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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1928
Page
7
Six men armed with revolvers and shotguns robbed the Detroit News payroll of about 65 000 dollars, wounding two officers. They corralled workers on the second floor and escaped by car after firing more than a dozen shots on Lafayette Boulevard.
Alexandria June 6 79 seniors received degrees at Louisiana College in its largest class after the baccalaureate address by W M Managan Lake Charles lumber man. Ten Baptist Hospital Nurses School graduates were also certified.
Alexandria officials announce the sale of Tim Murchison the Reds southpaw to the Springfield Mississippi team of the Three league.
Gov. Huey P. Long told the Louisiana legislature that the highway commission must raise five million dollars to cover operating costs and current debts for the remainder of the year. A survey by W. McParland shows a projected shortfall of about 4.51 million for construction plus 199 thousand for maintenance and 350 thousand for force account contracts. The governor urged a joint legislative committee to address alleged irregular expenditures and pled for swift action to prevent shutdowns.
Mississippi will send an uninstructed delegation to the national Democratic convention in Houston after the state convention endorsed an independent course. Eight at large delegates and twenty district delegates will cast Mississippi’s twenty votes. The dry faction failed to instruct against a wet candidate, and Nellie Nugent Sommerville was not named a delegate at large.
A 10 am adjourned injunction hearing in Camden involves Walter L. Brown of El Dorado suing International Paper Mill Co. to stop discharging untreated chemical refuse into the Ouachita River, threatening water and livestock. Monroe officials note river supplies Camden Monroe water system source.
Seven members of a Virden family and a five year old playmate died when an Illinois Traction interurban crashed into their car near Springfield. The victims were Samuel Brubaker 19 driver Mary 17 Calvin 15 Rosabelle 13 June 5 Ellen 3 Chester Wiley 5 and playmate. The car was hurled along the track and ruined. Demobilized motor man Harry Wheeler of St Louis was pilot.
Isolated towns across Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana face fresh flood havoc from five days of storms. Six dead, crop losses counted in hundreds of thousands, highways blocked, and evacuation fears loom as Lake Martin flood gates release water. Rail service and air travel crippled. Alabama River at Montgomery may crest well above flood level.
A compact note titled Hambones Meditations by J P Aley presents a short, whimsical line I gotin a yaller as a playful authorial aside. The item reads like a brief personal meditation or humorous aside from Aley.
Harry Thaw arrived in Southampton aboard the Aquitania for a visit to England but was refused permission to land by immigration officials. He had a British visa but a home office order of prohibition prevented landing, and he is expected to return to New York on the Aquitania.
Fiji June 6 The Southern Cross will depart Naselai beach at 3 p m for a 1750 mile flight to Brisbane Australia flight commander Charles Kingsford Smith announced. Ulm praises crew in Fiji gathering stressing navigator Warner and others aided perilous Pacific leg.
Baton Rouge June 6 1929 John Hackett of the Philippine Islands was elected captain of the Louisiana State University tennis team for the upcoming season. Charles McVea of Baton Rouge was named alternate leader. Hackett a sophomore from Zambonga High School Philippines is seen as the Tigers leading net star and studies chemical engineering.
The Bureau offers a forecast of fair weather for New Orleans with modest temperatures and light winds for the period ahead. Officials urge readers to plan outdoor activities accordingly as skies stay clear and pleasant.
Senate committee's final pre convention report tallies total campaign expenses at 731 087 75 with Hoover commanding 380 822 11 for the Republican nomination. The list includes receipts and expenditures for Dawes Lowden Watson Willis Curtis Gott Norris Hitchcock Pomerene Smith Reed Walsh Hull and George among others.
In London at St Marylebone registry office the postponed wedding of the Earl of Kin noull to Mary Ethel Isabel Merrick took place. Mrs Merrick, a night club proprietor, is already mother-in-law to one peer. police raids on her clubs prompted the delay. The Merrick family attended as the couple departed in a taxi to avoid spectators.
Miss Mabel Boil and two pilots Oliver Leboutillier and Captain Arthur Argolla prepare a nonstop flight to Europe tomorrow from Curtiss Field New York aboard the Columbia under Charles A Levine’s plan. In Ponchatoula Louisiana a four month old baby’s body is found in a box afloat on Pass Manchac near St. John parish with the lid fastened by slats. London June spring news mix murky dump.
In Baton Rouge on June 6 Governor Huey P. Long watched as the House Ways and Means Committee advanced several bills. The measures include severance tax changes on gas and oil, salt, and sulfur, plus a tax on carbon black and gasoline production. Amended oil rates and timber concessions were discussed as gas interests from the North attended the hearing.
Mrs. O M Patterson wife of Dr Patterson former Morehouse parish coroner died after a pulp wood truck trailer ran over her as she and her daughter attempted to cross South Washington street. The driver German White avoided but could not stop in time. estimated trailer weight 8000 pounds.
Deputy prohibition commissioner OB Summers was shot while attempting to arrest five liquor runners on Elizabeth Pike near Parkersburg. He was wounded in the back and chest and believed near death at St. Joseph's hospital.
Florida's 63 delegates to the national Democratic convention remain officially uninstructed after yesterday's statewide primary. The fate of their support for Governor Al Smith of New York is still uncertain, with the split among candidates for convention slots not yet resolved.
A terse Associated Press dispatch from New Orleans reports a leak in Western Union news operations. Manager Heffner of the communications department was sent to New York and other centers to review the regular release process. Secretary Hester demanded quick action and announced an investigation into the personnel leak following transmission to centers.
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