Prisoner Edgar Eaton Escapes From Greenwood Jail
Edgar Eaton fled Greenwood county jail by sawing three bars from his cell window early today. He fled with E L Eak and Walter Daniels and Ernest Smith, with a young woman named by Sheriff Sam Pullman as the smuggler who supplied the saw hidden in food. The sheriff vowed to arrest her immediately and predicted Eaton’s recapture within 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Miss
Edgar Eaton
Eaton
E. L. Eak
Walter Daniels
Winona
Ernest Smith
Hattiesburg
Sam Pullman
Rouey
Clovis Eaton
Booneville
Clyde Rivers
United States
Rivers
Rouecy Eaton
Edgar
Deli Eaton
Clarksdale
Franklin Parish Planters Back Longs Cotton Plan
In Winnsboro on August 20 a unanimous approval was given Governor Longs plan to ban cotton growing in 1932 to lift prices. Over 100 farmers and officials attended the Franklin parish meeting. A committee including H B Womble and J C Buie will attend the Southwide cotton conference in New Orleans called by the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnsbolo
Long
Frankin Parish
Court House
Local notes and opinions mark Monroe and area life
A collection of local jottings covers cigarette pricing quirks for residents of Monroe and West Monroe versus other towns, bear track confirmations by police, stray reflections on court verdicts and a note on the old Eason house. Also mentioned are highway plans, a Lions game injury, and early Monroe brick history on Jackson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Street
Water Brook
Aviation
L. V. Tarver
H. T. Ward
Forsythe Park
Happiest Man in City Now F B Cole Light Restored
Fred B. Cole, once blind, regained his sight after years of darkness. He owned a downtown barber shop and lost vision in one eye on a street car, then both eyes over time. After trying specialists in multiple cities, a Denver convention offered hope and led to his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Cole
Monroe
Fred B. Cole
Mr. Cole
Hot Springs
Ark
New Orleans
Rochester
Minn
Dallas
Tex
St. Louis
Denver
Cole
Contractor Clawson Injured After Fall From Roof
Joe B. Clawson 61 a longtime carpenter and contractor was critically injured when he fell from a stepladder while descending from a roof at 809 Park Avenue. A crushed vertebra threatens paralysis but physicians say spinal cord may not be severed. Breard who accompanied him down the ladder noted Clawson held the ladder as the fall occurred. An operation was planned for the afternoon with prognosis depending on cord damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe B. Clawson
Park Avenue
Clawson
W. A. Brothers
Don Brear, Jr
City
Brothers
LeBlanc Attacks Long In New Iberia Speech
Dudley J. LeBlanc, candidate for governor, labeled Huey P. Long a character assassin and liar in New Iberia, accusing Long of corruption and influence peddling. He denied ties to a referenced partnership and challenged impartial probes, warning Washington senators to fear Long’s reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Iberia
Huey P. Long
Dudley J. LeBlanc
LeBlanc
Louisiana Progress
Long
Postmaster General
Washington
Angola
State Penitentiary
Washington, D. C
Ederle Plans England to France Channel Swim
Trudy Ederle contemplates an English to French Channel crossing next year. She notes her 1926 record swim from Cape Gris Nez to Kingsdown lasted 14 hours 30 minutes and believes the return swim would be equally feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Trudy Ederle
England
France
Cape Gris Nez
Kingsdown
Long Discards Silk Pajamas for Cotton Garb
New Orleans August 20 U P Huey P Long greeted reporters in his Roosevelt hotel suite wearing cotton pajamas. He dismissed charges by Lee Lanier that he lounged in silk underwear saying they are cotton and noted Lanier’s frustration after he fired him for arresting a Mississippi judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
U.P
Huey P. Long
Roosevelt Hotel
Lee Lanier
Lanier
Mississippi
Free State Highway Bridge Over Ouachita Underway
An official work order authorizing construction of the Ouachita river bridge in Louisiana has been received. Crib sections 87 by 42 feet are anchored in the river as two bascule piers are prepared with long piles driving and sheet piling en route to Monroe from Vicksburg for driving starting Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free State Highway
Ouachita River
Louisiana Highway Commission
Baton Rouge
Stevens Brothers and Shafer
W. A. Russell
Russell
Louisville Avenue
Fred Peters III Is Moved to Saint Francis
Fred Peters III, president of Peters Furniture Company, was taken to St. Francis sanitarium yesterday for treatment. He is reported seriously ill but authorities hope careful nursing will restore his health soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Peters
Peters Furniture Company
St. Francis Sanitarium
Rambone’s Meditations by J P Alley
A quirky column by J P Alley explores golf improvement tips and the comedian style cautioning readers against overreaching to become an expert. The piece blends humor with practical advice for casual players.
Gifford to head U S relief army chosen by Hoover
President Hoover selected Fred C. Croxton of Columbus Ohio as assistant director of the reorganized unemployment relief committee led by Walter S. Gifford of AT&T The President said Gifford would mobilize and direct a national relief staff and assured him full administration support in building the organization The advisory committee to staff the relief effort was being formed with details to be announced soon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Fred C. Croxton
Columbus
Ohio
Reorganized Unemployment Relief Committee
Walters. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Gifford
New Yorker
Charity Organization Society of New York
Lindberghs Stranded by Motor Trouble in Fog
Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh are stranded at Ketoi island due to engine trouble and dense fog as they travel from Petropavlovsk toward Nemurō Japan. They spent last night aboard their aircraft, were towed by the Japanese steamer Shimushiru Maru, and remain in good spirits despite weariness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nemuro
Japan
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ketoi Island
Petropavlovsk
Nemura
Muroton Bay
Ketoi
Lindbergh
Muroton
Murder trial opens in Harlan district court
In Harlan Kentucky the first murder trial linked to the coal field disorders begins in circuit court after a motion for continuance for William M. Burnett is overruled and Judge D C Jones declines to disqualify himself the defense alleges prejudice against miners. Wheat sale favored by farm board relays to Chinese government that 15 million bushels of wheat could be sold through the grain stabilization corporation to aid flood victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan, Ky
Harlan Coal Fields
Circuit Court
William M. Burnett
D. C. Jones
Washington
Farm Board
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Reed Attacks Pinchot for Asking Federal Aid
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania denounces Governor Pinchot for appealing to President Hoover to convene Congress over unemployment. He says governors must not evade local responsibility and Pennsylvania can fund its own relief without federal subsidies. Reed issues the telephoned statement while vacationing in northern Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Michigan
Defense rests in Luke Lea trial without testimony
In Asheville North Carolina Colonel Luke Lea publisher of Nashville along with three co defendants faced fraud charges over 1 3 million against the Central Bank and Trust company The defense announced it would not present any evidence after a court conference delayed proceedings The trial also includes Luke Lea Jr E P Charlet and Wallace B Davis and the judge set seven hours for the defense and five for the state for arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Luke Lea
Nashville
Lea
Luke Lea, Jr
E. P. Charlet
Wallace B. Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
Barnhill
Central Baptist Church Buys Lee Avenue Lot for New Building
The Central Baptist church purchased a 30 by 150 foot lot at Lee Avenue and Polignac Street from J. D. McGee for 500 dollars. Deed signed by McGee and three trustees Charles Brown T C Evans and J E Colvin. Construction to start soon with Kellog Lumber donating frame lumber for a 40 by 56 foot building with an auditorium and four Sunday school rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Baptist Church
Lee Avenue
Polignac Street
J. D. McGee
McGee
Charles Brown
T. C. Evans
J. E. Colvin
Roger M. Baxter
Kellog Lumber Company
Grand Street
Frank Masling
First Baptist Church
Masling
Cuban Federals Rout Insurgents in 3 Day Battle
Government troops air power and a gunboat won a three day siege at Gibara in Oriente province. Loyalist forces encircled the town with planes a Patria gunboat and artillery supported by Holguin rural guards and Santa Clara troops. Estimates place rebel casualties and captures in the hundreds with leaders believed slain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Oriente
Gibara
Patria
Holguin
Coast Guard
Santa Clara
Girl Faints as Court Rules 24 More Hours Detention
Ruth Jayne Cranmer remained in custody without bail after a judge ordered another 24 hours of detention for the shooting of New Jersey State Senator Roy T. Yates. She fainted during defense attorney’s bail argument at the hearing in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ruth Jayne Cranmer
Roy T. Yates
New Jersey
All Southern States Represented in Cotton Conference
Texas Commissioner J E McDonald arrived for Gov Long’s meeting set for 10 a m in New Orleans to back a one year cotton holiday plan. Delegations from 14 cotton producing states will attend with Georgia and Arkansas governors signaling attendance. Texas seeks a governmental agency to unify production cuts and is prepared to go the limit on the one year restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
U.P
Texas
Huey P. Long
J. E. McDonald
Lone Star State
Long
M.donald
Ross Sterling
Austin
Alma
Blackwood
South Carolina
Parnell
Arkansas
McDonald
Former Chicago health chief Dr John Robertson dies at 65
Former Chicago health commissioner and 1927 mayoral candidate Dr John Dill Robertson died at his Fontana Wisconsin summer home. He was 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Dill Robertson
City of
Fontana
Wis
Prisoner Harper Heads to Winnfield Under Gov Long’s Shadow
Prisoner William M. Harper was taken from Ouachita parish jail to Winnfield for execution with a morning departure at six o'clock. A prayer meeting in the bull pen preceded the ride as deputies and jail guards bid farewell and Harper expressed readiness for the trip Over Yonder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
William M. Harper
Monroe
Winnfield
Huey P. Long
Harper
Winn Parish
Bryant
Charles Walsworth
Clayton Taylor
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Law
Franklin Parish
Jes’ Ramblin
J. D. Hamilton
West Monroe
Farmerville
Ruston
Winnsboro
Rayville
Bastrop
E. J. White
Siadly
Sander Berry
Abe
Mr. Arent
Meyer Greenwald Construction Company
Toto
Monroe-Columbia
Lions
F. L. Jones
L. P. Landry
Eason
Warren Garrett
King
G. A. Peston
Fason
Garrett
Joe Clawson
Dudley Leblanc
Channel Swim
Fred Peters III
Saint Francis
U. 8
Relief Army
Federal Treasury
Senator Reed
Central Church
Orleans
Memphis
Heeenenee
Helena Shennan
Arkansas City
Uchang
Cumberland
Ener
Pittsburgh
Oxen
Cincinnati
Weenwnes
Cairo
Ete
Tennessee— Chattanooga
Fort Smith
Fulton
Shreveport
Okbans
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Eeee
Rerrer
Heeee
Newnes
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