Pistol Beside Bed On Suicides Note Seeks DeQueen Burial
R R Wright 61 a Cedar Grove hotel death by poison left a note blaming a wife and urging burial near DeQueen Arkansas. The pistol lay on the bed beside him and he asked his daughter be allowed to bury him in Chapel Hill cemetery with a plain coffin. He mentioned a friend redeeming a pawned watch and his horse rent. He named half brother J Henderson of Horatio.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
R. R.right
Carpenter
Cedar Grove
Addition
H. W. Paul
Wright
Chapel Hill
DeQueen
Ark
Madison Declared Democratic Nominee for State Education Board
George T. Madison of Monroe and Bastrop, an attorney, was named the Democratic nominee for the fifth district seat on the state board of education. He was the only candidate, with papers sent to the secretary of state. Madison is active in Monroe Bastrop civic life and is a former Bastrop chamber president. The current holder Allan Scholars of Monroe has term to year’s end.
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George T. Madison
Monroe
Bastrop
State Board of Education
Fifth Congressional
Madison
Democratic Executive Committee
Fifth Congressional District
H. G. Fields
Secretary of State
Monroe and
Bastrop Chamber of Commerce
H. Flood Madison, Jr
Board of Education
Allan Scholars
Heywood Broun Seeks New York Congress Seat on Socialist Ticket
Heywood Broun, noted author and columnist, announces his candidacy for U S House from Manhattan's 17th district on the Socialist ticket. He will oppose Republican incumbent Ruth Pratt and Democrat Louis Brodsky, focusing on unemployment as his primary campaign issue.
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New York
Heywood Broun
Congress
Manhattan
Broun
Ruth RB. Pratt
Louis I. Brodsky
Park Avenue
Oldest American Catholic Prelate Dies in Switzerland
Monsignor Sebastian Messmer archbishop of Milwaukee died in Goldach Switzerland at age 83 after long illness. Born in Switzerland he led Green Bay diocese from 1892 and Milwaukee from 1903 succeeding Archbishop E C Matzer. He was the oldest Roman Catholic prelate in America and had returned to Milwaukee earlier in spring after bronchial ailment.
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America
Associated Preas
ST. Gall
Switzerland
Sebastian Messmer
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Goldach
Wis
Sebastian G. Momer
Imer
Chincuba
Green Bay
E. C. Matzer
Watchman Killed in Battle With Negroes in Birmingham
Evereye Ingle a mine watchman was killed after a confrontation with unidentified African Americans. A negro girl summoned him to quell a disturbance. three assailants attacked him and he fired his gun twice before dying. Deputies hunted two fugitives.
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Birmingham
Ala
Evereye Ingle
Ingle
Father Accused in Poisoned Liquor Death of 10-Year-Old
A Robeson county coroner's jury held Willie Hodge and Haisley Lovett for the November grand jury on $6500 bond after finding Arthur Lee Hodge died from poisonous liquor supplied by the two men. Lovett surrendered. Hodge testified Lovett hid two pints under a bridge and one pint was later found half filled with water. The boy collapsed in a tobacco field and received no medical aid.
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United Press
Hodge
Lovett
Stock market follows grain on its upswing
New York shares rose today following gains on the Chicago wheat and corn markets. U S Steel American Can Westinghouse American Johns Manville Vanadium Allied Chemical Case and American Telephone gained four to six dollars a share. Diamond Match rose one percent. Volume was very light with total sales under 1 200 000 shares for the second time this year in a five hour session.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago
U. S. Steel
American Can
Westinghouse Electric
Johns-Manville
Vanadium
Allied Chemical
Case
American Telephone
Quarantine Reinstated in Haynesville After New Polio Cases
Health authorities reimpose the child quarantine in Haynesville due to two new poliomyelitis cases, one white and one black, after lifting a week earlier. The white patient resides just outside the city limits.
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Haynesville
Siegfried Wagner Dies in Bayreuth at 61
Bayreuth Germany August 4 Siegfried Wagner son of Richard Wagner died today in Bayreuth at the age of sixty one. He was a noted composer and a member of the Wagner family prominent in music circles.
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Bayreuth
Germany
Siegfried Wagner
Richard Wagner
Chinese Reds Use Peasants as Shield in Changsha Street Fight
A wounded colonel from Hunan province reports that communist forces entered Changsha behind bound peasants used as shields. Troops briefly fired to avoid killing restrained civilians, then withdrew, as Reds dispersed provincial forces and began widespread murder, robbery and arson. Evacuation of Ku Ling Kiangsi province resort intensified amid the threat. United States naval authorities.
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Associated Press
Hankow
Changhsa
Hunan
Kuling
Kiangsi
United States
Man kills parents of estranged wife in Tennessee shooting
Fred Cornelison 46 a garage mechanic opened fire on his estranged wife’s parents Mr and Mrs J M Posey and a man named Bowman after arguing for three years. He wounded them and surrendered at the Posey home on Main Street.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Fred Cornelison
J. M. Posey
Cornelison
J. Bowman
Bowman
Robbers Hold Up New Orleans Oil Station Manager
Two men robbed the cash register of a full Oil filling station at Canal and Scott streets in New Orleans netting $11 before escaping. The incident occurred today as the manager was confronted by the pair demanding money. Investigators pursue leads as the station resumes normal operations.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Canal and
Scott Streets
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley
A humorous regional column titled Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley discusses money, patience, and thrift with folksy expressions. The piece uses dialect to convey practical advice and social observations.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Theatre patrons mob salesman over blue law at Gulfport
In Gulfport Mississippi on August 4 a moving picture theatre briefly closed after a traveling salesman Oscar T. Rea of New Orleans reported a blue law violation. Patrons mobbed Rea and police had to intervene. the theatre reopened and the performance continued.
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Gulfport
Miss
Moving Picture
Oscar T. Rea
New Orleans
Rea
Safe robbers fail in three attempts here
Burglars knocked knobs from three safes at Monroe Brick and Builders' Supply Frizzell Brick and Hudson Essex Motors but left no valuables. Entry at the brick company offices was gained by prying a side window. Notes warned no money. no items disturbed. investigators Pettit and Busby filed a report.
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Monroe Brick and Builders’ Supply Company
Frizzell Brick Company
Hudson-Essex Motors, Inc
Twentieth
Grammont Streets
The
Motor Company
DeSiard
F. S. Pettit
J. M. Busby
Long Denied Courthouse Site On Iberia Tour
Governor Huey P. Long ended a statewide swing in the third district after addressing about 5,000 supporters in Franklin and elsewhere. He blasted his opponent Senator James Ransdell and New Orleans papers, then was refused a court house lawn speech in New Iberia, forced to speak outside in the sun.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Franklin
United States Senate
Long
James Ransdell
Governor Long
New Iberia
Tony Landry
Goyboys
Two Children Die In Tennessee House Fire
Fire swept the Johnson home near Covington late Saturday night killing Vera 15 and Calvin 14 as parents and four other children escaped from downstairs sleeping rooms. The incident was reported by United Press from Covington Tennessee.
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Covington, Tenn
C. W. Johnson
Vera
Calvin
War Between Families Over Bootlegging At Crystal Spa
In Crystal Springs Mississippi two bootlegging families the Johnsons led by Lenni and Clifton and the Phillips including Lloyd and his father clashed on Marion avenue and South Jackson. Women and children were brought into town as two trucks arrived. Indictments by the county grand jury sparked the dispute with previous court trouble, and weapons were shown but no serious injuries reported.
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Crystal Springs
Miss
Marion Avenue
South
Jackson
Dstrict
Johnsons
Lenni
Clifton
Phillips
Lloyd
Hazelhurst
Detroit Motor Plants Reopen After Short Holidays
Several major industrial plants in the Detroit area including Ford resumed operations today after two to three weeks of shutdowns. Ford reports 100,000 workers returning to Dearborn with production at 8,000 units daily on a four day week. Other firms such as Packard Graham Paige Motors GM Truck Oakland Pontiac Timken-Detroit Axle also reopened.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford Company
Ford
Dearborn
Canada
Packard Motor Car Company
Graham Paige
Motors Company
General Motors Truck Division
Oakland-Pontiac Motor Products Company
Timken-Detroit Axle Company
Wooden Cycle Racing Bowl Destroyed by Fire in New York
The Velo drome, a large wooden cycle racing stadium at 225th Street and Broadway, burned to char after a dawn blaze likely started by a cigarette stub from last night’s races. Fire crews faced a rapid, total loss with about 150000 dollars in damage.
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New York
225Th Street
Broadway
Shreveport Man Offers Body for Food and Rent
A Shreveport man signing as Mr. X offers his body for scientific use to feed his wife and pay rent. He says he is unemployed, unable to buy food, and tired of living, asks 2000 dollars and threatens self harm if not accepted. Replies urged to care of general delivery.
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Shreveport
Mr. X
Still Explodes at New Orleans Refinery Today
A spectacular fire at Chalmette Petroleum refinery on the river front in St. Bernard parish destroyed three buildings. Loss estimated at $25,000 by secretary Robert P. Batson. Blaze started by an explosion under a still and spread through burning waste. fire crews from New Orleans aided the effort.
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New Orleans
Chalmette Petroleum Corporation
St. Bernard Parish
Robert P. Batson
Excursionists Safe After Idlewild River Incident
More than 300 passengers from the Idlewild excursion steamer were safely ashore after striking a bar on the Illinois River. They were removed at 5 a.m. by another excursion boat and a speed boat with no confusion. The river’s level was at its lowest since September 1919, 9.3 feet and still falling amid a three week drought.
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Peoria
Idlewild
Illinois River
Galveston Pageant of Pulchritude Under Way
The international pageant of pulchritude began competitive rounds with 32 of 39 entrants in Galveston Texas on August 4. Tonight selects Miss United States of America to face seven European contenders for the universe title after yesterday's bathing suit parade and floats showcase.
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Galveston
Tex
City Neglect Fatal Claims Child Death
United Press reports four year old Joseph LaFargue died in New Orleans after a city maintenance crew left a deep old well uncovered with a thin plank before modern fire protection. The incident occurred Sunday, highlighting long standing safety concerns.
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New Orleans
Joseph LaFargue
Earthquake at Caspian Sea Injures Thousands in Italy Report
London reports a severe earthquake on the Caspian Sea northeast shore. The Morni Post cites 500 killed and 4,000 injured with extensive destruction in Tehapaevo and Vritzky. Two hundred houses and a church toppled. 30 children's bodies recovered from the debris.
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London
Caspian Sea
Morni Post
Tehapaevo
Vritzky
Storms in France Hit Coast Resorts and Paris
Storms with cyclonic force damaged many regions along the fashionable channel coast and Paris last night and this morning. Heavy rainfall contributed to widespread damage and Paris recorded a July rainfall record of 22 days, the most since a 55 year old peak.
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Paris
France
Channel
Flood Splits Town After Ural River Bursts Banks
Ruins of a children's home appear as the Ural River breaks its banks and floods the town. Residents scramble for safety while authorities assess damage and coordinate aid.
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Ural
Believe Central American Lands Were Shaken
A brief note attributes seismic shaking to the Central American region. No additional details on epicenter, magnitude, or date are provided.
Earthquakes Detected by Fordham Seismograph
Two strong shocks described as more violent than Italian quakes were recorded by the Fordham University seismograph at 1:12 and 1:19 a.m. D. S. T. today, about 3,000 miles from New York according to the university.
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New York
Fordham University
Univer
Record drought grips nation with worsening heat and fires
The worst drought on record continued across the U S with parched pastures brown forests yellowed by leaves and widespread water shortages. Fires raged east of the Mississippi as fish died in shrinking streams. corn damage rose to hundreds of millions of bushels with grain prices climbing. Cooler forecasts offered little relief for the South and Washington area as summer heat persisted near 100 degrees. Cotton suffers across the region with intermittent rains in Arkansas and Tennessee. CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN.
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Mississippi
Poe
Ley
Grain Exchange
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Atlantic Seaboard
South
Capital
Rock Mountain
Pacific Coast
Arkansas
Tennessee
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