14 Dec 1928
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1928
Page
1
Wa Redmond condemns Jadwin flood control plan and explains to state senators the details. Ouachita solon accuses Army Corps chief of violating act in remarks.
In Baton Rouge on December 14, Senator M. C. Redmond led opposition to the Jadwin flood control plan. The Jordan resolution memorializing Congress was advanced, receiving a unanimous senate vote after house approval. Redmond condemned the plan and urged strict control of any diversion channel with land purchases, clearing, and narrow width.
Jacob M. Dickinson former secretary of war under Taft died after weeks of illness following gallbladder trouble and surgery. A Confederate veterans' funeral will be held in Nashville with services at the state capitol. He practiced law in Chicago for over two decades and is survived by two sons, Henry and John M. Dickinson.
Fifty thousand Quichuas and Amaras Indians offered their services for Bolivia frontiers defense. The military staff declined for now. Reports note civic zeal and possible impact if war with Paraguay escalates. President Siles reshaped cabinet to pursue unity as consolidation efforts in Paraguay proceed.
In Canton Lorain and widow Mrs. Margaret Heldman 21 of Lorain Ohio shot coal operator Vernon E Fearn 35 at his home and later killed herself en route to Lorain. Heldman confessed to her husband and agreed to surrender before taking her life. Sheriff had planned to question her about the affair.
Jackson public schools close for a two week Christmas recess due to a flu epidemic. Schools will reopen Monday December 81 as planned. Mississippi college reports physicians and hospital caring for the situation. one Friday suspension is deemed unnecessary. Other nearby colleges report mild impact and will stay in session through Christmas.
London December 14 Mrs Kate Merrick known as the Night Club Queen was arrested on a charge of selling intoxicating liquor and remanded without bail to Bow Street magistrates. The case ties her to a December 3 arraignment with Police Sergeant Goddard Luigi Ribuffi and follows a prior six months jail term for liquor license violations.
Thieves forced entry at 1820 DeSiard into Jones Motor Co. last night by breaking a rear door lock and taking the cash register to the back, but the register held no cash. No arrests noted.
In Baton Rouge the Louisiana house and senate cleared their calendars in a special session to meet again this afternoon. They aim to adjourn tonight after midnigh and consider Saturday sessions to finish work. The senate approved extra pay and a 20 percent increase for employers, while the house had refused more than five days. Five bills passed on final passage include a 4 cent gasoline tax and a highway bond issue.
The Pan American conference votes to offer good offices to Bolivia and Paraguay to conciliate their border dispute. Bolivia is absent and Paraguay refrains from voting. all other nations support the move.
Jackson Mississippi December 14. The patronage conspiracy trial in federal court against Perry W. Howard a Republican national committeeman and co defendant shows no verdict after 18 hours of deliberation with the jury remaining silent at the end of the day.
In Jackson Mississippi on December 14 the five defendants in the federal patronage case were found not guilty by the jury. The verdict came at 2 30 p m after a lengthy deliberation beginning the previous night. The group included four Black defendants and one white man.
The jury in Judge Edwin R. Holmes’s docket had not filed a report by 12 15 oclock today as they recessed for lunch while the case remained on the docket. CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN.
Henry Ford at a White House dinner says youth should work and spend to improve themselves, claiming no successful person saves early on. He cites Edison and his own start in learning machinery by teaching others and watching shops, stressing constant effort over restraint.
The incident centers on a fraternity member blaming a Black sley companion for a dispute at a hot dog stand. Authorities report tensions rose as the operator reportedly reacted with anger. Further details are unclear from the fragment.
Knoxville police search for Randolph Knight 20 head cheerleader of the University of Tennessee after he was stabbed en route to his frat house with Hoyt Bryson. Bryson is held as a material witness with no charges, Knight's death linked to a hot dog stand operator. Knight is son of J. P. Knight of Pulaski.
The War Department survey of the Ouachita River to assess a possible New Orleans to Camden barge line is advancing, per Monroe Traffic bureau secretary H. J. Fernandez. The study, ordered at the urging of Rep Riley J. Wilson and Fernandez, followed a prior Inland Waterways corp inquiry by General Ashburn.
The Louisiana House rejected a five extra days pay for its staff by 51 to 23, while swiftly passing four Senate bills and the Shreveport airport measure to third reading. Bills include S B 3 designating physicians for insane hospital commissions, S B 4 authorizing a 100000 loan for epileptics care, S B 5 raising New Orleans appellate judges salaries, and a K G Anderson bill dedicating two mills of school revenues for 26 years.
Mrs. Mary E. Butler, sister of General John J. Pershing, died at her Lincoln home after a prolonged illness. Pershing had visited weeks earlier during her gall bladder operation and had left when her sister Mae Pershing helped care for the general at their home.
Robert Percy Lofton was executed in Magnolia for killing McComb police chief J. E. Westbrook during a 1926 burglary probe. After five delays and multiple gubernatorial reprieves plus a US Supreme Court appeal, Lofton escaped jail, traveled through the US and Europe, later serving a burglary sentence in Calgary, and had also served time in Wyoming. He spoke little before the trap at 12 35 p m as a Baptist minister read Psalm 23.
In Magnolia Mississippi on December 14 1926 Robert Percy Lofton faced execution for the August 1926 slaying of a McComb police officer. He had been saved from the gallows five times by reprieve and escape, with one reprieve granted only 200 minutes before the planned execution.
In Moorhead Minnesota an 82-year-old former mayor and justice petitioned for marriage to a married woman and admitted writing poetry and love verses to Miss L J Bowman 53 causing her husband H C Bowman 64 to sue for 25000. A court awarded a symbolic one dollar penalty for alienating the spouse.
President-elect Herbert Hoover expressed pleasure at Argentina's reception in Buenos Aires after traversing the Andes and pampas. Security measures surrounded Hoover's party amid prior plots. he praised Argentina’s development and resources and thanked President Irigoyen and the people for their kindness.
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