Raids Seize Slot Machines in Ouachita Parish
Deputies from the Ouachita Parish sheriff’s office raided Brownville establishments chasing slot machines tied to lottery law violations. Four owners including L. E. Legan and Charles Walker were arrested with more captures expected as rounds continue. Police classify the devices as gambling precursors and nuisance advances.
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Ouachita Net
Milton Coverdale
Twin Cities
L. E. Legan
C. J. Knighten
J. A. Phillips
Charles Walker
Brownville
West Mon
Coverdale
H. D. Apgar
Monroe
Water Valley jeweler hurt in Bilbo car crash
R C Knox a Water Valley jeweler, was struck by a car driven by former Governor Bilbo last night near Water Valley. Knox suffered a compound fracture and head bruises and was improving at the hospital. Bilbo remained at the scene and visited the hospital today.
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Associated Press
Water Valley
Miss
R. C. Knox
G. Bilbo
Bilbo
Oxford
Holcomb
Knox
Longest Old Spanish Trail bridge opens over Mobile Bay
The John T. Cochrane bridge spanning Mobile Bay was formally opened with a ceremony in Mobile. Officials from Alabama Florida and Louisiana attended led by Govs Bibb Graves and John W. Martin. The 10.5 mile span shortens the route eliminating a 15 mile ferry and ties into the Old Spanish Trail across the continent.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
John T. Cochrane
Mobile Bay
Alabama
Montgomery
Bibb Graves
State Highway Commission
John W. Martin
Fons A. Hathaway
Florida State Road Department
Jacksonville
Fla
New Orleans
Tensas
Baldwin Counties
Graves
Martin
Bienville Square
Cochrane
St. Augustine
San Diego
California
Lake Ponchartrain
State of Louisiana
Lake Bournees
Lake Pontchartrain
Monroe Man Named Treasurer of La Epworth League
Officers were elected at the eighth annual session of the Louisiana assembly of the Epworth League held at Mansfield Female College. Charles White of Alexandria was named president Grace Cook of Baton Rouge vice president Elizabeth Daniel of Pineville secretary H Riggs of Monroe treasurer and Rev J D Grambling of Grand Cane was re elected dean.
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Associated Press
Mansfield
Louisiana Assembly
Seaplanes and Guardsmen Hunt for Yacht Cinnebar Survivors
Seaplanes and coast guard cutters searched islands off Georgia for survivors of the yacht Cinnebar believed sunk after a fuel tank explosion near Savannah Light on June 6. Only one survivor, Nick Haraboglia, reports the fate of owners Phil Pomeroy and others, with plans for further air and water searches.
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Associated Press
Savannah
Prohibition Forces
Coast Guard
Georgia
Cinnebar
Nick Haraboglia
Phil Pomeroy
Miami
Fla
Phil Bertachi
Entneer
Asa Johnson
Haraboglia
Big Peerless
Jacksonville
Escuers
Gen Wroten Seriously Ill At Home In Magnolia
Magnolia Miss June 14 Gen W M Wroten 80 former commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans is in serious condition at his home after indigestion and erysipelas. Family members are at the bedside and death is expected at any time. Hundreds of veterans have called to see their chief but visitors are not permitted.
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Associated Press
Magnolia
Miss
W. M. Wroten
United Confederate Veterans
Seven Slayers of Deputy Warden Klein Remain in Prison
Three of seven convicts who killed Deputy Warden Klein during Joliet break remain imprisoned. Gregorio Rizzo led the breakout, Walter Stalesky was wounded, and Charles Duschowski was beaten resisting recapture. Others escaped or were killed during the third escape attempt.
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Associated Press
Joliet
Klein
Gregorio Rizzo
Elain
Walter Stalesky
Charles Duschowski
Charles Shader
Roberto Sorrez
M. P. Employee Killed When Crushed Between Cars
Lonnie Leon McDaniel 29, a helper to a car inspector, died after being crushed between two Missouri Pacific freight cars in Monroe yards while spotting cars. He died about five hours later at St. Francis sanitarium. An investigation by the railroad company was under way. He lived with his family on the Dixie-Overland highway between West Monroe and Calhoun, with services planned at his father's home and burial in Mount Nebo cemetery. He was brother-in-law of Samuel H. Foster, fatally shot at his Minden home on June 8.
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Missouri Pacific
South Monroe
Lonnie Leon McDaniel
St. Francis Sanitarium
McDaniel
West Monroe
Calhoun
D. T. McDaniel
Mount Nebo
Samuel H. Foster
Minden
French Long Distance Ace Narrowly Escapes Plane Crash
Capt Georges Pelletier D Oisy a famed French long distance aviator and his navigator M Gonin escaped death when their heavy plane, departing Le Bourget for Krachi India, crashed two miles from the field and was destroyed by fire.
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Associated L’ress
LE Bourget
France
Georges Pelletier D’oisy
M. Gonin
Krachi
India
Levine Faces Seizure Threat Over Columbia Monoplane
Charles A. Levine, who rode with Clarence D. Chamberlin on the trans Atlantic flight, is confronted by a claim from Dr. Puppe a German promoter for a commission on a loan promotion to steel mills. Puppe threatens to seize the Columbia unless the claim is settled. mediation has halted the seizure until Levine's attorney returns from Vienna.
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Berlin
Charles A. Levine
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Columbia
Puppe
Levine
Germany
Man Arrested in Canada Not the Strangler
Winnipeg June 14 A man arrested at Raeburn Manitoba and brought to Winnipeg last night is not the strangler sought in the killings of Mrs. Emily Patterson and Lola Cowan. He is held for mental examination as authorities continue the hunt for the suspect said to have murdered multiple women in this city and the United States.
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Winnipeg
Man
Raeburn
Manitoba
Emily, Patterson
Lola Cowan
United States
Bobby Jones Fights Through Trouble for Open Round
Bobby Jones struggled in windy Oakmont conditions finishing with a 76 four over par in the opening 18 holes of the 72 hole American open. An eagle on the first hole sparked early momentum but sand trap trouble on the fourth and uneven putting marred the round despite several one putts.
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Oakmont
Bobby Jones
Jones
Atlanta
Lindbergh Visits Mitchell and Curtiss Fields After Atlantic Flight
Charles A. Lindbergh makes a postflight auto tour to Mitchell Field and Curtiss Flying Field on Long Island. He chats with pilots and mechanics, autographs the Spirit of St. Louis fuel funnel, and thanks airfield staff before a planned New York dinner.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mitchell Field
Curtiss Flying Field
Long Island
Park Avenue
Lindbergh
Casey” Jones
Curtiss
Casey
Central Park
Washington
Davidson
Newspaper Club
City of New York
Commodore
Paper makers rapidly build new empire in the South
A growing kraft paper industry spreads from Arkansas across southern Louisiana with planned mills in Hodge near Jonesboro and Bastrop, Camden and Monroe poised as an industrial hub. The region offers pine stands, year round shifts, river transport, and cheap natural gas fueling nine large pulp mills and over twenty million dollars in plant investments.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
New England
West Monroe
Bastrop
Camden
Hodge
Jonesboro
Jackson Parish
Monroe
America
South
Virginia
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana Chosen For Major Pulp Mill Plant
John E. Kelley of Advance Bag and Paper, Maine, says after a two-year search of the South, Louisiana offers the best conditions for a new pulp mill. He cites low production costs, cheap fuel, low wages, abundant wood pulp, and strong transportation as key advantages, aligning with decisions by International Paper and others.
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John E. Kelley
Advance Bag and Paper Company
Howland
Maine
United States
South
Lousiana
International Paper Company
Louisiana
Princely Empire of Cut-Over Pine Declared Vast
The article describes a large timber region bounded by the Ouachita River and extending toward Lake Charles and into Texas with substantial pulp land near New Orleans. It portrays the cut-over pine as a princely empire, though not always favored by lumber interests, suggesting growing potential and significance for the sector.
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Iana
Lake Charles
Texas
New Orleans
Guard Augmented as Rumors of Mob Rally Around Kilby Prison
In Montgomery Alabama authorities boosted security at Kilby Prison amid conflicting reports of a mob from Jackson Mississippi aiming to storm the facility and seize Walter Burley. Officials warned of possible national guard deployment if order could not be preserved.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Kilby
Jackson
Miss
Walter Burley
Hamp Draper
State Board of Administration
J. E. Simmons
Draper
Graves
National Guard
Mississippi
Alabama
Burley
Strikers Dispersed by New York Policeman
One hundred and fifteen policemen dispersed crowds of striking left wing furriers in downtown New York and arrested 150 men and women on disorderly conduct charges. Long lines of marchers paraded in the rain with some wearing steel helmets for protection.
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New York
Illinois Central Reopens Line to Vicksburg with Limited Service
The Illinois Central will restore service to Vicksburg after flood disruption. Passenger No 238 from Shreveport arrives 9 15 AM then departs 9 30 AM for Vicksburg, while No 237 from Vicksburg reaches Monroe by 4 40 PM and departs for Shreveport at 4 50 PM. Full through schedule to return in a few days as midnight freight resumes. Rescue and repair crews worked in several feet of water, especially from Tallulah to Vicksburg, with four miles of piling installed by constant crews.
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Shreveport
Vicksburg
Monroe
Tallulah
Radio Stations Warned by Federal Commission
Washington June 14. The federal radio commission warns stations that willfully violating the new frequency allocations due to take effect at 3 am tomorrow face license revocation under section 14 of the Radio Act of 1927. The commerce department is to report apparent violations in the field.
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Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Commission
Commerce Department
Byrd to Attempt Round Trip Paris Flight Weather Delays Takeoff
A near Byrd flying camp source says Byrd plans a round trip to Paris with a brief stop, weather permitting, aiming for tomorrow night or Thursday morning. The plan aims to see Lindbergh and to precede other European returns, with preparations complete on the Fokker America for trans Atlantic flight.
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Associated Press
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Richard Byrd
Byrd
Paris
Charles Lindebergh
Clarence Chanderlin
Charles Levine
Europe
Paria
Lindbergh
Roosevelt Field
Hangag
Fokker Plant
America
Bert Acosta
Chamberlin
James Kimball
Weather Bureau
New York
Will Rogers Ill at Beverly Hills Home
Beverly Hills California June 14 Will Rogers movie comedian and mayor of Beverly Hills was confined to his bed today with an attack of nervous indigestion. He is under a doctor’s care advised to rest. He has been in ill health since returning from a lecture trip and X rays were taken to check for complications from a fall in New York during a polo game three weeks ago.
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Associated Press
Beverly Hills
Cal
Will Rogers
Rogers
New York City
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