Impeachment Fallout Shapes Louisiana Politics After Huey Long
After Huey P. Long’s impeachment trial ends, Louisiana politics focus on the governor’s next moves. Leaders expect weeks of regrouping as prosecutors defend the charges and anti administration factions await fate of state departments. Long remains silent, plans rest at home in Shreveport.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Long
Shreveport
House
Senate
Board of Managers
House of Representatives
Action on Textile Probe Postponed
The Senate manufactures committee postponed a decision on Wheeler’s resolution seeking a textile industry investigation. Mill owners will be invited to speak Monday to avoid charges of impartiality after workers were heard. Broadening the inquiry to include national textiles was discussed. Senator Wheeler may propose such action.
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Washington
Senate Manufactures Committee
Wheeler
Lafollette
South
Montana
Hoover to announce Tacna Arica dispute settlement
President Hoover will reveal the settlement of the Tacna Arica dispute between Chile and Peru during a regular press conference at 4 o clock this afternoon, announced by Secretary Stimson.
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Hoover
Washington
Chile
Peru
Stimson
Turnesa and Jolly Set for Yorkshire Finals Match
In Yorkshire finals play Moortown Enc May 17 an American pro Joe Turnesa of New York and British pro H C Jolly will contest the 36 hole final of the Yorkshire Boe ing News thousand guineas golf tournament. Turnesa defeated Charles Whitcombe two up in the semi finals and Jolly won against W H Davies one up.
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Moortown
Enc
Joe Turnesa
New York
Charles Whitcombe
H. C. Jolly
W. H. Davies
Capone and Aide Sentenced for Carrying Weapons
Al Capone and Frank Cline, Chicago gangsters, received one year each for carrying concealed weapons. They entered Moyamen sing prison after pleading not guilty at arraignment, then changed to guilty pleas as Judge John E. Walsh imposed the maximum penalty.
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Philadelphia
Scarface al" Capone
Frank Cline
Chicago
Moyamensing
Pennsylvania
Capone
Cline
John E. Walsh
Grocer Lynched After Florida Jailout Fight
In Lake City Florida N G Romey a grocer was taken from jail by a mob and lynched two miles south of town. Chief of Police John F Baker was wounded in a confrontation with Romey and Mrs Romey who died from gunfire. Romey body with bullet wounds found upright in a ditch on the Columbia road.
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Baker
Romey
Guy Gillem
Gillem
Lake City
Storm Hits Elizabeth City Area Wrecks Barns and Trees
A storm centered near Elizabeth City yesterday left wrecked barns and outbuildings, damaged orchards, and downed telephone poles with roads littered by debris. The old river bridge road remained blocked by fallen trees, interrupting service to Norfolk for about an hour. fruit trees suffered the heaviest damage.
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Elizabeth City
Cleveland Clinic To Be Rebuilt After Disaster
Cleveland Clinic faces rebuilding after two explosions and a fire killed 125 and injured many. Health officials fear up to 80 more deaths from poison fumes as 75 missing patients are sought and a $750000 loss in medical records is reported. Dr. George Crile leads plans for the new clinic.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Clinic
Harry L. Rockwood
Rockwood
George W. Crile
Crile
Charlotte Deputy Wounded in Pistol Fight Over Phone
Pickens Godfrey, deputy constable, was seriously wounded in the abdomen during a confrontation with Frazier Allen, a Black man, after serving claim and delivery papers. Allen was shot in the head and taken to jail. Godfrey was hospitalized as the struggle over a phonograph sparked the gunfire.
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Charlotte
Pickens Godfrey
Frazier Allen
Godfrey
Joe Emery
Bulgarian King Boris and Princess Giovanna Marriage Blocked by Church Rules
A Sofia dispatch reports that Bulgarian National Church and Roman Catholic authorities blocked a planned engagement between King Boris of Bulgaria and Princess Giovanna of Italy. Officials said Vatican and Holy Synod refusals over child upbringing in the couple's faith prevented formal announcement during national celebrations.
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Boris
Princess Giovanna
Sofia
Bulgaria
Giovanna
Italy
Vatican
Victor Emanuel
Helen
Premier Mussolsi
Holy Synod
Presbyterians Debate Divorce This Afternoon
General assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States discusses divorce grounds while electing Dr. William Ray Dobyns as moderator without opposition. Dobyns is set to preside as the majority and minority reports on divorce are debated.
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Montreat
N. C
William Ray Dobyns
Birmingham
Ala
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States
Dobyns
Charles Hemphill
Louisville
Samuel Lapley
Charles E. Diehl
Chandler Deniess agreement made power connection in Brandon strike
R B Chandler publisher of the Mobile Press testifies before the Federal Trade Commission that no power company holds financial interests in his newspapers. In Brandon Mississippi the strike at Brandon mills ends with a tentative settlement giving workers slightly more looms and pay, while union organizers plan to expand in Greenville county mills.
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Chandler
Brandon
Mobile
Ala
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
R. B. Chandler
Press
Federal Trade Commission Today
Power
Bestor
T. M. Stevens
Alabama Power Company
Frederick I. Thompson
Norris
Commission
Greenville Piedmont
Brandon Corporation
United Textile Workers
Greenville County
American Federation of Labor
Greenville
Greenville County Mills
Tampa
Joyce Wethered Wins British Women's Golf Title
Joyce Wethered defeated Glenna Collett to win the British women's golf championship for the fourth time. The match, over 36 holes at St Andrews, ended on the 35th hole with Wethered three up and one to play after Collett outraised early gains.
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Glenna Collett
ST. Andrews
Joyce Wethered
Miss Wethered
Cmee Ene
Wethered
Dwight F. Davis Accepts Philippine Governor General Post
Dwight F. Davis accepts the post of governor general of the Philippine Islands, an appointment announced today by the Secretary. The news records his move to lead the colonial administration in Manila and the islands.
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Washington
Dwight F. Davis
The
Philippine Islands
Good
Ieee
Mississippi Levee Break Is Checked Near Kennett
A break in the St. Francis river levee near Kennett Missouri was checked by volunteers after a general alarm. Fears remained that the dyke could not withstand a new rise in the Mississippi that began this afternoon.
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Memphis
Tenn
St. Francis River
Kennett
Spanish aviators depart Guatemala City for Havana
The Tropical Radio in New Orleans reports pilots Jimenez and Iglesias left Guatemala City for Havana at 1:41 a.m. CST today.
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Havana
New Orleans
Tropical
Jimenez
Iglesias
Guatemala City
Derby Draw Gives Voltear Rail Position
Louisville reports Voltear drew the rail for the Kentucky Derby to be run tomorrow. Paraphrase secured second place and Chicatie finished third in the draw not the race.
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Voltear
Louisville
Paraphrase
Chicatie
Adjutant General Boyd Arrested During Tennessee Strike Confrontation
Elizabethton Tennessee May 17 AP Adjutant General W C Boyd was arrested on a warrant charging aiding and abetting an attempt to murder sworn by Evelyn Heaton a striking textile worker injured when a car rammed into pickets blocking the road Also sought Joe Calhoun the car driver The incident occurred as textile workers headed to plants in a strike that has been ongoing for weeks The arrest followed confrontations as authorities prepared for a pending murder conspiracy trial involving more than 80 strikers with hundreds more detained or under watch over the riotous demonstrations.
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Evelyn Heaton
Boyd
Elizabethton
Tenn
W. C. Boyd
Tennessee
Joe Calhoun
Miss Heaton
Jonesboro
Calhoun
Court House
Ben Allen
Citadel Picnic Ends Hunger Strike At Isle of Palms
The Citadel halted the hunger strike by holding its annual picnic on the Isle of Palms in Charleston. Cadets began the protest Tuesday over food variety and preparation but offered no guarantee the strike would not resume if meals do not improve.
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Charleston
S&s
Citadel
Isle of Palms
Lenroot Nomination Before Senate Reconsidered
Irvine Lenroot former Wisconsin senator again faced Senate action on his nomination to the court of customs appeals. A 38 to 34 vote yesterday rejected Senator Black's motion to open debate with a roll call public.
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Irvine Lenroot
Wisconsin
Court of Customs Appeals
Senate
Black
Alabama
Faulty Construction Shuts Two New Chicago School Buildings
Two grade schools built under five years ago at about 500 000 each were ordered closed after engineers found them unsafe for occupancy. The board of education president urged a state investigation.
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Chicago
H. Wallace Caldwell
Board of Education
John A. Swanson
Caldwell
William E. Dever
Charles Moderwell
Graf Zeppelin Battles Storms to Land in France
The Graf Zeppelin, with 58 aboard, battled violent winds and engine failures over southeastern France before entering Cuers hangar at 8:35 p.m. local time. Reports noted three engines crippled and only two remaining, with Mrs. Mary Pierce among passengers and Dr. Hugo Eckener directing attempts to land amid dangerous conditions.
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Mary Pierce
Park Avenue Society
New York
Cuers
France
LE Bourget
Graf Zeppelin
Rhone Valley
French Alps
Hugo Eckener
Valence
Saillans
Alps
Eckener
Toulon
Mediterranean
United States
French
Air Ministry
Drame
AR P Synod Begins Finances Discussion In South
Delegates to the final meeting of the Associated Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the South start debating finances with focus on church schools Bryson College Fayetteville and other southern schools. The home missions board outlines yearly work while missions across North and South Carolina Virginia Tennessee Arkansas Alabama and Florida report progress. Purchases of a new moderator successor for Dr. James P. Presely Due West and next year's convention site are discussed as devotional sessions open the proceedings.
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Memphis
Tenn
Associated Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
James P. Presely
Due West
Synod
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