Arrest Order Issued As MacCracken Fails To Appear
The Senate ordered the arrest of William P. MacCracken after he did not show for his contempt trial. Three air mail executives, L. H. Brittin, Harry M. Hanshue, and Gilbert Girvin, attended. trial for them paused until MacCracken is brought before the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
William P. MacCracken
Hoover
Commerce
Air
MacCracken
Senator Black
Alabama
L. H. Brittin
Northwest Airways
Harry M. Hanshue
Western Air Express
Gilbert Girvin
Garner
Black
Borah
Republican
Idaho
Senate Air Mail Inquiry Seizes Four Defendants
The U S senate summoned four air mail men for contempt as probes press on Washington. President Roosevelt and Postmaster General Farley plan to revise air mail contracts while investigations into lobbyists influence and army navy contracts deepen. The defendants included William P. MacCracken and Northwest Airways’ L H Brittin among others.
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Washington
United States Senate
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Farley
William P. MacCracken
Hoover Administration
Commerce Department Aeronautics
L. H. Brittin
Northwest Airways
Harris M. Hanshue
Western
Mistreated Lola Logston Taken From Parents to Arkansas Home
A 13 year old in Bentonville testified she was chained to a bed by her father and stepmother for years to stop running away. They were fined 50 dollars each after the judge ordered her removed and placed in the Arkansas Children's Home and Hospital in Little Rock. A fattening program and new wardrobe followed arrival under a public health nurse.
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Little Rock
Ark
Lola Logston
Arkansas Children’s Home
F. F. Floyd
Bentonville
Roy Logston
Floyd
Logstons
Lola
Children’s Hospital
Rambling Tales From Monroe And Nearby Happenings
In Monroe W D Ford of Lee Avenue denies kin to Detroit’s famed maker Henry Ford amid hints of distant relation. E R Strahan reports a January record of about 1349 callers seeking farming advice. Mrs H G Ory’s pet canary loves grapefruit and coffee, while a hospital visitor misreads a thermometer after a prior use. Harris Tyson recovers a stolen Chevrolet in Little Rock and plans a cautious future with his car.
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W. D. Ford
Lee Avenue
Detroit
Monroe
Henry
E. R. Strahan
Parish
Witness says Dr. Dean caused Kennedy divorce in trial
Greenwood Miss Feb 9. Dr Sarah Ruth Dean on trial for murder over Dr John Preston Kennedy death is charged by state witness with causing the Kennedy marriage breakup. Dr Henry Kennedy identifies 145 love letters from Preston to Dean. says there was an agreement they would remarry.
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Greenwood
Miss
Sarah Ruth Dean
John Preston Kennedy
Bessie Barry Kennedy
Kennedy
Henry Kennedy
Preston Kennedy
Dean
Preston
Dr. Dean
Kennedys
North Europe hurricane slams Germany and Scandinavia
A near-hurricane swept Germany and moved into Scandinavia, killing several and injuring many as the Condor sank in the Weser estuary with all hands. Hamburg Breslau and Stettin reported heavy damage while Baltic and North Sea shipping sought shelter. Debris injured motorists in Berlin as homes in suburbs suffered with the storm.
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Berlin
Germany
Scandinavia
Europe
Condor
Weser
Baltic
North Sea
Hamburg
Breslau
Stettin
Uncertain Dollfuss To Shape Austria's Socialists Stand
Vienna reports both sides await Chancellor Dollfuss's next move after raids on Socialist centers and a police surge claiming a Bolshevist plot. Fey leans against the Socialists while Nazi pressure grows and talks with Hungary's Premier influence policy.
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Vienna
Dollfus
Budapest
Fey
Dollfuss
Gomboes
Hungary
Heimwehr
Dedication Planned for Unfinished Ouachita River Bridge
The Louisiana Highway Commission to dedicate the unfinished Ouachita river bridge at Monroe this Sunday at 3 PM. State Rep W C Feazel chairs the dedication, featuring a tablet unveiling and a sound track for attendees.
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Ouachita River Bridge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Ouachita River
Monroe
W. C. Feazel
Ouachita Parish
Feazel
Five Negroes die in swift Kilby execution batch
The Associated Press reports five Black prisoners were executed at Kilby prison in Montgomery Alabama for the killing of a white woman, with Bennie Foster and Clarence McCain among the deceased. The executions occurred between 12:05 and 12:50 a.m. local time amid protests of innocence.
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Associated Press
Kilby
Montgomery
Ala
Huntsville
Texas
Tucker
Arkansas
Bennie Foster
Selma
Foster
Hardie White
Clarence McCain
Joe Partin
McCain
John Thompson
Mobile
Henry Bloom
White
Luther Wil
Court Ends State Probe Into Orleans Payroll Padding
Judge William J. O'Hara in criminal district court ruled act 57 of 1888 unconstitutional and halted the attorney general’s open probe into New Orleans city payroll padding. The ruling stops municipal officer investigations though it permits actions against individual workers deemed “dead head” on the payroll. The probe, begun at the petition of Senator Huey P. Long, was halted with no immediate decision on appeal.
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New Orleans
Attorney General's Office
William J. O'Hara
Criminal District Court
O'Hara
Hugh M. Wilkinson
Huey P. Long
Troops Massed for Threatened Clash in Paris
Paris faces a tense standoff as Premier-elect Gaston Doumergue seeks a truce while 14,000 police brace for clashes after Communists plan to seize Place de la Republique. Edouard Herriot resigns to join Doumergue’s cabinet as lists of ministers are proposed.
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Paris
Gaston Doumergue
France
Place de la Republique
Workers
Edouard Herriot
Radical Socialist
Doumergue
Herriot
Louis Marthou
Henri Petain
Navy
Andre Tardieu
Denain
Albert Sarraut
Germain Martin
Henry Cheron
Louis Marin
Soviet Soldiers Parade Through Snow at Congress Demonstration
Soviet Russia showcased military might as the Red Army Moscow garrison paraded in Lenin’s tomb square for the seventeenth all-Union Communist party congress. Joseph Stalin and leaders watched while diplomats from Japan and the United States attended the display, the first official American presence at such a march.
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Moscow
Russia
all-Union
Communist Party
Red Army
Red Square
Joseph Stalin
Lenin
George Kennan
United States
Samuel Haas Elected Knights Templar Head
Samuel Haas of Alexandria was elected grand commander of Louisiana Knights Templar at a state Masonic session in New Orleans. He succeeds Mark A. Quilty of Lake Charles. Bradley Waelder of Monroe was deputy grand commander and Carey P. Duncan of Shreveport grand generalissimo. D. Peter Laguen s Jr of New Orleans was grand captain general. C Ellis Ott of Bogalusa was grand senior warden and C M Hutton of Minden grand junior warden.
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New Orleans
Samuel Haas
Alexandria
Louisiana
Knights Templar
Mark A. Quilty
Lake Charles
Bradley Waelder
Monroe
Carey P. Duncan
Shreveport
D. Peter Laguens, Jr
C. Ellis Ott
Bogalusa
C. M. Hutton
Minden
Banker Tells Story As Kidnappers Remain At Large
Ed ward Bremer, president and owner of the Commercial State Bank, said he was held 22 days in a dark room after being kidnapped January 17. He estimated 10 to 12 gang members from voices heard during captivity. three men moved him in a car to Rochester where he was freed. Investigators pursue leads in a $200,000 ransom case across Minnesota, with justice officials close to solving the abduction.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Edward Bremer
Department of Justice
Rochester
Bremer
Commercial State Bank
Adolph Bremer
Pair Attacked in Zavalla. One Killed in Early Morning Home Invasion
In Zavalla Texas on February 9 two masked men beat 70-year-old Charles Cansler to death and bound his wife after stealing a safe. Mrs Cansler survived enough to report the incident as deputies and 300 citizens hunt the two suspects. A stolen car was found stuck near a pump station miles away as searchers follow the footprints.
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Zavalla
Angelina County
Tex
Charles Cansler
Cansler
Rogers Has His Say on Riots and France’s Parties
A Santa Monica reader comments on riots in Paris and New York, noting Paris has many political parties while New York fights over a nickel. The letter ends with a jab that France is upset with someone other than the writer’s country.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Paris
New York
France
House of Deputies
Sankey Dies by Hanging in South Dakota Prison Cell
Sioux Falls reports Verne Sankey once billed as Americas public enemy number one hanged himself in his South Dakota penitentiary cell on the eve of his planned arraignment in the Boettcher kidnapping case. He had just been brought from Chicago after a failed attempt to use poison pills. The death follows his capture and decision to plead guilty to conspiracy charges.
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South Dakota Penitentiary
Chicago
Charles Boettcher
Denver
Verne Sankey
America
Touhy
Willie Sharkey
St. Paul
Minn
Hamm
Sankey
Boettcher
Haskell Bohn
Desperado
Gordon Alcorn
Alcorn
Railway worker shot dead after mistaken burglary call
Homer L. Brown, 35, Missouri Pacific brakeman based in Monroe, was killed near Louann Arkansas at 1:50 AM after George McCann 52 fired four shotgun blasts thinking Brown was burglar. McCann admitted the shooting. Brown died after staggering back to his train car and telling Conductor Harris he had been shot. Brown leaves a wife and no children. burial in El Dorado.
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Homer L. Brown
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Monroe
Louann
Ark
George McCann
Arthur Ellis
Camden
McCann
Brown
T. P. Harris
Ellis
Harris
Sheriff Ellis
Warer
Gordon
el Dorado
Record Cold Grips Two Continents Amid Deadly Storms
The U S Weather Bureau marks its 64th anniversary as record lows flood the United States with sub zero chills from New York to New England. Europe endures a Baltic sea gale with deaths as Germany and Scandinavia face damage and harbor-bound ships.
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Associated Press
U. S. Weather Bureau
Europe
Germany
Scandinavia
North
Baltic
New England
North Atlantic
New York
Seaboard
Hudson
East
Weedsport
Sardinia
Eriecoun
Dry laws fight reaches New Orleans Supreme Court
Four Monroe attorneys travel to New Orleans to argue Ray Carter s conviction for illegal liquor sale under old local option and blind tiger laws. The case tests whether the parish remains dry and if the blind tiger statute remains enforceable amid Hood act repeal disputes. Carter admits operating a liquor venue.
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Monroe
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Ray Carter
Frank W. Hawthorne
Carter
Fire destroys store as merchant commits suicide
In Orange Texas on Feb 9 E F Boutee 52 rural merchant near Texla after his store burned early today shot himself in a box 100 yards away with a shotgun. Grady Watson justice of the peace ruled death by self-inflicted action.
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Orange
Texas
E. F. Boutee
Grady Watson
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