Lindberghs Afloat Overnight After Fog During Pacific Flight
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh spent the night afloat near Ketoi island after twice landing amid fog while flying 897 miles from Petropavlovsk to Nemuro. They planned to resume to Nemuro at dawn as ships Kokusai Maru and Shimushiru Maru moved to assist if weather allows.
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Nemuro
Japan
Petropavlovsk
Kamchatka
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ketoi Island
Tokyo
Kurile Island
Obiishi Wireless Station
Muroten Bay
Shimushiru Island
Ketoi
Ochiishi
Shimushiru
Muroton
Courteous robber takes small sum from Virginia Flower shop owner
A man stopped Mrs. Leo Vandegaer, owner of Virginia Flower shop in Hotel Virginia, at 4 am saying he hated to hold up a lady and left with a small amount of money after saying he was starving. No threats were made. In New Orleans a thief left a note thanking for groceries after stealing 50 dollars worth of goods from Dominick Natal's store.
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Leo Vandegaer
Virginia
Hotel
Vandegaer
New Orleans
Dominick Natal
Lester McClain
Central Fire Station
Joe Polk
McClain
Roddy
Ramblin Notes and Town Echoes from Monroe
Jes Ramblin lines up social vignettes from Monroe including Dr. Wood’s mustache, Paul Jenkins on Lee Avenue, and F B Cole’s regained sight after blindness. Town scenes cover Toonerville trolleys, a dairy call gone comically awry, Mayor Bernstein at the Ouachita Bank ledge, a birthday celebration for Fireman Lester McClain, and Cruseman Gillett’s relief after a nearby arrest.
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Arnold Bernstein
Ouachita National Bank
Jess Ramblin
Hankow Dyke Break Deluges Western Hankow Floods Reach New Highs
Yangtse floodwaters broke the Chinkow dyke at Hankow floodwaters inundated the western suburb's industrial district and villages across Anhwei Hupeh Hunan and Henan. Relief adviser John Earl Baker called it perhaps China's most terrible disaster this century as typhoid cholera and dysentery surge among refugees.
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Hankow
China
Yangtse
Chinkow
John Earl Baker
Chinese Railway Ministry
Anhwei
Hupeh
Hunan
Henan
Baker
Long drafts cotton holiday plan to ease low prices
Gov Huey P. Long drafts a proposed cotton crop holiday for next year to push relief for Southern farmers facing a glut and low prices. He plans a southern Peoples meeting in New Orleans to discuss diversification toward beans cabbage and potlukker and a possible federal appeal if enough support emerges.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Long
South
Coal Operators Protests 15 Percent Rail Rate Hike
Anthracite operators led by A B Jessup and United Mine Workers attorney E C Marianelli opposed the railroads 15 percent freight rate increase heard by the Interstate Commerce Commission. They warned higher rates would shrink market demand, cut tonnage, and raise mine costs by about 1.10 dollars per ton, exacerbating workers hardship.
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Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Interstate Commerce Commission
A. B. Jessup
Jeddo
Anthracite Coal Operators Association
E. C. Marianelli
Kingston
Jessup
Canada
Prosecution rests in Luke Lea fraud trial in Asheville
In Asheville North Carolina the prosecution rested its case against Col Luke Lea of Nashville and three co defendants in a conspiracy to defraud Central Bank and Trust of about 1 3 million dollars. Additional bank records were entered before the state rested. The jury was then sent out for defense motions. Lea is a former US senator.
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Asheville
N. C
Luke Lea
Nashville
M. W. Barnhill
Lea
United States
Luke Lea, Jr
E. P. Charlet
Prisoner W. M. Harper to be executed in Winnfield
A photo shows W. M. Harper, inmate at the local parish jail, awaiting execution Friday in Winnfield for the December slaying of Hardy Peppers at Sikes. He praised the courteous treatment from parish officials and the guards.
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W. M. Harper
Winnfield
Sikes
News-Star
Pregs
Non aggression pact signed by France and Soviet Russia
France and Soviet Russia concluded a non aggression pact in Paris after negotiations begun in May. The treaty binds both nations to neutrality if either is attacked by a third power, following closely the lines of the German Soviet neutrality accord.
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United Press
London
Europe
France
Soviet
Russia
Paris
Moscow Press
Carmody Re-elected Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus
Martin H. Carmody an attorney from Grand Rapids Michigan was chosen for a third consecutive term as supreme knight at the Knights of Columbus forty ninth annual convention in French Lick Indiana. All other officers were re elected with no opposition.
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French Lick
Ind
Martin H. Carmody
Grand Rapids
Mich
the Knights of Columbus
Supreme Council of the Order
Order
Hambone's Meditations from 1844 Folklore
A reprinted comic sketch by J P Alley in the Po' Folk voice warns about poverty and pride. The piece uses dialect to describe work, sorter money, and the rough humor of life with the chilluns. The Bell Syndicate credits the 1844 copyright.
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Bell Syndicate
Ouachita Officials Form Delegation For Cotton Conference
Ouachita parish police jury votes to send three jurors and three farmers with President J. M. Breard to New Orleans for Gov Huey Long s cotton conference Friday. Committee aims to study price-raising plans and mitigate cotton growth concerns. A report on the Batou Rouge short course praises its value and impact.
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J. M. Breard
Ouachita Parish
New Orleans
Huey P. Long
R. M. Brown
J. M. Myatt
C. L. Mengis
D. Y. Smith
Sterlington
J. L. Heath
Calhoun
N. W. McHenry
Columbia Road
Baton Rouge
W. E. Leckie
Camp Fire Work Plans Mapped For Next Year
Ouachita Camp Fire council outlined a broadened program for the coming year prioritizing handcraft courses and nature lore. A guardians training course will run November 27 28 with Miss El Dora DeMott directing. Mrs. Neely and Mrs. Cobb reported the recent encampment as the parish’s most successful. They were elected delegates to the Atlanta area conference in April.
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Ouachita Camp
el Dora DeMott
New York City
Ouachita Parish
F. B. Neely
J. G. Cobb
Waves Flood Atlantic City Beach as Bathers Struck by Undertow
A series of eight foot waves swept Atlantic City Beach with a dangerous undertow. About fifty bathers were rescued, and one man reportedly drowned before later reporting his safety. Lifeguards, led by Captains Alexis Miller and Richard Hughes, organized seven guards including Allen Turner of Princeton, in the rescue.
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Frank Carr
Washington, D. C
Carr
North Carolina Avenue
Alexis Miller
Richard Hughes
Allen Turner
Princeton University
White's Campaign Manager Denies Rumor About Check
Eugene Fly, mayor of Hugh White's gubernatorial campaign, calls the report that Huey Long funded Mike Conner with a $1000 check absolutely false. He says White managers did not circulate or even believe such a claim and criticizes outside influences in the Mississippi governor race.
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Jackson
Miss
Eugene Fly
Hugh White
Governor Long
Louisiana
Mike Conner
Mississippi
Huey Long
Fly
Cubs Defeat Robins 4 1 in Opening Game
Austin Moore limited the Robins to five hits but Chicago Cubs hitters connected on two homers by Kiki Cuyler and Vince Barton to win 4 to 1 in the first game of a double header in Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn
Austin Moore
Cubs
Kiki Cuyler
Vince Barton
Chicago
Robins
Executive Urges Hoover to Call Special Session
Gov. Gifford Pinchot urged President Hoover to convene a special session of Congress to address the national emergency. He cites Pennsylvania’s unemployed totaling over 900,000 and urges federal aid to feed the hungry this winter.
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Hoover
Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Congress
Detroit
Shooting Victim Dies After Texas Brother Shooting
Dewey F. Gordon twenty three of Waskom Texas died in a Shreveport hospital after a July 8 shooting at his home. He was shot by his brother Arthur Gordon thirty in a dispute over drinking water. The bullet caused partial paralysis.
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Shreveport
Dewey F. Gordon
Waskom
Texas
Arthur Gordon
Dewey Gordon
Censors Suppress Machao Scene as Cuban Rebels Battle Gibralt ar
From Havana reports say government censorship blocks details of a revolt as rebels clash in Oriente and Santa Clara. Federal troops guard lines near Trinidad while 200 more soldiers move into Santa Clara. Rebel leaders Aurelio Hevia and associates captured. Baizan jailed.
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Havana
Gibralt
Upper Oriente
Frederick II
Santa Clara
Trinidad
Aurelio Hevia
Colon
Matanzas
Caban
Menocal
Col. Mendieta
Celestino Baizan
Gerardo
Ambush on Dingy Mott Street Leaves Two Dead
In the early hours on Dingy Mott Street two bootleggers were gunned down by three gunmen. Both victims Joseph Cigno aged 21 of Brooklyn and Anthony Jostiano 25 with prior police records died after suffering multiple bullet wounds. The attackers fled. police identify the dead men from fingerprints.
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New York
Mott Street
Lower East Side
Joseph Cigno
Brooklyn
Anthony Justiano
Buffalo
Condemned Man Victor of Final Message Appeals for Monroe Gallows
William M. Harper sentenced to death for the Hardy Peppers slaying announces forgiveness and faith while claiming mistreatment and seeks to be hanged in Monroe rather than Winnfield. He says he is ready to die, longs to see his baby girl born Sept. 7, and reflects on eight months in jail since Dec. 17.
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Monroe
F. B. Cole
Denver
Ouachita Parish
Winnfield
William M. Harper
Hardy Peppers
Harper
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