Ouachita Parish approves major road build program and hangar
The police jury adopts emergency measures to fund a $71 500 road construction program across all wards with at least 5 000 per ward and two wards at 10 000. A separate $7 500 emergency hangar project at Selman field is approved to create work for drought stricken farmers with hiring preference for the neediest. Work begins immediately and runs into fall and winter.
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Ouachita Parish
Selman Airport
Chamber of Commerce
J. M. Myatt
Coast to coast auto time record broken by Hawley
Cecil Stu Hawley set a new round trip auto time record by driving from New York to the Pacific coast and back in 136 hours 58 minutes. He used a Model 67 Buick coupe maintaining steady speeds within state limits, surpassing Cannon Ball Baker’s 166 hour mark.
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New York
Cecil “Stu” Hawley
Pacific Coast
Hawley
Green backs annual wages to curb unemployment
Washington August 20 President William Green of the American Federation of Labor says adopting an annual wage plan would give workers security and reduce unemployment. He argues annual pay would encourage employers to spread work through lean periods and prevent large layoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Long Plans New Attack On Foes In Speech Here
Governor Huey P. Long will speak at Forsythe Park baseball grounds tonight at o'clock and is expected to launch a fresh attack on his political enemies. He has delivered eight Northeast Louisiana addresses in two days, with stops including Plain Dealing Minden Haynesville Homer Arcadia Ruston Farmerville Bastrop and Ruston high school. W Jd O Hara of New Orleans will also address the crowd.
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Huey P. Long
Forsythe Park
Long
Louisiana
Plain Dealing
Minden
Haynesville
Homer
Arcadia
Ruston
Farmerville
Bastrop
W. Jd. O'Hara
New Orleans
United States
Orleans Parish
Mississippi River Too Low for Barge Traffic
The Mississippi River runs perilously low causing tows to split at Vancluse and require two trips to cross. The Memphis and City of Pittsburgh steamers with eight and twelve barges respectively faced narrow passages, forcing cautious movement northward as several boats grounded and water depth sits around six feet at Vancluse.
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Rosedale
Miss
Federal
Memphis
Carnegie Steel Company
City of Pittsburgh
Vancluse
Bost
Couple on Honeymoon Killed in Auto Crash
Three dead in North Andover Massachusetts when a new sedan carrying a newly married couple and Edwin Nash crashed into a tree. Paul Graves Plummer 27 and his bride 25 died alongside Edwin Nash in the Sunday accident.
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North Andover
Mass
Paul Graves Plummer
Edwin Nash
Mayor's elopement makes small Tennessee town Armed Camp
Paris Tennessee roiled as 63 year old Mayor Frank B McNeil secretly weds 16 year old Myrtle Pauline Clark after a citizens committee urged postponement over age and status. The marriage drew armed town rhetoric and strong local tension.
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Tennessee
Paris
Tenn
Frank B. McNeil
Myrtle Pauline Clark
Diamond cache tied to slain gang chief Zuta rumors
Chicago reports uncut diamonds valued at 150000 hunted as fifth treasure trove linked to Jack Zuta. Investigators seize Zuta papers detailing hoarded gems from jewelry hold ups and entrusted to him. Officials seek a search warrant as Pat Roche and Charles Rathbun assist the inquiry.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jack Zuta
Zuta
Pat Roche
Charles F. Rathbun
John H. Lyle
Roche
City to buy old parish jail site in Monroe for 7500
The police jury adopted a resolution to sell the old parish jail lot to the city of Monroe for 7500 dollars. Fred Peters offered the measure, with A. E. Montgomery seconding, and all present voted yes except W J Vinson. The site, south of the city hall, may be used to enlarge city buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Russell
Davis First to Take Off in Miami to Chicago Derby
Art Davis of Lansing Michigan led the Miami to Chicago air derby with a 1:20 p.m. departure from Hialeah airport. He was followed by Art Killips and George Burrell in subsequent minutes, while Ray Brown the derby manager began at 12:33 p.m. The route lists Tampa as the first stop before Jacksonville.
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Miami
Fla
Art Davis
Lansing
Mich
Waco
Chicago
Hialeah
Davis
Art Killips
la Grande
Ill
George Burrell
la Grange
Stearman
Ray Brown
Tampa
Jacksonville
Interfaith Harmony Meeting to Be Held by Orleans Shrine
Jerusalem Temple in New Orleans hosts an interfraternal harmony gathering led by Fred Perkins of Jerusalem Temple Shriners. Masons Odd Fellows Knights of Columbus Moose Pythians Red Men Eagles and Elks join as speakers from various orders. Distinguished participants include Dr F L Jaubert Colonel John P Sullivan Mayor T Semmes Walmsley and Judge Wynne G Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Orleans
Jerusalem Temple
Fred Perkins
Jerusalem Temple of Shriners
Masons
Odd Fellows
Knights of Columbus
Moose
Pythians
Red Men
Eagles
Perkins
Fellowship of Man
Mr. Perkins
F. L. Jaubert
John P. Sullivan
T. Semmes Walmsley
Wynne G. Rogers
Louisiana Supreme Court
Three Men Held in Fatal Land Dispute Shooting
In Houston Mississippi D A Box was shot to death on a highway eight miles north. W C Patterson and Burkett Bray were arrested as his alleged slayers. Howell Huffman drove the car carrying the two suspects. The dispute stemmed from a land title over a filling station and a dynamite discovery last August.
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Associated Press
Houston
Miss
D. A. Box
Houska
Here
Box
W. C. Patterson
Burkett Bray
Howell Huffman
Patterson
Bray
Governor Huey Long Addresses Farmerville Rally
About 2000 to 2500 people hear Governor Huey P. Long in Farmerville as he outlines his 68 million dollar road program and farm debenture plan. Louisiana officials and lawmakers, including R. B. Knott and E. B. Robinson, attend and endorse Long’s senate bid. He contrasts foreign policies with Senator Ransdell and defends his record as governor.
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Farmerville
Huey P. Long
United States Senate
Joseph E. Ransdell
Harvey G. Fields
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Long
Fields
R. B. Knott
E. B. Robinson
Guy H. Holloway
Governor Long
Louisiana
Senate
Ransdell
River at its lowest stage since 1887 in New Orleans
The Mississippi River is at its lowest level since 1887, announced by R A Dyke, assistant forecaster of the Weather Bureau, in New Orleans today.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
R. A. Dyke
Weather Bureau
Young Georgia lawmaker faces robbery charge in Atlanta
J H H Kirby the youngest member of the Georgia legislature awaits arrest on robbery charges after a Fulton county grand jury indicted him for the July 18 holdup of the American Finance company in downtown Atlanta. He must post $2,000 bond or surrender. Kirby, once a race candidate for Forsyth county representative, was questioned for two days and released before the indictment.
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Atlanta
J. H. H. Kirby
Georgia
Fulton County
Kirby
American Finance Company
General Assembly
Forsyth County
Solon
Poorly Garbed Bandits Hold Up Bank in Iowa
In Lucerne Iowa predawn Aug 20 two masked bandits robbed the Bank of Lucerne taking about 5000 dollars in cash and 6000 in bonds and securities. They forced three employees to the floor and warned of machine guns if they moved, then fled.
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Iowa
Lucerne
Bank of Lucerne
Grain elevator blast in Port Covington kills three
A grain elevator blast at Port Covington Baltimore killed three men and injured twenty as a wall blew out and a fire broke out. A worker was hurled through an upper window into the harbor with witnesses stating he flew about 100 feet before tugs began searching. The blast damaged the 12 story structure and adjacent cylinders though the cause remained undetermined.
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Baltimore
Port Covington
Noted aviatrix cracks plane in forced landing near Greenwood
Mrs May Hazlip of St Louis noted woman flier was seriously injured when her plane nosed over after a forced landing eight miles east of Greenwood South Carolina. She was brought to a hospital unconscious with extent of injuries undetermined. Hazlip was en route from Atlanta to Washington for the Dixie Derby when she misjudged and landed in a cotton field.
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Associated Press
Greenwood
S. C
May Haizlip
St. Louis
Here
Hazlip
Atlanta
Washington
Clarksdale Man Held After Attempted Attack
Tom Hill a 50 year old tenant farmer is jailed in Coahoma county charged with attempted attack on Betty Dorris 35 and her daughter Mattie Busby 19 at their plantation home near Clarksdale. Bloodhounds traced a trail to his farm and both women identified him as their assailant. He has farmed the same plantation for over thirty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Clarksdale
Miss
Tom Hill
Coahoma County
Betty Dorris
Mattie Busby
Hill
Masked bandit robs New Orleans brewery clerk of $1000
Police swept New Orleans searching for a masked thief who last night robbed Gaston Au coin a brewery clerk of $1000 representing the brewery day receipts.
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New Orleans
Gaston Aucoin
Man Killed When Train Hits Truck Near Lillie
Howard C. Alexander 36 was instantly killed when northbound Rock Island train No. 32 struck the truck at or near Lillie in Lincoln parish around noon. His passenger J. Boyd 21 was seriously injured and taken to a hospital in El Dorado Arkansas. Alexander worked for the state highway maintenance department with Ruston as headquarters and left a wife and several children.
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Ruston
Rock Island Road
Lillie
Lincoln Parish
Howard C. Alexander
J. Boyd
Alexander
el Dorado
Ark
State Highway Maintenance Department
Interstate Commerce order cuts cotton rates for Mississippi valley
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a general revision of cotton freight rates to take effect January 10. The change leaves southeastern rates largely intact while lowering Mississippi Valley rates to match the East, sets Southwest rates 10 percent above the Southeast, and adjusts export rates to Texas seaports to reduce costs.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi Valley
Southwest
Southeast
Texas
Gladys ODonnell Wins Sixth Lap of Women's Air Derby
Gladys O'Donnell of Long Beach California wins the sixth leg of the national air derby arriving at Lordsburg at 9 03 17 MST her 33 minute 17 second leg time from Douglas Arizona tops the field Miss Marjorie Doig of Danbury Connecticut lands at 9 08 12 with 37 12 time and Ruth Barron arrives at 9 19 04 with 47 04 elapsed.
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Lordsburg
N. M
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Cal
Douglas
Ariz
Marjorie Doig
Danbury
Conn
Ruth Barron
Probe Lynching to See if Mob Got Right Man
Sheriff W E Barden and Solicitor Don Gilliam opened an inquiry in Tarboro North Carolina to determine if the lynched Oliver Moore a 35 year old Black man was the guilty attacker identified by two young girls. Investigators seek to identify the mob members and verify the victim’s guilt.
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Tarboro
N. C
W. E. Barden
Don Gilliam
Oliver Moore
Edgecombe County
Gas Meter Regulator Gauge Sticks in Bonita Blast
Jack B. Shaffer Jr. 28, Memphis superintendent of the meter department for Memphis Natural Gas, dies after a gas explosion at Bonita. He was conscious until amputations and surgery, with his death at 12 15 this afternoon. Shaffer, son of the company’s general manager, was inspecting a regulator station when a gauge stuck causing incorrect pressure. Details remain scarce as the story continues on page 14.
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Jack B. Shaffer, Jr
Memphis
Memphis Natural Gas Company
Bonita
Shaffer
Bastrop
St. Francis Sanitarium
Monroe
Last of Hatfields in Hospital After Feud Fame
Capt Hatfield the last of the Hatfield feudists of West Virginia is in Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore at age 67. He was brought in for diagnosis after two months of illness at his Logan West Virginia home. His son Colman notes that education roads radio newspapers and churches have eroded clan hatreds and produced professional younger generations.
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Baltimore
Hatfield
West Virginia
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mountaineer
Logan
West Va
Colman
GIVES AWAY HORSES BY OIL RUSH IN NEBRASKA
Hastings Nebraska United Press reports M Day owner of a string of Adams county race horses gave away all his horses after learning he had struck oil and had more money than he knew what to do with leaving his stable empty and his plans unsettled.
Louisiana Acadians Visit Grand Pre for Deportation Anniversary
A 40 member group of Louisiana Acadians, descendants of Grand Pre evacuees, tour Nova Scotia to mark the 175th anniversary of the 1775 deportation. They visit Evangeline sites from Yarmouth to Annapolis Royal, led by LeBlanc of Lafayette, celebrating kinship and history.
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Grand Pre
N. S
Longfellow
Louisiana
Land of
Evangeline
Nova Scotia
Yarmouth
LeBlanc
Lafayette
Louisiana Acac Association
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Ouachita
Camden
United Press
Mississippi River
McNeil
R. H. Rhodes
Henry McNeil
Orleans Shrine
H. G. Fields
Knott and Holloway
Star
Holdup
Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
News-Star
Gladys O’donnell
Monroe Hospital
Hatfields
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