Indictments Filed Over Recall Petitions In Avoyelles
Three indictments were returned by the Avoyelles grand jury charging irregularities in recall petitions against Rep Drouin and others. G Amedes Decuir Eldred Bordelon and others face charges under section 14 of act 21 of 1921 for signatures signed by family members and misrepresentation to signers. Warrants issued. officials pursue additional indictments as recall law questions arise in light of a pending Supreme Court ruling in Bossier parish.
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Associated Press
Marksville
Avoyelles
Drouin
Stin Schwartzenberg
G. Amedes Decuir Eldred Bordelvon
Icted
Ster L. Bordelon
Reme
Bossier Parish
Legistre
Petition Filed To Free Scarface Capone In Philadelphia
A writ of error is sought in Philadelphia municipal court to overturn Capone's one year sentence for carrying a loaded pistol. Hearing set for Saturday before Judge Walsh. Frank Cline, Capone's bodyguard, not included in the petition. Capone argues inadequate defense and prejudiced trial conditions.
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Philadelphia
Municipl
Scarface
al Capon
Chicago
Holmesburg County
J. F. Walsh
Capone
Frank Cline
Cline
Atlantic City
Motion Picture House
Permit Granted for 17 Story Crescent City Hotel
The Orleanian reports the Crescent City commission council has granted a permit to build a new 17 story hotel. The project approval follows city planning reviews and sets the stage for construction in the downtown area.
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Crescent City
Associated Press
Orleans
The
Orleanian
Commission Council
Baton Rouge Game Declared Official by League President
Vicksburg Miss June 26 A Scott president of the Cotton States league announced the Baton Rouge game with Baton Rouge and someone Charles was official and counted. Directors will meet tomorrow to revise the schedule for the league's second half.
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Associated Press
Vicksburg
Miss
Nk A. Scott
Baton Rouge
Tme
Justice of Peace Warns Bootlegger Friends in Texas
Thornton Texas June 26 The Thornton Rustler carries a paid ad from Nat Hudson the local justice of the peace who calls bootleggers to stay away. He warns starting July 1 he will bind offenders to the grand jury with enough evidence to convict. He says he will still drink and notes his family’s drinking history.
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Justice OF Peace
Texas
Thornton, Tex
Thornton
Nat Hudson
The
Thornton Rustler
Hudson
England
Mexico
America Declines Involvement In German Reparations
Secretary Stimson announced there is no change in US stance and Americans will not participate directly or indirectly in collecting German reparations via the proposed international bank or other means. He had stated on May 16 the United States never joined the reparations commission or allied confiscation of sequestered German property for war claims.
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Associated Press
Washington
Stimson
International Bank
Secrtary
United States
League Urges Citizens To Join Forces Against Long
The Constitutional League of Louisiana led by John M. Parker urged men and women to approve its declaration of principles to combat what it calls bankruptcy of the treasury and morals. It condemns Gov Huey P Long and alleges misuse of public funds and misrule by administrators. The declaration states the league’s only aim is to destroy debauchery and expose and remove slanderers and detraction from high office.
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League
Associated Press
New Orleans
Louisiana
John M. Parker
Rged
Eague
Huey P. Long
Jardine urges higher sugar tariff in Senate hearing
William M. Jardine secretary of agriculture told a senate finance sub committee that a higher sugar tariff would expand domestic production. He argued 6 cent sugar would boost beet and cane farming, noting 100000 farmers in 17 states grow sugar beets and that tariffs could support expansion despite pest and disease challenges.
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Washington
William M. Jardine
Calvin Coolidge
Senate
Jardine
United States
Governor Long Answers Reporters in New Orleans on Gas and Leagues
Governor Long spoke with reporters at the federal court building in New Orleans before oil tax hearings. He downplayed the Constitutional League of Louisiana, saying he knew little about it and questioned who runs it. He recalled John Parker’s promise of natural gas and free bridges for New Orleans, noting that people will judge 45 years hence.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Long
Federal Court
Constitutional League of Louisiana
John M. Parker
J. ¥. Sanders
John Parker
Louisiana
Fans invited to Thursday Fightfest Party
Fans in the Twin Cities and Northeast Louisiana are invited to hear the blow by blow report of the Schmeling Azcadan fight announced by The News Star and Morning Post outside the News Star building. Wires from ringside will carry the bout news with Harry Prophit narrating the big horn start just after 7 30 p.m.
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Twin Cities
Louisiana
News-Star
Morning Post
Harry Prophit
Enraged Woman Fires at French Consul in Berlin
A Lithuanian woman fired several times at M. Binet French consul in Berlin's French consulate. A porter restrained her arm and the bullets lodged in the ceiling. She arrived with her husband and child seeking travel funds claiming a hospital leg injury and government compensation. she and her husband were arrested.
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Associated Press
Berlin
M. Binet
Lithuania
Paris
Binet
Queen Mary receives lift from London motorist
In London near Oxford Street Queen Mary’s royal car broke down during a shopping trip. Motorist C A Harrison offered his car and drove Her Majesty and her lady in waiting to Buckingham Palace. The queen joked about the dusty car as the crowd gathered nearby.
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Associated Press
London
Mary
Oxford Street
Buckingham Palace
C. A. Harrison
Harrison
Mystery Veils Fate Of Missing Spanish Airmen
Madrid June 26 Hope waning that Major Ramon Franco and three companions survived a Dornier Wahl 16 crash or forced landing in the Atlantic en route from Alcazares to New York with refueling at the Azores. Spain Italy England and Portugal mobilized sea and air forces to search for traces. Clues so far have proved false.
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News-Star
Madrid
Ramon Franco
Atlantic
Spain
Italy
England
Portugal
Alcazares
New York
Azores
Franco
Sponsors claim new record for endurance ship
Minneapolis June 26 sponsors of the Miss Minneapolis endurance plane announced a new world record for continuous miles of flight on a set course. The aircraft flew 5 000 miles over an eighty mile Minneapolis Northfield Hastings route under the supervision of Thorwald Johnson and Owen Haughland. National Aeronautic Association officials monitored the flight as Stanley Partridge reported the official record stood at 3 200 miles. Johnson and Haughland had logged nearly 70 hours in the air with the endurance flight record listed as 472 hours 32 minutes 1 second.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Miss
Mics
Thorwald “Thunder” Johnson
Owen Haughland
Northfield
Hastings
Minn
P. L. Crichton
National Aeronautic Association
Stanley Partridge
Association
Washington
Johnson and Haughland
Five Held as Witnesses in Murder Case
Five persons including a young woman were arrested as material witnesses in the slaying of Frank Marlow, a Broadway racketeer. Police tied Marlow’s movements to 45 minutes before his death near a Flushing cemetery, with homicide indictments planned for two unidentified men. Those held had spent the afternoon with the slain night club owner.
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New York
Frank Marlow
Whalen
Marlow
Flushing
Long Island
Johnny Wilson
Edward M. Lewis
Boston
al Siegel
Coney Island
Ignatius Coppa
Youth Bound Without Bond to Ark Grand Jury
Otis Hawkins fourteen waives preliminary hearing and is bound over to Jefferson County Grand Jury on a first degree murder charge for the slaying of his father Wes H. Hawkins sixty a planter. He will attend the funeral in custody after spending the night in jail and asked for books with stories.
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Associated Press
Pine Bluff
Otis Hawkins
Jefferson County
Wes H. Hawkins
A. Miller
H. K. Toney
Toney
Boston Gangsters Sought In Marlow Murder Probe
Two Boston gangsters tied to Frank Marlow's killing in Belgium liquor bootlegging are being sought by New York and Boston authorities who claim evidence links the murderers to Boston. Also Ford family sells stock of the Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad to C. D. Barney and company for an undisclosed principal.
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Boston
Frank Marlow
Belgium
Alchohol
New York
Marlow
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
Henry Ford
C. D. Barney and Company
Bowie district court to hear murder case linking poisoned viscera
Texarkana Texas June 26 District Attorney R G Waters was notified that poison found in the viscera of Mrs Ocie Nix ties her death to a murder trial for her husband in Bowie district court in Boston tomorrow A subpoena for Dr S W Bohls of Austin to testify was issued
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Texarkana
Tex
R. G. Waters
S. W. Bohls
State Laboratory
Austin
Ocie Nix
Bowie District Court
Boston
Bohls
Plane stowaway returns to U S in nattily clad outfit
Arthur Schreiber of Portland Maine arrives aboard the Leviathan in New York City after a stowaway voyage. He is met by his father Morris Schreiber and posed for photos, saying he simply wants to go home. He declined to discuss plans or the Lindbergh comparison rumor.
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Associated Press
New York
Arthur Schreiber
Portland
America
Morris Schreiber
Lindbergh
France
Memphis Jails Crowded After Federal Raids
Memphis Tenn June 26 more than 70 persons were jailed as federal prohibition agents sought to raise Memphis liquor prices to the national level. Forty two agents carried warrants. jails filled. Colonel A W Mays led the operation with local authorities. Arraignments expected. pad locking to be sought in many cases.
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Associated Press
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
A. W. Mays
Louisville
Prohibition
Memphis Liquor Prices To the Level of the Rest of the Country,” Colonel Mays
Mays
Man shoots at priest during mass at Chicago church
A man armed with a pistol fired at Rev. Father J. Keenan at Our Lady of Sorrows church during six o clock mass. A kneeling parishioner Richard Murphy was wounded as the bullets missed the priest. The assailant Charles Foster then shot himself in the head, suffering a slight scalp wound. Foster appeared intoxicated and was restrained by worshippers as police arrived.
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News-Star
Chicago
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Father J. Keenan
Richard Murphy
Charles Foster
Foster
Carpenter Killed in Gulfport Hit and Run Incident
Gulfport Mississippi June 26 45 year old carpenter Sals vadore Dedaux was killed when struck by a sedan type vehicle on a highway near his home Officers search the area for the hit and run driver as eyewitness Frank E Lassabe described the car traveling at a terrific speed.
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Carpenter
Associated Press
Gulfport
Miss
Salsvadore Dedaux
West Gulf
Frank E. Lassabe
Treasury Denies Schools Used for Prohibition Propaganda
Washington June 26. Prohibition Commissioner Doran denies any plan to use public schools to spread enforcement propaganda. The denial follows a pamphlet suggesting school study topics and slogans about prohibition. The treasury says curriculum is under state control and federal funds aim at general enforcement efforts.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury Department
Prohibition
Doran
Anne B. Sutter
Statistical and Educational Division
The
Bureau
National Education Association
Atlan
Deran
Sutter
Assant
Lowman
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