Defendants in Mer Rouge Kidnapping Surrender
Warrants for eighteen defendants in Morehouse parish masked hand depredations and the Mer Rouge kidnapping case were handed to Sheriff Carpenter. Several defendants arrived to surrender and post bonds, with others expected to surrender before noon. District Attorney Garrett filed thirty bills against Captain J. K. Skipwith and others for conspiracy to murder and related offenses.
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Morehouse
Fred Carpenter
Dalton
Court House
Carpenter
Morehouse Parish
Fhe Met Rouge
Watt Daniels
Bastrop
James Dalton
David J. Garrett
A. V. Coco
Fred M. Odom
Monroe
Dr. B. M. McKoin
Ed Ivy
Laurie Cathound
Sixth District Court
J. K. Skipwith
Morehouse Klan
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Capt
Skipwith
Marvin Pickett
Cud Pickett
Renton Pratt
Eldridge
McIntosh
Cox
T. J. Burnett
E. N. Gray
Oliver Skipwith
Smith Stevenson
Rogers
Fred Higginbotham
Kelly Harp
B. M. McKain
Mer Rouge
Laurie Calhoun
W. P. Kirkpatrick
Cyclops
W. F. Daniels
T. F. Richards
McKain
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
McKoin
Education on Bank Duties in Schools Urged at Meeting
At the Louisiana Bankers Association session in Shreveport officials and bankers urged teaching banking in public schools and backing tick eradication. The group endorsed tax relief for farmers, inexpensive long-term money, and a protective tariff while stressing education campaigns in parishes to influence public opinion and support enforcement of laws to aid agriculture.
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Agricultural Committee
Louisiana Bankers' Association
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Arrest Morehouse Man On Charge Of Trespassing There
Winnie Carroll of Bonite Morehouse parish was arrested by Sheriff Pred Carpenter for trespassing at Bastrop Pulp and Paper Company. The arrest followed an affidavit by Captain J. K. Skipwith of the Ku Klux Klan alleging Carroll wore a white robe and mask and prowled the plant with a shotgun. District Attorney David J. Garrett planned a bill of information naming a second charge, motive undetermined.
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Winnie Carroll
Morehouse Parish
Pred Carpenter
Bastrop Pulp and Paper Company
Bastrop
Carroll
J. K. Skipwith
Enyclops
Morehouse Klan
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Paper and Pulp Company
Eight charged in Morehouse parish kidnaping case
In Morehouse parish authorities filed eight charges against T Jeff Burnett and accomplices including conspiracy to compel a person to leave an automobile and assault with a dangerous weapon. Others named include Captain J K Skipwith and Marvin Pickett with related counts of unlawfully carrying a firearm and conspiracies across northern parish areas.
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Skipwith
Marvin Pickett
Cad Pickett
Dr. McKoin
Burnett
T Jeff Burnett
Morehouse Parish
Bennett
Laurie Calhoun
Sastrop
Carpenter
J. K. Skipwith
Cyclops
Morehouse Klan No
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Vaughn
Oliver Skipwith
T. J. Burnett
Spyker
Newt Gray
Mer Rouge
Smith Stevenson
Bastrop
Fred Higginbotham
Kelly Harp
W. P. Kirkpatrick
Cud Pickett
Benton Pratt
Eldridge
McIntosh
Cox
Rogers
Capt
Alonzo Braddock
Marvin
Summer and Spring in Limelight As Winter Departs
Weather across the plains warmed rapidly with springlike conditions spreading eastward. Pierre recorded ten degrees and the plains states saw temperatures around eighty degrees as winter receded in the western half.
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Adieu
Chicago
Pierre
Plains States
Stranded Loggers Reach Mainland With News Of Fox Island
Three men Edward Horn Carl Cooper and Ellis Sayres endure ice and cold for a week before reaching Northport Michigan with details that ten others and a woman starve on Fox Island in Lake Michigan. Two army airplanes depart Selfridge Field to deliver food and medicine.
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Lake Michigan
Associated Press
Northport
Mich
Bex Island
Selfridge Field
Mount Clemens
Fox Island
Edward Horn
Carl Cooper
Ellis Sayres
Horn
R. E. Flood
Five Die in Essex Castle Fire in Lynn Mass
Five persons were killed when the Essex Castle apartment building on Ellis Street in Lynn burned in the early hours. About 150 residents, mostly from forty nine suites, were affected as stairways were cut off and people jumped or were rescued by laddermen.
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Associated Press
Lynn
Mass
Essex Castle
Ellis Street
Marks Plunge on London Exchange Amid German Pressure
Berlin reports 900000 pounds sterling in marks traded on the London market yesterday. The Lokal Anzeiger says the move may be a French maneuver to disrupt Germanys bid to strengthen the mark and to weaken German resistance.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Germany
Just Four Smallpox Cases in Ouachita Reported
The Louisiana state board of health notes four smallpox cases in Ouachita for the week ending April 14, a figure equal to Monroe’s count last year. It orders vaccination for Monroe school children while some physicians dispute the diagnosis, citing chickenpox. Professor T C Brown denies any smallpox at Ouachita Parish High School in fifteen years.
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State Board of Health of
Louisiana
Ouachita
Monroe
State Health Board
State Board of Health
T. C. Brown
Quachita Parish
Tax Exempts Dominate US Burden Says banker in Louisiana
Dr. G W Gephart of the First National Bank of St Louis told the Louisiana State Bankers Association in Shreveport that the per capita tax burden in the US trails only Britain. He cited rising debts, extensive tax exemptions, and the shift of exemptions to high income brackets as undermining tax theory.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
United States
Great Britain
G. W. Gephart
First National Bank of St. Louis
Louisiana State Bankers’ Association
Mellon
The
Treasury
Gephart
Bilbo Sentence Cut to Ten Days in Lafayette Jail
Theodore G. Bilbo saw his prison term reduced from thirty to ten days by Judge FE Holmes in Lafayette county jail. The $100 fine was also removed. In a second item, Union Tank Car Company v Day and the Louisiana tax commission discussed a levy of $13 118 in East Baton Rouge parish.
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Oxford
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
Lafayette County
FE. R. Holmes
Federal Court
Holmes
Baton Rouge
Brunot
Union Tank Car Company
Robert Day
East Baton Rouge Parish
Louisiana Tax Commission
Tank Car Company
Louisiana
Fox trot craze tests endurance in Washington marathon dance
Washington April 19 thirty five of thirty seven entrants to Washingtons marathon dance remained strong after twelve hours. Most participants are men including doctors nurses dieticians and chiropodists. Scientific feeding provided 350 calories per hour. Championship contenders are a trained man and wife who have trained for two weeks.
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Associated Press
Washington
Grand Jury Won't Probe Morehouse Hooded Band Case
United States Grand Jury in Monroe will not investigate the Morehouse parish hooded band operations. U S Attorney Philip H Mecom cites limited federal jurisdiction and notes the Met Rouge kidnapping cases were state matters. The jury was convened to finish work started two weeks ago.
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United States District Courts
United States Grand Jury
Monroe
Morehouse Parish
United States
Philip H. Mecom
Shreveport
Mecom
Mer Rouge
Department of Justice
Met Rouge
Grand Jury
Berlin Theatre Prices Mount Arm Stiff Ticket Costs
Berlin reports soaring theatre prices with lists showing seats in exclusive venues at 39 000 marks, about four times a skilled workman’s daily wage, leaving patrons frustrated as they depart the box office.
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Berlin
Florida Moves to Abolish Whip in Convict Camps
In Florida the senate received an amendment to end whipping as punishment in convict camps. The joint committee investigating Martin Tabert's death heard witnesses from Putnam Lumber Co and described the brutal beating many faced. Testimony included accounts of more than a hundred lashes and the camp whip being used in harsh winter conditions.
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Associated Press
Tallahasre
Fla
Florida
Senate
Special
Joint Committee
Martin Tabert
North Dakota
Tabert
Dixie
Walter Higginbotham
Putnam Lumber Company
Mayte Mills
Oltte Rhodes
Clara
T. Capers Jones
Tebert
John Gardner
Fort Sam Houston
Means
Higginbotham
Fred Williams
Ernest Priest
Putniin Lumber Company
Tampa
Dates Dominate European Markets from Mesopotamia
A report from Alexandria notes dates are a major European and American staple sourced from Mesopotamia. The crop matures in summer, drives a key industry, with date palm groves along the Chatt-el-Arab river, from Faon to Kourna spanning about 138000 acres.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Europe
United States
Chatt-el-Arab
Faon
Persian Gulf
Kourna
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