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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1930
Page
1
United Press reports Hoover commission found a staggering number of local points of infection in prohibition enforcement after seven months. It recommended four measures to hasten dryness while stating it did not pass judgment on the 18th Amendment.
Ford C. Claiborne of New Roads, acting district attorney, filed an injunction to stop Hewitt Bouanchaud from serving as prosecutor in the 18th judicial district. Bouanchaud was elected November 12 despite a gubernatorial cancellation, and the governor has not issued a commission yet local courts recognize him and he receives state salary.
Brooks Hays a Little Rock lawyer denies reports he entered the Arkansas gubernatorial race. He says he considered the matter but did not authorize the statement credited to him.
Texarkana Arkansas January reports show over 500 smallpox cases in city and adjacent Miller County Arkansas and Bowie County Texas. Health authorities in Texarkana move to curb the spread as nearly 300 new cases appeared late last week. Dr William Hibbits, city health officer, notes cases in the city and surrounding counties.
A coroner's jury in Pine Bluff Arkansas found that Charles Griffin 81 was not killed by his own action. The ruling cites a .38 caliber bullet and a .32 caliber pistol found in the scene while no arrests had been made. Griffin had prior liquor charges but no convictions.
Census Bureau reports August 1 to December 31 cottonseed crushed at 2,911,711 tons, below last year’s 2,969,144. Mills hold 1,106,566 tons of cottonseed on December 31, with refined and crude oil and cake production also down from the prior year in most measures. Linters run at 601,027 running bales, with on hand 232,275 running bales.
In Henderson Kentucky on January 13 two miners Aaron Bridwell aged 34 and Dorris Woode aged 38 died after a fire swept the Melton mine trapping them 300 feet from the mouth. Rescue attempts failed and officials sealed the mine as it was expected to smolder for about 30 days.
A federal court signed a temporary- restraining order and agreement over the Thomas Street crossing of the Missouri Pacific railroad. The crossing remains open until a final decision. the railroad won’t block the crossing. If no compromise arises, a judgment on the injunction will be heard at the April term. The action, moved from Louisiana to federal court, was brought by the city of Monroe and local firms.
Details released from Wilmington show the American Cotton Cooperative Association filing articles of incorporation as a $30.9 million farmer owned central sales agency for cotton. Founding board includes Allen Northington Sam Morley Charles Henry J E Conwell and others from Alabama Georgia Oklahoma and Texas. The executive committee will include the president and one member from each cotton belt division with meetings set to decide officers and policy. CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN.
Pahokee Florida January 13 Chief of Police Peter Harrison held George Scott a negro on suspicion of complicity in the murder of Mrs Beatrice Clutts at Marked Tree Arkansas. He was arrested after a four mile chase for auto theft and a newspaper clipping tied him to the case. He denied knowledge of the murder and said he had not been to Tennessee or Arkansas. Memphis was wired for possible links but no word received. He was described as a bad negro.
The New Orleans weather bureau forecast indicates the Mississippi River below Vicksburg and the Atchafalaya will rise rapidly until at least January 22. The Red River below Shreveport and the Ouachita will rise with flood stages continuing in the Ouachita at Camden for the next few days.
Washington Jan 13 The war department allotted 65000 dollars for repairs of the Cypremont crevasse in the Atchafalaya river system Louisiana. The action underscores ongoing flood control work and river management efforts by federal authorities.
A jailed Black man identified as John McNutt alias John Williams alias John Mack in Fayette Mississippi is suspected of fatally wounding Vicksburg patrolman James A. Goode on January 4. McNutt was captured at Harrison Mississippi by Sheriff McAnn and imprisoned in Fayette. James W. Reid of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad found sufficient evidence to link McNutt to the crime.
Jessie Johnson, a Black mother, found a pistol while packing and aimed it at her sleeping son. The gun discharged, injuring the boy with a spinal wound as police opened an investigation into the incident in New Orleans.
The blizzard rages between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City as Maury Graham missing pilot of Western Air Express is sought after departing on a Friday night air mail flight.
A clipped note from Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley presents a brusque dialogue about a boss and a man’s demand for a message or instruction from CE PN. The fragment hints at workplace tension and an urgent request shaping a terse exchange.
Monseigneur Leonard Menard aged 75, former chaplain of St Francis sanitarium Monroe and long time parish priest, died in San Antonio. A native of Britain he aided district churches from Pineville to Alexandria, helped establish cathedrals and schools, and served as rector of the Alexandria cathedral for 29 years.
W K Henderson, owner of KWKH Shreveport, protests to the district inspector that another station used his wave length on Friday night and interfered with his transmission. He demands investigation claiming enemies try to shut him off amid on air profanity accusations. A U S senate committee investigates the profanity charges raised by Senator Dill of Washington.
L W Mobley announces sale of land on Tenth street and Arkansas avenue owned by L A Breard to Missouri Pacific Railroad for 892 500. The property fronts the railroad right of way and may be used for industrial purposes. Negotiations followed a recent visit by C E Perkins, VP of the railroad.
In Jackson on January 15 the senate debated a house concurrent resolution inviting U S Senator Norris of Nebraska to address the Mississippi legislature on Muscle Shoals. Senator E C Barlow led the opposition calling Norris a dynamite and citing his past record against fertilizer distribution to farmers.
More than 200 jobless men paraded through downtown St. Louis today carrying placards demanding work. They gathered to read wanted ads and then organized a march with chants set on securing employment rather than charity.
President Hoover asked Congress for legislation to strengthen prohibition enforcement and appealed for national support. He backed recommendations from the law enforcement commission and cited Secretary Mellon and Attorney General Mitchell on the situation. He urged expanding court commissioners powers to ease overburdened federal courts and improve justice and law enforcement amid a spike in federal criminal laws over the past 20 years.
Three Angola prison escapees were reported recaptured with the last man revealed to have stayed hidden on the farm for three days and nights while bloodhounds hunted in nearby areas. Warden J F McClanahan said the final escapee had never left the grounds.
Blizzard and sleet storms sweep through central and western regions causing at least 50 deaths and many injuries from traffic accidents and falls as cold weather blankets California and beyond. The report notes heavy tolls in San Joaquin area with widespread disruption across the central zone.
A fierce storm across England last night caused thirty deaths. Twenty crew members of the H. M. S St Genny tug died when the 450 ton vessel sank thirty miles north of Ushant Light while en route to Gibraltar for Atlantic fleet service. At least ten deaths occurred on land as winds exceeded 100 miles per hour in places.
Storms lash the Far West with icy streets hindering tabulation while blizzards sweep the west and southwest from Nevada through Utah to California. Snow turned to rain in the Garden of the Sun as mountains see weather shifts. In New York Katherine Amm, 24, a Columbia student from Atlanta, was treated for veronal poisoning after mistaking it for aspirin at Polyclinic Hospital.
River stage data from multiple stations shows daily changes with rises at St Louis Memphis Helena Arkansas City Vicksburg Natchez Baton Rouge New Orleans and other sites. Notable readings include Mississippi at St Louis 8 9 rise and Ouachita Camden 30 3 18 rise.
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