Tax plan signals four percent income tax in Louisiana
Senator Huey P. Long told a Washington parish fair crowd that a four percent income tax would begin the new system, with a graduated scale and exemptions. He floated levies on New Orleans stock exchanges and cotton trade, and outlined expected revenues to fund homestead exemptions and state schools. Governor Allen backed the program while Monroe officials criticized omissions from commission recommendations.
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Franklinton
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Washington Parish
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
New Orleans
O. K. Allen
Long
Monroe
J. Porter Burgess
A. C. Gardiner
and Stock Exchange
Confederate Veterans
Louisiana State University
Mississippi
United States
Burgess
Senator Long
World fair antics and city tales on DeSiard Street
A lively slice through Monroe life with a streetcar squabble over a supposed world’s fair sighting in West Monroe, a taxi scare at Centenary game, and locals trading barbecued pork for toll passage. It also notes a Mesopotamian three wives claim, a rabbi’s cheerful warning, a Sapulpa visitor’s Volstead quip, and a goat led parade down DeSiard Street.
Cab drivers kidnapped in Vicksburg robbery case
Two men and a stylishly dressed woman abducted 19 year old cab driver Henry Stokes early today near Jett school. They robbed him of 2.25 dollars, bound him, and fled toward Port Gibson in his car. A Meridian driver, C F Stevens, reported a similar forced trip and robbery. Descriptions matched and police issued alerts for the suspects.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Henry Stokes
Jett School
Port Gibson
Stokes
H. H. Foster
Foster
City Hall
C. F. Stevens
Meridian
National Military Park
Stevens
Austrian Nazi crackdown widens amid flag vandalism
In Dornbirn police were ordered to shoot to kill Nazi demonstrators who refuse to halt. A federal police warning urged villagers to stop as Nazi activity resurges in Styria Vorarlberg and Carinthia with swastika displays on streets and trains. A former mayor and his wife were forced to scrape off Nazi emblems in Weiz.
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Vienna
Dornbirn
Vorarlberg
Styria
Carinthia
League Termed Forum For Jews
Berlin reports that Germany withdraws from the league of nations claiming disarmament failures and alleging the league has become a forum for Jews and Marxists. The Wolff news agency nears the government note to Geneva announcing the Reich's withdrawal.
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Germany
League of Nations
Wolff
League
Geneva
Reich
Reduction Seen In List Of Vets On Benefit Roll
Washington reports that only about forty percent of a cross section of presump tive disability cases remain eligible for continued compensation. Special VA boards have reviewed half the cases and Brigadier General Frank L. Hines asks President Roosevelt to extend the October 31 deadline to allow continued payments at 75 percent beyond that date until remaining cases are decided. Roosevelt expected to issue an extension order this week.
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The
Veterans Administration
Frank L. Hines
Roosevelt
Man Mounts Gallows Steadily In California
Dallas Eagan aged 40 climbed the 13 steps to the scaffold at San Quentin California and was executed for the July Los Angeles holdup murder of William J Kirkpatrick of Battle Creek Michigan.
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San Quentin
Calif
Dallas Eagan
William J. Kirkpatrick
Battle Creek
Mich
Los Angeles
Long scandal looming over Louisiana politics warned
New York Daily News cites Capital Stuff predicting a major graft probe in Louisiana involving senior senator and former governor. Roosevelt aides urged vigilance against official chiseling as a federal relief funds crackdown nears, with a political scandal expected within a week targeting state officials contractors and allied politicians.
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I.C.N
Louisiana
Senate
New York Daily News
Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
Troops Move Across Mexico Prompting Excitement in City
Heavy troop movements to Vera Cruz and San Luis Potosi sparked anxiety in Mexico City as soldiers were dispatched by train. The government offered no explanation though officials denied links to earlier student riots. General Cedillo reportedly commands 10,000 armed irregulars in San Luis Potosi.
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Mexico City
U.P
Vera Cruz State
San Luis Potosi
Vera Cruz
Cedillo
Retired Banker William Glassell Dies in Shreveport
William E. Glassell aged 78, a retired banker, planter, and wholesale grocer, and father in law of Secretary of State E. A. Conway, died this afternoon at his family home after a long illness in Shreveport.
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Shreveport
William E. Glassell
E. A. Conway
Tank Builder Fatally Shot Near Converse Strike
Edwards Thomas Williams a 54 year old local tank builder was fatally wounded about 1 am by night watchman John Alford 55 on an oil lease three miles from Converse Sabine parish Williams died minutes after the shot Alford was held for investigation by Sheriff E L Edwards Williams had occupied Alford's bed two days after arriving in Converse His son Gordon Williams Breckenridge Texas and daughter Mrs H F Marshall Shreveport survive
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Shreveport
Edwards Thomas Williams
John Alford
Converse
Sabine Parish
Ed Lacham
Williams
Alford
E. L. Edwards
Gordon Williams
Breckenridge
Texas
H. F. Marshall
Negro murderer hanged early in Mississippi, Patterson dies in jail
Jesse Patterson, a young Black farm hand, was hanged in Lowndes county jail several hours before his scheduled time for the axe murder of Mrs. Irona Hayes Crosby and her husband Hugh D. Crosby. He confessed to both killings to steal their car for a Birmingham trip. Officials aimed to quash demonstrations by an early dawn execution. Patterson died at 7 04 a.m. after the trap was sprung at 7 01.
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Columbus
Miss
Jesse Patterson
Lowndes County
Irona Hayes Crosby
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Patterson
Crosby
Hugh D. Crosby
Birmingham
Crosbys
Alabama
W. C. Crosby
University of Alabama
Harry West
J. W. Cox
Sheriff West
Parker Harris
Seventy One Missing After Vessel Overturns
In Kobe Japan on Oct 20, the 946-ton passenger vessel Yashima Maru overturned near the harbor. Seventy-one people were missing. forty were rescued, three of whom died later. One rescued foreigner was unnamed.
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Kobe
Japan
U.P
Fiddler Contest at Quachita Valley Fair Friday Night
An old fiddlers contest features at 7 p m Friday during the Quachita Valley Free Fair at Strand theater West Monroe. Prizes will go to top players chosen on ear and old time tunes with favorites like Sally Goodin Cotton-Eyed Joe and Arkansas Traveler. Contestants must live in Monroe West Monroe trade area and parish count.
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Strand Theater
West Monroe
J. L. Medaries
Sally Goodin
Monroe
Masked Slayer Convicted in Lovers Lane Slaying
Clarence Higginbotham, 26, a professional baseball player, was found guilty of second degree murder in the Lovers Lane case against radio entertainer William Lamberth. The jury sentenced him to 45 years after a 22 hour deliberation. Miss Lillien Mae Roberson testified as the key witness.
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Birmingham
Ala
Clarence Higginbotham
William Lamberth
Lamberth
Lillien Mae Roberson
Indiana Sheriff Secures Extradition for James Block
Extradition papers were obtained to return James Block from Shreveport Louisiana to Goshen Indiana to face a statutory charge. Sheriff Meare A Farry of Elkhart County Indiana announced the action.
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Baton Rouge
James Block
Shreveport
Goshen
Ind
Meare A. Farry
Elkhart County
Indiana
Whiskey pool alleged in New York Stock Exchange inquiry
Senate stock market committee investigates an alleged whiskey pool affecting alcohol stocks on the NYSE. Ferdinand Pecora has a report on alcohol share accounts of at least 99 members, based on data from Richard Whitney. Whitney refused to circulate a questionnaire, prompting subpoenas and upcoming hearings on brokers, Chase National Bank probes, and Cuban loans.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Senate Stock Market Committee
Ferdinand Pecora
Committee Council
The
Stock Exchange
Richard Whitney
Exchange
Whitney
Pecora
Wall Street
Chase National Bank
Chase
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Investigators Seek Infos From Brokers On Stock Exchange
Washington October 20 investigators from the Senate stock market committee moved to obtain information after an executive session with brokers and counsel for the New York Stock Exchange. The session aimed to secure details related to market operations and potential irregularities. Further testimony was anticipated as the inquiry continued.
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Washington
Senate
New York Stock Exchange
Five Hurt As West Monroe Auto Crash Injures Five
Five persons were injured in a Friday morning crash at the Natchitoches and Second streets intersection in West Monroe. J R Cullins 77 of El Dorado Ark was reported in critical condition with possible lung puncture. Ruth Lagrone of West Monroe suffered a broken collar bone. J L Pierce of Longview Tex received bruises. O D Wiggins of Coushatta had facial gashes and bruises. Mary Johnson a young Negro woman had minor cuts and bruises. Ambulances transported victims to St Francis Sanitarium and Monroe General Hospital. No arrests were made. Jim Lee McHenry was named in connection with the incident.
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Natchitoches
Second Streets
West Monroe
J. R. Cullins
el Dorado
Ark
Ruth Lagrone
Hood Street
J. L. Pierce
Longview
Tex
O. D. Wiggins
Coushatta
Mary Johnson
Cullins
St. Francis Sanitarium
Lagrone
Monroe General Hospital
Foreign Bond Situation Termed Vital to America
The White House said after Roosevelt's meeting with a committee aiding holders of defaulted foreign bonds that the situation in foreign securities is of substantial concern to the American people.
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America
Washington
U.P
White House
Roosevelt
Farm strike tests Roosevelt plans and Iowa tax delay
Agricultural Adjustment Agency head Peek backs rapid aid as the farm strike looms and President Roosevelt faces pressure. Iowa Governor Herring delays December farm tax sales to January 1934 while legislators consider permanent relief. National Farm Holiday Association calls for an NRA for agriculture amid mixed local support and concerns over enforcement and legality.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
NRA
Farmers’ Elevator Association
Nebraska
Charles R. White
New York State Farm Bureau
National Holiday Association
Roosevelt
Milo Reno
North Dakota
William Langer
National Guard
New Agricultural War Bursts Forth
In St Paul on October 20 the National Farmers Holiday association called a nationwide strike for noon Saturday. The group with 2,000,000 members in 24 states criticized the national administration and outlined protest actions over low farm prices. Farmers plan to withhold products from markets after months of waiting.
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ST. Paul
National Farmers Holiday Association
Holiday Association
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