Lancaster on trial for Clarke murder in Florida
In Miami on August 17 Captain W N Lancaster faced a circuit court jury over the love triangle shooting of Haden Clarke. State prosecutors pressed for conviction calling it a cold calculated murder while defense argued for acquittal as criminologist Albert H Hamilton from Auburn testified Clarke may have died by his own action.
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Miami
Fla
W. N. Lancaster
Haden Clarke
H. F. Atkinson
Atkinson
Lancaster
M. Keith-Miller
N. Vernon Hawthorne
James M. Carson
Clarke
Keith-Miller
Hawthorne
Albert H. Hamilton
Auburn
N. Y
Ruling speed courts clash with ongoing rioting in Berlin
Berlin reports that Germany’s new speed courts failed to halt rioting as clashes spread. A farm woman and two farmers received three year sentences for heckling a Hitler rally in Breslau. In Brieg a street fight halted by heat. In Rostock two republicans got 19 months for beating a Nazi. Police wounded in a communist demonstration as police faced attacks.
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Berlin
Germany
Breslau
Brieg
Rostock
Essen
Jes' Ramblin' about the Town Mixes Faith and Small-town Notes
In a local column Jes' Ramblin' recounts a boy’s dismissal from revival services after a preacher mentioned hell. The piece includes a shoe marked FOR JES' RAMBLIN and a poem by Capt. W. L. Workman, plus brief vignettes about Clexton Steed in Rome Texas and a Calapoza street misaddress. It notes 20 cent meals and Athline Connell handling Baton Rouge schoolbooks for next year.
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G. W. Horton, Jr
Pershing Avenue
G. W. Horton
Hell
God
Jes’ Ramblin
Rainwater Hitchcock
Jes
Ramblin
W. L. Workman
Edgar A. Guest
Clexton Steed
Rome
Italy
Texas
Monroe
Calapazco Street
Catalpa Street
South Grand Street
Athline Connell
T. O. Brown
Baton Rouge
Three Days Institute for Business Men Opens Tonight
Final arrangements have been made for the opening of a three day institute of business and merchandising presented by Henry W. Stanley a nationally known economist under the Dallas chamber of commerce auspices. Evening sessions start at 8 o clock on the Hotel Virginia roof and end at 10. Two lectures each evening cover merchandising and salesmanship with brief round table discussions. Admission is free and merchants and advertisers are invited. The topics include The Merchandising Outlook The Retail Sale Advertising for 1932 Volume Credits and Collections Turnover the Purses of Profit Monroe Retail Market and a question box for audience inquiries.
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Institute of Business and
Henry W. Stanley
Trade Extension
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Roof
Stanley
News-Star-World Publishing Company
Dallas
Monroe
Ottawa Confab Adjournment Wrecked by Trade Clash
Ottawa plans to wrap up the imperial trade conference were wrecked over Britain's Soviet Russia trade. Australian and New Zealand leaders with Canada’s Bennett demanded protection for dominion products against Soviet dumping in British markets. Dismissal of a Thursday plenary session pushed adjournment to Saturday as Britain faced the pressure.
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Ottawa
Ont
Imperial Trade Conference
Britain
Russia
Stanley M. Bruce
J. G. Coates
New Zealand
Bennett
Canada
Dominion
United Kingdom
Spotlight Turns on Crowville Parish Campaign Day
A Franklin Parish town becomes the focal point for statewide political activity as candidates address crowds from Winnsboro and other areas. Missouri Pacific offers reduced round trip fares to bring in attendees. two morning and afternoon baseball games attract large crowds. The Monroe firemen's band performs as a noon barbecue accompanies speeches from candidates for September primary offices.
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Crowville
Winnsboro
Louisiana
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Monroe
Battle Looms in Alabama on Tax Measures
In Montgomery a split forms over funding Alabama’s budget with an income tax versus a broad sales levy. Governor Miller urged an income tax and a $20 million bond issue to cover debt while denouncing sales taxes as a consumer's tax. Speaker Alf Tunstall led the assembly as lawmakers convened.
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Battle Looms
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
B. M. Miller
Alf Tunstall
Man Thought Bandit Wounded by Officers
Two men believed to have robbed Peyton drug store in Shreveport were involved in a gun battle with deputy sheriffs near Marshall Texas. One suspect was shot and seriously wounded, the other fled with a posse pursuing about four miles west of Marshall. An Oklahoma licensed car was linked to the crime and Marshall officers chased the suspects after the ambush at a filling station.
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Shreveport
Peyton
Marshall
Tex
Henderson
Johnson
Mississippi Democrats Meet to Decide Election Plan
In Jackson Mississippi lawmakers face a federal injunction over district primaries set for next Tuesday. Edgar Williams of McComb chairs a session of the Jeffersonian Democrats to map a course. The Blair White redistricting act had ordered a congressional primary, but a federal court voided the act.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Congress
Edgar Williams
McComb
Democratic Executive Committee
Democratic Committee
Relief Reaches Gulf Hurricane Sufferers by Land Sea and Air
Relief efforts accelerate after the Texas gulf hurricane devastated areas inland from Galveston. Red Cross nurses on horseback deliver essentials and first aid while coast guard boats patrol flooded routes. An airplane dropped a note promising lunch water milk and clothing to Freeport.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Galveston
Red Cross
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Freeport
Stocks Tumble Sharply On Wednesday
New York high trading day ends with prices down from $1 to over $4 a share in many leading stocks. The market showed an irregular course with rallies and declines before closing lower.
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New York
Near disaster probe launched after steamer City of Memphis hits rock
United States inspector of steam vessels began an inquiry in Louisville after the excursion steamer City of Memphis struck a rock on the Ohio river near a dam and almost sank. The ship carried 748 passengers from New Albany and a crew of 33. Crews kept calm as officers commanded life preservers and lifeboats while chorus and caliope played.
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Louisville
United States Inspector of Steam Vessels
City of
Memphis
Ohio River
New Albany
Ind
Kentucky
J. E. Gloosbrenner
Gloosbrenner
Coast Guard
Natchez Sheriff and N.O. detective back after fingerprinting murder suspect
Sheriff Clarence P. Roberts of Natchez and Maurice B. O’Neil of New Orleans left for Natchez after taking fingerprints of a dead man identified as George Pearles. They said the evidence will be checked against prints found on Pearles and target Jane Merrill’s killer, with a gun reportedly sent to Gotchien town.
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Chicago
Clarence P. Roberts
Natchez
Miss
Maurice B. O'Neil
New Orleans
Bureau of Identification
George Pearles
Merrill
Roberts
J. E. Chancellor
Jackson
Pearles
Jane Merrill
Miners Invasion Threat Spurs Illinois County Preparations
In Taylorville Christian county deputies and 1500 home guards prepared to meet a planned invasion by striking coal miners from nearby counties. The miners, unhappy with a new wage scale, planned to picket Taylorville mines while avoiding firearms, promising stout opposition.
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Taylorville
Ill
Christian County
Springfield
Acceptance of Black Bayou Fish Hatchery Completed
The Louisiana conservation commission certifies Nil Desperandum Construction completed the Black Bayou fish hatchery north of Monroe and Bayou De Siard. S. E. Huey signed the certificate, Herbert Breard appointed superintendent, and the project covers pools for hatching millions of fish.
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Black Bayou
Louisiana Conservation Commission
Nil Desperandum Construction Company
Bayou de Siard
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
S. E. Huey
Robert S. Maestri
Nil Desperandum, Inc
R. C. Webb
Herbert Breard
Biloxi Shrimp War Drives Docks to Standstill
In Biloxi Mississippi the shrimp war unsettled as fishermen strike over price goes to $4 per barrel. A dock battle left one man shot and several arrests as packers refuse to fish. Mary Anticich appeals to city officials to protect boats from threats of violence at port.
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Biloxi
Miss
Mary Anticich
Road blockade broken by Iowa police in Sioux City milk strike
In Sioux City Iowa Aug 17 county authorities ordered the blockade of picketing farmers broken as negotiations over milk price stall. Producers seek 2.17 per hundred pounds versus 1.70 offered by distributors. Sheriff Davenport calls for sixty special deputies to enforce the order while other sheriffs marshal forces to escort trucks through picket lines amid farmer opposition. Some pickets say they will allow live stock trucks to enter the city.
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Sioux City
John A. Davenport
G. N. Slocum
Union County
S. D
Ralph E. Rippey
Plymouth County
Iowa
Milk Producers’ Association
Government Bolsters Forces at Sao Paulo
Government reinforced federal troops in Sao Paulo by sending 4,000 men into the Cruzeiro Mantequeira area. President Getulio Vargas rejected rebel peace overtures and said arms must be laid down before any talks.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Cruzeiro-Mantequeira
Getulio Vargas
Walker ouster trial hears aide testimony and subpoena delay
At the Walker ouster hearing Governor Roosevelt pressurizes pace as Curtin protests. Testimony reveals Kerrigan discussed Sherwood with Seabury aides before a subpoena was issued while Sherwood eluded service in Atlantic City.
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Executive Chamber
Albany
N. Y
John J. Curtin
Walker
Roosevelt
Samuel Seabury
Charles Kerrigan
Sherwood
Russell T. Sherwood
Seabury
Hofstadter
Jacob Gould Schurman
Schurman
Kerrigan
Europe
New York
Atlantic City
Traymore
Curtin
Louisiana Obtains One Million For Workless Aid
Washington reports Gov. O. K. Allen's unemployment relief committee returns with a loan of 1,096,084 for Louisiana. Louisiana sought 12,000,000 under a proclamation to meet unemployment. The loan targets parishes with pressing needs as flood, drought, and highway programs exhausted funds.
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Washington
O. K. Allen
Unemployment Relief Committee
Louisiana
Arthur G. Newmyer
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Allen
Largest favorable trade balance reported for July
The Commerce Department said exports exceeded imports by 28 million dollars in July, marking the year’s largest favorable balance. For seven months to July, exports totaled 948.0 million and imports 826.9 million. Gold exports in July were 1.009 million against 20.512 million imports, with a 19.503 million excess. Silver and silk figures are noted, but data is incomplete from the fragment.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Jilly
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