James K Vardaman Dies In Mississippi Capitol
James K Vardaman known as the Great White Chief dies in Birmingham and will lie in state at the Mississippi state capitol from 9 to 3 30. Funeral at Galloway Methodist Church at 4 led by pastors L L Cowan W A Hewitt H M King Monsignor Pedergast J Falkner. Flags at the state house to half staff at 2 55. Veteran firing squad to salute at the grave. Vardaman praised for white supremacy and long Mississippi career as governor and legislator.
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Associated Press
Jackson
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Mississippi
James K. Vardaman
Galloway Methodist Church
L. L. Cowan
W. A. Hewitt
H. M. King
Monsignor Pendergast
Vicksburg
J. Falkner
Vardaman
State House
Birmingham
Heat Record Set At 106 Degrees In City
A new heat record for the season was recorded around 2 PM when the Natural Gas company thermometer at the city hall northeast corner showed 106 degrees. It tops last season’s high by two degrees despite a mild evening. Earlier, a low of 75 was logged between 5 and 6 AM, and a breeze offered some relief from the daytime heat.
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Natural Gas Company
$160 000 Wont Pay Lawmakers
In Baton Rouge on June 26 Representative T. T. Webb of Ouachita, chair of the house contingent expense committee, said the $160,000 allowance for 1930 assembly expenses wouldn’t cover all costs and urged suspending rules to accept an emergency $10,000 increase. The house agreed to receive the bill.
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Baton Rouge
T. T. Webb
Ouachita
House
Sylvest
Washington
Richland Operating fined $1000 in Rayville gas case
The Richland Operating company pleaded guilty to bypassing a well meter and was fined $1,000 in Rayville district court. A prior similar conviction also carried a $1,000 fine, bringing total fines to $2,000. A third charge remains and will be decided in fall term.
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Star Rayville
Richland Operating Company
International Gas Products, Inc
Richland Parish
Monroe
Department of Conservation
Trumann Man Dies From Heat Wave Heart Attack
Funeral plans were under way for Richard Matthews, 246, of Trumann Arkansas, who died in a Jonesboro hospital from a heart attack and heat prostration after suffering a heat illness. He worked for a lumber company in Trumann and had relatives in Georgia.
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Ark
Richard Matthews
Trumann
Georgia
Quarry Tragedy Kills Two Men Near Bluff City
Dowell Smith age 42 and Fred Nickels age 36, quarry workers, were killed when rock and dirt fell on them as they drilled at the foot of a cliff along a road near Bluff City Tennessee. Smith left a widow and three children, Nickels a widow and four children.
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Bluff City
Tenn
Dowell Smith
Fred Nickels
Smith
Nickels
Four Flying Hunters Aim for Endurance Flight Record
Sparta Illinois brothers Walter and companions stake nearly all funds on a cross country endurance flight. At 3 40 a m the plane had logged 347 hours with a leaky left wing tank threatening the attempt. They expect to surpass the 6 01 am Sunday mark and possibly net $200000 if successful.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Flying Hunter Boys
Sparta
Ill
Walter
Bolivian unrest reported as rebels seize provinces
Buenos Aires on June 26 reports in Critica special edition that clashes of grave nature hit La Paz Bolivia. President Siles seeks refuge in the U S legation as revolutionaries claim control of Cochabamba Oruro Potosi and Santa Cruz. La Paz isolated and border troops urged for aid from General Kandt and the U S legation watches.
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United States
Legislature in Briefhouse Actions Pass Key Bills
In the Briet House on Wednesday night House bills advanced. HB 368 Pegues provides liens on drilling equipment for material suppliers. passed 78 to 3. HB 773 Heintz omnibus road bill broadens local roads into the state highway system. passed 80 to 3. HB 758 Douglas covers drainage in Caddo to be handled by the Caddo board of commissioners.
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Senate approves tax amendment path for parish deficits
Senate bills pass with 31 to 3 vote on SB 245 a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment allowing parishes excluding Orleans to levy up to one mill tax to cover direct property tax revenue deficits. Additional sponsor notes SB 246 SB 125 and SB 141 proposals by Knott Settoon and others.
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Orleans
Knott
Settoon
Long Victory Advances Huey P Long in Senate Race
Louisiana’s 36 year old governor Huey P Long emerged as the winner in a two year fight reflecting strategy against opponents seeking to oust him. In Baton Rouge the Senate rejected Morvant’s bill raising Public Service Commission salaries from 3000 to 4800 a year, 23 to 12, short of two thirds. Redmond of Quachita signaled a reconsideration request for tomorrow as debate continued.
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Louisiana
United States Senate
Huey P. Long
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House of Representatives
Associated Press
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Louisiana Public Service Commission
Senate
Redmond
Quachita
House Passes Appropriation Bill With State Funds Cut
Baton Rouge June 26 The House approved the biennial appropriation bill directing about 80 million dollars for two years to state departments and institutions. Dupre of St. Landry urged trimming mansion upkeep and furnishings, proposing lower annual figures, but amendments were rejected as the bill moved item by item.
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Baton Rouge
House Today
Appropriations Committee
Louisiana Tax Commission
Fruge
Executive Department
Dupre
St. Landry
State House
Local members reject bid to amend city court bill
Representatives F C Bennett and T T Webb faced a West Monroe petition of more than 300 citizens urging passage of senate bill 91 creating a city court without amendment. A West Monroe delegation led by Capt H M Williams presented the plea, while an amendment to require lawyers for the judgeship was debated but Webb and Bennett showed no plan to alter the bill. The opponents say laymen could administer the court and the bill already passed the senate.
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F. C. Bennett
T. T. Webb
Ouachita
West Monroe
Senate
Redmond
Capt. H. M. Williams
Friends of the Bill
Webb
Pennett
Poisoned by home canned beans claim two more deaths
Two children, Morris and Valeria Zimmer, seven and five, fight for life after their mother Mrs Zimmer and sister Frances, nine, died from poisoning. Doctors say lack of anti botulism serum doomed the mother and Frances and threatens the younger children.
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Sentinel Butte
N. D
Morris
Valeria Zimmer
Three Die in Georgia as Heat Wave Bakes South
Three deaths in Georgia linked to a blistering heat wave and storms. Hoke Irwin age 16 was struck by lightning at Shellman. Aubrey Heacox died when his plowing horse bolted as thunder approached. Robert Leonard, a Black man, died from the heat in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Hoke Irwin
Shellman
Aubrey Heacox
Robert Leonard
Mistis Speakin To Boss After LAS' Week
Mistis confronts the boss after LAS week and keeps pressing the issue. The exchange turns tense as she continues speaking up without pause despite warnings.
Judge Odom Seeks Election to Louisiana High Court
Judge Fred M. Odom, presiding judge of the state court of appeals, announces candidacy for the Louisiana supreme court seat vacated by Judge David N. Thompson. Odom, a Bastrop resident, has served as district attorney, district judge, and presiding judge since 1908. Primary election date not specified.
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State Court of Appeals
Louisiana Supreme Court
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Caldwell
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Quadhlla
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Bastrop
Fourth Judicial District
Ouachita
Tax on Gross Retail Selling Favored by Committee
Baton Rouge June 26 The house ways and means committee voted 10 to 4 in favor of the Wimberly bill proposing a special gross sales tax on Louisiana retailers after a public hearing with merchants from across the state. A majority report is expected to be urged in the house in place of the committee’s favorable stance. The proposal would levy a tax on gross receipts from retail sales.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wimberly
Louisiana
House Votes to Sustain Hoover Veto on Veterans Relief Bill
Washington June 26 The House sustained President Hoover in vetoing the World War veterans relief bill. Debate on a substitute measure to meet Hoover objections began immediately. In his veto message the president said the bill was unjust to veterans and taxpayers and urged a square deal without discrimination between groups. The veto message arrived at 1 21 pm and votes to sustain were cast by 1 45 pm.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Hoover
Continuation of Heat Wave Hits Southwestern Areas
Federal weather observers predicted another day of extreme heat across the southwest with temperatures above 100. Childress Texas recorded 110 degrees and Lubbock 106 while Oklahoma reached 106 at Buffalo. Missouri storms damaged structures near Trenton and crops near Weston. Farm laborer H. Merrill, 35, was killed by lightning near Raytown.
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Child Ruth Head Struck by Auto in New Orleans
Five year old Ruth Head was struck by an automobile on Wednesday while en route to a grocery store in New Orleans. She sustained a fractured leg and received medical care.
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New Orleans
Ruth Head
Garrett seeks re election as district attorney
David I. Garrett announced his candidacy for re election as district attorney in the Fourth Judicial District including Ouachita and Morehouse parishes. The race may become a three corner contest with George W. Lester and potential entrant Paul Fink weighing in while judges Percy Sandel and J T Shell hint at re election bids. Garrett urged full voter registration to ensure representative turnout.
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David I. Garrett
Fourth Judicial District
Ouachita
Morehouse
Garrett
George W. Lester
Bernhardt Building
Three Drowned as Sudden Storm Hits Lake at Buffalo
A sudden Lake Erie storm in Buffalo, N Y today killed three men in a capsized fishing boat near Lackawanna. The tempest toppled two horses by lightning, caused widespread damage, and left streets flooded and streetcar service disrupted.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lackawanna
Long signs tick eradication bill for Louisiana
Governor Huey P Long signed the Peltier Ginsberg tick eradication bill creating a state wide program under the Louisiana livestock sanitary board. He said the measure helps farming families and noted its passage reflects hardship relief. He sent a letter to the Senate stating the act allows aid for those unable to drive their animals.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Peltier-Ginsberg
Louisiana
Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board
Senate
Speculations of Doherty $75-a-Week Clerk Ruin Big Labor Bank
The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks National Bank, a major labor bank, closed amid alleged manipulations by A W Shafer, a former $75 a week employee of Henry L Doherty & Co. The losses are said to exceed 1.5 million dollars. The Cosmopolitan Bank & Trust Co. had previously failed.
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Doherty
Cincinnati
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks National Bank
A. W. Shafer
Henry L. Doherty & Co
Sha‘er
Cosmopolitan Bank & Trust Company
Broussard Denies He Is Cited In Constitutional Debate
Governor Huey P. Long distributed mimeographed copies of a telegram from United States Senator Edwin S. Broussard disputing claims he opposed the constitutional convention bill. Broussard said he gave no statement and authorized no one to speak for him about the matter. Baton Rouge. June 26.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
State House
United States
Edwin S. Broussard
House
E. S. Broussard
Kingsford Smith Flight Near Halfway To New York Airfield
United Press reports Capt Charles E Kingsford Smith and three companions on a transatlantic flight from Harbor Grace Newfoundland to New York were near the halfway point between 11 am and noon EST With headwinds and fog reducing speed to about 60 miles per hour for several hours conditions improved toward Halifax and the craft could reach Roosevelt Field after 5 pm local time today
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New York
Charles E. Kingsford-Smith
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Halifax
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