Mississippi Flood Shifts East and South
The orth Mississippi flood zone moved east enveloping Rowder and Curtis while the Coldwater river basin overflow reached Lambert to the south. Conditions around Marks and the north showed improvement as waters receded. Red Cross officials grew more optimistic. George E. Myer, Red Cross rep from Washington, returned to north Mississippi.
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Marks
Miss
Rowder
Curtis
Lambert
Red Cross
George E. Myer
Washington
Mississippi
Attackers Sought After Mrs Cosby Assault in Bradford
In Bradford Alabama on January 28 a mob and deputies searched Jefferson county mountains for a black assailant who slashed Mrs Dora Cosby 33 in her home. A detained man denied the crime and other suspects Earl Damas Henry Sheldon and Gus Brandon were taken to Birmingham for safety. Track dogs aided the hunt as armed citizens joined the search.
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Bradford
Ala
Jefferson County
Dora Cosby
C. C. Sanderson
Earl Damas
Henry Sheldon
Gus Brandon
Birmingham
Rambling Sidelights on Winter Scenes and Straining Weather
A reflective mosaic of winter images from a bygone era. Dreary streets and frosted windows frame scenes of bundled children walking to and from school, motorists and pedestrians sharing tempers and warmth, and the enduring glow of gas heat and radiator fluids as people cope with cold.
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C. C. Scharff
George Lester
Matt Wetzel
De-Siard Road
Roosevelt Birthday Ball Plans Near Complete in Monroe
The Junior Charity league announces near completion of Birthday Ball plans for the President to be held Wednesday night at Hotel Virginia. Mayor Arnold Bernstein will lead the grand march at 9 30 pm with dancing until after midnight. A huge three tier birthday cake with 53 candles and 53 flags will be auctioned. Walter Rohr will supervise baking. Over 200 birthday messages will be airmail delivered to the president.
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Prioleau Ellis
Arnold Bernstein
Hotel Virginia
Monroe
Ellis
Ouachita Baking Company
Walter Rohr
United States
Murder charge filed in Laurel slaying of Daisy Keeton
Miss Ouida Keeton of Laurel faces a murder count over the slaying and dismemberment of her mother Mrs Daisy Keeton whose severed legs were found wrapped in a sugar sack on a remote road near Laurel. Investigators identified the legs by a mole. Keeton has been jailed since last Friday and questioned about her mother’s disappearance.
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Laurel, Miss
Jack Deavours
Ouida Keeton
Laurel
Miss Keeton
Daisy Keeton
Keeton
Jones County
Germany Unexcited Over Arms Policy In Face Of World Tensions
Berlin reports from January 28 that German military circles resist excitement over international unease about Germany's arms policy. A Reichswehr source says no government would start war over arms policy, while officials refuse to detail policy. Germans pride frankness but avoid discussing military affairs.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Geneva
Germany
Reichswehr
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Arma
Square Dealer Seeks Roosevelt Help From Louisiana Fight
James Mehaffey vice president of the Square Deal association of Louisiana says he will go to Washington to see his congressman and seek an audience with President Roosevelt. He accuses Huey Long of oppression and says the group aims to rid Louisiana of the dictatorship.
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Biloxi
Miss
James Mehaffey
Square Deal Association of
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Washington
Roosevelt
Mehaffey
Long
Louisians
More Liberal Guarantees Sought by Labor on Hazards of Life
Jan 28 report shows AFL President William Green urging a minimum old age pension of 50 dollars monthly and stronger unemployment insurance than Roosevelt programs. The piece also notes political weather as officials press government tasks amid cold snaps.
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Washington
Potomac
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Mississippi Supreme Court to Hear Dr Dean Poison Case
In Jackson Mississippi the state’s high court will hear arguments for a new trial for Dr Sarah Ruth Dean Greenwood child specialist found guilty of first degree murder in Le Flore county. She was convicted for allegedly poisoning Dr John Preston Kennedy at a midnight tryst and faces life imprisonment.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Sarah Ruth Dean
Greenwood
John Preston Kennedy
Mississippi Supreme Court
En Banc
Delta
Dean
LeFlore
Kennedy
Booked as Embezzler in Faked Holdup Case
Lake Charles Louisiana January 28 Officers booked Jack O'Brien on embezzlement charges tied to a faked holdup. The self styled jockey claimed a robbery of an automobile 275 dollars and three saddles, later admitting the tale was false. He had been supplying race horse tips to locals.
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Lake Charles
Jack O’brien
Henry Reid
O’brien
Mystery surrounds large jewel robbery at Miami Biltmore
In Miami Florida two men robbed Mrs Margaret Bell of New York City of jewels valued around 250000 in the Miami Biltmore hotel fourth floor suite. Bell and New York broker Harry Content were bound during the theft and police remained puzzled as to the whereabouts of the jewels and suspects.
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Miami
Fla
Miami Biltmore
Margaret Bell
New York City
Harry Content
New York
Content
Drawings in Lindbergh case found in Hauptmann book
In Flemington New Jersey prosecutors presented notebook sketches of a window and ladder like those in the Lindbergh abduction and murder as Hauptmann faced cross examination. He admitted withholding from his wife the discovery that a box from Isador Fisch contained $14600 in Lindbergh ransom notes certificates and noted misspellings from the ransom letters.
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Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Isador Fisch
David T. Wilentz
Wilhite Continues Critical After West Monroe Shooting
Grady Wilhite 27 remained serious Monday after a Saturday attack on Trenton Street left him with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Doctors reported two blood transfusions helped his condition, and a lengthy operation of about two and a half hours followed in St. Francis sanatorium. The shooter, R P Benson, posted bond set at 1000 and was released by the sheriff’s department.
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Grady Wilhite
St. Francis Santarium
Wilhite
Trenton Street
West Monroe
R. P
Bob) Benson
Benson
Wil
David I. Garrett
Boy suffers severe injuries from dynamite cap blast
Doyle Spencer seven year old of Zona Louisiana was badly burned and blinded in one eye after prying powder from a dynamite cap with a hammer and spike. He was treated at Charity hospital New Orleans and transferred from Iona to physicians who described his condition as critical.
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New Orleans
Doyle Spencer
Zona
Charity Hospital
John Spencer
Iona
Long says Standard Oil plotted his assassination
Senator Huey P. Long charged in the Senate that the Standard Oil company of Louisiana plotted his assassination to end his exposure of conditions in the Chaco. He named an oil company agent as declaring him public enemy number one and warned that if he goes Louisiana will again have a republican form of government.
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Huey P. Long
Senate
Standard of Company of Louisiana
Louisiana “Kingfish
South American
Chaco
Long
Standard Oil Company
Louisiana
Jan
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Condition Of Man Shot In Battle Reported Unchanged
George Alessi Tangipahoa parish police juror remained in unchanged condition after being shot three times during the clash between citizens and troops at the airport in the uprising against Huey Long. His brother Joseph Alessi and friend Joe Anzalone provided details on the injuries as Independence residents watched closely.
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Baton Rouge
George Alessi
Tangipahoa Parish
Huey Long
Independence
Joseph Alessi
Joe Anzalone
Alessi
Local Resident Lucy Boddie Dies After Fall and Pneumonia
Mrs. Lucy Smoker Boddie 85 died at 9:30 Monday after ten days in a sanitarium for a broken hip from a fall at friends' home. Her death was hastened by pneumonia and age. A Monroe resident long connected with prominent city families, she will be buried in Arkadelphia Ark with funeral Tuesday at 2 PM. Relatives will travel by automobile from Monroe to the service. Her life included wartime experiences and continued alertness until death.
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Lucy Smoker Boddie
Home of
Friends
Boddie
Monroe
Arkadelphia
Ark
Denies chef attempted to kill former Kaiser
Doorn Netherlands January 28 Prince Louis Ferdinand, grandson of former Emperor Wilhelm II, denied a rumor of an assassination attempt by a chef in the Kaiser's household. He said the chef, long employed, is ill and has been sent to Berlin for an operation.
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Doorn
Netherlands
Louis Ferdinand
Wilhelm II
Germany
Berlin
National Guard seizes Baton Rouge sheriff office amid Long regime
Military forces under Huey Long tighten martial law in Baton Rouge leaving the sheriff’s office under militia control. Governors, militia and judges occupy key local offices as Square Deal leaders condemn the plot against Long and claim the incident is a political stunt.
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Baton Rouge
Square Deal Association
Huey Long
Ernest J. Bourgeois
Louis ¥ F. Guerre
J. S. Roussell
Long
Huey P. Long
East Baton Rouge
Rogers Has His Say on a Local Fund Drive
In Santa Monica California a special dispatch notes a birthday eve push to raise funds for infantile paralysis. Seventy percent of contributions stay with the local fundraisers and communities participate with gaiety and dancing. The appeal highlights the Roosevelt era policy and unified support for victims of the illness.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Sear
Roosevelt
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