Pistols Duel Near Pittsburgh Leaves Two Bandits Wounded
A small town justice of the peace joins a pursuit after three bandits steal a car and hold a gas station attendant. Shots are exchanged. two bandits are seriously wounded while the third escapes. Justice Albert Lorch and motorcycle officer Brady Paul help transport the wounded to Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Albert T. Lorch
Llison Park
Butler
Lorch
Pifer
Brady Paul
Local Ghost Disturbance Spurs County Attorney to Study Precedents
Great Bend Kansas Wayne Lamereux county attorney may suspend summer holidays to pursue legal action against a persistent local ghost. Complainants urge him to proceed at law, and he is researching precedents to ensure proper procedure.
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Great Bend
Kans
Wayne Lameroux
Wayne
Camp Fire Girls Seek Interpreter for Japanese Letter
The Camp Fire Girls of the Twin Cities seek a volunteer to read a Japanese letter received after sending 13 000 friendship dolls to Japan. The helper will call 27283 or visit the Camp Fire room at the parish school building to translate and share the message and pictures.
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Camp Fire Girls
Twin Cities
Japan
United States
Monroe
They Wouldn't Believe serial debut in News-Star
Light reading fans get Roy Vickers mystery They Wouldn't Believe in serial form starting Monday. Subscriptions available by phone 224 for Monroe and West Monroe delivery with local agents in Northeast Louisiana. Start reading the opening chapter Monday.
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Roy Vickers
News-Star
Monroe
West
Louisiana
Browning Says Peaches Now Earning Enough
Edward West Browning asserts his wife Peaches earns money as a public entertainer to fund her appeals. Six affidavits filed in Carmel New York show she earned more than 36247 since April from theater and night club contracts. She seeks $10000 more for legal fees as she appeals a supreme court ruling on separation and alimony.
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Supreme Court
Brownning
Fifty Flights Across Pacific Planned by Aviators
San Francisco June 21. Fifty flights over the Pacific are planned with routes from San Francisco to Honolulu Dallas to Hong Kong and Seattle to Tokyo. Ninety aviators have entered or may enter with bonds to prove good faith. Prizes include 35000 from James Dole and 25000 from W E Easterwood Jr plus possible extra contests for the Honolulu leg. Navy may send the dirigible Los Angeles to join the Lakehurst Honolulu run.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Pacific
Honolulu
Dallas
Hong Kong
Seattle
Tokyo
Army
Navy
Citizens’ Flight Committee
San Francisco-Honolulu
W. E. Easterwood, Jr
Texas
B. H. Griffin
Oklahoma City
Japan
Griffin
Hawaii
James D. Dole
Navy Department
Washington
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
N. J
Columbia Child Dies After Ingesting Quinine Tablets
Three year old Johnnie Belle Gartman of Columbia died after swallowing 14 quinine capsules containing three grains each. Her mother had gone to a filling station. the child took the capsules and died about 80 minutes after the last dose. Interment was at Bethel church on Monday.
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News-Star
Columbia
Johnnie Belle
Frank Gartman
Bethel Church
Pardon Granted to Miss Whitney by Governor
Miss Charlotte Anita Whitney receives an unconditional pardon from Governor C C Young ending a seven year legal battle over a California criminal syndicalism conviction. The 60 year old Oakland social worker faced a 1 to 14 year San Quentin sentence after her 1919 arrest following a defense speech for I W W leader John McHugh.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Cal
Charlotte Anita Whitney
Oakland
C. C. Young
Miss Whitney
San Quentin
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
John McHugh
Last vestige of old jail moved as new court rises
The final relic of the old parish jail, iron barred cells, is removed after the court house and new jail were completed. Mr. M. C. McGuire buys the cells from the police jury and moves them from the site while noting possible lockup use elsewhere.
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Court House
M. C. McGuire
McGuire
Mr. McGuire
Olla
Engineers Complete Preliminary Report on Monroe Water Supply
Burns & McDonnell survey for Monroe city on a 600000 bond program concludes Ouachita river as primary source with salt during certain months. An auxiliary storage and possible deep wells are recommended to ensure adequate supply and future expansion. The current plant is inefficient and unsatisfactory to operate.
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Ouachita
Ouachita River
Bayou DeSiard
Bayou Bartholomew
Hoover Announces 18 Month Health Drive for Flood States
Secretary Hoover said a systematic health program will continue for 18 months in Mississippi flood regions focusing on malaria and typhoid. The plan, funded by private agencies with public health authorities, begins with a 30 day post flood cleanup by Red Cross and local officials, then ongoing state led efforts. Costs: $500,000 from Red Cross funds for cleanup and $1,000,000 from outside agencies for continuation. Hoover cites flood damage at $200 to $400 million and will inspect regions again for ten days.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mississippi
Hoover
Public Health Service
Red Cross
United States Health Service
Commerce Secretary
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley
A fragment from Hambone's Meditations features a bold claim that a small man cannot be hurt by a larger adversary. The tone hints at a satirical or streetwise voice characteristic of the column.
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Hambone
Meditations
J. P. Alley
Miriam Wright demands renunciation for divorce
Miriam Noel Wright says no proposals for settlement came from her husband Frank Lloyd Wright. She would grant a divorce only if he absolutely renounces Olga Milanoff, the Montenegrin dancer linked to the Wright estate, and promises not to marry her.
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San Francisco
Miriam Noel Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
Madison
Wis
Wright
Wisconsin
Olga Milanoff
Spring Green
Kelly to Testify in Trial of Sweetheart
In Los Angeles on June 21 the defense in Dorothy Mackaye's trial over actor Ray Raymond's death awaited its turn. Prosecutors expected Paul Kelly, Mackaye's sworn sweetheart, to testify as a key witness. Kelly, serving one to ten years for manslaughter, stood ready to aid the state as the case neared its end.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Mackaye
Ray Raymond
Miss Mackaye
Paul Kelly
Kelly
Louisiana Penitentiary Faces 520 000 Borrowing Need
Baton Rouge reports the Louisiana state penitentiary may require up to 520 000 dollars to operate until November 1 when crop revenues begin. Harry C. Pitcher, penitentiary manager, outlined depleted finances to the Board of Liquidation, noting 725 000 dollar annual appropriation offset by earnings of about 400 000 last year. Governor Simpson blamed the unsound financial basis of operations. CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
State Board of Liquidation
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Board of Liquidation
Harry C. Pitcher
Pitcher
Simpson
Big Power Plant at Sterlington Under Rapid Construction
Substantial progress is reported on the Louisiana Power and Light plant at Sterlington. Foundation work, steel piling, and excavation proceed with 200 workers on site. Cement pouring slated to begin around July 15, with the new units connected to the original plant.
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Louisiana Power and Light Company
Sterlington
W. E. Swift
Swift
New York
Metropolis
United States
Wrecked Farman Plane Believed Linked to French Fliers
Farman Aircraft experts in Paris declare the wreck found near the Amazon mouth is the plane used by Capt. Saint Roman and M. Mouneyres for a flight from South Africa to South America. The pair left St. Louis Senegal on May 5 and were last reported 200 miles off the Brazilian coast, with no confirmed sighting or Pernambuco arrival.
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Paris
Farman Airplane Company
Amazon River
Saint Roman
M. Mouneyres
South Africa
Atlantic
South America
St. Louis
Senegal
Pernambuco
Legionnaire Burned While Aiding Flood Victims
Charles DeLand of 1803 Grand Street, an American Legion rescue corps volunteer and Union Electric electrician, was badly burned in a gasoline explosion at St Martinsville Louisiana on May 31 while assisting flood victims aboard a gasoline launch. He later returned home to Monroe for treatment and is improving rapidly though his left ear remains seriously injured.
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Charles DeLand
Grand Street
American Legion Rescue Corps
St. Martinsville
DeLand
Union Electric Company
Monroe
Lafayette
St. Francis Sanitarium
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Dunn brothers Seek Pardon Board Rehearings in Slayings Case
Attorneys for Byron and Robert Dunn condemned deputy sheriff Sam Duhon of Calcasieu Parish announce an appeal to the state pardon board for a rehearing citing newly discovered evidence. Gov. Simpson weighs the pardon board’s recommendation to commute Robert Dunn to life. A writ of habeas corpus was filed contending conviction occurred in a court influenced by the Ku Klux Klan after appeals through state and federal courts.
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New Orleans
Byron
Robert Dunn
Sam Duhton
Calcasieu Parish
State Pardon Board
Baton Rouge
Simpson
Pardon Board
Ku Klux Klan
United States Supreme Court
Byrd Announces Fourth Man on Atlantic Flight
Commander Byrd adds Bernt Balchen as a fourth crew member for the Paris-bound America monoplane planned to fly the trans Atlantic mail leg. Stormy Atlantic conditions delay takeoff while meteorologist James H. Kimball reports unfavorable outlook for a two hop flight tonight or tomorrow morning. Balchen joins as essential crew despite being a civilian passenger in Byrd’s plan.
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New York
France
America
James H. Kimball
Richard Byrd
Atlantic
Grover A. Whalen
America Trans-oceanic Company
New
Bernt Balchen
Byrd
Balchen
Mayor Walker Promises Full Probe of Hazing at Kings County
Mayor James J. Walker headed one of three investigations into hazing of three Jewish internes at Kings County Hospital. Six internes were arrested. two faced assault charges and were held for a further hearing. The victims said they were seized in bed, bound, gagged, ducked in icy water, and some were painted.
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Walker
N.y. Hospital
Associated Press
New York
James J. Walker
Kings County Hospital
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