Car Somersaults Claim Prominent Bonita Planter
Ellis B. Huff, 40, noted Morehouse parish planter near Bonita, died when his car somersaulted three times after a tire puncture. Sam Smith rode with him uninjured. Huff leaves a wife, two children, a sister, and two brothers. Funeral planned at his Bonita home with burial at Harrell cemetery.
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Merrouge
Ellis B. Huff
Morehouse Parish
Bonita
Huff
Bastrop
R. L. Thomas Filing
Plantersville
Sam Smith
Monroe
Harrell
Louisiana
Weather outlook for southern plains to southeast
Opening week fair across southern plains and west gulf states. Expect increasing cloudiness and unsettled conditions with probable rains by mid to late week. Temperatures near or above normal, turning cooler toward week’s end. South Atlantic and east gulf states remain generally fair.
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Southern Plains
West Gulf States
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Poisoned deer carcass left as wolf bait stolen
A poisoned deer carcass left near Stevens Point Wisconsin as wolf bait has disappeared. Game wardens believe it was stolen for food and issued radio warnings last night.
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Minneapolis
Stevens Point
Wis
American Marine Killed by Stray Bullet in Nicaragua
Gunnery Sergeant Charles Williams of Astoria New York was fatally shot in the head by a stray bullet during a marine patrol operation against bandits in Nueva Segovia. The incident occurred between Ocotal and Telepaca as bandits were routed, marking the first Marine Corps tragedy since August 6.
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Managua
Nic
Nicaragua
Charles Williams
Astoria
N. Y
Department of Nueva Segovia
Maurice G. Holmes
Pontotic
Miss
Ocotal
Telepahca
Williams
Opelousas Newspaper Plant Burns. Town Damaged
A morning fire in Opelousas destroyed the St. Landry Clarion building and damaged adjoining establishments including the Knights of Columbus Hall and a Ford Motor Co. agency. Publisher A. A. Jacobs estimated the newspaper loss at 25000 dollars as firefighters fought to control the blaze on Opelousas main street.
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Opelousas
St. Landry Clarion
Knights of Columbus Hall
Ford Motor Agency
A. A. Jacobs
Air mail to be carried by air within five years says postmaster
W Irving Glover, second assistant postmaster general, announced at the International Civil Aeronautics conference banquet that all first class mail will be transported by air in the United States within five years. He outlined plans for Pacific coast routes from Colon Panama to Santiago Chile and said Latin and Central American air mail service will begin next month for 110 million customers, with Santiago Chile service expected to be operational by July.
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William E. Berchtold
Associated Dress Aviation
Chicago
United States
W. Irving Glover
Post Office Department
Glover
International Civil Aeronautics Conference
Hoover
Pacific
South America
Colon
Panama
Santiago
Chile
Latin
Central America
Lindbergh
San Juan
West Indies
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Commissioner reports on US day law work shows large drag net
Commissioner reports a nationwide enforcement drive netted 79,007 arrests and 93,813 convictions in the fiscal year. The summary highlights the scale of the operation and the steady outcome of penalties across agencies.
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U.S
Prohibition Bureau Reports Arrests and Fines in 1928
The 1928 fiscal year saw 75,307 arrests and 53,813 convictions by the treasury prohibition bureau. It seized 1,048,636 gallons of illegal spirits and 4,254,029 gallons of malt liquor, with 6,934 automobiles seized. Jail terms totaled 5,631 years and fines reached 7,031,109 dollars.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury Department
Prohibition
Doran
Bureau
Iburing
Funeral Service for Del Rio to be Monday
Berlin reports funeral services for Jaime Martinez Del Rio a Mexican banker and former husband of film actress Dolores Del Rio will be held Monday morning at Matthias Cemetery in Berlin. The body will be entombed there for six months before shipment to Mexico. Dolores Del Rio sent a telegram to United Artists official Curtis Melnitz requesting an abundance of flowers and a wreath inscribed My Beloved.
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Berlin
Matthias Cemetery
Jaime Martinez del Rio
Dolores del Rio
Mexico
Curtis Melnitz
United Artists
Congress Tracks Boulder Dam Bill and Nominations
The 70th Congress sees Senate continuing Boulder dam bill debate while the Rules Committee meets and Roy O. West nomination to interior is taken up by Public Lands. House recesses for weekend as Treasury post office bill passes. Kellogg discusses treaty impact on Monroe Doctrine. Larrazola sworn in as New Mexico senator.
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Senate
Boulder Dam
Public Lands Committee
Roy O. West
House
Ways and Means
City schools urged for expansion at PTA meeting
Mayor Bernstein and officials told Barkdull Faulk PTA members that Monroe needs more school funding, buildings and staff to stay educationally competitive. A sidewalk ordinance was urged to protect children, with a $600000 bond plan for a new high school two elementaries and repairs. The session opened with remarks by Miss Julia Wossman and was presided by Mrs. R H Gannaway.
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Parent-Teachers Association
Barkdull Faulk School
Arnold Bernstein
PF. S Mulhearn
J. M. Myatt
M. FP. Leynard
Theodore Terzia
H. K. Touchstone
Logan McConnell
Monroe
Safety Committee
Parent-Teacher Association
R. H. Gannaway
Association For Barkdull Faulk School
Julia
Three Men Die in Explosion Aboard Gulfland Tanker
In Port Arthur Texas three unidentified men were killed and at least three injured in a blast on the Gulf Refining Gulfland tanker at 5 30 am. The pump room explosion burned bodies beyond identification until ship papers could confirm identities. Fire was checked by 8 am and the ship moved to a safe berth.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Gulf Refining Company
Gulfland
Robber sought in Jonesboro area. car theft and gas-station hold-up
Jackson parish authorities pursued a young man driving a Ford coupe stolen from F E Maxwell of West Monroe. At about 9 15 a m he headed west from Eros and held up Tom Landrum's filling station four miles east of Eros before continuing toward Jonesboro as sheriff Milton Coverdale alerted towns along the route.
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Ackson Parish
Eros
Jonesboro
Mwan
F. E. Maxwell
Weet Monroe
Milton Coverdale
Tom Landrum
Coverdale
Dope Ring Financed by Rothstein Stuns Officials
Federal agents in New York seized narcotics valued at 2 million dollars from trunks found in a hotel linked to the Rothstein case. U S Attorney Tuttle said the papers indicate Rothstein helped finance the large narcotics network, potentially shedding light on his murder. Records were turned over to the county grand jury for further inquiry.
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New York
Arnold Rothstein
U. S
Tuttle
United States
Arnold Rothein
Rothstein
Banton
Good Fellows Fund Appeals for Boost in Donations
Community appeal urges readers to donate to the Good Fellows fund to aid the needy in the Twin Cities this Christmas. The fund distributes food and warm clothing on Christmas morning, with current contributions totaling 46 dollars and remaining donations requested to reach tradition levels.
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Twin Cities
Good Fellows Fund
Good Fellows
News-Star
Harry. G. Frazer
Molly ‘Tucker
Doe Eleanor Thompson
Truck Wreck on Mer Rouge Road Kills Fisherman
Alfred Anderson, 26, was killed when a fish truck overturned three miles from Mer Rouge on the Bastrop road at 11 30 a m. Homer Anderson, driver and brother of the victim, said a loose radius rod caused loss of control as gravel was struck. Anderson had moved from Hope Arkansas to Bastrop six weeks ago and lived with his wife and four children. He had been peddling fish near Mer Rouge every Saturday.
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Mer Rouge
Alfred Anderson
Bastrop Road
Homer Anderson
Bastrop
Hope, Ark
Anderson
Lone wanderer hunted after infirmary massacre in Arkansas
Police and posses with bloodhounds searched for Bill Howell, a 60 year old man linked to the death of Clifford Deffenbaugh, 44, his wife 24, and inmate John Nicholson, 60, at Crawford County infirmary. Deffenbaugh had discharged Howell earlier in the week.
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van Buren
Ark
Wanderer
Crawford County
Clifford Deffenbaugh
John Nicholson
Bill” Howell
Deffenbaugh
Nicholson
Ohio bank bandits use machine guns in Linden heist
Four men robbed the Linden branch of the First Citizens Trust Co in Columbus using machine guns. About $6000 in cash was taken and the gang fled. Also reported Patten dies at 76 in Chicago after pneumonia. George Miller convicted in Kentucky for murder of a Cincinnati woman with life sentence.
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Columbus
Ohio
Linden
First Citizens Trust Company
Munfordville
George Miller
Lula Kirehnee
Cincinnati
Think New Altitude Mark Set by California Woman
Louise McPherridge Thaden attempts a new women’s altitude record in a 25 400 foot climb in an Oakland bi plane. Instrument discrepancies leave the final record unsettled pending barograph calibration.
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California
Oakland
Louise McPherridge Thaden
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