Huey Long Returns to Capital Joking About Duel With Burke
Senator Huey P. Long arrives in Washington and jokes about being challenged to a duel by New Orleans ward leader Alic Burke. He asserts no interest in senate investigation and plans to speak on the Senate floor. Burke notes a recent interview and a calling card cartridge. Long criticizes the city ring while praising Burke as the nearest decent leader in the ring.
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Washington
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Alic Burke
New Orleans
Long
Senate Elections Committee
Senator Overton
Senate
Burke
T. Semmes Walmsley
Ulic
Oaks
Alic
Decision Near in Orleans Probe
New Orleans judge said a ruling would be issued tomorrow on whether the attorney general may conduct the city finances inquiry tied to Senator Huey P. Long. The Long backed probe targets payroll deadheads and large alleged expenditures in city government.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Washington
United States Senate
William J. O'Hara
Attorney General
City Hall
O'Hara
Bank Robbery at Midlothian Bank by Gang of Yeggs
The First National Bank of Midlothian was robbed of about $5,000 early today by a gang of yeggmen who bound and gagged night watchman R. F. Edwards and forced him to guide them to the vault. They worked for four hours to crack the vault, escaping with currency as cashier M. L. Wilemon valued at $5,000. Edwards freed himself about an hour later and notified authorities. He said two men entered, with others outside as lookouts.
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Midlothian
Tex
First National Bank of Midlothian
R. F. Edwards
M. L. Wilemon
Edwards
Goggs
Wilemon
Two Girls Travel Alone to Little Rock Adventure
In a light town column, Jean Bennett and Eva Mae Rogers, both eight, ride Missouri Pacific train No. 116 to visit a aunt in Little Rock. They return Sunday night with tales of the trip. The piece blends small town humor about snipe hunting, Kilpatrick’s deer, and playful local anecdotes.
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Jean Bennett
E. R. Bennett
Eva Mae Rogers
Ed Rogers
Little Rock
Missouri Pacific
Melvin Traylor Relapses in Pneumonia Battle
Melvin A. Traylor president of the First National Bank in Chicago suffers a third relapse in his pneumonia fight. Doctors say his condition has grown grave after a recent crisis from heart strain following days of improvement. He was stricken two days ago.
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Chicago
Melvin A. Traylor
First National Bank
Cold gales fan numerous fires across the north
Severe cold aided fires in multiple cities on Monday. Three people died and many injured as flames swept through buildings in Troy New York Canarsie Brooklyn Anderson Indiana Fall River Massachusetts Bridgeton New Jersey and Hammonton New Jersey. Firefighters battled wind chill and burst water supply hampered by low temperatures.
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Associated Press
Troy
N. Y
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mary Segoviano
Hammonton
N. J
Canarsie
Jamaica Bay
Brooklyn
Anderson
Ind
Percival H. Smith
Bridgeton
Winter Cold Wave Hits Monroe Section
A sudden cold wave swept northeast Louisiana Sunday night with temperatures dropping from 73 to 29 degrees in 24 hours. Farmers welcomed the chill hoping fruit buds and blooms are spared frosts, as residents bundled in warm clothing by Monday morning.
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Louisiana
Katie Key
Unheralded Winter Returns to Dixie
Frigid blasts from Alaska and northwest Canada drop temperatures across the South after spring like weather. The plunge reaches up to 53 degrees in some areas with Nashville reporting eight above early Monday after a Sunday of mild 60s and 70s.
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Associated Press
Alaska
Canada
Mercury
Nashville
Father of nine Marion Morris sentenced to death in Georgia
Atlanta January 29 Superior Court Judge E D Thomas sentenced Marion Morris to death in the electric chair at Milledgeville March 23 for attacking his youngest daughter. Defense attorneys said they would file a motion for a new trial.
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Atlanta
Superior Court
E. D. Thomas
Marion Morris
Mulledgeville
Italian fliers escape serious injuries after transatlantic crash
Four Italian airmen crashed on a Fortaleza beach while attempting a new air mail route to South America. Captain Francia Lombardi and Count Franco Mazotti escaped unharmed, while mechanic Battaglia and radioman Giulini received minor first aid. A Pan American rescue party aided survivors as Bert Saurs reported the scene from an American airliner.
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Fortaleza
Brazil
Here
South Atlantic
Battaglia
Giulini
South America
Francia Lombardi
Franco Mazotti
Burnett Boyd
Pan-American Airways
Rome
Bue
Insull Seeks Extended Stay in Greece on Health Grounds
Athens January 29 A formal appeal by Samuel Insull Sr through lawyer P Rhallis asks the Greek interior ministry for five to fifteen extra days in Greece claiming poor health. Two official doctors may visit to verify the private certificate. If health prevents travel an extension of stay is possible beyond January 31.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Haven
Greece
Ministry of the Interior
P. Rhallis
Insull
Ministry of Justice
N. Chaniotis
A. Lascaris
Insula
Reaction to New Cotton Program Awaited by AAA
Washington reports the farm administration expects southern farmers to favor a compulsory government plan to restrict cotton production. Officials anticipate this overhaul from voluntary limits to mandatory controls would reverse current practices across the cotton belt. The move aims to curb a “small minority of chislers” and would end marketing of cotton under existing programs.
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AAA
Washington
Jan
Farm Administration
Cotton Section
Chislers
Elderly father pleads for son in kidnapping case
St Paul January 29 Adolph Bremer the father of Edward G Bremer pleaded with the kidnapers for word on his missing son after twelve days since the abduction. He offered to negotiate and pay the ransom insisting on contact to arrange a meet while federal agents struggle to break the silence following the initial $20000 ransom note and call.
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ST. Paul
Adolph Bremer
Edward G. Bremer
Department of Justice
Walter Magee
Bremer
White House to Serve Wines But Not Liquor
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that no distilled liquor will be served at the White House. When wine is served, it will be simple and preferably American, with no fixed rules governing its serving.
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White House
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Poisoning Trial Opens As Dr. Sarah Dean Faces Murder Charge
Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean, 33, arrives at a crowded Greenwood circuit court to face a state murder charge for poisoning a whiskey highball that killed Dr. John Preston Kennedy. She is flanked by lawyers and two women companions as jury selection begins amid media attention and curious spectators.
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Greenwood
Miss
Circuit Court
Sarah Ruth Dean
John Preston Kennedy
S. F. Davis
B. L. Wynn
Minter City
Wynn
Reorganization Plans for Civic Music Body Laid
Plans for reorganizing the Monroe Civic Music association were adopted at a Sunday meeting in the chamber of commerce. Twenty five leaders from Monroe and West Monroe attended as William Wright of Chicago spoke for the National Civic Music association. Albert Horuff was named chair and Mrs Henry Whitfield secretary to promote winter recitals and a permanent organization to bring noted artists next season at lower costs.
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Monroe Civic Music Association
Monroe
West Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
William Wright
Chicago
National Civic Music Association
Albert Horuff
Henry Whitfield
Civic Music Association
Wright
Mary McCormic
Russian Symphonic Choir
Date of Trial Set in Wynekoop Murder Case
In Chicago on January 29 Chief Justice Finnegan set February 6 as the start date for Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop's trial for the murder of Rheta, her son's wife. Wynekoop was absent and too weak from another heart attack to appear in court.
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Chicago
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Criminal Court
Philip J. Finnegan
Rheta
Oklahoma Convicts Recaptured in Tallahassee Florida
Two Oklahoma convicts identified as Whitey Walker and Ray Johnson were captured in Tallahassee at 8 30 am after a pursuit. Officers opened fire when one man reached for a pistol as they closed in. Walker, a life sentence for armed robbery, escaped from Oklahoma state prison in 1933 and is also wanted for a Texas bank robbery. Johnson’s record was not immediately available.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Joe Campbell
Whitey” Walker
Ray Johnson
Oklahoma
Campbell
Monroe Street
Whitey Walker
Oklahoma State
Palestine
Texas
Johnson
Congress Finishes Action on Gold Bill Monday
Congress completed action on the administration money bill in Washington. The House concurred in Senate amendments limiting the stabilization fund life to three years and constraining the president’s devaluation of the gold dollar by 40 to 50 percent. Unanimous consent to the Senate changes was given. Roosevelt is expected to sign promptly tomorrow.
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Washington
Garner
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Administration Poised To Use Exchange Fund
The Roosevelt administration prepared to deploy the 2 billion stabilization fund for foreign exchange dealings amid no current Britain agreement. Officials consider readiness in case of exchange hostilities between the pound and dollar as Congress handles smaller matters after last week’s major moments.
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Washington
Congress
Great Britain
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Extortion Probe In Greensboro Ties to Walker
Federal and county officers probe an extortion attempt on Ab Walker 20 of Winston Salem linked to the Smith Reynolds circle. A note demanded 1500 dollars near a Pomona railway coal chute at 9 30 p m Saturday. no arrests reported. Walker previously faced murder indicted in Reynolds death but the charge was not pressed.
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Greensboro
N. C
Ab Walker
Winston Salem
Smith Reynolds
Walker
Pomona
Joe S. Phipps
Libby Holman
Reynolds
Long petition for statewide phone rate cut to go to trial
Louisiana Public Service Commission Chairman Harvey G. Fields said a preliminary trial on Huey P. Long's petition for a 30 percent rate reduction for Southern Bell will come likely in March. He warned that full prosecution could cost $25,000 to $30,000 and questioned funding sources.
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Baton Rouge
Harvey G. Fields
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Huey P. Long
Long
Public Service Commission
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Louisiana Democratic Association
The
American Progress
Fields
Senator Long
Public Service
Dudley J. LeBlanc
LeBlanc
Monroe
Alexandria
Commission
Shreveport
Logansport
Farmerville
Bastrop
Pineville
Visit to the Senate Sparks Anecdotal Reports from Rogers
The writer recalls a Saturday visit to the New York senate, noting the lively debates and afterward cordial relations. In the senate gallery, the observer sat beside Mrs. Alice Longworth as the gold bill passed, with Alice accepting the moment with a smile and expressing faith in the president’s broad support.
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New York
Senate
Alice Longworth
Alice
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