Bouanchaud Receives First Pay as District Attorney
Hewitt Bouanchaud of New Roads drew his first district attorney salary in December. State Treasurer H B Conner honored the warrant for 194.89 dollars, issued after Bouanchaud took the December 3 oath of office. An Attorney General opinion confirmed Bouanchaud legally holds the office despite gubernatorial hesitation.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Hewitt Bouanchaud
New Roads
Huey P. Long
1&Th
H. B. Conner
Bouanchaud
Bouenchaud
L. B. Baynard, Jr
Link
Executive Commission
Ford
Claiborne
Boulanchand
Bouanchand
Correction to misidentified arrest in bootlegging case
The newspaper corrects an Associated Press error from Laurel Mississippi naming Fate Robinson as the bootlegger rather than Pete Robinson. Fate Robinson was the actual individual involved, and the error has been clarified to avoid misidentification.
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Laurel, Miss
Pete” Robinson
Robinson
Pete
Associated Press
Mississippi Louisiana officers kill fugitive Sid Amacker
A Sunday gun battle ended the escape of Sid Amacker a 38 year old convict from Pears River county jail Poplarville Miss He refused to surrender when cornered in a house six miles from Bogalusa between Bogalusa and Varnado and was killed in the shootout with Louisiana and Mississippi officers.
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Associated Press
Bogalusa
Sid Amacker
Pears River
Poplarville
Miss
Amacker
Louisiana
Mississippi
Varnado
Amaker
Missouri Prison Guard Stabbed In Futile Break
Jefferson City Missouri December 30 A tower guard John T Bradley was stabbed and a convict Virgil Davis 24 shot during an ineffectual escape attempt at the Missouri state penitentiary Davis and Clarence Hansen crawled over the wall Hansen captured within a block of the prison Bradley hospitalized with a slashed abdomen and head wounds Buck shot injuries to Daviss hips reported in prison hospital.
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Jefferson City
Missouri State Penitentiary
John T. Bradley
Virgil Davis
Bradley
Davis
Clarence Hansen
Hanson
Three Men Take Walter Nutnawinski's New Accordion
In Chicago on December 30 three pistol wielding men stole Walter Nutnawinski's accordion worth 650 dollars. He chased them as they laughed and played tunes down the street, ending with a final whimsical line from the instrument. Nutnawinski collapsed in the snow.
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Chicago
Walter Nutnawimski
Nutnawinski
Netnawinski
Campaign to modernize Spanish vocabulary gains traction
Madrid reports a campaign to persuade Spain’s academy to adopt American words with Castilian twists. Spaniards already say cakee for cake and spell it unbecomingly as quekui. Campaigners argue that modern necessities demand adequate vocabulary updates.
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Madrid
Spain
Grand jurors open probe in slaying case
Promptly at ten oclock this morning Judge Pearce convened district court to charge the grand jury to investigate the death of Phillip Harris a 23 year old farmer who died after being shot by Sheriff A J Thigpen during a search warrant attempt at the Harris home near Ruston Texas Road. The sheriff has been under arrest on murder charges since Friday. Witnesses listed include Mrs Plunkett Harris Mrs Ima Meadows Hugh Harris and other relatives. Ward Marshal T Richardson and Pete Tominson will serve papers in the case.
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Pearce
Grard
Phillip Harris
Farmer
Ruston-Tincoln
A. J. Thieren
Plunkett Harris
Thigpen
Braswell
Frazier
Harris
Phillip Rarvis
Werrent
M. W. Sherrard
BE. L. Walker
W. J. Hammon
Rutledge
Pete Tominson
T. J. Richardson
Ima Meadows
Hugh Harris
Two Liquor Raid Gangs Open Fire Near Columbus
At an abandoned coal mine five miles north of Columbus Kansas two raiding parties misidentified each other as bootleggers and exchanged heavy gunfire. Constable John Crawford was shot in the right lung, while Deputy Sheriff Ora Folk sustained an arm wound and a scalp graze. The still operators escaped.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Kan
Kansas
Here
John Crawford
Ora Folk
Memphis Officer Killed by Suspect in Street Shooting
Patrolman Walter H. McEwin, a veteran of the Memphis police force, was shot to death by an unidentified Black man who wrested McEwin's pistol during an attempt to question him. The suspect fired once through the head and fled the scene in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Memphis
Tenn
Walter H. McEwin
McEwin
Great Ones of Mars Predict Tough Earth Year
Ockonga and Oomara, Martian prophets, telepath the forecast that 1950 will be difficult for Earth residents. Their earthly communicant is Dr. Hugh M. Robinson, former Shoreditch town clerk, who reveals he recently exchanged a few messages after failing two years ago to beam radio waves to Mars.
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London
Ockonga
Oomara
Mars
Earth
Qockonga
Hugh M. Robinson
Shoreditch
Red Planet
Complete two large gassers in Morehouse parish
Presaging a new deep sand discovery two large gas wells with strong rock pressure between Bastrop and the Ouachita river blew in Saturday. Magnolia Gage company's No 6 and No 7 are in section 33 31 5 Morehouse parish. No 7 gauged to 45,000,000 cubic feet daily open flow while No 6 is good for 31,000,000.
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Bastrop
Ouachita River
Magnolia Gage Company
Morehouse Parish
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley
A column featuring J. P. Alley with humorous dialect on everyday life and money, noting the difficulty of affording an automobile and the humor of the era's talk about getting by. The piece uses Southern vernacular to reflect social attitudes and practicality.
Several Seek West Louisiana Federal Prosecutor Post
The Western District of Louisiana seeks a new assistant district attorney after T. M. Logan Bruns resigns to return to private practice. Bruns, a Democrat, has served since 1925 under E. B. Talbot and Judge Wayne G. Borah, helping with bootlegging cases and property tax income tests.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Western District of
Louisiana
T. M. Logan Bruns
Bruns
E. B. Talbot
Wayne G. Borah
Mr. Bruns
Woman allegedly forced marriage by gunpoint in Brooklyn
Victor Steffanelli of Newark asks annulment after claiming Mrs. Bridget Mongrella Steffanelli, 48, mother of nine, forced him to wed at gunpoint on August 6 in Brooklyn. He says she then took him to the deputy city clerk for the ceremony and they never lived together.
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Bridget Mongreila Steffanelli
Victor Steffanelli
Newark
Brooklyn
Steffaneli
Two Officers Slain From Ambush After Raid on Stills
A Mecklenburg county deputy sheriff Bernard Puryear and a Danville policeman Mack E. Tuck were shot during an ambush while removing three prisoners from a liquor distillery near Clarkeville. Both died in a hospital in Oxford, North Carolina.
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Associated Press
Danville
W. R. Deales
Mecklenburg County
Bernard Puryear
Mack E. Tuck
Oxford
N. C
Clarkeville
Bloodied woman mystery widens in Arkansas inquiry
In Marked Tree Arkansas acting coroner N J Hazel orders Arthur M Baxter a 84 of Jonesboro to be brought for questioning over an unidentified woman's body found near here two weeks ago. Baxter was arrested in Jonesboro on intoxication and a suitcase with women's clothing and his marriage license were found near the scene. Baxters estranged wife and Jonesboro residents view the body as officials probe possible links. Sheriff A H Landers doubts Baxter connection while investigators pursue all angles.
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Associated Press
Baxter
Jonesboro
A. H. Landers
Woman credited for snaring of narcotics ring
Chicago officials credit Miss Mary Whelan legal adviser to the Chicago narcotic division with playing a pivotal role in trapping a nationwide narcotics ring. She posed as a drug addict to lure William Bailey contact man and arranged a purchase of ten ounces at 80 to 90 dollars an ounce. Bailey was arrested. nationwide arrests followed in New York with 15 ring leaders led by Louis Caccarona.
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Associated Press
Chicago
S Woman
Mary Whelan
Chicago Narcotic Division
Bailey
New York
Ring
Louis Caccarona
Jackson Plans to Make a Dry City of New Orleans
New Orleans prohibition administrator O. D. Jackson announced raids will be led by him or his two assistants. An immediate dry-up drive followed, catching a bootlegger with five tins of whiskey. Deputy Edward Henley vowed to make New Orleans as dry as the proverbial chip.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
O. D. Jackson
Prohibition
Edward Henley
State Prison Chaplain Won't Resign His Job
Baton Rouge December 30 A dispute over the Louisiana state penitentiary chaplain Reverend F L Cox refuses to resign as ordered by Warden J E McClanahan. The warden says the post will be vacated January 1 with Reverend Moner of West Carroll parish to assume duties this week. Cox vows to appeal to the penitentiary manager and Governor Huey P Long, accusing the system of inciting rebellion behind the walls.
Urge to See World Costs Life of Tennessee Youth
In Nashville Tennessee on December 80 a 15 year old, Andrew J Grubbs Jr son of a state highway department employee, tried to board a west bound freight train and was fatally injured. He lost both legs near the hips and died at a hospital after three blood transfusions from his father failed.
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Nashville
Tenn
Andrew J. Grubbs, Jr
State Highway Department
Robbery at West Monroe Slashes Gown for Hidden Cash
A robber attacked Mrs. C E Stewart at 412 Wood Street West Monroe dragging her from sleep with a rubber hammer. He slit her gown neck to seize 65 sewing inside a stocking. He then slashed Mr Stewarts trousers pockets, took a leather cigarette case and cigarettes, and fled leaving the garments in a yard. The missing money was not found.
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C. E. Stewart
Wood Street
West Monroe
Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Neral
Two Appeals In Maestri Trapping Contract Dispute
In New Orleans the state supreme court received two appeals from Robert S. Maestri the new commissioner of conservation and from trappers in southwest Louisiana over whether the commissioner may revoke trapping contracts granted by his predecessor. The high court’s decision is awaited.
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New Orleans
State Supreme Court
Robert S. Maestri
Louisiana
High Court
Lean Out of a Window and Whistle for Drink in N O
New Orleans sees liquor so plentiful that it can be obtained by merely leaning out the window and whistling. Enforcement officers say the situation is well in hand as Detroit reports continued traffic and New York dealers keep supply ahead of demand amid a New Year wave of speakeasies and raids.
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Detroit
Chicago
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Washington
Atlanta
Miami
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