Death Toll in Mississippi Pastor Family Mystery
Beatrice, 13, daughter of Rev. R. C. cee, dies in a hospital after a mysterious illness. Investigators probe whether stepmother Nanney attempted suicide with knife wounds amid allegations of poisoning. An autopsy is planned to determine cause. other child deaths are under review. The minister had given a mild medicine for intestinal inflammation. Nanney was found with her throat cut in a neighbor’s outbuilding. The case echoes a past fatality involving the minister’s first wife.
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Associated Press
Booneville
Miss
Beatrice
R. C. Cee
Peewuth
Nanney
Democrats Elect New Chairman for Louisiana Party
T Arthur Edwards of Lake Charles was unanimously elected chairman of the state central Democratic committee of Louisiana. He succeeds the late Wilson Teterman of St. Mary and was nominated by Jeff Snyder and supported by Leander Peres Mrs Edward Pilsbury and Governor Long. The vote occurred with Mayor T Semmes Walmsley presiding signaling cooperation between factions. CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN
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Associated Preas
Baton Rouge
T. Arthur Edwards
Lake Charles
Atete Central Democratic Committee
Louisiana
Edwards
Wilson Teterman
St. Mary
Jeff Snyder
Tallulah
Leander Peres
St. Bernard
Edward Pilsbury
New Orleans
Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
Two youths badly hurt when truck overturns
Wyatt Irby 19 and Dewey Turville 18, newspaper truck drivers, sustained serious injuries when their vehicle overturned on the highway east of Bernice toward Monroe. Both were hospitalized after the crash, with Turville reported to have internal injuries and Irby to be in critical condition. An ambulance transported them to St Francis sanitarium before further transfer to Monroe.
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Dewey Torville
Farmervif Bernice
St. Francis Sanitari
Turbeville
Monroe
Nice
Third Street
C.L
Irby
Slain Forty-Secondifjunman Found in Chicago River
A badly garbled Chicago story reports a single man found dead by the riverbank. Police suspect gang-related violence and identify a possible suspect known as Red Bolton, a west side saloon keeper, as a person of interest. The body wore a dark shirt and tennis shoes.
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Chicago
Growy Gang
Riverside
Bolton
Kepper
Former High Official for Dry Army Urges Repeal
Major Maurice Campbell former prohibition administrator for New York resigns to oppose the 18th Amendment. He faults Washington officials and argues enforcement failed, calling for repeal and a return of power to restore public support for prohibition.
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Ted Press
York
Maurice Campbell
Prohibition
New York
Boston
Treashury Department
Department of Justice
Washington
Campbell
Senate body awards contract for Monroe City high school
The Monroe City high school construction contract was awarded to Tudor and Rateliff of Alexandria. Bids totaled about 506000 for general, mechanical, and related work with preliminary estimates near 385000 for the main bid. Several firms submitted revised bids after specification changes as seven companies competed.
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Senate
Monroe City Budget High School
Monroe City High School
Tudor and Rateliff
Alexandria
H. H. Land
J. W. Smith and Associates
Tudor
Rateliff
Con
Werner Company, Inc
Shreveport
J. W. and
R. T. Burks
New Orleans
House Passes Malt Tax Sub Measure In Louisiana
The Louisiana House approved the Richarme bill replacing a ten cent retailer tax with a three cent per pound malt and malt extracts tax paid by wholesalers. It passed 68 to 10, aiming to curb bootlegging under the old levy and fund the state school system. A second bill, Shattuck Meaux, imposes a one cent per ton severance tax on salt brine from southwest Louisiana mines. The tally was 72 to 10.
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Baton Rouge
Richarme
Shattuck-Meaux
Louisiana
Hamiter
Caddo
Highway cross suit pits Louisiana Highway Board against New Orleans
The Louisiana Highway Commission filed cross action against the city of New Orleans over 246000 allegedly owed for paving. Judge Favret ordered the city to show cause Thursday why an injunction blocking the highway paving fund should not be dissolved to permit bonding of the debt. The commission appealed to the state supreme court after a petition to bond the debt was denied.
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Associated Prous
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission Today
New Orleans
Commission
Board
George K. Favret
Highway Commission
Farrot
Supreme Court
Endurance Plane Sets New 478 Hour Flight Record
John and Kenneth Hunter, flying a Stinson-Detroiter monoplane, extended the sustained flight record to 478 hours amid fog and poor weather over Sky Harbor. The brothers faced exhaustion as they persisted beyond the 420 hour mark, signaling a historic achievement in nonstop air endurance.
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Chicago
John
Kenneth Hunter
Sky Harbor
Endurance
John Hunter
Heavy Rain Breaks Drought in Laurel Mississippi
A month long drought ended as a thunderstorm with a heavy downpour hit Laurel and surrounding areas for nearly an hour. Farmers estimate the rain's value at about one million dollars for the local area.
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Mississippi
Associated Press
Laurel
Miss
Hambone’s Meditations by J P Alley
A brief note presents Hambone’s Meditations by J P Alley with bold self reference and a playful stance. The text hints at an informal, folksy voice and a humorous tone.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
New Bolivian government vows to honor treaties and cut offices
The revolutionary Bolivian military council pledges to uphold existing international agreements within constitutional limits while sweeping internal reforms. It will reduce administrative offices by 25 percent, protect existing loans, curb decrees, ensure free speech, and end prior press support, with prosecutions looming for constitutional violations by former officials.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Tornado Hits Devol Oklahoma at Texas Line
A tornado struck Devol Oklahoma near Cotton county on July 1 tearing buildings and injuring three people Ray Pritchett W C Dillon and T C Dillon. The storm damaged cotton farms and left the village without lights or communications as crews began repair.
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Devol
Okla
Cotton County
Texas
Ray Pritchett
W. C. Dillion
T. C. Dillon
New Lions officers installed and directors named
New officers for the 1930 31 fiscal year were installed at the Lions luncheon at Hotel Virginia. W H Anders was named president with Sam Goldman and Herbert Breard as first and second vice presidents. Directors named include J R Burns Sam Davis B M McKain L P Abernathy F L Jones Barney Oakland B E B Tucker FE A Porter Alex Miller H B Ryland Sam Caplan and C T Adams with A G Treadgeld and L C Hughes as ex officio members. Retiring president A G Treadgeld.
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Lions
Hotel Virginia
W. H. Anders
Sam Goldman
Herbert Breard
J. R. Burns
Sam Davis
B. M. McKain
L. P. Abernathy
F. L. Jones
Barney Oakland
B. E B. Tucker
Second Maniac Slayer Feared Loose in City
Police guard the home of Rev J W Cooper pastor of Immanuel Baptist Brooklyn after a second death threat signed by 3 X and a rope with a hangman’s noose was delivered to his home. Investigators doubt the letter ties to the killer who slain Noel Lowley and Joseph Mozynsky in Queens.
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United Preas
New York
J. W. Cooper
Immeniuel Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Noel Lowley
Joseph Mozynsky
Queena Borough
Cooper
Girl Says Gazette Used Her Photo in Libel Suit
Miss Joyce Slayden of Cord Arkansas sues the Arkansas Gazette for 25000 dollars alleging the paper ran her photographs three times with captions claiming they showed Mrs Norma Osborne. Osborne began a 10 year penitentiary sentence after dropping an appeal.
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United Press
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Gazette
Cord, Ark
Norma Oxborne
Joyce Slayden
Gazette
Osborne
Supreme Court
Chicago Flyers Break Refueling Record In Sky Harbor Flight
Exclusive United Press story by John and Kenneth Hunter details endurance fliers who shattered prior refueling records while circling over Sky Harbor. The brothers flew the City of Chicago, answering questions from a United Press correspondent.
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United Press
John
Kenneth Hunter
Endurance
Sky Harbor Airport
Chicago
Endurance fliers report long hours and stormy skies
From Sky Harbor Airport Chicago on July 1 the endurance fliers describe grueling days of flight with constant fuel management and storm dodging. They note little sleep, typically from one to five hours, interrupted by wakeful duties.
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John and
Kenneth Hunter
United Press
Sky Harbor
Chicago
Two Deaths and a Canal Street Hold Up in New Orleans
In New Orleans on July 1 Peter Ysasi 45 moaned I want to die before being struck by a public service bus leaving him fatally injured. Police could not determine if death was self inflicted or accidental. Another 45 year old grocer Joseph Giardina killed himself. A masked bandit robbed a Canal Street restaurant with a companion driving away with 120 dollars.
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New Orleans
Peter Ysasi
Ysasi
Joseph Giardina
Canal Street
Ice price hearing in Little Rock and North Little Rock
The Arkansas state railroad commission held a hearing in Little Rock to consider lowering the retail price of ice in Little Rock and North Little Rock.
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Little Rock
Ark
State Railroad Commission Today
North Little Rock
Shreveport real estate chief Albert Steere found dead
Albert C. Steere, prominent Shreveport real estate board president and chief owner manager of a radio station, was found shot dead at his South Highlands home. Coroners verdict: death apparently by own action. He faced financial reverses and left a widow and one daughter. In a separate incident a 16-year-old girl, Lillian, tried to kill herself after accusing her father in court of a statutory offense. doctors saved her life.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Albert C. Steere
Sh Real Estate Board
City
South Highlands
Stesre
Steere
First Presbyterian Church
Lillian
Gentle Rain Breaks Little Rock Drought
A light rain from late last night dropped about 0.04 inch in Little Rock ending a nearly month long drought. June total reached 0.12 inch, the driest since 1914. The Weather Bureau reported breaks in several parts of the state, with electrical displays during the rain.
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Little Rock
Ark
Weather Bureau
Philadelphia Athletes Rally In Short Doubleheader Win
A thunderstorm halted the Detroit at Philadelphia doubleheader. The Athletics won 4 to 1 in four and a half innings while Williams homered with the bases loaded. The game ended with Philadelphians out in the fifth inning and the second game was also called off.
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Philadelphia
Oenderstorm
Detroit
Athletics
Williams
Bishop
Boley
Grove
Philadelphian
Legislature in Brief Items and Votes
A Louisiana legislature brief reviews bills and votes. H B 776 Webb appropriates 10000 more to pay legislative expenses, passed 75 to 1. H B 107 Ard Dugas and Thibo deaux authorize 5000 yearly for two years for Longfellow Evangeline Memorial Park, passed 73 to 2. H B 432 Burke allocates 758 to pay doctors for lunacy commission trials, passed 68 to 2. H B 548 Calhoun fixes LaSalle parish assessor expenses, passed 61 to 4. H B 488 Ellender fixes supreme court criers salary at 2400 annually, passed 68 to 10. H R 480 Lautenschlaeger raises fire marshal salary.
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Webb
Ard
Dugas
Thibo
Deaux
Longfellow-Evangeline Memorial Park
Burke
Matt Seminary
Calhoun
LaSalle Parish
Ellender
Supreme Court
Lautenschlaeger
Marshel
Senate Bills Passed On Eight Measures In Assembly
A Senate session approved eight bills with varied outcomes. Fernandez Constitutional amendment to empower Orleans council to build and maintain public markets passed 86 to 0. Redmond hospital in Monroe defeated on party lines 18-18. Dore prohibits house associations from handling checks drawn on other banks killed 18-18. Fernandes salaries for final district court messengers set at 40 dollars. Whittington requires state bank examiner to inspect corporate books. Continued on page ti
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Redmond
Monroe
Ehar
I. S
Dore
Fernandes
Orleans
Whittington
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