Louisiana State Bar convention opens in Monroe
More than 150 lawyers from across Louisiana attend the thirty-ninth annual Louisiana State Bar Association convention in Monroe’s Frances Hotel. President John D. Miller of New Orleans urges preservation of the state bar’s authority while avoiding factional conflict, with talks on selecting judges and the plight of the poor lawyer. Mayor Arnold Bernstein and Judge J. T. Shell welcome delegates.
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Louisiana State Bar Association
Frances Hotel
John D. Miller
New Orleans
State Bar Association
Huey P. Long
State Bar of
Louisiana
State Bar
Fovor Howard B. Warren
Shreveport
Robert J. Farley
Tulane University
Morehouse Parishes
Bar Association
Colfax Farmer Johnson In Baton Rouge For Sheriff Slayings
Walter Johnson, a Colfax farmer with a blanket denial, is held in Our Lady of the Lake sanitarium after being wounded by buckshot while allegedly ambushing and killing Sheriff W. L. Nugent and Deputy Sheriff D. L. Brunson. Federal range riders were involved as Johnson sought to hide. He sustained two dozen buckshot wounds and is not considered in critical danger. A guard said Johnson claimed he was in the woods near the scene and did not fire the fatal shots.
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Sam
Farrington
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Walter Johnson
Colfax
Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium
Grant Parish
Louisiana
Catire
Johnson
W. L. Nugent
D. L. Brunson
State Bureau of Investigation
Lax
Physicans
Lewis Pollet
Pollet
Big marijuana raid reported near Bourg Louisiana
William B. Graham of the state bureau of criminal investigation said nearly 2000 marijuana plants were seized and eight people charged after a late raid in Terrebonne parish. Agents Dearmond and Cave worked with deputies and Houma police. arrests included Ralph Lavois his wife and father in law. Additional men David North and Cookie Lanaud were booked on affidavits.
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New Orleans
William B. Graham
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Bourg
Terrebonne Parish
Louisiana
Graham
State Bureau
Houma
J. Dearmond
L. C
David North
Cookie Lanaud
Man and Woman Injured in Bay St. Louis Crash
John B. Lions of San Diego California and Mrs. Frank Hudson of Pascagoula Mississippi were injured in a three way collision near Bay St. Louis Mississippi. A youth named J R Cobb of Mobile Alabama was arrested by Hancock county officers. Details of the accident are unavailable.
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New Orleans
John B. Lions
San Diego
Calif
Western Electric Company
Frank Hudson
Pascagoula
Miss
Bay St. Louis
J. R. Cobb
Mobile
Ala
Hancock County
Mississippi
Rest Day For Entombed Men Zioncheck To Please Police
Washington April 24 A day off for Representative Marion Zioncheck followed a turbulent clash with a judge and police over a speeding road incident. Zioncheck resisted the traffic court order and fled in a roadster with police pursuing him, prompting a dramatic chase and a warning about possible consequences. In separate news from Moose River miners, Dr D E Robertson and Charles Alfred Scadding survived a ten day entombment with Robertson aiding Scadding and Magill during the rescue effort as fresh details emerged.
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Washington
Marion Zioncheck
Far
Northwest
Seattle
Connecticut Avenue
George Helmuth
Capitol
Associated Press
Moose River
D. E. Robertson
Charles Alfred Scadding
Robertson
Scadding
Herman Magill
Annual Rally Under Way at Baton Rouge
The Louisiana state high school rally continues in Baton Rouge with about 1000 students from across the state. Literary and musical contests were held, track preliminaries set for 2:30 p.m., Lake Charles high school took top honors in state debating with boys and girls divisions.
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Baton Rouge
Lake Charles High School
Lake Charles School
Bolton
Alexandria
Oakdale
Bird High
Shreveport
Neville High
Monroe
St. Francis Xavier
Esther Stirling
Baton Rouge High
Jydeen Smith
Bastrop
Virginia Mackey
Jena
Lois Bailey
Deridder
South
Ruby Lea Pittman
Ruth Kennedy
Summerfield High
Alvin Rubir
Bolton High
Aleandria
Elizabeth Bawer
Ruston
Jo Ann Rey
Open air presidential nomination celebration eyed for Roosevelt
Democratic leaders in Washington consider a giant outdoor ceremony at Franklin Field Philadelphia to notify Roosevelt of renomination with about 100000 spectators. The June convention and Borah Knox telegram dispute add tension as Illinois delegates face advisory primary.
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Washington
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
University of Pennsylvania
New Deal
Borah
Idaho
Col
Frank Knox
Chicago
Illinois
Colonel Knox
Knox
New York
Tydings proposes Puerto Rico independence plan
Senator Tydings backed a referendum bill offering Puerto Rico a choice on independence. The Democrat from Maryland said the U S should grant self rule if the island prefers it, outlining a 1937 plebiscite and a four year transitional commonwealth before full independence.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tydings
Maryland
Puerto Rico
United States
E. Prances Rigss
Insular
Tydings Bill
Senate Territories Committee
Islands
Senate
Philippines
State land to be placed with farmers in Louisiana
Governor-elect Richard W Leche plans a major land program transferring state tax delinquent tracts to citizens who will pay off the tax debt while farming. About 3,000,000 acres are seizable. the plan envisions breaking land into small parcels of about forty plus acres to support livestock and landless farmers.
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Quincy Ewing
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Richard W. Lewhe
Strange malady strikes 19 pupils and a teacher in Georgia
In Columbus Georgia 19 students and a teacher at East Highlands grammar school fell ill suddenly on Wednesday. Authorities explored mass hysteria and other theories but no definite cause was found. Most recovered quickly at home or in hospital as investigation continued.
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Columbus
East Highlands Grammar School
Henry Abbott
Mississippi G O P Group Uninstructed Delegation Chosen
Jackson Mississippi April 24 uninstructed Mississippi delegation will be sent to the Republican national convention at Cleveland in June. Perry W Howard reelected national committeeman and Mary C Booze reelected national committeewoman. Lily white faction led by Lamont Rowlands may decide delegates.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Cleveland
National Committee
Perry W. Howard
Washington
Mary C. Booze
Mounds Bayou
Lamont Rowlands
Picayune Lumber-Nan
Garner fades out as vice president
In Brownsville Texas on April 24 a report notes public indifference to vice presidents. An elderly Hidalgo County Mexican unable to prove his birth date for an old age pension recounts two longtime acquaintances who confirm his age. He mentions Don Juan DeGarner, once a congressman, who has lately faded from memory.
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Brownsville
Texas
John Garner
Hidalgo County
Frank Crow
Edinburg
Don Juan DeGarner
Tuberculosis Meet Elects Leaders in New Orleans
Dr Esmond R. Long of the Henry Phipps Institute was named president of the National Tuberculosis Association at the annual New Orleans meeting succeeding James A. Waring of Denver. The 1938 convention will be held in California with city selection to follow. New executive members include Dr Waring Dr Willard B. Soper Dr L J Moorman Dr P McCain N Gs Dred Burns Marcy and Dr Francis B Trudeau.
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New Orleans
Esmond R. Long
Henry Phipps
Monroe Man Named at Insurance Meet
Terrell Woosley of Lake Charles was re elected president of the Louisiana Insurance Society at the three day Baton Rouge convention. Thomas C Grace of Baton Rouge was re elected vice president and executive committee chair. Carroll S Mayer of Baton Rouge re elected secretary treasurer. Matt G Smith of Baton Rouge named national councillor. W Brown of Monroe re elected to the executive board with B N Sweeney of Rayne and Albert Dreyfuss of Shreveport added as board members.
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Baton Rouge
Terrell Woosley
Lake Charles
Louisiana Insurance Society
Thomas C. Grace
Carroll S. Mayer
Matt G. Smith
W. Brown
Monroe
B. N
Mrs Houdini to make final contact seance with Houdini
Hollywood April 24 Mrs Houdini announced a last supreme effort to contact Harry Houdini who died ten years ago. The plan includes a public seance on a mountain top possibly with national radio hookup and a final attempt by Houdini, Charles Carter and Howard Thurston to reach the survivor.
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Hollywood
Calif
Harry Houdini
No True Bills From Rapides Grand Jury In Two Cases
Rapides parish grand jury returned no true bill in the Albert Tate case linked to the August 11 1954 cotton gin dynamiting in Alexandria and Boyce Louisiana. A second no true bill was returned for Guy W Nesom Bolton High director in the James William Edwards boxing death case.
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Alexandria
Rapides Parish
Boyce
Albert Tate
Mansura
Avoyelles Parish
Guy W. Nesom
Bolton
James William Edwards
Last-Minute Briefs on Civil Engineer Convention
Delegates at Hot Springs view army engineers lower Mississippi cut offs removing the Greenville bends to aid navigation and flood control. Washington notes projects for improving navigable streams up for consideration as the rivers and harbors congress opens with the projects committee headed by Representative Driver.
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Hot Springs
Ark
American Society of Civil Engineers
Mississippi River
Army Engineers
Greenville
Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Democrat
Arkansas
Lindberghs Said on Way to Riviera After Quiet Crossing
Paris dispatch reports Coronel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh possibly traveling toward the Riviera after secretly sailing to France aboard a British freighter. Their precise location remained unclear.
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Paris
Coronel
Charles A. Lindbergh
The
Riviera
France
Boy Held for Murder in Axe Slaying
In Selmer Tennessee a 16 year old boy was arraigned at a preliminary hearing on charges he killed his uncle with an axe after being refused permission to attend a picture show. The case centers on the alleged fatal assault and the boy faces murder charges in the incident reported April 24.
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Selmer
Tenn
Barnum Expected To Be Reelected A N P A President
New York April 24 Jerome D. Barnum publisher of the Syracuse Post Standard was slated for reelection as president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association at the closing session of the annual convention today.
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New York
Jerome D. Barnum
Syracuse, N. Y
Rioting in Poona Injures 85. Troops Called Out
Telegraph messages from Poona report Hindu Muslim clashes injuring 85 people and prompt deployment of troops to restore order.
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Bombay
Poona
Fort Worth Woman Fatally Burned in Mysterious Fire
Mrs. Charles Engle, wife of the Fort Worth baseball team shortstop, died in a hospital five hours after a blaze swept her duplex. Firefighters found her near the front door almost nude, inside her apartment today.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Charles Engle
Engle
Williams telegrams cancel New Jersey Assembly session
Trenton April 24 14 Paul R Williams assembly clerk sent telegrams to members announcing the session called for 10 am today had been cancelled no reason given
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Trenton
N. J
Paul R. Williams
Assembly
Roosevelt Skips Desk to Prepare Speech in New York
President Roosevelt stayed away from his desk to work on the planned New York City address and to nurse a slight head cold as he prepared for tomorrow night's speech.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York City
Italian Army Advances Toward Addis Ababa
Rome dispatch reports Marshal Pietro Badoglio announced the main body of the northern Italian army has begun its advance on Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa in a formal communique.
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Associated Press
Rome
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Pietro Badogno
American Cotton Cooperative to Move HQ to Memphis
Memphis officials say the American Cotton Cooperative Association may relocate its headquarters from New Orleans to Memphis. A resolution at the association’s annual board meeting requested moving the headquarters to an interior point.
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Memphis
Tenn
A. Plant
Chamber of Ecommerce
American Cotton Cooperative Association
New Orleans
Rising volume forecast for retail trade in post Easter week
Dun and Bradstreet's weekly trade review forecasts retail volume rising above Easter peak as consumer demand improves. Sales in women's apparel rebound, wholesale buying extends, and summer goods gain momentum with gains of 8 to 15 percent versus the prior year’s post Easter week.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreets Weekly Trade Review
Reprieve Granted for British Subjects in San Quentin Case
Governor Merriam reprieved Alexander Mackay and Joseph Kristy, British subjects, an hour before their scheduled hangings at San Quentin. The action followed a British government request urged by Secretary Hull after their alleged kidnapping of prison officials in an attempted escape.
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Sacramento
Calif
Merriam
Alexander Mackay
Joseph Kristy
San Quentin Prison
Hull
Mackay
Kristy
Dentist Shot After Photograph Incident
Peter Voss 65 was shot by Dr Jasper Jattuccio 31 after a lens photo attempt. Voss, found unfit for trial by a state hospital psychiatrist, died from a head wound as deputies report a shotgun blast fired from the rear of the dentist’s car.
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San
Cali
Peter Voss
Jasper Jattuccio
B. W. Mullen
Agnew State Hospital
Voss
Agnew Rhea
Frank Marty
Gattuccio
Gi Tuccio
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Arthur Pilgreen
Odell Pilgreen
Austin Pilgreen
Bill
Leche
Richard W. Leche
Garner
California
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