Rum Runner Case Dismissed as Coast Guard Action Stands
In New Orleans on April 9 the U S district attorney asked for dismissal of the case against Captain John Randall and the crew of the Canadian schooner I'm Alone, sunk by a coast guard craft. The DA stressed the civil side remains under government control and the coast guard retains rights to seize and sink rum smugglers. The dismissal, directed by the Department of Justice, ends the criminal proceeding as the crew prepared to depart New Orleans.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
John Thomas Randell
I’m
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Edmond E. Talbot
Department of Justice
Washington
Hhe
Reginald H. Carter
Edwin H. Grace
Louisiana
Lindbergh Leaves Mexico City After Visit With Anne
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh departed the Valbuena field for the United States via Brownsville at 12 20 p m after a week with his fiancee Miss Anne Morrow. He did not disclose plans but was understood to head to New York City with several stops planned along the way.
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Mexico City
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Valbuena
United States
Brownsville
Anne Morrow
New York City
High Court Ruling Sought On Insanity Pleas in Ellis Case
Louisiana Supreme Court faces a test of constitutionality over act 17 of 1928 regarding insanity pleas. Judge Porter had ruled the act unconstitutional and allowed Ellis to plead insanity after lunacy board review, amid state appeals for writs to compel trial under the act.
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Ity Associated Press
Lake Charles
Louisiana Supreme Court
Porter
Oberlin District Court
Grover Ellis
Sam 4. Jones
Supreme Court
Ellis
Rain Benefits Hammond Strawberry Crop Boosts Local Market
A beneficial rain falling across Hammond and Ponchatoula areas is expected to yield millions for the strawberry industry. Cooler weather and a westward storm brought a high wind but no damage. Yesterday 114 cars of strawberries departed Ponchatoula, which supplies about a quarter of the cars.
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Hammond
Ponchatoula
Louisiana teachers cannot whip pupils, only suspend
District Attorney David I. Garrett received an opinion from Assistant Attorney General Peyton R. Sandoz stating that Louisiana teachers cannot whip unruly pupils. The attorney general suggests punishment is limited to dismissal from the institution. Garrett intends to submit the letter to the school board for guidance to teachers.
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David I. Garrett
Peyton R. Sandoz
New Orleans
Louisiana
Garrett
Dren
Joe Renwick
Sandoz
Journalists summoned in Hardy trial
Judge Carlos S. Hardy faces impeachment proceedings over alleged efforts to aid Aimee Semple McPherson’s conspiracy case. Witnesses Wallace Moore and Marshall Selover testified they were told they could face a libel action if they misidentified a woman seen with radio operator Kenneth Ormiston during the 1920s missing-person case.
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Sacramento
Calif
Carlos S. Hardy
Aimee Semple McPherson
Senate Court of Impeachment
Wallace Moore
Marshall Selover
Moore
Santa Barbara
Kenneth Ormiston
McPherson
Angelus Temple
Hardy
District Judge Sets New Bond in Mosely Case
Dr. C. H. Mosely former Riverside sanitarium head indicted by Ouachita parish grand jury for shooting J. F. Johnson with intent to murder is in a Memphis Tennessee sanitarium after an operation. Bond on the charge is set at 1500, while Judge Percy Sandel fixed Mosely’s bond at 3000 requiring a new bond. A 20 year potential penalty accompanies the true bill.
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C. H. Mosely
Riverside Sanitarium
Ouachita Parish
Grand Jury
Memphis,Tenn
Percy Sandel
Doctor Mosely
J. E. Johnson
Johnson
Two New Orleans Women Battle for Life Today
Two young women in New Orleans remain in grave condition after taking poison last night. Frances Rice, 22, drank poison in despair over herself. Adolphe Fernandez, 26, remained unconscious after four ounces of poison. Doctors held little hope for recovery.
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New Orleans
Frances Rice
Adolphe Fernandez
Lions Hold Louisiana Conference in Monroe
About 30 Lions officers secretaries and members from major Louisiana cities met in Monroe at the Hotel Virginia. The group opened sessions at 10 oclock and drafted plans for the state convention to be held in Baton Rouge on May 10. L P Abernathy the district governor resides in Monroe and hosted a luncheon.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Virginia
Baton Rouge
Lions Club
Hotel Virginia
L. P. Abernathy
Walker clinches NYC Democratic nomination on subway fare win
New York April 9 mayor James J Walker appeared to secure a second term nomination after New York City kept a five cent subway fare. Washington April 9 word spread that Charles Gates Dawes, former vice president, has been proposed as ambassador to Britain.
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New York
James J. Walker
Washington
White House
Charles Gates Dawes
Court of St. James
Plane Southern Cross Found Off Western Australia Coast
The missing Australian airship Southern Cross and Captain Charles Kingsford-Smith with three companions, long sought after during their attempted Sydney to England flight, were reported found by the Drysdale mission station in western Australia on the coast about 30 miles southwest of the station.
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Sydney
Southern Cross
Charles Kingsford-Smith
England
Drysdale
Western Australia
Four State Governors Refute Alleged Secret Party
The State Times reports telegraphs from nine governors denying any knowledge of an entertainment tied to a governors conference. Recipients include Huntley Spaulding William Tudor Gardiner John F Fisher Cary Hardee and others denying involvement or awareness of a party described by Seymour Weiss.
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Baton Rouge
State Times
Seymour Weiss
Roosevelt Hotel
Huntley N. Spaulding
New Hampshire
Santa Barbara
Calif
William Tudor Gardiner
Maine
John F. Fisher
Pennsylvania
Cary Hardee
Florida
Geo. FE. Dern
Utah
Bibb Graves
Alabama
F. Lee Trinkle
Virginia
Tien S. Paulen
Kansas
Impeachment Fight Resumes in Baton Rouge Tonight
The Louisiana House of Representatives will reconvene in Baton Rouge to resume testimony in the second of nineteen counts of charges against Governor Huey P. Long. The session, led by committee of the whole, follows a weekend recess as the trial framework awaits Senate procedure and a trial date set by Chief Justice Charles A. ONeill.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Huey P. Long
Senate
Charles A. O'Neill
State Supreme Court
House
Indictments Public From Ouachita Parish Grand Jury Session
The Ouachita Parish grand jury returned 45 true bills with 20 defendants in jail or on bond. Fifty five no bills were reported, totaling 100 cases over six days, a drop from 150 cases in fall 1928. District Attorney Garrett often files a bill of information when evidence justifies.
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Grand Jury
Sheriff’s Department
Ouachita Parish
David I. Garrett
Large Armed Posse Tracks Escaped Convict in Magnolia Swamp
Warden R M Amacker led a massive search around Magnolia swamp as Jim Heard, last of four escapees from Angola State Prison, hid after a breakout. Mississippi and Louisiana officers, with F L Cox, monitored the area through nightfall and morning rushes. Beck, a bank robber, surrendered nearby and claimed he shot a pursuing hound. Wilson, a purse thief, had stolen a car from Sidney Bramfield.
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Magnolia
Miss
R. M. Amacker
Louisiana
Angola
Magnolia Swamp
Jim Heard
Mississippi
F. L. Cox
Heard
Steven J. Beck
Fred Wilson
Sidney Bramfield
Fate of Revolt Hinges on Move of Rebel Chief
Forces in the Mexican Revolution pivot on General J Gonzalo Escobar coordinating actions with his main army as federals under General Calles advance. Escobar aims to reach Nogales Sonora by air from Chihuahua ahead of a westward rebel push while Calles heads toward Culican to drive north into Sonora. Obstacles include Entry timing into Sonora, Gardenas forces near Pulpetopaas, and the Naco garrison on the Arizona border.
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Ariz
J. Gonzalo Escobar
Sonora
P. Elias Calles
Sinaloa
Escobar
Chihuahua
Gardenas
Pulpetopaas
Fscovar
T 7 Oral
Naco
Arizona
Here
Work to Begin on New Orleans Municipal Airport
New Orleans Levee Board plans a modern municipal airport on the Lake Pontchartrain shore. Bids are being received as construction is set to start within a month. The project aims to make New Orleans an aerial center of the Southwest.
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New Orleans
Orleans
Toy water pistol ends bandit’s heavyhanded raid
In New Orleans on April 9 a 24-year-old man named Michael Rodesta faced a robber who cried Stick em up. The would‑be thief brandished a gun that proved to be a toy water pistol. Rodesta knocked him out with a punch and the suspect fled. he told police he was broke and was simply walking when accosted.
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New Orleans
Michael Rodesta
Mike
Road progress behind needs of the nation grows
Major Roy F. Britton, president of the Automobile Club of Missouri, told the Southern Commercial Secretaries association convention in Dallas that highway construction is 80 percent behind national needs after a decade of progress. He said the movement has moved from propaganda to construction.
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Associated Prega
Dallas
Texas
Roy F. Britton
Automobile Club of Missouri
Southern Commercial Secretaries Association
Robbers Loot Chicago Synagogue in First Worship-House Heist
Five masked thieves held 80 worshippers at a Chicago Romanian congregation to a wall during a half hour raid. They took about 7000 in cash and jewels from women and men, with two suspects later identified by victims. Laurence Bungardean, Romanian vice consul, narrowly escaped loss. The raid occurred during a meeting honoring United Romania in May.
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Associated Press
Chicago
First Romania
Laurence Bungardean
Rebbers
Victor Phillips
Bucharest
United Rumania
Queen Marie of
Rumania
Mr. Phillips
Five Die in Ranch Fire Near Akron
Five persons including Mr and Mrs Clark Phelps their two children and a hired hand were burned to death at a ranch house 20 miles southwest of Akron Colorado in a fire of undetermined origin. The bodies were found today after a neighbor reported seeing a blaze around 3 AM and mistaking it for a hay stack.
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Akron
Colo
Here
Clark Phelps
Phelps
Orphan Annie Joins The News Star Comic Page
Shes Coming Monday Little Orphan Annie joins The News Star comic strip lineup starting next Monday. Read about her trials tribulations escapes and victories as she becomes part of the paper every day. Subscribe now to follow her adventures in the pages ahead.
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Annie
News-Star
Orphan Annie
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