18 Jan 1935
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1935
Page
1
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Federal agents race to close in on Alvin Karpis the new No 1 public enemy amid claims of imminent arrest. Inquests in Florida reveal reinforcements near Miami while Chicago searches extend to northside gangland haunts as Hoover vows to capture all associates. Investigations tie Karpis to the Bremer kidnapping and multiple gangland killings including Barker, Gibson, Moran associates, and other linked cases.
Department of justice agents sought remnants of the Barker Karpis kidnap gang in the Miami area as authorities continued manhunt efforts. Details surfaced as the case drew ongoing federal attention and regional police cooperation.
Local column notes farm life humor and small town happenings. Hester Potter muses on 1935 resolutions and neighbors while observations hint at farm routines and everyday quirks on De Siard Street.
Police say two men were arrested for questioning in the abduction and assault of 20 year old Margaret Rich of New Orleans. Rich was seized at home after an evening date with her fiancé, held captive in a strange house, and dumped from a car Wednesday night. she is recovering with bruises and cuts.
Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dall wife of John Boettiger former Chicago Tribune Washington correspondent wed in a low key ceremony at the Roosevelt town house East 65th Street New York City The president telephoned congratulations from Washington after the license was secured Judge J Frederic Kernochan presided in the library Their honeymoon trip was unscheduled and they expect to return soon This romance of Washington carried no big surprise to the president’s family.
Florida judge E C Collins faces indictments charging embezzlement and taking bribes related to suspending a sentence for J W Davis Jr. The arrest warrants were prepared as Collins, then in Deland for a Baptist convention meeting, faced grand jury accusations in Miami.
Cotton producers from 19 southern States gathered in Memphis to forge a long term crop control plan. A permanent organization by and for cotton producers was expected, with B A Stufflebeme of Dallas as organization chairman. Plans call for one director from each producing state and three adviser-directors to be muereted by the agricultural adjustment administration.
The Isle of Passion, also called Clipperton or Isla de la Pasión, is slated for French reoccupation by month’s end. The piece recalls a 19th century Franco Mexican dispute and a grisly tale of a self-proclaimed king on the island, once shelled and abandoned since 1897.
Former Biloxi mayor R Hart Chinn challenged city auditor Charles Moore to prove charges that Chinn overdrawn his salary. Moore said city records show overdrawn pay exceeding $1000 for two months last year. The O Keefe administration moved into office after Chinn’s term and seeks return of records allegedly removed by Chinn. Chinn called the allegation an embezzlement accusation and defended himself.
Democratic leaders predicted today that President Roosevelt's social security program will be enacted by Congress.
The Merchants and Miners liner Fairfax fought a one and a half hour fire 90 miles from port with 75 crew and 55 passengers aboard. A short circuit in a stateroom likely triggered the blaze but no injuries occurred and damage was minor as the ship continued to Miami.
Textiles union chiefs convene a wide reaching setup to organize for a spring walkout, aiming for a broader strike than last September. Francis J. Gorman of the United Textile Workers directs the early work, creating regional committees in advance of action.
Six North Carolina residents filed a federal suit in New Orleans seeking 1.8 million dollars and claiming Gulf Refining removed 1.2 million barrels of oil from their Leesville oil field lands without permission. The same group had earlier sued Governor O K Allen State Senator Harvey Peltier and over 50 others to establish title to oil lands in the same region.
New Orleans police say former sweetheart Mamie Ragas, 40, fired two bullets at City Detective Louis Tridico, 35, in the apartment of his fiancée Myrtle Denue, after an argument over an ignition key. Denue witnessed the slaying as Ragas claimed Tridico cursed her and stole the key.
More than 20 federal officers, led by U S Marshal Sidney Freudenstein, entered marshlands near Violet Louisiana to enforce a federal court injunction against trappers on 90 000 acres of land leased to Violet Trapping Co Authorities say trappers trespassed and a shooting left Albert Mones critically wounded Clarence Sponagel arrested Robert B Todd says Sponagel was a deputy marshal The force reportedly caused many trappers to vacate the land overnight
In Flemington New Jersey on January 18 Anna Hauptmann burst with disbelief as witness Ella Auchenbach testified. The defense and court sought to maintain order while the jury observed high tension in the room.
The Square Deal association claimed it alienated at least one legislator from Huey Long's dictatorship and planned a Baton Rouge drill. W. J. B. Chandler, from Caddo parish, faced 300 questions at an organizational meeting about Long laws and oil taxes. He said he would seek a repeal and warned he was serving his last term.
Sheriff LeBlanc said Arthur Holmes of Welsh La. was killed in Sikeston Mo. after resisting arrest in a stolen car. Roma Richards of Welsh La. is held after being in the automobile when it was stopped at a filling station. Holmes drew a gun and was shot in the gunfight with a sheriff.
U S operatives net five suspects in New York led by Mary McKeever guiding to Robert Mais Walter Legenza Martin Farrell Edwin Gale. Two face death sentences in Virginia. Mais and Legenza caught in bed. Fay led rapid arrests with no gunfire.
In Philadelphia the speaker recounts a Washington scene where Huey long harshly disrupted the senate's session from noon to four. He notes the focus should be on the Supreme Court rather than the world court and criticizes the senate for mixing up seats in its debate.
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