Judge limits challenge to income claims in Shushan tax trial
In New Orleans the defense failed to bar testimony about unreported income by Abraham L. Shushan and allowed focus on two cent per cubic yard dredging rebates from Standard Dredging. Judge Barrett ruled only whether Shushan received more than he reported, rejecting questions on the legality of the payments. Cummins testified the dredging firm paid Shushan for airport work, amid financial strains and outstanding levee board accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Abraham L. Shushan
Huey Long
Orleans
Barrett
Claude Cummins
Standard Dredging Company of
New York
Shushan
Cummins
Lake Pontchartrain
Shu
Standard Dredging Company
R. A Perry
Ourmpany
Levee Board
General Wolters' Body Returned Home for Funeral
The family of General Jacob F. Wolters planned to return his body to Houston for funeral services after his death in Austin from a heart ailment at age 64. A private railway car carried the body. services were set for 3 pm at Christ Episcopal church in Houston with burial at Forest Lawn. Bishop Clinton S. Quin and others officiated while both legislative houses adopted resolutions of sorrow and ten senators paid tribute at a night session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Jacob F. Wolters
Houston
Texas National Guard
Ouston
Christ Episcopal Church
Terment
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Clinton S. Quin
James DeWolfe
James 5. Allen
Ouachita Parish Police Jury Considers Routine Affairs
The Ouachita parish police jury met at the courthouse to discuss routine matters. President John M. Breard reported a Baton Rouge trip with A. P. Tugwell of the Louisiana Highway Commission, yielding a favorable report on road construction applications for Ouachita parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
John M. Breard
Baton Rouge
A. P. Tugwell
Louisiana Highway Commission
Rural community projects cut as program shifts targets
Washington October 9 Dr Carl C Taylor rural resettlement director said about 15 of 39 inherited rural community projects are being abandoned or held up for investigation. Land and housing problems cited include small farms and sub standard housing. Taylor noted a move away from subsistence homesteads toward better farming communities with limited use of part time industrial work where available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FERA
Carl C. Taylor
Taylor
Purvis to testify in Robinson kidnapping trial
A forthwith subpoena was issued for Melvin H. Purvis former DOJ agent to appear as a witness in the Stoll kidnapping trial of Thomas H. Robinson Sr. and his daughter in law Frances A. Robinson in Louisville. Defense sought Purvis address to question him about events after federal agents stopped the automobile in southern Indiana delivering Mrs. Alice Speed Stall following a $50 000 ransom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Melvin H. Purvis
Department of Justice
Thomas H. Robinson
Frances A. Robinson
Elwood Hamilton
Defense Council
Jack Norman
Robinson
H. H. Reinecke
Purvis
Norman
Indiana
Alice Speed Stall
Costello and Barrymore Divorce After Desertion Claim
Dolores Costello and John Barrymore were divorced today in Los Angeles after a seven year marriage. Costello, described as the blue-eyed former film star, charged desertion in the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Costello
John Barrymore
Los Angeles
Fortier and Theede Named to Local Parish Posts
Florient Fortier received Gov. Allen's commission as member of St. Mary parish school board ward 7 replacing resigned George Landry. George Herman Theede was appointed to Jefferson parish police jury to succeed State Representative Alvin T. Stumpf who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Florient Fortier
O. K. Allen
St. Mary Parish
George Landry
George Herman Theede
Jefferson Parish
Alvin T. Stumpf
Has`pel Bonded in Tax Evasion Charge in New Orleans
Joseph Haspel, New Orleans manufacturer, was released on bond of 10009 after arraignment on a charge of attempting to defeat and evade payment of income taxes for 1929 to 1932 inclusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haspel
New Orleans
Joseph Haspel
Italy faces billions in losses from sanctions study
Rome reports that Italy would lose several billion lire annually in exports if economic sanctions isolate it from League members. Economists say losses could be offset by gains in nonleague markets, noting gold bloc countries and allies provide varying shares of Italy's trade, with Germany and the United States as major import sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
League of Nations
League
Switzerland
Poland
Holland
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
United Kingdom
Germany
United States
Trouble Brews in Dock Strike at Texas Ports
News of a widening I L A strike spread from New Orleans to Gulfport Mobile and Pensacola as Texas ports and Lake Charles faced sit down effort. Pickets appear and ships may be handled by non I L A crews while Texas ports and Lake Charles vote to strike at 8 am Friday after rejecting proposed contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
New Orleans
International Longshoremen’'s Association
Gulfport
Mobile
Pensacola
Lake Charles
Gulf Ports
Houston
Whoopee Phrase Traces From Night Club Era
New York report explains the exclamation whoopee as an old word with long history in eighteenth and nineteenth century writings. Sir William A. Craigie notes the term’s use before becoming a modern reference. The piece also mentions okay originated in Boston and spread widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William A. Craigie
Boston
William
Nations League seeks sanctions on Italy for Ethiopia invasion
At Geneva on October 9 the League of Nations began enforcing penalties against Mussolini's regime for its aggression in Ethiopia. Austria and Hungary aimed to block the punitive measures as Italy withdrew its foreign minister from Addis Ababa after Emperor Haile Selassie demanded the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethiopia
Aduwa
Makale
Mussa Ali
Addis Ababa
Dolo
Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Mussolini
League Assembly
League
Rome
Haile Selassie
Relief worker dies by self-inflicted gunshot in West Monroe
Jesse Edward Pugh, 53, a relief worker, shot himself between 3 and 6 am at 608 Montgomery Avenue West Monroe. He died at St. Francis sanitarium at 10 am after his wife found him alone in the house. Sheriff Milton Cordale and coroner Dr. C L Mengis said despondency over lack of work was the motive. no note was left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Edward Pugh
Montgomery Avenue
West Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Milton Coverdale
C. L. Mengis
Parish
Pugh
WPA Projects Await Approval In Comptroller Totals
Washington reports $322,187,255 worth of WPA projects are piled up in the comptroller general’s office awaiting approval. Officials defend the process, noting delays are not caused by the New Deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Works
Comptroller General
Child Rescued After Seven Hours In Deep Well
In Gurdon Arkansas nine miles from town nine month old Martha Jean Turner spent seven hours exposed in a narrow water well shaft. A power company crew from Gordon reached the child and pulled her to safety through a drilled shaft yesterday evening unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurdon
Ark
Martha Jean Turner
Floyd Turner
Power Company
Gordon
Birth of a Prince for the Duke and Duchess of Kent
London reports the birth of a son to the Duke and Duchess of Kent, seventh in line to the throne. The infant, third grandchild of King George and Queen Mary, was born at the duke's town house to Princess Marina of Greece. Both mother and baby are reported well as messages reach Sandringham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Kent
George
Mary
Marina
Greece
Home Office
Sandringham
Prince of Wales
Duke of Gloucester
Princess Royal
Victoria Alexandra
Alice Mary
Duke of York
Georgia Congressmen Back Roosevelt Against Talmadge
Georgia's congressional delegation declared support for Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. They pledged loyalty to the president, predicted his renomination and reelection, and laid plans for a Thanksgiving week welcome in Atlanta as Roosevelt campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Roosevelt
Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
National Administration
Talmadge
North
Talmadge-Roosevelt
Electioneering at AFL Labor Convention Sparks Tensions
Delegates at the American Federation of Labor meeting in Atlantic City see intensified, undercover campaigning by youth representatives from about 50 smaller unions. John L. Lewis looms as symbol of industrial unionism while Spencer Miller Jr and Commander Ray Murphy address sessions. Secretary Perkins cites growing recognition of collective bargaining rights and wage-based standard of living improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Spencer Miller, Jr
Workers’ Educational Bureau
Ray Murphy
American Legion
Perkins
Labor Department
Three Jackson Parish Men Arrested Over Counterfeit Dice Game
Clyde Halstead Sam Dye and Compton Lowery of Jackson parish were arrested in Monroe after a dice game on October 16 1934 yielded counterfeit ten dollar bills. Jack Graves testified Halstead and Dye entered the game and passed two counterfeit bills. Sheriff Coverdale received the bills and a description of the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Halstead
Jackson Parish
Monroe
Sam Dye
Compton Lowery
Jack Graves
Halstead
Dye
Holstead
Marks
Coverdale
Halstead and
Expelled Boy's Father Goes On Trial In Flag Protest
Carleton Nichols is on trial in Lynn Massachusetts for disturbing school after his son Carleton Jr eight refused to salute the American flag. Edward James Concord lawyer was with Nichols when they declined to leave exercises. Saugus schools plan to seek guidance from the attorney general on similar cases involving Jehovahs Witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Carleton Nichols
Carleton, Jr
Nichols
Edward James
Concord
Carleton
O. R. Moyle
New York
Jehovah's Witnesses
Saugus
Massachusetts
Paul A. Dever
Moyle
High Court Upheld Hauptmann Death Sentence
The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals upheld Bruno Hauptmann's death sentence for the Lindbergh kidnapping murder in a unanimous ruling. The court rejected defense claims of burglary absence and approved trial judge remarks on evidence. The ruling allows further appeal to the nation’s high tribunal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Court of Errors and Appeals
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Justice Trenchard
Hauptmann
Final Rites Held For Mississippi Physician
Final rites were held for Dr. James H. Kennedy 69 prominent physician of Pinola county who died Monday night. He was father of the late Dr. John Preston Kennedy who died after drinking a highball said to be poisoned given by Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean his clinical associate at Greenwood. Dr. Dean was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment but pardoned by Governor Sennett Conner. Survived by widow two sons Dr. Barney Kennedy Jackson and Dr. Henry Kennedy Greenwood and two daughters Mrs Maxtie Brown Jackson and Mrs. W E Cooper Alexandria.
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Jackson
Miss
James H. Kennedy
Pinola County
Kennedy
John Preston Kennedy
Sarah Ruth Dean
Greenwood
Dean
Sennett Conner
Barney Kennedy
Henry Kennedy
Maxtie Brown
W. E Cooper
Alexandria
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Wolters
Asmoras
Kema
Ethiop
Goraha
Soma
Defense
Nations’ League
Duce
King George
Wilfred Courtney Barber
Chicago Tribune
Agadan
Will
Lindbergh
Mississippi
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