View Clues Disclosed in Slaying Case Sailor Still At Large
Los Angeles reports Captain James Bean faces suspicion for apparent negligence in the slaying of Virginia Patty and for failing to arrest suspect William L. Tallman. Bean possessed Tallman’s name and description and was notified before sailing on the Admiral. Evidence includes signatures matching Tallman at Tallman’s hotel and rooming house, while Merrill A. Strange, Tallman’s brother in law, was questioned over a radiogram from a suspect.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
James Bean
Irginia Patty
William L. Tallman
James Lyons
Bean
Tallman
San Pedro
Sanrancisco
al Slaten
Tallan
W. L. Tallman
W. Johnson
Tallan’s
Patty
Merrill A. Strange
Bennin
San Francisco
Strange
Mississippi River to fall below flood stage tomorrow
The Mississippi River, at flood stage for 89 days the longest on record, is expected to drop below 85 feet tomorrow after being at 35.4 feet today. Full air service between Memphis and Helena will resume, interrupted since 22, due to high water. Freight rerouted over Missouri Pacific lines. passenger trains operated. A track section was washed out after floodwaters reached six feet.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Missisppi
River Bureau
Ark
Floyd R. Mays
Yazoo Mississippi Valley
Helena
Dundee
Miss
Missouri Paollines
Dixie War Veterans March in Review Today
On a clear Charlotte morning the remnants of the Confederacy, around 3,000 veterans, marched or rode in automobiles in a review before their commander in chief. The event featured 200 floats and 283 units as crowds looked on with admiration and memories of past battles.
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Dixie’s War Veterans
Associated Press
Charlotte
N. C
Confederacy
Lee
Jackson
Sneed
Five Men Certain of Posts In MacDonalds Cabinet
London dispatch confirms five ministers for Ramsay MacDonalds new labor cabinet. J H Thomas Lord Privy Seal heads unemployment portfolio. Arthur Henderson foreign affairs. Phillip Snowden chancellor of the exchequer. John R Clynes home secretary. George Lansbury first commissioner of public works. Additional appointments seen as almost certain include Sir John Sankey to lord high chan.
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London
Labor
Ramsay MacDonald
Associated Press
J. H. Thomas
Prive Seal
MacDonald
Arthur Henderson
Henderson
Labor and Socialist International
Phillip Snowden
Winston Churchill
John R. Clynes
George Lansbury
Daily Herald
John Sankey
Lord High Chan
Police tighten traffic laws in Monroe
Police in Monroe launched a broad enforcement drive on the traffic ordinance with many tickets issued yesterday and today. Capt E B Clower wrote tickets for juvenile driving left side of street stop sign violations and improper hand signals. Officer A P Clower cited over parking violations and two officers reported numerous speeding tickets.
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E. B. Clower
A. P. Clower
R. J. Goza
J. M. Webb
T. M. Wall
L. H. Pace
A. A. Anderson
Richard Goins
London
Webb
W. H. Hines
J. E. Godfrey
George Aubert
Clara Brush
S. S. Butler
A. C. Ransom
8. J. Gunn
D. Marks
Altitude mark for seaplanes set by Soucek
Lieutenant Apollo Soucek of the Navy reportedly set a new world seaplane altitude record during a Tuesday flight. After barograph verification by the Bureau of Standards the National Aeronautic Association announced he surpassed the prior record of 87 995 feet by 560 feet. Soucek had recently established a new altitude benchmark in the Wright aircraft.
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Washington
Apollo Soucek
Navy
National Aeronautic Association
Bureau of Standards
Soucek
Lieut
C. C. Champion
Wright
Two Stills Seized In Monroe City Limits
Three men Henry Cole Fred Green and A Brooks were sentenced by Judge Jey Sandel in district court for illegal possession and manufacture of whiskey. Each received 60 days in jail and a 100 dollar fine with 60 dollars additional on nonpayment, to run concurrently. Deputies D L Roper and Frank Cline seized two stills inside the city limits near Bright Oak.
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Sheriff's Department
Jey Sandel
Henry Cole
Fred Green
A. Brooks
Depu
D. L. Roper
Frank Cline
Collins
Green
Brooks’ Farm
Brooks
House approves farm relief bill export plan scrapped
Multiple Washington items report the House passing the conference report on the farm relief bill after removing the export debenture plan. Other notices include a flood control bill amendment proposal by Senator McKellar and the census reapportionment move to conference with aliens and disenfranchised counts excluded. In Lawrence Mass a young teacher Miss Louise J. Douglas was found dead, police citing suicide amid romance troubles.
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Washington
House
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Senate
Conference
Bitter murder trial ends in mistrial in Virginia
Abingdon Virginia June 7 deputy sheriff J W Crowe freed on five thousand dollar bond after a mistrial halted the murder case stemming from the May 6 shooting of Emory and Henry College student J W Kendrick. Co defendants W D Worley and James McReynolds face continued cases with the same bond. The jury could not reach a verdict after more than two hours of deliberation and a mistrial was declared. The commonwealth pressed for second degree or voluntary manslaughter.
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Abingdon
J. W. Crowe
Washington County
Liberty
J. W. Kendrick
Emory and Henry College
Crowe
W. D. Worley
James McReynolds
Kendrick
Paul Phelps
Sterling Dutton
Phelps
Dutton
Commonwealth
Negro Makes Escape from Baton Rouge Camp
In West Feliciana parish, J. C. Riley a Negro serving a five year burglary sentence from Madison parish escaped this morning en route from his cell to the baker shop at Captain T. J. Holland's road camp. Warden J. E. McClanahan ordered the guard responsible discharged.
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Baton Rouge
J. C. Riley
Madison Parish
T. J. Holland
West Feliciana Parish
J. E. McClanahan
Mr. McClanahan
City High School Commencement Slated Tonight
The city high school commencement will be held at the city school auditorium tonight at eight o clock. Dr E L Stephens president of Southwestern University at Lafayette will give the address. Honor students include Annie Louise Agerton Winnie Helen Beaman and many others with diplomas presented by Mayor Arnold Bernstein and Mrs C E Slade.
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City High School
City School
E. L. Stephens
Southwestern’ University At Lafayette
Edward F. Hayward
Winken
Blynken
Nod
J. A. Parks
Frances Davis
Eugenie Marrus
Harriet M. Turner
Mayhew
Hans Lichter
Arnold Bernstein
C. E. Slade
Dr. Hayward
Annie Louise Agerton
Winnie Helen Beaman
Catherine Treanor Cline
Margaret Virginia Cudd
Lena Margaret Danna
Frances Laurie Davis
Sue Quintus Graves
Mattie Elizabeth Green
Shirley Blossom Haas
Helen Claire Hawkins
Polly Anne Heninger
Suzanne Carolyn Hirsch
Marjorie Claudine Kelly
Ferdinand Martin Krauss
Sara Annette Larche
H. P. Marks, Jr
Berry Adcock
Eugenie Naomi Marrus
Bertha Alyce Masur
Anne Laurie Smith
Carmen Naomi
Experts sign Paris reparations report at George V Hotel
In Paris on June 7 the experts' reparations report was signed at the Hotel George V, approving the annuities proposed by Owen D Young American expert to fix payments Germany must make to allied creditors for 59 years. Ratification by governments and detailed working plans follow.
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Associated Press
Paris
Europe
Hotel George V
Germany
Owen D. Young
Brothers Reunited After 20 Years in Cossack Raid
CHICAGO June 17 Twenty years after Cossacks raided a Russian village and split the Torchin family Albert Torchin, long believed dead, and his brother David reunited in the Congress hotel lobby. David had traveled from Baltimore for the Radio Dealers convention when a chance introduction revealed Albert alive.
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Chicago
Torchin
Albert Torchin
America
David
Albert
David Torchin
Congress Hotel
Baltimore
Eleven Negroes Held On Poison Attempt Charge
West Point Mississippi residents report on June arrests of eleven Black suspects tied to a poison plot against Walker Goza’s family. Authorities say arsenic was found in a water keg used by the Goza household.
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West Point
Miss
Walker Goza
Goza
Spurgeon Harris
Lat Barr
Bil Parker
Buck Collins
John Parker
Lucy Parker
William Brownlee
Flemmings Brownlee
Erma Harris
William Hinton
William Barr
Senate Moves to End Lame Duck Sessions
The Senate adopted the Norris resolution to abolish lame duck sessions and sent it to the House by a 64 to 9 vote. It would also shift presidential inaugurations from March 4 to January 15, with Norris of Nebraska as author. previous attempts failed in the House.
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Associated Press
Washington
Norris
Congress
Senate
House
Nebraska
Babe Ruth Illness Clouds Yankees Lineup Outlook
New York June 7 Babe Ruth is reported very ill his wife declines comment and says only Dr King can speak Edward G Barrow denies severity at Yankees office says heart palpitations common and not serious The Babe may miss a month or more depending on recovery.
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Associated Press
New York
Babe Ruth
Associated Press Today
Ruth
The
Yankees
Tobias Franchise Bid Goes to Advised Hearing
The Mississippi railroad commission overruled a motion to dismiss George H. Tobias and associates’ bid for a bus network franchise in the south. Testimony concluded and the case moved to advisement.
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Jackson
Miss
George H. Tobias and Associates
Mississippi Railroad Commission
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