Tallman Vanishes After Murder Charge Aboard Ship
William Tallman a 24 year old radio operator was arrested on a murder charge in Los Angeles in the slaying of Virginia Patty. He disappeared when the Admiral Benson docked in San Francisco as police suspect he jumped or swam ashore after escaping from his stateroom.
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Notowing
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Mount Vesuvius Erupts Forcing Naples Evacuation
Explosive activity at Mount Vesuvius intensified with rocks and ashes battering the crater as lava flow slows slightly. Villages around Naples and Pompeii panic and residents flee with belongings, singing hymns as they seek deliverance from the eruption. CONTINUED ON PAGE FOURTEEN
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Baby Elk Arrives at City Forsythe Zoo
A baby elk born to Min and Andy at the municipal zoo arrived Monday night. Superintendent Jim Atkinson says the elk may be christened Goliath. The zoo recently gained a parrot from Miss Lelia Pervis and a young male coyote from Fred Stovall, with warmer days drawing larger crowds.
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Three Dead and Fourteen Hurt in Mystery Plant Blast
In Gretna across the river from New Orleans, a blast at Gulf and Alloy Oil Co’s deodorization plant killed three workers and injured fourteen. Officials quoted no clear cause, noting no fire in the furnace and estimating damage at about 50,000 dollars as rescuers aided across the river.
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Baldwin to Retire From Post Friday Amid Cabinet Drama
London reports Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and cabinet ministers may resign to King George as Ramsay MacDonald forms a labor government. Speculation centers on Baldwin possibly taking the foreign office or Sir John Sankey as lord chancellor, with potential nationalization moves unsettling liberal and conservative opponents.
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Prosecutional Wire Tapping Accusations Hit City Officials
Louis Piquette former Chicago city prosecutor says he will swear warrants against State's Attorney John A. Swanson and Police Captain William Shoemaker charging them with tapping phone lines to his office. He seeks damages from the LaSalle street building owner alleging authorization of the taps amid slot machine probe tensions.
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Louis Piquette
John A. Swanson
William Shoemaker
Piquette
North LaSalle Street
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Piquett
Clark and
Madison
Clark
Threat to Remove Registrar Over Recall Petition
SHREVEPORT June 6 A telegram from Gov Huey Long threatened to remove Mrs Mary K Brice registrar of voters if she allowed names to be withdrawn from the recall petition for representative W C Hughes before certification. The message reportedly warned removal per a majority state board stance. Brice declined to discuss it while reviewing the recall list filed Tuesday by Ira Gleason.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Mary K. Brice
Registrar of Voters
W. C. Hughes
Huey P. Long
State Board of Registration
J. B. Fournet
Lent
Paul N. Cyr
Offce
British envoy refrains from importing rum into U S
Washington June 6 Sir Esme Howard the British ambassador told Secretary Stimson he will not import any liquors under diplomatic provisions The State Secretary said the United States put no pressure and the issue rests on diplomatic immunity He added the move appears purely personal Attaches declined to confirm or deny the reports Sir Esme would not comment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sir Esme Howard
Stimson
United States
Sir Esme
Burglars Take $10,000 in Goods From Rosenfield Store
In Baton Rouge on June 6, thieves stole $10,000 worth of women’s apparel from Rosenfield Dry Goods, taking 175 garments. Entry was made through a second story front window. police found no clues. The store operates without a nightwatchman.
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Baton Rouge
Rosenfield Dry Goods Company
Hambone’s Meditations on a Swapped Bargain
A humorous monologue by J. P. Alley features Hambone negotiating a deal for items someone named Sto’keeupuh offered. The speaker recounts swapping hen-riggs for a bargain and reflects on the quirky exchange in a folksy voice.
Hoover Delay Guide Levee Work Draws Louisiana Protest
Washington correspondent Paul Wooton reports Senator Ransdell of Louisiana protested a proposed fuse plug levee from Eudora Arkansas to the Mississippi River, arguing the 75 mile extension and three foot lowering need study. He says Hoover would not delay flood control while favoring engineering review.
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Washington
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Ark
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Jadwin
East Carroll
Madison
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Wooten
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Hoover
Congress Alone Can Revise Jadwin Plan Says Good
Secretary Good said Congress only can revise Major General Jadwin’s Mississippi flood control plan. He noted the act allows compensating landowners when waters are diverted, and cited $800,000 set aside for Birds Point to New Madrid landowner reimbursements. Atchafalaya floodway protection limits government obligation. legality awaiting Attorney General Mitchell’s opinion.
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Three Prisoners Escape Parish Road Camp After Seizing Truck
Frank Carby 28 Richard Brown 28 and B V Brown 20 took control of a parish truck at 5 pm and fled into LaFourche swamp after guards closed in. All three were jailed for illegal whiskey manufacture and possession. Darby and B W Brown were arrested at a north parish still. Richard Brown near a Calhoun road still west of Monroe. Darby had just escaped a prior bid by Walter Foster, who fled the state penitentiary last month after a robbery confession.
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Walter Foster
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Ouachita Baking Company
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Workmen Fight Gas Well Blaze That Killed Two
Buffalo N Y June 6 workmen battled to subdue a 75 foot pillar of flame from a gas well explosion last night on a farm near East Aurora killing two men and injuring eight. Iroquois Gas Corporation workers prepared to gas out the blaze while there was fear the flames fed by 15 million cubic feet of gas pressure might require wrecking the casing with nitroglycerine. Drillers struck gas at 2600 feet and an inside casing was being set when a spark from metal or pressure touched off seepage.
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Buffalo
N. Y
East Aurora
Iroquois Gas Corporation
Age Baty
Effort to Oust Baptist Pastor Fails in Pauducah
In Paducah Kentucky the Rev T B Clapp remained pastor of First Baptist Church after a meeting erupted and two policemen were needed to restore order. A bid to remove him as moderator failed amid a clash over church disciplinary actions affecting about 1500 members.
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Walter Blackman
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Reparations report signing set for George V hotel
Paris experts’ reparations report will be signed at five o’clock tomorrow afternoon. In Shreveport Edwin McClure trails Fred Lamprecht in the Louisiana links tournament second qualifying round. A driverless truck injured thirty in Amsterdam Avenue collision with a trolley car. Central City bank robbers shot and two captured after a hold up. $1400 stolen. one captured man had $1100.
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George V Hotel
Shreveport
Edwin McClure
Fred Lamprecht
New Orleans
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Amsterdam Avenue
120Th
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Central City National Bank
French Count Seized in Rum Ring Raid
New York June 6 undercover prohibition agents arrested Count Maxence de Polignac linked to an international rum ring. Seven cases of liquor were found in his Savoy Plaza suite as 37 suspects were rounded up for conspiring to violate the prohibition act.
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Maxence de Polignac
Savoy Plaza Hotel
William J. Calhoun
Ring
Count de Polignac
William Bartels
Philip de. Gowen
Let JOHNNY Do It Let JOHNNY Do It
Johnny Farrell, renowned golf writer, will produce three articles for the Monroe Morning Post. His engaging style and access to top players promise advice valuable to both beginners and seasoned golfers. First installment due June 12.
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