Tax Cutting Conference Opens With Mellons Report
The House ways and means committee begins two weeks of public hearings led by Secretary Mellon as it considers a new revenue law. Republicans seek 300 to 400 million in cuts, Democrats up to 500 million, with Mellon opposing broader exemptions and endorsing a 20 percent top surtax. The panel plans a bill ready for December, aiming to pass before Christmas.
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Freights Crash Kills Two Injure Two in Georgia
Freights crash on the Georgia Southern and Florida railway at Klinchfield Georgia yesterday left two men dead and two injured. Southbound trains, each with two locomotives, collided on a curve. The rear train piled into the first, crushing fifteen cars and engines. One car carried horses, all of which died.
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Georgia Southern and
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Stokes Divorce Sparks Statement on Love and Shame
New York Oct 19 Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes wife of J C Phelps Stokes explains that only the cessation of mutual love caused their divorce The couple once prominent for political and social pursuits say they lived as friends under one roof amid intense disagreements A hotel keeper Grossman is named as a co respondent and the case ends with a decree for the husband.
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New York
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Rose Pastor Stokes
Rose
Sackenack
Mr. Stokes
Stovall Hurt In River Barge Fall At Wharf
Fred Stovall president of the Stovall Navigation Company fell fifteen feet from the roof of a river barge at the company wharf injuring his head knee and body parts. He struck a steering wheel on a nearby motor boat and was carried home for treatment. Despite pain he directed loading from his bed using a nearby telephone.
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Fred Stovall
Stovall Navigation Company
Louisville Avenue
New Orleans
Fay
Stovall
River Stages Report for Mississippi and Adjacent Rivers
River stage readings show Memphis at 6.9 feet with a 0.8 rise, Vicksburg 13.8 unchanged, New Orleans 2.8 with a 0.2 rise, Shreveport 12.4 up 0.6, Alexandria 8.6 up 0.4, Ouachita Camden 21.5 up 5.8, Monroe 14.7 down 0.4, and Cairo on the Ohio at 15.6 up 1.7.
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Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Ohio
Cairo
Louis Long Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in District Court
Louis Long pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the August shooting death of Will Strim at 1105 Breard Street. He was remanded for sentencing by Judge Sandel after capture by officers Pettit and Landry.
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Louis Long
Sandel
Long
Will Strim
Breard Street
Sicard
Pettit
L. P. Landry
Harvey Adcock
Jesse McDaniels
W. E. Poulan
J. R. O'Donnell
M. D. Gaines
Dewey Gaines
Buck Barrett
Walter Hughes
Buster Lipsey
Mann Thompson
John Huff
Allison Lingefelter
Sam Rush
Jesse McDaniel
Claude Whitford
Markets Bureau Unintended Matches Through Seed of Commerce
Louisiana’s Bureau of Markets uses weekly market letters to connect buyers and sellers. Henry D. Wilson notes cases where sausage notices sparked marriages and relatives and friends were reunited through market postings. The bureau mails to over 30,000 recipients nationwide.
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Baton Rouge
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Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture and Immigration
Harry D. Wilson
State Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration
Louisiana
Mellon Proposes Large Tax Cuts and Reforms
Secretary Mellon urged Congress to cut surtaxes to 20 percent and overall taxes to 25 percent for the largest incomes. He called for repeal of the estate and gift taxes, dealers for other taxes, and a constitutional amendment abolishing tax exempt securities. He warned against over cutting receipts while noting a 290 million dollar revenue surplus expected this year.
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Congress
Mellon
Treasury
A.t
Aid
House
Ways and Means Committee
Epps Man Sustains Fracture in Alley Fight
Robert Sherwood a 25 year old resident of Epps suffered a skull fracture during a late Saturday night fight. He was brought to Riverside sanitarium in this city yesterday and is reported doing well with good prospects for recovery.
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Robert Sherwood
Epps
Sherwood
Riverside Sanitarium
Earthquake Detected Near New York City Area
A quake believed centered about 550 miles from New York was recorded on Fordham University seismograph starting at 6 01 AM and peaking at 6 03 AM.
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Fordham University
Wild Auto Driver Imitates Bull in China Shop
A Nash car rammed through South Grand street near midnight, crashed into a lawn and a residence, damaged two cars and a house, then fled leaving a whiskey bottle in the car. Police seized the car and searched for the driver. initial damages were estimated by owners H. C. Blackstock and H. C. Greer.
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Nash
South Grand Street
South Grand
Court House Square
H. C. Blackstock
H. C. Greer
Greer
Mine explosion linked to insurance plot unfolds across states
In a Kentucky mine case tied to an $85,000 insurance frame-up, William H. Turner returns to Pikeville from Germany as authorities accuse him of murdering two men in the McCarry mine blast near Pikeville. His sister Mrs. Farley, jailed in Miami, faces restitution talks after $60,000 payout. Sheriff Johnson arranges a meeting with Turner’s jailed brother-in-law Joe Jack as part of the investigation.
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William H. Turner
Pikeville
Germany
New York
Kentucky
McCarry
Tikeville
I’. F. Farley
Turner
Miami
Fla
Coral Gables
William H .Turner
Trenton
N. J
Farley
Theodore
Johnson
Joe Jack
Death of Mrs. Craig Biddle Believed Alcohol Related
In Los Angeles experts question the sudden death of Mrs. Craig Biddle a Philadelphia society figure. After a post mortem the county coroner said alcoholism likely caused death with no sign of poison. A chemical stomach analysis was ordered and results will decide if an inquest proceeds. Craig Biddle, a noted sportsman, has remained silent.
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Craig Biddle
Philadelphia’ Society
A. F. Wayne
Wagner
Mistrial in Bastrop Pickett Case and Sentences Given
In Bastrop Frank Cox faced murder charges for shooting Will Pickett. A mistrial ended the Pickett case after jurors could not agree on verdict. Judge Sander later sentenced H. H. Daughtry to fifteen to seventeen years for manslaughter and others to prison terms.
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Frank Cox
Will Pickett
Spyker
Pickett
Cox
Criminal District Court
Sander
H. H. Daughtery
Pennella Brown
Gertrude Davis
Charles Love
Daughtery
George Ketten
Monroe
Daughtrey
Ketron
Monroe Man Named Director on Statewide Development Board
At Alexandria on Saturday the Louisiana Development league named O. B. Morton of Monroe to its board of directors. The slate includes leaders from Shreveport to Shreveport and assigns terms of one to three years. The plan aims to promote state resources health agriculture undeveloped lands hard roads and related projects. A local party including Donald F. Walker and C. B. Morton attended the all day session in Alexandria.
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Louisiana Development League
Ouachita Parish
O. B. Morton
W. K. Henderson
Shreveport
Monroe
J. L. Pitts
J. L. Cantre
Baton Rouge
R. N. Sims
Martin Behrman
O. B. Webb
New Orleans
W. P. Webber
Donald F. Walker
C. B. Morton
Calhoun Fair Opens With Anticipated Large Attendance
Groundwork completed at Calhoun for the North Louisiana association fair with Ouachita Morehouse Jackson and Lincoln parishes participating. The England Greater Shows will perform on the Midway with three rides and six shows. A new cafe by Thomas Roan opens on site. Cotton demonstration results promise a top display. Wednesday and Thursday show the strongest attractions as crowds are expected to be unusually large.
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North Louisiana Association
Calhoun
Ouachita
Morehouse
Jackson
Lincoln
Thomas Roan
England
A. H. Murphy
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oak Grove
Ouachita Parish
Thursdy
Barge Line Sees Heavy Freight From New Orleans to Monroe
The Stovall Navigation Co reports a rush of shipments between New Orleans and Monroe due to cotton and cotton seed and carbon black. A heavily loaded barge towed by the Speed reached port Saturday afternoon, with outgoing cargo of cotton seed and carbon black. Another barge departs Monroe for New Orleans this morning, and a third shipment is planned within a week by Coxe.
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Stovall Navigation Company
New Orleans
Monroe
About & P. m
Fay
Coxe
Hays Granted Change of Venue in Epstein Case
The court granted Luther Hays a change of venue to Morehouse parish Bastrop district court likely first week in December after defense argues widespread publicity taints a fair jury. Judge Sandel notes jury selection would take about three days and public opinion is broadly prejudiced against the defendants.
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Howard Roth
Adolph
Percy Sander
Distr
W. B. Clarke
Luther Hays
Epstein
Morehouse Parish
Bastrop
Sandel
Roberson
Hays
Moti
Howard Roberson
Adolph Epstein
Howard
Swartz
Willie Stone
State Supreme Court
Cold Weather Slams Western States Amid Snow and Rain
October storms lash the western states bringing cold and snow. Cheyenne minus 18, Denver 24, Rapid City 26 as frigid air spreads from prairie to mountains. Deaths linked to winter conditions reported in Minnesota and Wisconsin while Kensett seeks clearing skies for cotton harvest.
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