Bank Robbery Report at Baskin Branch Ends In Loot
A tall bandit and a blonde woman held up Franklin State Bank and Trust at Baskin six months after a prior raid. They took about $1,000 from manager Phil Duncan and fled in a Buick with Kentucky plates toward Delhi. Sheriff Price pursued leads as reports of similar cars surfaced. the December 16 heist yielded $2,000 and inmates Homer Cruse and J. C. Foster are now in prison.
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Winnsboro
Franklin State Bank and Trust Company
Baskin
Monroe-Winnsboro
Phil Duncan
Baskin” Road
Delhi
Kentucky
A. L. Price
Franklin Parish
Duncan
Baskin Bank
Homer Cruse
J. C. Foster
State Penitentiary
Garner Calls for 18th Amendment Repeal
Washington June 21 Speaker Garner said the 18th amendment should be repealed noting he voted against it in Congress and has never believed it sound or workable. He indicated openness to Democratic nomination and appreciated California and Texas delegations urging his candidacy.
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Washington
Garner
Capitol
Congress
California
Texas
Chicago
Lillian the 32 Foot Cabin Cruiser Near Ready For Sea
Oakland completes finishing touches on a 32 foot cabin cruiser named Lillian. The V hull craft with nine foot beam carries 25 passengers and reaches 14 mph with a 105 horsepower motor. It features an after deck and a forward observation deck built from plans in New York.
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Barney Oakland
Barney
New York
Lillian
Oakland
Vast New Industry Looms In Pine Lands Of South
Savannah Georgia June 21 A discovery that white paper can be made from virtually all the souths pine opens vast new commercial fields for its forests Exhibits of white paper chemical pulp made from long leaf and loblolly pines 80 percent of southern timberlands prepared for display before the Georgia Forestry association at Rome tomorrow under Dr Charles H Herty The new method challenges a 50 year old belief that white water and newsprint could only come from slash pine showing bleached and unbleached sulfite from long leaf and loblolly
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Savannah
Georgia State Experimental Paper Mill
Georgia Forestry Association
Rome
Charles H. Herty
New York
American Chemical Society
Georgia
Florida
Gulf Coast
Virginia
North Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Texas
Oklahoma
Herty
Borah Declines Support If Hoover Runs On Prohibition Platform
Senator Borah declared he will not support President Hoover if he runs on the Republican convention platform that includes prohibition. The Idaho dry spokesman blasted the proposed plank as inadequate and unresponsive to the people’s demands, signaling a major split with the president.
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Washington
Borah
Hoover
Senate
Robinson States Democratic Stand on Prohibition Question
Senator Robinson of Arkansas endorses a Democratic plank to submit a prohibition repeal amendment to the people without alternatives and not pledge party members to repeal. He notes strong support among Roosevelt Democrats at the capitol meeting and says the aim is a simple frank prohibition declaration. He adds the plank should be used only if incorporated, aligning with his dry stance.
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Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Capitol
Chicago
Alfred E. Smith
New Gas Well Registered in Union Parish
Interstate Natural Gas Co reports a new well in Union parish named W. C. Steele No. 2. Its daily flow is 4,636,110 cubic feet with rock pressure at 995 feet. Location is 1,980 feet west and 660 feet north of the southeast corner of section 26, township 20 north, range 3 east.
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Interstate Natural Gas Company
Union Parish
Monroe
Mineral Division
State Conservation Department
W. C. Steele
Section 26
Township 20
Range 3
Decision pending tomorrow in Ouachita school repair suit
A district court in Ouachita parish will hear whether a rule of nisi will be issued in Frank Masling versus the Ouachita parish school board. The case challenges a Salley repair contract for fire damage to Ouachita Parish High School, arguing bids were not advertised as required, while defense says extreme public necessity justified the award and that insurers, not the board, arranged the work.
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Nisi
Frank Masling
Ouachita Parish
Percy Sandel
W. C. Salley
Masling
Louisiana House OKs road bond refund bill
Representative Sharp leads a 72 to 15 vote in the Louisiana House to reimburse parishes from the highway fund for bonded debt from parish roads now in the state system. The measure cites the 1921 constitution and aims to relieve parish tax burdens by state debt retirement.
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Baton Rouge
Sharp
Livingston
House of Representatives
Senate
Senate Finance Committee Backs Tick Eradication Bill
Baton Rouge June 21 After a heated session the senate finance committee voted 11 to 3 to recommend the Lester Leuissier tick eradication bill for favorable action in the senate. The bill passed the house last week and was amended to include oleomargarine in the butter fat tax. Senator Oser of New Orleans offered an amendment to exempt ice cream.
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Baton Rouge
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Oser
New Orleans
US Starts New Financing Measures With Broad Tax Hikes
Washington June 21 new federal taxes take effect immediately hitting consumers on long distance calls telegrams cable and radio messages theater tickets and entertainment admissions ten percent on tickets over 40 cents three percent on electric bills ten cents or more on certain services while bank checks face a two cent tax and safe deposit rental rises begin as stocks deplete.
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Washington
United States
Doctor Narrowly Survives Train Collision Near Home
Dr. D. R. Hinton of Start Richland parish, 44, escaped injury when his car stalled at a crossing as a westbound Illinois Central freight struck it. He leaped away just before impact. the car was knocked onto the opposite side. He was treated at St. Francis sanitarium after spectators and crew responded.
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D. R. Hinton
Start
Here
Richland Parish
Illinois Central
Dr. Hinton
Hinton
St. Francis Sanitarium
Schmeling Sharkey Heavyweight Bout Broadcast In Monroe
Will broadcast the Schmeling Sharkey heavyweight title fight blow by blow from The World editorial rooms on North Second Street Monroe. The fight will start between 7 30 and 8 o clock Monroe time with traffic directed by an officer. Harry Prophit will be at the microphone and Monroe Furniture Company provides a loud amplifier for clear sound a block away.
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The
World and News-Star
Louisiana
North Second Street
Schmeling- Sharkey
Monroe
World Office
Harry Prophit
Monroe Furniture Company
Mr. Prophit
Fear of anti foreign wave endangering Americans in Chile
In Santiago on June 21, U S Ambassador William S Culbertson asked Chile to protect American lives and property at Rancagua near the Braden copper mines amid anti foreign agitation and possible street violence. Troops were reported to be sent as martial law had been proclaimed by the new government to restore order.
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Santiago
Chile
Davila
United States
William S. Culbertson
Rancagua
Braden Copper
Interior and Foreign Affairs
Rotary Leaders Discuss Key Questions At Seattle Convention
At Seattle Rotary International delegates open the twenty third annual convention with talks on vocational service illiteracy and community service. Paul P Harris urges a new renaissance while Sidney W Passall stresses adaptability. Louis Steinman links world strife to employer employee discord. PrI nz horn and Crocker call for broader community work and illiteracy eradication.
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Seattle
Rotary International
Paul P. Harris
Chicago
Rotary
Sidney W. Pascall
London
Africa
India
Malaya
Australia
New Zealand
Harris
Europe
Louis E. Steinman
Antwerp
Belgium
Ernest Prinzhorn
Vienna
Glyndon H. Crocker
Cortland
Johnsons suit against city heard in court
H A Johnson 53 plumber sued Monroe city for 10250 claiming serious ankle injuries while leaving a street car near Richardson and Lee avenues on May 3. He says he was bedridden two months and confined at home six weeks more. argues permanent leg shortening. City claims motorman stopped as required and denies responsibility.
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H. A. Johnson
Monroe
Percy Sander
Richardson Avenue
Lee Avenue
Johnson
Fiscal measure to be debated on Wednesday
Louisiana House of Representatives schedules debate on the general appropriation bill authorizing 16.59 million dollars from the general state fund for 1932-34. The omnibus measure, reported by the appropriations committee, includes new 1.5 million for public schools and 750 thousand for LSU, with item by item consideration planned. The bill totals 16,592,946.76 and compares with prior biennium funding.
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Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Louisiana State University
U S Rejects Debt Cancellation while Europe Arms
At Morges Switzerland Hugh S. Gibson told France's Premier Herriot that the United States will not consider debt cancellation as long as Europe spends large sums on armaments. He urged acceptance of an American disarmament plan and noted Lausanne talks aim to resolve debts and reparations before appealing the United States.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Hugh S. Gibson
America
Herriot
France
United States
Europe
Morges
Lausanne
Gibson
M. Herriott
Joseph Paul Boncour
Traces of cud chewing race found in Southwest
A Smithsonian expedition reports discovery of a vanished cave-dwelling people in southwest Texas who chewed cactus leaves as cud like gum. They left half chewed cuds with bones and tools, used cactus fibers for baskets and ropes, and buried a child in each cave.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Texas
North America
Frank M. Setzler
Southwest
Setzler
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