Kennedy death declaration heard by jury in Mississippi
Dr. W F Hand testified about Dr John Preston Kennedy s dying claim that Dr Sarah Ruth Dean poisoned him with a highball. Hand matched prior witnesses Barney Henry Kennedy describing mercurial poisoning and symptoms of burning mouth sore and abdominal cramps as Preston Kennedy lay dying in Greenwood Mississippi.
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John Preston Kennedy
Sarah Ruth Dean
W. F. Hand
Jackson
Hand
Barney
Henry Kennedy
Preston Kennedy
Fred Witty
Dr. Hand
J. Preston Kennedy
Preston
Dr. Kennedy
College Faculty Member Morrison Dies at Ouachita
Robert Orrel Morrison sixty five year old Ouachita junior college faculty member died at 5 a m Tuesday at Vaughan Wright Bendel clinic where he had been ill since December Funeral services at 10 30 a m Wednesday from 201 Pine Street with Rev E F Hayward Grace Episcopal Church officiating Interment Riverview burial park cemetery service at cemetery by masons Morrison a native of Zanesville Ohio and a graduate of Ohio State University later studied civil engineering at Cornell University and was a longtime contributor to the field
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Robert Orrel Morrison
Ouachita Junior College
Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic
Pine Street
E. F. Hayward
Grace Episcopal Church
Riverview
Masons
Morrison
Zanesville
Ohio
Ohio State University
Cornell University
Con
Memoir of Monrose town life and curious notices
In Monrose, George McCraney tests strength with a cane after a train collision near Christmas. Dr Earl B Simmons removes his hat in the cold, Rev D W McElroy visits from Shreveport, and readers seek guidance on a job offer versus a gold mine windfall. Ary playful item notes many listeners named Anthony on a Central Grammar stage, while Prof J W Hammett is asked to solve a geometry riddle about a circular city and its diameter.
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George McCraney
Illinois Central
George
Earl B. Simmons
Monrose
Rev
D. W. McElroy
Monroe
Shreveport
Wizard of Things Mathematic
J. W. Hammett
Neville High School
Jes’ Ramblin
Hammett
Editor Fired On From Black Car in Humboldt Standar Attack
Police searched for a black sedan after two shots fired at Don O'Kane, editor and associate publisher of the Humboldt Standard, last night. A front window was shattered and O'Kane was cut by flying glass as bullets, from a .32 caliber pistol, narrowly missed his head. He chased the car in his own vehicle but lost it in traffic. O'Kane, a 12 year Humboldt veteran, declined to explain a motive.
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Eureka
Calif
Don O'Kane
Humboldt Standard
Standard
O'Kane
O’kane
Silverton
Ore
University of Oregon
NRA shifts to regional codes outside Interstate Commerce
The NRA on February 13 announced a policy reversal urging the formation of regional codes or agreements in trades clearly outside Interstate Commerce. This marks a move away from previous strict national standards toward localized arrangements.
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Washington
NRA
Murrel Denies Assault Charge In Trial At Fort Sam
Lieut. John H. Murrel a former West Point football star on trial for criminal assault told a federal court he did not attack Blanche Balls at Fort Sam Houston on October 22. He said Miss Balls was drunk and that he planned to take her to his quarters to hand her to his mother. He claimed he stopped near the radio tower to protect her and register doubts about hotel lodging.
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San Antonio
John H. Murrel
West Point
Blanche Balls
Alabama
Fort Sam Houston
Murrel
W. R. Smith
Miss Ralls
FE. A. McDaniel
Muriel
Leaders discuss continued CWA work in Ouachita parish
At a Tuesday morning meeting in Mayor Bernstein's office leaders reviewed CWA projects and new proposals. Engineer Sam Collins said Bayou DeSiard and city improvement work employ about 2100 men, with total CWA activity sustaining 3500 jobs locally.
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CWA
Bernstein
City Hall
Mayor Bernstein
John M. Breard
Police Jury
Commission of Utilities and Finance
D. A. Breard
A. V. Miller
Chamber of Commerce
Couch resignation sought by Rankin
Rep Rankin of Mississippi demanded Harvey C. Couch resign from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation board. He urged Roosevelt to remove Couch after the FTC released salaries of power executives, accusing Couch interests of plundering Mississippi and obstructing municipal power projects and TVA access.
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Washington
Harvey C. Couch
Reconstruction Corporation Board of Directors
Rankin
Democrat
Mississippi
Federal Trade Commission
Couch
RFC
Roosevelt
South
Insull
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoala
Protest Planned Over Airmail Change In Monroe
A telegram of protest against abandoning Monroe as an airmail stop will be sent to Postmaster General Farley and to Congressmen Riley J Wilson and John Sandlin. The message will be signed by parish and city officials, chamber of commerce leaders and Monroe civic figures. The meeting in Mayor Bernstein's office decided this after a Washington dispatch stated new airmail maps show the Atlanta to San Diego route via Monroe and Shreveport may be dropped.
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Monroe
Farley
Riley J. Wilson
John Sandlin
Chamber of Commerce
Bernstein
Washington
Post Office Department
Atlanta
San Diego
Shreveport
Mardi Gras Crowds Revel in New Orleans Carnival
New Orleans on February 13 embraced Mardi Gras with costumes and masks as crowds lined the streets. A grand night parade featured Proteus floats, paying homage to Rex and his queen Laura Fenner daughter of Charles E Fenner a New Orleans broker and Mrs Fenner who held the season's top social honor.
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New Orleans
Rex
Laura Fenner
Charles E. Fenner
Fenner
Warden seeks death for ringleaders in Wall
Warden James M. McCauley urged the death penalty for ringleaders of a prison break attempt at Walla Walla. Eight inmates died and six guards and turnkeys were wounded by knives and gunfire in the yard and cell blocks during the mid day attack.
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Walla Walla
Wash
James M. McCauley
H. L. Briggs
Turnkey
Wallace Turcott
Paul Krouse
Gerald Hill
H. R. Clark
James R. DeLong
Ernest de Boer
H. Robert Parks
Warden McCauley
F. W. Jackson
de Long
Frank Butler
Jackson
Long Declares State Penitentiary Self Supporting
Senator Huey P. Long told the Senate that Louisiana’s state penitentiary was put on a paying basis and saved from bankruptcy. The speech omits figures showing loans of 1 029 000 dollars and ongoing 175 000 per year state subsidies, arguing that the penitentiary would have required another bond issue in 1933 to survive.
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Congressional Record
Huey P. Long
United States Senate
Louisiana
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Long
Senate
Shushan Airport Named for Huey Long Allegedly Faces Rename Debate
Readers propose a new city air terminal name beginning with L as Louisiana eyes depersonalizing state utilities after Huey Long era. The Shushan airport in New Orleans, built with tax funds, displays an S motif. officials note removing it would be costly. Mayor Semmes Walmsley attended the dedication while Long was absent from the platform.
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New Orleans
Shushan
Abe Shushan
Long
Orleans
Louisiana
Providence
Senator Long
Austrian Socialists Fight Barricades in Vienna
In Leopoldau Strasse Floridsdorf district Austrian Socialists guard a barricade against government troops. An officer of the Republican guard says they seek only to live, not overthrow the government, warning of starvation or death ahead as Chancellor Dollfuss disregards workers’ rights.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Leopold Aur Strasse
Floridsdorf
Republican Guard
Dollfuss
Rights Of Way Reimbursement Now Assured
Washington report says Congress will quickly pass the Wilson Overton bill after approval by Budget Director Lewis Douglas and Secretary of War Dern. The measure would reimburse Louisiana levee districts over 800000 for rights of way along the Red River Atchafalaya Bocuf and Arkansas river south bank via Red River and Tensas basin districts. Continued on Third Page.
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Washington
Congress
Louisiana
Lewis Douglas
War Dern
Red River
Atchafalaya
Bocuf Levee
Tensas Basin
Arkansas River
August A Busch Dies by Own Hand in St Louis Estate
August A Busch Sr., 68, president of AnheuserBusch Inc and head of the brewing family, shot himself at his Grant Farm estate in St Louis County after six weeks of illness including heart disease gout and dropsy. His cousin John Busch found him in his bedroom following a morning wakeup.
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ST. Louis
A. Busch, Sr
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
St. Louis County
Busch
Busch Estate
Grant Farm
John Busch
Washington, Mo
Indictments Return in East Texas Oil Code Case
The federal grand jury for the eastern district of Texas at noon returned five indictments against East Texas oil concerns. Charges allege violations of the NRA petroleum code designed to test the code’s constitutionality before the Supreme Court.
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Tyler
Tex
Federal
District of Texas
East Texas
NRA
Supreme Court
Governments in Bloody Contests With Opponents
Paris reports rise in civil strife across Europe as Austria battles for its government against Socialists amid casualties and arrests. France cools after anti Fascist protests leaving one dead and many wounded. In Spain police and strikers exchange fire wounding nine.
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Spain
Austria
Dollfuss
France
Civil War Feeds Flames Across Vienna Apartment Block
Vienna reports artilery hammered the Karl Marx building housing 2,000 Socialist families. Howitzers struck the third and fourth floors as the great European structure collapsed. Casualties unknown as shelling intensified across Austria.
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Vienna
Karl Marx
Europe
Austria
Rogers Has His Say in Beverly Hills Birthday Note
A Beverly Hills man questions what Lincoln would do today and suggests he would trade his ax for a Ford and vote Democratic. The note playful ly classifies Lincoln as radical progressive and eccentric while mentioning Alice Longe worth’s birthday and a reserved seat at a major show.
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Cal
Lincoln
Progres Sive
Alice
Alice Longeworth
Fragmented John Doe letter hints at flight and justice
A garbled excerpt references aviation interests, stock ownership, Beverly Hills parcels, and a desire to join a jury to convict others. The text hints at alleged misconduct by higher authorities and mentions Mrs Roosevelt, without clear context or complete names or events.
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