Italia airship crash nets six survivors after Arctic voyage
Six of sixteen crew members remain alive after the Italia dirigible crashed on the polar ice near Spitzbergen. One killed. others missing or injured as General Nobile reports the balloon portion drifted east and a small smoke column rose from it.
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Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Italia
North Pole
Umberto Nobile
Pomella
Bees
Nobile
Vincenzo Pomela
General Nobile
Natale Ceccioni
Smotor
Finn Malmgren
Nobile l
Pomella O
Exhume Body In Probe of Death Cause
Coroner Willis P. Butler ordered an exhumation of C. C. Austin 76 oil operator of Qij City near Shreveport Louisiana. Viscera sent to determine if poison caused death on May 23 after a period of convulsions. Austin died at 9 p m after illness not diagnosed. family physician cited heart attack. Survived by widow and several children from two marriages.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
C. C. Austin
Qij City
Here
Willis P. Butler
Austin
Butler
Flood Control Meeting Set for July 3 in Vicksburg
Congressman Riley J. Wilson announces a flood control meeting July 3 at 4 p.m. in Vicksburg with federal engineers to discuss survey differences and plans. He hopes to extend the engineers' trip to parts of the Tensas basin and Monroe afterward. Mayor Arnold Bernstein was notified by Major Lee of the Vicksburg office to urge attendance by Monroe and other centers.
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Vicksburg
Riley J. Wilson
Federal
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Tensas Basin
Monroe
Arnold Bernstein
Major Lee
McClanahan Regulation Bill O K d in Committee
Baton Rouge June 27 The senate corporations committee approved Rep McClanahan’s bill to let police juries regulate fortune telling shows board halls shooting galleries skating rinks and similar amusements in Orleans Parish and the cities. It would authorize license taxes on such venues and permit suppression of undesirable amusements. Violations carry up to 500 fine or two months imprisonment or both.
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Baton Rouge
McClanahan
Parish of Orleans
Senate Corporations Committee
General Ashburn to Make Barge Line Survey Here
General T. Q. Ashburn, chairman of the Inland Waterways corporation, will visit Monroe on Friday evening for a conference with Congressman Riley J. Wilson about extending barge line service to Monroe and potentially Camden. The trip focuses on channel adequacy and sufficient tonnage for a financially viable line, with support for a route via the Black and Ouachita rivers.
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T. Q. Ashburn
The
Inland Waterways Corporation
Monroa
New Or
Riley J. Wil- Sa
Louisi
Lee
Camden Ee
Congress
the Waterways Corporation
Mississippi
Chief of Engineers
Wilson
Black
Ouachita
Monroe
Camden
Murphy Stabbed to Death in River Bank Affray
J J Murphy 55 died after being stabbed in an affray Saturday near West River Bank area. John Nelson 39, a carpenter and pile driver, admitted the knife attack and claims self defense as Murphy advanced with a club. Nelson held in parish jail as authorities consider manslaughter or murder charges.
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Wisconsin
Thomas Murphy
Merril
John Nelson
Murphy
Milton Coverdale
C. P. Gray
Nelson
West River
T. W. Smith
Bob Harmon
Severance Tax Bill Faces Senate Final Passage
The McClanahan severance tax bill is set for final passage when the Louisiana Senate meets Thursday at 10 a.m. The measure would raise a levy on natural resources to fund free school books and replace the tobacco tax. The severance tax has already cleared the House, and 22 other House bills plus seven Senate bills are slated for final passage.
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Baton Rouge
McClanahan
Senate
House
Louisiana Delegation Faces Bitterly Contested Vote
The Louisiana delegation contest before the credentials committee grew long and heated, ending with the panel backing the delegation chosen by the state central committee. The hearing stretched past midnight amid interruptions and sharp exchanges, with Fred Claiborne and Harry Gamble as contestants’ spokesmen and Harvey G. Fields acting as an alternate to Gov Huey.
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Robbin Coons
Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Louisiana
Credentials Committee
State Central Committee
Fred Claiborne
Citizens’ Democratic Committee
Harry Gamble
Harvey G. Fields
Huey
Quirky Houston Airport Chronicle Near Misses
Convention correspondent recalls a chaotic morning in Houston with a windless marching band act, a falling shaving brush from a high window, and a comical coat tale mishap as he jokes about possible prominent victims and police involvement.
Hambones Meditations Tain No Wonder Chilluns Is Wild
A fragmentary column titled Hambones Meditations discusses rural life and childhood in a regional voice, noting tensions and humor in a community under the gaze of outside authority. The piece reads like a folkloric vignette with dialect and social observations.
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Chilluns
The Taming of Elizabeth opens as summer serial
A tempestuous, arrogant heroine leads a new fiction serial The Taming of Elizabeth starting Monday in The News-Star. The up-to-date story promises thrills, romance, and a bold rebellion by the central girl. Subscribers are urged to sign up and arrange delivery.
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Elizabeth
News-Star
Copyright Notice From The Bell Syndicate
The Bell Syndicate prints a copyright notice dated 1928 asserting ownership of the material. The brief notice indicates rights reserved and distribution limits for reprinting the content.
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The
Bell Syndicate
Tne
Amundsen Plane Sighted by Sealer Report
A second dispatch from Tromscoe to the Lokal Anzeiger says a Norwegian sealer sighted Roald Amundsen's plane on an ice floe southeast of Northeast Land on June 20. Dense ice prevented approach. the crew was seen repairing the craft through a telescope. The sealer sent word via a Russian steamer to Archangelsk since the craft had no radio.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Norway
Roald Amundsen
Tromscoe
Lokal Anzeiger
Archangelsk
Surria
Land
Delegations Seated as Protests Meet Dismissal at Democratic Convention
The Smith delegations from Louisiana the District of Columbia and the Panama Canal Zone were seated by the Democratic convention after the credentials committee recommended dismissal of contests. Colonel Carl L. Ristine filed a brief protest waiving a record vote as Jim Reed allies disputed legality of the Louisiana delegation selection.
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Associated Press
Houston
Smith
Louisiana
District of Columbia
Panama Canal Zone
Carl L. Ristine
Missouri
J. Bruce Kremer
Montana
Ristine
Jim” Reed
Bowers
Wayes
Death of Robert Bruce Mantell at 74 in Atlantic Highlands
Robert Bruce Mantell, noted Shakespearean actor and producer, died at his home in Atlantic Highlands New Jersey after a two month illness. He was 74 years old. The Democratic National Convention in Houston Texas concluded its morning session and planned to reconvene in the evening for its second night session.
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Atlantic Highlands
N. J
Robert Bruce Mantell
Houston
Texas
Ohio to Give Smith Most of 48 Votes at Democratic Convention
Ohio delegates agreed to shift 44 of their 48 votes to Alfred E. Smith on the first ballot, aiding his pursuit of the two thirds needed for nomination. Oklahoma plans to back Reed of Missouri on the first ballot, while Cordell Hull's support fades. Pierson Meeker of Columbus may move Ohio votes as needed.
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Paul F. Haupert
Associated Press
Houston
Alfred E. Smith
Ohio
New York
Buckeye
Smith
Oklahoma
Reed
Missouri
Hull
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Ohie
Fist fight erupts over North Carolina standard at Democratic convention
In Houston June 27 Associated Press report details a chaotic clash in the North Carolina delegation over control of the state standard as demonstrations over Senator Robinson’s religion reference sparked a melee. Police intervened. banners from North Carolina and Alabama were torn and scattered amid the front aisle turmoil.
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Sam Houston Hall
Houston
North Carolina
Senator Robinson
Arkansas
W. C. Newland
Alabama
Tennessee
Smith Rooters
Poultry Success Demonstrated by Caldwell Farmer
The News Star reports a Caldwell parish farmer J. J. McKeithen showcased poultry progress with pullet eggs from his Co lumbia highway farm. H. J. Davis Jr supervised 200 English White Leghorn chicks bought Feb 30. 196 reached laying age at four months and five days.
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Louisiana
News-Star Today
J. J. McKeithen
Caldwell Parish
Grayson
Columbia Highway
H. J. Davis, Jr
MecKeithen
Keynote Attack Frames G O P Privilege and Pillage
Houston June 27 Claude G Bowers delivered a keynote condemning the Republican party as protecting privilege and plunder. He asserted Lincoln's leadership is repudiated and Hamiltonian government favors the wealthy and powerful amid a record of scandals across two administrations.
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Houston
Tex
Claude G. Bowers
Lincoln
New York Evening World
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