Boeing Built 20 Ton Bomb Plane Rolls Out for Tests
Seattle April 16 A 20 ton bomber built by Boeing Aircraft rolls out for preliminary testing after three years of secrecy. The monoplane features a 105 foot wingspan four 1 000 horsepower engines full crew quarters and advanced safety systems including de icing heating and fire protection. It carries a 110 volt electrical system and auxiliary gasoline power plants to reduce engine load.
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Boeing Aircraft Company
Two Saw Way Out Of Hammond Jail
In Hammond Louisiana April 16 two prisoners escaped using a hack saw hidden by an outsider. Weldon Lambert of Roseland charged with jury tampering and Howard Scott 19 charged with murder hid from authorities after the Kinchen Bridges case. Scott later returned claiming Lambert forced him to flee.
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Hammond
Weldon Lambert
Roseland
Kinchen Bridges
Amite
Howard Scott
Scott
Lambert
Homer
Big Bridge 10 Bids Sought May 26 In Baton Rouge
L P Abernathy announces bids due May 26 for a 12 009 foot Cantilever bridge over the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge Louisiana. The $7 million project will span water for 3 326 feet with one rail and two 20 foot vehicular lanes funded by a 5 5 million state bond allocation and a grant.
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Baton Rouge
L. P. Abernathy
Louisiana Highway Commission
Mississippi River
Flying Party Visits Monroe for Louisiana Tour Stop
Preparations completed for the National Aeronautic Association party from Louisiana to conclude an airplane tour in Monroe Saturday at 4 30 p.m. The 25 planes carry over 50 people and will be greeted at Selman airport then chauffeured to Mayor Bernstein's country place for a Chamber of Commerce barbecue at 6 p.m. The group stays in city hotels Saturday night before leaving Sunday for other stops including Shreveport Lafayette New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
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Louisiana State Department
National Aeronautic Association
Monroe
Selman
Bernstein
Chamber of Commerce of
West Monroe
Shreveport
Lafayette
New Orleans
Natchitoches
de Ridder
Jake Charles
Avery Island
Patterson
Houma
Covington
Baton Rouge
Alexandria
Eatmon First in Tennessee to Get Death in 'Hot' Seat
Roy Wilburn Eatman a 24 year old Memphis gunman died in Tennessee electric chair at dawn after an armed robbery murder. He refused comment as his wife and baby waited outside for burial back in Arkansas. In Chicago three police killers died in Cook County’s first humanized electric chair test with hidden executioners and guards unsure which chair delivered the lethal blast.
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Nashville
Tenn
Roy Wilburn Eatman
Tennessee
Osceola
Ark
Memphis
Penitentiary
Shelby County
Chicago
Cook County
Joseph Schuster
Frank “Doc” Whyte
Stanley Murawski
Frank Sain
A. A. Brill
New York
Newspapermen Urge Balance and Virility
Washington newsmen urged editors to seek balance and virility in columns to preserve public confidence. George Fort Milton warned that enemies of press freedom exist within the press itself, who push one-sided or false portrayals of government labor capital and individuals.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
George Fort Milton
Chattanooga News
Weather outlook for Louisiana and Arkansas
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with moderate variable winds along the coast in Louisiana. In Arkansas, expect cloudy skies warmer in the east tonight, Saturday scattered thunder showers and cooler in the northwest portion.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Paroles Granted to 24 Convicts in Louisiana
Baton Rouge April 16. State parole board secretary Joseph L. Pullen announced 24 convicts were granted paroles. Names include Silverio Ariz Orleans parish narcotic law violation and McKinley West West Baton Rouge grand larceny. Other offenses cover larceny manslaughter forgery and shooting into a dwelling by various parishes.
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Baton Rouge
Joseph L. Pullen
State Board of Parole
Silverio J. Ariz
Orleans Parish
Philip Spearing
Orleans
Charles Lauer
Will Howard
Clarance Cheramie
Jefferson
Cleveland Brown
DeSoto
Square Davis
Webster
Cookie Laneaux
Terrebonne
Billie Batchie
McKinley West
West Baton
Vernon
Donald Moore Quachita
John G. O'Malley
Beauregard
Don Nelson
Iberia
Sherman Mills
Calcasieu
Eddie Aaron
West Baton Rouge
Rail Pension Refund Plan Impacts Budget Projections
Washington April 16 A new railroad pension proposal creates a $100 million hole in administration revenue estimates. Rep Deoughton Democrat North Carolina introduced a rail retirement program offering about $50 million in tax refunds to carriers and workers, aiming to replace the 1935 retirement law amid treasury opposition.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Deoughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Railroad Management and
Coughton
Management
Labor
Roosevelt
Mounted Officer in Orleans Guilty
Ernest F. Goodwin, 36, a New Orleans mounted patrolman, was convicted of manslaughter in the slaying of his 31 year old estranged wife Barbara. The jury returned a guilty verdict at 1 50 am after deliberating since 3 50 pm Thursday. The verdict carries one to 20 years in prison with sentence to be set next week.
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New Orleans
Ernest F. Goodwin
Barbara
Goodwin
George P. Platt
House Backs Gavagan Anti Lynching Bill in Bitter Vote
The House approved the Gavagan anti lynching bill 277 to 119 amid sharp opposition from Southern lawmakers. It imposes fines up to 5 000 and prison terms up to 25 years for mob related violence and authorizes damages to victims families from local counties. Senate resistance and regional dispute loom as NAACP leaders urge law backed by supporters.
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Washington
House
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Sumners
Texas
Rankin
Georgia
Cox
Teachers Seek to Add Grade in Public Schools
Shreveport Louisiana April 16 A Louis Parent-Teacher association convention focuses on curriculum changes to place the 8th grade in elementary schools and add a 12th grade. More than 400 delegates attend as sessions run through Saturday with post-convention meetings.
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Shreveport
Louis Parent-Teacher Association
Forced Vehicle Off Road Triggers 10 Mile Chase
Shreveport Louisiana April 16 After another motorist forced Colonel E P Roy to leave the highway he resumed drive and pursued the offender for 10 miles south of Alexandria Roy narrowly escaped a head on crash by swerving into a ditch. Charges of careless and reckless driving were filed against the motorist in Alexandria.
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Shreveport
E P. Roy
Alexandria
Roy
W. J. Leppert
New Orleans
State Safety Commission
Blockade By 27 Nations To Start Monday Midnight
The neutral committee announced a global blockade starting at midnight next Monday April 19. Merchant ships flying the US flag must prove papers but won’t be searched in Spanish waters. The fleet includes Britain France Germany and Italy to stop contraband under the hands off Spain plan. Rebels regain Mount Saibi near Bilbao as government forces retreat with heavy losses. Government artillery repels insurgent attempts near Madrid at Manzanares river.
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Associated Press
United States
Neutrality Committee
Spain
Bay of Biscay
Emilio Mola
Bilbao
Basque
Saibi
Basque Plains
Durango
Madrid
Manzanares
Governor Will Inquire Into Lynching Case
Jackson Mississippi April 16 UPI Governor Hugh White announced plans to personally investigate the lynching of two Black men at Ducie Hill and warned that federal anti lynching legislation, if enacted, will be costly for the state as county officers demand guard details to protect prisoners. He reaffirmed opposition to lynching despite the recent mob killings of Roosevelt Townes and Bootjack McDaniels.
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Jackson, Miss
Upi
Hugh White
Ducie Hill
House
National Guard
White
Roosevelt Townes
McDaniels
Candidate’s Father Dies in Alexandria Runoff Context
Paul A. Gilham Sr., 63, prominent Alexandria businessman and former mayoral candidate in 1929, died of a heart attack in Alexandria. Survived by wife Betty Bagley Gilham, son Paul Jr, four daughters, and a brother in Atlanta. Son Paul Jr. is in a runoff for mayor against incumbent V. V. Lamkin next month. Died after moving to Alexandria in 1910 from Atlanta. involved with a beverage concern.
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Alexandria
Paul A. Gilham
Gilham
Paul Gilham, Jr
V. V. Lamkin
Mr. Gilham
Atlanta
Gillams
Betty Bagley Gilham
Paul, Jr
Thelma Polk
Melissa Thomas
Virginia Gilham
Elsie Schubert
Lake Charles
P. C. Gilham
Old veteran doctor dies at 92 in Covington
Dr. G. B. Gillespie, 92, longtime physician for 58 years and Civil War veteran, died yesterday of a heart attack in Covington Tennessee. He studied medicine in 1875 and later attended schools in Vienna London and Edinburgh.
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Covington, Tenn
G. B. Gillespie
States
Gillespie
Vienna
London
Edinburgh
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