Laurel murder tale shocks town with ex employer accused
Miss Ouida Keeton 33 confesses witnessing her mother Daisy Keeton 52 slain by W. M. Carter 55 a Laurel businessman. She says he struck with an iron poker and helped dispose of the body cut in pieces. Carter is jailed in Jackson. Keeton held in Laurel.
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Laurel
Miss
Jones County
Ouida Keeton
Jack Deavours
Daisy Keeton
W. M. Carter
Carter
Jackson
Miss Keeton
Keeton
Deavours
Mama
J. E. Brown
Hinds County
Fixer Offered Ship Contracts for 250000 to Gulf Industries Head
William Calvin of the AFL metal trades department testified to the senate munitions committee that a fixer offered L. R. Wilder of Gulf Industries Pensacola a 250000 payoff for favorable contract consideration. The offer, said to come through a Washington attorney named Gravem, was presented in a hotel room. Wilder warned of a likely senate probe if collusion surfaced from a sealed envelope.
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Washington
L. R. Wilder
Gulf Industries of
Pensacola
Senate Munitions Committee
William Calvin
Metal Trades Department
The
American Federation of Labor
Calvin
Wilder
Gravem
Alex B. Gravem
Shoreham
Senate
Jes Ramblin about the Town and a minister’s dog
A Bastrop correspondent shares a tale of a minister’s devout dog that prays during family devotion and then frolics afterward. A second note recalls a boy friend asking about “big guns” at the American Legion Home and why they guard it with cannons.
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Bastrop
Jes’ Ramblin
Jes
American Legion
Legion
Marooned Family Appeals for Navy Air Food Drop
A farmer, wife, and two infants near Lakehurst New Jersey have been stranded for days in deep snow five miles northwest of town. Navy pilot W. S. Wiley was ordered to drop provisions by Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, but weather and drifted roads delayed a safe flight. Local residents and state troopers aided attempts to reach the home of Bingham Myers as they await relief.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Here
Navy
Charles E. Rosendahl
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
W. S. Wiley
Bingham Myers
Edward I. Smith
Lakewood
Myers
Rosendahl
Poison liquor deaths sweep central and eastern New York
Gloversville reports 11 poison liquor deaths in Fulton county with three more fatalities and several critical cases. Police, federal and local authorities raid a city home and seize 11 bottles for analysis as they press to stop the liquor flow.
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New York
Gloversville
N. Y
Fulton County
Lena Snyder
Luther Landon Benedict
Merrill Dence
Louis Bondsman
Bess Bondsman
Nettie Norman
Florian Simek
Morris Baumgaerte
William Henry
Gunner” Robb
Boyfair
Willard L. Best
Best
Snyder
Norman
Georgia House Invites Huey P Long to Speak
The Georgia House adopted a 90 to 77 resolution inviting Huey P Long to address the chamber at his convenience. The vote defeated an amendment to extend invites to Upton Sinclair Alfalfa Bill Murray and Aimee Semple McPherson.
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Atlanta
Georgia House of Representatives
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
House
Hartsfield
Fulton
Upton Sinclair
California
Bill Murray
Oklahoma
Aimee Semple McPherson
Williams
Bacon County
Coffee
United States
Fairbanks and Lady Ashley Plan West Indies Trip
Douglas Fairbanks and Lady Sylvia Ashley arranged a West Indies voyage after arriving in Rome from St Moritz. They asked reservations on a Marseille to Trinidad liner and will cruise aboard a yacht chartered by Fairbanks, with the Chisholms joining the party. They toured Rome and lunched at the golf club.
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Rome
Douglas Fairbanks
Sylvia Ashley
West Indies
St. Moritz
Marseille
Trinidad
Fairbanks
Chisholm
Lady Ashley
Golf Club
Burglary at Morris Avenue home jolts Dennis family
A burglar entered H. D. Deans's Morris avenue residence between 5:30 and 6 am Tuesday, pulled at the bed of a 14 year old girl, and fled after screams. The thief stole about $11 from another room. Dennis family declined comment. officers Brantley and Parker filed the report.
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H. D. Deans
Morris Avenue
Dennis
Ilinois Central Railroad
B. L. Brantley
L. G. Parker
Tuberculars Stage Strike In Argentina
In Cordoba 600 tuberculosis patients at the National hospital at Santa Maria began a hunger strike. Many patients weakened, some left the hospital to rest in nearby towns as authorities plan action. A federal inspector backed the director. the government committee upheld the director and warned of eviction for disorder.
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Cordoba
Argentina
National Hospital
Santa Maria
Buenos Aires
U S Leads Cuba Cup Race With Top Finishes
In Havana on January 29 the United States led the Cuba cup international star class yacht race as E B Janhncke of New Orleans, Adrian Iselin of New York, and Sampson Smith of Cooperstown N Y finished first, second and third in the second of three races Iselin won the first race on Sunday.
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Havana
United States
E. B. Janhncke
New Orleans
Adrian Iselin
New York
Sampson Smith
Cooperstown
N. Y
Iselin
Treasury Notes Disappear Sparks U S Probe On Wall Street
Federal agents join New York police in investigating the loss of 1.45 million dollars in Treasury notes from a Wall Street brokerage office. A messenger, George Blossfield, claims the wallet vanished from an eight by ten foot room as he stood nearby with 2300000 in securities to be delivered at four places.
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New York
U. S. Treasury
Wall Street
Treasury
O. G. Alexander
Bank of the Manhattan Company
C. J. Devine and Company
George Blossfield
Divine Office
Blossfield
John McCarthy
McCarthy
Devine
Orleans District Attorney Loses In Court Battle
Judge A D O'Donnell ruled the attorney general may supersede Orleans Parish District Attorney Eugene Stanley to prosecute A J Major inspector for the supervisor of public accounts charged with illegally bearing arms. Stanley had argued the state employee was not authorized to be armed. Porterie defended the state. Continued on Seventh Page.
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New Orleans
A. D. O'Donnell
Criminal District Court
Eugene Stanley
Orleans Parish
O'Donnell
A. J. Major
Stanley
Gaston Porterie
Neu seeks last appeal as New Orleans set to hange
Louis Kenneth Neu, a Nashville night club singer who killed Sheffield Clark Sr., had his federal habeas corpus petition denied, ending hopes for a stay. Judge Wayne Borah planned a ruling, with Friday set for execution barring federal intervention. state courts and pardons board had denied clemency.
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New Orleans
Louis Kenneth Neu
Sheffield Clark, Sr
Nashville
Tenn
Federal District Court
Kenneth Neu
Nashville, Tenn
Wayne G. Borah
United States Supreme Court
Borah
Nell
Louisiana Supreme Court
State Board of Pardons
O. K. Allen
Hauptmann testifies as court enters recess in Lindbergh case
Hauptmann remains on the witness stand during a recess as prosecutors highlight similar phrases from Lindbergh ransom notes. The state questions his habits and finances between the ransom payment and his 1934 arrest, referencing Fritz Hahn as a potential witness.
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Associated Press
Flemington, N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Germany
David T. Wilentz
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Lindbergh
Wilentz
Fritz Hahn
Hahn
Birthday Ball Signatures Dear Roosevelt Fund Drive
A last minute sign up opportunity for messages to President Roosevelt on his birthday closes tonight. The Junior Charity league will oversee the effort with Western Union and Postal Telegraph. Proceeds fund the league and aid paralyzed children. events include a ball at Hotel Virginia with Mayor Bernstein leading the grand march.
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Roosevelt
Prioleau Ellis
Junior Charity League
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Hotel
Virginia
Ellis
Arnold Bernstein
Ouachita Baking Company
Mayor Seeks Federal Aid To Untangle New Orleans Funds
New Orleans mayor T. Semmes Walmsley travels to Washington to press for federal financial help. He notes the city has placed its funds under federal court supervision to block a state proceeding and will pursue financing through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation with possible involvement of other agencies.
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New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Officials Told to Turn Against Long's Rule
A Square Deal-group push accuses Senator Long of interference and urges officials to resist his influence. The maneuver frames Long’s leadership as undue meddling in state matters and calls for political action to reduce his sway.
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Long
Demand to renounce Huey P. Long dictatorship in Louisiana
The Square Deal association of Louisiana issues a formal demand to elected state officials to renounce the dictatorship of U S Senator Huey P Long Jr and to restore constitutional liberties. Signed by Leo Lester Alfred D St Amant and Judge Charles Kilbourne, the statement urges officials to restrain Long from further interference with state government.
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Baton Rouge
United States
Huey P. Long
Square Deal Association of
Louisiana
Long
Leo Lester
Association
Alfred D. St. Amant
Charles Kilbourne
Clinton, la
The
Liberty League
Square Deal
Huey P. Long, Jr
Allen Silent On Rumored Louisiana Special Session
Gov. O K Allen said he knew nothing about any plan for a special legislative session, and allies of Huey Long dismissed reports of a session within days. Rumors swirled as Baton Rouge braces for martial law with National Guard forces massed downtown.
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Huey Long
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Square
National
O. K. Allen
Huey F. Long
Long
Statehouse
Walter Ridgway Dies of Heart Attack at 55
Walter Ridgway a former Missouri newspaper publisher and former member of the faculties at the University of Missouri and Louisiana State University died last night of a heart attack at his home in Columbia Missouri.
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Columbia, Mo
Walter Ridgway
Missouri
University of Missouri
Louisiana State University
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