Youth Caught in Undertow of Ouachita
Richard Collins 9, of 2717 Hawes Street, drowned in the Ouachita River at the foot of Carolina street while attempting to rescue his younger brother Jimmie 5. Billy Burford 13, a swimmer, saved Jimmie and alerted their parents as fire and Red Cross crews search the river.
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Jimmie
Ouachita
Carolina Street
Richard
Harry R. Collins
Hawes Street
Billy Burford
Burford
Legion
Fire Department
Red Cross
Barney Oakland
James Young
Jimmy Collings
Working Girl 16 Held on Dry Charges in New Orleans
Odile Daigle, 16, held by federal authorities in New Orleans on charges of violating the prohibition law. She reportedly worked in Albert Adams restaurant in Algiers and cared for the owner’s children while police raided the establishment for sale and possession of liquor. The girl said she needed the money to live after her mother’s death.
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New Orleans
Odile Daigle
Albert Adams
Algiers
Adams
Death in chair ends long bandit career
George Williams, 68, a notorious robber and killer, was executed in the electric chair in Columbus Ohio after a long criminal career spanning several states. He cursed guards, threatened violence, and reportedly sought to beat the chair, with a rumored plan to use a blackjack found in the death house. Williams was condemned for killing a Cleveland patrolman during a failed arrest with accomplice Charles Hanovich.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
George Williams
Cleveland
Williams
Michigan
Illinois
Missouri
St. Louis
Sherman
Charles Hanovich
Germans Who Shy at Matrimony Must Pay
In Berlin on June 28 the Reich government outlined a revised financial plan. Chancellor Bruening and Finance Minister Dietrich propose that bachelors and single women contribute at least 110 million marks of the 480 million marks to balance the budget, a key share of the deficit tax.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Reichsrat
Hermann Bruening
Herman Dietrich
Reichstag
Dietrich
Major bills move in Louisiana legislature week
In Baton Rouge on June 28 Associated Press reports the 1930 Louisiana legislature advanced or finalized most top measures. Key items include the tick eradication bill becoming law, the constitutional convention plan for a $68 million highway bond issue, and a $400,000 yearly tick program appropriation. The Hood Act repeal failed in the House, while the Senate defeated the income tax constitutional amendment. The administration and state agencies received large biennial appropriations.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
General Assembly
Louisiana Livestock Sanitary
Long
House
Wingrave
Senate
Louisiana
Nomen Egg on Another Mob in Texas Town
Seven negroes held in jail in Concord North Carolina after a violent assault on a 15 year old white girl were moved for safekeeping. Sheriff Caldwell refused to say where. Governor Gardner sent National Guard to guard the Cabarrus county courthouse as a mob formed.
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Texas
Carolina Girl
Concord
N. C
H. W. Caldwell
North Carolina National Guard
Max Gardner
Gardner
120Th Infantry
Cabarrus County
Raleigh
Round Rock Mob Kills Man After Attack on Couple
A group of Round Rock citizens killed the black assailant who had attacked Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Egger just before noon. The incident occurred near Austin Texas.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
R. L. Egger
Round Rock
Here
Lynching Attack in Roberta Mill Community Leaves Injured Girl
Sheriff Caldwell sought governor aid after ordering troops. By 2 pm the crowd dispersed, deputies and prisoners remained, as North Carolina prepared for troops on duty for the first time since last summer. Ruth Criswell was attacked at her Roberta Mill home, eight miles away, sustaining serious injuries requiring surgery. Eleven Black suspects were arrested, with three released and one still in custody.
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H. W. Caldwell
North Carolina
Ruth Criswell
Roberta Mill
Indiana youth confesses to Arkansas shooting
William Oddell, 19, of Indiana, confessed to shooting C. R. Morgan, 56, filling station owner, in Blytheville Monday night. James Stewart, 18, and two witnesses Ethel Easton 26 and Helen Holliday 22 face charges or warrants as the case unfolds. Morgan remained hospitalized in Memphis in serious condition.
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Blytheville
Ark
William Oddell
Indiana
C. R. Morgan
James Stewart
Ethel Easton
Helen Holliday
Trumann
Oddell
Stewart
Morgan
Missouri
Memphis
Peggy Joyce Seeks Boy Friend. Ends Up in Jail
In Hot Springs Arkansas Peggy Joyce using many aliases reported a stolen car. Police traced the car to Peggy herself and found her true aim was to locate a man. She jailed after the misadventure.
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Peggy Joyce
United Press
Hot Springs
Ark
Peggy
Photographer Burned as Powder Flash Explodes in Court
In a crowded criminal district court room at 10 am J R Albert photographer for Griffins studio was badly burned when powder for a flashlight picture exploded. He fell to the floor and his face and one hand were scorched though it was believed lungs unlikely to be harmed. He was taken to the Clinic for treatment. About 30 minutes later J E Griffin advertised another courtroom photo on Judge Shell's motion hour.
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J. E. Griffin
J. T. Shell
Judge Shell
Two Boys Hide in Box Car Escape From Outlaws Game
Two youths from Alton Illinois ages 15 and 16 escaped a pursuing posse by hiding in a box car. They woke in Chicago and were later captured on the South Side. They claimed only bananas fed them until a friendly posse provided steak. The pair say they will shift to chasing outlaws in the future.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jack Sales
Alfred McGriffin
Alton
Ill
Jack
Alfred
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley
A humorous note from J P Alley criticizes too many “heavy names” entering the top of Hambone's Meditations satire. The quip points to crowded prestige in the listing of featured names and lines.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Four Women Hold Perfect Bridge Hands in One Deal
Four women at a Fullerton Neb table held perfect bridge hands in one deal. Mrs Elmer Kremer had 13 diamonds, Mrs Julian Brower 13 clubs, Mrs George Sheaff 13 hearts, and Mrs Nelson Barber 13 spades. Barber won the contract and the grand slam was conceded by opponents.
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Fullerton, Neb
Elmer Kremer
Julian M. Brower
George Sheaff
Nelson Barber
Northcott taunts fate as California denies new trial
Gordon Stewart Northcott, condemned for serial killings on the Riverside chicken ranch, reacts to the California Supreme Court denial of his appeal with defiance. He vows to appeal to the United States Supreme Court, cites illness but refuses surgery, and says he will never be hanged.
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United Press
San Quentin Prison
Calif
Gordon Stewart Northcott
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Northcott
Riverside
Supreme Court
Pineville Man Elected U S Representative in Rotary
In Chicago on June 28 Rotary International concluded its silver jubilee convention with world peace messages. Almon E. Roth of Stanford University Palo Alto was named president. U S board directors include Clinton Anderson Albuquerque Claybrook Cottingham Pineville Richard Hedke Detroit Howard Selby West Palm Beach and Will Taylor Springfield.
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Pineville
U. S
Rotary International
Chicago
Almon E. Roth
Stanford University of Palo
United States
Clinton P. Anderson
Albuquerque
N. M
Claybrook Cottingham
Richard C. Hedke
Detroit
Howard W. Selby
West Palm Beach
Fla
Will Taylor
Springfield
Ill
Mitchell Enters Race for Mississippi Governor
Attorney General George T. Mitchell announced his entry into the Mississippi gubernatorial race. The August 1931 election will test Mitchell who has served as attorney general by appointment for a year after Governor Bilbo appointed him following Rush H. Knox’s resignation.
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Jackson
Miss
George T. Mitchell
Mississippi
Mitchell
Bilbo
Rush H. Knox
Jury Convicts Eddie Roe of Grocery Store Murder
In Washington county circuit court Eddie Roe, 19, was found guilty of the murder of J. E. Dickerson during a January 6 robbery at a Greenville suburb grocery. The verdict carries the death penalty.
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Greenville
Miss
Washington County
Eddie Roe
J. E. Dickerson
Wife in state asylum linked to killings and threat of discharge
In Terre Haute Indiana Wesley Oakley 55 was killed along with his five year old stepson and wife Clara Raney 28 shot herself after officers broke into Raney's room. Oakley's 15 year old daughter Alice found the bodies. Police suspect Raney anger over threatened discharge as housekeeper. Oakley's wife is in a state hospital.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Wesley Oakley
Clara Raney
Raney
Oakley
Alice
Four Bridges Approved for Morehouse Parish Louisiana
The War Department approves four applications by the Morehouse Parish police jury for bridges across Bartholomew bayou Louisiana. Planned sites include Bonner's Ferry Cory Bluffs Knox Ferry and Parker's Ferry northeast of Bastrop. H C Hull of Monroe objected to a 12 foot clearance seeking 20 feet but officials kept 12 feet as adequate.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department Today
Morehouse Parish
Bartholomew Bayou
Louisiana
Bayou
Bonner’s Ferry
Bastrop
Cory Bluffs
Knox Ferry
Parker's Ferry
H. C. Hull
Monroe
Point Pleasant
Bonds Fund Four Bridges And Road Work In Morehouse Parish
A bond issue of 155000 dollars for four bridges and several miles of highway in Morehouse parish was approved by road and bridge district No. 1 property owners on March 18 and sold to Caldwell and company of New Orleans this week. Bids for the bridge construction will be opened July 1 by the Morehouse police jury. Work begins soon and the contract requires completion in 144 calendar days, early in November.
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Morehouse Parish
Caldwell and Company of
New Orleans
Morehouse
Ku Klux Plan for Major Demonstration on July 17
Birmingham June 28 plans for a large Ku Klux Klan demonstration were outlined for July 17. Klan leaders expect over 2,000 members in full regalia marching through downtown past the site of Oscar De Priest’s speech. De Priest, a Negro congressman from Illinois, is to address a negro Masonic order.
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Birmingham
Ala
Oscar de Priest
Illinois
de Priest
Local Station KMLB Tests On Air In Monroe
Monroe awoke to hear KMLB broadcast from 512 South Grand as a test run by J. C. Liner, a laundryman. The test began at 1 am and ran about two hours with plans for daily 1 am to 3 am tests for ten days and possible 6 am ends if desired.
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Monroe
KMLB
J. C. Liner
South Grand Street
Federal Radio Commission
Liner
Thomas M Henry Dies A Longtime Mississippi Politician
Thomas Monroe Henry 73 prominent Mississippi political figure, died after a lingering illness. He served 35 years in state roles from bookkeeper to 24 years as state insurance commissioner. Funeral planned in Jackson with widow, Sam Henry of Gulfport, and Mable Henry McIntyre present. Born Hillsboro February 4, 1857.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Thomas Monroe Henry
Mississippi
State Auditor’s
Henry
Sam Henry
Gulfport
Mable Henry McIntyre
Atlantic
England
Hillsboro
Scott County
Colonel High Henry
Sylvester Gwin
W. W. Stone
W. D. Holden
W. Q. Cole
Mr. Henry
Insurance
Ben S. Lowry
Kingsford Smith plans solo flight to Australia
Squadron Leader Charles Kingsford Smith said from New York he would leave England at end of July in a light plane aiming to beat Bert Hinkler's record. He spoke by wireless to his fiancée Miss Mary Powell.
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Melbourne
Australia
Charles Kingsford Smith
New York
Mary Powell
England
Hert Hinkler
City of Chicago Flight Near Endurance Record
Brothers John and Kenneth Hunter continue piloting the monoplane City of Chicago over Sky Harbor as they near a new world endurance record. A broken oil tank briefly halted progress, but the fliers remained elated and determined despite fatigue and family anxiety.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Hunter Boys
Sparta
Ill
John
Kenneth Hunter
Walter
Albert
Irene
Sky Harbor
McGehee Charged With Divorce Frauds in Arkansas Case
LITTLE ROCK Ark June 28 The political career of State Representative Harney M McGehee of Crawford county faced new hurdles as disbarment proceedings were filed The Crawford county candidate for prosecuting attorney in the 11th district was charged with divorce frauds and a hearing is set for July 23 The cases allege he filed three divorce complaints though the litigants resided in other counties
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Little Rock, Ark
Harney M. McGehee
Crawford County
McGehee
Democratic State Central Committee
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