Canton bootleggers paid off city officials in $11000
Six men face conspiracy indictments after Canton bootleggers and liquor runners allegedly paid protection money totaling 11 000 to former city officials and a former police sergeant. E. E. Curtis is charged with taking 6200 for protecting three speakeasies in 1928 1929.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Canton
E. E. Curtis
Canton Safety
Arthur Drukenbrod
Curtis Drukenbrod
Ellis Darany
Big John” Gust
Mike Smith
Darany
Canton Vice Squad
John Curtis
Smith
Courtroom Photo Session Draws Large Ouachita Bar Turnout
A historic courtroom gathering saw Judge Percy Sander and Judge Shell preside as lawyers from Ouachita Parish assembled for a courthouse photo. The event, publicly announced by The News-Star, attracted many surgeons of the bar including those mainly in office practice, creating a representative group for the snapshot.
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Motion
Ouachita Parish
Missionary society and church events in Tallulah
The Tallulah church meeting on Monday drew 15 Missionary Society members as Bible study on Life as a Stewardship began. Bible school attendance surpassed 90 with new enrollments amid hot weather.
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Sse Tallulah
Misionary Society
J. R. Linton
Bible School
C. N. Kimberlin
W. H. Giles
A. F. Graves
Fred Neylor
Fred McDuff
Luciberger
R. C. Long
Albert Sherwin
G. H. Ogbourne
W. J. Ward
T. P. Kell
A. G.bray
J. H. Devine
Geohems
Abrams
N. T. Holt
R. R. Spigener
W. L. Rountree
J. S. Agee
V. K. Scott
Davis Whitfield
Horace Maxwell
Roy Dale
Baptist Missionary Union
R. 8
Gayle
8. Williams
Logan
Doubt Remains Over Prison Herd Theft Probe
Baton Rouge June 28 The Senate penitentiary investigating committee remains unsure if cattle were stolen from the prison farm after hearing witnesses about a herd ferried across the Mississippi and penned in Simmsport. Witnesses differed on ownership and whether the cattle were prison stock. The committee resumed executive session to study the voluminous evidence ahead of a July 5 report.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Senate Penitentiary Investigating Committee
Senate
Senate Highway Investigating Committee
Mississippi
Angola
Simmsport
C. L. Boyle
Boyle
Walter Merritt
J. L. Pittman
Federated Women’s Church Societies Gather at Tallulah
The Federated Women’s Church Societies meet June 27 at the Tallulah Book Club building to highlight cooperation among local religious groups. The B Y P U held a chicken supper Tuesday night at the church, raising a generous sum for the Baptist encampment at Mandeville July 16 to 26.
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Federated Women's Church Societies
Tallulah
Hoover Signs War Resources Draft Commission Resolution
President Hoover signed a resolution creating a 16 member commission to study drafting all national resources in wartime excluding labor. The panel includes four members from each house and senate and cabinet secretaries of war, navy, agriculture, commerce, labor, plus the attorney general. It may propose a constitutional amendment to allow government seizure of property to equalize war burdens.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
House and
Senate
War
Navy
Agriculture
Commerce
Labor
Endurance flight tops 5 daily hours as brothers push record
The Stinson-Detroit era plane, crewed by Walter and Albert Hunter, remains aloft near Sky Harbor to challenge the 420 hour record. A damaged right wing tank forces use of the left wing, while refueling with Will Rogers marks 149th contact.
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St. Louis
Will Rogers
Big Ben
Sky Harbor
Chicago
Thornberry Gray Calls for Row of State Board Cuts
Thornberry Gray, candidate for governor, urged eliminating 60 to 70 useless boards and commissions and cutting state payroll by removing useless offices and reducing employees. He spoke in North Little Rock on June 28, criticizing legislature for creating new sink holes to waste money and hinder tax cuts.
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North Little Rock
Ark
Thornberry Gray
Gray
Mob tries to storm jail in Beaumont over Port Arthur attacks
A crowd of about one hundred, including women, attempted to storm the Jefferson county jail to seize Rainey Williams, 39, an accused attacker of Port Arthur white women. Deputies used tear gas and water jets. the mob retreated after two hours with a rope trailing from a car.
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Beaumont
Texas
Jefferson County
Rainey Williams
Port Arthur
Williams
Sumomnd
England Might Clamp Embargo on U S Apples
A proposed British embargo on apples from all U S regions between July 7 and November 15 was disclosed at the British embassy. The move targets fruit fly larvae and is not retaliation for the U S tariff act, the state department was told.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
State Department
England
Attendance from Mansfield League Assembly
Special to The News from Downsville lists attendees from the area including Gladys Farmer Christine Jones Louise Hemler Ola V Williams Julia Webb McGehee Ruth Ballard Faye Mae Donald Grace Ballard Nell Hamilton and Gertie Mae White. Visiting relatives from West Monroe Monroe Ruston and Marion are noted along with local church events at the Methodist church led by Rev Staples.
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Downsville
League
Mansfield
Gladys Farmer
Christine Jones
Louise Hemler
Ola V. Williams
Julia Webb McGehee
Ruth Ballard
Faye Mae Donald
Grace Ballard
Nell Hamilton
Gertie Mae White
L. C. Williams
West Monroe
D. W. McMoye
Sue Beth
Monroe
A. T. McMoye
Jack Mashaw
Jane Hester
Ruston
Legislature Near End as Key Bills Move Through
The article reviews a flurry of action in the state legislature with constitutional amendments, tax measures, and road funding moving through the houses. It notes several withdrawals, the omnibus road bill, sheriff salaries raises, and bank liquidity loan repayments, while warning the senate must tackle the constitutional convention bill and general appropriations before adjournment.
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House
Senate
Wimberly
Hoffpaul
Executive Department
Terre Bonne
Calcasieu
Whittington
Bossier Parish
Legislative
Eliender
Administration
Missionary Zone meeting held at Jonesboro church
The quarterly Missionary Zone No. 6 meeting for the Ruston district was conducted at Jonesboro Methodist church on June 26 with zone leader Mrs. Harvey Lewis presiding. Delegates from Hodge Quitman Clay Jonesboro Eros and Chatham attended and listed participants included Mrs. Fred Calloway Mrs. Leon Mitchell Mrs. J. F. Sneed Miss Edith Cox Mrs. E. W. Stewart Rev. J. F. Dring and others.
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Jonesboro
Ruston
Jonesboro Methodist Church
Harvey Lewis
Hodge
Quitman
Clay
Eros
Chatham
Fred Calloway
Leon Mitchell
J. F. Sneed
Edith Cox
E. W. Stewart
Mexican government recognises Almada as Chihuahua governor
The federal government announced recognition of Francisco Almada as governor after a legal review found Manuel Estrada’s proclamation unconstitutional. Estrada’s supporters had proclaimed him governor following rioting in Chihuahua City. Almada had fled to Juarez but returned to the gubernatorial palace as calm was restored. General Augustin de la Mare briefed Almada and pledged full government support.
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Mexico City
Francisco Almada
Chihuahua
Riva Palacious
Interior
Manuel Jesus Estrada
Chamber of Deputies
Chihuahua City
Almada
Juarez
Estrada
Augustin de la Mare
Rain Urgently Needed for Crops Says Austin
J T Austin plantation owner warns a week to ten days without rain will ruin corn and cut cotton yields while hay suffers. He notes late cotton due to cold spring, hot drying spell, and no rain. Oats fair in some areas including Louisiana Training Institute where he serves on the board. Irish potatoes and garden produce also sold.
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J. T. Austin
Louisiana Training Institute
Austin
Warn Negroes to Watch Out for Pigeon Droppers
Police report warns in Monroe today of two black men attempting a pigeon dropping scheme. Officer L G Parker says word from other residents describes the con as a purse drops, a witness asked to stay silent, then demanded real money for change.
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L. G. Parker
Monroe
Bandits Loot Inn After Hold Up At Cot tage Inn Chicago
Six gunmen held up the Cot tage Inn roadhouse in Chicago early today. They severed telephone lines, posted a lookout, fired a shot, and forced ten customers and staff against a wall. The thieves stole $400 in cash and $700 in jewelry after an hour of food music and dancing.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cottage Inn
Arsenal at Orleans Speakeasy Found a False Alarm
New Orleans June 28 deputies under prohibition administrator Edward Henley raided a Bourbon Street speakeasy after reports of rum runners arming cars with machine guns. No weapons were found but liquor was seized. Four men Ira Heyl Joseph W Ourster Charles Bussoni and John Serio were arrested for sale and possession of whiskey. Prohibition HQ cited plans for a large rum-ring operating between Belize British Honduras and New Orleans.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Bourbon Street
Edward Henley
Prohibition
Ira Heyl
Joseph W. Ourster
Charles Bussoni
John Serio
Belize
British Honduras
Sorority Elects Fletcher President at Biloxi Convention
Theta Upsilon at its convention in Biloxi Mississippi elected Mrs W H Fletcher of Lakewood Ohio as president. The decision followed a full session yesterday concluding the gathering.
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Biloxi, Miss
Theta Upsilon Sorority
Mra
W. H. Fletcher
Lakewood
Ohio
Purple turnip weighs nine pounds near city limits
A purple top turnip weighing nine pounds was brought to The News Star office by Mrs. M. M. McMullen. The giant root, about basketball size, was grown on her farm five miles south of the city along the Columbia road.
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News- Star
M. M. McMullen
Mining Magnate William Thompson Dies in Yonkers Home
Colonel William Boyce Thompson, 61, noted mining magnate and philanthropist, died at his Yonkers residence after a four year illness following a stroke. His wife Gertrude Hickman Thompson and daughter Margaret Schulze were with him. brother J Edward Thompson traveled from Phoenix. His interests spanned copper, diamonds, sulphur, banking, and he served as a Federal Reserve director from 1914 to 1919.
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Yonkers
N. Y
William Boyce Thompson
Gertrude Hickman Thompson
Margaret Thompson Schulze
J. Edward Thompson
Phoenix
Ariz
Mortana
Africa
Texas
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Wall Street
West
First American Saints to Be Canonized in Rome
The first North American saints Blessed Jean de Brebeuf and seven companions will be canonized in St. Peter's Basilica with Pope Pius XI presiding. The eight martyrs faced death in Canada and northern New York in the 17th century, with Jesuits prominent among the mourners and procession.
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Vatican City
Jean de Brebuef
Canada
New York
St. Peter’s Basilica
Pope Pius XI
Society of Jesus
James I
England
Youth Caught in Undertow on Ouachita Tragedy Near Carolina Street
Richard Burford drowned after being swept under by the Ouachita River undertow while aiding a younger brother. E. R. Dawson of Western Union reported the victim went down about 25 feet from shore opposite Carolina Street. Emergency services, Red Cross, Legion, firemen, and government river boats aided in the search amid high swift currents. Parents of the victim, Mr. Colling of Monroe Auto Top & Body, were overwhelmed by grief.
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Richard
Burford
E. R. Dawson
Western Union
Hawes Street
Carolina Street
Legion
Red Cross
United States
Colling
Monroe Auto Top & Body Company
South Grand Street
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