Wood seeks discharge of Navy officials over false budget reports
Representative Wood of Indiana urged President Hoover to identify and remove Navy Department officials he says spread propaganda against naval budget cuts. He asserted minor officials started rumors claiming reductions would involve laying up the Constitution, closing yards, and other steps, calling it a cowardly lie. He said Hoover and Secretary Adams were not planning such moves.
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Navy Department
Representative Wood
Indiana
Hoover
Indiana Republican
Boston
Charleston
Wood
Appropriations
House
Adams
Navy
Pesident Hoover
Suspect Held in Slaying of New Orleans Man
A 22 year old black vegetable wagon driver, Willie Walton, is sought in the disappearance and slaying of Rey Landry a 24 year old vegetable broker. A negro matching the description was arrested in Crystal Springs Mississippi and awaits further identifying data from sheriff W H Sanders. The body of Landry was found Tuesday in a wooded area near New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Crystal Springs
Miss
Rey Landry
W. H. Sanders
Willie Walton
Landry
Jahncke's Son Hurt in Annapolis Fall
Ernest Lee Jahncke Jr., son of the assistant secretary of the navy, is hospitalized in Annapolis with multiple fractures in his left foot after falling down steps at the naval academy. He is expected to remain in the hospital for five to six weeks.
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Annapolis
Ernest Lee Jahncke, Jr
Naval Hospital
Academy
Rambling Notes On Town and Townsfolk Humor
A Centenary College writer recalls humorous town scenes. An owl and a chicken travel on bumpers of cars in Monroe. Local candidates, pumpkin sales, and light social vignettes fill the piece with quirky small town flavor.
Leaders of Both Parties Seek Higher Federal Taxes
Congress and Treasury officials prepare for an upward revision of federal taxes despite President Hoover. Representative Garner leads a bipartisan inquiry with the intent to raise inheritance and income taxes, while Hawley surveys broader taxation legislation. A treasury study results expected next month to guide the plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Hoover
Congress
Treasury
Treasury Department
Ways and Means
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Garner
Texas
Federal Reserve Board
Hawley
Oregon
Open Contempt Probe Shifts Focus in Capone Case
Federal Judge Wilkerson questioned Capone's knowledge of bodyguard Philip D Andrea carrying a pistol into the income tax trial. The judge suggested Capone could face contempt charges and urged further investigation while D Andrea’s contempt hearing extended.
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Chicago
Alphonse Capone
James H. Wilkerson
Philip D'Andrea
Capone
D'Andrea
Wilkerson
D’andrea
U. S
Jacob J. Grossman
Joseph R. Roach
Federal Seed Loan Officers Meet to Plan Collections
J. H. Lynch of the Memphis seed loan office and eleven North Louisiana agents will convene at the Hotel Virginia to finalize plans for closing the collection campaign. Loans due October 31 will see heavier payments. farmers may pay next year’s crop if unable to settle this year.
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J. H. Lynch
Federal Seed Loan
Memphis
Grouth
Monroe
Durant Re elected President Of Southern Logging Assn
NEW ORLEANS Oct 21 D R Durant of Atmore Ala was reelected president of the Southern Logging Association at the conclusion of the annual sessions here George McAfee Canton Miss was elected first vice president W W Goodson Oakdale La second vice president and James Boyd New Orleans secretary treasurer
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New Orleans
D. R. Durant
Atmore
Ala
Southern Logging Association
George McAfee
Canton
Miss
W. W. Goodson
Oakdale
James Boyd
Laval in New York Receives Historic Ovation
Premier Pierre Laval arrived in New York to meet President Hoover and discuss France United States cooperation. The city staged a grand welcome with Battery Park crowds, fire boats, and Fort Jay salutes as Laval expressed admiration for the Statue of Liberty and pledged cooperation to restore prosperity.
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New York
Pierre Laval
France
Hoover
Battery Park
Fort Jay
City Hall
America
L N Larche Announces Candidacy for State Legislature
L N Larche, longtime Ouachita Parish resident active in banking and commerce, announces candidacy for the lower house. He previously served in the State Legislature 1904 to 1908 and chaired the parish board of equalization, aiming to serve all people of the parish.
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L. N. Larche
Larche
Ouachita Parish
T. O. Brown
Blanchard
Louisiana Training Institute
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Hall
State Board of Education
Board of Equalization
Rioters Burn Governor's House on Cyprus Island
Dispatches report rioting nationalists in Cyprus burning the governor's house at Nicosia and threatening Famagusta. Other districts show calm but widespread unease. calls go out for troops to be sent to Nicosia promptly.
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Island
Cyprus
Cairo
Egypt
Nicosia
Famagusta
Two Democracies Seek Methods Amid Global Crisis
A speaker warns a grave crisis halting development worldwide and urges the United States and another democracy to jointly search for and apply effective methods to restore progress and confidence.
Lindberghs Fly Eastward After Stop in Seattle
The Lindberghs began the final leg of their homeward trip from the Orient. After arriving in Victoria aboard a borrowed plane they flew to Seattle in 46 minutes and planned to refuel at Boise. They returned to the United States due to the death of Mrs. Lindbergh's father Senator Dwight W. Morrow.
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Seattle
Charles A. Lindbergh
Orient
New York
Victoria
B. C
Boise Ida
United States
Lindbergh
Vance Breese
Lindberghs
Boise
Administration studies selective sales tax plan in Washington
Officials weigh a selective sales levy to raise government revenue while excluding essentials like food rent and fuel. Items considered include matches automobiles radios and possibly cigarettes with views that manufacturers would bear most of the burden. The 1926 act eliminated the automobile tax despite opposition from Secretary Mellon.
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Washington
Congress
Mellon
LeBlanc Supporter Plans to Sue Plaquemines Parish Group
Felix J. Elston a House candidate on the Dudley LeBlanc ticket says he may sue to force recognition of his candidacy by the Plaquemines Parish Democratic Committee. He accuses the panel of secrecy and awaited meetings while District Attorney Leander Perez denies giving instructions to committee chairman J. B. Meyer.
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New Orleans
Felix J. Elston
House of Representatives
Plaquemines Parish
Dudley LeBlanc
Democratic Committee
Elston
J. B. Meyer
Dalour
Perez
Meyer
Adjournment Set For October 31 In Mississippi Senate
The Mississippi Senate voted to adjourn on Saturday October 31 after adopting an amended House concurrent resolution. The measure, proposed by Senator L G North, heads back to the House which is expected to pass it. A caucus of anti Bilbo pro Conner and independent members agreed to push only in conference measures and stock law changes as adjournment nears. A night session is planned to advance the stock law bill for South Mississippi.
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DeSiard Street
Monroe
Ward Four
Claudia Scharff
C. C. Scharff
Jackson Street
Miss Scharff
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Senate Today
House
L. G. North
Bilbo
Senate
South Mississippi
Tobacco salesman subdues bandit in New Orleans fight
George Dillman a tobacco salesman braved a loaded pistol and swerved his truck to the curb. He subdued attacker Charles A Ike Smith a man with a police record and turned him over to police. Smith was arrested on serious charges.
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New Orleans
George Dillman
Charles A
Ike) Smith
Dillman
Smith
State rests case in Canal Bank robbery murder trial
The state rested its case against three men charged with the December robbery of the Bluebrave Market Branch of the Canal Bank and the police officer murder during the escape. A recess followed as defense counsel prepared plans.
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New Orleans
U.P
Bluebrave Market
Canal Bank
Akron Docks in Giant Hangar at Navy Station
At Lakehurst New Jersey the Akron dirigible skimmed through darkness and nosed into its mooring mast at 6 34 a m EST after a dawn hover. Hugo Eckener watched as the 75 man crew guided the ship with smoke signals and lines while navy planes circled in a dramatic arrival.
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AKRON
Navy Station
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Ater
Hugo Eckener
Frozen Assets Lead to Liquidation of Four Ohio Banks
Four Ohio banks were turned over to the State banking department for liquidation. The George D. Harter Bank Company of Canton the City Savings Bank and Trust Company of Alliance the Ohio Merchants Trust Company of Massillon and the Farmers and Citizens Bank of Montrovilla were named in the action.
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Columbus, O
Ohio Banks
State Banking Department
George D. Harter Bank Company
Canton
The
City Savings Bank and Trust Company of
Alliance
Ohio Merchants Trust Company of
Massillon
the Farmers and Citizens Bank of
Montroeville
Tokyo envoy rejects time limit on Manchuria pullout
Geneva October meeting hears Japan refuse fixed withdrawal timetable from Manchuria. Briand proposes evacuation by November 16 with direct talks between China and Japan. Council adjourns to study proposals as Chinese delegates express mixed views on deadline and security assurances.
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Geneva
Japan
League of Nations Council
Manchuria
Aristide Briand
China
Churia
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Alfred Sze
Briand
M. Briand
Far East
Trial of Arkansas banker postponed until March
Osceola Arkansas October 22 trial of A B Banks former head of a bank chain was postponed to the March term after 24 jurors were exhausted. The state cited an ill witness in Little Rock. Banks faces charges of receiving deposits in the insolvent First State Bank of Osceola. He has ties to other banks and is appealing a Pulaski County conviction for deposits after insolvency.
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Osceola
Ark
A. B. Banks
Arkansas
Little Rock
Banks
First State Bank of Osceola
Osceola Institution
Fordyce
Pulaski County
American Exchange Trust Company of
Arkansas Supreme Court
11 800 Cars of Vegetables Are Inspected in State
Federal inspector Hunter S. Moses visited Monroe to survey Louisiana fruit and vegetable shipments. He met agricultural agent E. R. Strahan and reviewed Irish potato movements, noting 11 800 inspected cars and the growing buyer preference for Louisiana produce.
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Hunter S. Moses
Monroe
Ohuachita Parish
E. R. Strahan
Moses
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