Louisiana considers one-armed driving ban in parade of humor
Baton Rouge June 6. A Louisiana bill would fine up to 50 dollars and jail up to 60 days for drivers who use only one arm on public highways. Senator Ducros says the rule protects motorists on narrow roads near New Orleans, while a Rayville resident with one arm calls it unfair.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiaase
Ducros
St. Bernard Parish
T. B. Gilbert
Franklin Parish
Rayville
Gilbert
New Orleans
Camden Bay Alternate in Edison Scholarships
Flournoy W. Sims of Little Rock named Arkansas candidate for the Thomas A. Edison scholarship. Homer Baker of Stuttgart is first alternate and Merritt Hill of Camden is second alternate, per state high school inspector M. R. Owens.
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Little Rock
Ark
Flournoy W. Sims
Arkansas
Thomas A. Edison
M. R. Owens
Homer Baker
Stuttgart
Merritt Hill
Camden
Couple Weds 51 Years Die Within Minutes at Home
In Atlanta, Georgia, Thomas C. Lampkin aged 73 died suddenly of high blood pressure while at the bedside of his wife, 72, who collapsed from heart failure as she went to summon help. The couple had celebrated 51 years of marriage and had just bid their daughter farewell.
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Atlanta
Robert Burns
Thomas C. Lampkin
Blumenthal elected head of Merchants division
A Blumenthal manager of Frougs store was elected chairman of the retail merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce for the coming year at an annual noon election held with the Retail Credit Men's association luncheon at Hotel Monroe. J L Croft named vice chairman.
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A. Blumenthal
Froug’s
Retail Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Monroe
Retail Credit Men’s Association
J. L. Croft
Red River at Alexandria Remains Stationary
Red River here held at 41.2 feet from seven yesterday to noon today. Officials expect a decline within twenty four hours. Levees held in the region though the Saline bayou dike remains strained where it connects with Rapides bayou.
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Associated Press
Alexandria
Saline
Rapides Bayou
Young Texas Bandit Pruitt Dies in Electric Chair
William Dagger Pruitt, a youthful Texas bandit who terrorized Dallas for three weeks with a "one man crime wave" and killed a high school student, was executed by electric chair at the Texas state penitentiary in Huntsville.
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Huntsville
Tex
William “Dagger” Pruitt
Dallas
Texas State Penitentiary
Herculean Task Faces La. Solons in Best of Session
Baton Rouge dispatch notes Louisiana lawmakers face a heavy workload with 725 bills in the hopper and only 38 moved, while four weeks into the 60 day session. The Webb bill awarding 160000 for lawmakers’ expenses is the only measure to gain both chambers and the governor’s signature.
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Solons
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Webb
Secretary of State
House
Senate
Fatal Passion Triggers Dual Slaying Near Rochester
In Rochester Michigan a coroner's inquest probed a case where Henry Clouse 46 killed Marjorie Clemons 13 and then took his own life. Their bodies lay beneath a blanket near an abandoned farm seven miles north. Clouse's gunshots and a torched car tied to the crime indicate deliberate planning.
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Rochester
Mich
Henry Clouse
Marjorie Clemons
Clouse
Marjorie
Clemons
Accountants Protest Audit Firm for New Orleans City Books
Twenty two certified public accountants in New Orleans protested the selection of Ernst and Ernst to audit the city accounts. They cited the firm’s resignation from the American Institute of Accountants amid ethical charges and noted neither Ernst and Ernst member belonged to the Louisiana Certified Accountants Society. The audit was demanded by Mayor Walmsley at the urging of state investigations tied to Huey Long, loans backed by 1928 taxes, and local bank finances.
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New Orleans
Twenty Two
Certified Public Accountants of
Ernst and Ernst
American Institute of Accountants
State Society of Louisiana Certified Accountants
The
Association of Commerce
Young Men’s Business Club
Clearing House
Board of Trade
T. Semmes Walmsley
Walmsley
Huey P. Long
Former Pastor Convicted of Abducting Girl at Alton
Alton Illinois June 6 Rev A L Shoemaker former pastor of the Edwards Street Pentecostal church was found guilty by a city court jury on abducting Bernice Ford a church choir member. The minimum sentence is one year in prison. Two other abduction charges against Shoemaker are pending involving two other choir members on a trip to Florida last year.
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Alton
Ill
A. L. Shoemaker
Edwards Street
Shoemaker
Florida
Gruesome Starvation Tale From China Reported
Brisbane dispatch reports Salvation Army Commissioner MacKenzie describing widespread famine in China's northwestern provinces where more than 200000 children died. He estimates 80000 wives and daughters were sold for two to three dollars each to feed the family. MacKenzie has just returned to Townsville from China.
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United Press
Brisbane
Australia
China
Salvation Army
MacKenzie
Townsville
Hoover signs bill expanding foreign field info service
A bill signed by President Hoover expands the agriculture department’s foreign field information service to aid agriculture. The action was announced in Washington on June 6. The measure aims to broaden overseas outreach and data sharing for farming initiatives.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Hoover
Monroe flood leaders head to Washington hearing
A Monroe delegation including Mayor Arnold Bernstein and association officials will fly to Washington to present flood control data before the House Flood Control Committee chaired by Frank Reid. They will show photographs from the Monroe area and Tensas Basin and gauge local sentiment on levee plans.
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Monroe
Washington
House Flood Control Committee
Frank Reid
Arnold Bernstein
Tensas Basin Flood Control Association
W. E. Wilson
W. L. Ethridge
Flood Control Committee
House
Tensas Basin
Lytle Brown
Army Engineers
Mississippi
Bernstein
Learned Black Magic in Former Term There Ortiz Says
Pedro Ortiz a 61 year old counterfeiter in custody in San Juan Porto Rico says he learned black magic during a prior term in Atlanta and at Leavenworth He walked out of his May 19 sentencing and was recaptured near Fajar do 30 miles from San Juan He describes Atlanta as democratic with all treated alike and cites a spiritual revelation guiding his counterfeiting career
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Atlanta
Pedro Ortiz
Ortiz
Fajardo
I.t
Pedro
Leavenworth
SIM PARENT DIES IN NEW ORLEANS
Representative Sim Parent of Pointe Coupee parish a longtime Long supporter dies at 63 in New Orleans after weeks of illness. He traveled to Baton Rouge for the legislative session voted on Speaker Fournet then returned to New Roads where he farmed and manufactured. He is survived by his widow Mary Datry.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Sim Parent
Pointe Coupee Parish
Long
Parent
Baton Rouge
Fournet
New Roads
Mary Datry
Generosity Brings Downfall in Store Theft Case
Dr. C Housely of Hot Springs received a 14 year sentence for burglarizing a local store while Garland Paulkner also from Hot Springs drew six years. Housely repaid an aiding officer with silk underwear after an automobile accident leading to the discovery the garments were stolen in Star City.
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Star City
Ark
C. Housely
Hot Springs
Housely
Garland Paulkner
Tired of Life Man Refuses Food in 26 Days
Frank W. Davis a Virginia farmer has not eaten for 26 days in a self imposed starvation protest. He remains weak but able to move on a cot in his attic two room cabin and shows no signs of changing his stance. Authorities report he is sane and believes shooting himself would be immoral.
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Danville
Frank W. Davis
Davis
Unemployment in Shreveport and surrounding parishes totals
Census figures show 1 762 people unemployed in Shreveport from a 76 207 population, or 2 3 percent. In Caddo parish 2 126 unemployed in a 124 000 plus population, with persistently low rates across Bossier DeSoto and Webster counties. Alexandria lists 800 unemployed from a 23 010 population.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
O. C. Hathaway
Louisiana
Hudson Bolinger
Chamber of Commerce
Bolinger
Caddo Parish
Bossier Parish
DeSoto
Webster
Funeral services for Arthur Pfeifer Held in Little Rock
Little Rock on June 6 reported funeral services for Arthur H. Pfeifer 55 prominent local business man who died yesterday in town.
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Little Rock
Arthur H. Pfeifer
Police chase missing truck driver in Hot Springs
Hot Springs Arkansas June 6 police search for Reuben Hampton 32 truck driver who vanished yesterday with company funds and the truck he drove. In Greenville Tennessee June 6 the body of W H Bryant 35 head of Tennessee Electric construction found killed with a club two miles from town, money and watch untouched. Friedrichshafen Germany June 6 Graf Zeppelin returns from 18 000 mile voyage to South America and United States landing at 7 22 p m completing a 19 day cruise with stops in Spain Brazil and the United States.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Reuben Hampton
Texaykana
Greenville
Tenn
W. H. Bryant
The
Tennessee Electric Company
Bryant
Spartanburg
S. C
Associated Press
Friedrichshafen
Germany
South America
United States
Graf
Spain
Brazil
Veterans to march in 1932 Washington celebration
Dixie veterans and Union veterans plan to join in a U S government event for George Washington’s 200th anniversary in 1932. The United Confederate Veterans and Sons of Union Veterans will be invited to participate, aiming for unity rather than a traditional reunion.
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Biloxi
Miss
Veterans of the Confederacy
Army of the Republic
Washington, D. C
United Confederate Veterans
John Ashley Jones
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Theodore A Cazeau
Rochester
N. Y
Sons of Union Veterans
United States
George Washington
Cazeau
United and Confederate Veterans
Montgomery
Ala
Sons of Confederate and Union Re
Parish High unit bids invited for July 5 opening
Bids for Ouachita parish high school fourth unit are advertised to be received by noon July 5. Separate bids are asked for mechanical work. Architect plans by J W Smith. Building is three stories with basement and auditorium seating 1360. Estimated cost 125000. Not all ready for fall term.
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Ouachita Parish
T. O. Brown
J. W. Smith and
Arrest Police Chief Braceton Tennessee
Luther E. Mincey, chief of police, was arrested on a charge of shooting with intent to kill after allegedly wounding Denis Poole, a liquor violator suspect, when Poole ran yesterday. Mincey stated he fired in self defense.
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Braceton
Tenn
Luther E. Mincey
Hero
Denis Poole
Mincey
Poole
Federal building recommended to ease Monroe congestion
Telegrams from Representative Riley J. Wilson report that the plan for an annex to the Monroe post office has been dropped. A new and adequate federal building for Monroe and West Monroe is now advised, with officials and the Chamber of Commerce celebrating the outcome and cooperation.
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Riley J. Wilson
Arnold Bernstein
A. A. Thoman
Chamber of Commerce
C. E. Faulk
News-Star and Post
H. G. Richey
United States District
W. S. Watkins
Post Office
Monroe
West Monroe
Washington
Thoman
Post Office Department
Albert Horuff
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