Seven Die As Tropical Storm Smashes Through Gulf Coast
A hurricane swept from the Gulf into southeast Louisiana and Mississippi, killing seven people and injuring many. Morgan City felt the full force with 70 to 75 mph winds, while Baton Rouge and surrounding areas suffered damaged buildings. A shrimping platform tragedy near Oyster Bayou claimed the lives of a family and two others as waves washed away two rafts. Rescue efforts saved twelve from a dredging fleet, with ongoing reports of destruction across coastal towns.
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Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Memphis, Tenn
Morgan City
Gulf
Berwick
Baton Rouge
Mississippi River
Oyster Bayou
John Duplantis
Roosevelt
Forrest Kieff
Kieff
Duplantis
Mrs. Duplantis
Britishers abducted by pirates off Yellow River trip
Six British citizens including two naval officers are abducted from the British steamer Shantien near the Yellow River. Pirates force captives into five junks, seize valuables, and redirect toward Che Foo after boarding in Tientsin.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Sea Wolves
Tientsin
Chefoo
Post Office Moves Prompt Stamp Demand Drop in Town
NRS office workers in the old Monroe post office report stamp requests have fallen though the building is no longer a post office. The post office has operated in a new building on Jackson and Grammont streets for about six months. Amateur radio hobbyists Winifred Mask and Junior McCoy demonstrated a unique two way exchange. McCoy sent coded messages picked up by Mask and rebroadcast back to him. Local Vacation Bible School youth create canoes, models, lanterns, and crafts at the Presbyterian church. adults would be curious to see the activity.
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Monroe
Jackson
Grammont Streets
Winifred Mask
Junior McCoy
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McCoy
The
Presbyterian Church
Jes
Papen Calls For Monarchy In Bold Nazi Critique
Franz Von Papen delivered a sharp public rebuke of the Nazi regime at Marburg University urging the reestablishment of the monarchy. His speech, deemed highly sensitive, drew no print coverage in Berlin and was restricted by the government news service. He condemned press muzzling and challenged Goebbels campaigns while criticizing Hitler's grip on religious matters.
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Berlin
Hitler
Franz von Papen
Prussia
Pacemte
Marburg University
von Papen
Germany
Joseph Goebbels
Auto accident victim dies in Texarkana area crash
Texarkana Arkansas dispatch June 18. Fred Ogan age 24 of Valliant Oklahoma died in a Hope hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile collision near Fulton yesterday. Eight persons were injured in the crash.
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Texarkana
Ark
Fred Ogan
Valliant, Okio
Foulois Fights Removal As Air Chieftain
Major Benjamin D. Foulois, accused of gross misconduct by a house investigation, challenges removal as chief of the Army Air Corps. The eight member committee recommends dismissal, citing dis honesty and mismanagement. Foulois calls for an open court meeting to answer the charges and defends his record amid concerns over plane purchases and the air mail deaths.
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Washington
Benjamin D. Foulois
House
Army Air Corps
Dern
Foulois
Roosevelt
Air Corps
Army
Roosevelt letter on Mississippi flood control to Wilson
President Roosevelt mails a flood control note to Representative Riley J. Wilson. The missive cites the 1928 act authorizing 325 million dollars for the Mississippi river alluvial valley project, with about 70 million unappropriated and main features over 70 percent complete. It notes disagreements on other project features.
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Washington
Riley J. Wilson
Roosevelt
Mississippi Valley
Wilson
Mississippi River
Cape Girardeau
Clarksdale Girl Stricken by Rare Disease Scleroderma
Six year old Alma Dean Hayes of Clarksdale is found to have scleroderma, a rare skin hardening disease in children. Parents O Hayes and Mrs Hayes seek Mayo Brothers Hospital Rochester Massachusetts. doctors at home report keen interest in the case.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Alma Dean Hayes
O. Hayes
Mayo Brothers
Roosevelt signs Hayden Cartwright road bill for 522 million
President Roosevelt signs a three year road program totaling 522 million dollars. The Hayden Cartwright measure provides a 50 50 funding split and ends unmatched emergency grants. Senator Hayden of Arizona and Representative Cartwright of Oklahoma attend the White House signing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hayden
Arizona
Cartwright
Oklahoma
White House
Solons Return to Baton Rouge to Face Storm
Louisiana legislators resume work in Baton Rouge to vote on automobile license reductions and a plan to cancel the $700000 highway fund payment to New Orleans. The Hoffpaulr Tugwell measure faces a 67 vote threshold for passage, while rival bills proposing lower licenses were withdrawn.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
New Orleans
Hoffpaulr
Acadia
A. P. Tugwell
State Highway Commission
Joe B. Hamiter
Caddo
Guy Holloway
Union
Governor Langer seeks new trial after conspiracy conviction
Governor William Langer and four associates were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States. They face up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Langer returns to court to request a delay for motions for a new trial and potential immediate appeal if denied. The secretary of state will decide if he can stay on the June 27 primary ballot despite the conviction.
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Biasmarck
N. D
William Langer
United States
Langer
Frank A. Vogel
Devils Lake
George Thorp
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Secretary of State
Bloody Sunday violence sparks fears of ABC retaliation
In Havana on June 18 a deadly assault on a parade by adversaries of the ABC society left 15 dead and about 60 wounded. The attack during a two day fiesta raised fears of further ABC vengeance and potential postponement of December elections.
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Havana
ABC Society
Cuba
ABC
Neptune Street
Prado Boulevard
Protest Lodged Against Germany Debt Move
The United States formally protests Germany’s moratorium on foreign debt payments. In Washington on June 16 the State Department told Ambassador William E. Dodd in Berlin to convey strong regret and protest the action as harming American creditors and worsening debtor creditor relations. The note urged Germany to reconsider and address discrimination against Americans.
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Washington
State Department
Department
William E. Dodd
Berlin
United States
Germany
Britain Will Reply To US War Debt Note
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told the House of Commons Britain would answer the United States war debt note proposing payment in kind. He rejected any idea of handing over Bermuda or other nearby territories as compensation, stating there could under no circumstances be such an arrangement.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
United States
Great Britain
Bermuda
Bouanchaud Plan Proposes $10 Million for Public Schools
A Louisiana plan backed by Rep Bouanchaud seeks a state fund of 10 million dollars for public schools by combining tobacco tax surplus and corporate tax, while preserving current revenue sources and creating strict fund segregation and millage reductions. It aims to stabilize general state expenditures by diverting licenses and capping new taxes, maintaining overall school revenues around 6.6 million annually before additions.
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News-Star— World Legislative Bureau
Baton Rouge
Bouanchaud
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
National fraternity and sorority conventions convene in city
Upwards of 600 fraternity and 80 sorority delegates from southern states attend three national conventions in city hotels Frances and Virginia beginning Monday. The Sigma Phi Omega tenth annual convention starts at Hotel Virginia with about 150 delegates, while Delta Sigma fraternity holds its annual conclave. At Hotel Frances the ninth annual gathering continues through Wednesday with business and social events planned.
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Frances
Virginia
Sigma Phi Omega
Delta Sigma Fraternity
Hotel
Posters torn down as Hanfstaengl visit nears
In Cambridge on June 18 police removed anti Hanfstaengl posters found on Harvard yard fences and Hollis hall windows. The placards urged anti Nazi actions and pictured Nazi aide Hitler’s confidant. Police work intensified to prevent demonstrations before the visitor’s arrival.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Yard
Hollis Hall
Ernst Hanfstaengl
Hitler
Boston Committee
Hanfstaengl
Plane crash kills Indianapolis officer and injures another
In Indianapolis a plane crashed just after takeoff at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Lieutenant Edward M. Johnson was killed instantly. Lieutenant James L. Bruce of Terre Haute was critically injured but had a chance to live. Both officers were on active duty with the reserve corps. Johnson was the assistant superintendent of the Indianapolis municipal airport. The cause of the accident was not determined.
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Indianapolis
Edward M. Johnson
James L. Bruce
Terre Haute
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Dayton
Ohio
Johnson
Bruce
Fort Harrison
Efforts To End Congress Progress Report
Washington readers noted progress as Senate voted 41 to 39 to take up a $2 billion general relief bill after conferees agreed. Senator LaFollette urged rail labor mediation bill, but failed. Senator Bulkley withdrew banking-law amendments, easing adjournment prospects pending House action and possible filibuster risks.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Bulkley
Ohio
Robinson
House
PWA purse strings face cap on relief funds
Washington reports Congress set a cap of 500 million dollars for the Works Progress Administration with potential 250 million more via RFC municipal securities. Of the total, 50 million is already reserved for active projects and federal projects will claim a portion.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Congress
Work Relief Agency
RFC Municipal
Assets of Southwest Utilities Condemned Sold
Assets of the Southwest Gas Utilities Corporation of Shreveport Louisiana were sold today in Wilmington by receiver Charles F Richards for 92000. The assets were transferred to a bondholders protective committee which drafted a plan of reorganization for the firm. Remaining assets pledged under a trust indenture dated May 1 1928 are to be sold on June 25.
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Wilmington
Del
Southwest Gas Utilities Corporation of
Shreveport
Charles F. Richards
Trunk homicide discovery at Brighton railway station
A severed female torso was found in a plywood trunk in the Brighton railway station luggage office. The body, about 40 years old and 5 ft 2 in, was wrapped in brown paper and bound with a window cord. Investigators dated death to roughly three weeks prior, with no missing person reports in the area. Doctor H J Pullin to perform post mortem. trunk left at station on June 6 and discovered June 28.
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Brighton
Eng
Ford
Stas Tion
H. J. Pullin
Body of kidnapped El Dorado dentist found
Dr H L Meyers a 55 year old El Dorado dentist was found shot to death on a local farm in a suspected kidnapping and robbery. The body was discovered by Deputy Ia Choisser and photographer A M Mitchell at 10 am after an all night search. Meyers had left home to look over real estate accompanied by his wife who stayed behind per Lee Armstrong’s insistence.
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EL Dorado
Ill
H. L. Meyers
Ia Choisser
A. M. Mitchell
Rogers Has His Say on Face Saving in Congress
Hollywood June 18. Rogers argues that both sides seek to save face in any strike settlement. He says Congress would adjourn and the country remain optimistic if lawmakers avoided personal agendas and allowed a simple resolution.
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Cal
China
Congress
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