Fate of bonus question rests with senators
A 1934 Associated Press survey shows the House heavily supports cash payment of the soldiers bonus while the Senate is evenly split. The outcome hinges on a few doubtful senators, with speculation of possible compromise.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
American Legion
Congress
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol
Indianapolis
National Convention
Carey
Republican
Wyoming
Red Cross Ouachita Partnership Funds Raised
The American Red Cross Ouachita parish reports a combined fundraising total of 5500 dollars with 4500 dollars recorded through local chapters and donations.
Painting of White's Ferry Scene Gifted to City Hall
An oil painting by Hook Howell of Monroe depicts White's Ferry on the Ouachita river. Painted from a snapshot, it was gifted to Mayor Arnold Bernstein and placed on display at the city hall. Howell had never visited the ferry.
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White's Ferry
Hook Howell
Monroe
Howell
Arnold Bernstein
Ouachita River
White’s Ferry
Sketch Club
Custody Battle Over Gloria Vanderbilt Sees Ruling
Supreme Court Justice John F. Carew rules Gloria Vanderbilt will remain with Mrs Whitney five days a week while Mrs Vanderbilt gets Saturdays and Sundays. The decision, to be appealed, sets a plan until the child is 14 years old when she may choose her home.
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New York
Supreme Court
John F. Carew
Vanderbilt-Whitney
Gloria Vanderbilt
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Gloria
Justice Carew
Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney
Whit
Newspapers May Publish Horse Racing News
Attorney-General Gaston Porterie ruled that newspapers may publish horse racing news immediately. The ruling follows Act No 13 amended from 1934 and confirms the privilege for daily newspapers that had operated for a year prior.
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Baton Rouge
Gaston L. Porterie
Violations Of License Are Charged To Mills
The Farm Administration ordered three southern rice mills to show cause why their licenses should not be suspended or revoked. Bay City Rice Mills of Bay City Texas Cooperative Rice Milling of Crowley Louisiana and Liberty Rice and Feed Mills Inc of Kaplan Louisiana face alleged violations including improper rice unit purchases below minimum prices missing grade certificates underpriced domestic sales and failure to keep reports and records
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Washington
Farm Administration
Bay City
Details of Crime Revealed by Corpse of Child
The six year old Dorothy Ann Distelhurst, missing since September, lies buried after discovery in a shallow grave near Nashville. The coroner's report describes acid damage to the face, a likely box burial, jaw fractures, and a possible weeks long concealment before burial. Death remains under investigation as authorities seek a suspect. The funeral is set at Belmont Methodist Church with honorary pallbearers from Sunday school and kindergarten classes.
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Nashville
Tenn
Dorothy Ann Distelhurst
Belmont Methodist Church
A. E. Distelhurst
B. B. Pennington
Belmont
Alfred Franklin Smith
Herman Spitz
Here
Dorothy Ann
Sophomore Criticism Suppressed in LSU Student Paper
A LSU Reveille article criticizing Senator Huey P. Long for labeling Abe Mickal a state senator was suppressed just before publication. Editor Jesse Cutter said the decision was not suppression, but not running the letter from sophomore D. R. Norman. Long denied knowledge. Mickal, mock senator, failed to attend induction.
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Baton Rouge
United States
Huey P. Long
Abe Michal
Reveille
Louisiana State University
Jesse H. Cutter
Kentwood
D. R. Norman
Senator Long
Norman
Jameston
Statehouse
Mickal
Long
Winners In Jinky Contest For Sixth Week Selected
The Jinky contest winners for the sixth week were chosen by judges and will be announced Sunday in the News-Star-World. The draw offers $40 weekly and merchants provide prizes for making holes in paper. readers encouraged to enter with receipts from Jinky merchants totaling at least 2.50 or 2.00 plus a merchant endorsement. A list of participating sponsors and local firms is given.
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News-Star
Red Cross Roll Call Campaign Gains Speed Across Parish
The Ouachita chapter reports early progress as volunteers canvass the parish for Red Cross memberships. By Friday noon more than 2000 had been pledged toward a 10000 goal. Illinois Central employees join the roll call, to be organized as a separate unit under John Hardin.
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Red Cross
Ouachita
Illinois Central
Missouri Pacific
John Hardin
Huey Long Replies to Rogers on Debt Cancellation
Senator Huey P. Long mocked Will Rogers in a telegram demanding a $1,000 legal opinion on debt cancellation. The exchange came as Louisiana moved a bill suspending debt enforcement for two years, viewed by Long as a step toward broader cancellation.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Will Rogers
Long
Rogers
California
Huey Long
State Senate
Louisiana
House
Death of Bridegroom Reported as Death by Own Action
Lake Charles La Nov 16 Officers report James Clarence Temple 45 committed death by own action by shooting himself at his Sulphur home. The act followed despondency over the death of his first wife two weeks earlier. Temple married Miss Inez Hollier of Port Barre this week.
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Lake Charles
James Clarence Temple
Temple
Inez Hollier
Port Barre
Roosevelt dedicates pioneer monument at Harrodsburg KY
President Roosevelt pledged "we shall carry on" as he dedicated a $100,000 monument to western pioneers at Harrodsburg and outlined continuing national pioneering in a stop on the way to Tennessee. Crowds greeted the president along the route as his special train moved toward Norris Dam in the Clinch River area.
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Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Tennessee
Harrodsburg
Norris Dam
Clinch River
Knoxville
Tennessee Valley
Lower
Kentucky
Jin
America
George Rogers Clark
Northwest
Alice Liddell the Original Alice Dies at 82 in England
Mrs. Alice Hargreaves known as the original Alice in Wonderland died at age 82 in Westerham England. She inspired the tale after meeting Lewis Carroll and helped ensure it was written down. Born May 4 1852 in Westminster she later traveled to New York for a Carroll centenary event at Columbia University.
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Westerham
England
Alice Hargreaves
Lewis Carroll
Hargreaves
New York
Columbia University
Mad Hatter
Mock Turtle
Cheshire Cat
Alice Pleasance Liddell
Westminster
Process Servers Spared by Night Vigil at Cox Home
Five process servers camping near George M. Cox Sr. home near Lake Pontchartrain were ordered to stay all night to serve contempt charges over $10,000 in overdue alimony. Cox, an official at George M. Cox Shipyards Inc., was located after five weeks by deputies. He admitted to one officer at 3 a.m. ending the encampment.
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New Orleans
George M. Cox, Sr
Lake Pontchartrain
Cox
George M. Cox Shipyards, Inc
Senate bends to Long in rapid Louisiana session
In a five day meeting the Louisiana senate passed all of Huey P. Long 44 power enhancing bills including control over police chiefs admissions to the bar and utilities. The house concurred and Governor O K Allen was expected to sign as Long boasted rapid enactment.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Long
State Senate
House
O. K. Allen
Louisiana State University
Jackson
Miss
Senate
State Civil Service Commission
Senator Long
Huey
Alexandria
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Personal inquiry on Huey Long debt cancellation
A Beverly Hills correspondent asks if Huey Long debt cancellation applies to a newcomer moving from another state. He hints at a Sinclair movement and urges secrecy, pleading wire collection to Huey and claiming personal desperation.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Sinclair
Longiana
Bank of America of
Huey
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Distelhurst
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