Mayors and Gunman In Miami Attack on Roosevelt Car
In Miami on Wednesday night an assassin wounded five people including Chicago Mayor Anton Ceremonak Cerma k. Gunman Giuseppe Zangara used a .32 revolver and fired into the Roosevelt motorcade. Roosevelt stayed calm and Cermak lay seriously wounded as physicians assessed his odds.
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Miami
Fla
Roose
Anton Cer
Chicago
Guiseppi Zangara
Vest
Bay Park
Cermak
Roosevelt
New York
Margaret Kruis
Newark
William Sinnott
Russell Caldwell
Vincent Astor
Hoover
Eworthy
Secret Service
Zangara
President Hoover
Andrea Valenti
Zan
Eee
Gas discovery spotlight in Northeast Louisiana history
The Nev ille high school annual asks for names of all who aided the two years after Louis Lock’s famed discovery well. Editor Elizabeth Cudd seeks readers to submit contributors at the high school or through Jes’ Ramblin’. Local scenes include a dog and owner bond, acts of charity, and upcoming visits.
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Louisiana
Louis Lock
Monroyan
Neville High School
Elizabeth Cudd
Jes’ Ramblin
Trixie
Terra Firma
Roosevelt Car Attack Shocks Miami Crowd
An Associated Press report from Miami recalls the night President-elect Roosevelt's car was attacked during a celebration. Rex Saffer describes a bystander’s view of Tony Cermak and Mrs. Gill wounded, the assailant subdued, and Roosevelt's calm, sorrowful reaction amid the chaotic street scene. Guiseppe Zangari is described as nearby restrained by police.
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Rex Saffer
Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Cetmak
Chicago
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Tony Cermak
Guiseppe Zangari
Minnesota Representative Goodwin Found Dead in Hotel Window
Washington Feb 16 Rep Godfrey G Goodwin of Minnesota was found dead from injuries after a fall from a hotel room window. Police ordered an investigation as coroner A MacGruder MacDonald and Kenneth Romney were summoned to the scene.
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Washington
Godfrey G. Goodwin
Minnesota
A. MacGruder MacDonald
Kenneth Romney
House
Goodwin
Banking and
Kendall
Pennsylvania
Driscoll
Capitol Hill
Capitol Building
L. E. Amos
Amos
British Cabinet Split Denied Over War Debts
London reports of a cabinet split over war debts involving Premier MacDonald and Neville Chamberlain were emphatically denied at Downing Street. The government said no resignations were pending as Sir Ronald Lindsay prepares to lead talks in Washington with full government support.
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London
MacDonald
Neville Chamberlain
Downing Street
United States
Washington
Ronald Lindsay
Sir Ronald
Japan Prepares for Drive Into Jehol Province
Mukden Manchuria February 16 Japanese and Manchukuo troops move south and west toward Jehol positions for a likely two week launch of a major Sino Japanese invasion. The 50 000 man force includes seasoned Japanese veterans facing roughly 150 000 Chinese troops.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Jehol
Japan
Tang Yu-Lin
Peiping
Amazon Closes Upper Amazon Channels in Border Clash
Brazil blocks the Aramaza Cleto and Esperanza channels to Colombia and Peru as undeclared border fighting heats up in Brazilian territory. General Mora says the move aims to isolate Colombian forces and cut Peru from the Amazon outlet to the Atlantic Ocean after visiting Leticia.
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Lima
Peru
Brazil
Amazon
Colombia
Mora
Aramaza
Cleto
Esperanza
Amazon River
Atlantic Ocean
Leticia
Depositors in Michigan Begin To Withdraw Bank Money
In Detroit on February 16 deposits begin to move from banks into pocketbooks for the first time since the eight day bank holiday. President Hoover plans emergency banking relief through Congress, reassuring Detroit bank executives after talks with Mills.
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Detroit
William A. Comstock
Hoover
Congress
Michigan
Treasury
Ogden L. Mills
Huey P Long Under Fire In Fraud Probe Testimony
Julius Long, Huey P Long’s brother, testified before a senate committee investigating John Overton’s election alleging large payments from an “agent of the gas and electric trust.” He claimed Huey Long supported Overton, accepted money, and denounced reform as he joined Union Indemnity.
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Julius Long
Huey P. Long
Senate
John H. Overton
Long
Overton
The
Gas and Electric Trust
Huey
Edwin S. Broussard
Broussard
Louisiana
Senator Long
Union Indemnity Company
Moss
Union Indemnity
Seymour Weiss
Union
Tulane
Mrs A A Gunby Succumbs Today
Mrs Ellen Standifer Gunby widow of the late Judge A A Gunby died in Baptist hospital New Orleans at 3 am Thursday after treatment. Body to be sent to Monroe by Missouri Pacific reaching 9:25 pm Thursday. Funeral at 3:30 pm Friday at 501 Jackson street with Rev Briscoe Carter officiating. interment City cemetery. Born Bienville parish January 26 1866.
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A. A. Gunby
Baptist Hospital
New Orleans
Monroe
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Jackson Street
Briscoe Carter
Alexandria
Gunby
Bienville Parish
Trenton
West Monroe
T. C. Standifer
Louisiana
Five Robbers Sentenced to Long Terms in District Court
Five men pleaded guilty before Judge David I. Garrett and received penitentiary terms ranging from five to thirty-one years. Isaac Lee got 20 to 31 years for multiple store holdups including Bruno and Dispenza and the attempted Tucker hold up with shots fired. Murray Gillespie drew five to eight years for Dispenza theft and 10 to 15 years for the Tucker shooting attempt. Andrew Stewart and Henry Williams also pleaded guilty to related charges.
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David I. Garrett
Isaac Lee
Frank Bruno
George
Dispenza
Tucker
Murray Gillespie
Motive Sought in Homer Case
In Homer Louisiana authorities probed why pharmacist C B Featherstone, 31, was killed near his car with a pistol discharge and a leg wound. A coroner's jury considered all theories while a verdict of death by self action was returned. Featherstone's body was found in a pine thicket. burial planned in Hazlehurst Mississippi.
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Homer, la
C. B. Featherstone
Homer
Claiborne Parish
Here
Featherstone
C. A. Campbell
Hazlehurst
Miss
Rogers Has His Say In Santa Monica
In a letter from Santa Monica dated February 16, the writer claims the senate is in a morose mood and investigating delays to relief measures. They predict a denunciation of Congress by Mr Hoover, noting surprise at any harsher action.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Senate
Hoover
Congress
Garner predicts quick action on prohibition repeal
Washington report states Speaker Garner predicts the senate will pass the flat prohibition repeal with convention ratification this week and send it to the president after the house approved it on Monday.
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Washington
Garner
Senate
House
Mayor Cermak Shot. Roosevelt Safe, Condition Worsens
Reports from Miami say Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago is critically wounded after an assassination attempt on President elect Roosevelt. Doctors note pulse 88, temp 98.6, respiration 24, with surgery deemed unnecessary unless condition worsens.
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Miami
Fla
Cermak
J. W. Snyder
E. S. Nichol
T. W. Hutson
Roosevelt
Fila
Anton Cermak
Chicago
John W. Snyder
Thomas H. Hutson
Nichol
Snyder
Gill
Cersmak
Four Bandits Captured After Bank Robbery
PHILADELPHIA Feb 16 Four bank bandits captured after looting the First National Bank of Suburban Ambler held the cashier prisoner and looted the bank. A pistol battle with police left one man dead and three others captured. Three women were held as suspected accomplices and about $20000 recovered.
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Philadelphia
First National Bank
Ambler
Mrs Roosevelt Calm After Shooting Reports Reach New York
Eleanor Roosevelt maintains composure after learning a maniacal attack in Miami wounded no one near Franklin D. Roosevelt. She confirms her husband is uninjured and speaks with Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak during the developing incident.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Cermak
Miami
Chicago
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