Oakland Plans Novel Contest At Meet Here
Barney Oakland of the local Red Cross proposes a novel contest during the fall regional Red Cross conference in Monroe on October 24. He will offer cash prizes to junior Red Cross children who best decorate their homes for the convention day. The Monroe conference will feature many valued items on a one day program. Parishes to be represented include East Carroll West Carroll Madison Tensas Concordia Catahoula LaSalle Rapides Avoyelles Caldwell Jackson Lincoln Union Morehouse Richland Ouachita. Mrs J C Sadler is in charge of arrangements.
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Barney Oakland
Red Cross
Monroe
East Carroll
West Carroll
Madison
Tensas
Concordia
Catahoula
LaSalle
Rapides
Avoyelles
Caldwell
Jackson
Lincoln
Union
Morehouse
Richland
Ouachita
J. C. Sadler
New Mississippi Tobacco Tax Surges Past Projections
The Mississippi tobacco tax for June brought in 150 835 81 in revenue. Sheriff stamp sales totaled 86 020 82 and dealer sales 64 815. The tax commission belatedly released figures showing the new tax exceeded the 120 000 per month estimate by a wide margin.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
State Tax Commission
Tobacco Tax Department
Joint Revenue Committee
Will Sentence Sparks Tomorrow for Ringgold Bank Robbery
Shreveport dispatch reports William D. Sparks an Illinois youth will be sentenced Saturday morning by Judge John S. Richardson at Arcadia for participation in the Bank of Ring gold robbery last March. Sparks pleaded guilty and testified for the state against Henry T. Prudhomme, who already serves a 14 year term.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
William D. Sparks
Illinois
John S. Richardson
Arcadia
Bank of Ringgold
Sparks
Caddo Parish
Henry T. Prudhomme
Man Beck Nabs Convict Beck Captured After Long Flight
Steven J. Beck once again in custody after being tracked to a swamp near Raccourei Island. A lone garage worker, Harry Davis, identified him and compelled surrender during a 24 hour escape from Angola prison. Beck, famed for multiple escapes since 1928, was handed to Pointe Coupee sheriff.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Steven J. Beck
New Orleans
Angola Penitentiary
New Roads
Angola
Beck
Davia
Pointe Coupee Parish
Mississippi River
Trousdale Ward 10 School Board Race Narrowed To Two
Voters in Trousdale ward 10 face a clear choice between D S Owens and T T Jones as the only qualified candidates for the school board. Other offices show multiple contenders and several incumbents unopposed in statewide and local races.
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Trousdale
D. S. Owens
T. T. Jones
West Monroe
W. Decker Moore
J. Q. McCormick
W. M. Stokes
E. 8
Eby
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Eva P. Haynes
Charles Rogers
Parish
Ward 5
State Board of Education
R. B. Knott
Riley J. Wilson
Congress
David I. Garrett
George W. Lester
Receipts of Monroe Post Office Show June Gain
The Monroe post office posted $12 332 43 in June 1930 up from $10 571 60 in June 1929 a gain of $1 760 88. Postmaster Thoman said ongoing volume growth requires larger working quarters and he will seek consent to lease nearby storage space.
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Monroe
Thoman
Two Ships Collide in Fog on River Plata Heroic Support
In dense fog on the River Plate, the Blue Star liner Napier Star and the Swedish freighter Gudmundra collided. The Gudmundra grounded to prevent sinking, while the Napier Star sustained only slight damage and was aided by tugboats and government transports en route to London.
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River Plata
Buenos Aires
Blue Star
Napier Star
Gudmundra
London
Typhoid Wipes Out Calhoun Family Of Four
Typhoid fever killed Nora Bradey and all four family members in Calhoun within weeks. Daughters Clara McHenry aged 21 L Anne Duffy aged 20 Ruth Bradey aged 16 died earlier. Nora died in Monroe hospital last night. Funeral held at Peters chapel and burial in Calhoun cemetery.
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Calhoun
Nora Bradey
Monroe Hospital
Clara McHenry
L. Anne Duffy
Rhode Island Boy Wins Edison Award
A Rhode Island high school valedictorian earned the Edison Award. He plans to study physics at MIT and had considered Brown. He helped support his family by clerking and was active in the East Providence Boy Scouts. Nine peers were named honorable mention.
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Williams
Brown University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Providence Gas Co
van Brant
East Providence
Boy Scouts
Forest Firefighters Battle Coolwater Creek Blaze
Fire crews resumed efforts to halt a 600 acre timber blaze east of Kosskia Idaho as pilots Nick Mamer and C E Forbes aided from Spokane and Grangeville. A second crew hiked 24 hours from Elk City to combat Nez Perce forest fires, with multiple smaller fires burning in Bitterroot Hell Gate Blackfoot and Rock Creek valleys.
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Helena
Mont
Kosskia
Idaho
Forest Service
Grangeville
Spokane
Nick Mamer
Mamer
C. E. Forbes
Elk City
Nez Perce Forest
Bitter Root
Montana
Hell Gate
Blackfoot
Rock Creek
Probe slaying of Tenn woman. husband held
J W Russell, 39, remained in Memphis city jail as authorities probed the death of his wife Ethel Maud Russell, 82, mother of five. Formal murder charges were anticipated as the investigation continued in the case labeled highly mysterious by police.
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United Press
Memphis
Tenn
J. W. Rusell
Ethel Maud Russell
Con
Second Ouachita Cotton Bale Ginned at West Monroe Plant
The second bale of Ouachita parish 1930 cotton was ginned this morning at Standard Gin in West Monroe. It comes from W. J. Sherrouse on DeSiard road and weighs 430 pounds. The first bale was ginned yesterday by E. J. White of Ward 7. Deere drought has advanced maturation but reduced overall crop yield, with western hills down 35 percent and eastern lowlands about 25 percent.
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Ouachita Parish
Standard Gin Company
West Monroe
W. J. Sherrouse
DeSiard Road
E. J. White
Ward 7
J. T. Austin
Assault Charge Filed Against Alleged Bienville Deputy
Grady Jarrett a supposed special deputy under Bienville Parish Sheriff J E Currie faced assault with a dangerous weapon charges after a disturbance in a Shreveport residential area He drew a pistol on officers Tom Cardwell and J W Plaisance commandeered a car and escaped later arrested at gunpoint by officers Standiford and Morris after a city wide hunt
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Grady Jarrett
J. E. Currie
Bienville Parish
Jarrett
Tom Cardwell
J. W. Plaisance
Standiford
Morris
Special Grand Jury Indicts In Bond Election In Mobile
A Mobile grand jury returned ten true bills in an inquiry into the Dauphin Island bridge bond election. Indictments include James P. Conner and H. L. Pruitt among five docketed. names remain confidential until arrest. Jury urges reform of absentee voting laws and election-board powers. The panel recessed until August 25. Also: Goodyear chief cites rock bottom prices on a New York visit.
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Mobile
Ala
Boel Goldsby
Dauphin Island
Alabama
Goldeby
James P. Conner
Ernest Havard
Sidney Berrey
Mobile Post
Widow's death linked to husband in drunken assault case
Prosecutors filed charges against Russell in connection with his wife's death after a coroner's jury ruled a blood clot at the base of the brain caused her demise. Coroner Charles W. Miller said brain tests were a formal step and noted blows from Russell in a drunken rage led to the tragedy.
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Russell
Charles W. Miller
W. D. Sanderson
Italy's Red Cross Cares for Quake Victims
The Italian Red Cross can care for all earthquake victims without outside financial aid. The Oua chita parish Red Cross chapter received the message from Washington D C. Mrs. W C Holstein, secretary, announced the policy to curb fundraising abuses and ensure proper aid.
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Italy
RED Cross
Ouachita Parish
Washington, D. C
W. C. Holstein
Fair radio singer held in probe of Buckley slaying
Detroit police arrest 21 year old Margy Manzell a radio artist who sang on WMBC in connection with the gang murder of Harold E Buckley radio commentator. Detectives say she was a close friend of Pete Licavoli and found in possession of his car amid the slaying investigation.
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Fair Radio Singer
Buckley
Detroit
Mich
Margy Manzell
Harold E. Buckley
WMBC
Miss Manzell
Pete Licavoli
Licavoli
Peace Parade Sees Large Scale Mimic Battles in Paris
International Anti War Day festivities in Paris see 2000 republican guards deployed with mounted and foot battalions plus 200 preventive arrests including Florimond Bonte editor of Humanite. Premier Tardien bans parades and rallies as other French cities report strikes while Budapest reports 44 leading communists arrested.
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Paris
Reds
Florimond Bonte
Humanite
Communists
Spain
Budapest
Prepare Program for State Teachers Ass'n Convention in Alexandria
The Louisiana Teachers' Association plans a three day convention in Alexandria on November 20 21 and 22 with Willis A Sutton president of the national group and Camille Kelly judge of Memphis juvenile court among speakers. P H Griffith executive secretary T H Harris state superintendent W B Prescott Opelousas lead preliminary planning and 18 division programs are being prepared.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Teachers’ Association
P. H. Griffith
Willis A. Sutton
Atlanta
National Teachers’ Association
Alexandria
Camille Kelly
Memphis
Tenn
Griffiths
T. H. Harris
W. B. Prescott
Opelousas
Indiana Population Grows Ten Per Cent in Census Update
The census bureau announced Indiana's population at 3,225,418, up 295,028 or 10.1 percent from the previous tally. The revised figure supersedes an earlier estimate of 3,227,522 from supervisors.
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Washington
Indiana
July Sets Record as Hottest Month Yet
Weather notes show July was the hottest month on record with numerous stations reporting 100 degree or higher readings. Memphis and Nashville logged many extreme days while Shreveport and Huron recorded lower July totals. Chief meteorologist J B Kineer cautions against premature forecasts of sustained heat and notes August usually eases slightly.
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Shreveport
Memphis
Huron
South Dakota
Nashville
Weather Bureau
J. B. Kineer
Prisoners Riot in Indian Jail Over Special Food
A group of inmates at Alipore jail in Calcutta rioted today after officials refused special food. Armed police were summoned and the rioters were moved to another jail. Among those involved was the well known convict Satin Sen.
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Calcutta
India
Alipore
Satin Sen
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