Orleans Woman Found After Kidnap Probe Ends
Chicago police said Mrs Cox told investigators she left New Orleans with her family of her own accord and planned divorce proceedings. George M. Cox, who believed his wife abducted, said he hopes she is safe and declined further comment. Police had kept several people for questioning, but released them as the case was dropped.
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Chicago
William Shoemaker
George M. Cox
New Orleans
Shoemaker
Cox
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Illinois
George, Jr
Mrs. Cox
Decision Rends Gas Case in Richland Parish County Court
A Louisiana judge rules in favor of state against numerous gas companies in Richland parish and other parishes. Judge F X Ransdell finds Rayville court proper for the hearing after defendants challenged jurisdiction. The order moves to the Louisiana Supreme Court for appeal by several named defendants.
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Louisiana
Richland Parish
F. X. Ransdell
Fifth District
Ransdell
Rayville
Supreme Court
Interstate Natural Gas Company, Inc
Arkansas- Louisiana Pipe Line Company
Magmolia Petroleum Company
Southern Carbon Company
United
Wyatt Not Charged With Larceny of Hogs
A Sept 9 World of Saturday story misreported N. W. Wyatt as charged with hog larceny and posting a $500 bond. Sheriff records show Wyatt as complainant. the defendant was Miller Shelby, accused of stealing four hogs valued at $25, with a $500 bond.
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Wyatt
Theing World
N. W. Wyatt
Miller Shelby
Shelby
Ouachita
Strikes and songs drive Pittsburgh steel action in recovery plan
In Pittsburgh 3000 to 5000 miners join a holiday movement with 85 000 other steel and mine workers across three states. William Green of the AFL urges a five day 30 hour week for recovery, arguing six hours daily could provide relief as recovery in employment remains slow.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Steel
Carlyle
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Green
Wounded Escape Convict Said Shot During Town Pursuit
In Dean Blossom Indiana a man believed to be Joseph Jenkins, one of ten prison escapees, shot at a store and wounded storekeeper Herbert McDonald. Benjamin Kanter then shot the fugitive, who was taken toward the county seat as reports listed his condition as critical.
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Nashville
Ind
Joseph Jenkins
Indiana
Deanblossom
Herbert McDonald
Brown County
Benjamin Kanter
Farmerville Depositors Approve Bank Reorganization Plan
Depositors at Farmerville State Bank meet at Farmerville High School to approve a restructuring plan. Under the plan stock will be issued for 50 percent of deposits and the rest paid in cash via deferred payments. Old stockholders surrender, depositors become stockholders, new board chosen, directors to elect officers.
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Farmerville
Farmerville State Bank
Farmerville High School
Edward Everett, Sr
J. D. Taylor
Everett
State Banking Department
Horuff Named Director in New Orleans Area Review Board
Veterans Bureau Director Hines announced new alternate members of the special review board to review veterans claims in the New Orleans area. The appointees are Walter Cleveland of New Orleans Albert Horuff of Monroe Dr G M G Stafford of Alexandria and William Pfaff of New Orleans.
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Washington
Special Review Board
New Orleans
Veterans Bureau
Hines
Walter Cleveland
Albert Horuff
Monroe
G. M. G. Stafford
Alexandria
William Pfaff
Tax reform effort hinges on self-assembly call
Louisiana Property Taxpayers association presses legislators to convene for tax relief. President John M. Caffery says Governor Oscar K. Allen won’t call a session until he reviews the tax reform commission’s measures. Alfred D. St Amant and Caffery urge direct appeals to lawmakers to join a self-assembly movement.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Property Taxpayers Association
John M. Caffery
Oscar K. Allen
Caffery
Allen
Franklin
Alfred D. St. Amant
Louisiana Property Taxpayers’ Association
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Tax Reform Commission
Fight in Jackson Parish Stirs Chatham Clash
A Saturday morning brawl in Chatham Louisiana left one Black man badly clubbed and others narrowly escaped serious injury. White participants named include Artie Erskin Linus Kennedy Elvis Pardue and ex deputy M R Tolar. The melee began in front of Carpenter's store and spread through town drawing about 50 spectators. The dispute reportedly started after a Black man threatened Kennedy with a knife following a plum quarrel.
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Chatham
Artie “Tommyhawk" Erskin
Linus Kennedy
Elvis Pardue
M. R. Tolar
Carpenter’s
Kennedy
Convicts Riot Over Radio Ban at Eastern Penitentiary
About 1,500 inmates at Eastern Penitentiary staged a wild hubbub after the board of trustees refused radios for cells daily newspapers and certain prisoners from solitary confinement. The riot included smashing furniture and tossing burning papers, after a prior disturbance on Wednesday required 250 police to restore order.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Eastern Penitentiary
Board of Trustees
Trio Charged With Fake Donation Scheme in Dallas
Three men including a 19 year old boy were held in Dallas on a fake donation plan targeting Baylor hospital. Officers raided an office and found rubber stamps used to receipt contributions, with alleged takings ranging from about one dollar to fifteen thousand dollars.
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Dallas
Baylor Hospital
Lehman Stricken With Appendicitis Resting at Home
Governor Herbert H. Lehman, felled by appendicitis during city loan negotiations, remained resting comfortably at his New York home as doctors monitor his condition.
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New York
U.R
Herbert H. Lehman
Senate hearing on Overton election postponed to November
Senator Tom Connally announced a one month postponement of the New Orleans Senate investigation into John H. Overton. The committee will now reconvene November 13 to hear Overton fitness questions prior to the January congressional session. Earlier testimony centered on Huey P. Long’s political organization backing Overton.
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New Orleans
Senate
John H. Overton
Edwin S. Broussard
Louisiana
Marlin
Texas
Tom Connally
Connally
Overton
Huey P. Long
Parent Teacher Group seeks special session for school funds
The Louisiana Parent Teacher Association board in Alexandria requests the governor call a special legislative session, or have legislators convene themselves, to address public school finance. They oppose using liquor tax money for schools and criticize current financial handling that depletes school funds, calling it unjust and detrimental to administration.
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Alexandria
Board of Managers
Louisiana Parent Teacher Association
Allen
Financial Department
Louisiana
Three Russian scientists set new altitude record in stratosphere
From a Moscow airport the trio reached 17.9 kilometers on the giant government balloon Ussr. They maintained 71.6 degree gondola temperature as 88 below zero outside, drifting 11 miles southeast of Moscow before descending at 12:50 p.m.
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Moscow
U.P
Ussr
President moves to provide food for unemployed
President Roosevelt arranged to supply food clothing and fuel for the unemployed through the winter after talks with government heads. Harry Hopkins said the president will ensure coal and surplus staples reach the needy as a federal relief program begins within a week using 330 million of a 500 million appropriation. States and communities are urged to share the load. NRA action aimed to restart Pennsylvania coal mining and secure UMWA recognition as code takes effect.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Congress
NRA's Legality Challenged by Tennessee Man
Ralph Starling of Rhea County filed in Knoxville federal court challenging the National Recovery Act. He seeks a restraining order to stop his employer, Southern Silk Mills, from enforcing the NRA code, claiming it would deprive him of the liberty to contract employment. The hearing is set for October 7. US District Attorney W. J. Carter is a co-defendant.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Ralph Starling
Southern Silk Mills
Rhea County
George Taylor
Carlyle Littleton
Chattanooga
Starling
United States
W. J. Carter
Congress
Executive Branch
Prisoner Admits Forgery Tied to West Monroe Case
Dan Wilson admitted signing the name Clifford Benson on a forged check cashed at Dick Watson's store near Calhoun. Wilson, identified by Mrs. Watson, is from Long Beach California. Sheriff Milton Coverdale linked the forgery to a group of five arrested Friday by the sheriff and West Monroe police.
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Sheriff's Department
West Monroe
Milton Coverdale
Dan Wilson
Harry Lang
Clifford Benson
Dick Watson
Calhoun
Wilson
Louisiana Schools Must Become Independent From State Control
An analysis argues Louisiana schools should sever ties with state administration to escape financial mismanagement. With parishes opening schools and teachers under open contracts, local guardians urge decisive action to reduce reliance on Baton Rouge and pursue independent parish control amid ongoing funding uncertainties.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Thos. H. Harris
Louisiana Owes Schools Over Two Million Dollars
The 1933 balance showed unpaid appropriations and taxes totaling about 1.56 million dollars plus additional tobacco tax and severance tax amounts. By then the state owed the public school system well over two million dollars, with overdrafts in the general fund and shortfalls in corporate tax revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Governor’s Shortfall on $2,000,000 School Promise
In a conference with school superintendents the governor’s administration acknowledged it cannot provide the promised $2,000,000 in extra funds. The failure to act signals an inability to meet long overdue obligations to the schools.
Kentucky colonels split by river into zones
Beverly Hills dispatch notes a division among Kentucky colonels with Irvin Cobb named commander east of the Mississippi and a Kentucky west of the river leader tasked with coordination. A call for a clash between old and new colonels hints at a war of extermination to prove a point.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Kentucky
Irvin Cobb
Paducah
Mississippi River
Irv
Kellys to be moved by plane to Oklahoma City
George Kelly and his wife will be flown from the Shelby county jail to Oklahoma City at dawn tomorrow under heavy federal and Memphis police guard. The departure aims to pass Little Rock at daylight with minimal delay.
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Memphis
Tenn
George
Kelly
Oklahoma City
Associated Press
Kellys
Shelby County
Department of Justice
Little Rock
Arkansas City
Oklahoma
Trip Contest Nears End in Century of Progress Promotion
The News-Star-World sponsored Century of Progress free trips will be awarded in two weeks as contestants intensify efforts. Large vote totals flood the office, drawing surprise from merchants who are contributing votes in district No. 1. Local firms cooperated include The Buckhorn, The Midway, Monroe Auto & Supply, United Electrical Service, Monroe Auto Top and Body, and Albright-Burden Garage among others.
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Century of Progress
News-Star—World
The
Buckhorn
DeSiard Street
the Midway
Monroe Auto & Supply Co
United Electrical Service Company, Inc
North Third Street
Monroe Auto Top and Body Company
Wood Street
Albright-Burden Garage
North
Girl Kept Prisoner In Tank For Eight Years
Aurelia Boniparte aged 22 was rescued after eight years in an iron tank by a rejected lover. Juan Guyama, a Frenchman, admitted kidnapping her when she refused his advances and keeping her chained. She was emaciated and critically ill in hospital.
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Rosarion
Argentina
U.P
Aurelia Boniparte
Juan Guyama
22 Jewish Professors Lose Jobs in Germany
Berlin reports that 22 university professors were dismissed, 18 for being Jewish and four on political grounds. The action followed an edict by General Horn of the War Veterans league, excluding Jews who served Germany in World War I.
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Germany
Berlin
General Horn
The
Kuffhauser War Veterans’ League
Notorious Urschel kidnapping case yields multiple convictions
In Oklahoma City seven defendants including Harvey Bailey and Barney Berman were found guilty of kidnaping for a 200000 ransom involving oil operator Charles Urschel. Five others and a woman were convicted in Edwardsville for the August Luer abduction with penalties from five years to life. Acquittals were handed to three, while another suspect awaits trial.
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Oklahoma City
Harvey Bailey
Charles Urschel
August Luer
Alton
Edwardsville
Ill
Urschel
Bailey
Albert Bates
R. G
Bids Sought for Monroe Area Levee House Moving Contracts
The Tensas Basin Levee Board invites bids to move about 203 buildings and related structures on the left bank of the Ouachita River from Monroe to Sterlington for federal flood protection. Bids open at 11:00 a.m. October 18 at the Rayville office. inquiries directed to the board offices in Monroe or Rayville.
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Monroe New Levee
Moneyroe
Sterlington New Levee
Board of Commissioners
Tensas Basin
Ouachita River
Ouachita Pare Ish
City
Monroe
Sterlington
Board of State Engineers
New Orleans
Levee Board
Hotel Virginia
J. W. Sumemerlin
H. A. Mangham
Rayville
LaFollette Says Ambush Attempt Missed
Former Governor Philip F. LaFollette and ex Congressman Thomas Amlie narrowly escaped what he believes was an ambush over their political views. Two masked men visited the Amlie cottage in Williams Bay late last night and asked for the pair while they were away at a meeting in Kenosha. The men fled when questioned.
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Madison
Wis
Philip F. LaFollette
Thomas Amlie
LaFollette
Amlie
Williams Bay
Keenosha
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George Cox
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King Features Synd
Valparaiso, Ind
Charles Neel
Horuff
Senator Long
Jackson Parish
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Lehman
State-Times
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Reb
Heads of Recovery
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Walter Reed Hospital
Pennsylvania
Steel Company
United Mine Workers of America
Tennessee
Rogers
McNaught
George Kelly
Tank
Bates
Shannons
Berman
Skelly
Charles F. Urschel
la Follette
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