Air Mail Plane Crashes in Colorado Blizzard Toll Uncertain
A Colorado air mail plane crashed as a blizzard swept the Rocky Mountain region from the Rockies to Texas. Snowbound states report heavy precipitation and cold, clear skies following a period of mild weather. Intermittent reports indicate the storm disrupted travel across Montana Wyoming and Colorado with strong winds and freezing temps.
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Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Rockies
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Gulf
Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
Coldest China Winter in 50 Years Strikes Hankow
United Press report from Hankow describes a freezing spell the coldest in half a century. Dozens of houseless coolies have perished from the cold while destitute parents sell their infants for ten dollars. Ice floes wreck many sampans on the Han river.
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Hankow
China
Hann River
Harsh Winter Grips Mountain States With Deep Cold
The forecast describes a cold spell across Montana with readings around 20 below, widespread Wyoming snow, and air travel disrupted. Thermopolis records six inches of snow while Sheridan hits six below. Colorado sees light snow and near zero temperatures. A Denver mail plane piloted by M C Bowen crashed near Cheyenne but the pilot survived.
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Mercury
Montana
Wyoming
Air Mtrail
Thermopolis
Sheridan
Colorado
M. C. Bowen
Denver Mail
Cheyenne
River Stage Readings Show Varied Flood Pressures
Mississippi River sites report mixed changes with Memphis and Helena rising, Baton Rouge steady, and Vicksburg and Natchez falling. New Orleans and Arkansas River towns show small rises while others hold steady or fall, indicating uneven flood dynamics across the basin.
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Mississippi
Strauis
Memphis
Helena
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Natthez
Baton Rouge
Unch'g
New Orleans
Atchafalaya
Melville
Missouri
Kansas City
Ohio
Arkansas
Tittle Rock
Red
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita Camden
Monroe
Wild Man Show Ordered to Move from Belcher
A Jan carni val act featuring a "wild man" who ate live animals and fowls was ordered out of Belcher, Shreveport area. Sheriff T. K. Hughes dispatched deputies after reports of savage performances. Guido Marburg, president of the North Louisiana Humane Society, first raised concerns of alleged inhuman practices.
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Shreveport
Jan. T
Belcher
Sheriff's Department
T. KR. Hughes
Guido Marburg
North Louisiana Humane Society of
Arkansas Woman Murder Mystery Arrest Made in Arizona
William D. Walker, sought in the murder of Lena Waugh Gambell Walsh, was arrested in Phoenix ariz police said. Walker admitted his identity and ownership of a car bought here by Walsh before her bullet riddled body was found near Marked Tree. Little Rock detectives chief Major Pitcock wired Phoenix police to hold Walker on murder charges and arrange extradition.
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Little Rock
Ark
William D. Walker
Lena Waugh-Gambell- Walsh
Phoenix
Ariz
Walker
Walsh
Major Pitcock
David Montgomery
Princess Marie to Wed Tomorrow at Quirinal Palace
Princess Marie Jose of Belgium will wed Crown Prince Humbert of Italy tomorrow at noon in the Pauline Chapel of the Quirinal, before a grand European royal assembly. Cardinal Maffi will officiate with Monsignor Beccharia assisting. guests include Albert of Belgium, Victor Emmanuel I of Italy, Boris of Bulgaria, and numerous royal family members.
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Rome
Marie Jose
Belgium
Humbert
Italy
Pauline Chapel
Quirinal Palace
Yolanda
Calvi di Bergolo
Maffi
Pisa
Monsignor Beccaria
Albert
Victor Emanuel I
Boris
Bulgaria
Two Nations
Youth Slain En Route to Mother's Bedside
Elmer Sheehy a Poplar Bluff Missouri youth was found slain on Kansas City Southern tracks near Blanchard while en route to his sick mother. A police coroner said a .18 calibre bullet caused the death and robbery is suspected. Identity came from C H Nichols Natchez Mississippi and A W Whitlock contractor Sheehy worked for. A torn letter found in his pocket linked to his family and home.
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Shreveport
Elmer Sheehy
Poplar Bluff
Kansas City
Blanchard
Willis P. Butler
Sheehy
Plaisance
W. T. Prudhomme
Woodville
Miss
Bud
William Sheehy
Labor Leader Sees New Era for South in AFL Conference
In Charlotte the AFL convened a large cross section of trades and southern unions marking a regional push to raise wages and standards. The campaign aims to expand textile industry unionism and extend industrial liberty across the South, citing Mecklenburg County’s historic context as a milestone.
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Matthew Wool
American Federation of Labor
United Press
Charlotte
N. C
South
Federations of Labor
Toronto
Mecklenburg County
Trade
Monroe post office reports 1929 money order boom
A report by Monroe post office head David Carter shows a sharp rise in money order business for 1929. Domestic orders reached 3 064 totaling 59 790 92 with 556 46 in fees. international orders were 22 totaling 278 91 with 3 70 in fees. total paid out 3 647 orders equaling 324 406 27.
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Monroe Post Office
David Carter
Victor Le Blanc Dies by Hanging Amid Mental Distress
Lafayette parish farmer Victor Le Blanc aged 57 died yesterday by hanging. The coroner reported he took his own life during a spell of mental low mood.
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Lafayette
Victor LeBlanc
Lafayette Parish
Lonely orphan girl in Denver drinks poison
An 18 year old Denver orphan, Mary Romero, drank poison after failing to find a boyfriend over six months. She lay in a hospital. doctors expect she will recover from the attempt.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
Jan. T
Mary Romero
Mayor backs beer for club members in Newburyport
Newburyport Massachusetts January 7 Mayor Andrew J Gillis endorses selling beer to club members who keep reasonable hours and avoid abuse. He criticized police raids on the Newburyport hotel and accused officers of wrongly targeting lawful clubs while bootleggers operated freely.
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Associated Press
Newburyport
Mass
Andrew J
Bossy) Gillis
Police
McLean
Three Bandits Sentenced in New Orleans
In New Orleans on January 7, Harvey Martin 22 of St Louis pleaded guilty to December robbery of a grocery store cash register and cashier, with a 9 to 14 year term. James Wilson received 18 to 25 years in prison for assault and robbery in two divisions. George Vorise is sentenced to 8 to 12 years for shooting at a patrolman.
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Assoiated Press
New Orleans
Harvey Martin
St. Louis
James Wilson
George Vorise
Mississippi Road Bond Plan Led by Bilbo Suggests 83 Million
Governor Bilbo urged the 1930 Mississippi legislature to finance an 83 million dollar hard surfaced road program entirely with bonds. He proposed an appointive highway commission and a gross sales tax as revenue. He also called for abolition of the penitentiary trustees and pushed stronger libel laws and a ten man prohibition enforcement squad.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Theodore G. Bilbo
Bilbo
Board of Trustees
State Penitentiary
Judge Dawkins Tax Verdict Reversed by Appeals Court
The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling that had ordered Anthony Lafranca to pay $2,002 in alleged liquor taxes from his Delmonico restaurant. Lafranca pleaded guilty to a prohibition violation and received a $300 fine plus a one year suspended sentence. his counsel argued double jeopardy due to the sentence.
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New Orleans
Fifth United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Anthony Lafranca
Delmonico
Federal District Court
Ber C. Dawkins
Lafranca
Vigilant 18 year old girl helps foil theft at New Orleans warehouse
An 18 year old girl, Ruth Campo, awakened by noises at a city warehouse, helped alert her father and a neighbor. They routed several suspects, leading to the shooting and the arrest of Joe Williams, a 24 year old man from Mobile, Alabama, who is hospitalized in serious condition at Charity hospital.
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New Orleans
Joe Williams
Mobile
Ala
Charity Hospital
Ruth Campo
George Funck
Millsaps College Seeks Withdrawal Over Alcohol Disappearance
In Jackson Mississippi a teacher Jimmy Collins and student Uriah Banks faced withdrawal orders amid an inquiry into missing alcohol from Millsaps College biology lab. Banks agreed to withdraw. Collins refused, claiming withdrawal would imply guilt.
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United Press
Jackson
Miss
Millsaps College
Jimmy Collins
Summitt
Uriah Banks
Philadelphia
Banks
Collins
Rainwater elected head of Ruston Chamber of Commerce
B H Rainwater a former Dubach lumberman and realtor was named president for the new year by the Ruston Chamber of Commerce board. L O Gahagan named vice president with five new board members elected for five-year terms. Allen Gillespie will speak at the annual meeting on January 13 with about 100 attendees including business leaders and invited officials.
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News-Star
Ruston
Jan. T
Ruston Chamber of Commerce
B. H Rainwater
Dubach
L. O. Gahagan
Gahagan Cash Store
Howard H. Smith
Louis L. Langford
Jack Ritchie
Glenn L. Shadow
Jess S. Harris
Allen Gillespie
Shreveport Chamber of Commerce
C. W. Longwill
Shreveport
Mississippi Girl Faces Infanticide Charge at College
A warrant for the arrest of Grace Monroe, 19, a freshman at Mississippi State Woman's College, was issued after County Attorney D. W. Holmes filed a charge of infanticide following the discovery of a newborn male infant's body on the college campus.
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Associated Press
Hattiesburg
Miss
Grace Monroe
Mississippi State Woman's College
D. W. Holmes
Memphis Girl Recants Testimony That Sent Father to Texas Jail
Viola Duke a 19 year old Memphis girl confessed her testimony that sent her crippled father to a Texas penitentiary six years ago for a 25 year term was false. She will leave Sunday to plead for his release.
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Memphis
Tenn
Viola Duke
Texas
Man Dies After Fall From Car In Bastrop
Durward Leroy Shadow aged 49 a Bastrop shrubbery salesman died at Morehouse hospital from a fractured skull after falling from a moving car his wife was driving four miles from Bastrop. Funeral services were held at 3 p m with Rev H M Bennett officiating Interment was in Christ Church cemetery Shadow survived by his wife three children five brothers one sister and his mother.
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Bastrop
Durward Leroy Shadow
Christ Church Cemetery
Shadow
Khustrop
Winchester
Tenn
Lydia Pickett
Monroe-Bastrop Road
Southern Farmers Warned Not to Overplant Cotton
Washington dispatch says Southern farmers overplanting to use the federal farm board price scheme will not gain protection. The board notes 1929 acreage exceeded all years except 1925 and 1926 and warns farmers not to plant cotton until next spring. The board will decide on marketing steps for this year based on planting decisions.
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Washington
Dan
Federal Farm Board
Paducah Banker and Lawyer Bradshaw Dies from Knife Wounds
W and Bradshaw a 54 year old lawyer and president of two banks in Paducah Ky died today from knife wounds to his throat wrists and chest discovered in his office last night police said the wounds were self inflicted in a personal safety incident.
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Paducah, Ky
W. &. Bradshaw
Five Die as Fire Hits Kluesner Home in Indianapolis
A blaze sparked by Donald Kluesner pouring fuel on a living room heater killed five members of his family in Indianapolis. Hattie Kluesner 25 Florence Lottie 5 Donald Jr 3 Mary Alice and Donald Kluesner father died later. Evelyn and Everett twins aged six months were expected to survive.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Donald Kluesner
Hattie Kluesner
Florence Lottie
Donald, Jr
Mary Alice
Evelyn
Everett
Fire at Wick hotel kills two guests in Pittsburg Kansas
A January blaze at the Wick hotel in Pittsburg Kansas killed two guests and injured five, with 74 tenants escaping into blizzard conditions. Investigators suspect arson as flames blocked the main stair and exit paths. The three story building suffered about 75000 dollars in damage and lacked fire escapes. Chivence Parker a Kansas City Southern railroad foreman and Ralph Dennis a 19 year old are named among the dead.
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Pittsburgh
Kan
Wick
Chivence Parker
Kansas City Southern Railroad Roundhouse
Kangan City
Ralph Dennis
Shreveport Buys 18500 Acres for Airport Plant Site
Shreveport has purchased 15500 acres of a 22000 acre tract in Bossier parish for the third attack wing plant. The total consideration is 1271841.86 dollars. The city expects to acquire the remaining 3500 acres by February 1 and transfer full title to the federal government, which plans machinery that will run to several million dollars.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Bossier Parish
Second Missing Witness in Murder Case Found by U P
Henry Peavey, the second missing witness in the William Desmond Taylor murder case, was found in northern California. He offered to testify to the grand jury in Los Angeles and said he would reveal more than before. Peavey mentioned confiding in Dr. Thomas Filben, executive secretary of the California Law Enforcement League, about a motion picture celebrity’s alleged involvement.
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The
United Press
San Francisco
Henry Peavey
William Desmond Taylor
California
Los Angeles
Grand Jury
Taylor
Hoe
Thowss Filben
Dr. Filben
Peavey
California Law Enforcement League
Otis Hefner
Hefner
Folsom University
Edward Sands
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