Murder of Margerine Appel Sparks Two-State Hunt
Eight year old Margerine Appel was kidnapped and strangled with wire, found in a vacant lot near her South Bend home. Police link the crime to a demented abducter who lured her into a car with candy, suspecting a similar prior kidnapping in Valparaiso.
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South Bend
Margerine Appel
Appel
Matberine
Eula Appel
Marberine
Valparaiso
Ind
Richard Buschatz
Marcherine
Alleged Chicago convict seized near Franklin Louisiana
Sheriff Charles Pecot arrested a 31 year old man who admitted he was Dan Sutton an escaped convict from the Illinois penitentiary Sutton was wanted by Chicago authorities for gangster activities He was taken from a house boat on Berwick Bay in St Mary parish and brought to Franklin He initially refused to reveal his past but matched the description of the gangster Dan Sutton.
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Franklin
Charles Pecot
Dan Sutton
Ilinois Penitentiary
Sutton
Chicago
Berwick Bay
St. Mary Parish
Pecot
Shadow of the Law theft at Avalon Theatre
While a crime thriller played, two well dressed youths rose from the Avalon theatre audience and escaped with $245 after binding the manager in his office. Police investigation follows.
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Washington
Avalon Theatre
Hoover Manual Sets Out Administration's Record
The Hoover administration marks 18 months with a manual claiming 24 of 35 Kansas City platform promises fulfilled. The anti lynching plank is listed as the sole unfulfilled item while the document contrasts platform lines with enacted actions.
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Hoover
Administration
United Press
Washington
Republican National Committee
Kansas City
Congress
Mr. Hoover
Republican Congress
James L. West
National Committee
Farmer Kills Auto Mechanic in North Carolina
Wake county farmer D. W. Kemp shot and killed Paul Mooneyham an auto mechanic during a quarrel in Raleigh. Kemp wounded his wife who tried to intervene, she lost a hand but is expected to survive. Kemp is jailed on first degree murder charges while his wife remains hospitalized.
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Raleigh
N. C
D. W. Kemp
Wake County
Paul Mooneyham
Kemp
Minnie Mooneyham
Mooneyham
Robbery at Rendezvous lodge by two Louisiana plates
In Clarksdale Mississippi two young men in a Louisiana plated car robbed about 200 guests at the Rendezvous lodge dance pavilion early today. One man brandished a pistol and a sawed off shotgun as patrons were ordered to put up their hands. The loot consisted of cash and purses but no jewelry was taken. The robbers fled in a coupe with Louisiana plates after the 2 a.m. raid. The lodge draws guests from Delta counties including Grenada DeSoto and Coahoma.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Rendezvous Lodge
Virginia Perkins
Louisiana
Delta Counties
Grenada
DeSoto
Coahoma
Revolutions Threaten Four Latin American Nations
Four Latin American republics face upheaval with Brazil Rio Grande do Sul under a Souza led revolt and troops confined. Cuba readiness to declare martial law in Maximo Gomez Mantanzas amid continued riots. Argentina strengthens government with three destroyers in Buenos Aires as Yrigoyen stays under guard. Peru completes a coup cycle with Sanchez Cerro sworn in as president and Ortega named military governor of Lima.
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Brazil
Argentina
Cuba
Peru
Associated Press
Montevideo
Rio Grande Do Sul
Juan Francisco de Souza
Havana
Maximo Gomez
Mantanzas
Cruces
Santa Clara
Buenos Aires
Hipolito Yrigoyen
Leguia
Luis M. Sanchez Cerro
Memphis Heroine Eliza Bernero Dies At 90
Mrs. Eliza Ann Bernero known as Aunt Ann died in Memphis Tennessee after a long illness. She risked capture by union soldiers to smuggle quinine and other medical supplies to retreating Confederate troops during the fall of Memphis.
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Memphis
Tenn
Eliza Ann Bernero
Lindbergh Baby Comment Sparks Interview Stir
Mrs Anne Morrow Lindbergh gave her first interview since marriage at the National air races saying The baby's fine She refused to answer other questions as crowds of reporters pressed around her at the event for the United Press.
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Gladys O'Donnell
Pacific Coast
Cheshawn
United Press
Chicago
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Sawmill Worker Slain In Alabama Robbery Case
Meridian Mississippi reports the murder of 35 year old Tom McKinstry a sawmill worker found shot and beaten near Bluff Point. His wife found him dying two hours later as investigators note a missing fifteen dollars. Two black men Spencer Bates and Tom May were jailed in Livingston Alabama awaiting coroner inquest.
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Meridian
Miss
Tom McKinstry
Sumter County
Ala
Bluff Point
McKinstry
Spencer Bates
Tom May
Livingston
O. C. Hitt
Ransdell Addresses Rayville Crowd in Senate Campaign
Senator Joseph E. Ransdell spoke to 300 to 500 people at the Rayville court house square as part of his bid for re election. He declared confidence in defeating Governor Long on September 9 and followed by Wood Thompson in the speaking program.
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News-Star
Rayville
Joseph E. Ransdell
United States Senate
Court House Square
Charles Titche
W. D. Cotton
Ransdell
Long
Wood Thompson
Toledo Executive Earl H. Farmer Found Dead
Earl H. Farmer aged 45 an assistant general sales manager at Owens-Illinois Glass was found hanging in the basement of his home in Toledo Ohio. Dr. Paul Hohly acting coroner ruled death by his own actions.
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Toledo, CO
Earl H. Farmer
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Paul Hohly
Hambone's Meditations: Trouble WID Times
J P Alley presents Hambone's Meditations about troubled times. The piece voices social critique with sharp humor on everyday hardships and community resilience. It reflects on current events and stubborn obstacles facing ordinary people.
How to keep baby from crying over holiday week end
United States Children's Bureau offers advice for Labor Day picnics and weekend trips. Use a large market basket or hammock for cooler comfort, avoid strangers handling the baby, and withhold sweets. Ensure ample water and milk, prepare vacuum bottles, and do not reuse milk after 24 hours due to drought precautions.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Children’s Bureau
Two Youths Die in Railway Auto Crash in Tenn
Newbern Tennessee August 29 two youths die in a railroad crossing collision when an Illinois Central train strikes a light delivery truck driven by Richard Robertson 14 and Roy Hassell Harris 11 near the depot. Both killed instantly. Last week Miss John Ella Hilliard daughter of Rev C D Hilliard was killed in a car bus collision nearby.
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United Press
Newbern
Tenn
Richard Robertson
Roy Hassell Harris
Ilinois Central Railroad
John Ella Hilliard
C. D. Hilliard
Here
Rum fleet sighted on Great Lakes as coast guard mobilizes
Coast guard units race to intercept liquor shipments from the Lake Erie rum row after reports of an ocean steamer near Detroit and another off Buffalo. Boats patrol Detroit harbor and Dunkirk while authorities assume several large ships are cruising the lake unloading cargoes on both sides of the border.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Detroit
Bar Point
Dunkirk
Here
Four Boys Aged Five to Nine Found Near Still in Mountains
Marion Va August 29 Deputy Sheriff Vint McGraw reported four young boys aged nine seven and twins five were found tending a mountain still near Tazewell. The oldest boy played a mouth harp as the others danced while deputies recovered several barrels of mash.
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Marion
Tazewell
Vint McGraw
McGrawe
River Stages Report Flood Levels at Ouachita Camden
Station reports flood present with a 24 hour stage change. Values listed include Ouachita Camden 0.80 and 4.0. Monroe 40 13. Upehg’d readings indicate stage changes and rising water in the Ouachita river system.
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Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Four Deaths in Prohibition Enforcement
Mobile Alabama August 29 1920 two deputies killed in a prohibition enforcement incident Mrs Thelma Wooten 24 shot in the back and not expected to live warrants charge E H Sullivan special deputy and C C Lane special agent both claim they fired Lane says the car tried to run him down after a jug of whiskey was thrown from a car two other occupants deny carrying liquor and say they were ambushed
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
E H. Sullivan
Justice of the Peace
Prichard
C. C. Lane
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Thelma Wooten
Lane
Magazine
Sullivan
Armed posse pursues moonshiner in Oregon case
In Oregon near Marcola an armed posse hunted 67 year old Ray Sutherland after he ambushed four officers. Eugene officer Oscar Daley died of gunshot wounds and Deputy Sheriff Joe Saunders was killed in the clash. Baude Sutherland, 20, was found at the home and arrested.
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Eugene
Ore
Marcola
Ray Sutherland
Oscar Daley
Joe Saunders
Sutherland
Duley
Baude Sutherland
Insurance men deny Mouton statement in Louisiana
In New Orleans August 29 the H A Steckler John X Wegmann and C J Wykoff representatives of insurance companies issued a statement denying a claim by Fer nand Mouton member of the commission that insurers had addressed the commission or its members in a dictator like manner. They said their presentation to the commission was dignified and courteous and praised the commission’s gracious attitude adding they did not use bulldozing tactics.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Louisiana Insurance Commission
H. A. Steckler
John X. Wegmann
C. J. Wykoff
Fernand Mouton
Louisiana Rating and Fire Prevention Bureau
Niece shoots man who slew her dog in family quarrel
In Pontotoc Mississippi a quarrel over a pet watchdog ended in a fist fight and the shooting of Solomon Castleberry, 45, by his niece Mrs Abner Cox. Castleberry was wounded and taken to a Tupelo hospital after the incident at Thaxton eight miles west of Pontotoc.
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Pontotoc
Miss
Solomon Castleberry
Castleberry
Abner Cox
Cox
Thaxton
Here
Tupelo
England Heat Wave Claims Forty Six Lives in Three Days
London August 29 England faces a heat wave toll of forty six deaths in three days as temperatures rise again. The temperature is two degrees higher than yesterday at the same hour and stock brokers appeared in shirts.
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London
Eng
England
Too Hot to Swim In English Channel
Dr G B Brewster 39 abandoned an attempted swim of the English Channel after seven and a half hours in the water due to extreme heat. The heat soaked crowds and disrupted daily life with factory stoppages and farming suspensions. Thunderstorms hit Scotland Wales and Ireland causing flooding and damaged lines while greyhounds died at White City track.
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United Press
Dover
Eng
G. B. Brewster
English Channel
Peterboro
White City
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Arbroath
Amos and Andy Sign Five Year NBC Contract
Freeman F. Gosden and Charles J. Correll known as Amos and Andy will earn over 1 million dollars in the next five years for broadcasting the Fresh Air Taxicab Company, Incorporated. The National Broadcasting Company and sponsors awarded the contract with terms not disclosed, but wages will rise through 1935.
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Chicago
Freeman F. Gosden
Charles J. Correll
Amos and Andy
Fresh Air
National Broadcasting Company
Flier Starts at Dawn in Japan to Tacoma Flight
Lieutenant Harold Bromley, United States Army Air Forces, plans to launch at dawn tomorrow on an ambitious flight from Tokyo Japan to Tacoma Washington. The mission announced by United Press notes Bromley will navigate across the Pacific seeking to establish a new air route.
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United Press
Tokio
Harold Bromley
Japan
Tacoma
Wash
Drought relief leader urges self help not federal aid
Agriculture Commissioner Wilson reports to drought areas that relief lies in self help. Ben F Thompson, head of the state drought relief committee, tells Louisiana communities not to seek federal funding and stresses governor Long’s directive of non political action. Parish impact ranges from 50 to 100 percent with several at 100 percent and others varying. CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.
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News-Star
Ruston
Louisiana
Ben F. Thompson
Astor Theatre
Thompson
Governor Long
H. L. McKnight
Correction on J C Penney store aid offer
The Monroe News-Star retraction notes that J L Croft manager of the J C Penney store did not announce at the Lions club meeting that clothing or food aid would be given to those in need through store applications. The earlier statement was in error.
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Monroe News-Star
J. L. Croft
J. C. Penney
Lions Club
Croft
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Henry Sullivan
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William Force
Claude Udwine
Sing Sing
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Latin America
United Preas
Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
The
Bell Syndicate, Inq
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POSSE
Mouton
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Andy
Louisiana Drought Relief Committee
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Cabin
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Monroe Morning Post
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