Record Flight Crowd Watches Brothers Chase New Endurance Mark
Meridian Mississippi buzzed as Fred and Al Keys hovered toward extending the world endurance flying record. The duo planned to stay aloft past the current 553 hour 41 minute 30 second standard, awaiting a fresh mark while a crowd cheered and publishers offered $100 per day beyond the record.
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Meridian
Miss
Flying Key
Fred
Daddy
Sonny Key
Sonny
James H. Skewes
Chamber of Commerce
Ole Miss
Mathematics Professor W. P. Webber Dies At Home
Baton Rouge, June 27. Dr. W. Paul Webber, professor of mathematics at Louisiana State University, died at his home. He was a member of the American Mathematical Society and the Louisiana Academy of Science and authored several mathematics books. He held a PhD from the University of Cincinnati. Surviving: widow Ella King Webber, son Charles E. Webber, daughter Mrs. Jack C. Champagne, and father W. E. Webber, all of Baton Rouge or nearby.
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Baton Rouge
W. E. Webber
Few Elude G Men In Snatch Racket
Chicago reports focus on a list of major kidnap cases since 1932 with Walter O Malley's plea to guilty and life sentence for the $100000 kidnapping of 79 year old August Luer. The record notes deaths suicides and life terms and lists suspects sought in each case. Alvin Karpis linked to the Bremer case, authorities say.
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Chicago
Walter
O'Malley
August Luer
Edwardsville
Ill
Charles Lindbergh, Jr
Hopewell
N. J
Charles Boettcher, II
Denver
Colo
Peggy McMath
Harwichport
Mass
Mary McElroy
Kansas City
William Hamm, Jr
St. Paul
Minn
John Factor
John J. O'Connell, Jr
Albany
N. Y
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Brooke Hart
San Jose
Calif
Edward C. Bremer
Alice Speed Stall
Louisville
George Weverhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Alvin Karpis
Bremer
Colonist In Alaska Tells Experiences
A former Wisconsin woman living in the Matanuska valley colony in Alaska describes pioneer life after arrival at Palmer. Her Seattle letter, published by E W Knight, quotes colonists as shocked and unhappy with the reality versus expectations. Federal authorities probe misrepresentation of the project to colonists.
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Seattle
Wisconsin
Matanuska Valley
Alaska
E. W. Knight
Alaska Weekly
Knight
Palmer
Dillinger Aide Sentenced to Two Years and Fine
Louis P. Piquett, once a city prosecutor under Mayor Thompson, was sentenced to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine for harboring Dillinger associate Homer Van Meter and aiding in disguises. Federal Judge Sullivan overruled a new trial motion. Doctors testified to finger tip operations to thwart identification.
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Chicago
Louis P. Piquett
Homer van Meter
Dillinger
Piquett
Philip L. Sullivan
William Hale
Big Bill) Thompson
van Meter
John Dillinger
Wilhelm Loecer
Harold B. Cassidy
New River Rise Floods Rich Farm Land in Louisiana
About 5 000 acres of fertile land in Phelps Lake and Miller's Bluff are submerged after a third Red River rise this season. Private levee breaks in recent days flooded replanted and worked land, with much already reworked after previous floods.
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Plain Dealing
Phelps Lake
Miller’'s Bluff
Red River
John
Bland Copeland bill sails through House to aid merchant marine
In Washington on June 27 the Bland Copeland measure to build a U S merchant fleet with federal subsidies passed the House 194 to 186 and moves to the Senate. Proponents say it will boost American owned and crewed ships handling domestic and half the foreign waterborne trade and serve as wartime auxiliary. The plan would subsidize the cost gap between domestic and foreign ship building and operation and raise owners liability for passenger injuries at sea. Critics call the bill vicious, unworkable, and a return to old abuses of ocean mail service.
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Washington
Bland-Copeland
House
Senate
Ocean Mail
Forrest Business Man Dies From Indigestion
C. W. Holmes, 55, well known Forrest, Louisiana business man, died suddenly at 8:30 AM after an acute indigestion attack. He owned a large plantation and a cotton gin and had lived in Forrest for years. He is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. Helen Mouser of Columbia. Funeral plans were incomplete at noon.
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Forrest
C. W. Holmes
Hitler Adds Forced Labor Camps And Civic Controls
Berlin reports dictatorial decrees expanding compulsory labor camp service to 200000 men and 100000 women annually, mandatory air protection drills for all, penal code revisions, salary regulation, sterilization pretrial reviews, and peasant garden aids. Bernhard Rust given authority over church issues as Hitler tightens control four days before the June 30 purge anniversary.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Bernhard Rust
United States mediation offer rejected by lumbermen
Lumbermen refused government mediation in the Pacific Northwest strike and prepared to reopen more sawmills under guard protection. The three member mediation board appointed by Secretary of Labor Perkins was met with protests from the West Coast Lumbermen's Association and Portland operators, undermining its voluntary settlement authority.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Perkins
West Coast Lumbermen’s Association
Jimmy Fletcher Crowned Southern Marble Champion
Jimmy Fletcher of Monroe Louisiana, representing the Morning World and News-Star, won the southern marble title in Gulfport and heads to Ocean City New Jersey for the national tournament. He defeated Ben Vaughn of Chattanooga suburb five games to one with scores 7 1 3 7 0 7 1 7 4. Fletcher led Coast league preliminaries and beat Vincent Canizaro in the semi finals five games to none. Vaughn won the North Central league and Beagles beat Canizaro. Fletcher departs Gulfport for Mobile to board a plane with coach George Lofton for Ocean City.
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Gulfport
Miss
Jimmy Fletcher
Monroe
Morning World and
News-Star
Ocean City
N. J
Ben Vaughn
Chattanooga
Vincent Canizaro
Beaumont
Vaughn
Thomas Beagles
Beagles
Canizaro
Fletcher
Mobile
George Lofton
Monroe Morning World
James Fletcher
Ransom W Public School
West Monroe
Louisiana
George W. Lofton
South
World and News-Star
Northeast Louisiana
James
Long plan to control East Baton Rouge policed jury challenged
In Baton Rouge a suit filed by Huey P. Long supporters contends a 1934 special session act giving the East Baton Rouge parish police jury governing power was unconstitutional for not being read in full before passage. The case seeks judicial validation of 13 gubernatorial appointees to the jury as the merits are heard by Judge W Carruth Jones.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
East Baton Rouge Parish
Long
East Baton Rouge
W. Carruth Jones
Kenney Pushes Plan for National Lottery
Rep. Kenney of New Jersey seeks a vote on a national lottery to divert a billion dollars yearly from racketeers and gamblers. A House Ways and Means subcommittee will start hearings Friday, with a Cuban style lottery offering monthly prizes. He vows committee support and a House floor vote despite prior failure.
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Washington
Kenney
New Jersey
House
Ways and Means
Eva Coo Faces Death Tonight in Electric Chair
Eva Coo and Leonard Scarnici await New York Governor Lehman’s decision on late pleas for commutation before tonight’s scheduled executions. Coo, 43, was convicted for the insurance slaying of Harry Wright at a Cooperstown roadhouse. Scarnici was convicted of a Rensselaer detective holdup killing.
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Ossining
N. Y
Eva Coo
Herbert Lehman
Leonard Scarnici
Coe
Harry Wright
Man Found Dead At Jennings Identified
Identification of Silas L. Schaffe, a former inmate of a southern Illinois penitentiary, as the man found dead in a thicket near Jennings Louisiana, supports a theory he was murdered elsewhere and moved here. Fingerprints sent to federal authorities in Washington confirmed the identification.
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Jennings
Silas L. Schaffe
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
Washington
James Fletcher Captures Southern Marble Crown
James Fletcher of Ransom Public School West Monroe won the southern marble championship in Gulfport to earn a place in the national finals at Ocean City New Jersey. He defeated Ben Vaughn of Chattanooga and Vincent Canizaro of Beaumont, earning the title and earning the nickname Pokerface for his calm play.
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James Fletcher
Ransom School
West Monroe
Gulfport
Miss
Ocean City
N. J
Youth Training Starts Soon Under New U S Program
Washington June 27 Leaders of the $50 million youth training and job supplying program say they will start in ten days. President Roosevelt created the youth administration placing Aubrey Williams and Miss Josephine Roche in command. Plans are not complete but full swing is expected by mid July. The four fold objectives include placing 16 to 25 year olds in private industry and training them for private employment while aiding schooling and offering work on relief projects. Local and state committees will work with a national advisory group to involve industry agriculture and commerce in employment and facility arrangements. Federal aid will support apprenticeships with employers and local governments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Youth Administration
Aubrey Williams
Josephine Roche
White House
Oil man defies SEC subpoena in 1933 securities case
J Edward Jones of New York, an oil securities promoter, refused to appear at a Securities and Exchange Commission hearing and signaled a challenge to the 1933 Securities Act. Counsel moved to quash. judge overruled. Jones planned further appeals as the case focused on oil trust certificates with alleged false statements.
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Washington
J. Edward Jones
New York
Securities Commission
Commission
SEC
H. I. Fischbach
Jones
William Green
Bernard Cahn
Fischbach
New York Circuit Court of Appeals
Jones’ Counsel
Inter
Federal Funds Listed For Pineville Cemetery
President Roosevelt has allocated Works Progress Administration funds for national cemeteries including Mobile Alabama Natchez Mississippi Corinth Mississippi and Pineville Louisiana. The Pineville project covers the tool house at Alexandria National Cemetery with $3500.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mobile
Ala
Natchez and Corinth
Miss
Pineville
Mobile National Cemetery
Alexandria National Cemetery
Corinth National Cemetery
Natchez National Cemetery
Roosevelt backs legislation to close gold clause loopholes
President Roosevelt urges immediate law to end sovereign consent to be sued and to ensure dollar for dollar payment on gold clause securities. He calls for withdrawal of consent to be sued and for a fixed policy of equal, uniform payment, safeguarding public debt and emergency expenditures.
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Congress
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Olive and Blue Colors For 1936 License Plates
Louisiana 1936 plates will feature olive numerals on a blue background and spell out Louisiana The design changes align with Tulane colors expected to honor the universitys centennial though no official confirmation was given The 1935 plates used old gold numerals on purple with Louisiana abbreviated and celebrated LSUs 75th anniversary
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana State University
Tulane
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