Passersby Save Girl As Three Die In Louisiana Mississippi Blaze
Eight people died in flaming attic mobiles across Louisiana and Mississippi over two days. A fire near McCool killed Dorothy Bernius and three Mississippians, while Mrs Bernius and others perished in separate crashes and accidents. The report lists numerous fatalities and injuries including a New Orleans pharmacist burnt driving, drownings, and a suicide note found in New York City.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
A. F. Bernius
Laure Bernius
Arthur Arbour
Jia
Conrad Bernius
Dorothy Bernius
Grady Shermans
Floyd Steed
Willie Boyles
McCool
Miss
J. M. Brantly
Dace Bowie
Ethel
F. H. Brown
Caldwell Parish
Louisiania
Willie Gill
Viegra
Columba
Ceorge Konieles
Newark
N. J
Biloxi
J. W. Suttle
Crossett
Ark
Jonesboro
Russell Denman
Hodge
Harry Williford
Reeds Walk
Mar Fel
Pickwick Coffer Dam
Corinth
John Campbell
Hegre
George Reardon
Carnal Street
Orenent
Mississippi River
New Orleane
Tt Filet
New Orlans
Jone
Britain Germany Protest Over Nationals in Spanish War
Britain and Germany protested treatment of their nationals as Loyalist and rebel forces clashed in Spain. The United States asked Madrid to protect American property and indemnification for damage. Loyalists advanced in Guadarrama and seized two Aragonese towns while shelling and naval actions occurred near Algeciras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Madrid
Barcelona
Foreign Office
Berundi
Gibraltar
Guadarrama
Algeciras
Rock of Gibraltar
Jaime I
Dato
Tardevita
Graner
Baena
Spain
Berlin
Reich
France
U. S
Oklahoma
U. S. S. Quincy
Bayonne
Roy McWilliams
Biarritz
Chief Pow Wow Big Feather Man Douses War Office
Wichita promoter Woody Hockaday nicknamed Chief Pow Wow burst into the office of Assistant Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring in Washington. He threw feathers, wore an Indian costume, and shouted about feathers not bullets before fleeing. He planned to visit the Supreme Court next.
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Washington
Harry H. Woodring
Woody Hockaday
Hockaday
Woodring
Supreme Court
War Department
State Department
King George II Faces Liberal Protests Over Metaxas Dictatorship
Greek liberals accuse King George II of violating constitutional promises by appointing John Metaxas as military dictator. They warn of convulsive upheaval and fear the king’s throne could be endangered by his ties to the unpopular regime. The crisis follows the government’s exposure of what they call a communist threat.
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Athens
London
George II
John Metaxas
Liberal
Eleutherios Venizelos
Thurman named temporary clerk of Ouachita district court
W. F. Thurman, deputy clerk for Ouachita district court, was appointed ad interim clerk by Judges J T Shell and D I Garrett after the death of Pat S Hamilton. The appointment covers until a new district clerk is elected, ensuring continued operation of the clerk’s office.
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W. F. Thurman
District Court of
Ouachita Paris
J. T. Shell
David I. Garrett
Wokchunt Leche
Pat 5. Hamilton
District Court
Thurman
Garrett
Rescue Crews Seek Bodies of 25 Miners in Blast
Weary crews resumed the grim search at Wharncliffe Wood Moore mine after a brutal explosion trapped 57 men on the night shift. Only Alfred Brown survived though gravely injured as 25 workers were listed missing, with two others accounted for dead and miners’ wives gathering around the pithead in sorrow.
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Wharncliff, Wood, Moore Company
Alfred Brown
Barnsley Hospital
Brown
Pat Hamilton Dies. 3000 Attend West Monroe Rites
Funeral services for Pat S. Hamilton, 16 year clerk of the district court, drew about 3,000 people at First Baptist church West Monroe. Rev E B Huntsberry led with Rev Louis Hoffpaulr assisting. burial followed at Hasley cemetery with pallbearers named. Courthouse offices and many businesses closed in tribute.
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First Baptist Church of
West Monroe
Quachita Parish
Pat S. Hamilton
E. B. Huntsberry
Louis Hoffpaulr
First Methodist Church
Hasley Cemetery
E. E. Huntsberry
Keck May Seek AFL Membership Amid Lewis Rift
William Keck president of the Progressive Miners of America said at Gillespie Illinois that his union may apply for AFL membership when its convention meets next month. The AFL executive council had ordered John L. Lewis and 10 allied unions suspended for rebellion unless they repent within 30 days, risking a major split in labor ranks.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William Keck
Progressive Miners of America
Lewis
Gillespie
A. F. of L
A. F. of L. Executive Council
Associated
A Husband Flirts Through Astor Case Eyewitness Diary
Mary Astor quotes reveal her friend’s frank view of a flirtation involving a married couple. She defends the husband and asserts they are adults living in an adult fashion. She says the affair is not a scandal and praises the husband as a decent man.
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Astor
Mary Astor
Wife Convicted in Conspiracy to Murder Husband
Mary Vann, 40, was found guilty as an accessory before the fact in a plot to wreck the railroad train carrying her husband, 60, the engineer. The verdict could yield one to years in prison. The trial consumed over a day of deliberation. The state says Vann and Earl Travis planned the killing to collect life insurance and marry.
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Milton
Fia
Mary Vann
Wealthy Indian feared coerced marriage in Okla case
Tulsa officials probe the disappearance of Hehshahke a 70 year old Osage ward who left his Fairfax area farm with two women and a man in a sedan officials suspect an attempt to force a marriage to gain wealth similar to the Jackson Barnett case. A marriage license was issued for an Indian with a single name in Fairfax and a white bride was observed. The government notes Hehshahke’s wealth and land valued around $30 000 with ongoing litigation over Barnett estate claims.
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Tulsa
Okla
Hehshahke
Fairfax
W. M. Nash
United States Indian Service
Jackson Barnett
Hay -Shawkee
T OS. Nash
Harry H. Hamilton
Anna Laura Barnett
Barnett
Justice officials rule out private asylum for killer
Justice officials said attempts to transfer Thomas H. Robinson Jr. from a life sentence for kidnapping Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll to a private asylum would fail as a federal prison hospital in Springfield Missouri handles mental cases. Cleveland detectives say a physician arrested for the last year’s five headless body slayings is cleared of suspicion, having been out of the city when the victims were slain.
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Washington
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
Louisville
Springfield
Cleveland
Pendleton Will Puts Estate in Trust to Wellesley College
The will of Ellen F. Pendleton former president of Wellesley College probated in Dedham Massachusetts provides that the residue of her estate after private bequests is placed in trust with income to niece Miss Barbara M. Hahn of Greenfield South Carolina for life. Upon her death the income will be used to further the college's academic and intellectual work. Hahn also receives all tangible personal property in the president's house at Wellesley College.
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Dedham
Mass
Ellen F. Pendleton
Wellesley College
Barbara M. Hahn
Greenfield
S. C
Gloria Elaine Carter Vanishes After Short Return Home
A 15 year old Washington girl Gloria Elaine Carter who had been found in Asheville and returned home disappeared again in Hickory as her parents were taking her back. Her father had said she had had enough of making her own way in the world and she was missing after the departure.
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Hickory
N. C
Gloria Elaine Carter
Washington
Asheville
Gloria
Postoffice Site Offered Approved for Rayville Building
Acceptance of property offered by J. S. Sims as the site of a new federal building at Rayville Louisiana was recommended today by the joint treasury post office committee. The site lies on the south side of Benedette street at the Missouri Pacific railway and the announced price is 5500 dollars.
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Washington
J. S. Sims
Federal
Rayville
Treasury-Post Office Committee
Benedette Street
Missouri Pacific Railway
Investigation Into Plane Drop Near St Louis
A two fold inquiry began into the crash of Chicago and Southern Air Lines city of Memphis near Lambert field. Officials and inspectors led by Eugene L Vidal sought wreckage details and accounts from witnesses to eight fatalities. Coroner Luke B Tiernan planned an inquest into the pilot Cart's death.
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ST. Louis
Ana
Chicago and Southern
Memphis
Enery Merce Department
Eugene L. Vidal
Bureau
Washington
Lambert-St. Louis
Luke B. Tiernan
Cart
Name Contest For New Electric Shop Eyes Short Options
With only three days left, residents may submit names for a new electric appliance organization. The top name will win a 10 prize. a panel chosen by the electrical editor will judge suitability. The group partners with the city power and light department to boost electric use, seeking a distinctive brief name.
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News-Star
Morning World
Electric Appliance
City Power and Light Department
Auto Accident Claims 2 Lives in Jonesboro Area
Two men died after a Jonesboro Chatham highway crash near Jonesboro Louisiana. J B Suttle 24 of Asheville North Carolina died at a Hodge clinic after being found injured. Russell Denman 35 of Hodge died next morning at the same hospital. A Black boy passenger was injured and treated at a Shreveport hospital.
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Jonesboro. la
Aus
J. B. Suttle
Asheville
N. C
Russell
Denman
Hodge
Jonesboro- Chatham
Jonesboro
Suttle
Shreveport
Hodge Clinic
Starvation Death Told by Diary from Alaska Trap Cabin
Olaf Olson, a 60 year old trapper, died in his cabin 60 miles northwest of York Mountain House. A diary kept until July 26 traces his privations from July 14 to July 16 when he became very weak. Constable J H Levland found the diary beside the body after a fellow trapper reported discovery.
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York Mountain House
Alla
Olaf Olsens
J. H Levland
Royal Canadian Inpented Police
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Britain
Big Feather Man
U. S. Supreme Court
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Barnsley
York, Eng
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Lewis Foe
George
Mrs. Kaufman
Kaufman
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