New Air Route Added by 1 8 to Mail System
A southern transcontinental air mail system expansion adds Charleston Augusta Atlanta stops with daily passenger flights. Bids due May 25 for five new lines. Fort Worth Los Angeles cross country contract already awarded. Atlanta to be hub for southeast routes. Birmingham to be dropped from Atlanta New Orleans stretch upon operation.
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Washington
Charleston
S. C
South
Post Office Department
Dixie
New York
Virginia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Fort Worth
Texas
Farley
New Orleans
Houston
Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
Beaumont
Chicago
Peoria
Springfield
St. Louis
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Okla
Cleveland
Ohio
Nashville
Columbus
Cincinnati
Louisville
Pueblo
Colo
el Paso
Trinidad
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Transcontinental
Chicago-Jacksonville
New York-Miami Lines
Insull Jr Says No Delay Planned For Father Meeting
Samuel Insull Jr in New York says he does not plan to delay the swift westward trip of his father Samuel Insull Sr after arrival on the steamer Exilena. He denies habeas corpus action, and says he came along from Chicago to avoid such talk. District Attorney Green may seek a higher bond than 10 000 at arraignment, but the son has arranged to raise the bond if reasonable.
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New York
Samuel Insull, Jr
Insull
Chicago
Dwight Green
Washington
Ouachita Police Jury Sets First Meeting After Convention
The Ouachita parish police jury plans its first meeting after the Police Jury Association of Louisiana convention in Baton Rouge. President John M. Breard was reelected head of the state group, with a convention report expected and routine business on the agenda.
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Police Jury
Ouachita Parish
Police Jury Association of Louisiana
Baton Rouge
John M. Breard
British officer defies Belgians on King Albert I death
Colonel Graham Seton Hutchison claims King Albert I was killed not by accident but by being tapped on the head after refusing to conspire against Germany. The Belgian embassy and others deny the assertion and pledge further challenge. Hutchison stood by the claim despite denials and a promised reward.
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London
Graham Seton Hutchison
Albert I
Belgium
Germany
British Isles
Hutchison
Upper Silesia
Albert
Brussels
Nottingham Journal
Nottingham
England
Bryan immortalized on Washington pedestal with Roosevelt remarks
William Jennings Bryan stands bronze on a Washington pedestal as President Roosevelt praises his sincerity and belief in 16 to 1 remedy. The president notes Bryan's earnestness in politics and in his view of human origins, recalling the famed advocate's era and ideas.
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William Jennings Bryan
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Bryan
Engineers' King Crowned At Tech Despite Injuries
Wayne L. Hill of Benson was crowned king at Louisiana Tech engineers ball after being wounded in an arm during rival student efforts to kidnap him. Queen Margaret Lawton of Vivian disappeared from her dorm on the eve of the dance and was brought to the coronation. The event closed the engineers day, which began with a talk by Charles D. Evans, Shreveport streets and parks commissioner. The disappearance and planned kidnap created much campus talk as the night’s royal ceremony proceeded.
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Buston
Wayne L. Hill
Benson
Louisiana Tech
Margaret Lawton
Vivian
Royal Court
Charles D. Evans
Shreveport
Engineers
President Roosevelt Attends Woodin Funeral in New York
In New York on May 5 President Roosevelt sat somberly at a Presbyterian meeting house on Fifth Avenue as funeral rites for William H. Woodin, his former secretary of the treasury, were read. He stayed eyes lowered throughout the 17 minute service and joined in the Lord's Prayer after reciting the apostle's creed. The funeral procession proceeds to Berwick, Pennsylvania for burial at 3 p.m. Woodin died from a throat infection.
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New York
Roosevelt
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-sixth Street
William H. Woodin
Treasury
Berwick
Woodin
Good Progress Made In Installing Water Meters
Monroe city completes about half of planned water meter installations over two months. Officials expect material savings for private consumers and lower water costs while reducing waste. Work started in the north end and spread across town. full official statement expected before system rollout.
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Monroe City
MissionaryAssignments and Rules Headline Provincial Conference
Bishop James Cannon Jr. and Bishop Arthur J. Moore receive Pacific and San Francisco posts as the Methodist Episcopal Church South outlines quadrennium assignments. The conference adopts limits on presiding elders and ministers tenure in charges. a judicial ruling may follow on constitutional questions. Dr. W. G. Cram of Nashville leads a vigorous election contest.
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Jackson, Miss
James Cannon, Jr
Richmond
Pacific Coast
Arthur J. Moore
San Francisco
College of Bishops
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
John M. Moore
Dallas
W. G. Cram
Nashville
Arab Chief Advances on Sana in Saudi Campaign
London reports Ibn Saud has seized Hodeidah and pushes toward Sana, capital of the Imam of Yemen, alarming Great Britain and Italy. Officials note Ankara, Rome and London seek details of Saudi plans amid fears of border changes as the April war escalates.
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London
Ibn Saud
Sana
Saudi Arabia
Hodeidah
Yemen
Red Sea
Imam
Great Britain
Italy
Arabia
Eritrea
Tornado Deaths Run High Across Louisiana and Mississippi
A late day storm across Louisiana and Mississippi left three dead and numerous injuries. Green Maddox and Eddice Starks are among the victims, with others including a six year old child. Homes were destroyed on the Haas plantation near Cheneyville and Cocoville, while Cheneyville reported toppled trees and damaged roofs.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Mississippi
Green Maddox
Cheneyville
Eddice Starks
Franklin County
Miss
Johnson
Rapides Parish
Alcide Laborde
Cocoville
Avoyelles Parish
Laborde
Maddox
Dave Haas
Haas Plantation
J. I. Prichart
Meadville
Opelousas
Jules Escude
Mansura
Marksville
Japan ready for trade clash with Britain says Tokyo
Tokyo officials announced Japan is prepared for a trade war with Great Britain and will rely on a new trade protection act to adjust tariffs or prohibit imports. Foreign Minister Hirota insisted Japan will not bow to Britain's ultimatum and will safeguard its foreign commerce.
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Tokyo
Japan
Great Britain
Matssudaira
Walter Runciman
British Board of Trade
Foreign Office
Koki Hirota
State Health Board Faces Questionable Payroll Loans
The Louisiana State Board of Health drew scrutiny after a padded New Orleans payroll and hidden operating loan payments. Dr. J A O Hara defended payroll shifts as offset by state-wide cuts while the board showed lower spending early 1934 but carried interest payments to Whitney National Bank. Continued on Fifteenth Page.
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New Orleans
Louisiana State Board of Health
Huey P. Long
J. A. O'Hara
State Board
Baton Rouge
O’hara
Algiers
Whitney National Bank
Demand to abolish Louisiana Tax Commission grows
The Louisiana Police Jury Association backs abolition efforts while public opinion leans that way. The Tax Commission adds three names to the field force and shifts payrolls, including A Leonard Allen, governor’s brother, to the office.
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Louisiana Tax Commission
Louisiana Police Jury Association
Department of State
Commission
O. E. Hardenstein
J. D. Easterly
A. C. Chappuis
A. Leonard Allen
Allen
Tax Commission
State Board of Affairs
Newton C. Blanchard
L. E. Thomas
Caddo
Ruffin G. Pleasant
Thomas M. Milling
Thomas
Robert H. Riordan
Milling
Louisiana Kingfish
Dillinger Aide Pleads Guilty in Federal Case
Beth Green pleaded guilty in St Paul federal court to concealing the outlaw John Dillinger during his hiding. Police in five states pressed the manhunt as Dillinger stayed undercover. The liner Duchess of York was checked for him on arrival, but he was not aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Dillinger
Indiana
Dillinger
Louisiana Press Meeting Closes in Baton Rouge
The Louisiana Press association wrapped up its two day convention naming W G Jones editor of the Denham Springs News as president for the coming year. Miss Estelle Tannehill Winnfield was elected first vice president E M Roy Arabs second vice president Isa ac Chapman Bastrop reelected secretary treasurer New Orleans will host next year with a joint meeting with the 1935 National Editorial association. A new constitution was adopted to enable state graphic arts code authority including non voting printer members though dailies under an AP code may be exempt.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Press Association
W. G. Jones
Denham Springs
Dolph G. Frantz
Shreveport
New Orleans
Estelle Tannehill
Winnfield
E. M. Roy
Isaa¢g Chapman
Bastrop
National Editorial Association
Graphic Arts Code Authority
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Clothing misidentified in June Robles kidnapping case
In Tucson on May 5 officials ruled out blood stained clothing as June Robles dress items. A Riverside California irrigation ditch yielded a blue and pink dress similar in size but not belonging to the six year old girl abducted April 25. The family endures tenth day of waiting for ransom negotiators.
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Tucson
Ariz
June Robles
Riverside
Calif
June
West Monroe Campaigning Ends for Bell and Heard
Campaigning for mayoral run off in West Monroe wraps up with incumbent C. C. Bell and candidate W. S. Heard concentrating on neighborhood meetings and canvassing. Officials who supervised the first campaign will again oversee Tuesday's polls as voter interest rises toward a record turnout.
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West Monroe
C. C. Bell
W. S. Heard
Silas Says We Are Drifting and What It Means
San Francisco writer recalls Silas, an attorney from Chicago, delivering a Washington speech to the U S Chamber of Commerce. The piece likens the remark to a federal officer at a banquet and questions the destination implied by the drift.
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San Francisco
Cal
Silas
Chicago
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Dillinger
Counterfeit Plot Suspect Given Hearing Saturday
A preliminary hearing for Arthur Williams, arrested in Caldwell Parish and returned for a counterfeiting charge, was held before United States commissioner Allen Guthrie. Bond set at 1000 dollars. Williams unable to post bond and held in parish jail. Williams confessed involvement with two others, his father William Williams and a second unnamed man, after meeting at the bureau of transients and a Bern stein park dice game.
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Arthur Williams
Caldwell Parish
Allen Guthrie
United States
Williams
William Williams
L. V. Tarver
United States Secret Service
Bureau of Transients
Bernstein Park
Congressman Shoemaker Haled to Police Station After Pursuit
May 5 Minneapolis Congress man Fred Shoemaker Farmer Labor Minnesota was brought to a police station by three irate motorists who accused him of driving into their cars. After a pursuit ending near a residence he was released on his own recognizance and two motorists prepared to file charges on Monday.
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Minneapolis
Fred Shoemaker
Farmer Labor
Minnesota
Ralph Jacobson
Jacobson
W. L. McComber
McComber
N. Haines
Shoemaker
American Legion Post To Honor Confederate Vets
Confederate veterans from Monroe and Ouachita parish will be guests of honor at the L. B. Faulk American Legion post meeting at the Legion home Monday night at 8. J. A. McClain announces. Ex service men invited. Six living veterans named: Breard, Downs, Platt, Kennedy, Stokes, Hutson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
L. B. Faulk
American Legion
Legion
J. A. McClain
C. M. Mitchell
D. A. Breard
H. C. Downs
W. M. Platt
S. D. Kennedy
Thomas Z. Stokes
West Monroe
J. T. Hutson
Ward Nine
Accidental Death In Lincoln Parish Firearm Incident
Chester Watson, 23, a farmer near Dubach, was killed by a pistol fired by Irma Harrison, 11, of Homer. The weapon had been loaded by Watson during a playful session. the girl pulled the trigger at his chest. An inquest found accidental death. Watson died at Vince Reeves home in Ward Six.
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Ruston
Chester Watson
Dubach
Irma Harrison
Homer
Lincoln Parish
Vince Reeves
Watson
Miss Harrison
A. J. Thigpen
Clyde Frazier
W. S. Rutledge
Jury Deliberates in Bank Case Against Simsboro Officials
In Ruston Louisiana W T Strain former bank president and C W Tatum former cashier of the Bank of Simsboro face trial for receiving deposits while the bank was failing. The jury began deliberations at 8 30 p m and had not reached a verdict by 11 30 p m after both sides completed arguments and the state rested on an auditor report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
W. T. Strain
C. W. Tatum
Bank of
Simsboro
O. E. Hodge
Heavy Rainfall Welcomed by Farmers in Ouachita Parish
Rain of 1.57 inches Friday night brought relief to Ouachita Parish farmers after four weeks with little rain. Cotton crops and gardens benefited as moisture aided seed sprouting, though localized wind and rain damage appeared minor. Rain continued last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Katie Key
Monroe
Twin Cities
Caldwell Solon Elect Backs Hamiter Stand
Caldwell parish representative-elect J W James joined Rep Joe B Hamiter of Caddo in a bill to cut automobile licenses to 3 and 5 dollars. Twenty other house members recently co authored the measure as Hamiter urges more backing. James is the newly elected successor to the late Dr L B May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
J. W. James
Caldwell
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Harvey C. Couch, Jr
Southern Utility
RFC
Nippon
State Health Board
Beth Green
Wires Killer
Duchess of York
Dolph Frantz
Rogers
Wid Papert
KR O78 Inc
Congressman Haled
Caldwell Solon
Hamiter
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