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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1935
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR describes camps and water displacement after a flood. Mentions a river or stream, submerged towns and cities, and a rising death toll. Lacks clear names or dates due to text corruption.
Kenau Neu, a condemned slaver, was executed by hanging at the Orleans Parish Jail after a 45 minute death march. He sang, chatted with guards and the prison physician, and faced the crowd before the trap sprung. No family members attended the gallows.
A witness testifies about relief efforts failing refugees in Coldwater facing hardship. Hundreds lost homes and crops, with planting season disrupted by floods and cold weather. Large plantation owners report heavy losses and widespread hunger and unemployment.
Baton Rouge authorities seized parish books and financial records after a court directed Sheriff Kert L. Pettit to locate and study them. Chief Deputy John A. Amiss reported finding the records but did not reveal the location. The action follows a petition by Alice Lee Grosjean seeking an audit of parish accounts amid political upheaval involving Huey P. Long era governance.
William Green of the AFL denounces the extended automobile code as it is extended by President Roosevelt to June 16. He testifies before the Senate judiciary committee on the Black 30 hour week bill, saying the code fails to spread work and allows near unlimited hours by manufacturers. The AFL notes a small minority oppose AFL affiliation in a ballot by the national automobile labor board.
A speech denounces coercion and bribery used to suppress voters in Baton Rouge. The speaker praises residents for voting their convictions despite oppression and intimidation, noting the dictator’s failed attempt to control the community and strip citizens of suffrage.
In New Orleans Kenneth New faced execution in St. Tammany Parish Prison awaiting doom for the murder of Nashville businessman Sheffield Clark. Between songs and prayers he prepared for death and said he had nothing more to add beyond earlier statements, while promising possible startling disclosures later.
A gasoline powered New Haven railroad train crashed into the rear of a standing freight train near Framingham station injuring twenty people, one seriously. Baggage man Leslie A. Rylander, 56, of Framingham, was unconscious with possible skull fracture and taken to Framingham Hospital. The Marlboro bound train carried 50 passengers and officials ordered an investigation.
George A. Hathaway 82, once judge in Jennings Louisiana, died in Los Angeles where he had lived 18 years. He formerly led the Rice Grower Association of America and was an active figure in recent tariff legislation.
Georgia’s only woman representative, Mrs. Helen W. Coxon of Long County, declines a committee role to entertain U S Senator Huey P Long when he visits Atlanta next week. She says voting against the invitation makes it improper for her to serve. The House debates honors and threats arise as members push for a committee to receive Long.
Two Russian guards aboard the S. S. Tungchow were killed by pirates while 75 students from American British and Scandinavian mission schools were aboard. The ship headed to Junk Bay Hong Kong after release and all children were reported safe. The British second engineer K McDonald was wounded. The vessel was overdue 36 hours and British warships searched China coastal waters.
Berlin report says eleven people, including three crew and eight German passengers, were killed when a low winged German-Russian Airways plane crashed near Poderjuch close to Stettin. Fog and rain forced a low flight. altitude was 500 feet near the Stettin airfield before the impact.
In a fiery House debate, Rep J Y Sanders Jr of Louisiana accuses Huey Long's regime of dictatorial control. He cites martial law, election meddling, state militia use, and governor direct power over police, firemen, teachers, and business, warning democracy in peril.
Officials continue search for the missing body of Mrs Daisy Keeton in Laurel Mississippi while a convicts posse fails to uncover the torso and head. Prosecutors say corpus delicti is established but seek the missing parts to solve the case. MIL MISSISSIPPI LAUREL DAISY KEETON case continues with no new evidence at Tatlaholla creeks area.
Paris dispatch reports a drafted communique affirming Germanys right to arms equality within a general security framework. The note will be issued after the Anglo French ministerial conference. London will likely issue a statement on future steps to ease European tension. Neville Chamberlain and Pierre Etienne Flandin may discuss stabilization at a weekend gathering hosted by Sir Gomer Ber mande mashliahke.
Clay county officials, their authority suspended by 150 Kentucky national guardsmen who brought in 14 allegedly stolen automobiles during a one day occupation, await a promised military inspection of their stewardship. Governor Ruby Laffoon declined to name anyone yet but signaled action to purge the law enforcement machinery.
Sheriff Charles A. Jones of Marshall County collapsed from a heart seizure while semiautomatic raid on a still near Holly Springs Mississippi. He was 55 and had just begun his first year as county chief. Deputies and suspects aided in reviving him but failed.
Glendora residents piled sixty thousand sandbags to withstand floodwaters from the Coldwater and Tallahatchie rivers. The effort, aided by hundreds, kept water from cresting as towns report submerged streets and blocked routes to Greenwood and Charleston.
In Pecs Hungary 625 hunger striking miners emerged from a coal mine after 35 hours underground and declared readiness to negotiate with mine owners. Seventy three of the earlier 73 strikers had come out, and 49 socialist miners held as hostages were released. A rumor claimed owners would grant a 10 percent wage increase.
Governor James V. Alfred urged the legislature to authorize him to negotiate interstate compacts with representatives and governors of oil producing states. He aims to coordinate efforts on oil policy and related economic matters across state lines.
The board, deemed biased, urged members not to vote in the election after declaring Dr. Woalmans scheme impractical. Following a conference with Donald Richberg and NRA leaders, President Roosevelt renewed the code to June 16 with two changes: fall introduction of new car models and time and a half pay for overtime beyond 48 hours. Officials say the moves spread employment by smoothing production peaks. Green condemned the renewal without the changes, calling hearings abandonment objectionable to labor.
The four mile Arbuckle trail near Turner Rails in Oklahoma is now open. CCC workers completed the project after a year of effort, creating a noted beauty spot for visitors.
Eight state handwriting experts support Hauptmann as author of the ransom notes, while defense expert John Trendley argues the nursery note was written by a left handed writer and criticizes Osborn's chart method. Defense chief Reilly clarifies Fisch did not write the notes.
Berlin February reports on the Saar plebiscite spark linked tensions among Germans beyond the Third Reich. Albert Forster in Danaog vows loyalty to the Reich if unification options reopen. In Memel hopes arise for a future plebiscite to decide Lithianian or German control amid muted Pomorze debate.
In a unanimous vote the Arkansas senate joined the house in inviting Secretary of Agriculture Wallace to present his "supreme court of the people" idea to the assembly. The lawmakers request he lay out the plan before the session proceeds.
In Baton Rouge on February 1 Judge J D Womack scheduled the Huey P Long murder plot hearing to resume at 2 PM after a brief open at 1 AM. Long was absent when court opened but his attorney general Gaston L Porterie argued for the continuance citing many witnesses. Dozens of witnesses linked to the Square Deal group were gathered for the session aboard the fourth floor of the statehouse.
In a sharp aside from New York City, Rogers critiques Mayor La Guardia over snow placement and cites a financial page headline noting five billion one hundred million in weekly clearings. He argues the Roose administration uses billions, challenging the idea of a shrinking deficit.
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