Germany confronts financial crisis as Luther fails French aid
Dr. Hans Luther returns from Paris without French assistance and the German cabinet debates drastic steps, including gold standard abandonment and state control of exports. The Reichsbank's foreign currency run nears 100 million marks as gold reserves dwindle, making French terms unacceptable to Berlin.
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Berlin
Hans Luther
Reichsbank
Paris
Bruening
Tempelhof
France
Akron airship heavier than contract by thousands
Washington July 11 The navy said its giant airship Akron is several thousand pounds over contract specifications though overall satisfactory. The Goodyear Zeppelin built craft reportedly weighs about 14 000 pounds above the penalty limit, risking a $25 000 fine if confirmed. Aircraft will be airborne August 8 for final check christened by Mrs Herbert Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Akron
Department
Bureau of Aeronautics
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Rambling Tales From the Town In A Curious Column
Electric disturbances on De Siard Road spark odd radio fare in Cole addition. Harold Riggs denies radio, while P Nesbit shaves his head for weather and mosquitoes. Monore post office past locations noted, Sallie Ruffin recalls 60 years in the block, and dog Peter Pug tours New Orleans with Dr. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Siard Road
Cole Addition
DeSiard Road
Harold Riggs
Monroe
Jackson Street
Enemoser
J. P. Richardson
Sallie R. Ruffin
Sallie Richardson
Peter Pug
W. Marvyn Johnson
New Orleans
Triplet Girls Born to West Monroe Couple
Generous stork visits Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner at 104 Wheeler Street West Monroe bringing three girls named Helen Cupid and Inez. Cupid died within hours after birth while Helen and Inez survived. The parents and family celebrate a nine child household with both sorrow and joy.
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W. H. Wagoner
Wheeler Street
Ransom Addition
West Monroe
Helen
Cupid
Inez
Wagoner
Ouachita Parish
Hagen Holds Lead In Canadian Open After Round Three
Walte Hagen fired a par 72 to retain a 54 hole total of 208 at Mississauga Golf Club in Toronto. Johnny Farrell shot 73 to 210 total, Percy Alliss 211, Tommy Armour 213, Willie Lamb 215 as leading Canadian Mortie Dutra and Leo Diegel trailed.
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Mississauga Golf Club
Toronto
Ont
Walte
Hagen
Johnny Farrell
Percy Alliss
Farrell
Tommy Armour
Detroit
Willie Lamb
Mortie Dutra
Leo Diegel
Police Continue Probe Into Bank Holdup Attempt
Memphis July 11 investigation into the attempted robbery of the Friendship Bank in Tennessee continued under Detective Chief Will T. Griffin. Claude McCleish 55 Haywood County farmer was killed as two companions Deward Mullens and Paul Butler were arrested. Mullens denied knowledge of a separate $8000 Bells bank robbery.
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Memphis
Tenn
Bank of Friendship
Claude McCleish
Haywood County
Will T. Griffin
Crockett County
Friendship Bank
Toll E. Fowler
State Highway Patrol
McCleish
Fowler
Butler
Ouachita Parish Illiteracy Drops Below State Average in 1930
Census figures show Ouachita Parish had 6.5 percent of residents over age 10 unable to read or write, down from state levels. The parish counted 3 581 illiterates among 54 337 people, ranking better than most parishes while Jackson was third lowest in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
U— Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
Census Bureau
Jackson Parish
St. Helena and
LaSalle
Freighter Crandon Grounded on Plymouth Mud Bank
The British freighter Crandon, after escaping Peaked Hill bars near Provincetown and grounding in fog yesterday, ran aground again today on a mud bank in Plymouth harbor.
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Plymouth
Mass
Province Town
Crandon
Plymouth Harbor
Alleged Child Torture Report Condemned by Wickersham Commission
A Wickersham Commission report prepared by Dr. Miriam Van Waters condemns alleged juvenile torture in U S jails. The Harvard Law School crime survey consultant highlights abuses and calls for reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Wickersham Commission
Miriam van Waters
Harvard Law School
Youth Accuses Father-in-Law in Murder Case
Collins Mississippi July 11 United Press reports the trial of Guy Fairley 48 hinges on witness William Fairley 28 who testifies his father-in-law plotted and carried out the killing of Prohibition Agent H L Everett on a lonely highway near Jackson. The elder Fairley fired twice and fled leaving the gun in a ditch as investigators recover the weapon.
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Collins
Miss
H. L. Everett
Guy Fairley
William Fairley
Everett
Jackson
Prohibition
Fairley
Tilden Reaches Final Round in Net Championships
Forest Hills July 11 William T. Tilden III advances to the final of the American professional tennis championships by defeating Howard Kinsey in straight sets 6-4 6-0 6-3 in the semi final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Hills
William T. Tilden
Howard Kinsey
Efforts to refloat liner President Hayes hindered by fog
Chatham Mass July 1. Efforts to refloat the Dollar liner President Hayes after running aground on Shovelfoo shoal faced thick fog. Four coast guard vessels and a wrecking tug operated, another tug was en route from New York.
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Chatham
Mass
President Hayes
Shovelfu Shoal
Coast Guard
New York
Hambone's Meditations Versus Polite Arrangements
A fragment from Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Riley hints at tension over who controls social arrangements. The line suggests Polinici seeks influence while Ligion asserts ownership of the rules or setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Riley
Soldier dies in car wreck near Camp Beauregard
A July accident on highway 165 near Camp Beauregard in Alexandria leaves Private Elishe H. Bowen of Blue Springs Mississippi dead. Four other soldiers are injured, with private Logan Monroe unhurt. A special board investigates the 15 foot embankment plunge.
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Alexandria
Highway 165
Camp Beauregard
Elishe H. Bowen
Blue Springs
Miss. Kugler
22Nd Infantry
Beauregard
John Woodall
Marietta
John Stiff
Jellico
Tenn
C. M. Hearn
Fort McPherson
Logan Monroe
S. J. Phillips
Rapides Parish
McIntyre
Bowen
A. R. Bowen
Houston
Texas
Miss
Henry R. Richmond
Crop damage from drought hits North Louisiana crops
Harry D. Wilson state commissioner of agriculture and immigration surveyed crops in North Louisiana at Monroe and reported drought harm across most crops except cotton which shows strong growth. He noted feed stuffs up but rainfall absence damaged corn amid a recent north wind and planned to survey Tallulah area next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D. Wilson
Wilson
Tallulah
City Sets Final Tax Payment Day for West Monroe
The city declares Monday as the last day to pay delinquent West Monroe property taxes to avoid advertising costs. If unpaid, properties will be advertised weekly for five weeks after Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
Open Grave for Byrd Lead Dog At Forsythe Park
Fear grows that the body of Unalaska, Byrd expedition lead dog, may have been stolen after the grave marker was removed Thursday night in front of the American Legion home at Forsythe Park. The grave was to be opened this afternoon to check if the body remains and a Legion meeting led by John B. Bailey was planned with other members attending.
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Admiral Byrd
American Legion
Forsythe Park
John B. Bailey
Legion
Mr. Bailey
W. . Cooper
James A. Noe
R. L. Wood
H. FE. Quinn
D. Curtis Smith
Candler Party Plans Swift Flight Across South
ASA Candler Jr and wife with Pilot Beeler Blevins take off from Burbank at 5 08 am heading toward Savannah or Jacksonville about 2250 miles away if on time, or Atlanta if dark intervenes. They will refuel at Big Springs Texas in a six passenger monoplane with top speed 220 mph carrying 190 gallons of gasoline.
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Burbank
Cal
United States
Asa Candler, Jr
Beeler Blevins
Savannah
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlanta
Georgia
Big Springs
Tex
Local Insurance Executive Injured In Lake Charles Car Crash
John L. Wasey, a Lake Charles insurance executive and former city judge, was improving at a local hospital after his car plunged across a canal near Kinder yesterday afternoon. He sustained facial fractures and a broken nose with facial bruises. vehicle was badly damaged.
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Lake Charles
John L. Wasey
Kinder
Wasey
Jez
Williamson Denounces Rail Rate Hike Proposal
Norris C. Williamson president of the Louisiana Cotton Cooperation faces the railroads demand for a 15 percent freight rate increase. He says chambers of commerce spread ready made resolutions favoring the increase, arguing it would ease the carriers’ financial condition. The statement appears in a special dispatch from New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Norris C. Williamson
Louisiana Cotton Cooperative Association
Chambers of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Truck Driver Held For Slaying Store Manager
Birmingham police hold bakery truck driver J D Townsend after the slaying of James A Pannell district manager for Hill Grocery stores. Townsend surrendered to the sheriff and offered no statement beyond it happened. Investigator Gip Evans to question him. Townsend’s attorney to be notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
James A. Pannell
Hill Grocery
J. D. Townsend
Gip M. Evans
County Commission
Townsend
Fall loses escape bid. may serve in western prison
Albert B. Fall's seven year attempt to escape prison fails. The former interior secretary may serve a one year sentence in a western penitentiary, with attorney Frank Hogan to seek a modification to add a day to the term. Justice Bailey notes health factors and a drier climate could aid Fall.
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Associated Press
Washington
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Justice Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Frank Hogan
Fall
Edward L. Fall
Bailey
Hogan
el Paso
Texas
Suspension of Oil Production in Six States Sought
Oklahoma City operators petition Gov Murray to shut all Oklahoma wells by executive order and press Texas Kansas Arkansas Louisiana and New Mexico governors to halt production until crude prices rise to one dollar a barrel. They say mid continent over supply has driven prices to 10 to 22 cents a barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
W. H. Murray
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Mid-Continent
Birmingham milk price wars turn deadly with bombs
In Birmingham Alabama two people were killed and twenty injured as bombs exploded at the Pure Milk plant and a nearby barber shop amid a milk price war. Debris killed Ned Van Merchanstein, age twenty, white, and Richard Robertson, a negro. An estimated $25,000 in damage was reported at the milk plant.
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Birmingham
Ala
Pure Milk Company
Ned van Merchanstein
Richard Richardson
Merchanstein
T. H. Hansen
J. D. Ammonds
J. D. Dowling
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Jes’ Ramblin
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S. F. Walker
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Skeeter
Lloyd Chapman
J. G. Bell
Dudley J. LeBlanc
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Cantalope
Legion Memorial Home
Honorable Goforth
West Side Stork
Percy
Alliss
United Press
Tilden
Mississippi
St. Louis State
Helena
Er Esenes Eser Mf
Arkansas City States
Aeeeees
Cumberland
Nashville Peas
Cairo Tenee
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Fort Smith
Little Rock
RED— ‘Fulton
Shreveport
Alexandria Eas
Ouachita
Camden Se
Monroe Eee Eee
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Rudy Vallee
Fay Webb
Santa Monica
Calif
West Farms
N. J
West
Vallee
Locat
Unalaska
Country
N. C. Williamson
The
News-Star
Western Prison
Sam Bledsoe
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