Dr Maxwell B Allen Found Dead With Woman in Duplex
City police reported the physician Dr Maxwell B Allen dead in his duplex near a bed where a young woman about 22 lay shot through the throat. The woman tentatively identified as Florence Lapeple, the doctor's secretary nurse, was found beside disrupted surroundings including a dislodged telephone receiver and knocked over lampshade and liquor bottles. An assistant medical examiner ruled it murder and death by own action.
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United Press
New York
Maxwell B. Allen
Florence Lapeple
Wild Gusher Halts Traffic On Road And Rail
Gas and oil erupted from the Nash and Windfohr No. 1 near Graham Texas halting Rock Island Railroad traffic and stopping nearby highway travel. Workmen fight the blowout while guards keep passengers trains and spectators at a distance. Daily output is about 15 000 000 cubic feet of gas and 5 000 barrels of oil.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Graham
Texas
Nash and Windfohr
Tiny Airplane Starts Upon Long Test Flight
Pilot Stanley C. Huffman, operations manager at Embry-Riddle in Cincinnati, took off at 7 a m in a 400 pound Aeronca C with a 35 horsepower engine and 35 gallons of fuel on a 600 mile nonstop test to New York. Lunken field officials called it the longest flight yet attempted by such a small craft.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
New York
Stanley C. Huffman
Huffman
Embry-Riddle Company
Aeronca C
Lunkenfield
Bill Banker Held for Speeding on Orleans Street
New Orleans April 9 W B Bill Banker Tulane universitys all American football half back faces a 90 day suspension of his automobile license for speeding 50 miles an hour at St Charles avenue and Adams street Arrested by motorcycle officer Charles Ruhl parole given Police Superintendent Ray will decide whether license is revoked
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New Orleans
W. B
Bill
Tulane University
St. Charles Avenue
Adams Street
Charles Ruhl
Parola
Ray
Ford's Company Reports Profit For 1929 Rise
Ford Motor Company shows an indicated profit of 81.8 million dollars for 1929, reversing losses in 1928 and 1927. The balance sheet dated December 1, 1929, lists total assets and a per share value of 473 dollars on 172,645 shares, per state taxation and corporations records.
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United Press
Boston
Mass
Ford Motor Company
Henry F. Long
Ford
Feud Ends in Death and Arrest in Mississippi
A six year feud between W. G. Belote and G. H. Blackwell ended with Belote's death after Blackwell fired a shotgun at close range. Blackwell was arrested by Deputy J. O. Crawford, found with whiskey, and held for the grand jury without bond. Belote died in a Memphis hospital.
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Hernando
Miss
W. G. Belote
G. H. Blackwell
Belote
Blackwell
Lake Front
Lake View
Memphis
J. O. Crawford
Crown Princess Marie Jose Enlists in Red Cross Nurse Training
In Turin on April 9, Crown Princess Marie Jose begins Red Cross training as a volunteer nurse. Her mother, the queen of the Belgians, nursed wounded soldiers during the war.
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Associated Press
Turin
Italy
Marie Jose
Red Cross
Noted Love Expert Will Make War Upon Flappers
Mrs. Nelle Brooke Stull, founder of the Widows and Widowers club of Elyria Ohio, arrives in New York to campaign against flappers. She advocates middle aged men marrying their own age and warns that flappers are motion without emotion. She plans to distribute a pamphlet and will also campaign in Chicago.
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New York
Nelle Brooke Stull
Elyria
Ohio
Hull
Widows and Widowers Club
Mississippi impeachment case shifts as defense goes global
Carl Marshall defends Lester Franklin amid impeachment proceedings in Jackson Mississippi. Marshall says he received 80 000 dollars from Warren Brothers Roads and did not give any to Franklin. House delays action and extends date amid secrecy bonds and governor pardons.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Carl Marshall
Mississippi
Lester C. Franklin
State Tax Commission
House of Representatives
Marshall
New Orleans
Franklin
Warren Brothers Roads Company
House
Bilbo
Bay St. Louis
Tax Commission
Grand jury in Bastrop probes death case against Ellis Hayden
A Bastrop grand jury began hearings on the murder charge against Ellis Hayden after an autopsy found Mrs Lavinia Hayden died from poisoning. Witnesses included Dr C W Ducommen and Dr R B Leavell along with neighbor witnesses Eva Autrey and her husband. District Attorney Garret led the presentation. foreman P G Gallagher. Hayden stays jailed in Morehouse parish.
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News-Star
Bastrop
Ellis Hayden
Lavinia Hayden
C. W. Ducommen
Morehouse Parish
Eva Autrey
Leavell
Explosion at Dupont plant kills worker in glazing mill
An explosion at the Dupont powder plant in Keokuk Iowa on April 9 killed John Haddon who was alone in the glazing mill at the time. The blast caused extensive property damage.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Dupont
John Haddon
Mayor Calls Meeting Over Paralyzed Residents Health Crisis
Mayor Arnold Bernstein schedules a 4 p.m. meeting with local physicians to address rising full and partial paralysis cases linked to impure liquor and Jamaica ginger in Monroe and West Monroe. Police estimate 100 to 150 fake paralysis cases, with alcohol consumption down.
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Twin Cities
Jamaica
Arnold Bernstein
H. D. Apgar
Monroe
West Monroe
F. C. Bennett
R. W. Faulk
J. W
Mayor C. C. Bell Defeats Watkins in West Monroe
Unusual voter interest marked Democratic primaries across Northeast Louisiana. Mayor C. Gayne of Ruston scored a sweeping victory while Rayville’s Mayor J. Sneichen narrowly fell to W. T. Jones. In Jonesboro a tight race continued.
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Rayville
Jones
Louisiana
C. ©. Gayne
Ruston
J. Sneichen
W. T. Jones
Jonesboro
West Monroe City Primary Yields Mayor and Marshal Victories
In West Monroe Democratic primary, Bell defeats Watkins 490 to 255 to become mayor while Hammons prevails 500 to 238 over Grant for city marshal and chief of police. Co. C. Bell affirms a business like administration as 748 ballots cast from 431 registered voters.
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Co. C. Bell
J. M. Hammons
West Monroe
Bell
J. H. Watkins
Mr. Hammons
T. A. Grant
Fred R. Mitchell
McDonald
W. S&s. Heard
Walter Norris
Court Rules Against Refusal of Oil Prospecting Permits
In Washington on April 9 the District of Columbia Supreme Court dis approved Secretary Wilbur’s refusal of oil and gas permits on public lands. The court ordered writs of mandamus to reinstate applications by Richard D. Vedder of California and Roy Barton of New Mexico for permits.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jennings Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Wilbur
Hoover
Richard D. Vedder
California
Roy ©. Barton
New Mexico
Zachary First Fully Enumerated Division in Parish Census
Zachary in East Baton Rouge is the first parish division completely enumerated in the census. The town reports a population of 626, up from 524 in the previous count, a 19.5 percent rise.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Zachary
East
Hambone's Meditations: Agent Tries to Rally Worksfolk
A humorous column notes an agent attempting to organize unemployed folks while many are seen riding in cars, signaling a scene of idle activity and social commentary in a rural setting.
Proposal to shrink rural communities plan to two states
J M Patterson of Georgia outlined to President Hoover a plan to cut the Simmons Criep bill’s scope from 12 to 2 southern and southwestern states for organized rural communities. The interior secretary would choose the two states and adjust funding from 12 million to 3 million, with the House action expected. The original bill listed Alabama to Texas across 12 states.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Hoover
J. M. Patterson
Albany
State Committee of Proponents
Secretary of the Interior
Patterson
House
Agriculture Committees
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Indicted in Jamaica Ginger Sale Case Set for May Trial
Forty three persons including officers of firms in Boston New York Brooklyn St Louis and Cincinnati face trial May 39 at a special session of the U S district court in Covington Kentucky. Judge A M Cochran called the session to curb Jamaica ginger as a beverage.
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Covington
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Cincinnati
U.S. District Court
A. M. Cochran
Spokane WCTU secretary admits sending scandal letters
Miss Belle Jourdan, 37, Spokane County WCTU secretary, confesses writing letters about fictitious gambling and liquor-law violations to officers and others. She admits writing letters to herself that led to a federal grand jury indicting James Rainey and Arthur, though charges against the Reineys were not pressed. Postal investigators doubted guilt, and Jourdan says the letters began as a joke and continued as the case grew complicated.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
Belle Jourdan
Spokane County Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Miss
James Rainey
Arthur
Reineys
Miss Jourdan
Andrew Jackson high strike averted by school leader
In Jacksonville Florida Prof W S Wetzel urged student leaders to cancel a threatened walkout at Andrew Jackson high after non reappointment anger. Students planned a 10 am mass meeting and strike in protest, while the school board explained its reasons for not reappointing Wetzel.
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United Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Andrew Jackson High School
W. 5
Wetzel
Board of Education
Nme
Arkansas Boy Air Student Killed in Plane Crash
Lieut. Bert Muse, 25, army air student from Cedar Blades Arkansas, died when his plane crashed ten miles south of Brooks Field near San Antonio Texas. The accident occurred today and the aircraft burned after the impact.
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San Antonio
Teaus
Bert ©. Muse
Brooks Field
Here
Cedar Blades
Ark
Portland Man Arrested on Worthless Check Charge
Frank W. Meek was arrested in Portland Maine today on information from Canton Mississippi authorities that he was wanted there for passing worthless checks drawn on a Canadian bank.
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Associated Press
Portland
Maine
Frank W. Meek
Canton, Miss
O Connor Attacks Army Flood Strategy in House Speech
In Washington on April 9 Representative O Connor Democrat Louisiana denounced the army engineers as having made a dismal failure in solving the Mississippi river flood problem. He urged creating a hydraulic laboratory in the bureau of standards to aid flood control and research arguing Jadwins opposition aims to shield the valley from aid other than the army. Representative McDuffie Alabama Democrat opposed the bill saying no lab is needed in Washington.
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Washington
Army Engineers
House
O'Conner
Louisiana
Bureau of Standards
O’conner
Jadwin
Mississippi Valley
McDuffie
Alabama
Steel Merger Nears Victory After Court Decision
In Youngstown Ohio the merger between Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Bethlehem Steel appears assured barring new court action. Judge Turnbaugh refused to block voting on a 51 038 share block. advocates expect about 870 000 votes for the merger, exceeding the required 791 000.
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Associated Press
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Common Pleas Court
Turnbaugh
Cyrus S. Eaton
Antimerger Group
Judge Turnbaugh
L. A. Manchester
Sheet and Tube
Colleen Moore Rumored Separated From Husband
The Examiner reports Colleen Moore and her husband John McCormick have separated. Moore is expected to file for divorce within two weeks, likely citing incompatibility.
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Los Angeles
The
Examiner Today
Colleen Moore
John McCormick
Miss Moore
Great Southern Lumber Authorized to Build River Bridge
A bill signed by President Hoover authorizes the Great Southern Lumber company of Bogs luss La to construct a railroad bridge across the Bogue Chute river in Washington parish.
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Associated Press
Washington
Great Southern Lumber Company
Bogsluss
Hoover
Bogue Chute River
Washington Parish
Train Hits Standing Train in Dense Fog at Alvin
A Missouri Pacific fast train crashed into a standing train at Alvin Texas in dense fog killing a negro brakeman and badly injuring engineer Buck Rafford. At least 28 others on the rear train were only lightly hurt as rescue teams worked hours to remove a wedged body from between cars.
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Associated Press
Alvin
Texas
Missouri Pacific
Brownsville
H. R. Safford
Buck Rafford
Raiford
St. Mary’s Infirmary
Galveston
Mack Brazier
No. 14
Rafford
Kingsville
Safford
Shirts and Shorts Shown For Women's Tennis Wear
New York reports a summer 1950 fashion show by garment retailers of America at the Hotel Astor featuring 140 mannikins. The display includes silk satin cotton fabrics lace fur with pastel colors and wearable designs plus pajama sets and tennis outfits with matching skirts and long evening wraps.
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Associated Press
New York
America
Hotel Astor
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