NRA pushes further steps after Weber rule collapse denial
NRA officials deny collapse claims as recovery leaders study new moves to ease regulation. Johnson proposes local fair practices and price rules with 85 percent local agreement to curb federal codes affecting cleaners barbers auto services bowling shoe repair and advertising trades, aiming to boost blue eagle compliance.
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Washington
NRA
Schall
Minnesota
Britten
Illinois
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Louisiana House debated child labor amendment fight
Supporters of a federal child labor amendment moved to the Louisiana House after the Senate defeated ratification. Senator Moss led opposition with broad backing from labor, veterans, and civic groups while Senator Peterman offered a state bill to regulate child labor under 18 except on farms and in homes.
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Robert Myers
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Senate
Louisiana
Gilbert J. Fortier
New Orleans
House
Moss
Frank H. Peterman
Rapides
Peterman
American Federation of Labor
The
American Legion
Parent- Teachers
Congress
Roosevelt
Rivers Daily Stages Flood Present 24 Hour Stage
Flood conditions update shows a 24 hour stage at Rivers Daily Stages with stage changes observed. Local authorities monitor rising water levels and issue notices for nearby communities to prepare for possible evacuations.
Rule on Soviet Bonds Sparks Johnson Act Review
Washington May 29 P The administration prepared to rule on Soviet Union 7 per cent gold bonds in a move under the Johnson act ordering defaulters to settle debts. Attorney General Cummings, acting on a request, had listed the USSR as a defaulter under the act as diplomatic exchanges urged payment from war debtors.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Cummings
Soviet Union
State Department
Group Approves Federal Communications Proposal
Washington May 29 The House Interstate Commerce Committee approved the administration plan to create a federal commission to regulate communications systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Communications Proposal
Washington
Federal Commission
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Treaty voiding Platt clause being prepared in Havana
A Cuban cabinet member says a treaty to abrogate the Platt amendment is being prepared in Havana. The move follows attacks on two American diplomats and a government crackdown on terrorism. Police guard the homes of Jefferson Caffery and H Freeman Matthews amid tense conditions.
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Havana
United States
Cuba
Jefferson Caffery
Washington
H. Freeman Matthews
Freeman
Layton brothers sentenced for Oak Grove murder
Carley Layton 24 is to hang and his brother John Layton 20 to life in prison after their conviction for the murder of 16 year old Bill Waters at a Terry community dance in Oak Grove Louisiana. Waters died from knife wounds. Both men are Terry farmers and wept after sentencing.
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Oak Grove
Carley Layton
John Layton
Carey J. Ellis, Jr
Bill Waters
Oak Grove High School
Terry
Layton Brothers
Waters
Ellis
Stores To Begin Closing Early Here On June 4th
Monroe retail merchants will start early closing on Monday June 4 replacing June 1 as the first day of the summer program. Stores will close at 5 p.m. daily except Saturdays when closing is 9 p.m. The schedule runs through June July August and ends Labor Day first Monday in September.
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Willis Anders
Lions Club
Monroe
Baton Rouge Lions Club
Baton Rouge
Mr. Anders
Joe Isaacman
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Isaacman
United States Willing to Reduce Naval Tonnage and Arms Sales
Norman H. Davis told the international disarmament congress in Geneva that the United States supports substantial and proportional naval tonnage reductions and seeks an international agreement regulating arms manufacture and sales. He cited Roosevelt and urged action ahead of the 1935 naval conference, noting public concern over munition traffic.
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Geneva
Norman H. Davis
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Davis
Roosevelt
Congress
French aviators undecided after failed non stop flight
Two French air officers Mau Rice Rossi and Paul Codes, who flew from Paris to America aiming for a non stop record and a million France prize, landed at Floyd Bennett field due to wing vibration. They planned to rest in New York before choosing their next step, after their Joseph Lebrix monoplane could not complete the journey to San Diego.
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New York
Paris
America
San Diego
Calif
France
Floyd Bennett Airport
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codes
Park Avenue
Joseph Lebrix
Measure Calls for Probe Into Orleans Affairs
In the Louisiana House the Weber resolution for a five-member committee to probe New Orleans city affairs was killed 47 to 52 after a delay vote. The division reflected a sharp split between Long Allen administration supporters and Walmsley city faction aligned against Huey Long.
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State House
Baton Rouge
House
Weber
New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Long-Allen
Louisiana House
Walmsley
Huey Long
Sen. Long
Attorney General
Allen Ebiender
Fournet
F. C. Pavy
St. Landry
Pavy
Ellender
Senate Group Is Urged To Subpoena Witnesses
Mrs. Ruffin G. Pleasant urged the senate elections committee to subpoena absent witnesses in ouster proceedings against Senators Long and Overton. She named bankers Randall Moore and George Hearne and businessman W L Young as witnesses who would testify to Longs influence over banks and threats to raise taxes.
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Washington
Ruffin G. Pleasant
Louisiana
Senate Elections Committee
Long
Overton
George
Georgia
Elections Committee
Randall T. Moore
Shreveport
Senator Long
State Administration
Moore
Howard Warren
Barksdale
George M. Hearne
Hearne
W. L. Young
New Orleans
Emma Parker arrives in Arcadia for Bonnie Barrow belongings
Mrs Emma Parker Clyde Barrows mother arrives with one son to claim Bonnie Parker personal effects. Barrow carried 505.32 dollars. Bonnie allegedly had similar funds but no large sum found. Barrow death car location uncertain, believed in Bienville parish or Shreveport. Prohibits disclosure of gun contents as crowds crowd offices.
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Bonnie Parker
Arcadia
Moll
Clyde
Emma Parker
Clyde Barrow
Gibsland
Barrow
Bienville Parish
Shreveport
Sheriff's Department
Jesse Martin
Fort Worth
Grapevine
Texas
P. M. Oakley
Martin
Capone's Appeal Denied by Court in New Orleans
In New Orleans on May 29 the U S fifth circuit court of appeals denied Al Capone's habeas corpus appeal to gain release from Atlanta federal prison. Capone began his 10 year sentence on May 6 1932 and argued the offenses were barred by a three year statute of limitations. The court found no new grounds for release on this appeal.
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New Orleans
al (Scarface) Capone
America
Atlanta
United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Capone
Overlord
Circuit
Parish Farmers Receive Cotton Acreage Checks
Ouachita parish farmers received the first government payments from the 1954 acreage reduction program. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration sent 741 checks totaling about $40,000 to the parish agricultural agent’s office, with most distributed by Tuesday and notices mailed to recipients.
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Ouachita Parish
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington
Harbor Strikes Grow With Union Seamen For New Orleans
In New Orleans on May 23 seamen from the Marine Transport Workers union and two local unions joined a port strike eight days after the initial walkout. IWW spokesmen urged force while opposing milder tactics. the IWA pressed for unity and peaceful action. The strike continued into a ten day standstill as independents kept port business moving under existing contracts with the New Orleans Steamship association. The ILA has appealed to Louisiana Supreme Court regarding an injunction over charter revocation of the two striking unions.
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New Orleans
Marine Transport Workers of the
International Workers of the World
Marine Transport Workers
Marine Workers Industrial Union
United Front
L W. W
New Orleans Steamship Association
International Longshoremen’s Association
Louisiana Supreme Court
Drouth Threatens Midwest Crops With Heat Wave
Drouth and rising temperatures imperil midwestern crops as wheat and other early plantings suffer losses. Lack of rainfall plus hot weather drive grain prices higher on the market.
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Chicago
Middle West
Manchukuoan Emperor Reported Fever Victim
Reports from Chinese sources say Kang Teh emperor of Manchukuo formerly Henry Pu Yi fell ill with typhoid at his Hsinking palace. Dispatches claim Japanese rulers rushed medical help while the emperor chose an old style herb doctor over a western physician after they paid the Chinese healer $50,000 in local currency and guaranteed his safety.
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Peiping
Kang Teh
Manchukuo
Henry Pu-Yi
Hsinking
U. S
Junking French Naval Air Fleet Recommended
Paris May 29 the chamber of deputies finance committee drafted a report recommending junking the entire French naval air fleet of 290 planes to create a new force of 360 planes for the navy.
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Junking
Paris
Chamber of Deputies’ Finance Committee
Unions Demand Recognition as Violence Flares Across Regions
Unions demand recognition amid rising clashes in Cleveland and New Orleans with flare ups extending to West Coast cities. Protests grow as labor groups press for fair treatment and bargaining rights while authorities urge restraint.
NRA Order Attacked Sparks Wave of General Strikes
Organized labor threatened three general strikes in textile steel and across the nation. In Toledo unions voted for action over recognition as an NRA order to cut cotton textile output loomed. Violent clashes reported in Cleveland New Orleans and West Coast ports amid longshoremen and taxi workers stoppages.
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Textile and Steel
Toledo
Ohio
Cleveland
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
NRA
Wagner
National Labor Board
Mike T. Tighe
Steel Workers’ Union
Washington
Tighe
San Francisco
San Diego
American Commercial Alcohol Distilling
Crucible Steel Casting Company
Milwaukee
Tubize-Hatillon Rayon
Hopewell
General Strike Movement Grows in Toledo Industry
Federal mediator Charles P. Taft blamed three firms Electric Auto-Lite Logan Gear and Bingham Stamping and Tool for stalling talks as the Toledo Central Labor Union pushes toward a general strike. A 23 member committee will meet to study the move while 68 of 103 affiliated groups favor action and a mass meeting is planned to set dates. A local Mechanics Educational Society of America unit reported 88 percent backing a general strike. Continued on Fifth Page.
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Toledo, CO
Toledo
Charles P. Taft
Electric Auto-Lite
Central Labor Union
American Federation of Labor
Central Union
Committee of 23
Perc Sons
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Taft
Logan Gear Company
Bingham Stamping and Tool Company
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Friends OF Child Labor Law
Noe
Ouachita
Clement M. Moss
Lake Charles
Paul E. Chasez
Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Iweeenne
Helena
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Natchez Eteerneee
Baton Rouge See
Quachita
Camden Sneweeee
Monroe Teeters
Pittsburgh
Ereeeee
Cincinnati
Cairo Pene
RED
Mace
Jess Ramblin
Crosley School
West Monroe
Helen Tippit
Addie Nell Rainbolt
Louise Hawkins
Roy Whitaker
Ouachita River
Legion Home
Forsythe Park
Concensus
Naval Conference
Trans-Atlantic
Orleans
Jack Adams
Senate Group
Midwest
West Coast
Rogers
Beverly Hills
Cal
Wallace
Navy
Army
Sk Roper
McNausdl Syndicate
Ina
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