Brush combed in effort to find body of Mrs Parsons
A 100 member federal search mobilized around the Alice McDowell Parsons home near Stony Brook New York to locate the missing heiress after a ransom note raised suspicions. Reports of her movements clashed with the account of a Russian-born housemate. Howard McDowell plans to contact kidnappers while husband Charles Parsons pleads for news on the fifth day of her absence.
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Stony Brook
N. Y
Alice McDowell Parsons
Earl J. Connelley
Parsons
Here
Anna Kurpryanova
Howard McDowell
Los Angeles
McDowell
Alice
L. 1
Alice Parsons
Preacher who married Duke resigns from post amid tour plan
The Rev. R. Anderson Jardine who officiated the Duke of Windsor marriage resigns as vicar of St. Paul’s Darlington. He will tour the United States for two months as a combined holiday and lecture trip to discuss his actions. The bishop of Durham confirms receipt of the resignation. Five people are injured in weekend accidents near Monroe including Mrs. Lara Rogers and E. M. Anderson. all treated at St. Francis sanitarium or released after hospital care.
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Eng
R. Anderson Jardine
Duke of Windsor
United States
Monts
America
Jardine
St. Paul's
Noetsch
Austria
Monroe
Lara Rogers
Kingfish Inn
DeSiard Street
E. M. Anderson
Shreveport
Ted Pardue
Downsville
W. C. Fisher
Anderson
Pardue
Rogers
St. Francis Sanitarium
Rayville
Debt Free Church Milestone at First Methodist Orleans
In New Orleans on June 14 a notarial act cancelled the mortgage on the First Methodist church. Dedication services followed the debt free status achieved 31 years after construction. The event also marked the church’s 112th anniversary with Pastor Rev. William H. Wallace Jr. and remarks by Bishop Hoyt M. Dobbs.
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New Orleans
First Methodist
William H. Wallace, Jr
Hoyt M. Dobbs
Shreveport
Weather outlook for Louisiana and Arkansas coast and north
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with possible local thundershowers in southeast Louisiana and in the north portion of Arkansas. Gentle southerly winds along the coast, cooler in northern areas.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Rita Johnson May Take Jean Harlow Screen Role
Rita Johnson, a film player and former stage actress, may replace Jean Harlow in the screen role after Harlow was stricken with a fatal illness. The studio revealed Johnson was tested for the part for a retake of the unfinished production.
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Rita Johnson
Jean Harlow
Miss Johnson
Basque War Front and Senate Court Bill Split Wide
Insurgent air and ground assault near Bilbao push Basque defenders back as Franco expands control around the capital. Meanwhile in Washington the Senate Judiciary Committee recommends rejecting Roosevelt court plan as dangerous to constitutional principle.
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Associated Press
Bilbao
Pittsburgh
Francisco Franco
Santa Marina
France Raises Discount Rate to 6 Percent in Financial Strain
The Bank of France lifted the discount rate by two points to 6 percent to curb gold withdrawals as Premier Blum's socialist cabinet seeks measures to avert a financial crisis. Officials accuse capitalists of undermining the socialization program while seeking 20 billion francs to cover year end budget needs.
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Paris
Bank of France
France
Leon Blum
People's Front
Blum
Confederate veteran Charles P. Jones buried in New Orleans
Captain Charles P. Jones a 93 year old retired attorney and Civil War officer, died Saturday and was laid to rest in New Orleans. Born in Pulaski Tennessee he served as aide to General Bushrod R. Johnson and as a line captain. Survivors include daughter Miss Cora R. Jones son Charles P. Jones and brother Edward S. Jones.
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New Orleans
Charles P. Jones
Army of the Confederacy
Pulaski
Tenn
Bushrod R. Johnson
Ku Klux Klan
Cora R. Jones
The
Times-Picayune
Edward S. Jones
Officer Slain at Owens Chapel Church in Alabama
Deputy Sheriff Andrew Dutton was killed and six others wounded during a gun battle at Owens Chapel church near Moulton Alabama. Bert Retherford Bertha Perry Lorene Porter and three others were injured as investigators responded to a disturbance at the church.
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Lorene Porter
Decatur
Ala
Elton Blankenship
Robert Simpson
William White
Byars
Dutton
Little Church
Imogene
Film strike ends after seven weeks in Hollywood
Hollywood reports the seven week old film strike ends as the remaining 1,000 painters, scenic artists, hairdressers and makeup artists return to work following a settlement reached last week.
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Hollywood
C L Drew Dies At Residence In West Monroe
C L Drew 76 longtime north Louisiana pioneer family member died at his home 101 Ludwig Avenue West Monroe. He had been ill since December funeral held Monday at 4 p m interment Riverside Burial Park with Rev E E Huntsberry and Rev L T Hastings officiating. He was born Sept 10 1860 in Shreveport and later lived in Minden and Ouachita parish.
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C. L. Drew
North
Louisiana
Harmon A. Drew
Ludwig Avenue
West Monroe
Riverside Burial Park
E. E. Huntsberry
First Baptist Church of
L. T. Hastings
Monroe
Ed Harrell
Charles A. Parker
Lewis Langford
M. T. Stephens
Lewis Slater
Conrad Cage
Mr. Drew
Shreveport
Minden
Ettie Morgan
Ouachita Parish
Drew
Arkansas
Thomas H. Drew
Ouachita
Tragedy as Truck Submerged Stating Two Die Near Sorrento
A light delivery truck carrying Mr. and Mrs. J L Coumbe overturned in four feet of water on the airline highway near Sorrento Louisiana. Mrs Coumbe was found in the cab and Mr Coumbe pinned beneath the vehicle. Both victims were 27 and 29. A Boy Scout troop aided with resuscitation for Mrs Coumbe for two hours. Sheriff says no eyewitnesses.
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Baton Rouge
J. L. Coumbe
New Orleans
Coumbe
Sorrento
L. 2
McComb
Miss
Ilinois Central Hospital
E. D. Roberts
Lightning Strikes Holy Name of Mary Church at Algiers
A 32 minute storm yesterday left a large cornice missing from the concrete tower of Holy Name of Mary church in Algiers across the Mississippi. Selden Talbot, 39, witnessed the strike from across the street and recalled hearing an explosion and dodging falling stones.
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Algiers
New Orleans
Holy Name of Mary
Mississippi River
Selden Talbot
W. D. King Rites Held Monday
Will D. King Sr. aged 49 a prominent New Orleans coffee company representative died Sunday after surgery. Funeral at 4 p.m. Monday at 906 North Second Street with Rev. H L Johns and Rev Ernest Duncan Holloway officiating. Interment in Riverview Burial Park. He leaves a widow two sons Will D. King Jr and Tom King four brothers J F King F B King G H King and E P King.
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Will D. King, Sr
New Orleans
North Second Street
H. L. Johns
Methodist Church
Monroe District
Ernest Duncan Holloway
First Presbyterian Church
Frank Kennedy
Armand Breard
Ashton Holloway
P. A. Poag
Douglas Miles
Guy Gallagher
Clint Bridges
Herman Masur
Mr King
Louisiana
Riverview Burial Park
Mr. King
Monroe
Will D. King, Jr
Tom King
J. F. King
Baton Rouge
F. B. King
Shreveport
G. H. King
Glenmore
E. P. King
Minden
Brockelhurst Counsel Pleads Insanity in Slaying Case
At Lonoke Arkansas on June 14 attorneys for Lester Brockelhurst 23 known as crime tourist formally pleaded insanity as defense to first degree murder in the hitchhike slaying of Victor A Gates Little Rock near Lonoke on May 5 The defendant did not appear and is under observation at the state hospital in Little Rock An 15 day sanity evaluation postpones the trial Bernice Felton 18 Brockelhurst companion also seeks depositions in her Illinois home state after previously living in Rockford Illinois
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Lonore
Ark
Lester Brockelhurst
Victor A. Gates
Little Rock
Here
W J. Waggoner
Brockelhurst
State Hospital
Waggoner
Bernice Felton
Lonoke
Ilinois
Rockford, Ill
Russian noblewoman’s daughter aids in Parsons disappearance case
Mme Anna Kupryonova daughter of a Russian nobleman who was executed during the revolution was among the last to see Mrs. Alice Mc Dowell Parsons before her disappearance. Kupryonova, as Parsons’ Long Island estate household manager and four year companion, helped uncover a note demanding ransom for return.
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William H. Parsons
Alice McDowell Parsons
Mme
Anna Kupryonova
Mme. Kupryonova
Russia Executes 28 More In Amur Railroad Case
Moscow reports 28 more executions in Svobodny for wrecking the Amur railroad. The accused were said to belong to a Trotskyist Japanese spy and terror group, already linked to two earlier trials that produced 68 deaths. Nearby, eight Red Army generals were shot for treason, part of a broader Soviet purge.
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Moscow
Svobodny
Far East
Amur
Khabarovsk
Clinton Resident Killed by Officer
Joseph Sanders a 25 year old Clinton motor company employee was shot by town marshal Joseph G Adams who said Sanders resisted questioning Adams surrendered to Sheriff C B Andrews and is held on a tentative manslaughter charge Sanders died two hours after the shooting in Baton Rouge hospital Adams said he tried to arrest Sanders for driving under the influence and Sanders allegedly attacked him attorney R F Walker served as counsel for Adams
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Clinton
Joseph Sanders
Motor Company
Sanders
Baton Rouge
Joseph G. Adams
C. BH. Andrews
East Feliciana Parich
Ad Ms
Adams
R. F. Walker
Loulgans House of Representatives
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