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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1933
Page
1
Six states including Pennsylvania Ohio North Carolina South Carolina Utah and Kentucky vote Tuesday on constitutional repeal of Prohibition with predicted victory for repeal. Ballot questions also cover New York New Jersey Virginia Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania and party-line mayoral contests with national implications.
Spirit surged over the looming elections as repeal and mayoral contests shape expectations. States Ohio Pennsylvania Utah Kentucky North and South Carolina vote tomorrow amid predictions of heavy turnout and possible shift in national currents. Postmaster General Farley urged repeal while Mrs Henry W Peabody urged women to rally against repeal.
A collection of brief vignettes from a small town scene includes Earl Pettit and post office chatter. Mosquito quip sparks malaria remark, local doctors converse outside the post office, and neighbors comment on chairs, marriages, and light humor about baldness and ash trays.
Bids for 15 million pounds of canned beef to aid the destitute were opened at the Federal surplus relief corporation offices. No prices were made public due to a complex calculation based on live cattle costs and plant proximity to the distribution area.
New Orleans 2,650 public school teachers received October pay totaling $274,000 after weekend protests followed by the Parish School Board’s refusal to distribute payroll on Saturday. The action came as mass meetings were held to press for timely payments.
The United States seeks to cancel its extradition treaty with Greece after its refusal to return Samuel Insull for trial. American minister Lincoln MacVeagh delivered formal notice to the Greek foreign affairs minister stating the treaty cannot be relied on to extradite fugitives and will be terminated one year after formal notice.
Athens November 6 United States protests the extradition treaty after the Insull verdict. Lincoln MacVeagh delivered the protest to the Greek foreign ministry noting the court refused extradition in the Insull case and questioning the treaty's value. Premier Tsaldaris said justice is high and US demand for denouncement requires time.
Grand jurors were convened before Judge Ben C. Dawkins as the federal court began its term. Petit jurors were empaneled and dismissed for the afternoon. Filings in civil matters filled the morning. Four convicts from state prisons pleaded guilty to various charges and were referred to probation officer J Noble White for investigation. Claude Rowlet Deane, in Florida state prison, pleaded guilty to impersonating an officer. C. W. Byers and W. R. Gary, both serving terms in Mississippi prisons, faced related proceedings.
The RFC raised the price for newly mined gold to 32.84 per ounce and disclosed 2.8 million dollars paid for domestic gold purchases. Jesse H. Jones of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation noted substantial world purchases but declined to specify amounts. The administration watched the dollar fall with no stated link to abroad gold buying.
Eight jurors were chosen in Ouachita parish for the murder trial of Anderson C. Warlick 31 charged with killing his stepson Claude Moore 25 last August 25. Mrs Warlick, once state's star witness, will not testify.
New Orleans, Nov. 6. Harry Sitamore confessed jewel thief plans to surrender to Raiford prison farm in Florida after escaping in June while serving part of a 40 year sentence for a $235,000 gem theft in Miami. He said he faced six months on bread and water, not four years, and described a “finger man” who took 25 percent.
John P. Skiles 52 ward 9 farmer died of heart failure at St Francis sanitarium after suffering paralysis earlier. He faced murder charges for the shooting of Willie Butler 21 at a dance at Dewey Hamilton’s home last March 1. The trial, set for Monday November 13, was halted as Skiles died and thus the case ended without adjudication.
Jimmy Wedell, the New Orleans speed flier, departed Atlanta at 10 26 a m central time for his home port after a delay on the flight from New York due to bad weather conditions.
Peter Arno, famed New York cartoonist, was knocked out in a brawl at the Embassy club in Hollywood. The fracas, involving Drexel Biddle Steele and business manager Gordon Butler, drew witnesses including Sally O’Neill, Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Clark Gable, and Doris Duke. O’Neill denied involvement. Steele claimed Arno provoked him by speaking to O’Neill, then made a pass at Steele.
Official records from Washington and Baton Rouge show Louisiana leads the nation with a per capita tax of 41.18 dollars. Arkansas records the lowest per capita cost at 6.16 dollars, followed by a group of southern states listed by aggregate and per person costs.
National forest reservation commission approves federal buys totaling 128 375 acres in Louisiana and 173 234 acres in Mississippi for 254 652 20 and 242 216 70 respectively. Purchases join existing forest service units for timber growth watershed protection and public forest purposes with CCC aid and detailed unit allocations named.
The Ouachita parish high school mass meeting to organize the New Deal Democratic association to oppose Longism and higher taxes will feature speakers announced by temporary chair J. H. Trousdale. Names include Judge Harmon Drew of Minden, Judge of the Second Judicial District, and B. W. Marston of Shreveport. J. Harvey Trousdale will be present.
Tokyo reports flat denial of Soviet claims that Japanese planes crossed into Soviet territory. A war office spokesman said only a few planes assist in bandit suppression near Manchukuo and stay within two kilometers of the border with never more than two or three in any flight.
Texas Guinan, the famed Broadway nightclub queen, died in Vancouver after an intestinal illness and an operation. She had toured with 40 girls, left Portland a month ago, and died following complications. Her death marks the close of a riotous era for New York nightlife.
The Oua chita parish NRA women's division urged Monroe and nearby trade areas to join the national Buy Now campaign. General Hugh Johnson inaugurated the drive as part of the NRA program, with local volunteers including Mrs. Charles Mitchell, chairwoman, and other officers.
Senator John Bankhead told a farmers meeting in Anniston Alabama that a bill to limit the number of bales a farm can sell will be introduced early in the January congressional session. The move aims to curb cotton production and stabilize prices amid the current cotton situation.
Troops stood by in Iowa as General Hugh S. Johnson led a Midwest speaking tour amid farm strike tensions. John D. Moore urged miners to return to work in Pennsylvania. A farm picket was killed near Dakota City Nebraska after a crash involving a dumping truck. Milk losses totaled 40000 pounds in Wisconsin and roads in Racine County were blocked with nails and glass to hinder shipments. Governor Clyde Herring warned he would mobilize troops to keep peace. Lawton saw eight carloads of cattle loosened. Arminald Gilberts of the Farmers' Holiday association Wisconsin division warned public sentiment could turn against violence.
Gen Hugh S Johnson national recovery administrator arrived in Chicago for a swing through the midwest to gauge sentiment on the NRA and hear objections. He spoke to the Chicago Association of Commerce and planned to fly to Minneapolis, saying boosters outnumber kickers. He was joined by E. F. McGrady and welcomed by Gov Henry Horner at the station.
In Pawtucket Rhode Island on November 6 four hundred weavers walked out in sympathy with 2000 mill workers idle for three weeks across 11 mills in Pawtucket and Central Falls. They demand 30 dollars weekly for 30 hours but would return at 25 dollars weekly per Wagner board suggestions. About 800 workers remain on the job as the strike cripples the Blackstone valley silk and rayon industry.
A Beverly Hills writer portrays Roosevelt as noncommittal. The piece mocks his habit of replying yeah to farmers, Swope, England debt agents, Wall Street, and Congress. The author hints Roosevelt risks becoming a perpetual yes man amid external pressures and delays.
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