Ex Official Payne Surrenders Bond Set After Bond Move
Major Frank T. Payne former Louisiana highway commission chairman arrived in Baton Rouge after eluding officers while en route from El Paso Texas to surrender. Sheriff McHugh served a warrant for embezzlement of state funds and a $5000 bond was signed for his release with arraignment set for next Thursday morning. The development followed reports Payne was en route by car to bond on embezzlement charges initiated by Governor Huey P. Long.
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Baton Rouge
Frank T. Payne
Louisiana Highway Commission
el Paso
Texas
T. E. McHugh
Criminal District Court
Payne
Huey P. Long
T. E. McPugh
Columbia Mission Fails to Reach Final Destination
After six hours aloft in fog, the monoplane Columbia电 returned to Curtiss Field New York June 7 unable to locate Old Orchard Me on the first leg of a trans Atlantic flight.
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Curtiss Field
N. Y
Columbia
Qld Orchard
Masked Trio Raids Polls Amid Election Shooting in Tampa
Two election inspectors Ulmer Hawkins shot in the left foot and Henry Airth hit in arm thigh and body as three masked men raided a Tampa polling precinct. The precinct was large and ballots near completion. Authorities suspect a deliberate plot to steal ballots and disrupt county races.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
Ulmer Hawkins
Henry Airth
Friendship Fails in Hop Off Attempts at Trepassey
The mono plane Friendship tried three times to rise from Trepassey harbor for an Atlantic crossing but was too heavily laden and wind too light. Conditions remained unfavorable with south wind and overcast skies likely to persist through nightfall.
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Ity Associated Press
Trepassey
Friendship
Atlantic
Columbian Carbon Employee Injured In Car Crash
Bill Mullens a 22 year old lab worker at Columbian Carbon was seriously injured when his car near Fairbanks struck a stump. He was thrown through the windshield and rushed to Riverside sanitarium. At 2 pm his condition was listed as undetermined.
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Bill Mullens
The
Columbian Carbon Company
Fairbanks
Tunney to defend heavyweight title July 26
Tex Rickard announced to the New York athletic commission that Gene Tunney will defend his heavyweight championship against Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 26.
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Associated Press
New York
Tex ' Rickard
New York State Athletic Commission
Gene Tunney
Tom Heeney
Yankee Stadium
Tax on Home Brew Would Fund Louisiana Schools
Baton Rouge June 7 News reports Representative James L. Anderson proposes a 25 cent tax on malt used to make home brew to raise about 2 million dollars for public school funds. The plan, supported by the minister-turned-lawmaker, would tax malt producers at sixty dollars a year per manufacturer and include four industrial schools costing about one million dollars.
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Baton Rouge
James L. Anderson
Grant Parash
Anderson
Louisiana State University
Measure by Jones Loses In La House
Baton Rouge June 7 after a heated debate the house killed the bill to elect parish school superintendents by popular vote 58 to 36 postponing the measure indefinitely Representative Mahoney led the opposition arguing the change would politicize schools while Bacon argued schools are already political and voters should decide directly the dispute centered on whether to postpone and whether to pursue a constitutional change in parish education governance
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
House
Mahoney
15Th Ward
Orleans
Jones
Jackson
Bacon
Webster
Webster Salon
Peltier
Representa
Italian Embassy Window Smash Declares Anti Mussolini Demo
Witnesses describe a demonstration against Mussolini outside the Italian embassy in Berlin on June 7. An auto passed and five windows were broken including one in the ambassador’s study, with shouts of down with Mussolini. Rote Fahne claims the act was a protest over Rome’s communist leaders sentence.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Rote Fahne Today
Rome
Mussolini
Sport Palace
Governor urges legislature to curb loan sharks
Governor Huey P. Long urged lawmakers in Baton Rouge to pass a workable small loan law to curb loan shark activities. He said such lenders have plagued Louisiana wage earners and vowed earnest efforts and support for the measure.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Long
Woman abandons baby at home then returns with child
On May 20 at 4 30 pm a cab driver first dropped a baby at 209 Louise Anne Avenue then returned with a woman and the same infant seeking a position. Mrs. Gardner refused to leave the baby but later allowed the visitor to stay briefly with the child and suitcase.
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Louise Anne Avenue
T. G. Gardner
Gardner House
Murder Scented Death in Doonar Case at Kansas City
John R Doonar 35 died in Kansas City Mo last Sunday night of a homicide by blunt instrument mystery surrounds the death. He was born in Monroe and had been employed as a cashier. body brought to Monroe for service at his aunt Mrs Hugh Biggar 110 L street with a high mass of requiem. Interment in Catholic cemetery. First word came to Monroe relatives when a tragedy occurred Friday night.
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John R. Doonar
Kansas City
Monroe
Hugh Biggar
L Street
Vandegaer
Deonur
U S Prisoner Wrests Pistol From Officer and Ends Life
Shreveport report says 40 year old book agent J H Phillips wrestled a pistol from an officer as he was being taken to jail for mail misuse. He fatally shot himself after the weapon was seized, while bound for federal court in Oklahoma City.
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Shreveport
J. H. Phillips
Phillips
Oklahoma City
River stages show varied rises and falls across regions
Water levels across several river gauges indicate mixed movement. Mississippi at St Louis up 0.7 to 12.5 feet, Memphis rising 0.7 to 20.6, Shreveport up 0.3 to 16.8, and Alexandria down 6.4 to 18.8 feet. New Orleans falls 0.7 to 11.0, with other sites showing fluctuations.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Ficksburg Wen
New Orleans
Kred
Wee
Explosion At Russian Eagle Cafe Injures Ten In Hollywood
A blast at the Russian Eagle cafe in Hollywood injures ten, with Chaplin and other film figures fleeing the venue after a fire alarm. Investigators find candles and kerosene in the attic and consider whether the blast was accidental or a plot, as the building roof collapses and wires fall.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Cal
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Studio Center
Theodore Lochijinsky
Irving P. Strother
Sheriff's Office
Chaplin
Marquis de la Falaise
Gloria Swanson
John McCormick
Colleen Moore
Renes Adoree
Jack Dempsey
Tick Bill Gets Committee Vote In Louisiana House
The Louisiana House agricultural committee reports the tick eradication bill in a 9 to 5 vote after a heated hearing. The plan divides the state into zones and requires inspectors to oversee livestock dipping with a $175,000 annual appropriation. McClanahan opposes, while George Ginsberg leads the pro side as debate centers on method.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
House Agricultural Committee
Louisiana State Livestock Sanitary. Board
McClanahan
Caldwell
Parish
George Ginsberg
Rapides
Co. Htl
Increase in Air Mail Carried On 19 Routes
The post office department reports May air mail on 19 routes rose to 199 284 pounds, up 28 256 pounds from April’s 171 028. The Atlanta New Orleans route carried to be 143 pounds in May.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Atlanta
New Orleans
Deep test north of Alto blasts into flames from friction
The Gulf Refining No. 2 deep test near Richland parish, about four miles north of Alto, caught fire at 9 p.m. during a 60 day drilling effort that reached roughly 3,900 feet. Friction while freeing the drill stem ignited high pressure gas, and flames were visible for miles.
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Alto
News-Star
Gulf Refining Company
England Planting Company
Richland Parish
Will Rogers Survives Second Airplane Crash
Will Rogers escaped unhurt after a Boeing Air Transport plane crashed its undercarriage on landing at an emergency field in Cherknee Wyoming. He had landed upside down in a separate accident in Las Vegas yesterday and pressed east to Kansas City to headline a cowboy polo team in a Middle Western tours event tied to the Republican national convention entertainment program.
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Cherokee
Wyo
Will Rogers
Boeing Air Transport, Inc
Las Vegas
Nev
Rogers
California
Kansas City
Assassination Attempt Reported Against Chang Tso-Lin
Telegraphic advices from Tientsin say another unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Marshal Chang Tso-Lin occurred yesterday afternoon. He remains at Mukden and two arrests were made in connection with the incident.
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Associated Press
Shanghat
China
Tientsin
Chang Tso-Lin
Mukden
Magistrate Included In Prohibition Attack Case
Nine men were convicted in circuit court in Shepherdsville over the death of Mrs. Browning, 60, shot the night of June, with life terms pronounced. The jurors cited federal prohibition agents and information from tips as influencing the case. Convicted is Magistrate John Bolton and six others named Crenshaw Harris Crenshaw Hodge. verdicts were appealed.
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Shepherdsville
2 Browning
John Bolton
Frank
James Harris
Elmer
Cla Crenshaw
Leslie
Golden Hodge
Sare Bolton
Mechanical Birdman Uninjured in Crash
In St Augustine Florida Captain George R White of New York conducted wing flapping ornithopter experiments. A gliding flight ended when a wing cable loosened causing the craft to crash a few feet, though the flyer escaped injury and the craft sustained only minor damage. Gliding runs had been conducted with a tow rope from an automobile just before the incident.
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Associated Press
ST. Augustine
Fla
George R. White
York
Corinthia Quake Strikes Again Shaking Athens
A strong earthquake hit Corinthia today and was felt in Athens. Many houses collapsed and smoke rose as residents faced aftershocks and fears of a volcanic eruption. The tremor caused widespread damage across nearby towns and deepened the crisis for residents.
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Athens
Greece
Corinth
Seversl
Traki
Ita
Vrashat
Sherrouse Elected Head of Junior Board
J W Sherrouse was unanimously elected president and Sam Davis vice president of the junior board of the Chamber of Commerce at yesterday's meeting. The group also planned a wider extension of membership and activities for the coming year. The board members named include Betts, J W Worthington, W J Sherro Rogers, Hart, Morrison, Davis, Issac, and Lettie A McClary.
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W. J. Sherrouse
Sam’ ‘Davis
Chamber of Commerce
East On TesbeRtay
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