College students seek access to Kentucky coal fields for sociological study
Two groups of college students ejected from the Kentucky coal fields plan to appeal to faculty, students, and Governor Laffoon for safe passage to Frankfort and to Washington for a congressional inquiry into alleged Lynch law. They cite rough treatment by Bell county officers and report harassment of both male and female members. A separate item notes the opening of Harvard's claimed world’s only school for explorers.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Kentucky
Laffoon
Frankfort
W. B. Smith
Bell County
Rob F. Hall
Columbia
Middlesboro
Washington
Bell
Harlan
Gabriel Carrith
Oxford
Fonde
The Lost Squadron Opens at Paramount in Air Thrills
A vivid air thriller opens at the Paramount starring Richard Dix with Mary Astor and Joel McCrea. The film follows stunt aviators making aviation movies with action, romance, and danger, including a standout cast and a fuller picture of Hollywood aviation work. Also showing Carnival Boat with Ginger Rogers and Bill Boyd in a logging camp romance amid shipwrecks and a high line stunt.
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Paramount Theater
RKO Radio Pictures
Lost Squadron
Richard Dix
Hollywood
Dix
Mary Astor
Erich von Stroheim
Dorothy Jordan
Ingenue
Robert Armstrong
Joel McCrea
Hugh Herbert
Ralph Ince
Bill
Ginger
Boyd
Marion Jackson
Don Ryan
James Seymour
Albert Roycell
Fred Kohler
Hobart Bosworth
Marie Prevost
Edgar Kennedy
Harry Sweet
Charles Sellon
Walter Percival
Vernon Scruggs Denied Clemency List of Parishes and Sentences
Vernon Scruggs denied clemency. List includes Emanuel Btue Madison parish cattle stealing 3 to 5 years. Andrew Morehead Ouachita parish possession of stolen property six months. John Gustopolis LaSalle manslaughter life. Bennie Lachenaye Avoyelles breaking and entering larceny two years. W M Davis Caddo larceny 16 to 24 months. John Graham Morehouse entering at night with intent to steal one year. Jack Juneau Caddo larceny.
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Emanuel Btue
Madison Parish
Andrew Morehead
Ouachita Parish
John Gustopolis
LaSalle Parish
Bennie Lachenaye
Avoyelles Parish
W. M. Davis
Caddo Parish
John Graham
Morehouse Parish
Jack Juneau
Paroled/Commutation Proposal for Orleans Grand Larceny Case
Harold Schulte of Orleans Parish faces grand larceny charges with a February 24 1931 sentencing. Commutation recommendations suggest reducing the term from 4 to 6 years to 2 to 4 years, and from 3 to 8 years to 1 year 6 months to 5 years.
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Joe Busby
Rapides Parish
Harold Schulte
Orleans Parish
Grand Larceny
Salvation Army Holds Special Easter Services
Salvation Army officials announced two Easter services at headquarters today with candy distributed to children from indigent families. Captain W. L. Workman said the events are at 2:30 this afternoon and 8:00 this evening.
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Salvation Army
W. L. Workman
Tree Planting Reports Tie to Washington Bicentennial
Drew Parent-Teacher Association members met Friday to review the program for tree and shrubbery planting in observance of the Washington bi centennial anniversary. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting.
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Washington
Drew Parent-Teacher Association
Value of cotton falls as market shows mixed signals
Cotton prices slip by $2 as late high values fade amid a second largest 1931 crop. Small farmers seek loans in huge numbers, some at $25. Textile inactivity persists despite a government estimate of 17,060,772 bales. Southern sales and exports remain robust with Japanese-linked brokers active. Freight car loadings and oil prices rise, signaling improving economy abroad.
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New England
Tod
Fatality from Curve Collision Near Mandeville
Nil Olsen, 61, died from injuries after being struck by a passenger train near Mandeville Wednesday night. Olsen had been sitting on a cross tie near the curve and rose onto the track as the engine approached, failing to jump in time.
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Covington
Nil Olsen
Mandeville
Olsen
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