Two Damage Suits Tried In Local Court
Two damage suits were on trial in district court Friday. Mrs. O Rainey sues John J Mose Hoffman Lewis Hoffman and others for 25000 over a car collision with a hay press. B E B Taylor sues Southern Carbon Company for 5710 over injuries at the Swartz plant. A second note recalls the Wright brothers first power flight and that military medals are worn on full dress.
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O. Rainey
John J. Mose Hoffman
Lewis Hoffman
Jesse T. Bawcom
Deroad
J. T. Shell
Criminal Court
B. E B. Taylor
Southern Carbon Company
Carbon Company
Swartz
David I. Garrett
Potts
Frank Spivey
Rainey
Bawcom
L. Donghue
Mose Hoffman
Louisianaing Institute
Patc Bher
Book Turns Talkie for Blind by Electric Gadgets
Detroit inventor Glenn E. Watson develops a device to let the blind read ordinary print. A moving letter scanner with a selenium eye records each letter on a small phonograph disc, sounding through earphones. An affordable variant could lift Braille text instead of pronouncing letters.
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Detroit
Mich
Glenn E. Watson
Watson
London
England
Steinmetz
Caddo Doctors to Examine Psychiatric Case in West Monroe
Two Caddo physicians with psychiatric experience will assess Allgood as he stands trial for attempted criminal assault. Chandler faces charges of breaking and entering linked to a burglary at T. John's store in West Monroe. Ouachita Parish has no qualified doctors for this duty.
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Ouachita Parish
Allgood
Chandler
T. John’s
West Monroe
Goos Named Federal Land Bank Commissioner in Washington
Albert S. Goos of Seattle, master of the Washington state grange since 1922, was appointed federal land bank commissioner to succeed Paul Bestor who resigned effective June 30. Meteor Crater in Arizona is 57 feet deep and 4 200 feet across.
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Washington
Albert S. Goos
Seattle
Washington State Grange
Friday
Federal Land Bank
Paul Bestor
Meteor Crater
Arizona
Manslaughter Verdict in Murders Trial Amid Bond and Delays
The jury found Mrs Manley and Elmore guilty of manslaughter in the Reiser slaying while the case awaits Supreme Court action. Her bond keeps her in parish jail with potential October hearing if new trial isn’t granted.
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Mrs. Manley
Elmore
Supreme Court
George
Reiser
Smith
Manley
Pecan Street
Boatner Dies Fr iday Former Judge Mark M Boatner
The obituary notes the death of Mark M Boatner who served as district judge and who died Friday in New Orleans. Survived by his widow two daughters Charlotte and Betty and four sons Frank Bryant Mark and Hayden with military postings including Selfridge Field Fort Benning and the American embassy Peiping.
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New Orleans
Charlotte
Betty
Frank Boatner
Bryant Boatner
Selfridge Field
Mich
Mark M. Boatner
Ft. Benning
Hayden W. Boatner
Peiping
Bank Robbery at First National in Black Rock
Three men robbed the First National Bank of about 3000 dollars in Black Rock Arkansas early Friday. They kidnapped cashier L. D. Sharp and released him about two miles away after a posse led by bank president Jay H. Myers pursued them.
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Black Rock
Ark
First National Bank
L. D. Sharp
Here
Jay H. Myers
Mattern Overdue After Alaska World Flight Attempt
The aviator Mattern is overdue after a 2 500 mile world flight attempt from Khabarovsk to Alaska. Fog and overcast skies above the Bering Sea challenge the 16 to 17 hour leg. Previous scares include a 1930s lost-in-flight incident near Ruby and advice from Boris Lukhu before the departure.
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Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Solomon Beach
Here
Boris Lukhu
Khabarovsk
Bering Sea
Alaska
Mattern
Reg Robbins
Seattle-Tokyo
Ruby
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W. C. Rainey
Southernu Company
Wright Brothers
DeSiard
Monroe
Annem
Bubucs
People’s Furniture CO
DeSiard Street
Monroe, la
H. H. Hudnall
S. Grand St
J. L. Warren
PAN- AM
J. W. Wallace Service Station
Coleman West Monroe
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