Roberson Murder Trial Jury Completes Ninth List
The jury for Howard Roberson’s murder trial was completed at 2:40 pm with J. J. Herring of Monroe Dry Goods accepted as the twelfth member. Testimony began as soon as the jury was formed, while the second trial's jury work continued with multiple talisman rejections and peremptory challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Roberson
Adolph Epstein
Swartzgrocer
J. J. Herring
Monroe Dry Goods Company
R. Downes, Jr
George Wesley Smith
W. H. Ellis
A. L. Harrington
B. B. Handy
meTie
Sandel
E. F. Connor
Sugar Bros
E. Sugar
Epstein
Bradley Waelder
H. W. Rayner
Manning C. McGuire
H. R. Wood
H. A. Millsaps
Roberson
J. T. Utley
Monroe
Ransuer
J. E. Ransuer
Ouachita Parish High Wins State Girls Volleyball Title
Ouachita Parish High School girls volleyball clinched the state championship by beating St. Gabriel 15-8 and Baton Rouge 15-6. Baton Rouge had held the crown for two years. Crowds reached about 5 000 with Shreveport's high school band performing at the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Larche
Baton Rouge
Ouachita Parish
St. Gabriel
Monroe
Bobby Germany
Duncan Kemp
Monroe City
Barnett
Davidson
LaFayette
Germany
Patterson High
Crowley
Mangham
C. Nelson
F. Nelson
France Wonders About Policies of New Cabinet
Paris watchers weigh Caillaux on tax policy after his return to power. The public fears a capital levy, but Caillaux cites a two year old book arguing capital assets have fluctuating value and cannot be taxed without risk. Interpellations were postponed until the budget passes. Moderates plan to await acts from the new ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Joseph Cailiasx
Herriot
Caillaux
Clarence Darrow Pleads for Munding’s Life on Birthday
Chicago lawyer Clarence Darrow, famed for defending Loeb and Leopold, pleads with a jury for the life of George W Munding, a master, who killed Mrs Julia Able Douglas. Munding is sentenced to 22 years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Loeb
Leopold
George W. Munding
Julia Able Douglas
Munding
Labor Killings at Bogalusa in Official Probe
Testimony in the Bogalusa labor leader Lem Williams case links killings to the Loyalty League and Great Southern Lumber. Witnesses recall a gunshot at the Williams home, a mill whistle signal, and a planned attack as the plaintiff seeks $50,000 damages.
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New Orleans
Lem Williams
Bogalusa
Loyalty League
Great Southern Lumber Company
Great Southern Company
Ernest
Frank Garner
Col
Louis F. Guerre
Great Southern
W. C. McGee
Williams Exhloit
Ernest Garner
Dr. Brumfield
Frank de Coursey
Tom Gaines
Gaines
C. W. Hammond
B. J. Burkett
Williams Home
Mary Powell
Talisheek
Williams
Williams Place
Great Southern Mill
River Stages on Mississippi and Red Rivers
River readings show Mississippi levels at St Louis 10.7 with 0.3 fall, Memphis 14.8 down 0.6, Vicksburg 23.7 down 0.4, New Orleans 5.2 up 0.1, while Red River readings list Shreveport 10.0 down 0.2, Alexandria 7.3 down 0.3, Ouachita Camden 4.1 down 0.1, and Monroe 18.3 down 0.1.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Red
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita Camden
Monroe
Eloise Kelly To Address LSU High School Rally
Eloise Kelly who helped LSU beat Florida in intercollegiate debate will address the high school rally at a barbecue for visiting guests on Friday afternoon. A musical program is also planned for the entertainment of rally attendees in Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Associated Press
Eloise Kelly
Louisiana State University
University of Florida
Louisiana High School Rally Opens at LSU Describes Events
Hundreds of Louisiana students converge on Baton Rouge for the state high school rally at LSU. Preliminaries in games run today with semis tomorrow and finals Saturday. College Night at Garr Hall and a Peabody Hall reception highlight Friday activities. More than 100 high schools represented. the rally began in 1909 and has continued annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana State University
Peabody Hall
Gariy Hall
Two Brothers Held After Mississippi Shooting
In Monticello Mississippi on April 23 River Barnett 20 and his brother Charles were jailed in Lawrence county as alleged accomplices in the shooting death of 50 year old Wyatt Boyd at Jayess. Boyd was said to be shot in the back by River Barnett in a feud long in the making.
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Monticello
Miss
River Barnett
Charles
Lawrence County
Jayess
Wyatt Boyd
Boyd
Floyd Collins Body Rescued From Sand Cave Shaft
Floyd Collins body was recovered after a 70 foot drop in Sand Cave in Barren County Kentucky. Miners cleared debris and lifted the body to safety just as a cave section collapsed. It will lie in state at a local church before burial on a hill above Crystal Cave.
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Cave City
A. P
Sand Cave
Floyd Collins
Crystal Cave
W. H. Hunt
Hunt
Collins
Central City
Baptist Church
Special Train To Take Monroe M P Employes
Missouri Pacific workers and families will ride a special train to Little Rock tomorrow at 9 a m. The Safety First Committee will staff the trip with 200 to 300 participants. The return to Monroe is expected early Saturday morning to minimize work absence.
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Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
Safety First Committee
Arkansas Capital City
Monroe
L. W. Baldwin
Missouri Pacific System
Claim Liner Failed in Aid to Sinking Craft
Passengers aboard the White Star Liner Homeric after the Raifuku Maru sinking disagreed on whether full rescue efforts were made. Some praised the Homeric crew for restraint, others argued lifeboats or rafts should have been deployed. Captain John Roberts received a testimonial from 123 of 288 first cabin passengers.
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New York
Homeric
John Roberts
Rumbling of Vesuvius Attracting Attention
Naples reports Mount Vesuvius shows sudden internal rumblings with smoke flames and lava ash eruptions drawing foreign tourists and many Americans visiting the city.
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Vesuvius
Naples
Italy
Mount Vesuvius
Elect Crowley Doctor Head of Medical Group
In New Orleans on April 23 the Louisiana Medical Society held an open session promoting prevention and cure of infections and healthier living. Dr. George S. Bell summarized: No infection, no heart disease, no tuberculosis. Nominees for society leadership were announced with Crowley and New Orleans officials leading the slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana Medical Society
George S. Bell
E. K. Miller
United States Public Health Service
House of Delegates
Society
E. M. Ellis
Crowley
Frank Chalaron
Dr. White
Alexandria
L. B. Crawford
Patterson
H. E. Bernadas
F. T. Gouax
P. T
Committee Recommends Passage of Oleo Bill
Madison Wis April 23 The state assembly agriculture committee yesterday recommended for passage the bill prohibiting oleomargarine in Wisconsin A butter substitute group representative said Southern states will not buy evaporated milk and Wisconsin products due to the threatened ban on butter substitutes some containing cotton seed oil
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Madison
Wis
State Assembly Agriculture Committee
Wisconsin
Inter Ests
Drought Intensifies in Mobile and Gulf Area
Mobile and the gulf territory face the most extensive drought since 1871, the weather bureau reports. Since February 1 Mobile has recorded 12.09 inches less rainfall than normal, highlighting severe dry conditions.
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Mobile and
Gulf Area
Mobile
Ala
Gulf Territory
Weather Bureau
Hall's 1500 Bond Forfeited in Ruston Highway Robbery Case
Judge Percy Sander ordered the $1500 bond of O H Hall forfeited after Hall failed to appear for arraignment on a conspiracy charge connected to a Ruston highway robbery on February 16. Jewelry samples worth over $3000 were stolen from two Nashville salesmen as three masked men fled. Hall accompanied the victims from Shreveport by car and helped stage the hold up before reporting it to Sheriff Coverdale. No indictments were filed at that time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Hall
Ruston
Nashville
Percy Sander
Hall
A. Luyden
C, B. Eubanks
Shreveport
Pisto
Eubanks
Luyden
Layden
West Monroe
Coverdale
R. G. Smiley
Ruayville
Monroe
David Garrett
Smiley
Checks Stolen and Forgeries Lead to Jailings
Sidney Flynn and Richard Strictland are jailed on forgery and larceny charges after the theft of four checks from the V. S. & P. railroad freight office. Flynn formerly worked there as a runner and confessed to stealing checks ranging from 14 to 60.90 dollars, with Strictland helping cash one of the checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Flynn
Richard Strictland
Monroe
V. S. & P. Railroad
Flynn
Strictland
Miss M E Conference votes against church unification
The Greenville Mississippi conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, meeting in Merigold, adopted a resolution instructing lay delegates to vote against unification with the northern branch. The vote was 76 to 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merigold
Miss
Greenville
The
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Chicago Grain Elevator Fire Causes Heavy Loss
A blaze in Chicago on April 23 destroyed more than two million bushels of corn and oats stored by Grain Marketing Corporation. The fire damaged two wooden elevators, threatening the south side industrial area, with losses estimated at 2.25 million dollars and insured. Firefighters faced extreme heat and scattered fires while authorities searched for an aged watchman and his wife believed to be in the building.
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Chicago
Grain Marketing Corporation
Emanuel F. Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum Grain Corporation
Farmers Cooperative Organization
Arthur Seyferlich
Believe Liquor Shipped From New Orleans Searched in St Louis
Prohibition officers led by J B Matthews searched a produce company property in St Louis under a warrant for two or three carloads of liquor believed shipped from New Orleans. Matthews has worked on New Orleans liquor shipments since a car was seized last fall. No evidence found in the night raid.
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ST. Louis
Prohibition
New Orleans
J. B. Mathews
Matthews
St. Louis County
Drilling Boom in Urania Oil Field Faces Legal Action
S M Collins of Monroe wins an injunction in Jena district court blocking a derrick move on land in La Salle Parish. He increases his suit against Bruce et al to 400000 dollars, with a hearing set for May 2. Separately, Bayou Castor lease bids for La Salle and Winn parishes open April 27.
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J. B. King
Urania
S. M. Collins
Monroe
Jena
R. H. Bruce
Collins
John A. Huck
New Orleans
L. T. Langstrom
J. T. Allison
Ait
Bruce Et al
Urania District Lands Tie Up 600 Acre Deal Near Discovery Well
Urania Lumber Company and allied interests close a major land sale to Jones A. Prowell of New Orleans for 600 acres near the discovery well at 500 per acre with half cash and the rest in oil. The tract consists of fifteen 40 acre parcels each with a drilling contract, to begin within thirty days. Senator Henry E. Hardtner heads to New Orleans to finalize the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urania
New Urania
Urania Lumber Company
Jones A. Prowell
New Orleans
Henry E. Hardtner
Moscow Denies Responsibility for Sofia Riot
Moscow denies Soviet blame for the Sofia riot and bombing claims against Bulgaria. The Comintern executive committee rebuts Tsankoff and Bulgarian fascists, maintaining the Bulgarian government bears responsibility and urging workers to oppose the Tsankoff regime.
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Moscow
Sofia
A. P
The
Communist Internationale
Tsankoff
Bulgaria
Sveti Kral
Cominternn
Teankoff
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Barren County
Monroe M. P. Employes
Arkansas
Conserve Energy
Sngs
Miss. M. E
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Allenby
New York City
Peggy Allenby
Robert Armstrong
Orleans
LA Salle
Hardiner
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