Prison guards shot as three convicts escape Texas farm
Three long term inmates at the Retrieve prison farm in Texas killed guard Felix Smith with his own pistol and fled into dense brush. The escapees T N Atkinson Luke Trammell and Forrest Gibson rode away on mules after disarming Smith during a plowing detail. Police chase underway as prison manager Ellingson heads to the scene.
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Texas
Felix Smith
Smith
T. N. Atkinson
Hidalgo County
Luke Trammell
Forrest Gibson
Limestone County
Atkinson
Gibson
Gaddie
Huntsville
Retrieve
Bob Smith
Jack Ellingson
Libert
Ellingson
Brazoria County
Twelve Cent Cotton Returns as Government Pool Liquidates
In New York and New Orleans on June 19, 12 cent cotton reappeared for the first time since November as rumors spread that the government producer pool had finished liquidation. July futures rose about 1.5 cents to around 12.04 cents per pound amid tight spot demand and shrinking pool holdings from 820,500 to 124,300 October contracts.
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New York
New Orleans
Drug Convicts Battle Guards Aboard Train to Leavenworth
Eight rebellious convicts strong with narcotics crimes overpowered five guards during a high speed train ride from Toledo to a federal pen. They wrecked a Pullman car, demanded drugs, and were subdued near Elkhart Indiana before being taken to Leavenworth.
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Chicago
Leavenworth
Toledo
Ohio
United States
Jesse Sell
Elkhart
Ind
Only Cloudburst Delays Louis Schmeling Fight
In New York promoter Mike Jacobs said only a cloudburst could halt the 15 round heavyweight title bout between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling at Yankee Stadium. If weather forces another postponement, the fight would shift to next Monday night. Early ticket sales were weak and forecasts hinted clearing skies with an expected crowd near 60 000 and potential receipts around 700 000.
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New York
Mike Jacobs
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Yankee Stadium
Jacobs
WPA Achievement Day Observed at Ouachita Parish High
A WPA achievement program drew several hundred employees and families from 14 parishes to Ouachita Parish High School auditorium. Exhibits in a nearby building showcased emergency education projects, needle and wood crafts, and school activities while construction models illustrated the G B Cooley sanatorium and Monroe natatorium projects.
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WPA
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Peters’ Furniture Company
M. S. Robertson
G. B. Cooley Sanatorium
Monroe Municipal Natatorium
Ex convict Kinchen Bridges hunted in waitress death
Kinchen Bridges 30 of Kentwood is sought by posses after the stabbing death of Viola Caraway 35 a restaurant waitress. Witnesses say she and Bridges argued in an automobile before she was found wounded in the street. Bridges earlier served part of a 12 to 20 year sentence for a Hammond shooting that killed Elmer Dunnington and Milton Bates.
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Ponchatoula
Kinchen Bridges
Kentwood
Viola Caraway
Caraway
Bridges
Hammond
Elmer Dunnington
Milton Bates
Advance Guard of Democrats Deliberates Farm Plan Features
Philadelphia hosts the advance guard as New Deal leaders in Washington draft a four feature farm plank for the national convention. Wallace may seek approval for soil conservation subsidies crop production control reciprocal trade and commodity loans. He is due in Philadelphia Monday for talks with party leaders as the plank shapes up.
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Wallace
Washington
Convention
Resolutions Committee
AAA
Alies
Congress
Mayor appoints Legion leaders to Edison Memorial drive
Monroe undergoes a new effort led by Mayor Arnold Bernstein who names William Perhamus post commander and Sam Rubin as vice chairman to head a $3,000 public subscription for the Thomas A. Edison Living Memorial Fund. The funds will support a $5,000,000 program to educate inventive young men. Bernstein serves as general campaign chairman.
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Arnold Bernstein
Monroe
William Perhamus
Barkdull Faulk Post
American Legion
Thomas A. Edison Living Memorial Fund
Sam Rubin
Bernstein
Thomas A. Edison
Perhamus
Sam
Rodessa Worker Burned to Death in Tank Car Explosion
Bert Edward Miller 26 of Vivian was fatally burned when a tank car exploded near Rodessa Louisiana shortly before midnight. The Pelican Oil and Gasoline Co loading rack suffered $15000 in damage. Miller died en route to Shreveport. He attended West Point and Georgia Tech. Survived by widow Lela Miller parents Ed and Mrs. Miller Port Arthur Texas and brother Elwood Miller Port Arthur. Body to be sent to Davidson the home of his wife’s relatives.
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Rodessa
Bert Edward Miller
Vivian
Pelican Oil and Gasoline Company
Miller
Shreveport
West Point
Georgia Tech
Lela Miller
Ed Miller
Port Arthur
Texas
Elwood Miller
Davidson
District Y's Men 10 Meet Opens Saturday Near Monroe
The Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas district Y's Men's clubs prepare for a three session convention at McGowan clubhouse 25 miles up Ouachita River from Monroe. About 35 delegates from eight units will attend with officers to be elected and installed. Activities include boating fishing swimming and games.
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Y's
McGowan
Ouachita River
Monroe
Louisiana General Fund Sees $1.87 Million Cut In 1936 38
Louisiana measures propose a $1,873,664.84 reduction in general fund appropriations for 1936 38 versus 1934 36. The cut mainly removes $1.5 million for schools shifted to severance tax funds. Total proposed expenditures fall to $14,508,791.64 for 1936 38 from $16,652,460.48 in the previous period with 1937 disbursements planned at $7,331,081.45.
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Baton Rouge
Luciano and Six of Pals in Prison
Luciano and six henchmen, jailed for running a 12 million dollar a year New York prostitution racket, spent their first day in Sing Sing in solitary confinement. Guards separated them to prevent fighting as they entered late yesterday. Sentences ranged from four to forty years for the defendants including Thomas Pennocchio and David Bettilo.
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Ossining
N. Y
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
New York City
Sing Sing
Supreme Court
Philip J. Mel Cook
Luciano
Thomas Pennocchio
David Bettilo
James Frederico
Jack Ellenstein
Abe Wahrman
Ralph Liguori
Tax Bill Aims to Raise 800 Million in New Plan
Washington reports a newly shaped tax plan to raise 800 million dollars through penalty taxes on undivided corporate profits and revised revenue structure. Administration leaders expect passage by Saturday night after Senate House conference committee approval.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Oklahoma executes kidnapper Arthur Gooch under Lindbergh law
Arthur Gooch, 27, condemned for abducting two Texas officers, was hanged at 5:06 am in the state prison yard. Rich Owen, veteran executioner, oversaw the first federally charged holding against will case. A crowd of 350 watched as Gooch bid his six year old son farewell.
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McAlester
Okla
Arthur Gooch
Texas
Rich Owen
Gooch
Okmulgee
Billy Joe
Paris
RN. Baker
H. R. Marks
Oklahoma
Last-Minute Briefs Talmadge May Attend Philadelphia
Governor Eugene Talmadge said he would attend the Philadelphia national convention if he could be of service. Other brief items note gunfire exchanges in Hunan province between Kwangsi outposts and Nanking central government, a Boston fire kills a father and daughter with a son dying later, Admiral Sims remaining in hospital with a minor planned operation, Ed Lanham alias Ed Sharp confessing to five east Texas post office robberies, and Ramspeck civil service bill advancement for postmasters.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Philadelphia
Boston
William S. Sims
Sims
Lake Charles
Henry A. Reid
Calcasieu Parish
R. H. Robertson
Beaumont
Texas
Ed Lanham
Ed Sharp
Colonial Secretary cites deaths in Palestinian disorders
London June 19 colonial secretary F William G A Ormsby Gore told the house of commons that eight or more people had been killed in recent disorders in Palestine and related unrest.
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London
William G. A. Ormsy-Gore
House of Commons
Palestine
Slayer seeks swift hanging in San Francisco slaying
Albert Walter Jr. charged with the silk stocking slaying of a red haired woman met on a bus faces a quick hearing and potential San Quentin death row confinement tonight. Assistant DA McMahon vows a guilty plea could bring immediate execution. Police trace leads to apartment where Blanche Cousins, 31, Idaho Falls, Idaho, was found.
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San Francisco
Jume
Albert Walter, Jr
San Quentin
Boston
John McMahon
George Engler
Walter
Miss Blanche Cousins
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Inmates Rescue 82YearOld From Fire at Maison Hospital
In New Orleans at Maison hospital, inmates sparked a heroic rescue at 6 o clock this morning saving Miss Anna Colley 82 from flames in her bed. Officials could not explain the blaze, suggesting a lighted candle as a possible cause.
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New Orleans
Maison Hospital
Anna Colley
Salt Tames Roads With Tiny Robotic Labors On Clay Mix
A New York area report notes common salt on clay sand gravel roads forms grains that act like tireless workers aiding road repair. The piece cites a $5,271,000,000 relief and public works plan for the next fiscal year to fund jobs for over 3 million people starting July 1.
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Ithaca
Washington
Roosevelt
Carpenter Fatally Struck at Monroe Street Crossing
Louis Villemerette, 56, a local carpenter, was accidentally killed last night when a switch engine pulling box cars struck him at the Monroe street railroad crossing in Alexandria. He was knocked 25 feet and his body severed.
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Alexandria
Louis Villemerette
Monroe Street
Shortcut Highway Reopening Today
Baton Rouge reports the New Orleans Mississippi gulf coast shortcut highway is to reopen today in light traffic after March reconstruction. Heavy vehicles will be restricted for some time as the route resumes service between New Orleans and the gulf coast region, reducing distance by 22 miles.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans-Mississippi Gulf Coast
Old Father Not to Attend Convention
George Isaac Hughes a 90 year old Confederate veteran and his 18 month old son Franklin Roosevelt Hughes will not attend the Democratic convention in Philadelphia next week. Senator Robert R Reynolds invited them as guests but wired from Washington that it would not be possible. Hughes, whose wife recently gave birth to a daughter, was in Asheville for the Rhododendron festival and was expected to return today.
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New Bern
N. C
George Isaac Hughes
Franklin Roosevelt Hughes
Philadelphia
Robert R. Reynolds
Washington
Hughes
Asheville
Monroe commissioners sworn in for four year city government
Commissioners of Monroe officially sworn in at 11 45 am to serve four years. Mayor Arnold Bernstein takes oath as mayor and health and safety commissioner. Governor Leche and Secretary of State Conway signed commissions. Pat S Hamilton administered the oath. Term length extended by one year due to new voter registration laws. terms now expire in 1949.
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Monroe
Richard W. Leche
E. A. Conway
Arnold Bernstein
Baton Rouge
Pat. S. Hamilton
Ouachita Parish
United States
State of
Louisiana
Bernstein
Department of Public Health and Safety
Bernnstein
Vessel Captured by British Steamship Girl Pat in Georgetown
In Georgetown British Guiana on June 19 the government forces seized a vessel believed to be the runaway British trawler Girl Pat after it hovered outside the three mile limit for days. Officials say the crew threatened to fire on a police launch near the Demerara river mouth. Governor Sir Geoffrey Northcote convened a meeting to seek London instructions, and the capture reportedly follows London guidance. The owner filed barratry charges against the crew.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Pomeroon
Pat
Demerara
Geoffrey Northcote
London
Grimsby
Eng
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