Grayson Says Another Man Killed Banker In Oakland Bank Holdup
Elmer Grayson of Indianapolis confessed to taking part in the Oakland Bank holdup at Oakland Ky and implicated two Indianapolis men Richard McNeese and Ben Orville as his companions. He claimed one of them killed J Robert Kirby of Smiths Grove Ky as gun battle erupted with Smiths Grove citizens. Grayson was captured in Bowling Green Ky and held in Nashville jail after his return from Kentucky.
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United Press
Nashville
Tenn
Elmer Grayson
Indianapolis
Ind
Bowling Green
Oakland
J. Robert Kirby
Smith’s Grove
Grayson
Kentucky
Kirby
Richard McNeese
Greer and
McCurdy Streets
Ben Orville
Meridian Street
Bank of Oakland
Unidentified Woman to Be Buried in Arkansas
In Marked Tree Arkansas an unidentified woman beaten and shot to death more than two weeks ago faces burial on January 1 unless someone provides positive identification Sheriff A H Landers has urged identification and said he cannot delay the burial any longer The Associated Press reported from Marked Tree December 28.
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Ark
A. H. Landers
Death of Dr W B Burris Veterinarian Shreveport
Dr W B Burris 36 local veterinarian died at a Shreveport sanitarium after a few days illness. Survived by widow Mrs Vers Herbert Burris three children mother Mrs C S Burris Ruston and sister Miss Josie Burris Baton Rouge. He had surgery for a ruptured ulcer in his intestines, followed by peritonitis and pneumonia.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
W. B. Burris
Burris
Two Women Found Dead at Hotel in New York
Police ordered chemical analysis of a tumbler and bottle contents to determine a cause of death after two women were found dead in a hotel room. The pair, Mrs. Catherine Smith and Mrs. M A Dreyfus, registered December 19 at the Hotel Pennsylvania with Boston addresses.
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Associated Press
New York
Pennsylvania
Catherine Smith
M. A. Dreyfus
Beacon Street
Boston
Smith
Southern Bell Plans $160000 Monroe Expansion in 1930
Southern Bell outlines a 1930 budget to spend 160000 in the Monroe area for cable and underground lines on De Siard road South Second street and in West Monroe. The Grammon and Catalpa main plant operates at full capacity with 105 new operators. engineers from Atlanta survey the city as 1200 telephones are projected for 1930.
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Southern Bell Telephone Company
Monroe
J. W. Warren
Twin Cities
T de Siard
South Second Street
West Monroe
Grammont
Catalpa Streets
Atlanta
Warren
Three Racketeers Slain by Chicago Police
In Chicago on December 28 three racketeers armed with shotguns and revolvers were killed by police after threatening Tire Workers and Renair Vulcanizers union leader Michael Powers. The victims were William "Dinky" Quan, William Wilson nicknamed the silver plated gangster, and John Ryan. Officer Ray Doherty was wounded in the hand.
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Chicago
Michael Powers
Tire Workers and
Renair Vulcanizers
Powers
Union
William
Dinky) Quan
William Wilson
Walker
John Ryan
Red” Belton
West Side
Ray Doherty
Doherty
Quan
Epstein blasts Congress for neglecting destitute elderly
Abraham Epstein, secretary of the American Association for Old Age Security, criticized Congress for indifference to America's dependent elderly. He noted most nations have provisions, calling Christmas newspaper appeals humiliating to the nation. Epstein urged broader measures beyond group insurance and industrial pensions at a breakfast meeting.
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Washington
Congress
Abraham Epstein
American Association For Old Age Security
America
Epstein
United States
Rewards Offered in St Louis Stitching Moron Case
Rewards mounted to around $2,000 as detectives persist in locating the person who sewed shut the terrier’s mouth in St Louis. Investigators chase the cord’s origin while Special detectives and patrolmen press for a rapid arrest in the fatal attack.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Youth Takes Wild Ride in Engine Lands in Bastile
Bastrop police found J. N. Jones a Bastrop youth in the cab of a switch engine around 11 30 last night on Jefferson street at the Missouri Pacific and A L M junction. He blew the whistle rang the bell and operated levers claiming he was making a fast run against the special. The officers removed him from the cab.
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Engine
Bastile
Bastrop
Efferson Street
Missouri Pacific
J. N. Jones
Jones
Special
Rival Detroit and Buffalo Bootleggers at Odds
Federal agents say Detroit and Buffalo liquor running gangs are at war for Ontario output. Special investigator M. Gramer is assigned to the case after a Detroit smuggler’s murder and three disappearances. The conflict began with Detroit gang incursions into Ontario ports and higher pay to lure Buffalo traffickers. Crossings now riskier due to rivals, coast guard, and ice floes.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Detroit
Ontario
M. Gramer
Treasury Department
Bridgeport
Port Colborne
Fort Erie
Buffalo Gang
Niagara River
Coast Guard
Maestri Faces More Trouble in Court Today
In Lake Charles on December 28 the injunction case of Don G. Jones of Jeff Davis Parish versus Conservation Commissioner Robert Maestri and others returned in the 14th Judicial District Court. Responding to a motion for a suspensive appeal to the state supreme court, the court had before Christmas granted the plaintiff a temporary restraining order against the Louisiana Conservation Department.
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Associated Press
Lake Charles
Don G. Jones
Jeff Davie Parish
Robert Maestri
14Th Judicial District Court
Estate Supreme Court
Conservation Department of Louisiana
Hambone's Meditations On Funeral Costs
A dialect driven column discusses paying for funerals with a bold question about who should cover costs. The speaker scolds an undertaker for delays and improvises with humorous regional speech. The piece uses satire to reflect concerns over funeral expenses and timing.
Louisiana Rail Rates To Be Revealed By Public Service Board
Baton Rouge December 28 The Louisiana public service commission plans a review of a lengthy list of class and commodity freight rates to reduce shippers railroad confusion. The hearing will include all railroads and shippers with date and place to be set, after which the commission will issue clarifying interpretation. The action follows interstate orders in the consolidated southwestern cases affecting several states.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Commission
Pian Accused of Postal Robbery in Mississippi
Maunce Pian, an alleged bandit linked to the Bugs Moran gang, was ordered by a federal court to Mississippi to stand trial for the June 18 1928 post office robbery in Courtland Panola county. He allegedly helped bring counterfeit twenty dollar bills from Chicago. charges were dropped when witnesses failed to identify him.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Maunce Pian
Mississippi
Courtland
Panola County
Pian
Chicago
Bugs” Moran
Mike Beavers
O. E. Edwards
Mississippi Post Office
Four Florien Buildings Burned In Downtown Fire
Four downtown Florien frame buildings were destroyed by fire in the early hours today. The losses included the general merchandise store of B. L. Williams and its contents, Lee McClanahan's drug store, M. A. Byrne's barber shop, and the Florien post office building. Other contents were saved by citizens alerted by a negro who spotted the blaze after alighting from a train at 4.
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Florien
B. L. Williams
Lee McClanahan
M. A. Byrne
Floriea
Williams
Judge's bitter verdict on teens jailed for relief fund drive
A 15 year old girl Miriam Weies and her 17 year old brother David were jailed after pleading guilty to soliciting money for striking miners and needle workers. Magistrate Sabbatino remanded them to Raymond Street jail for possible deportation. The case stirred sharp rebukes as they faced confinement prohibited for under 16 year olds and denied family visits.
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New York
Miriam
David Weies
Brooklyn Transit Company
Brooklyn
Sylvester Sabbatino
Flatbush
Sabbatino
Young People's Communistic League
Raymond Street
Mystery Blood Spatter Solved by Toothache at Camp Street
Police rushed a rooming house at 729 Camp street to investigate a blood spatter incident. Russell Guy claimed he pulled an aching tooth that bled, explaining the apparent bed blood as a result of a dental injury. Mrs. Carrie Linton alerted authorities after finding the bloodied bed clothes.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Camp Street
Carrie Linton
Russell Guy
Opelousas Youth Dies After Accidental Rifle Discharge
In Opelousas on December 28, 14 year old F R Montgomery discharged a small rifle while two youths prepared to hunt. The bullet struck James Walker, son of Adrian Walker, below the heart. James died soon after in a city doctor's office. The boys, longtime friends, were playing with the rifle when it went off.
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Opelousas
F. R. Montgomery
Russell Montgomery
Bellevue
James Walker
Adrian Walker
Fransioli Claims Air Record in Memphis Contest
Wealter Fransioli, 17, claimed a new airplane endurance flight record of 178 seconds in Memphis Tennessee. His small toy model plane stayed aloft two minutes and 58 seconds to win the contest sponsored by the Memphis model aero club.
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Memphis
Tenn
Wealter
Fransioli
Memphis Mode! Aero Club
Jail Every Negro Found Carrying a Gun in New Orleans
Orders to jail every negro found carrying a gun were issued to New Orleans patrolmen by Superintendent Theodore A. Ray. The directive follows the death of a patrolman last week and aims to curb armed violence during carnival season.
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New Orleans
Theodore A. Ray
Three Negroes Held in Attack on White Woman
Sunflower county authorities have not yet confirmed that three suspects arrested in Halstead are the attackers of Mrs. Nancy Bridges on Christmas night. A posse led by officers searched until late yesterday. one of four arrestees has been released. The other three were taken to Ruleville, with the jail kept secret amid community indignation.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Sunflower County
Halstead
Nancy Bridges
S. F. Clark
Ruleville
Shell company to build depot in Hattiesburg
Shell Petroleum Corporation plans to enter Hattiesburg Mississippi and build several gasoline stations in the area. A storage depot south of the city will house four tanks totaling 86 000 gallons, with site clearing already begun. N J Haynes says the plan aims for extensive operation in the district.
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Shell Company
Hattiesburg
Associated Press
Hattiesburg, Miss
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Hattiesburg Field
A. I. Stewart
St. Louis
N. J. Haynes
New Orleans
River Dynamited as Probe Shifts to Kidnap Theory
In Covington Louisiana authorities dynamited the Bogue Falaya river bank in a search for three weeks old Evelyn Patricia Green missing from her crib. The mother Roscoe Green maintains the child was kidnapped not murdered, as footprints and a blanket were found near the river.
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United Prous Covington
Falaya
Tammany Parish
Evelyn Patricia Green
Shreveport
Roscoe Green
Barber Trims Customer Then Is Robbed in St Louis
In St Louis on December 28 barber Charles Quigley finished a haircut for a customer who then pulled a revolver. The thief demanded cash, rang the "no sale" key, took $34, and walked out, leaving Quigley unharmed but robbed.
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ST. Louis
Charles Quigley
Quigley
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