Meridian Fliers Forced Down By Motor Trouble
Meridian Mississippi June 27 A broken cylinder ended the Key brothers endurance flight after 123 hours in the air Official landing time 10 45 p m They had traveled 7800 miles before landing and plan another attempt once arrangements are made Al and Fred Key said they were resting comfortably since the first 48 hours and would resume flight to beat the record.
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Key Brothers
Fred Key
al Key
Harriman Gets Four and Half Year Federal Prison Term
Joseph W. Harriman former president of Harriman National Bank is sentenced to four and one-half years in prison on sixteen counts of falsification and misapplication. Judge Knox orders concurrent terms but stays execution to allow appeal. The stay lasts until next Tuesday morning.
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New York
Joseph W. Harriman
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
John C. Knox
Harriman
United States
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Potato Cake Sinks Then Rescued by Neighbors in River
Bobbie Oliver and family faced a boating misadventure when their boat The Potato Cake sank in the Ouachita. The family was saved by the Nevilles who ferried them near shore, sharing a laugh at the near miss. The editor later found two cabbage heads tucked under his hat, a playful note in Jes Ramblin about town.
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Bobbie Oliver
Oliver
Bobbie
McVay
Mrs. Oliver
Dog
Olivers
Jes’ Ramblin
Pecora Likely Named Head of New Securities Board
President Roosevelt received word Ferdinand Pecora would serve for a year as chairman of the new securities and exchange commission. The White House signaled Pecora accepted the chairmanship after initial reluctance. James M. Landis and George C. Mathews were also discussed for commission roles.
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Roosevelt
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Banking Committee
New Securities and Exchange Commission
Commission
Pecora
James M. Landis
Federal Trade Commission
George C. Mathews
Senate
White House
Violence Flares in Milwaukee Street Car Row
Milwaukee confronts a violent strike night as five street car lines are blocked by about 5,000 demonstrators. Motormen abandon cars, cars stored nearby, 11 arrests. Union blame shifts to Communists amid injuries and property damage.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Samuel Berrong
Nathan Buckspan
Milton C Work Bridge Expert Dies at 69
Milton C Work a noted bridge instructor and adviser to millions in international contract bridge died in a Philadelphia hospital at age 69 after months of intestinal disorders. He gave up law to pursue bridge, first stricken in Reading while playing in the open pair Eastern Pennsylvania contract bridge.
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Philadelphia
Milton C. Work
Reading
News-Star Jubilee Issue Ready For June 28 Press
The Monroe News-Star marks 25 years since its 1909 merger with a double observance. A Trade Opportunity Event by Monroe merchants runs Friday and Saturday with widespread participation. Advertisers must submit space and copy by Thursday 10 a.m. for the joint News-Star and Morning World edition.
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Monroe News-Star
News-Star
Monroe
Morning World
Woman Held for Mistreating Child Missing from Home
In Fayette Alabama on June 27 Mrs Earl Porter wife of a tenant farmer was charged with assault and battery on a 12 year old orphan girl in her care. She disappeared from home after her arrest warrant and the child Mary Virginia Johnson was taken to a hospital in Jasper.
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Fayette
Ala
Earl Porter
Seduction Suit Testimony in Alberta Premier Case
Edmonton Alta June 27 Vivian MacMillan, a photo engraver, faces further cross examination in her seduction suit against John F Brownlee premier of Alberta. Miss MacMillan has testified under heavy questioning about a spell cast by Brownlee and fears of coercion. She and her father, former mayor of Edson, sue Brownlee for unspecified damages amid claims of political conspiracy.
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Edmonton
Alta
Vivian MacMillan
John FE
Brownlee
Alberta
Miss MacMillan
Edson
Whangdoodle Kennedy Receives Law Diploma Controversy
Baton Rouge reports the Kennedy diploma affair after it emerged that the university board, under Huey Long influence, awarded a law diploma without dean signoff. Kennedy, once lipsed from LSU, faced indictment for criminal libel, then pardon, with tense campus loyalties and questioned exam completion.
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Kennedy
Law School
L. S. A. Law School
R. L. Tullis
Ira S. Flory
Huey P. Long
Uni
Senator Long seeks 30000 yearly tax reform unit funding
Senator Huey P. Long urged the Senate finance committee to insert a 30000 annual appropriation into the general biennial bill to extend the Louisiana tax reform commission for two more years. He said the agency would investigate delinquent taxpayers and bolster back collections, claiming it could yield about 300000 yearly. The move was discussed amid questions over the committee’s authority to add new items and was deferred to 3 p.m. for further action on the larger appropriation bill.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Senate Finance Committee
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Long
Reform Commission
Louisiana Taxpayers’ Association
Dore
Senate
Senator Long
O. K. Allen
House
Rival harbor boat clash blamed for French crash
Authorities blame business jealousy among harbor boat captains for a collision near Lorient France. The Prosperite and Marie Ange crashed midstream injuring 59 and sinking the Prosperite. at least six known dead with two more missing as divers searched docks and workers homes feared a higher toll.
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Lorient
France
Prosperite
Marie Ange
Bay of Biscay
Moratorium Bill To Be Vetoed by Roosevelt
Congressional leaders said the president would veto the Frazier Lemke bill that would grant a six year moratorium on farm mortgage payments. The measure would allow farmers to reduce debt and keep their land at one percent interest on reappraised values.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cummings
Congress
New Uses Found for Pine Tree of South
Savannah Georgia June 27 The pine tree once used for naval stores and lumber may yield pulp for artificial silk films newspapers explosives and lacquers Scientists at the experimental station driven by Dr Charles H Herty with the Chemical Foundation and Georgians report newsprint already made and work begun toward nitro cellulose and related products Royal S Rasch a long time pulp expert with the Brown company Berlin NH and the Bureau of Standards leads the new program
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Savannah
Dixie
Charles H. Herty
Chemical Foundation, Inc
Royal S. Rasch
Brown Company
Berlin
N. H
Bureau of Standards
Louisiana House Approves Tax Reform Bills Steers Local Relief
The Louisiana House Ways and Means Committee favorably reports all unacted property tax relief measures and the Williams liquor regulatory bill. It endorses a governor directed cut in local school taxes, a constitutional income tax rate cap repeal, a 25 mill local tax limit with a state board review, and an enabling act. Schools exempt from the local tax cap. Rep Henriques objects.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Commission
House
Ways and Means Committee
Williams
Tax Reform House
Tax Reform Commission
Louisiana Special Tax Board
Henriques
Orleans
Gaylord Cross Found Guilty On Child Assault Charge
Gaylord Cross a 32 year old United States Army staff sergeant was found guilty without capital punishment by a district court in Alexandria Louisiana on a charge of criminally assaulting a 12 year old girl last May 9. The verdict carries a life sentence with sentence to be deferred by Judge L L Hope. Cross appeared calm as tears flowed from his wife who sat with him during the trial which opened Monday and concluded with a 9 50 pm jury verdict last night. Cross was represented by two court appointed attorneys and is in custody.
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Alexandria
Gaylord Cross
United States Army
L. L. Hope
Cross
Condition Tightens for 160 Year Old Turk in Istanbul
June 27 report from Istanbul notes Zara Agha in critical but stable condition at the Children’s hospital. The Turk allegedly aged 160 remains under medical care with authorities awaiting further evaluation.
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Istanbul
Zara Agha
Children's Hospital
Plan to resume air mail service Charleston to Dallas
Delta Air will restart the Charleston to Dallas airmail route July 4 using five tri motor Stinson aircraft. Westbound service leaves Dallas at 11 45 a m stopping at Monroe Jackson Meridian Birmingham Shreveport and Atlanta arriving 7 30 p m. Eastbound leaves Charleston 2 30 p m reaching Dallas by 3 40 p m after a Charleston to Atlanta link opens later. A special Monroe cache will stamp mail to celebrate the reopening.
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Charleston-Dallas
Monroe
Travis Oliver
Delta Air Corporation
United States
Post Office Department
Atlanta
Dallas
Birmingham
Jackson
Meridian
Shreveport
Delta
Atlanta-Charleston
Augusta
Monroe Stamp Club
Monroe Post Office
Aiva Soule
Endom Transfer Company
Selmanfield
Farley
Stinson
Charleston
Travis
Selman Field
Congressmen arrive from Washington amid election chatter
Rogers California dispatch notes congressmen trudging in from Washington to face the tough political task of winning reelection this fall. The writer mocks promises and predicts the need to await Roosevelt's guidance, reflecting a wary view of campaign rhetoric.
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