Ethiopia under Ras Taffari after royal battle
Addis Ababa reports from Stefani News confirm a clash between Abyssinian government troops led by Negus Taffari and 10 000 riflemen under Ras Gugsa. Ras Gugsa and hundreds were killed and many wounded. Empress Zauditu died at 54 amid royal honors. Ethiopia remains tranquil with a palace transfer to Rass Taffari. Great Britain France and Italy guard Africa’s balance of power.
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Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Abyssinia
Stefani News Agency
Today
Negus Taffari
Menelik II
Ras Gugsa Olie
Zauditu
Ras Gugsa
Negus Taffaris
Judith
Solomon
Sheba
Ras Taffari
Negus
Guebbi
Liji
Ethiopia
Judah
Great Britain
France
Italy
Robbers Loot Union Trust Bank in Dayton Heist
Five masked robbers armed with a machine gun held up five bank employees at the Xenig avenue branch of the Union Trust company and several customers. They looted the vault of nearly all cash and fled with an estimated 30 000 to 40 000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Ohio
Xenig Avenue
Union Trust Company
Modernizing the 23rd Psalm for the Auto Age
Swarthmore professor Dr. Jesse H. Holmes urges a new rendering of the 23rd Psalm for modern city life. He proposes substitutes that cast the Lord as the automobile’s low gear, an antiseptic in epidemics, a dynamo recharging batteries, and sunlight for health from ultraviolet rays.
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Associated Press
New York
Jesse H. Holmes
Swarthmore College
Evans Fires At Intruder In Defense Of Home
Mrs H E Evane, jailed in Dallas, claims self defense after shooting 18 year old Bernice Burger as she stepped from a car before Evane’s home. Burger identified Evane as firing after warning Bernice she would be killed. Evane later surrendered to police. she is the husband’s third wife with three children.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
H. E. Evane
Bernice Burger
Miss Burger
Evans
Bernice
New Orleans Accountant Given 10 Day Jail Term for Telephone Swearing
Gerald J. Murphy a gray haired accountant was jailed for 10 days by Recorder Leninger for swearing at a city telephone operator during the last city primary election. Murphy claimed intoxication but was told his conduct was below the standard of a professional man and education.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Gerald J. Murphy
Leninger
Murphy
Nicholas Cabajal
Government Seeks to Tax Capone Income
The government in Chicago claims Capone’s income is enormous and seeks to prove falsified tax returns. Telegraphic money orders totaling 100000 were seized and linked to Capone and associates. A subpoena duces tecum was served on Western Union to obtain original telegram copies. Records show 1928 money orders from 7 000 to 20 and sent between Chicago and Miami, listing Capone and family.
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Y Associated Press
Chicago
Suport
Scarface
Capone
Capote
Theovernment
Western Union Telegraph
Dwight Green
Miami
Pretty Kansas Girl 13 Dead in Alcohol Poisoning
Police investigate the death of Margaret Bridges a 13 year old girl in Manhattan Kansas amid rumors she was poisoned by alcohol. Tests at Kansas State Agricultural College will determine the poison in her organs.
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United Press
Manhattan
Kas
Margaret Bridges
Kansas State Agricultural , College
Thomas Street Fight Hinges on Public Road Status
Federal case before Judge Ben C Dawkins pits the city of Monroe against the Missouri Pacific Railroad over whether Thomas street where it crosses the railroad tracks is a public highway. City attorney H H Russell says the suit seeks to stop the railroad from blocking the crossing. two witnesses J W Johnston and KR C Prichard testified.
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Monroe
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Thomas Street
Ben C. Dawkins
J. W. Johnston
KR. C. Prichard
Missouri Pacific
H. H. Russell
Five Men Guard Three Prisoners on Way to Arcadia
Henry Prudhomme Luther Bore and Walker Robinson were moved to Arcadia Bienville parish this morning without incident and will be arraigned this afternoon Prudhomme faces an accessory charge in a Ringgold bank robbery and denies involvement saying he was framed William O Neal alias Sparks admitted participation in the robbery.
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Henry Prudhomme
Luther C. Bore
Walker R. Robinson
Arcadia
Bienville Parish
Prudhomme
Ringgold
William O’neal
William Sparks
Miner Preacher Dies Kneeling in Prayer at Kentucky Mine
John Engle a coal miner by weekday and Baptist preacher on Sundays died kneeling in prayer after the Pioneer Coal company mine explosion at Kettle Island Kentucky last Saturday. Rescue workers described Engle found dead from poisonous gas as they retrieved bodies from the blast that killed 16 men.
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Associated Press
Kettle Island
John Engle
Pioneer Coal Company
Engle
Booth Tarkington III In Johns Hopkins Eye Treatment
Baltimore reports Booth Tarkington III, noted author, is under eye treatment at Wilmer Institute Johns Hopkins hospital. Condition remained unknown to the public as of today, with only doctors and family informed.
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Baltimore
Booth Tarkington
Wilmer Institute
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Ouachita High Graduates Excel in College Studies
Special to The News-Star from Rayville reports contractor T. Ele ments and assistant Fred Hemler, hired to pave the Dixie-Overland highway section from Delhi to Boeuf river, arrested for obstructing a public highway. They posted bonds of 1000 and 5000 respectively after a brief detention. five employed workers were released as charges were dropped.
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News-Star
Rayville
Delhi
Boeuf River
Fred Hemler
Richland
Clements
Dixie-Over
Ouachita Parish High Graduates Excel in First College Year
Superintendent T O Brown reported six months ending March 7 showing Ouachita parish high graduates led state peers in first college year work. Four year failure rate was only 6 percent, far below other large schools. Independence posted 33.5 percent. The session noted Rondale School nearing completion with water and gas pending.
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Ouachita Parish
T. O. Brown
Parish
Ouachita
New Rondale
Texas Senate Aspirant Proposes Giving Every Poor Man a Cow
A. Mutchner, candidate for Morris Sheppard's senate seat, outlines a platform here advocating government aid to the poor by providing each man a cow. His proposals include using federal troops to close stock exchanges, letting Canadians vote on union entry, building a navy equal to any flotilla, and recognizing Soviet Russia for trade.
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San Angelo
Tex
A. Mutchner
Morris Sheppard
New York
Chicago
Canada
Union
United States Navy
Seven Seas
Russia
Swedish Queen Dies in Rome at Age 67
The queen of Sweden died today in Rome after a lingering illness. She was 67 and had suffered deteriorating health for years. The king and other family members were with her as death occurred at 7 p.m. local time.
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Rome
Sweden
Thugs Rob Orleans Gas Station in Saratoga Street Attack
Three men attempted a second robbery at Victory Oil in Saratoga Street. They slugged manager Robert Monroe, stole cash and damaged the station, then fled. Monroe identified suspect David Jones, who was arrested after the assault left him in critical condition.
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New Orleans
Victory Oil Company
Saratoga Street
Robert Monroe
Monroe
David Jones
Pupils Enter Rally at Crosley School West Monroe
About 500 pupils from 23 parish schools attended the Ouachita parish elementary school rally at Crosley school in West Monroe despite rain. Girls teams from Chenire, Drew, Crosley and Swartz won morning matches and will vie tomorrow for a silver loving cup. Boys’ volleyball results were incomplete by 2 p.m.
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Crosley
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Cheniere
Drew
Swartz
Dawkins and Ford Deny Guilt in Alledged Fraud
Dawkins and Ford pleaded not guilty to false pretenses in Caddo district court. Trial set for April 16 with requests for early trials. Bradley sign painters indicted but not arraigned. motions to quash indictments filed.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
T. C. Dawkins
Bandit in Memphis Seeks 200 to Live Three Months
A gaunt bandit in Hunt Brothers Furniture store Memphis says he has three months to live and needs 200 cash to see him through. He weakly held a chair, pointed a pistol at workers, and claimed 35 was all the cash inside while leaving 3,000 in a safe before departing after shaking hands with victims.
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Memphis
Tenn
Hunt Brothers Furniture
Sister Accuses Alabama Woman of Intent to Kill
Birmingham Alabama April 4 Mrs Fate Doss of Kimberly is being sought on an assault with intent to murder warrant sworn by her sister Mrs John Rickles, amid a family dispute that preceded the shooting death of Rickles' husband. Fate Doss had been jailed on Rickles’ complaint prior to the warrant.
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Birmingham
Ala
Fate Doss
Kimberly
Jefferson County
John Rickles
Census Easily Taken at Louisiana Penitentiary
Associated Press reports a smooth census at the Louisiana State Penitentiary Baton Rouge. The largest family on the parish sheet listed 125 names at one address with all inmates answering easily. Data covered inmates at the receiving station and related statistics. Nearly 2,000 more will be counted at Angola penal farm in West Feliciana parish.
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Baton Rouge
General Penitentiary
Angola Penal Farm
West Feliciana
Bomb Explodes in Chicago Storeroom Headquarters
A black powder bomb exploded in a northwest side storeroom early today causing slight damage. The room served as the headquarters of William Suwalski a Republican ward committee man candidate in Chicago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Suwalski
Tutwiler Post Office Robbed of 400 Dollars in Stamps
Thieves broke into the Tutwiler post office at two o'clock this morning and stole about 400 dollars in money and stamps. Bloodhounds were used in an effort to track the culprits.
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Tutwiler
Miss
Fate Plays A Prank: Pilots Jump To Death In Flaming Plane
Tulsa scene reports two student pilots Louis Crippin and Joe Bryant leaped from a burning plane above a golf course. Crippin, 27, and Bryant, 28, died after parachutes were not used. Investigators say the craft might have survived if they had stayed aboard. In Danville Virginia a separate crash killed Robert Perdue and injured Fleming Wright after a tail spin near the airport. Both men died from injuries.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
Louis Crippin
Crippin
Joe Bryant
Claremore
Oklo
Bryant
Danville
Robert B. Perdue
Fleming Wright
Radio facsimile sends full newspaper page 2500 miles
Engineers demonstrated a new automatic carbon recorder that reproduces a complete front page across the continent. The San Francisco Call Bulletin was captured in three strips and pasted together at the GE lab in Glenville near Schenectady. The system uses a facsimile transmitter developed by E F W Alexanderson and recorder by Charles J Young.
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Associated Press
Schenectady
N. Y
San Francisco Call Bulletin
Charles J. Young
Owen BD. Young
General Electric Company
General Electric Radio
Glenville
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