Three Monroe men drown in Black Bayou fishing accident
Three Monroe men, Alex Keller age 20 Marvin Riley 37 and Moody Riley 39, drowned while fishing in Black Bayou about 12 miles from Monroe between here and Sterlington. Two bodies were recovered with search for the third ongoing as relatives await news. Keller is son of Mr and Mrs John Keller of Walnut Street and the Riley brothers had been camping at the lake all winter.
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Monroe
Black Bayou
Alex Keller
Marvin Riley
Moody Riley
Here
Sterlington
Keller
John Keller
Walnut Street
Riley Brothers
W. W. McMullin
Georgia Street
Trade Is Made Over Evidence At Dr Dean Murder Trial
In Greenwood Mississippi on February 12 the state and defense reached a trade of evidence in the murder trial of Dr Sarah Ruth Dean. The state swapped hospital records on the fatal Kennedy illness for the right to scan 145 love letters from Kennedy to Dean. District Attorney Arthur Jordan secured access to Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy letters, while Dean and her lawyers reviewed the Baptist hospital records and Kennedy letters in court.
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Greenwood
Miss
Sarah Ruth Dean
John Preston Kennedy
Kennedy
Dean
Baptist Hospital
Jackson
Mississippi
Arthur
Kennedy Olue
Davis
NRA targets 36 hour week amid 32 hour drive
The NRA reportedly aims for a 36 hour work week rather than 32. Close associates say Hugh S. Johnson’s push is a decoy to allow room for a compromise. An official statement is expected around March 5 as code authorities convene in the first assembly of industrial government.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Notable Rochester Advances to Hotel Lexington Rank
Charlie Rochester, once behind Hotel Monroe’s desk, has risen to general manager of Hotel Lexington in New York City. A recent Baton Rouge dispatch says Governor Allen named the New Yorker on his staff, while Rochester’s proud father A. T. Rochester of 1904 Jackson street is highlighted. A Cobb biography excerpt recalls a Louisiana visit with Travis Oliver and a disguised Davis and Ramon Garcia incident. A separate note reports Eugene King’s arrest warrant in West Monroe with a courthouse voice-identification bluff by Texas officer J R Willis.
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Charlie Rochester
Hotel Monroe
Lexington
New York City
Baton Rouge
Allen
Charlie
A. T. Rochester
Jackson Street
Irvin Cobb
Louisiana
Travis Oliver
Robert H. Davis
Cobb
Pelican Island
Davis
R. H. Davis
Ramon Garcia
Kentucky
Evangeline Bayou
Mr. Cobb
Henry Watterson
Common Council
Sons of Veterans
Daughters of
Rebecca
Cincinnati Society
J. R. Willis
Longview
Texas
Eugene King
West Monroe
King
Milton Coverdale
C. D. Meredith
Carey Meredith
Willis
MacCracken Held in Contempt by Columbia Court
Former assistant secretary of commerce William P. MacCracken was arrested on a Senate contempt warrant after paying a $100 fine to the District of Columbia Supreme Court for contempt. He was taken to the Senate for trial, with earlier contempt findings tied to deception in obtaining a writ of habeas corpus.
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Washington
William P. MacCracken
Senate
District of Columbia Supreme Court
MacCracken
Chesley W. Jurney
Jurney
Frank J. Hogan
Cotton Control Measure Described For Farm Aid
Washington February 12 The Bankhead cotton production control bill was presented to the house agriculture committee as a tool to stabilize surpluses and production and aid agriculture nationwide. C. A. Cobb head of the agricultural adjustment administration cotton division testified that the measure stems from years of grower study to control cotton flow and balance supply and demand for fair prices. Cobb opened the hearing as the first witness, backing from Senator Bankhead and Representative Bank.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Cc. A. Cobb
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Cotton Division
Cobb
Bankhead
Representative Bank
American on Trial as Spy in Finland
In Finland a high court trial opened for twenty eight suspected espionage ring members including American Arvid Jacobson a former Michigan school teacher. Police tie Finland France espionage, with Mary Louise Martin as central figure and Jacobson described as her chief lieutenant under Soviet direction. Jacobson’s wife was released after three weeks in custody.
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ABC
Finland
Arvid Jacobson
Michigan
High Court of
France
Mary Louise Martin
Jacobson
Soviet
Russia
Unfinished Span Across Ouachita Dedicated In Satirical Ceremony
Five gaunt concrete piers mark the spot for a Long Allen era bridge over the Ouachita River. A burlap covered memorial tablet is unveiled in a burlesque ceremony as 1 000 spectators endure drizzle. West Monroe citizens led by William C Feazel sponsor the event with Huey Long jabs. The speech mocks the complete the wreck program and hints at his political tomb.
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Ouachita River
West Monroe
William C. Feazel
Quachita Parish
Rupert Peyton
Caddo Parish
Huey Long
Four Lindsay family killed by gas leak in Baton Rouge
Gas escaping from a stove caused carbon monoxide poisoning that killed Mrs James L Lindsay 36 and her three children June 15 Billie Ruth 13 and Victor 14 in Baton Rouge. Father awoke and survived after treatment as fire chief blamed a defective burner. Lindsay, a church singer and LSU chemistry senior, had relatives in Alexandria.
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Louisiana State University
Thomas B. Bird
Robert A. Hogan
Lindsay
Alexandria
Federal court denies injunction in oil case from Texas
A three judge federal court in Sherman Texas refused to grant an injunction to Amazon Refining and six other plaintiffs challenging the Texas railroad commission oil allowable order issued November 28 The court also said it lacked jurisdiction over issues raised in similar suits challenging the petroleum code under the NRA.
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Sherman, Tex
Amazon Refining Company
Texas Railroad Commission
NRA
Huey Long Corrected On Senate Floor
In Washington on February 12 Senator Clark of Missouri thwarted Long of Louisiana in a senate dispute over credit for proposing sugar beets and sugar cane as basic agricultural commodities. Long asserted the bill referred to in the president message had previously placed sugar into the basic commodities list on his motion.
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Washington
Senator Long
Louisiana
Senate
Clark
Missouri
Long
Mardi Gras Day Fair and Races Postponed in New Orleans
Officials forecast clearing skies for Mardi Gras day as two days of drizzle and fog delay the Pan American air races at Shushan airport on Lake Pontchartrain. Rex the carnival ruler will hope to make a grand entrance as organizers reschedule events through next week.
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New Orleans
Rex
I. M. Cline
Weather Bureau
Shushan
Lake Pontchartrain
Rising Temperatures And Rains General Over Dixie
Rising temperatures and rains that washed away the weekend snow were general over the south. Thermometers showed mixed readings with Nashville and Little Rock near freezing, while New Orleans and several southern cities rose into the 30s and 40s.
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Dixie
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Little Rock
New Orleans
Montgomery
Birmingham
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Savannah
Augusta
Charlotte
Raleigh
Chattanooga
Senate Leader Signals Ongoing Stock Market Probe
Senator Fletcher of Florida says President Roosevelt wants the stock market investigation kept active and alive. He seeks to extend the committee’s life beyond the current session to address any developments, while temporarily pushing the Fletcher Rayburn bill for federal exchange control.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fletcher
Florida
New York
Senate
Congress
Rayburn
House
Kidnap Suspect Jailed Here in Cohay Case
J T Muse, accused as the third member of a bandit trio, is jailed in Ouachita parish awaiting extradition to Smith county on charges of kidnapping and attempted burglary. The trio aimed to burglarize a Cohay lumber company safe and abducted the night watchman. Norris and Russell, the other two, were already in custody. Local officers report the January 19 attack details.
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Cohay
J. R. Norris
Smith County
Jim Russell
Jackson
Miss
Lester Keys
Murrel Trial Opens as Defense Delayed and Readiness Declared
In San Antonio on February 12 both sides announced readiness after Judge R J McMillan overruled a defense delay motion. Lieut J H Murrel football star faces an indictment for an attack on Blanche Balls Boisclair a Birmingham Alabama divorcee.
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San Antonio
Tex
R. J. McMillan
Federal District Court
J. H. Murrel
Blanche Balls Boisclair
Birmingham
Ala
Three Negroes Indicted in Holly Springs Assault Case
In Hernando Mississippi on February 12 1930 three African American men Ern est McGehee 23 Johnny Jones 23 and Isaac Howard 25 were indicted on charges of criminally attacking a 17 year old Holly Springs schoolgirl. National guardsmen protected the courthouse as the grand jury met and prosecutors prepared for trial.
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Hernando
Miss
National
DeSoto County
Grand Jury
Holly Springs
Jackson
Hernando, Miss
Thomas J. Grayson
Ernest McGehee
Johnny Jones
Isaac Howard
Grayson
Million Workers Stage One Day Strike in France
Paris February 12 1 000 000 workers walked out for a one day general strike called by the French Federation of Labor in protest against potential Fascist control. The interior ministry said services ran about half speed with light water gas and railways impaired. Violence was limited to a few clashes amid large demonstrations in Marseilles Lille and other cities.
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Paris
France
French Federation of Labor
Ministry of the Interior
Marseilles
Lille
Doumergue
Milk Trucks Clear Picketed Belt After Unrest In Hammond
In Tangipahoa parish Louisiana dairy farmers gathered in Hammond to press action for higher milk prices after an armed group halted trucks on Sunday. Milk trucks were allowed to pass unmolested this morning. Farmers debate bulk prices cited from 1.15 to 1.75 dollars as they seek coordinated efforts.
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Hammond
Tangipahoa River
Tangipahoa Parish
Battle at Linz as Socialists clash with Austrian forces
Vienna reports between 32 and 42 dead in pitched battles as Socialists strike nationwide. Martial law imposed in Vienna Graz and Linz. In Linz artillery and machine guns killed 16 in the first clash and 15 to 25 more in a second, while government troops shelled rebels at the Danube bank. Police inspector killed in Vienna. Dollfuss cabinet meets to dissolve the Socialist party.
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Vienna
Graz
Linz
Austria
Danube
Socialist Party
Engelbert Dollfuss
Ringstrasse
Heimwehr
Home Guard
Rogers Has His Say on Air Industry
In Santa Monica on February 12, an opinion piece argues against halting the entire civilian aviation sector due to top level fraud. The writer warns that punishing the mostly honest pilots and workers will damage a vital industry and cost skilled professionals.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Army
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