grains suffer losses up to 85 percent with corn germination slow and grass timber fires adding to damage. Local showers offer little relief despite light rains.
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Associated Press
Drouth
Midwest
Nebraska
Indiana
Wisconsin
Oil Control Measure Endorsed by Ickes in Senate Hearing
Secretary Ickes urged enactment of oil production control legislation as a way to plug loopholes in the oil code. The revised bill would grant near total control over production to Ickes, authorizing quotas for states, pools or wells, and oversight of imports and company books. He called the measure vitally and urgently necessary.
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Washington
Ickes
Senate
Thomas
Oklahoma
Thirteen Killed In Weekend Air Crashes Across US
Thirteen people died in multiple air crashes over the weekend. At Tulsa a plane piloted by Harry Lynch crashed during a field dedication, killing Lynch two Wink residents aged 12 Bruce Anderson and Robbie Fesler and 28 year old Willie Ravel. In Michigan near Selfridge field Lieut Frank J Findlay and Private George J Scott perished in flames after takeoff. A borrowed plane crashed near Muscatine Iowa killing Maynard Lukavsky and James Henick. Lincoln Nebraska saw Orrin O Jones and James V Meade die while Jones taught Meade to fly. Three Washington men died in Chesapeake Bay fall. Power’s body recovered after accident Saturday.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Tex
Harry Lynch
Wink
Lynch
Bruce Anderson
Robbie Fesler
Willie Ravel
el Paso
Frank J. Findlay
Detroit
George J. Scott
Seventeenth Pursuit Squadron
Port Huron
Mich
Selfridge Field
Findlay
Muscatine
Maynard Lukavisky
James Henick
Fort Des Moines
Lincoln
Neb
Orrin O. Jones
Litchfield
James V. Meade
Oak Ridge
N. J
Bulgaria Might Seek Stable Government After Bloodless Coup
Sofia May 21 The new Bulgarian regime faces uncertainty about its future as it reorganizes the country under a military backed government. Premier Kimon Gueorguieff avoided confirming permanence, stating the aim is a strong stable administration despite the bloodless coup.
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Associated Press
Sofia
Bulgaria
Kimon Gueorguieff
Appropriation Bill Aims 100 Million For Cotton Agencies
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a bill authorizing a 100 million dollar appropriation to finance agencies under the secretary of agriculture for handling insuring or marketing cotton in government possession or control. The secretary would be empowered to borrow on such cotton from the RFC to the full market value of the government's interest.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
RFC
Charred Body Found at Chicago Stockyards Fire Scene
May 21 Chicago reports a charred body found among debris after Saturday's eight million dollar stockyards blaze. The victim is Isaac Means a 60 year old watchman who first raised the alarm near the Forty-Third street viaduct. Walter Burnfield 33 died of shock while watching the fire. Swift Armour Morris Wilson plants remain operational as crews continue salvage work and trading resumes at the livestock exchange with only slight livestock declines.
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Chicago
Isaac Means
Forty-Third Street
Means
Walter Burnfield
Swift
Armour
Morris
Wilson
Violence feared as Japan finances scandal spurs guards
In Tokyo on May 21 armed guards were deployed to protect cabinet members amid fears of terrorism linked to a government financial scandal. Fifteen arrests included vice minister of finance Kideo Kuroda and five finance ministry officials as ultra patriotic groups threaten to seize on the crisis.
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Tokyo
Kideo Kuroda
Finance
Finance Ministry
Cab
Fatal Altercation in Kilgore Injures Oil Worker
Dell Ainsworth a 37 year old oil field worker from Houston was fatally injured in Kilgore Texas during an early morning dispute with a hotel porter described as Black. Ainsworth reportedly knocked the porter down before the porter used a public safety item to strike him.
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Kilgore
Tex
Dell Ainsworth
Houston
Ainsworth
Truck Crash Kills Five Near Carroll Texas
Five people died and a sixth was seriously injured when a truck struck a narrow bridge and plunged 30 feet near Carroll in Tyler County. Victims named include Troy Pool 21 Lloyd Dowell 22 and three unnamed Black individuals. A wandering survivor found about a mile from the scene was expected to die.
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Tyler
Tex
Carroll
Troy Pool
Jeff Pool
Lloyd Dowell
Holloway Pushes Abolition of Motor Vehicle Property Tax
Louisiana representative Guy Holloway proposes a constitutional amendment to erase all motor vehicle property taxes, aiming to cut about 365000 dollars a year from motorists. He notes evasion leaves over half of car owners untaxed and cites 1933 figures showing 173776 vehicles assessed at 22449795 dollars with only about 10000000 taxed.
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State House
Baton Rouge
Guy H. Holloway
Union
Union Parish
Louisiana Tax Commission
Holloway
Miss Grosjean May Lose State Post in Tax Talks
In Baton Rouge on May 21 Miss Alice Lee Grosjean the former secretary to Huey P Long and first woman Louisiana secretary of state may lose her post as state supervisor of public accounts as the tax reform commission drafts measures to abolish her office The dispute pits Senator Longs administration against opponents as tax bills move forward.
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Baton Rouge
Alice Lee Grosjean
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Grosjean
O. K. Allen
Long
Tax Reform Commission
Miss Grosjean
Senator Long
Norris Constitutional Amendment Defeated in Senate
The U S Senate rejected the Norris constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college and permit direct presidential election. With 42 voting aye and 24 no, the measure failed about two thirds. Senator Norris of Nebraska switched his vote from aye to no before the decision was announced, leaving open a possible reconsideration.
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Washington
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Paraguay Prepares Major Offensive in Gran Chaco
Paraguayan forces mass near Fort Ballivian along a 25 mile front with about 40 000 troops in four units ready to strike Bolivian strongholds in the Gran Chaco. Bolivian forces reported limited action near Pilcomayo and Conchitas as both sides fortify positions ahead of anticipated decisive engagement.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Ballivian
Chaco
Bolivia
Pilcomayo
Fort Ballivian
Franco
Postal Worker Injured by Bomb at Washington Dead Letter Office
A bomb hidden in a hollowed book exploded in the dead letter office of the Washington post office today injuring clerk Myron L. Genung. He was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. Inspector Thomas Milligan said the mailing office could not be determined.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Myron L. Genung
Washington City
Union Station
Genung
Thomas Milligan
Washington Post Office
Pickets clash with police in Minneapolis traffic drive
May 21 reports 7 officers and 12 strikers knocked down amid renewed rioting as police try to reopen commercial truck traffic stalled by strikes. Chief Michael Johannes orders all available officers to duty and vacations canceled. A 12 member citizens panel seeks federal intervention while trucks attempt to move perishables, with numerous clubs rocks and injuries on both sides.
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Minneapolis
Michael Johannes
National Labor Board
Washington
Shots Fired as Orleans Waterfront Strike Continues
In New Orleans on May 21 revolver shots pattered near the waterfront while loading and unloading persisted. Four men were arrested for disturbing the peace as police kept watch on four pickets per street along a five mile zone. A striker, Frank Carso, fractured his leg escaping, following a strike by white and Negro longshoremen against company unions.
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New Orleans
George Reyer
Orange Street
Robert Hackney
Frank Cole
William King
Michel Brane
Goven Baker
Cole
King
Frank Carso
State Supreme Court Denies Commission Plea
The Louisiana supreme court denied the highway commission a suspensive appeal from a district court ruling ordering $175,000 to be placed in the court registry. The funds, part of $700,000 annual highway aid to New Orleans, were to be paid to the city, upheld previously by the high court. The same decision also affirmed the conviction and death sentence of Willie Walton for the murder and robbery of Roy Landry near New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
Louisiana Highway Commission
George K. Farrot
East Baton Rouge Parish
Supreme Court
High Court
Willie Walton
Roy Landry
Landry
Orleans Man Shoots Self but Cartridge Is Blank
In New Orleans on May 21 Albert Ferchaud fired a blank cartridge at his face after his wife restrained him three times. He survived with minor facial burns and was treated at Charity Hospital before release. Police confirmed the gun discharged a blank cartridge.
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New Orleans
Albert Ferchaud
Ferchaud
Charity Hospital
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