Hoover warns senators as tax bill delay问题
President Hoover sharply urges Senate to move on tax legislation after finance committee rejects a general manufacturers tax. He defends a limited time manufacturers excise plan exempting food and clothing and warns against a dollar crisis while noting earned income relief.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
U.R
Treasury
Watson
Capitol
The
Ways and Means Committee
House, Representatives
Secretary of the Treasury
Bonus Expedition Continues Through Alabama Toward Washington
Louisiana veterans marching as the bonus expeditionary forces move through Alabama with truck convoys at county lines. Mobile and Baldwin counties provide pickup points while Montgomery lines arrange free transport. Officials say they will not supply escorts but welcome the marchers if orderly and not disruptive.
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Ala
Louisiana
Veterans of
Alabama
Washington
Mobile
Baldwin County
Flomaton
Montgomery County
Cyril Brown
Board of Revenue
Sam Stearn
Taylor
Cormunital
Wife of Philadelphia Publisher Dies Today
Mrs. Cyrtis H. K. Curtis, wife of the Philadelphia publisher, died in Jefferson hospital after years of heart trouble. Curtis, who had indigestion in New York last week, is in the same hospital and reported to be recovering.
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Philadelphia
Cyrtis H. K. Curtis
Jefferson Hospital
Brahma Bull Barbecue Tops West Monroe Ramble
West Monroe residents enjoyed a humorous gathering around the killing of a Brahma bull brought for rodeo use by C. B. Lewis. The event included jokes about birthdays for Louis Peters and James Young and light police exam trivia. Local gossip and travel notes follow with notes on Jack Fouchen and KOA requests.
Four Bank Bandits to Die in New Orleans Killing
Four condemned men are scheduled to die Wednesday for the fatal shooting of a grocer in New Orleans. The executions follow a series of robberies in which the men were implicated and found guilty by the courts.
Four bank bandits to hang in New Orleans jail
Governor O K Allen refused a stay on the scheduled executions of four bank bandits convicted of murder in the Roche influence robbery. The men, two Chicago hoodlums and a New Orleans Negro, will be hanged one by one between noon and 3 PM as guards soberly prepare.
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Baton Rouge
O. K. Allen
New Orleans
Allen
Raymond Rizzo
Roche
Hunt for Youth Thought Ended in New Orleans
Body found in New Orleans believed to be that of a New Yorker. Officials report death by self-inflicted action after a prolonged youth search. Police advance no further clues.
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New Orleans
William W. Farish, Jr
Juarez
Mexico
Farish
Las Cruces
New Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Eddie Gros
New York
William Francis
Central Park West
New Yorker
Presbyterians Near Close of Montreat Meet
The 72nd general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States voted 198 to 68 against reconsidering its 1931 withdrawal from the Federal Council of Churches. Delegates kept the federal union committee, leaving room for possible future mergers with other Presbyterian and reformed churches.
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Committee On Federal Union
Five Balloons In National Race May Still Be Airborne
Five of six balloons that lifted from Omaha airport for the national race were believed in flight at dawn. The Omaha junior chamber entry was forced down late last night when a leak developed in the bay. Pilot Pete Larsen steered the balloon to the Missouri River bank about ten miles north of Omaha after jettisoning ballast to stay aloft.
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Omaha
Neb
Capone Again Loses Bid to Reach Supreme Court
Scar face Al Capone, imprisoned in Atlanta for income tax evasion, was denied a petition for rehearing today as he sought to bring his case before the United States Supreme Court.
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Washington
Scarface
al Capone
Chicago
Atlanta
Supreme Court
Chamber Fights State Electricity Tax Plan in Baton Rouge
The Baton Rouge chamber of commerce condemned a proposed two and a half mill tax on each kilowatt hour, calling it confiscatory. Telegrams protesting the bill were sent to State Senator James A Noe and Representatives J Porter Burgess and W C Feazel, arguing the Sterlington plant would lose customers and possibly close.
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Baton Rouge
Chamber of Commerce
James A. Noe
J. Porter Burgess
W. C. Feazel
Sterlington
Administration
Louisiana
Death of C E Fauntleroy Led to Rites Tomorrow
Conrad Eaton Fauntleroy 64 of Monroe died at 5 45 a m at his home on Columbia road after a period of illness. Born in Minden September 28 1866, he was a former contractor and dairy operator. A Mason and Royal Arch Mason leader, he served in multiple local lodges and commands. Survived by widow and daughter Beverly and a sister. Continued on Page Ten.
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Columbia Road
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Minden
Thomas Kinlock Fauntleroy
Gussy Bright Fauntleroy
Monroe
Fauntleroy
Western Star Lodge
Monroe Chapter No
Royal Arch Masons
Monroe Council No
Monroe Commandry No
Knight Templar
Beverly
Supreme Court to Review Sentence of Seven Negroes
The Supreme Court decided to review the sentence of seven Negroes convicted of assaulting two white girls near Scottsboro Alabama. They were to be executed June 24. The court will hear oral arguments after it resumes in October and will decide if convictions should be set aside. Arguments scheduled for October 10.
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Supreme Court
Washington
The
Supreme Court Today
Scottsboro
Ala
New Bills Introduced in Louisiana Senate May 31
In Baton Rouge on May 31 the Louisiana State Senate introduced bills including S.124 authorizing school boards to pledge special tax revenues for five years for maintenance, S.125 protecting patient communications in legal proceedings, S.126 limiting suspensive appeals in alimony judgments, S.127 amending civil code on liens, S.128 restricting corporate law practice, S.129 uniform cotton warehouse bill, and S.130 requiring state citizenship for trusted public workers.
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Baton Rouge
State Senate
Moss
J. J. Wingrave
Chasez
Wingate
Early summer store hours set for Monroe businesses
The Monroe merchants will implement 5 pm daily closings Monday through Labor Day this year with Saturday nights variable. Morris Haas, president of the chamber of commerce merchants division, announced the plan naming department stores and similar shops as participants and noting each division will set its own Saturday hour.
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Monroe
Morris Haas
Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
Haas
James Newsom in death cell after deadly noon shooting
James W. Newsom, 35, held in a death cell at the parish jail after fatally shooting Dr. Baxter Porter at the Newsom home at noon. Newsom remains dazed and isolated as authorities describe his condition and the relationship with the physician prior to the incident.
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James W. Newsom
Baxter Porter
Newsom
Dr. Porter
Dr Porter Rites Planned At Porter Residence
Funeral services for Dr Baxter Porter 33 killed by Jim Newsom insane patient will be held at 1402 Jackson Street this afternoon at 5 pm. Interment at Riverview Burial Park. Rev W C Scott Dr W L Duren and two Methodist pastors will lead with Masonic lodge members at the grave. Porter was active in the American Legion and well respected for self funded medical training.
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Jim Newsom
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Jackson Street
Riverview Burial Park
W. C. Scott
First Methodist Church
W. L. Duren
Twin Cities
Louis Hoffpaulr
R. M. Bentley
Masonic Lodge
American Legion Post
Local group heads to Baton Rouge over highway route change
A committee from Ouachita parish police jury travels to Baton Rouge to meet Gov. Allen and highway officials about rerouting No. 165 from Grand to Jackson street. They seek to block the change and present protest resolutions.
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Ouachita Parish
Baton Rouge
O. K. Allen
Pat Tugwell
State Highway Commission
Meyer-Greenwald Construction Company
Grand Street
Jackson Street
Louisiana Training Institute
Jackson
Long drives through bills as hearing ends with clashes
In Baton Rouge on May 31 United States Senator Huey P. Long steered Governor Allen’s revenue bills through the house ways and means committee. The tobacco tax faced a dissenting vote from Ny Hoffpauli Reading, while other measures were reported favorably amid administration pressure.
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United States
Huen P. Long
K. Allen
House
Ways and Means
S. Hoffpauli
Reading
Senate Long
Allen
Long
Sam Dunbar
New Orleans Association of Commerce
George Long
New Orleans
Louisiana Manufacturers Association
Louisiana
Manufacturers Association
Andy
Power Trust
Dunbar
Bomb explodes at Atlanta theater injuring six
Six theater patrons in downtown Atlanta were injured when a real bomb exploded during a screening that used a dynamite explosion setup for a comedy. W C Peters, a visiting manager from Miami, helped restrain stampedes as officials said the blast appeared linked to labor tensions. The injuries were minor, from glass and debris.
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Atlanta
W. C. Peters
Miami
Fla
G O P Prohi Plank to Be Liberal Says Snell
Representative Snell, Republican House minority leader, says the prohibition plank in the party platform will be liberal. He stresses his view as personal opinion and notes no further explanation was given.
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G. O. P. Prohi Plank
Snell
Washington
House
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