Police seek slain former actress son in Hollywood
Police broadcast ordered the arrest of Campbell MacDonald, 23, in connection with the murder of his mother Margaret Campbell, silent screen actress and Bahai secretary. Her body lay half nude with a blood stained hammer nearby and a religious tract and police whistle found with the scene.
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Hollywood
Campbell MacDonald
Margaret Campbell
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’i
Josef Swickard
Sadie du Pre
Campbell
Robert M. Byrne
Baby Beef Raising Gets Impetus For Ouachita Parish
The Ouachita parish 4-H boys project aims to finance purebred baby beeves through an agricultural committee meeting Monday at 2 30 p m. The plan seeks to demonstrate livestock breeding as a substitute for a single crop system like cotton.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Ouachita Parish
Deaths and Funeral Notices from Monroe and Nearby Areas
W O Tucker of Monroe dies at 38 after brief illness in Pineville. Funeral at Davis Lawhead chapel officiated by Rev L T Hastings with burial at Riverview. Pallbearers named. Also reports funeral of Captain Pendleton Balfour Reed in Natchez after appendicitis operation. Reed a longtime river captain and veteran with Masonics. survivors listed. Mrs C H Jackson's body to travel to Monroe for Riverview burial with service by Rev L T church. Traffic deaths in 1938 noted: 30 percent in last quarter despite 25 percent annual mileage.
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W. O. Tucker
Monroe
Pineville
Betty Jane
S. W. Tucker
Frank Simpson
W. C. Tucker
Davis-Lawhead Funeral Chapel
L. T. Hastings
First Baptist Church
Riverview
H. B. Nutt
Jeff Parker
T. £. Reeves
T. S. Mangham
H. J. Moore
James Mangham
W. H. Reed
Elizabeth C. Reed
Marjorie Reed
Bryant Reed
E. B. Duckworth
Jackson
Miss
Sidney Dorcey
Fayette
Otis Houston
Natchez
C. H. Jackson
Shreveport
Ilinois Central Railroad
Mulhearn
Riverview Burial Park
L. T Hastings
Accurate clock promises precision aid for astronomy and power systems
A new clock by Henry E. Warren of Ashland Mass describes exceptional 24 hour stability and aims to improve telescope aiming and control of electrical systems. He notes existing standards linger in accuracy and that his design maintains near constant vibration despite temperature and electrical changes.
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San Francisco
Henry E. Warren
Ashland
Mass
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Warren
United States Naval Observatory
Western Hemisphere
Vicksburg Post Editor Frank Cashman Dies at 61
Frank P. Cashman editor of the Vicksburg Evening Post died at 2 30 pm after months of illness. He dictated editorials from his sick bed. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 9 am from his home and St Pauls Catholic church. Burial at Cedar Lawn cemetery. Governor Hugh White offers condolences.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Frank P. Cashman
Vicksburg Evening Post
Cashman
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Cedar Lawn Cemetery
Hugh White
Frank
Fourth Estate
Rivet Authorized to Accept Hospital Buildings
The Charity hospital board authorized Charles J. Rivet to accept the buildings after a recommendation from Weiss Drevious and Seiferth. Rivet heads to Washington to seek WPA funds to repair main building damage estimated at 60,000 dollars. An additional note discusses American Indians moving to cities and their TB susceptibility.
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New Orleans
Charity Hospital Board of Administrators
Charles J. Rivet
Fred W. Matthews
Weiss
Drevious
Seiferth
Matthews
Rivet
Washington
WPA
Flashes In The News Highlights Odd Local Tales
In Indianapolis Mrs. William Preston freed her two year old Billy after he locked the bathroom door and resisted entry by climbing a window. In Fayetteville Ike Turlington biked home 60 miles after a swimming head injury proved a broken neck. Astoria motorists note seagull thefts of wiper blades near Pier 3. Salt Lake City a Boston bull dislikes warm weather while the eastern owner seeks cool routes. North Platte fish are biting poorly and the game commission may seine them out. North Loup grasshoppers drive two Nebraska men to hustle with a car mounted hopper dozer and oil pan.
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North Platte, Neb
Fred Weesner
Weesner
State Game Commission
Fred
North Loup
Neb
Nebraska
Glen Beebe
Sam Drawbridge
Beebe
Births Reported in Jonesboro and Nearby La. Communities
A series of birth notices from Jonesboro Chatham Walker Goodwill Nicholson Philley Lane Lakeside and West Monroe report parents welcome newborns. Martha Sue Spillers William Donald Raburn and several daughters are listed with dates in late June. Families named include Spillers Dark Raburn Gatlin Dobbs Wilbanks Nolan Brumfield.
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Jonesboro
G. T. Spillers
Chatham
Martha Sue Spillers
B. E. Dark
Walker, la
W. B. Raburn
William Donald Raburn
Oak Grove
Walter Dobbs
Goodwill Community
Jesse Wilbanks
Nicholson
J. T. Gatlin
Philley Lane
Wesley Nolan
Lakeside
Buckner Faces More Quizzing In Embezzlement Case
New York June 28. William P. Buckner Jr. testified as cross-examination opened by United States Attorney Maloney. Buckner, among five men charged with mail fraud or conspiracy, faced questions about his resignation from the bar amid embezzlement accusations and his role in handling funds for defaulted Philippine railway bonds. He described junkets to Manila Washington and a Hollywood trip, while acknowledging a modest income in early 1927 and a liaison with Loretta Young.
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New York
William P. Buckner, Jr
Buckner
United States
William Power Maloney
John Minton
Henry W. Goddard
Maloney
New York State Appellate Court
Manila
Washington
Hollywood
Loretta Young
Golden Gate Exposition to End December 2 1939
President Leland Cutler announced the Golden Gate International Exposition will end as planned on December 2, 1939, dispelling rumors of a second year. The statement confirms the fair’s scheduled closing date.
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San Francisco
Leland Cutler
Prescription C-2223 Promises Relief From Rheumatic Discomfort
Suffering from rheumatic pain and fever, readers are urged to try Prescription C-2223 with sedative and analgesic effects. The ad claims thousands found relief, offers a money back guarantee at druggists for 60e and $1, and instructs customers to request the product by its full name.
Lace Curtains for Women's Hats Debuts Next Winter
New York fashion notes for winter hats feature lace curtains and bold trims. Black lace and magnet red dominate, with green accents and influences from Queen Elizabeth. Descriptions include high crowns, dramatic shapes, fur accents, and exotic evening headgear like an ermine turban.
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Mary Elizabeth Plummer
New York
Salvador Dali
Lilly Dasche
Elizabeth
Cline Named Imperial Potentate Of Shrine National Body
Walter D. Cline of Wichita Falls Texas was elected imperial potentate of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at the national convention in Baltimore. George F. Olendorf of Springfield Missouri moves to imperial rabban and becomes imperial potentate in 1940. The contest for imperial outer guard drew a veteran movie star a Philadelphia publisher and a Baltimore engineer.
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Baltimore
Walter D. Cline
Wichita Falls
Tex
A. A. D. Rahn
Minneapolis
George F. Olendorf
Springfield
Imperial Rabban
Cline
Olendorf
Imperial Outer Guard
Philadelphia
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Louisiana State Normal College
Natchitoches
State Teachers’ College
South Campus
Paul Yoder
Chicago
Tee
Captain Pendleton Reed
North Fourth
Vicksburg Post
Associated Press
Indianapolis
William Preston
Billy
Hardy
Fayetteville
N. C
Ike Turlington
Astoria
Ore
Pier 3
Coast
Salt Lake City
Boston
W. D. Rishel
Utah Automobile Association
Los Angeles
Fido
Rishel
Utah-Nevada Desert
Earl Brumfield
West Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Bar
PESCO
St. John St
Elizabeth Arden
San
Francisco
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