Cotton Control Proposal Ready For Submission
A southern cotton production plan backed by farm leaders from seven states was approved by the governors' south wide cotton conference and submitted to the Department of Agriculture. The plan maintains the Bankhead act with a three bale exemption, allocates state quotas by world demand, allows farmers to sell on an acreage basis, and provides subsidies to lift prices for domestic consumption.
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Tenn
Department of Agriculture
Governors’ Southwide
Secretary of Agriculture
W. B. Roberts
Rosedale
Miss
J. C. Holton
Mississippi
J. E. McDonald
Texas
C. G. Smith
Blytheville, Ark
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Tennessee
W. H. Hodges, Jr
Louisiana
J. H. Pitts
Cerro Gordo
J. A. Hemphill
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G. C. Adams
Georgia
Mr. Smith
Holton
Tait Butler
Gov. Sennett Conner
May Raise Ante For Crop Slash
The farm administration planned to raise the payments to cotton growers to encourage holding next year’s output to three fourths of the average. The program links higher benefits to cooperating farmers and aims to reduce production.
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Washington
Long clarifies tangle over poll tax abolition and 1935 elections
Senator Huey P. Long discussed a constitutional amendment passed last Tuesday that removes the $1 poll tax as a voting prerequisite. He says he has not studied the legal angle or potential effects on 1935 local elections and notes some towns may be delayed to ensure universal voter access.
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New Orleans
General Assembly
Huey P. Long
Long
Lafayette
Baton Rouge
Monroe
Morgan City
New Orleans Court Rules State Lottery Law Unconstitutional
In New Orleans the anti lottery law from the 1934 extra session was ruled unconstitutional by Judge Frank T. Echezabal for conflicting penalties between the title and body. The ruling in Dominick Gemelli's case dismissed charges over a punchboard. District Attorney Eugene Stanley and Attorney General Gaston L. Porterie had noted the issue and suggested amendments if another session is called.
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New Orleans
Criminal District Court
Frank T. Echezabal
Dominick Gemelli
Echezabal
Eugene Stanley
Gaston L. Porterie
Four Believed Lost in Newport News Grain Elevator Fire
Fire destroyed the Chesapeake and Ohio railway grain elevator in Newport News killing four believed residents George Martin George Thomasson Charles Sheldon and Jacob Ellis. The 175 foot structure contained 300000 bushels of grain as crews fight remaining smoldering ruins and search for victims.
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Newport News
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
George Martin
Hampton
George Thomasson
Charles Sheldon
Jacob Ellis
Peninsula
Bank raid at First National in Cedar Grove nets up to ten thousand
A seven to eight man armed gang raided the First National bank in Cedar Grove New Jersey. They escaped with between 9000 and 10000 dollars in cash and deployed tear gas to cover their exit.
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Cedar Grove
N. J
First National Bank
Man goes mad and wipes out entire family tragedy
In Stoneham Massachusetts Joel E Lidquist 27 strangled his wife Corrine 26 and his two children 12 day old infant and two year old Syrenne Ellen then killed himself. He wrote blood notes and a blood stained postcard while police suspect jealousy triggered the spree.
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Stoneham
Mass
Joel E. Lidquist
Lidquist
White House
Corrine
Syrenne Ellen
Lidquists
Syrenie
French cabinet sworn in quickly after Doumergue resignation
Pierre Etienne Flandin forms a swift eight member cabinet in Paris. Lebrun administers oath as the new premier's ministers convene to draft an economic revival program aimed at cutting unemployment. Public mood remains calm with no major disturbances.
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Paris
Pierre Etienne Flandin
France
Lebrun
Gaston Doumergue
Flandin
Escaped French Convicts Move Toward New Start
Ten escapees from Devil's Island left San Nicolas bay at daybreak aboard a 25 foot sailboat with an auxiliary motor. They carried four months of provisions, clothes, tobacco, and money to begin anew. Led by Jean Duvernay, they previously spent 32 days at sea after fleeing the penal colony.
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Aruba
Devil’s Island
San Nicholas Bay
Jean Duvernay
No Trace Found Of Plane After Alleged Crash
Beacon New York news reports state troopers and searchers failed to locate any wreckage after a plane was sighted over Bear Mountain Bridge. Civilians and police scoured wooded ridges near Beacon Mountain Casino while officials noted no scheduled transport matched the sighting on the Hudson valley airway. The incident echoed a past fatal airliner crash in the Catskills.
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Beacon
N. Y
E. J. Tappey
State Police
Bear Mountain Bridge
Hudson River
Beacon Mountain
New York-Albany
Last Chance Mountain
Lower
Catskills
Hudson Valley
Quantico
Albany
Top party leaders to stay in place after new Senate
Washington reports indicate both parties will keep current leaders when the new Senate opens. Democrats expect Joe Robinson to head a large majority while Charley McNary leads Republicans. Vacancies rise as 13 Democrats and 47 committee posts await filling amid losses and retirements.
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Washington
Senate
Joe” Robinson
Arkansas
Charley” McNary
Oregon
John Kendrick
Wyoming
Fess
Ohio
Hebert
Rhode Island
Vandenberg
Michigan
McNary
Hale
Maine
New Jinky Winners To Be Listed In Sundays Paper
The Jinky contest awards will be announced in Sundays World and News-Star with eight more weeks of entries and cash prizes. Judges reviewed many witty Jinkys yesterday as firms list free Jinkys and receipts. Next Wednesday offers $40 in cash and prizes weekly, with entrants urged to start now. Readable sponsors include Iron Mountain Bakery Griffin Studio Johnnie S Elbert Central Savings Bank West Monroe Hardware Sur-Wa Stores Holloway Thompson Monrov e Automobile and Supply Co Slagle Johnson Lumber Co West Monroe 707 Tire Service Lee Rogers Chevrolet R and A Jewelry Central and Circle S Stations Standard Office Supply Collens Pharmacy E Jack Selig Monroe Furniture Monroe Hardware Sandman s Pharmacy Bella Scherck Davidson Alice Henry Ruth Touchstone Beauty Salon E R Kiper Hardware Hemp s Cafeteria Ouachita Baking Co Ford Levi Stationery North Side Pharmacy.
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Sunday World
News-Star
Iron Mountain Bakery, Inc
Griffin Studio
Johnnie S. Elbert
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
West Monroe
New Alignment of Republicans Asked by Solon
Senator Lewis of Illinois, Democratic whip, says Republican alignment must be rebuilt with new principles and leaders after large New Deal majorities. He calls the Roosevelt era decisive and credits the administration's sincerity in benefits across classes and regions. Senator Vandenberg responds to Farley on the Republican future.
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Lewis
Illinois
Congress
America
Republic
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Senator Vandenberg
Republican
Michigan
Associated Press
Grand Rapids
Robinson Freed on $25,000 Bond After Hearing
Thomas H. Robinson Sr., a Nashville construction engineer, was freed on a $25,000 bond while he appeals a ruling to remove him to Louisville to face kidnapping charges involving Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll. Federal Judge Harry B. Anderson ordered removal but allowed the habeas corpus appeal, sending bail to the Cincinnati Circuit Court for decision.
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Nashville
Tenn
Thomas H. Robinson, Sr
Liberty
Louisville
Alice Speed Stoll
Harry B. Anderson
United States Circuit
Cincinnati
Robinson
Davidson County
Ernest N
Pardoned Louisiana Patrol Official Pardoned by Governor
Louis A. Jones assistant superintendent of the Louisiana highway patrol was pardoned by Gov. O K Allen after conviction for assaulting Joseph Boudreaux on the capitol steps during the 1932 legislature. The pardon followed a pardon board recommendation. Boudreaux suffered a fractured skull in the attack in front of the statehouse.
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Louis A. Jones
Louisiana Highway Patrol
Joseph Boudreaux
Abbeville
Capitol
O. K. Allen
State Pardon Board
Jones
W. Carruth Jones
East Baton Rouge
Boudreaux
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Huey P. Long
Allen
Statehouse
Election fraud case ends for Huey Long ward leaders
In New Orleans four Huey Long faction ward leaders were dropped from an election fraud case as Judge Echezabal rebuked twelve witnesses over alleged vote buying in the September 11 primary. The attorney general later signaled uncertainty about pursuing charges against twelve other witnesses.
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Baton Rouge
George M. Wallace
Attorney General Office
Long-Allen
New Orleans
Huey Long
Frank T. Echezabal
Echezabal
First
J. Bernard Cocke
Edward Burke
First Ward
Rudolph Heausler
William Farrell
Jake Cuccia
Government
Robert Gomillon
One Killed and Twelve Injured in Tanker Blast
The tanker Caliche exploded in Mobile bay seventeen miles below Mobile, killing one crew member and wounding twelve, with many in serious condition. Rescue boats helped at least twelve to the hospitals in Mobile, including Captain Fitzgerald who suffered compound fractures. The ship, carrying gas and oil, caught fire as flames spread through the cargo and the vessel burned fiercely an hour later near beacon 26.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Bay
Fitzgerald
Dead man revived after 12 minutes at Philadelphia hospital
Linzie Williams, 46, declared dead for 12 minutes at Philadelphia General Hospital, was revived by two adrenalin injections into his heart. The heart restarted after the second injection. breathing resumed minutes later, though he remained unconscious for the first hours.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia General Hospital
Linzie Williams
James Greenwood
Williams
Youth found dead with gun wound in Opelousas
Anthony Courville, 31, was found dead in an automobile in Opelousas with a bullet wound to the heart yesterday. Authorities said they believed the wound was self inflicted in a personal safety matter.
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Opelousas
Anthony Courville
Northern Democrats push for speakership in House struggle
Reported internal Democratic strife after election shows northern MPs claiming more power as Roosevelt era momentum grows. Kennedy from Tammany argues New York deserves the speaker’s post while southern leaders also press claims amid party realignment.
Rogers Has His Say on Democratic Leads in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills November 9 Special Reporter notes late precincts delay vote counts. Rogers argues that large Democratic margins hurt Republicans and warns many Democratic voters are Republican at heart and may switch back, urging caution not to gloat at Republicans.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
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