Coat Note Reveals Love Tragedy and Suicide Plan
A coat found with a red notebook note recounts Mandeville Zenge’s despair after Louise Schaffer chose a doctor after a seven year engagement. The letter, dated July 31 and addressed to “Dear Dad,” ends with plans to end his life by jumping into a lake. Authorities and Bauer family pursue confirmation of authenticity while linking a photograph to Giannini.
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Zenge
Louise
Mother
June
Lottie
Nellie
Giannini
Bauer
Canton
Stege
Marty Durkin
Durkin
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Business Brims With Confidence As Fall Trade Nears
Business circles anticipate a strong fall trade as 1935 model appliances surge in demand. Motor car makers report sustained public enthusiasm through summer, while scrap steel tops 11.58 a ton, a peak since February. NYSE and AP index reach yearly highs as Moody’s data show 2 percent higher Q2 profits vs 1934, with dividends resumed. Economists say current gains offset last year’s agricultural fears.
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New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Moody's
Cotton stock, exports, and consumption figures reviewed
Planche notes scant change in cotton supply with 12,242,000 bales including 917 linters, down from 14,472,000 last season. South consumption stands at 4,514,000, exports total 5,034,940 in the past year, and government holdings reach about 4,581,000 bales amid producer pool and twelve-cent loan holdings.
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South
Planche
Convict Eddie Jackson Escapes Louisiana Camp
Eddie Jackson a 31 year old Negro convict serving 10 to 20 years for grand larceny escaped from the state penal camp at St Gabriel Louisiana. He was convicted December 15 1932 as a second offender.
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Baton Rouge
Eddie Jackson
New Orleans
St. Gabriel
Schutz Staffel Warns State Enemies in Berlin
Count von Helldorf, Berlin’s new police president, orders Schutz Staffel to stay ready all week as capital remains quiet. Despite Nazi claims of overwhelming support, unease grows among merchants and housewives over food shortages and rising prices as stores fill with clearance sales and eggs and butter jump in price. the SS accuses steel helmets of aiding Jews and harboring Jewish descent leaders and freemasons.
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Berlin
Black Corps
Schutz Staffel
Reply To Germany Believed To Be Ready
The state department planned to present a diplomatic note to Germany about prosecuting those who removed the Nazi emblem from the liner Bremen. It will cite New York police efforts to guard the ship and subdue the crowd, and mention arrests. It remains unclear whether the note includes an apology or expression of regret.
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Washington
State Department
Bremen
Rudolf Leitner
William Phillips
New York Police Department
Germany
August heats linger across the nation with deadly toll
The intensified heat wave from July continues in August across states including Nebraska Kansas Arkansas with towns like North Platte Wichita Fort Smith reaching 100 degrees and Chicago at 90. Abel O Neil a farmer in Charleston Arkansas died after a wood chopping contest amid the extreme heat and exertion. Rainfall varied with seventeen hundredths of an inch cooling the air and Monroe receiving little rain. Thursday brought some relief as a southern breeze eased conditions.
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Minneapolis
St. Louis
Oklahoma City
Indianapolis
Dallas
Des Moines
Chicago
Denver
Milwaukee
Charleston
Ark
Abel O'Neil
Monroe
Wednesday Hottest Day Of Year Here
A brief rain late Wednesday relieved the public from the hottest day of summer. The 24 hour maximum reached 101 degrees and the minimum 76 degrees as reported by local observer Miss Katie Key. She noted another day this season reached 111 with a similar minimum, but details end abruptly.
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Katie Key
Miss Key
Obituary for Frank B Neeley 65 at Mulhearn chapel
Frank B Neeley age 65 died Tuesday at his home 202 Egan street. Funeral held Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in Mulhearn funeral chapel with Rev W C Scott officiating. Interment Riverview Burial Park. Survived by widow Camp Fire executive two nephews Louis Dinsmore of Montgomery Alabama and L J Black of Monroe mother-in-law Mrs James A Foster of Decatur Alabama sister-in-law Mrs Mary F Black of Decatur and other relatives G Foster Parsons Kansas and J A Foster San Bernardino California.
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Frank B. Neeley
Egan Street
Mulhearn
W.C. Scott
First Methodist Church
Riverview Burial Park
Frantz Welch
Harris Campbell
R. J. Goza
R. W Germany
J. T. Bryant
Charles Garvey
Neeley
Big Oil Company Sale Closed at Houston Texas
Hackberry and Welsh fields of Louis Wells 504 producing wells total 500 with an average daily production under proration of 23 000 barrels about 20 000 net. Equipment sold by Morrow to Stanolind includes the Yount Lee one third interest in a pipeline from East Texas to Beaumont about 190 miles and full ownership of an 11 inch line from High Island to Beaumont about 45 miles. It includes field storage deep water terminal facilities materials and supplies and about 5 000 000 barrels of crude in storage Former officers of Yount Lee resigned and Morrow named his brother in law Roger Guthrie
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Morrow
Stanolind
Yount-Lee
East Texas
Beaumont
High Island
Yount Lee
Roger Guthrie
Houston Leaders Form Board Of Directors As State Moves
The president named a board of directors including Guthrie, A. C. Wood, H. S. Wilhelm, all of Houston, and Harry C. Weeks of Wichita Falls Texas, outlining the governance team for the organization.
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Guthrie
A. C. Wood
H. S. Wilhelm
Houston
Harry C. Weeks
Wichita Falls
Texas
Joe Deats Jailed Here On Charge Of Larceny
Joe Deats was lodged in the parish jail on a cattle larceny charge. He was arrested in Tyler Texas and brought back after waiving extradition. George Pipes, of DeSiard road, swore out the warrant. Ouachita parish sheriff's department aided in the return.
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Joe Deats
Tyler
Texas
Deats
George Pipes
DeSiard Road
Ouacchita Parish
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