Louisiana Groups Hearing In Progress On Bank Bandits
Two bandits involved in the Baskin Franklin State Bank robbery and in gun battles that left deputy Elmo Ferguson dead were captured in Ouachita Parish. John V. Thomas and Walter Bearden were taken to jail after deputies from multiple parishes pursued them from Murfreesboro Arkansas to Monroe. Local authorities noted a $500 reward had been paid, while witnesses described the suspects and their escape.
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Louisiana
Tive Baskin Bank Bandits
Ouachita Parish
Jnn
Ouachita
Franklin Parishes
Murfreesboro
Ark
John V. Thomas
Walter Bearden
Crowville
Franklin State Bank and Trust Company
Baskin
Elmo “Slim” Ferguson
Rayville
Monroe
Milton Coverdale
Allen Price
Winnsboro
D. L. Roper
Thomas
Roy Binion
George Franklin
Bearden
Price
M. D. Cummings
S. B. Caldwell
Crockett’s Ferry
Bayou Mason
Caldwell
Fool's River
J. D. Peyton
Mabel Beck
Crockett
Rayner
Hollywood Studio
Murphreesboro
Flood lights urged to secure Monroes night mail stop
Selman airport needs flood lights to ensure Monroe can be a night mail stop. Travis Oliver of the Monroe West Monroe Chamber aviation committee said night flying will start soon along the southern transcontinental route and city parish aid is needed. Beacon lights are being installed every 12 miles along the line, and a recent Delta Air Service pilot incident underscored the request.
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Selman
Monroe
Travis Oliver
Chamber of Commerce
West Monroe
Oliver
Henry E. Elliott
Delta Air Service
California
Debar Al From Floor At Chicago Meet
Nashville Tenn June 24 J M Gardenhire a Democratic national convention delegate announced he would sponsor a resolution to deny former Governor Alfred E Smith the privileges of the convention floor and to declare him ineligible as a presidential candidate unless he assures delegates he will abide by the convention action and support its nominee
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Nashville
Tenn
J. M. Gardenhire
Alfred E. Smith
Democratic Platform Aims for Shortest Declaration Yet
Chicago June 24 A Roosevelt backed effort seeks a 1000 word Democratic platform with a brief prohibition plank possible in 25 words. Palmer and Hitchcock push a concise pro economic emphasis while hearings delay on major issues until tomorrow.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Dill
Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
Palmer
Resolutions Committee
New York
Roosevelt men seek end to two thirds rule for nomination
Roosevelt leaders launch campaign to scrap the two thirds rule at the national convention on its centennial. Mayor Hague signals possible Smith withdrawal if Roosevelt enters the race, while New York leaders press for a Roosevelt challenge amid party rivalries.
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Roosevelt
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Smith
Democratic National Committee
Alfred E. Smith
Hague
Mississippi
Far West
New Yorker
Alabama Hearing Seeks To Disprove Boyle Attack Account
At a Birmingham preliminary hearing on a murder charge against John A. Boyle witnesses contested his claim he was unconscious from 2 to 8 p m the day his mother Mrs Jessie A Boyle was killed. Curtis Wallace said Boyle sought aid about 8 p m but later altered to 4 30 p m. Jefferson homicide squad member Connie W Austin found blood on Boyle s penknife and Dr Lassar Alexander said wounds were not severe enough to cause unconsciousness.
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Birmingham
Ala
John A. Boyle
Jessie A. Boyle
Boyle
Curtis Wallace
Connie W. Austin
Jefferson County
Lassar Alexander
Siam mutiny ends monarchy as royal family hostage
An army mutiny in Bangkok leads to a constitutional monarchy after rebels seize the royal family. King Prajadhipok and relatives are moved to a warship while tanks and machine guns fill the streets. Fraulein Von Etzdorf reports the upheaval from Bangkok.
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Siam
Berlin
Marga von Etzdorf
Vossische Zeitung
Bangkok
Prajadhipok
Fraulein von Etzdorf
Germany
Tokyo
Tempo
Gray-clad Confederate veterans march in 42nd parade
Gray-clad veterans once more line up in Richmond for their forty second annual parade. Once bold soldiers under Jackson and Lee they now move with tottering steps to cars that will carry them past streets they walked as youths. Their ranks are a remnant of a heroic force as comrades lie buried. Continued on Page Two.
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Richmond
Jackson
Lee
Stuart
Forrest
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Capitol
Confederacy
McClellan
Grant
Two Boys Drown in Bayou Teche at New Iberia
In New Iberia Louisiana two youths Valsine Arcineaux aged 15 and Wilbert Johnson aged 17 drowned after falling into Bayou Teche while crab fishing. Their bodies were recovered soon after but resuscitation failed.
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New Iberia
Bayou Teche
Valsine Arcineaux
Wilbert Johnson
Nurse vows to confront singer Hutton in breach suit
Myrtle Jean St Pierre, a 21 year old nurse, sues David Hutton husband of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson for 200000. She says money is not her main aim and wants to "show that man up in a big way" while Hutton doubts a verdict and claims he has no money to pay.
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Los Angeles
Myrtle Jean St. Pierre
David Hutton
Aimee Semple McPherson
Hutton
Aimee
Birmingham Man Fatally Wounded by Prohi Agents
Tom McCombs aged 38 was shot in the back and died after federal prohibition agents in the Irondale area raided a group of violators. His brother John McCombs was jailed on a Prohibition violation charge after the incident.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tom McCombs
Irondale
W. L. Hutto
R. Posey
Posey
John McCombs
McCombs
Tom
Sol W. Miller
Alabama
Miller
Hutto
Bills and Fists Mark Capitol Session Clash in Louisiana
In Baton Rouge, a heated floor confrontation erupted as Representatives David Cole and William Pegues battled over an appropriation bill. Blood drawn during the melee, framed by claims the measure targeted Dudley LeBlanc’s insurance business, ended with lawmakers separating the combatants.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Allen
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Louisiana Public Service Commission
David Cole
Allen Parish
William C. Pegues
DeSoto
Pegues
Harvey G Fields Calls Meeting on Cutting Rates
Harvey G Fields, public service commissioner, calls a conference for July 19 at 10 30 a m in the West Carroll courthouse Oak Grove. The meeting aims to hear petitions from nine northeast Louisiana municipalities seeking utility rate reductions with representatives from Louisiana Power and Light company and citizen groups invited to attend.
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Farmerville
Public Service Commission
Louisiana
Harvey G. Fields
Public Service
West Carroll
Oak Grove
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Harvey C. Couch
Pine Bluff
West Carroll Parish
Con
Flood control plank to be offered at national convention
W. E. Ned Wilson left Monroe for Chicago to present the flood control plank before the platform committee of the Democratic convention. The plank, approved by the rivers and harbors congress, pledges completion of flood control work and development of national rivers and harbors facilities. Wilson acts as spokesman and hopes the plank will be adopted, with a return to Monroe planned for next week.
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W. E
Ned” Wilson
Monroe
Chicago
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Wilson
Frank R. Reid
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Democratic Party
Platform Committee
Monroe Town News and Remnants of Gas Field History
A column by He Eas Sergeant J. D. Busby recounts a playful 10 cent taxi routine and local traffic complaints in Monroe. It also notes Louis Lock memorial efforts, the discovery of a rotary rig drill bit from the first Monroe gas well, and local social notes about toy horse shoe bets, a theatre canvas for A Flapper Grandmother, and Jesse Thomas’s Ford "Mad Wasp" vehicle.
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Louis Lock
Monroe Field
C. C. Lindley
Walnut Street
DeSiard
Wolff Brothers
Lindley
Lock
Lions Club
J. C. Sadler
Central Fire Station
Jack Blanks
Twin Cities
Jack Boyer
Harry Prophit
Dick Downs, Jr
Jesse Thomas
Ford
Democrats Cross Factions In Louisiana Delegates Battle At National Convention
At the Shreveport convention, leaders hope to seat the legally elected delegates while the Long faction fights to seat its own. Jared L. Sanders leads the Shreveport camp. Senator Long backs his contingent. Roosevelt supporters shift as Ewing claims gain, and majorities shape the seating votes at the Congress Hotel.
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Chicago
Shreveport
Louisiana State Central Committee
Senator Long
Democratic National Committee
Congress Hotel
Jared L. Sanders
Long
South
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
New York
Wall Street
Ewing
John D. Ewing
Jared ¥. Sanders
Quake Hits City Aftermath Claims No Losses
Dispatches report another quake and smaller tidal wave damaging Colima region and Cuyutlan with no casualties due to prior evacuation. The earlier tsunami left about 100 dead as relief teams deploy 1,000 army tents to shelter the homeless. Guadalajara and Mexico City note minor aftershocks with no damage.
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Mexico City
Colima
Cuyutlan
Guadalajara
Unemployment Relief Plan Shifts Back to House
The $2.3 billion unemployment relief bill returns to the House as progressives push to block a presidential veto after adjournment. The Senate approved $2.3 billion. Garner’s House plan seeks $2.291 billion with a major public works bond. Senate debates an economy bill and the Hawes-Cutting measure follow, amid concerns over a family-spanning layoff rule and possible pocket veto.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Garner
Hoover
Laguardia
New York
Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
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Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Wheeler
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Alfred EK. Simith
James
St. Louis
Memphis
Helena
Seeeee
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Seneee
Cairo
Secreeewene
Tennessee— Chattanooga
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Little Rock
Red
Alexandria
Quachita
Camden
Far East
Nurse
PROHI
Cole and
W. E. Wilson
Jes’ Ramblin
He Eas
J. D. Busby
Police Department
Gordon Avenue
South Second Street
Rufus J. Goza
Texas Avenue
Jes
Texas
Sanders
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