Bonus Veterans Run Communists Out Their Camp
Daily dispatch reports a new bonus army contingent reaching Memphis after a rain soaked ride. Veteran petitions for the Patman bill were presented to President Hoover and lawmakers, with Curtis the only official seen. The group plans a Washington cash bonus protest while awaiting the House vote slated for Monday.
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James R. Cox
Pittsburgh
Hoover
Curtis
Garner
Congress
House
Patman
Memphis
V.P
Missouri Pacific
Washington
Coughlin Donates 5000 to Bonus Army in Washington
Rev Charles E Coughlin of the Shrine of the Little Flower announced a $5000 donation to the bonus army in Washington for food and essentials. He borrowed the funds and sent a telegram to H Ralph Burton to provide the money immediately, aiming to aid veterans and hamper communists among them.
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Detroit
Charles E. Coughlin
Shrine of the Little Flower
Washington
Royal Oak
H. Ralph Burton
Assistant Chief Highway Official Arrested in Baton Rouge Incident
The assistant chief highway officer faces arrest after an assault at the Louisiana capitol. Witnesses describe two men grabbing Jos L. Boudreaux on the Capitol steps, then striking him. he was hospitalized with a fractured skull and later sent to a sanitarium. Primeaux alleges Louis Jones struck Boudreaux with a pistol and faces up to 21 years. Primeaux claims he was forced from the building during the incident.
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State Highway Police
Boudreaux
Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium
Col. E. P. Roy
Louisiana Highway Commission
Primeaux
Jones
Memorial Hall
Capitol
Louis Jones
Jos
L. Boudreaux
William H. Awl Observes 83rd Birthday Today
William H. Awl marks his 83rd birthday. Civil War veteran, former Confederate courier, and long time Mason and church member in Monroe. He survived the 1870 71 fire and the Mansfield battle vicinity.
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William H. Awl
Awl
First
trans-Mississippi Cavalry
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Mansfield
Martha Louise Callam
Samuel Awl
Cora Gibbs
Monroe
Masonic Fraternity
Western Star Lodge
Royal Arch Masons
First Methodist Church
Securities Disappear From Girard Trust Office
Securities valued around $200,000 that had just been delivered vanished today from the Girard Trust company administrative office in Philadelphia police said.
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Philadelphia
Girard Trust Company
Let Contract For Lighting Airway Through Monroe
Department of commerce airways engineer visits on the letting of the contract for the construction of the towers. Power will be provided by Louisiana Power and Light. Towers will run from Shreveport east through Sibley Gibsland Arcadia Ruston Calhoun Selman Field Start Holly Ridge Waverly Tallulah to Vicksburg. Night service from Dallas June 15 will cut Monroe to Pacific coast time by 12 hours with planes leaving Fort Worth Dallas at 8 p.m. and arriving in San Diego Los Angeles at 7 a.m. next day.
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Louisiana Power and Light Company
Shreveport
Sibley
Gibsland
Arcadia
Ruston
Calhoun
Selman Field
Start
Holly Ridge
Waverly
Tallulah
Vicksburg
Dallas
Monroe
Pacific Coast
Fort Worth-Dallas
San Diego
Los Angeles
Ada Wright barred entry to Belgium over Scottsboro case
Ada Wright of Chattanooga Tennessee mother of two of seven Alabama death row inmates arrives in Europe amid protests. A Belgian government ban stops her entry as Germany hosts a Scottsboro victims relief drive and the Communist party sponsors meetings. The case draws petitions to President Hoover and a U S Supreme Court appeal remains unresolved.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Brussels
Ada Wright
Chattanooga
Tenn
Alabama
Germany
Scottsboro
Hoover
United States Supreme Court
Wright
Communist Party
Saving Committee
Scottsboro Affair
Murder charge filed against deputy sheriffs in Watkins case
Two more men, J. A. Spurgeon and W. O. Sparks, deputy sheriffs, face murder charges over Jesse Watkins’s fatal shooting near Garrison Texas. Inspector H. E. Hendrix of the Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission had been charged earlier. They posted $5,000 bond. Watkins was shot during a farm dispute over cattle dipping. officers say Watkins attacked Spurgeon with a hoe, injuring his arm.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
J. A. Spurgeon
W. O. Sparks
Jesse Watkins
Garrison
H. E. Hendrix
Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission
Watkins
Spurgeon
New York Editorial Backs Smith for Presidency
The New York paper endorses Al Smith for president calling the choice a toss up between Smith and Hoover. It attacks the Roosevelt administration for yielding to politics, condemns Hoover for signing the tariff bill, and criticizes Roosevelt’s stance before Tammany Hall.
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Roosevelt
Mr. Hoover
Gov
Franklin Roosevelt
New York City
Linen piece goods exports from UK to US in 1931
United Kingdom linen piece goods exports to the United States reached 33,056,000 square yards in 1931, indicating a large trade flow and demand in the early industrial era. Strong entity mentions include the United Kingdom and United States with the year 1931 and the volume 33,056,000 square yards.
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United Kingdom
United States
Okaloosa Party Hosts Evening of Games
Miss Hazel Mayes entertained numerous friends Saturday night at her home. Many games were played and the guests included Vernie Kilpatrick Grace Dickerson Audrey Crowell Maxie Walters Evelyn Dickerson Oliva Hobbs Berline Crowell Herman Dickerson Hansford Walters Howell Roberts Clayton Dickerson Prentice King Hardy Lewis Jullian Cockrell and Bennie King.
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Hazel Mayes
Vernie Kilpatrick
Grace Dickerson
Audrey Crowell
Maxie Walters
Evelyn Dickerson
Oliva Hobbs
Berline Crowell
Herman Dickerson
Hansford Walters
Howell Roberts
Clayton Dickerson
Prentice King
Hardy Lewis
Jullian Cockrell
Bennie King
State Travelers meet in annual session
State Travelers hold annual session on a lot south of Hotel Frances with a second business meeting at Hotel Virginia. Memorial services led by Rev. Thomas F. Jett of Monroe First Christian Church. Wives join a bridge party and luncheon at Hotel Monroe, golf at Municipal links, boat ride on the Ouachita, and banquet with dance at Hotel Frances.
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Hotel Frances
Hotel Virginia
Thomas F. Jett
First Christian Church of
Monroe
Hotel Monroe
Quachita River
War veteran makes inlaid tea table in Portland
A disabled veteran in Portland Oregon crafted an inlaid tea table using 4011 wood pieces of various kinds. The project highlights craftsmanship and perseverance.
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Portland
Ore
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