Federal probes expand to Louisiana tax racket cases
U S authorities reopen investigations into alleged tax assessment reductions in Louisiana after a state grand jury scandal. The federal grand jury, previously indicting ex governors and officials, will hear witnesses and reports as the political fight intensifies. James Morrison leads a torch parade in Baton Rouge as he campaigns against the administration.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Huey Long
Richard W. Leche
Seymour Weiss
Earl K. Long
National Guard
David Ellwon
Dietrict
Charles A. Byrne
Byrne
Harold Rosenwald
United States
Long
Mommaton
James H. Morrison
Baton Rouge
Morrison
United States of America
Longs
Neils Hertz
Campaign drive reaches eight thousand in Twin City Chest
The Twin City Community Chest thermometers rose from six to eight thousand dollars Friday as donors including Silverstein types and many local businesses filed contributions at chest headquarters in Hotel Virginia. Big donors led the morning tally, with more reported as preparations continue under C Alston Prophit, campaign chairman.
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Silverstein's
Silverstein
Toursiana Tire and Supply Company
H. F. Sheppard’s Grocery
Trousdale-Wright, Tevier and Holmes
Insurance
United Electric Service
Monroe Scrap Material
Allen F. Sugar
Moth Supply Company, Inc
Joseph Mickel and Brothers Company
F. Faulk
Twin City
Chest
Hotel Virginia
C. Alston Prophit
Roosevelt Defines Four Political Faiths in Forum Speech
President Roosevelt at the New York Herald Tribune forum outlined four definitions of political faiths. He described radicals as men with both feet in the air, conservatives as those who can walk but won’t, reactionaries as somnambulists moving backward, and liberals as people who use hands and legs at the brain’s command.
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New York
Roosevelt
New York Herald Tribune Forum
Generes resigns as tax commissioner in Louisiana
Allen A. Generes of New Orleans resigns from the Louisiana tax commission due to a heart ailment. Governor Earl K. Long appoints Shirley G. Wimberly of New Orleans to fill the vacancy, and Wimberly is sworn in. Spencer Phillips was named earlier to the commission, with W. F. Calhoun serving as acting chairman.
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Baton Rouge
Allen A. Generes
New Orleans
Louisiana Tax Commission
Earl K. Long
Shirley G. Wimberly
Sociate
Long
Generes
Spencer Phillips
Louisiana Teachers Association
Warren Baggio
Louisiana Highway Commission
Tax Commission
W. F. Calhoun
Jena
Wimberly
Bastrop Plant to Add 50000 Expansion by Spring
Consolidated Chemical Industries will add a 50000 dollar expansion to the Bastrop Louisiana plant, raising total cost to 50k with 20000 for building and 30000 for equipment. The project will increase storage capacity for aluminum sulphate and expand the 40 man workforce as operations grow.
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Bastrop
Consolidated Chemical Industries, Inc
S. M Stelling
Stelling
Arkansas
Bryant
Baton Rouge
San Francisco
New York
London
Southern
Houston
Tex
Roosevelt Attacks Dies List as Sordid Procedure
President Roosevelt condemns the Dies committee release of more than 500 government employees' names on the American League for Peace and Democracy mailing list as a sordid procedure. The move ties to fears of political witch hunts and government surveillance during the era.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dies Committee
American League For Peace and Democracy
Homecoming Draws Crowd at Northeast Junior College
Northeast Junior College observed its seventh annual homecoming with 2,500 to 3,000 alumni and visitors expected. A 2:30 parade moved from the college to Illinois Central station, with pep gatherings along the way and a Brownfield football game at 8 p.m. Northeast will host Copiah Lincoln, followed by a 10 p.m. homecoming dance in the college gym.
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Northeast Junior College
Fifth Congressional District
College
Illinois Central Station
Monroe
Lewis Slater
Ada Bess Hart
Louise Gray
Purple Jacket
Brownfield
Copiah Lincoln
Pius XII denounces dictatorships in new encyclical
Pope Pius XII condemns governments that claim absolute autonomy and seeks peace settlements to end the European war. He warns against treaty conditions that ignore God’s law and urges treaties based on justice and equity, stressing respect for treaties as essential to lasting peace.
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Castel Gandolfo
Pius XII
Poland
Federal debt surpasses 41 billion dollars in Oct rise
The federal debt exceeded 41 billion dollars, narrowing the borrowing room to roughly 4 billion. The spike renews calls for raising the debt limit from 45 to 50 billion, with debate expected when Congress reconvenes in January. The continued deficits since 1921 highlight treasury accounting issues and rising per capita debt.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
War morale wanes as war drags on across Europe
A columnist argues the war may fade rather than escalate, noting Berlin and London offer war weariness signals. He mocks abstract slogans and says peoples across involved nations feel diminishing resolve, with public morale possibly collapsing under privation and death. He reflects on European leadership and war aims.
Junk dealer buys back his own stolen scrap at auction
In Reading a junk dealer bought scrap metal at a police auction only to find it was his own property stolen from his shop months earlier. In Goldsboro a bantam hen named Bessie defied a magistrate by nesting in an office and was granted office jurisdiction. In Spokane Deputy Prosecutor Carl Lang questioned the proper charge against a man at a Superior Court proceeding.
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Reading
Goldsboro
N. C
Bessie
Henry H. Brown
Brown
Spokane
Wash
Carl Lang
Louis Bunge
Landon links unemployment to peril of democracy
Alfred M. Landon, 1936 Republican candidate, told a Cornell College gathering in Mount Vernon that unemployment has left many Americans homeless and hungry, equating its demoralizing effect to war and criticizing pump priming as a temporary fix. He urged private enterprise and broad job engagement as national security.
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Mount Vernon
Alfred M. Landon
United States
Hitler
Stalin
J. B. Magee
Cornell College
Landon
Tariff blamed for 10 year mood in education discuss
Montgomery Oct 27 publisher Harry M. Ayers of the Anniston Star told about 1,000 teachers at the Alabama Education Association district four meeting that the tariff policy caused the European war and a 10 year mood. He urged federal aid for equalized opportunities and consolidation of Alabama’s three largest colleges under one board for economy.
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Montgomery
Ala
Harry M. Ayers
Anniston
Star
United States
Ayers
Alabama Education Association
Alabama
National Education Association
Amy H. Hinrichs
New Orleans
League of Nations
Senate votes to repeal arms embargo in neutrality bill
The US Senate moves to end the arms embargo to Europe in a neutrality bill permitting limited cash and carry. Berlin reports City of Flint sails under a German prize crew from Murmansk. Paris dispatches note German tanks and artillery near the Siegfried line with observers predicting a possible offensive as weather and ice affect advances.
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Washington
Senate
Europe
Berlin
United States
Murmansk
Germany
Paris
Siegfried Line
Maginot
Navy Chief Defense Against War Expressed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt stated the navy is the nation’s chief defense to keep the United States out of war. He urged maintaining peace through a strong sea front and adequate defense as the world grows armed. Navy Day events were minimal, with ships at sea and patrols in place amid secrecy and wartime conditions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Edison
Pacific
Move Aimed at Maestri Also Turned Down
Baton Rouge district attorney refused to file ouster proceedings against Governor Earl Long. The move by James McCain alleged Long violated 1873 act by recognizing Ellison as attorney general, but Sanchez said impeachment is the only constitutional route and the act is obsolete.
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Baton Rouge
Dewey P. Sanchez
Earl K. Long
James McCain
James H. Morrieson
Hammond
Long
McCain
Sanchez
David M. Ellieson
Ellison
Lessley P. Gardiner
Bares
A. P. Tugwell
Gardiner
Tugwell
Ellson
States House
Grand Jury Granted $5,000 for Corruption Probe
Rapides parish police jury allocates $5,000 to support the local grand jury led by foreman Homer H. Harris Sr. in its graft and corruption inquiry. Judge R C Culpepper and Harris were notified. the grand jury recessed until Monday.
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Alexandria
Rapides Parish
Rapides Grand Jury
Homer H. Harris, Sr
R C. Culpepper
Ninth Judicial District Court
Harris
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