J. E. Kennedy Victim After Highway Shooting
J. E. Kennedy, 45, of 308 Arkansas Avenue, was wounded when two shotgun blasts struck his car on the Monroe Ruston highway near Calhoun. He drove to Monroe’s St Francis sanitarium with a severely mangled left wrist, continuing with his right hand. Authorities consider motive uncertain, with theories of robbery, mistaken identity, or unknown enemies. Continued on page eleven.
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Monroe-Ruston
Calhoun
J. E. Kennedy
Arkansas Avenue
St. Francis Sanitarium
Kennedy
Monroe
Ken
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Explains Peace by Soviet Official in Moscow
K. E. Voroshilov, Soviet War Commissar, told a Moscow audience that breaking diplomatic relations with Great Britain no longer automatically signals war. He said a rupture previously meant war but current conceptions are different and war is not yet implied.
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Associated Press
Moscow
K. E. Voroshilov
Russia
Great Britain
Blakeney Convicted in West Monroe Attack Case
Homer Blakeney was found guilty of cutting with intent to kill W. H. Wagoner of West Monroe. The verdict carries up to three years in prison. sentencing was pending as of two this afternoon. Wagoner survived after a deep chest stab and lengthy recovery. The trial also noted Frank and Joe Varino facing charges of receiving stolen property.
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Homer Blakeney
W. H. Wagoner
West Monroe
Blakeney
Wagoner
Frank
Joe Varino
Refugees at Delhi Camp Hold Fast as Return Lags
Special to The News-Star reports seven hundred refugees remain in the Delhi camp mostly from Madison parish. Water level rose east of Bayou Macon Ridge with expectations that refugees can begin returning around July first.
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News-Star
Delhi
Madison Parish
Powers Abandon Plan to Issue Communism Edict
Fearing Russian reaction the European powers abandon a planned joint warning against communist propaganda abroad and Soviet terrorism at home. Poland urged restraint to avoid provoking Moscow and inflaming national unity, while Germany considers a friendly warning to G Russian officials amid mounting concern over Third International activity.
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Associated Press
London
Aincrl
Lindbergh Flies to Washington Then Returns to New York
Col Charles A Lindbergh departed from Mitchel Field in a borrowed army plane to Washington and returned to New York in under five hours. He left at 3 03 a m and landed at Bolling Field at 4 44 a m before resuming to New York at 5 09 a m. He evaded reporters during a late night theater appearance and quipped I gave you the slip that time.
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Associated Press
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
Spirit of
Lindbergh
Roxy Theater
Nungesser
Coli
Newspaperen
Park Avenue
Queensborough Bridge
Long Fields
Want Vindication for Gulf Park College Girl
Theta Kappa Omega backs vindication for Miss Marjorie Pearce of Birmingham who was expelled from Gulf Park College Gulfport Miss on unbecoming conduct at a dance. The Memphis fraternity scene adopted a resolution after Miss Pearce became national sponsor. Various officers were elected across multiple cities.
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Memphis
Theta Kappa Omega Fraternity
Marjorie Pearce
Birmingham
Gulf Park College
Gulfport
Miss
Miss Pearce
Julian James
Donald Watson
Oscar Hurt
John Lingreen
New Orleans
Edward L. Campbell
Ark
Col. W. R. Langford
William S. Walter
Willard May
Little Rock
Robert Degraffenreid
Shreveport
Bids on State Bonds to Be Received Soon
Baton Rouge June 16 Advertisement announced for sale of bonds against state highway fund number 2. Louisiana highway commission will receive bids on their purchase on July 45. On July 6 bids also due for foundations of the Chef and Rigo lets bridges built from bond proceeds with federal aid.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Chef and
Rigolets
We Lost Twice In Political Fights
In Omaha Nebraska Miss Bernice C Dowling and her twin sister Bertha publish the Journal at Santa Clara California. They told the national editorial association their firm had lost only two political fights.
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Omaha
Neb
Bernice C. Dowling
Bertha
Santa Clara
Calif
Bernice
National Editorial Association
Red Cross Plans $500 000 Health Reconstruction Push
In New Orleans on June 16 the Red Cross outlined a $500 000 health and sanitation plan for Mississippi flood areas. National medical officer Dr. William Redding announced 30 day reconstruction programs including immunization for typhoid and smallpox, water purification, and disease control after the emergency period ends.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Red Cross
Wm. R. Redding
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
James L. Feizer
Henry M. Baker
Governor to form Louisiana financial relief commission
Governor O H Simpson announced plans to appoint a commission of representative Louisiana citizens within days. The group will study and propose relief measures to aid residents beyond existing agency assistance.
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Baton Rouge
O. H. Simpson
Louisiana
Emergency flood relief health plan outlined with personnel and supplies
The plan calls for 270 workers across Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Missouri and Tennessee with 45 physicians 49 health officers 20 sanitarians 50 inspectors and 103 nurses. Supplies include crude and spraying oils cans lime quinine mosquito nets vaccines and dynamite for burials. The Red Cross reports $190000 spent on health work to June 15 and the emergency program near completion with 250 to 500 workers engaged in recent weeks.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Tennessee
Red Cross
Byrd Delayed In Flight By Bad Weather
Commander Richard E. Byrd faces a multi day delay for his Fokker monoplane flight to Paris due to worsening Atlantic weather. Forecaster James Scarr said no trans Atlantic attempt would occur by Friday. Byrd has not ruled out a world flight but gave no definite plans. He discussed possibilities with Albert Bumstead of the National Geographic Society in Winchester and studied a map of western Europe.
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New York
America
Paris
Richard E. Byrd
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
James Scarr
Byrd
Lexington
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Winchester
Albert Bumstead
National Geographic Society of Washington
Europe
Riot Near Mill Quarters Sparks Black Residents Fear
Last night around 11, shots and looting sparked a disturbance near the Mill quarters. Police and Captain E B Clower responded as Bessie Bailey reported being fired upon from an unknown Black assailant who fired again after she shot back. No arrests or confirmed injuries were reported.
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Frank Pettit
E. B. Clower
Bessie Bailey
Bailey
Miami Wins Shriners Convention Bid for Next Year
Atlantic City reports Miami defeated Cleveland and Minneapolis to secure the Shriners convention for the next year.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Miami Today
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Escaped Manitoba Prisoner Recaptured by Citizen Posse
A man escaped from a double locked Killarney jail cell minutes after lodging and was recaptured by a posse of citizens and police. The suspect, described as the gorilla man killer, was identified by a farmer and matched broadcast descriptions. The other man, Harry Endsworth, 33, was detained at North Portal pending Canadian police arrival.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Man
Killarney
United States
Canada
North Dakota
North Portal
Sask
Royal Canadian Police
Harry Endsworth
Falling Tree Causes Injury to School Boy in Drew
Morgan Gilliland, 18, a Drew parish high senior, was injured when a swamp oak fell while he and Arthur Lawler prepared to cut bolt timber. Gilliland sustained a fractured hip and ankle with a shoulder bruise. both boys freed him and he was taken to St. Francis Sanitarium for treatment.
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Morgan Gilliland
Parish
W. A. Gilliland
Drew
St. Francis Sanitarium
Gilliland
Arthur Lawler
Lawler
Monroe
Elders Join Fraternal Rites At Remarkable Ages
Two men aged over ninety were initiated into fraternal orders recently Benton Hanchett of Saginaw Michigan joined the Elks at 92 and Frank M Mills of Sioux Falls South Dakota entered the Mystic Shrine at 91 Neither order shows another member inducted at age sixty or more on record.
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Benton Hanchett
Frank Mr. Mills
Associated Press
Chicago
Saginaw
Mich
Elks Lodge
Frank M. Mills
Sioux Falls
S. D
Mystic Shrine
New Highway Opens North Route to Chicago
The Monroe Motor club reports a new no 70 highway north from Monroe through Arkansas to Sikeston Cairo and on to Chicago. It runs via Monroe Bastrop Pine Bluff Stuttgart Cass Cove and a 20 mile ferry with a $6 toll. The route also connects to Memphis and St Louis through highways 61 and 70.
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Arkansas
Monroe Motor Club
Monroe
Bastrop
Pine Bluff
Stuttgart
Cass Cove
Memphis
St. Louis
Chicago
Sikeston
Cairo
No Necking Incident In Times Square
In Times Square a young woman embraced Slim but he rejected her advances and stepped back as police restrained her, confirming the incident as a tense public scene in New York.
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New York
Times Square
Beaches to See Loud Colors in Bathing Suits
Utica reports the style committee of the American Knit Underwear Manufacturers association pushes for brighter color designs in bathing suits to boost appeal at beaches.
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Utica
N. Y
American Knit Underwear Manufacturers’ Association
Still Hope to Locate Two Fliers in St Germain District
Towermen in the Lake St. John district report sighting distress signals last night from toward St Germain towne ship renewing hope of locating missing French aviators Nungesser and Coli. They believe the flashes may be fusees, not signals from the flyers.
Rumor Supposedly Locates Missing French Aviators Near Saguenay
In Quebec on June 16 a rumor spread that Nungesser and Coli, the missing French aviators, were found alive near the Shipshaw River. Officials and lumber firms denied any confirmation, noting flares seen northeast of the Saguenay could explain the sighting.
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Quebec
Que
Nungesser
Coli
Shipshaw River
Saguenay River
Quebec City
Coolidge Heads to Black Hills for Summer Quiet
President Coolidge settles in at the game lodge in the Black Hills South Dakota for a two month stay. He will rest and relax while staff run government business from a temporary Rapid City office. The locale offers mountain scenery trout streams and pine shade near the northwest farming belt. Continued on page twelve.
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Associated Press
Rapid City
S. D
Coolidge
Black Hills
South Dakota
Northwest
Mr. Coolidge
Washington
Uschi
Mrs. Coolidge
Everett Sanders
White House
Rapid City High
Girl Buys Tiny Lamb at Central Park Auction
In New York a one year old named Mary Goebel from Nyack selected the smallest lamb at a surplus animal auction in Central Park. Her mother paid $9.30 to the city and Mary plans to teach the pet to a fellow classmate.
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New York
Mary
Central Park
Mary Goebel
Nyack
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Geneva
League of Nations Council
Soviet Union
Poland
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Third International
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Lindy
Hambones Meditations
J. P. Alley
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Miami
POSSE
Woods
Lake St. John
St. Lewis
Aneead
Vicksburg
Neneementees
Red
Alexandria
Ouachita
Ened
Black Hills Country
Mary's Lamb
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