Siamese King Prajadhipok Plans Abdication From Ancient Throne
London reports that Prajadhipok, ruler of Siam, has informed Bangkok of his intent to abdicate. The king laments loss of life and death authority to the national assembly, seeks mandate from the people, and may visit the United States while awaiting Siamese capital news amid rumors of upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Siam
Prajadhipok
Bangkok
Phiya Bahol
National Assembly
Prajadhipak
Phya Bahal
Phya Abhipal Rajamaitri
United States
Priya Bahal
England
Rambha Barni
Cranleigh
Surrey
Mob action feared after slaying in Chipley
Chipley Fla Oct 27 Ford Mears held for the slaying of Deputy Sheriff Dave Hamm of Marianna was moved to an undisclosed jail for safekeeping as rumors spread of a possible lynching. Hamm died in a hospital from wounds after Mears opened fire while being taken to jail following a bank robbery conviction. Harrison McKinney, convicted with Mears and Dudley for Bank of Malone holdup, was fatally wounded by Hamm and died today in Marianna. Reports of public anger reached officers from undisclosed sources.
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Chipley
Fla
Buford Mears
Dave Hamm
Marianna
Hamm
Jackson County
Mears
Harrison McKinney
M. F. Dudley
Bank of Malone
McKinney
Four Freesville Men Acquitted of Perjury Conspiracy
In Shreveport Louisiana on October 27 a jury found Haywood Turner Charles Winfrey Dee Mifflin and J S Anderson not guilty of conspiracy to suborn perjury. They denied testimonies that they induced false statements in the damage suit of G D Hollis against the Kansas City Southern Railway, which Hollis won.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Freesville
Haywood Turner
Charles Winfrey
Dee Mifflin
J. S. Anderson
G. D. Hollis
Kansas C.y Southern Railway
Solid Calm Boston Democrats Cheerful Mr Conrad
A compact item notes a solid calm among Boston Democrats with cheerful remarks from Mr Conrad and Mr Palmer in New Haven and Harvard circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Democratic
Harvard
Conrad
Arthur Brisbane Opinion Column From 1934
Opinion column by Arthur Brisbane published in 1934 analyzes political and social issues of the era, presenting commentary on leaders events and public sentiment with characteristic editorial voice. The piece reflects the syndicated writer's views on contemporary affairs and national mood.
Boston’s Harvard Crowned by Democratic Spirit
Boston chronicles contrast with other cities praising Harvard under Dr. Conant. The piece extols Boston’s calm solidity and Harvard’s blend of tradition with youthful energy and independent thinking as a defining national symbol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles River
Harvard
San Francisco
Chicago
Baltimore
Dr. Conant
Futrell Questions Divorces Under 90 Day Law
Gov J Marion Futrell voices doubt about divorces won through constructive service by non residents under Arkansas 90 day law. He cites Virginia case involving Northern Leslie Powers and Leila Powers and says future requisition hearings in similar cases will be granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
J. Marion Futrell
Arkansas
Virginia
Norfolk
Leslie Powers
Leila D. Powers
Futrell
As. Powers
Powers
Chan
Airmmen Delayed in London Flight Race Update
Cathcart Jones and K N Waller English airmen resuming the London to Melbourne derby from Darwin after delays caused by stormy weather over the Timor Sea. They aim to beat the record set by C W A Scott and Campbell Black but face a long finish as their Green De Havilland comet struggles with conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Cathcart Jones
K. N. Waller
Darwin
Jones
Waller
C. W. A. Scott
Campbell Black
Timor Sea
Scott
Charleville-to-Darwin
Washington Gasoline Price War Continues
Washington independents cut station prices to 11 cents a gallon including tax as Standard Oil of New Jersey ordered a half cent drop to 12 cents effective tomorrow. Major firms prepared to match the cut, extending a two week old price war where independents sit one cent below the majors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Oll
Negro Is Identified As Arkansas Youths Killer
Grady Keady identified Joseph Peck, 34, a Negro, as the man who pushed Billy Colvin 21 from a flat car weeks earlier. Peck is held in Caddo parish jail after an intensive manhunt across Arkansas Louisiana and Texas following Colvin s mangled body found beside a railroad track near East Point Louisiana.
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Billy Colvin
Bradley
Ark
Joseph Peck
Grady Keady
Colvin
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
East Point
Republicans Attack Farley Over Sinclair Endorsement
GOP leaders criticize Postmaster General Farley as the “leading expert on collecting dumb stenographers” after a Farley form letter backing Upton Sinclair in California surfaces. They claim Democrats concocted an alibi blaming a minor employee amid signals of Democratic non-support for Sinclair. The Democratic response was not immediate.
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Washington
Upton Sinclair
California
Farley
Republican Senatorial-Congressional Committee
Sinclair
New Deal Administration
James J. Farley
Democratic State Committee of
Business chiefs seek Roosevelt goals for recovery drive
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States urged President Roosevelt to declare his objectives for recovery. It noted signs of growing accord between administration and industry but said further improvement hinges on explicit administration aims and proposed legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
White House
Chamber
Dern Tours Natchez Antebellum Homes With Flood Panel
Secretary of War George H. Dern and Mississippi river commission members toured Natchez flood control sites but enjoyed informal receptions at antebellum homes. The party included Harvey C. Couch C. D. Couch Rep. Riley J. Wilson and Rep. Dan R. McGehee.
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Natchez
Miss
George H. Dern
Mississippi River Commission
Louisiana
Harvey C. Couch
C. D. Couch
Riley J. Wilson
House Flood Control Committee
Dan R. McGehee
Mississippi
West Monroe Kiwanians Hear Sermon Today
West Monroe Kiwanis members will attend a 11 o clock service at First Baptist Church in West Monroe to hear a Kiwanis sermon by fellow member Rev. E. E. Huntberry. The sermon titled The Golden Rule Interpreted in Kiwanis International will mark his return from vacation and is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Huntberry
West Monroe
Kiwanis Club
First Baptist Church of
Huntsberry
Kiwanis International
Kiwanis Organization
Cheniere Man Injured in Auto Crash Near West Monroe
Dillard Turnage a 25 year old of Cheniere suffered minor injuries when struck while walking from his parked car on the Ruston road two miles from West Monroe. He was taken to St Francis sanitarium with facial bruises and a wrenched arm. E Sanderford drove the vehicle that hit him and stopped at once. Turnage had been heading to West Monroe. In a separate incident on the Rayville road near Monroe, Oak Grove residents suffered minor injuries when their car was rear ended by another vehicle. Mrs Boyd sustained a head blow and Mr Boyd bruises and sprains. causal details note C E Broadnax of Bastrop as the other driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillard Turnage
Cheniere
Ruston
West Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Turnage
E. Sanderford
Sanderford
Oak Grove
Shreveport
Rayville
Monroe
C. H. Hill
E. D. Smith
C. K. Boyd
Boyds
Bob Wagner
Boyd
C. E. Broadnax
Bastrop
Desperadoes Shoot Sheriff In Dickens Jail Escape
Sheriff W B Arthur was killed by inmates Virgil Stalcup and Clarence Brown who lured him to repair plumbing. They seized his pistol, escaped in the sheriff's car as officers launched a wide search across west Texas and into New Mexico.
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Dickens
Texas
W. B
Bill) Arthur
Virgil Stalcup
Desperado
Clarence Brown
West Texas
New Mexico
Stalcup
Texas Plains
Alton B. Chapman
Brown
Sherwood Held in Kansas Town on Embezzlement Charge
A. T. Sherwood, 23, arrested in McPherson, Kansas, for embezzling 197 dollars from C. R. Russell Cleaning. Deputy Sheriff O. J. Horn to return him to Monroe. Also jailed: Lee Roy Jackson, about 20, for shooting at his common law wife in Washington and North Ninth streets. June Barrington, about 2, accused of shooting at June Ballard on Winnsboro road. both incidents led to arrests by the sheriff’s department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Sherwood
C. R. Russell Cleaning Company
McPherson
Kan
Sheiff's Department
O. J. Horn
Sherwood
Monroe
Lee Roy Jackson
Washington
North Ninth Streets
Sheriff's Department
June Barrington
June Ballard
Winnsboro Road
Winners Of Third Week's Jinky Contest Are Named
The third week winners are announced with judges Mrs E H Hill Harry Rice Mrs Sam Orchard and George Fink. Entries require Jinky receipts totaling 2 1 2 50. cash prizes of 40 weekly and prizes from merchants. list of sponsors includes Iron Mountain Bakery Griffin Studio Johnnie S Elbert Central Savings Bank West Monroe etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Hill
Harry Rice
Sam Orchard
George Fink
News-Star—World
News-Star
Morning World
Iron Mountain Bakery, Inc
Griffin Studio
Johnnie S. Elbert
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
West Monroe Hardware and Furniture Co
West Monroe
Sur-Wa
Holloway and Thompson, Natural Gas Co
Thompson's Pharmacy
Monroe Automobile and Supply Co
Slagle-Johnson Lumber Co
L W. Rogers
Eureka Grocery
Lee- Rogers Chevrolet Co
Inc
A. Jewelry
Central
Circle
Standard Office Supply Co
Collens Pharmacy, Inc
E. Jack Selig
Monroe Furniture Co
Monroe Hardware (Furniture) Co
Sandman’s Pharmacy
Bella Scherck Davidson
Alice Henry
Ruth Touchstone Beauty Salon
E. R. Kiper Hardware and Supply Co
Hemp’s
Ouachita Baking Co
Ford Levi Stationery Co
North Side Pharmacy
U S seeks to show Robinson aided his son in kidnapping case
In Nashville authorities pressed for Robinson to be moved to Louisville on federal kidnapping charges tied to the Stull case. New photostatic messages found at the Robinson home were offered as evidence of a conspiracy. The defense challenged their relevance as Commissioner Campbell prepared to rule on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Thomas E. Robinson
Louisville
Stull
Robinson
U. S
Julian Campbell
Campbell
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
Frances Robinson
H. C. Douglas
Department of Justice
Stoll
Indianapolis
Robinson, Jr
Bertha
Tom
Fagan Steele Dies at Home in West Monroe
Fagan Steele aged 40 died Saturday morning at 10 30 at his residence 506 South Third Street West Monroe Burial will follow at Riverview cemetery with Rev Martin Hebert and Rev R M Bentley officiating Pallbearers named Tom Hood Tom Monk Harold Elliott R D Farr H H Benoit M S Davey He is survived by his widow Hazel Steele his mother Sally Belle Steele two brothers J C Steele and George Steele and three sisters Mrs H M Williams Mrs A S Tidwell and Mrs J A Haile
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Fagan Steele
South Third Street
West Monroe
Riverview Cemetery
Martin Hebert
West Monroe Methodist Church
R. M. Bentley
Gordon Avenue Methodist Church
Tom Hood
Tom Monk
Harold Elliott
R. D. Farr
H. H. Benoit
M. S. Davey
Mr. Steele
Ohuachita City
Union Parish
Hazel Steele
Sally Belle Steele
J. C. Steele
George Steele
H. M. Williams
A. S. Tidwell
J. A. Haile
Stolen Trunk and Bicycles Reported to Police
Thefts were reported after a small steamer trunk filled with children’s clothes was stolen from a car parked on North Grand street. Also three bicycles owned by Lloyd Trichell, Granville Davidson, and a son of Mrs. K B Wilkins were reported stolen yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Grand Street
J. R. Crisler
Homer
Crisler
Lloyd Trichell
Columbia Road
Granville Davidson
Peach Street
K. B. Wilkins
Bres Avenue
Columbia Road Home Destroyed By Fire
A small frame house on Columbia Road about one mile below the city limits burned before daybreak Saturday. Firemen from the parish and city arrived to find the structure practically consumed. The house belonged to F. W. Scott and was occupied by Nick Lively. Earlier, fire crews fought grass fires at Stubbs and North Fourth streets and at North Eighth and Stubbs and Sherrouse addition.
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Columbia Road
Parish
F. W. Scott
Nick Lively
Stubbs
North Fourth Streets
North Eighth
Sherrouse Addition
Sleeping Sickness Patient Slips Home In Car
Louis Myrick, 28 year old sleeping sickness patient at South Mississippi hospital in Laurel, woke briefly and drove 60 miles to his home in Hattiesburg. He was found collapsed at his residence after a brief disappearance amid five months of illness and six weeks in the hospital. Authorities believe he used a nearby resident’s automobile.
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Hattiesburg
Myrick
Carter
Colder Weather Sets In Across North Louisiana
After a warm spell, north Louisiana will see a colder day while south Louisiana edges toward cooler air. Temperatures yesterday ranged from 51 to 92 degrees with New Orleans at 64 as readings stretched from the Great Lakes region to the Southeast.
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Louisiana
North
Great Lakes
Bellefonte
Penn
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Atlanta, Ga
New Orleans
Mobile
Birmingham
Little Rock
Memphis
Nashville
Knoxville
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Kansas City
Columbus
Prisoner Curse News of Removal in Mississippi Case
In Laurel Mississippi on October 27 193? George Jackson and Lois his 18 year old son co charged in the death of 15 year old Hester Jackson. The family, including the mother and another son, is detained in local jails while County Attorney Larry Thompson says the boy confessed killing his sister on his father’s orders and wrote a suicide note allegedly signed by the victim. Preliminary hearing dates were not disclosed.
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Laurel
Miss
Bay Springs
Jones County
George Jackson
Lois
Hester
Jackson
Ellisville
Kermie
Larry Thompson
Jacksons
Jasper
25 Persons Escape As School Bus Burns
SHREVEPORT La Oct 27 Quick work by Roger Beckwith a filling station attendant saved lives and prevented serious injury to a Weston La party of 25 on an excursion to the state fair when their bus caught fire The driver Mrs Charlie Swanner and many children suffered minor cuts as they escaped by breaking wagon side glass Two unnamed children received first aid for minor cuts at a nearby hospital emergency room
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Shreveport
Roger Beckwith
Weston
Jonesboro
Charlie Swanner
Attacker Is Killed Marianna Fil a
National guard quell mob in Attacker Is Killed Marianna after a lynching. About 200 to 300 residents gathered around the courthouse while 120 guardsmen from Tallahassee and Panama City arrived to protect Bud Gammon charged with striking Walter Cook. The mutilated body of Claude Neal was later dragged from a jail shift.
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Marianna
Fila
P— National Guard
National
Tallahassee
Panama City
Dave Sholtz
Bud Gammon
Walter Cook
Gammon
Rivers Buford
State Supreme Court
J. C. Cooper
W. ¥. Chambliss
Greenwood
Here
Shultz
Roosevelt
Cummings
Atlanta
Commission On Interracial Cooperation
Claude Neal
Brewton
Ala
Florida
W. W. Alexander
Bankhead Act May Expire This Year
Washington reports AAA officials fear the Bankhead cotton control bill will lapse at end of 1934. A referendum under AAA will decide continuance. two thirds of cotton growers must vote yes for a presidential proclamation to extend the measure for another year.
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Washington
AAA
Bankhead
Senator Bankhead
Renovize Drive Pledges 64.5 Percent Redeemed
Monroe and West Monroe property owners and renters pledged for Renovize the Twin Cities campaign. Total pledges 1,543 worth about 357 thousand dollars for repairs alterations and remodeling. Redemption reached 64.5 percent with progress toward total redemption.
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Renovize Drive
Monroe
West Monroe
Twin Cities
S. H. McClary
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Arthur Brisbane
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Rap Farley
Business Chiefs
George Dern
Bert W. Henry
Honest Election League
Huey P. Long
John H. Overton
Huey
Henry
Overton
Dillard
Desperadoes
Kansas Town
Florida Town
Black
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