Jimmy Wedell dies in Patterson air crash tragedy
James R. Wedell 34 a noted New Orleans speed flier dies when the Gypsy Moth plane he instructs in crashes near Patterson Louisiana. The student Frank Sneeringer is seriously injured and possibly comatose as investigators and officials begin to probe the cause.
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Associated Press
Jimmy Wedell
Wedell
Patterson
Rutland, Vt
W. J. McMullen
R. L. Oakes
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
James Carl Ryan
Yates City
Til
Robert Thomas Plummer
Trizoia
Plummer
James R
Jimmy” Wedell
New Orleans
Frank Sneeringer
Mobile
Ala
Sneeringer
Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation
St. Mary's Hospital
Williams
United States Department of Commerce
Husky
United States
Canada
Mexico
Rivers Daily Stages Flood Present 24 Hour Stage
A flood stage update shows rivers rising with a 24 hour change. Officials warn residents near floodplains to monitor embankments and prepare for possible evacuations as rainfall continues. Local emergency teams coordinate with state agencies to monitor water levels and issue alerts.
Banter and Botanicals in a Country Column Snippet
A child at the opera asks why a conductor shakes his baton and why the singer shouts. A West Monroe garden features a banana plant blooming early signaling possible winter fruit. Walter Veach touts home grown tomatoes. A seller rejects a nickel from a newspaper hawker. Mrs. Reid spots a horned tomato. A cow seeks shade on Archibald Winnsboro highway.
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C. E. Faulk
West Monroe
Man Slain as Wife and Daughter Dying in Arkansas Tragedy
Fordyce Arkansas reports Lee Grimmett 47 a service station manager found shot dead. His wife Ola 35 and daughter Nancy Louise 9 were beaten into unconsciousness with skull fractures. Neighbors found the rifle beside Grimmett and the couple’s injuries were severe. Police see no domestic trouble or financial motive.
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Grimmett
Grimmetts
Solons Return to Baton Rouge to Resume Work
Louisiana legislators returned to the state house for the seventh week of the 1934 session facing a backlog of bills. Chief among them were administration tax revenue measures tied to the $111 million appropriations bill, with Huey P. Long predicting passage of the Tugwell-Hoffpaul automobile license reduction bill despite questions of two thirds support.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State House
House
Senate
Tugwell-Hoffpaulr
Huey P. Long
Long-Allen
General Assembly
Long
Slaying Near Manchester Ties Eight White Men to Death
A 35 year old Black man Dick Wilkerson was killed after slapping a white man at a nearby negro dance. Eight white farmers were jailed for murder and two more suspects sought as offices report the incident grew from a home invasion and riot.
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Manchester
Tenn
Here
Dick Wilkerson
Coffee County
C. D. Huffman
Huffman
Governor Allen Delays Naming Police Jurymen
Baton Rouge, June 25. Governor Allen said he would not fill a vacancy on the Caddo parish police jury until all applications are in. He has not named a successor to R. S. Osborn, who resigned, but many seek the appointment. He stressed he will wait for all applications.
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Baton Rouge
Allen
Caddo Parish
R. S. Osborn
Woman Treated for Poisoning After Husband Arrest
Mrs Dan Sehon of 417 Grammont street was hospitalized at St Francis sanitarium after ingesting two bichloride of mercury tablets by mistake seeking relief for a nervous breakdown following her husband Dan Sehon's arrest for disturbing the peace. Emergency care removed the poison and she returned home that night. Sehon is held on a peace disturbance complaint. police reported he had been drinking.
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Dan Sehon
Grammont Street
St. Francis Sanitarium
Fugitives Hunted After Jail Escape in Texas
In Lubbock Texas officers pursued condemned murderer Ed Stanton and three other felons who escaped the county jail with two hostages Walter Posey bank official and Campbell Elkins official. The posse received orders to shoot to kill as they comb the west Texas plains.
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Lubbock
Texas
West Texas
Ed Stanton
Andrew H. Nelson
Bill Coupe
J. B. Stephens
Walter S. Posey
First National Bank of
Mississippi Endurance Fliers Still Aloft
Meridian Mississippi June 24 The Ole Miss single motor monoplane of endurance fliers Al and Fred Key continues overhead as they chase a 23 day aloft record. They took off at 7 59 Thursday from the municipal airport and fly a second hand plane bought from a Columbus florist. The motor works perfectly and the brothers bathe and shave in their flying quarters while subsisting on fried chicken.
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Meridian
Miss
Ole Miss
Fred Key
Columbus
Mayor Bernstein Opens Better Homes and Trade Exposition
Mayor Arnold Bernstein will officially open the Better Homes and Trade Exposition with a welcome address at 8 o clock Tuesday night. A. V. Miller will speak for the Monroe Chamber of Commerce outlining benefits of the Renovize the Twin Cities campaign. The four day event features dance music and radio broadcasts on KMLB, with tickets available from sponsoring merchants or a small admission fee.
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Arnold Bernstein
Bernstein
A. V. Miller
Chamber of Commerce of
Monroe
West Monroe
Twin Cities
Harry Rice
Leon Hammonds
KMLB
Army and National Guard to Aid Dillinger Hunt
At the justice department discussions raised methods for army and National Guard support in the offensive against John Dillinger. Details were guarded and whether troops might be used to capture the gang once cornered was not disclosed as officials pressed to apply all legal means in the hunt.
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Washington
Army
National Guard
John Dillinger
Justice Department
Dillinger
Hundred Thousand Dollars for Louisiana Storm Relief
Governor O K Allen announced a telegram from Federal Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins confirming a $100000 federal relief allocation for hurricane victims in Louisiana. Hopkins said funds will be released to the state once a formal application is filed.
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Baton Rouge
O. K. Allen
Harry L. Hopkins
Washington
Louisiana
Hopkins
Winds and Lightning Kill Six and Do Half Million in Damage
A weekend storm across southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois left at least six dead and about 500000 dollars in property damage. Victims include Verlend Arge crushed by a barn near Marshfield and five drownings from Fox Lake to Lake Michigan as crews battled violent winds.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Illinois
Ilinois Lakes
William R. Behanna
Waukegan, Ill
Wilfred E. Hall
Waukegan
Allen F. Thomas
Joseph Kuhns
Pistakee Bay
McHenryan
Verlend Arge
Marshfield
Wis
Behanna
Hall
Fox Lake
Thomas
Kuhns
Lake Michigan
Michigan City
Ind
Robert Warfield
Warfield
Two burglars shot asMonroe police trap robbers at saloon
A robbery at Tony Danna saloon on DeSiard street ended with Richard Moore and Tyson Carr in custody. Carr was shot in the back by Officer H E Webb as he fled through the rear door. Moore acted as lookout. Carr's injury was not serious after treatment at St Francis sanitarium and prison relocation.
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Monroe
Tony Danna
DeSiard Street
Richard Moore
Tyson Carr
Carr
H. E. Webb
St. Francis Sanitarium
Webb
L. S. Meek
Moore
Texas Senator Is Fined for Bank Misuse
Gus Russek of Schulenburg veteran state senator and banking chairman sentenced for misapplication of funds from the First National Bank of Schulenburg. He receives 5000 dollars fine four months in a New Orleans workhouse and a suspended four year term. Vogt brothers also fined 500 each and given 13 months suspended.
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Houston
Texas
Gus Russek
Schulenburg
Texas Senate Banking Committee
New Orleans
First National Bank of Schulenburg
Russek
Charles A
Otto G. Vogt
T. M. Kennerly
Vogt
Schulenburg Bank
Russek State Bank
First National
Woman Swimmer Breaks Back At Lazarre Point
Vera Reeves wife of C G Reeves of 408 Mills Street West Monroe broke two vertebrae while turning handsprings in shallow water at Lazarre Point Sunday afternoon. She is in critical condition at the clinic after being aided from the water by friends and rushed home before hospital transfer.
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Vera Reeves
C. G. Reeves
Mills Street
West Monroe
Lazarre’s Point
George W. Wright
Daddy Browning Is Seriously Ill in New York Hospital
Edward W. Daddy Browning aged 63, real estate operator and estranged husband of Frances Peaches Browning, remained in critical condition after a cerebral hemorrhage left his left side paralyzed. Browning, found unconscious in his hotel, is cited as unchanged with a slim chance of recovery. he fostered Dorothy Sunshine and faced sensational divorce allegations years ago.
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New York
Edward W
Browning
Frances “Peaches
J. B. Weighart
Dorothy Sunshine
Peaches Browning
Judge Fines Locke 90 Days for Court Contempt
Sherman Tex June 25 Randolph Bryant federal judge jailed N S Locke for 90 days for contempt connected to an East Texas oil allowable violation. Lockes attorney said an appeal would be filed.
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Sherman
Tex
Randolph Bryant
N. S. Locke
East Texas
Hermit killer Crowe eludes Wolcott posse after deadly spree
John Crowe 65 fled through Wolcott woods after killing Clarence Yuskis Jr 22 and Julius Karvauskas 40 and wounding Mrs Yuskis. A massive manhunt with machine guns tear gas and bloodhounds surrounded his shack as authorities searched woods and roads overnight leaving a ruined hideout and a miniature arsenal.
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Wolcott, Conn
John Crowe
Wolcott Woods
Crowe
Clarence Yuskis, Jr
Yuskig
Julius Karvauskas
Yuskis
Litchfield
Wolcott
Crowe Shack
Roosevelt and Farley Meet on U S Jobs in Hyde Park
President Roosevelt and Postmaster General Farley conferred at Hyde Park to plan appointments for new stock exchange and communications commissions and other vacancies before Roosevelt ships to Hawaii. Farley, also a Democratic leader, carried lists of preferred candidates for discussion.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Farley
New Stock Exchange and Communications Commissions
Hawaii
Democratic
Congress
Lehman
Edward J. Flynn
Bronx
Washington
Capital
War fuels profit as nations bank on conflict
A Hollywood observer recalls South American warfare, noting how war finances stay afloat through quick credit and syndicate profits. He argues that every noncombatant nation opportunistically profits from ongoing wars, keeping fighting alive long after initial momentum fades.
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Hollywood
Cal
McNavads Syndicate
Ims
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