Alibi Fails as Carter Is Sentenced for Mother's Death
W M Carter, a Mississippi businessman, is convicted of killing Mrs Daisy Keeton and sentenced to life imprisonment. The trial revealed Ouida Keeton, already serving life for involvement, testified against him. The case centers on the discovery of the lower torso and legs of a woman near Laurel.
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Laurel
Miss
W. M. Carter
Daisy Keeton
W. Joe Pack
Ouida Keeton
Carter
Ouida
Keeton
Pack
Supreme Court
Marion Reilly
Jack Prayer
Pryor
Judge Pack
Newton Carter
NRA extension approved by lawmakers but presidential powers cut
Senate House and administration leaders agreed to extend the NRA skeleton until April 1 1936 while repealing presidential authority to prescribe approve or enforce fair competition codes. A separate section would declare that recovery act power to preside and enforce codes is repealed. Supporters expect a full House Ways and Means vote before night.
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Washington
NRA
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Ways and Means Committee
Demcratic
Supreme Court
Decision Made To Push Legislation
Washington June 6 Senate house and administration representatives agreed in secret conference on the principles of stop gap NRA legislation. The meeting followed talk of new taxes on inheritances and gifts as part of the future New Deal. Details were not disclosed but conferees indicated little change from the Tuesday White House conference.
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Washington
Senate House and Administration
White House
House
Senate
Construction Contracts Awarded in Louisiana Highway Project
Louisiana highway commission let contracts for the New Orleans Shreveport concrete highway last link to Nelson Brothers of Baton Rouge for 199 801 dollars covering 8 308 miles between Le Beau and Krotz Springs. Forcum James of Dyersburg Tennessee won 37 185 dollars for Logansport paving. B N Davis of New Orleans bid 31 081 for London Avenue canal bridge. T L James and company of Ruston bid 18 493 20 for Red River bridge approach at Alexandria. Bids due June 26 for Natchez parish grading and drainage and Sabine parish concrete segments.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans- Shreveport
Louisiana Highway Commission
Nelson Brothers
Lebeau
Krotz Springs
Logansport
Forcum- James Company
Dyersburg
Tenn
Natchez
Montrose
Sabine Pari
Zwolle
Many
France Clutches at New Cabinet as Rioters Attack Press
Paris reports fresh political turmoil as Francois Pietri advances as the fifth premier candidate after failed invites to Jeanneney Herriot Bouisson and Laval. Rioters smashed Le Petit Journal windows and hit Freemason HQ while royalist extremists clashed with police.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Francois Pietri
Navy
Chamber of Deputies
Joseph Caillaux
Pietri
Albert LeBrun
Fernand Bouisson
Chamber
Jules Jeanneney
Senate
Pierre Laval
Edouard Herriot
Jeanneney
Herriot
Bouisson
Raymond Patenotre
le Petit Journal
French Freemasons
Move Made for Condemned Man
In Boston on June 6 counsel for Abraham Faber condemned to die in the electric chair with the Millen brothers sought Supreme Court intervention in Washington for a final appeal. The execution likely would come early tomorrow though exact time could not be announced. Warden Lanagan said the men asked only if they were going tonight and said their farewells after visiting relatives.
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Boston
Abraham Faber
Millen Brothers
Supreme Court
Washington
William R. Scharton
Faber
Morton
Irving Millen
Forbes McLeid
Needham Trust Company
Francis J. L. Lanagan
Philip Faber
Abraham
Idalyn Millen
Joseph Millen
Irving and
Fear for Flying Mother and Two Sons Overdue
Grave fears for a Miami to Andalusia flight missing for 48 hours rise as a Florida Alabama search expands. Pilot John Ray Lowman 25, his mother and brother Byron vanished after refueling at Daytona Beach. a turpentine worker reported a distressed plane seen nearby. The Lowman family, prominent in Miami, aimed to visit the grandfather in Andalusia.
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Lake City
Fla
Miami
Andalusia
Ala
Florida
Alabama
John Ray Lowman
Byron
Daytona Beach
G. W. Bowerman
Coast Guard
Lieut. Bowerman
Lowmans
Lowman
Harman A Lowman
Request for More Federal Relief Funds in Louisiana
Frank H. Peterman, emergency relief administrator, asks for additional federal appropriation to prevent cuts to work and relief budgets in Louisiana. He notes the June allocation of 1,250,000 falls 400,000 short of the request, with 47,874 direct and work relief cases listed and an average relief of 24.86 per case as of May 24.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Frank H. Peterman
Abe's Trial Delayed By Kool Em Off Plans
New Orleans June 6 United States Attorney Rene A Viesca said the trial of A L Shushan president of the Orleans levee board on attempted tax evasion would not begin June 11 as planned. He gave no new date but federal sources expect a mid July or later start awaiting a summer cooling system in the court and a trial judge assignment.
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New Orleans
Rene A. Viesca
A. L. Shushan
Orleans
Mother and Son Face Death in Sussex Jail
Mrs May H. Carey, 55, and her son sat in Sussex county jail cells in Georgetown Del to await execution on the gallows. They pored over Bible passages as officials tested the gallows slated for tomorrow.
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Georgetown
Del
Sussex County
May H. Carey
Breaks in Dikes Flood Kansas City Area
Flood waters from the Kaw and Missouri rivers spread over thousands of acres of farmland after dikes breached. The Kaw levee north of Lawrence failed, threatening North Lawrence as residents evacuated. About 600 workers had labored to shore up barriers when the breach occurred. Bill Adams and Capt H S Howes were among those attempting to halt a smaller break.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Here
Hermann
St. Charles
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Kaw
Lawrence
Kas
North
Cce
Bill Adams
H. S. Howes
Second ransom note found in Spokane fuels Weyerhaeuser kidnapping hunt
Authorities disclosed a second $20,000 ransom bill linked to the George Weyerhaeuser case was found at the Spokane post office. Federal agents traced the note while pursuing leads, including a possible seizure of suspects in Tacoma and Seattle. George was taken on a motor trip toward Issaquah as the hunt intensifies.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Seattle
Department of Justice
Spokane
Portland
Huntington
Ore
Salt Lake City
W. W. Simpson
Miss Beavers
Weyerhaeuser
Issaquah
Pacific Northwest
Little George
Golden Jubilee for New Orleans States editor Ross
New Orleans June 6 Captain John Walker Ross marked fifty years with the Daily States and continued service into leadership roles. A jubilee edition and a celebratory banquet by Times Picayune Publishing honored his career and praised his calm decisive editorial style amid turbulent newsroom years.
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New Orleans
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Walker Ross
Captain Ross
Times-Picayune
Garner
Frank B. Noyes
Associated Press
Kent Cooper
Josephus Daniels
Mexico
Roosevelt
Ross
Daily States
H. J. Hearsey
Robert Ewing
Colonel Ewing
States
Ewing
Times-Picayune Publishing Company
Neville High School to Graduate 81 Students
The class of 1935 at Neville High School will receive diplomas at 8 15 p m in the school auditorium. Rev E F Hayward of Grace Episcopal Church will deliver the address. The program includes orchestral selections, invocations, salutatory and valedictory remarks, medals, and the presentation of diplomas by Mayor Arnold Bernstein.
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Neville High School
E. F. Hayward
Grace Episcopal Church
Monroe
Elizabeth Joan Kenney
United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary
Robins
Rev. Hayward
Arnold Bernstein
Huey Long Charges Sullivan in Louisiana Fraud Case
June 6 New Orleans John P Sullivan anti Huey Long leader and Navillus Realty head was charged in criminal district court with operating a confidence game and several counts of fraud based on his real estate transactions. Assistant Attorney General James OConnor filed the charges.
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New Orleans
John P. Sullivan
Huey Long
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Criminal District Court
Sullivan
Navillus Realty Company
Long
James O'Connor
Congress
Telephone Rate Case Argued to Supreme Court in Louisiana
Senator Huey P. Long argued for the Louisiana public service commission against Southern Bell in a high court fight over lowering state telephone rates. The company seeks dissolution of a temporary restraining order as it appeals a judge’s ruling. The commission had in December ordered rate reductions totaling about $360 000 annually.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Supreme Court
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Louisiana
Long
Louisiana Public Service Commission
James Henriques
High Court
W.W. Carruth Jones
East Baton Rouge
Hero Of Vimy Ridge Dies At English Home
Viscount Byng of Vimy a World War I hero and ex governor general of Canada died at Thorpe Hall Essex after an operation. The 72 year old peace-time police reformer had led London’s Metropolitan Police and was considered a senior wartime commander. Lord Allenby remained the last surviving top British field leader from the war.
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Thorpelsoken
Essex
England
Viscount Byng of
Vimy
London
Metropolitan Police
Thorpe Hall
Vimy Ridge
Canada
Lord Allenby
Prentice Avant Injured In West Monroe Wreck
Prentice Avant a 28 year old West Monroe dairyman is hospitalized with a double jaw fracture and serious injuries after his auto left the Dixie Overland highway and overturned two miles west of West Monroe. He was taken to St. Francis sanitarium by a passerby. An attorney Milling Bernstein allegedly struck a parked ambulance at the scene but no injuries were reported.
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Prentice Avant
West Monroe
St. Francis
Avant
Milling Bernstein
Monroe
US and Europe split Irish sweepstakes totals in Hollywood note
Will Rogers reports the United States won 2 745 000 dollars while the rest of the world earned 2 966 000 in the Irish sweepstakes. The piece also mentions attempts to preserve NRA features by persuasion hours and wages and questions Roosevelt's legality and fairness of the scheme.
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Hollywood
United States
Europe
NRA
Roosevelt
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