Northwest Louisiana railroad link to Monroe trade line
News that Missouri Pacific plans a ten mile Delhi to Epps rail extension opens trade to Monroe and northeast Louisiana. L W Baldwin writes to Huey Long that the line will boost business, lower rates, and place Monroe at the center of regional commerce, pending ICC approval.
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Souri Pacific Road
Delhi
Epps
Monroe
Maly
Mir
Pacif
Martia’ Trade District
Pine Bluff
Helena
Memphis
Gust
W. Baldwin
Huey P. Mg
Louisiana Public Serv
Ince
H. J. Fernandez
Chamber of
Morree
Win
Broadway and Main Street Refuse to Mix in Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville residents say Broadway and Main Street cannot blend as New York executives depart. Local eateries shifted menus to New York tastes, theatres hosted varied shows, and a soda shop tried an orchestra to evoke Greenwich Village, but about half of 300 New Yorkers left for Gotham.
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Lawrenceville
Trs
Indian Refining Company
New York
Broadway
Main Street
Scienceville
Boston
Greenwich Village
Afi
Gotham
Inmate Admits Strangling Widow at Michigan Home
Louis Johnson a 21 year old inmate at the Michigan Home and School confessed to killing Mrs Blanche Burke 28 a widow and employee at the institution He led police to the scene described the killing after an argument in the laundry and said he did it to get even The body was found near the roadside and Johnson was arrested after an inmate reported the confession The victim left behind two children and was a widower for three years
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Lapeer
Mich
Louis Johnson
Michigan Home
Blanche Burke
Johnson
Burke
Cotton Carry Over Shrinks This Year In New Orleans
New Orleans Cotton Exchange secretary H. G. Hester released the annual report showing the current season starts with a carry over of 2,219,000 bales, down 254,000 from last year’s 2,573,000. World consumption is 11,242,000 bales versus 12,681,000 previously, and the U.S. commercial crop is 11,290,397 versus 11,282,806.
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New Orleans
H. G. Hester
New Oreleans Cotton Exchange
Adverse IC C Decision On Road Extension Sparks Attendance Testimony
Local jobbers and business men testified to show the line's need while an unofficial Interstate Commerce Commission ruling suggested the road was not a public necessity. Missouri Pacific officials, including Mr Durham, were on the ground in Delhi for firsthand information, and a key recommendation influenced the proposed construction.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Durham
Delhi
Gasoline Plant of Southern Inspected in Survey of Field
A visiting group from the Monroe survey toured the Fowler plant of Southern Carbon Company. H. H. Reardon and the gasoline superintendent explained operations from the office to absorbers, condensers, and storage tanks. The plant, worth 2 million dollars, is the largest absorption plant, with 18 absorbers, extensive carbon black facilities, and a private haul to Swartz. The company provides company housing, schools, and recreation for workers, and operates its own tank cars and field communications network.
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Southern
W. B. Gravel
Monroe
Fowler
Southern Carbon Company
Rarhaps
Powler
H. H. Reardon
Ae Reardon
Thempany
The
Bower
Swartz
Oteatingn
Barney Oakland
Mack
Southern Company
Fairbanks
Bastrop
Alabama
Kentucky
Fatal shooting in oil town near El Dorado Arkansas
In Lamberton south of El Dorado,Arkansas, George W. Goodman 60 a pumper was killed and H B Martin 80 cafe operator wounded by gunfire from George Young. A fourth participant critically wounded, name not learned, and Sheriff B A Hancock with deputies and ambulances responded.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Lamberton
George W. Goodman
H. B. Martin
George Young
Martin
Young
B. A. Hancock
Louisiana Man Is Latest Casualty Of Miss Anthrax
Natchez Mississippi August 1 The death of O C McElrath of Newellton La Wednesday night from anthrax was reported to local health authorities. He was brought to a Natchez hospital after contracting the disease while disposing of an infected cow carcass. Newellton in Tensas parish lies about 75 miles from Natchez. A large number of males have died of the disease in that parish and the adjacent territory near Natchez is under control.
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Natchez
Miss
O. C. McElrath
Newellton
McElrath
Tensas Parish
Barnette Withdraws From Race For Public Service Commissioner
Judge Wm C Barnette of Shreveport withdrew from the race for the 3rd district public service commissioner citing other important matters demand his time. The contest narrows to Huey P Long and Senator W L Bagwell with Barnette noted as a Klan candidate in prior expectations.
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Shreveport
Wm. C. Barnette
Srd
Barnette
Ku Klux Klan
Three Die as Plane Crashes in Crawfordsville
A fatal plane crash near Crawfordsville kills pilot Barnby Schull 26 of Laurel Mississippi passenger Charles Hedrick 26 of Louie Mia and Miss Aud rey Oates 19 of Vincent Arkansas. The trio perished when Schull tried a loop at about 1500 feet causing a wing to crush and the craft to plunge in flames.
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Schull
Houston
Texas
Dayton
Ohio
Hedrick
Miss Oates
Iceland Village Awaits Arrival of U S Aviators
Kirkwall Iceland Aug 1 The eighty inhabitants of Hornafjord await the American army world flyers. The U S S Raleigh arrived and prepared for the visit with a Welcome sign. Officials learned the sea between Iceland and Greenland is probably ice free, aiding the airmen's plans.
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Kirkwall
Scotland
A. P
Hoae
Hornafjord
Iceland
Hoefn Hornafjord
U. S
Greenland
Leopold and Loeb murder trial witness statement reported
Chicago detective sergeant James Gortland, a key witness, testified that Nathan Leopold said in his code murder is no crime and his only crime was getting found out in the Franks murder case.
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Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Chicago
James Gortland
Leopold
Wizard Declares Anti Mask Law Un-American at State Fair
Dr. Hiram Wesley Evans imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan spoke to thousands at the Louisiana state fair park about repealing anti klan legislation. He denounced parochial schools and urged support for public schools while attacking Senator Ransdell over parochial education.
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Shreveport
Hiram Wesley Evans
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
State Fair Park
Evans
Sovieiana
Louusjank
Bill White
Bill
Divans
America
U. S
Joseph Ransdell
LaFayette
Hearst Estate to Become Castlewood Country Club
Officials announce the transformation of Phoebe Hearst’s Alameda county estate into a 610 acre country club near Pleasanton named Castlewood. Project to be completed within sixty days.
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San Francisco
Phoebe Hearst
Alameda County
Pleasanton
Castlewood Country Club
Diamond Taken From Pike County Mine Arkansas
A blue white diamond weighing forty and a half carats was found in the Pike County mine of the Arkansas Diamond Corporation. The rough stone measured about two inches long and nearly a quarter inch thick, weighing more than 648 ounces. Officials did not estimate its value and noted the largest prior find was twenty carats.
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Little Rock
Ark
Pike County
Arkansas Diamond Corporation
Chicago reports surge in murders prompting anti crime council
Chicago Crime Commission cites a murder a day in June and July and 205 homicides for the first 213 days of the year as it plans a conference to form an anti crime council.
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Chicago
Chicago Crime Commission
Governor Asked to Aid Would Save Vidrine
In Baton Rouge on August 1 Governor Fuqua heard a plea for clemency for Euzebe Vidrine, condemned for murder. Attorneys Gelotta Voorhies and Meyer presented a sworn statement by Dr. Holbrook claiming Vidrine suffers psychosis and is not responsible. The governor said a decision would be announced the next afternoon.
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Baton Rouge
Euzebe Vidrine
Leo Wiggins
George Gelotta
Rousseau Voorhies
Comrad Meyer, Jr
Fuqua
C. 8
Holbrook
New Orleans
Short Vigorous Campaign Plan For Davis
New York August 1 A brief but vigorous campaign plan is outlined for John W Davis Democratic presidential nominee by campaign manager Clem L Shaver The plan emphasizes organization building over immediate speaking tours and includes a return to Locust Valley after formal notification before active campaigning begins.
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New York
John W. Davis
Clem L. Shaver
Cotton market slips on Tropical Disturbance
A tropical disturbance over the northwestern Caribbean sparked a large selling wave in New York cotton this afternoon. October futures fell to 27.90 and December to 27.30 as prices dropped 70 to 97 points below last night’s close. If the storm heads toward the Texas coast it could lift southwestern drought and aid crop prospects.
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New York
Texas
Gompers Says AFL Won’t Oppose La Follette Candidacy
Atlantic City N J August 1 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor declared after the executive council’s initial session that he has not is not and will not lead any opposition to the La Follette candidacy that may arise before the council.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
la Follette
Baseball score details from hidden league game
Partial OCR shows teams Boston Cincinnati and players Rixey Hargrave Benton O'Neil Wells Brassler Ferguson ONeill Faber Schalk Johnson Ruel Barnes in a National League box score with incomplete innings and zeroes. The fragment hints at runs and pitching but is too garbled to determine full outcome or date.
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Cincinnati Rcs
Boston
Rixey
Hargrave
Benton
O'Neil
Judge Allows Alienist Testimony in Leopold Loeb Mitigation Case
Chicago dated August 1 reports Judge John R. Caverly overruling State objections to alienist testimony in mitigation for Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb. The ruling broadens evidence on mental disease short of insanity as a mitigation, with Dr. William A. White to testify. The trial proceeds as reporters and spectators fill the room, including a baby present in the witness area.
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Chicago
A. P
John R. Caverly
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Caverly
Wm. A. White
Washington D. C
Nathan
Leopold
E. S. Crouch
New Orleans
Ethel
Apy
Moonshiner John L. Lott Dies After Raid Shootout
John L. Lott, 38, alleged moonshiner, died en route to a Laurel hospital after being wounded in a raid three miles from Sumball Mississippi. Officers said he fired seven times with a double barrel shotgun as they searched for a still and then collapsed from shock. The raid involved Sheriff W J Barnes deputy Mack Graham town marshal A L Herring and prohibition agents Cockrell and Goff.
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W. J. Barnes
Mack Graham
Mershal
A. L. Herring
Cockrell and
Goff
Lott
Miller No 1 Well Opens Oil Flow at Lake Charles
Vacuum Oil Company reported Miller No 1 near Lake Charles producing a small steady flow of oil and making heads every 12 hours. Two more wells are drilling in the same Lake Charles field as of this morning.
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Lake Charles
Vacuum Oil Company
New Lake
Potters Boost Toll on Shreveport Bossier Bridge Scene
Shreveport youths nicknamed potters roam nightly along the Red River crossing, with Sheriff Hughes and deputies enforcing morality as church civic groups and local writers back the crackdown. the bridge tolls between Shreveport and Bossier Parish surge as an indicator of unrest.
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
T. R. Hughes
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