Negro killer surrenders after fatal hotel parking dispute
W Frank Norman a former special assistant attorney general was shot four times at Wardman Park hotel in a quarrel over a parking space and died an hour later. Joseph H Diggs surrendered after the shooting and said he acted in self defense. Witnesses dispute the motive and details, with continued coverage on page two.
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Washington
W. Frank Norman
Wardman Park
Joseph H. Diggs
Norman
Diggs
Moore Named on Directorate of Farm Bureau
Baton Rouge August 12 The Louisiana State University president James M Smith told the state farm bureau in annual session that the live at home farm program is the surest way out of the present mood. Election of parish farm bureau directors marked the Tuesday session with names including R L Moore of Sterlington Ouachita W R Griffing Franklin L E B Tilsbury Morehouse Robert Crittenden Richland T W Auger Union Senator Norris C Williamson East Carroll L H Cook Tensas A banquet for delegates to the annual farm short course closed the day.
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Baton Rouge
United States
James M. Smith
Louisiana State University
State Farm Bureau
University
Parish Farm Bureau
R. L. Moore
Sterlington
Ouachita
W. R. Griffing
Franklin
L. EB. Tilsbury
Morehouse
Robert Crittenden
Richland
T. W. Auger
Union
Norris
C. Williamson
East Carroll
L. H. Cook
Tensas
Early morning life in Monroe yields crops and town chatter
Readers meet diverse scenes from 40-acre Bayou DeSiard farms to Monroe’s upcoming city marshal race. Epps Mayo shows produce variety amid farming, Mrs. Ruffin recalls 65 years on Jackson street awaiting a new post office site, and locals snip theater ads while noting Lions baseball injuries and air mail ticket sales.
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L. T. Hastings
Epps Mayo
Bayou DeSiard
R. Ruffin
Jackson Street
Monroe
Ruffin
Martial Law Looms In Oil Producing Areas of Texas
Texas faced the threat of martial law to curb oil output in the east Texas field as the special session debated a full bill. Governor Sterling signaled possible use of force if oil legislation fails, amid protests from operators and preparations for a voluntary shutdown discussion in Tyler.
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Texas
Austin
Great East Texas
Ross
Sterling
Walter Woodward
Charles West
W. H. Murray
Oklahoma
Murray
Dallas
Tyler
H. H. Carmichael
Kansas
Public Service Commission
TWO SLAIN IN GUN FIGHT AT LIQUOR STILL
Deputy sheriff W. S. Thompson died from shotgun wounds and Doyle Brooks is sought after a raid on a still near the Virginia line. Tine Brooks died later in Middlesboro hospital. Deputy Carl Chadwell was wounded and expected to recover as John Greer escaped to fetch help. Mrs. D. T. Brooks and Minnie Brooks were jailed in Claiborne County.
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Tazewell
Tenn
Middlesboro
Virginia
W. S. Thompson
Tine Brooks
Carl Chadwell
D. T. Brooks
Minnie
Claiborne County
Doyle Brooks
Brooks
Powell’s River
Thompson
Chadwell
John Greer
Greer
War Department Grants 250000 for Ouachita Locks Operations
The War Department allotted 250000 for operation and care of locks and dams on the Ouachita river spanning Arkansas and Louisiana. Additional allocations included 162500 for Cumberland river operations, 50000 for upper White river, 19000 for Tug and Levisa forks and Big Sandy river works, and 7000 for Big Sunflower river projects. It also approved minor bridge plan changes over the Atchafalaya at Morgan City and Krotz Springs, and set 30000 for a Texas intra coastal survey from Corpus Christi to Point Isabel to assess improvements near Harlingen.
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Washington
Ouachita River
Arkansas-Louisiana
War Department
Cumberland River
Tennessee
Kentucky
White River
Arkansas
Tug
Levisa
Big Sandy River
Big Sunflower River
Mississippi
Atchafalaya River
Morgan City
Krotz Springs
Louisiana
Galveston
Texas
Corpus Christi
Point Isabel
Arroyo
Colorado
Harlingen
Boundary lines run today for Monroe post office site
Postmaster A A Thoman announced boundary lines are being run on the recently purchased Monroe site at Jackson and Grammont streets. City Engineer W I Neel conducts the survey and will mark property lines in preparation for erection of the new building. actual construction start date is not yet decided.
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Monroe
A. A. Thoman
W. I. Neel
Jackson and
Grammont Streets
Legge Elected to Cotton Stabilization Board
E F Creekmore announces Alexander Legge former Farm Board chairman has been elected to the board of directors of the Cotton Stabilization corporation in Washington. A Texas oil conservation bill talks recessed with agreement reached and outline drawn by the conference committee.
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Washington
E. F. Creekmore
Cotton Stabilization Corporation
Alexander Legge
Farm Board
Austin
Tex
Texas
Tom Pollard
Philadelphia maniac shot policeman then captured
A maniac named John Stanno shot a police officer in the eye and barricaded himself in a south Philadelphia house. He was critically wounded during the capture and taken to St. Agnes hospital where he was reported dying.
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Philadelphia
St. Agnes Hospital
John Stanno
Lindberghs Rest Before Start of Bering Sea Hop
Nome Alaska Aug 12 Fac ing the hardest leg of their 7000 mile flight to the Orient Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh rested after landing at Safety bay 21 miles east of Nome following a fog delayed hop from Shismaref on Kotzebue Sound They planned to push to Karaginsk Siberia weather permitting tomorrow morning
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Nome
Alaska
Orient
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bering Sea
Safety Bay
Here
Shismaref
Kotzebue Sound
Point Barrow-Nome
Lindbergh
Karaginsk
Siberia
Grant K. Jackson
Rum Runner Robbed of Liquor Truck Near Dallas
A rum runner reported to police that hijackers robbed him of a $5,000 truckload of fancy liquors as he drove from New Orleans into Dallas. He was found in a field south of Dallas in a dazed condition with a battered head and torn clothes.
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Dallas
Texas
New Orleans
Rambone's Meditations on Sugar Talk
A fragment from J. P. Alley titled Rambone's Meditations explores gendered speech and social power in working class life. The piece references rhythm and dialect in conversations about bread and meat rations, highlighting community dialogue and resilience.
Prerieve Request Emerges Over Harper Murder Trial
Harper death sentence under renewed scrutiny as American Legion investigates claims of jury bias. Brother T A Harper seeks clemency and a new trial after witnesses in Monroe provide notarized statements.
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William M. Harper
Harvey C. Pepper
Sikes
American Legion
Dallas
Texas
Harper
T. A. Harper
Legion
Jury Selection Starts in Rouey Eaton Murder Trial
In Booneville Mississippi the jury for Rouey Eaton’s first degree murder trial over the slaying of U S deputy marshal Clyde Rivers was chosen behind closed doors. Prosecutors say Eaton and relatives were with Rivers when he attempted to arrest a parole violator. Future trials for Clovis Eaton Edgar Eaton Dell Eaton and others were scheduled.
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Booneville
Miss
Rouey Eaton
Clyde Rivers
United States
Tobe Morgan
A. K. Little
Eaton
Rivers
Clovis Eaton
Edgar Eaton
Clovis
Dell Eaton
Tom Johnson
Diamond sentence marks rare prison term for famed New York mobster
Jack Legs Diamond received four years in federal prison and an $11,000 fine for conspiracy to violate national prohibition and possession of a 1,500 gallon Applejack still in Greene County New York. Judge Richard J. Hopkins ordered the Atlanta penitentiary. Quattrocchi got two years and a $5,000 fine after a separate conviction.
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New York
Jack
Legs
Diamond
Paul Quattrocchi
Greene County
Richard J. Hopkins
Kansas
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Quattrocchi
Alexander Green
Hopkins
Cotton Cooperatives cry high rail compressions in Louisiana
The American Cotton Cooperative Association urged the Louisiana Public Service Commission to investigate railroad compression allowances. They claim 18 cents per bale west of the Mississippi and 15 cents east are excessive and raise through freight rates, harming cotton producers. No hearing date was set due to funds, tied to governor Huey Long not signing a requisition.
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Baton Rouge
American Cotton Cooperative Association Today
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Cooperative Association
Public Service Commission
Huey Long
Union Oil Mill to Install 700 Horsepower Motor
Union Oil Mill of West Monroe plans a 700 hp upgrade, largest in northeast Louisiana, to buy power from Louisiana Power and Light. Total horsepower will reach 1250 once installed, with operations due by September 10. Other mills in Tallulah and Hodge prepare to receive LPL power as lines expand.
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Union Oil Mill Company
West Monroe
Louisiana
Louisiana Power and Light Company
A. O. Evans
Tallulah
Southern
Hodge
Winnfield
Jackson Parish
Bridge Work Resumes at Monroe Under Labor Bureau Row
Construction on the state highway bridge over the river at Monroe restarted by Stevens Bros. and Shafer after a dispute with the Louisiana Labor Bureau. About 15 men began floating cribs for coffer dams at 29 cents an hour, with 50 more expected by week end as hundreds gathered at the scene.
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Monroe
Stevens Bros
Shafer
Louisiana Labor Bureau
Louisiama
Broussard Denies Governor Candidacy in New Orleans
U S Senator Edwin S Broussard arrived in New Orleans and denied reports that his name would appear on the January state ticket as a governor candidate He reaffirmed plans to run for a Senate seat in the September 1932 primary instead.
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New Orleans
U. S
Edwin S. Broussard
Senate
Bloodstained purse linked to four teens' deaths near Ypsilanti
Investigators traced movements of four victims, two boys and two girls, after they vanished from a Ypsilanti area road. A bloodstained purse and a 38 caliber bullet drive the case as Paul Keene and Lawrence Keene remain in custody while two others were released after statements. Authorities suspect a "lover's lane" slaying with friends last seen at a Milan restaurant early Tuesday.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Here
Jacob B. Andres
Paul Keene
Lawrence
Ypsilanti
Milan
Norman England
Thomas Wheatley
Near Denton
Harry Love
Vivian Gold
Anna May Harrison
Cleveland
Young Wheatley
South River Road
Young Lore
Hawks Set Gotham Chicago Flying Record in City Flight
Capt Frank Hawks arrived at Chicago Municipal Airport at 9 50 a m C T four hours four minutes after departure from New York. His time beat the previous New York Chicago record by eight minutes set last week by J Goodwin Hall. Hawks, en route to Hot Springs S C for the American Indians council, aimed to break the Chicago New York record on the return.
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Chicago
U.P
Frank Hawks
New York- Chicago
Municipal Airport
New York
Hawks
J. Goodwin Hall
Hot Springs
S. C
Great Council of American Indians
Cotton Prices Span 97 Years From 4 Cents To 1.90
New York cotton trades around 7 cents pound as Ouachita parish farmers recall a 97 year range from under 4 cents to 1.90 a pound. The 1898 low was 6 cents per pound, about 25 dollars a bale, with highs after the Civil War and World War I. The table shows only peak yearly prices and notes broader ups and downs across history. Continued on Page Two.
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New York
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Night Watchman Beaten in New Orleans Robbery
Aged night watchman Eugene Cassanova of United Cash and Wholesale Grocery was beaten into unconsciousness by three robbers who broke into the plant in New Orleans and fled with cigarettes valued at 678 dollars. The victim said the assailants were at least three in number.
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New Orleans
Eugene Cassanova
United Cash and Wholesale Grocery Company
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