Marital shooting ends with milk bottle strike
Cleveland June 5 Mrs Theresa Scilla 34 wounded when Frank Ipollito used pistols to settle a domestic triangle. Scilla's brother-in-law Philip Baraona felled Ipollito with a milk bottle and he was held at the city hospital. Ipollito faced penalties earlier for living with both women and bearing their children.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Theresa Scilla
Frank Ipollito
Ipollito
Scilla
Two Clerks Share 149000 From One Dollar Derby Ticket
Edward Dougherty and his brother Daniel, both Wall Street clerks, split 149000 won from a $1 ticket in the English Derby. Edward plans to keep his job buy a suburb house and invest most of the prize while sharing with Daniel. their father had claimed the money before an agreement was reached. The windfall equals about 143 years of Edward's current salary.
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New York
Wall Street
Edward Dougherty
Daniel
Edward
Daugherty
Brooklyn
Daniel T. Daugherty
Louisiana Negro Robber Captured by Illinois Posse
A Louisiana born bandit robbed Baldwin State Bank of 4000 at opening. Cornered two hours later north of Baldwin, he shot it out with a posse, was wounded in the arm, and captured. He identified himself as Robert Henderson and confessed to the crime.
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Baldwin, Ill
Baldwin State Bank
Woodland
Here
Arthur Hoffman
Baldwin
Robert Henderson
Louisiana
Ford Auditors Charge Dearborn Board Over Budget Padding
Ford auditors accuse the Dearborn school board of padding the 1929 1930 budget by about 200000 dollars. They criticize purchases including high school waste baskets at 26 dollars each walnut coat racks at 22 and bookcases at 158 per shelf. The report notes excess coal purchases with 143 loads billed but only 52 used.
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Dearborn
Mich
Ford Motor Company
North and South Veterans Plan Joint Reunion
At Biloxi Mississippi 3500 veterans at the 40th United Veterans reunion consider a resolution for a joint reunion with the Grand Army of the Republic to ease old animosities. Generals Sneed and Best push the plan while Mrs Jessica Randolph Smith opposes. Talks include a memorial for the old southern negro and debates on the 1932 farewell convention in Houston.
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Biloxi
Miss
United Veterans
Montgomery
Ala
R. A. Sneed
Grand Army of the Republic
General Best
Jessica Randolph Smith
Charlotte
N. C
Houston
Texas
L. M. Stephens
Coushatta
Sneed
Bishop Cannon Defies Senate Witness Panel
June 5 Washington Bishop James Cannon Jr refused as a voluntary witness before the senate lobby committee and demanded a subpoena. He left the room with papers in hand after declaring he was no longer a voluntary witness. Senators Walsh and Blaine pressed for questions and telegrams detailing his links to anti revolt efforts.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Senate Lobby Committee
Thomas J. Walsh
Dem
Mont
Cannon
Walsh
Blaine
Rep
Wis
Kemper Protests Stone Charges On Spillway Land Costs
Washington June 5 A protest over Representative Stone's claim that Bonnet Carre spillway area land priced at 400 an acre was heard by the house flood control committee J P Kemper of New Orleans sent a telegram saying Stone was misinformed Stone had cited a sub committee report noting land costs were too high The committee is hearing proposals to amend the 1928 flood control act to permit revision of the Jadwin plan.
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Washington
Stone
Oklahoma
Bonnet Carre
Louisiana
House
Mississippi Faces About 3 Million Dollar Deficit
Jackson Mississippi June 5. Despite an economy program the state will show a deficit of about 3 million dollars on entry of the records of the present biennium. Auditor Carl C White said old debts form the largest portion of the shortfall.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Carl C. White
White
Vatican publishes bathing dress rules for moral conduct
Rome June 5 The Osservatore Romano reports new bathing regulations aimed at modesty. Proposals include banning knitted swimsuits for women, full coverage swimsuits for all, sex separated cabins, bans on dancing in swimwear, and the creation of morality squads on beaches and river banks enforcement.
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Rome
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Special Grand Jury Meets June 16 in Morehouse Parish
Judge J T Shell calls a special grand jury for June 16 to probe the axe slaying of Robert Holman age 40. District Attorney David I Garrett states the grand jury will hear evidence and report findings. A concurrent district court term begins July 7 to try Ellis Hayden for fatally poisoning his wife, with four men accused in Holman’s death also expected to face charges.
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Morehouse Parish
J. T. Shell
David I. Garrett
Robert Holman
Ellis Hayden
Hayden
Firm Is Selected for Audit of New Orleans Affairs
NEW ORLEANS June 5 The Ernst and Ernst firm has been chosen to audit the city books at the expense of four business groups invited to survey them Mayor T Semmes Walmsley said the attempt by Huey P Long representatives had led to false statements and he invited the Young Men's Business Club the Association of Commerce the Clearing House and the Board of Trade to conduct the audit.
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New Orleans
Ernst and Ernst, Public Accountants
T. Semmes Walmsley
Huey P. Long
Young Men's Business Club
The
Association of Commerce
Clearing House
Board of Trade
Brakeman Wins 49000 on Five Derby Tickets
Guthrie Oklahoma June 5 Luther Smith a railroad brakeman won 49000 on five one dollar tickets on the English Derby at Epsom Downs He and his wife and two children plan to buy a home of their own with the prize money and search for a place to call home
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Guthrie, Okla
Luther Smith
Epsom Downs
Smith
Big verdict aids 300 cotton oil mills in wartime refunds
Chief Justice Booth of the United States Court of Claims writes an opinion favorable to Hazelhurst Oil Co of Mississippi. The ruling allows about 300 southern cotton oil mills to recover nearly 6 million dollars on wartime contracts with the government, reversing a prior Hartsville Oil Co decision. The long litigation traces to Hoover era price stabilizations on cotton seed products.
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Associated Press
Washington
Booth
United States Court of Claims
Hazelhurst Oil Company
Hazelhurst
Miss
Southern
United States
Hartsville Oil Company
Hartsville
S. C
Hoover
War Industries Board
Ouachita River Stays Level At Monroe After Weeks Of Rise
The Ouachita river at Monroe showed no rise in 24 hours with readings at 40.5 feet for two consecutive mornings. The level is expected to hold for a day or two before it begins to fall, while higher up river sites have already started to drop. This marks the highest stage since the 1927 flood, driven by recent heavy rains totaling about 10 inches and submerging part of a northward road along the west bank.
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Ouachita
Monroe
Kate Key
Government
Legless Newsboy Set to Graduate in Wheelchair Diploma
Edward Bennett, a 13 year old legless newsboy from Memphis, will graduate from a grade school tonight and receive his diploma in a wheelchair. Physicians weeks ago believed him near death after a freight train severed his legs during a hop ride attempt.
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Memphis, Tenn
Edward Bennett
Edward
Eruptions at Vesuvius Prompt Urgent Earthwork Plans
Naples, June 5. Professor Malladra of the Vesuvius observatory warned that the current eruption may be serious and requires immediate earthwork construction to avert disaster. He noted previous earthworks were destroyed by a prior eruption, leaving lava paths open as the mountain increases activity.
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Associated Press
Naples
Italy
Vesuvius
Malladra
Vesuvius Observatory
Tioga Centenarian Dies After 105 Year Life
Martin R. Wallace of Tioga died in a local hospital at 105 years old. He is believed to be Rapides parish’s oldest resident and is survived by his bride of six weeks, aged 65.
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Alexandria
Martin R. Wallace
Tioga
Rapides Parish
Legislature in Breit House Bills Introduced
The House bills list includes H B 537 creating fish reserves in Richland parish from Clear Lake and half of Moon Lake. H B 588 seeks highway takeover at Natchitoches. H B 639 would take over highways in Rapides and Allen. H B 540 proposes declaring wild game and reptile skins as state property and extending the trapping season. H B 541 authorizes shrimp tax collection by the conservation department. H B 542 aims to conserve fish of economic value except alligators. H B 643 Giannelloni? proposes
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Jordon
Richland Parish
Clear Lake
Moon Lake
H. B
Prudhomme
Natchitoches
Cole and Sylvester
Rapides and
Allen
Ellender
Picciola
Department of Conservation
Herbert
Giannelloni
Senate Bills Summary in Louisiana Legislative Session
A sequence of proposed measures includes SB 158 granting U S citizens hunting rights on state lands, SB 159 adjusting hunting and trapping land boundaries, SB 160 establishing an eight hour day for women workers, SB 161 expanding white way installations to larger cities, SB 162 authorizing life insurers to deposit security with the state treasurer, SB 163 creating a tuberculosis commission, and SB 164 advancing a related provision by Labbe.
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Cain
The
United States
Louisiana
Boone
Peterman
Anderson
Louisiana Tuberculosis Commission
Labbe
Reduction in Rookie Rule Made by League Directors
The Cotton States league directors voted to cut the rookie rule from five to three players effective June 9 at their Hotel Virginia meeting. Monroe Drillers details included class D designation for Clifford Shaw and Mike Bouza sale to Minneapolis with potential Louisville moves. Night games likely for Monroe Baton Rouge El Dorado and Pine Bluff as second half opens June 18.
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Cotton States League
Virginia
Clifford Shaw
Monroe Drillers
Bill Huber
Wilkins
Mike Bouza
Minneapolis
American Association
Louisville
George W. Brannon
Jackson Club
Jackson
Monroe
Baton Rouge
el Dorado
Pine Bluff
Frank A. Scott
Vicksburg
F. B. Surgine
Pat Guice
Shreveport
P. M. Atkins
J. T. Austin
Charles Crook
Long Denies He Acted In Libel Case For Youth
Baton Rouge June 5 Governor Huey P Long called reports that he challenged LSU officials over the suspension of K. K. Kennedy, an LSU law senior indicted for criminal libel in the circulation of The Whangdoodle, untrue. He had been linked to press claims of threatening to remove LSU President T. W. Atkinson unless Kennedy was reinstated and awarded his degree.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana State University
K. K. Kennedy
Louisiana State University Law
T. W. Atkinson
Kennedy
Asso
New Orleans Girl Rescued From Blazing Bedroom
Miss Miriam Merrill a 26 year old resident of Mystery street fell asleep with a lit cigarette and was rescued from a burning bed after flames and smoke alerted a roomer and a passerby Firemen forced entry and saved her before the blaze spread.
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New Orleans
Miriam Merrill
Mystery Street
Youth Still is Living Though Neck is Broken
DUTRO Dolla hue remains alive after a Friday diving accident at the Mississippi river bank pool. Doctors in Memphis report he is semi conscious and partially paralyzed with a broken neck, and his chances of recovery are considered remote.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dutro Dollahue
Mississippi River
Raleigh man found dead in Asbury Park hotel
Park Mathewson, 55, of Raleigh North Carolina, newly elected vice president general of the Sense of the American Revolution, was found dead in bed at the Berkeley Carteret hotel in Asbury Park New Jersey on June 5.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Park Mathewson
Raleigh, N. C
Berkeley-Carteret Hotel
Full Crews Measure Voted Down In Louisiana Legislature
Baton Rouge June 5 The Louisiana House killed the full crews measure 52 to 38 after debate and rejected compulsory school attendance for blind children 65 to 22. The Labbe proposal to create an additional Lafayette Acadia and Vermilion judgeship was approved by the Senate.
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Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
Senate
Labbe
Lafayette
Acadia
Vermilion
House
Louisiana
State Federation of Labor
Anderson
Grant
Louisiana Tobacco Tax Commission
Loans on Crops Will Run Up to 80 Per Cent
Washington June 5 The federal farm board will extend supplemental loans on the 1930 wheat and cotton crops up to 80 percent of current crop values Chairman Alexander Legge announced. The loans will vary daily with market prices, replacing last year’s flat rate.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Alexander Legge
Legge
Despondent 27-Year-Old Man Fatally Shoots Himself in Louisville
Robert S. Stewart, 27, kissed his wife Lucille then fired a bullet into his head, dying two hours later after being hospitalized. A note cited his despondency over unemployment.
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Louisville
Roberts
Stewart
Lucille
Boone Bill Fixes Eight Hour Day for Women
In Baton Rouge on June 5 a proposed Louisiana measure seeks an eight hour day for women by amending the 1908 law from ten hours. The bill, sponsored by the federation of labor and C. W. Swallow, would include stated exemptions and reflect prior stalled efforts in 1928.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Tuberculosis Commission
Senate
Anderson
Grant Parish
State Board of Health
Bers
Board of Health
Tuberculosis League
New Orleans
Boone of Claiborne
Holcombe
East Baton Rouge
Boone
Federation of Labor
C. W. Swallow
Shreveport
Deat
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