Prohibitionist Slays Bootlegger Son and Compressor Station Planned
A United Gas Public Service Corporation crew began a large compressor station project in Richland parish one mile east of Alto by the Boer river. Costing 965000 dollars, it aims to handle 0 million cubic feet daily with twenty 168 horsepower units. The facility, partly using equipment from Waskom Texas, will be ready in about 60 days and will employ white labor only. The plant addresses lower rock pressure in the Richland field, which has fallen from about 1100 pounds to 575–600 pounds.
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United Gas Public Service Corporation
Richland Parish
R Sw
Alto
Boer River
Waskom
Texas
Richland
Burn Low Grade Cotton Urged by Mrs. C. Phillips
Mrs. Charles W. Phillips proposes government burning of untenable low grade cotton to clear surplus and restore market normalcy. She cites long farming history and argues the government should curb supply rather than burden farmers, contrasting aid loans abroad with cotton hardship at home.
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C. Phillips
Two More Candidacy Sparks In Local Race Bid
The city marshal contest heats up with two additional candidates revealed over the weekend and more expected, as whispers circulate about further entrants. A neighborhood gossip note plays with local happenings while residents await clearer word on the field.
Decisive Battle Feared in Santa Clara Cuba Revolt
Havana reports a planned clash as 2 000 insurgents 1 500 armed gather near Trinidad. President Machado delays Havana return while Clemente Vasquez Bello’s arrival signals imminent battle. Censorship tightens as Santa Clara loyalists posture with 4,000 troops.
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Havana
Santa Clara
Gerardo Machado
Trinidad
Clemente Vasquez Bello
Senate
Machado
Youth Killed As Car Turns Over In Road Near Rayville
T R Harris Jr 26 of Tallulah died when the steering wheel broke and pierced his heart as a car overturned near Rayville. Companion David Mitchell escaped unhurt. Clifton Jones braced himself to avoid injury. Harris left a wife and child, two brothers, a sister, and his father. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 pm at Mrs Young’s residence, burial at Silver Cross cemetery.
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Rayville
T. R. Harris, Jr
Tallulah
Louisiana Highway Commons
Harris
Alto
Rayville-Natchez
David Mitchell
Clifton Jones
T. R. Harris
Leon Harris
Beaumont
James Harris
M. T. Young
Young
Silver Cross Cemetery
Lindberghs Held At Siberia Post By Bad Weather
NEMURO Japan Aug 18 reports indicate Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh delayed their flight due to fog and worsening weather along the Kamchatka coast. Intercepted messages suggested a planned takeoff for Nemuro, with uncertainty over resuming the final leg to Tokyo as mist hangs over the region.
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Nemuro
Japan
Charles A. Lindbergh
Kurile Islands
Petropavlovsk
Kamchatka
St. Paul Island
Obiishi
Lindberghs
Blonde ex-model held without bail in shooting case
Ruth Jayne Cranmer 27, a blonde ex model, is held without bail in a New York magistrate court on felonious assault charges after a Friday shooting at a party attended by State Senator Roy T. Yates of Paterson, New Jersey. Police requested a week’s adjournment due to Yates’s condition after being shot in the abdomen at the girl’s West 89th Street apartment.
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New York
Ruth Jayne Cranmer
Roy T. Yates
Paterson
N. J
Yate
West 89Th
Long Urges Cotton Plan Conference In New Orleans
Governor Long invites governors United States senators members of congress and lieutenant governors of cotton states to meet in New Orleans on Friday to discuss suspending all cotton growing next year as a relief measure. He says the plan would create a market for cotton and could meet world demand if adopted.
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Long
United States
Congress
New Orleans
Toto
South
Ewing
Governor Long
Mayor urges broad Ouachita county civic presence at New Orleans cotton meeting
Mayor Bernstein proposed a civic committee from Monroe and Ouachita parish to attend Governor’s gathering in New Orleans on the cotton situation. He listed figures such as C. C. Bell Fred Millsaps John Sherrouse and W. L. Ethridge among potential members and urged wide local representation in what may be an open meeting to discuss emergency conditions.
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Bernstein
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
C. C. Bell
West Monroe
Fred Millsaps
Chamber of Commerce
John Sherrouse
W. L. Ethridge
John Breard
P. M
Hambone's Meditations on Digging Up Fruit Jars
A playful feature notes Hambone J P Alley diggin up old fruit jars in summer soil. The excerpt humorously reflects on effort and expected harvests with folks watching for results.
Arms seized in raids on homes of coal miners
In two raids on Harlan County coal field homes deputies seized more than 2000 rounds of ammunition and eight rifles along with two pistols and several shotguns. Six men including Finley Powers Harlie Mealer J L Vanfoser William Gibbs were charged with possessing arms. A quantity of radical literature was found at Gibbs home.
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Harlan, Ky
Harlan County
Broughn
Finley Powers
Harlie Mealer
J. L. Vansooser
William Gibbs
Gibbs
Powers
Mer’ R
van Foser
Pal of Higgins Began Time at Leavenworth Prison
W. E. Hayes, partner of R. C. Higgins, bandit shot by West Monroe police, is serving a two and a half year federal sentence at Fort Leavenworth Kansas for a postal charge. He previously served 22 months at Atlanta federal penitentiary after arrest in 1930 for passing stolen post office money orders.
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W. E. Hayes
R. C. Higgins
West Monroe
United States
Federal
Atlanta
Hayes
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Frank Cline
Ouachita Per
Thirty Million Homeless in Flooded China Report
A survey for Chinese authorities indicates at least 30 million people homeless and about 10 million utterly destitute in the four provinces hardest hit by the Yangtse river flood.
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Hankow
China
Yangtse
Long Promotes Practical Cotton To Idle In 1932
Governor Huey P. Long presses his plan to let cotton lie for two years as a price stabilization move. He claims immediate enactment by state legislatures is feasible and cites Moses for precedent. A meeting in New Orleans Friday will discuss statutes barring any cotton output in 1932.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
United States
Moses
Long
New Orleans
Harper to be hanged at Winn Parish jail
William M. Harper, sentenced to hang for the December slaying of Hardy Peppers, is to be moved from the parish jail to Winn Parish by Sheriff Bry ant Sholars. Harper, calm in jail, awaits execution and claims he did not receive a fair trial. Gallows construction began today outside the Winn parish jail.
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William M. Harper
Winnfield
Sikes
Bryant Sholars
Winn Parish
Harper
Ouachita Parish
Mayor Walmsley In Second Car Crash This Month
The mayor T Semmes Walmsley was in a collision today with Mrs Jack Bache driving her husband to work in New Orleans. Police Captain Louis Graff sustained a broken rib and ex Senator Prowell injuries to head and body. Bache injured in eye and wrist. Police filed reckless driving charges against Mrs Bache. an eyewitness said the mayor’s car was speeding.
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New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Jack Bache
Louis Graff
Walmsley
Senator Prowell
SUTTER ELIMINATED IN OPENING OPPONENTS AT NEWPORT TUNNELS
Newport Casino tennis upset sees sixth seed Clifford Sutter of New Orleans lose 6 4 6 4 to J Gilbert Hall of East Oramee N J in a second round match. Sutter failed to hold first service game setting opening-set loss.
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Sutter
Newport
R. 1
Clifford Sutter
New Orleans
J. Gilbert Hall
East Oramee N. J
Oil and Cement Men Protest 15 Percent Rail Freight Increase
Washington August 18 Oil and cement interests protest a proposed 15 percent increase in railroad freight rates A M Stephens of Standard Oil urged a $5 a car surcharge on petroleum instead of a percentage rise He argued a flat surcharge would preserve rate relations F E Paulson of Lehigh Portland Cement warned of traffic loss if cement rates rise Stephens noted oil profits last year matched savings from nonrail transport Gasoline refineries face higher freight costs under the plan.
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Washington
One Oil Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
A. M. Stephens
Louisville
Standard Oil Company of
Kentucky
F. E. Paulson
Allentown
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Stephens
Louisiana stock fire insurers seek rate rise dismissed
The suit filed by 214 Louisiana stock fire insurance companies against the Louisiana Insurance Commission to force approval of a 25 to 33 percent rate increase on five categories of insurance was formally dismissed in civil district court in New Orleans. No reason for dismissal was provided.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Louisiana Insurance Commission
Civil District
Father shoots bootlegging son in home conflict near Kentwood
New Orleans Aug 18 Thomas E Higginbotham 56 shot and killed his 23 year old son David in Kentwood after accusing him of bootlegging A second son Lawrence 12 years old fired at the father wounding him in the right groin and finger The elder man said he acted to punish bootleggers and claimed his heart was with the Women's Christian Temperance Union He was hospitalized in New Orleans while the younger shooter was in custody
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New Orleans
Thomas E. Higginbotham
Sie
Charity Hospital
David
Higginbotham
Lawrence
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Kentwood
Reichsbank Report Shows Gold Gain and Note Contraction
The Reichsbank mid month report released in Berlin shows a 10.57 million mark increase in gold stock and a reduction of over 138 million marks in bank note circulation from the previous week.
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Reichsbank
Berlin
Guardsmen Begin Patrol of East Texas Oil Fields
Texas National Guardsmen conducted a patrol of the East Texas oil belt to verify shutdown compliance with Gov Sterling's order. Four bodies of 100 guardsmen each surveyed a 600 square mile producing area aided by Texas rangers and gear to close wells. Brig Gen Wolters led about 800 troops amid expected limited unemployment as major companies pledged payroll retention.
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Texas National Guardsmen
Kilgore
Texas
East Texas
Texas Ranger
Wolters
Gov. Sterling
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Mrs. Watkins
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Old Sol
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Old Mexico
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Brown
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Bascom
Menocal
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Orleans
Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Pal OF
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Leaven Worth
Winn
Sheriff Sholars
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Conn
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Estelle Taylor
Los Angeles
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Reno
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Standard Oil
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