Long finalizes 23 measures as Louisiana session nears end
Senator Huey P. Long worked in a motel suite to perfect the final enactment of his 23 bill program for the closing day of a five day special session. Governors aide O K Allen refused to discuss potential amendments as the Senate prepared to receive bills and move toward final passage.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Senate
Long
House
O. K. Allen
Senate Finance Committee
Louisiana Speculates On Longs Announcement
Baton Rouge Louisiana speculation runs around Huey P Long likely announcing a 1936 bid for governor as the legislature moves 23 bills in a five day session. Some observers doubt he will give up his seat in Congress, citing presidential ambitions and possible shifting of senate dates.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
State House
United States Senate
Long
Congress
Senate
Supreme Penalty Paid for Slaying at Tucker Prison Farm
Frank Barnes 50 died in the electric chair at 7:07 am after being condemned for the July slaying of C. A. Martin taxi driver from Blytheville Ark. His son Bill 21 who faces execution April 2% attended and wept briefly. Archie Barnes 24 awaits trial in Mississippi county Ark. The elder Barnes survived by his widow and five other children.
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Archie Barnes
Mississippi County
Ark
Barnes
Hayti
Civil Engineer Es At Ruston Wis 5 W 5 Atkinson Dies
Former highway commission chair and airman of the state sion under the ad governors Hal and at Whitesburg Ga Lincoln parish when a on tenth page E plan strike dent March 1 presidor Willem Hutchinson of the thin office association announced that that Toronto's police officers are stake at midnight Saturday good conduct badges were re a and other alleged grievances.
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Sion
Hal
Presi-dor Willem Hutchinson
The
Thin” Office Association
Toronto
Jury Selected To Try Ouida Keeton Murder Case
In Laurel Mississippi on March 1 prosecutors began presenting evidence to prove Ouida Keeton 33 a stenographer murdered her widowed mother The jury of 12 farmers was sworn and the trial opened after a brief delay as doctors revived the pallid defendant The state must prove corpus delicti with only the victim s severed legs as evidence while defense may claim the legs belong to the missing Mrs Kee ton Continued on Second Page
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Laurel
Miss
Ouida Keeton
W. Joe Pack
Pack
Cuban opposition blocs unite to topple Mendieta regime
Three Cuban parties ABC Autenticos and Menocal fuse to back a semi parliamentary government with Dr Jose A Presno to lead if Mendieta resigns The merged group seeks to rescue civil authority and ensure neutral elections amid Cuba's turbulent politics.
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Associated Press
Havana
Carlos Mendieta
ABC
Autenticos
Menocal
Cuba
Jose A. Presno
Havana University
Mendieta
Senator Caraway Hospitalized in Washington for Observation
Senator Hattie Caraway of Arkansas was in Emergency hospital in Washington undergoing observation for an intestinal disorder. Attaches said she was comfortable and friends reported the condition was not serious. She had planned to enter for diet treatment and to determine the ailment’s cause.
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Washington
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Caraway
Siamese Ruler Abdicates Throne After Cabinet Rejection
King Prajadhipok of Siam abdicates following months of internal dispute and Bangkok officials’ rejection of his conditions. His secretary said the monarch would not issue a formal statement, calling it diplomatic courtesy, with hints he hopes to be recalled someday.
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Cranleigh
Eng
Prajadhipok
Siam
M. R. Smaksman
London
Bangkok
Smaksman
Buddha
Associated Press
Democrat Chiefs Hope to Shatter Relief Deadlock
Democratic leaders hope weekend conferences on the 4.88 billion work and relief bill will break a deadlock before the Senate returns. Senator Robinson met with President Roosevelt to seek compromise on the McCarran amendment to require prevailing wages for 3.5 million employables. Reynolds proposed empowering the president to cut relief wages below prevailing levels to keep workers from leaving private jobs. AFL President William Green backs prevailing wages.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
Roosevelt
McCarran
Nevada
Reynolds
North Carolina
McCarrar
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Health Director Assumes Office in Ouachita Parish
Dr. G Douglas Williams formally took over as Ouachita Parish Health unit director in Monroe succeeding Dr John W Williams who resigned to lead Asheville North Carolina health department The transfer followed brief interim leadership by Dr J A Coleman state health department field director Williams comes from Lake Providence where he directed East Carroll Parish Health unit for three years
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G. Douglas Williams
Ouachita Parish
Williams
Monroe
Lake Providence
East Carroll Parish
John W. Williams
Asheville
N. C
J. A. Coleman
Famine Strikes Anhwei Province China Reported
Three million people in southern Anhwei across six thousand square miles face severe starvation in what officials call the worst famine this region has seen in recent memory.
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Wuhu
Anhwei
China
Brinsmade Sues for 21856.55 Over 1934 Car Crash
News reporter H H Brinsmade filed a district court suit seeking 21856.55 against Prioleau Ellis Jr Miss Davie Nowles and four New York underwriters over a March 2 1934 auto crash after alighting from a street car at Jackson and Wood streets. The petition names Nowles as driver Ellis as owner and the Eagle Globe and Royal Indemnity firms as sureties. Brinsmade alleges he was injured in the incident while on duty for News Star World.
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H. H. Brinsmade
Prioleau Ellis, Jr
Davie Newles
Eagle Indemnity Company of
New York
The
Globe Indemnity Company of
Royal Indemnity Company of
Brinsmade
News- Star—World Publishing Company
Miss Nowles
Mr. Ellis
Jackson
Mob Threat Forces Rushed Transfer of Accused Youth
Blackie Jackson, 21, imprisoned in East Texas on an alleged attempted assault of a 19 year old Atlanta girl. He was moved from Atlanta to Linden after a mob gathered there, and then to another jail to avoid violence. City Marshal Homer Carter isolated the suspect at the girl's home as about 50 men gathered.
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Linden
Texas
Blackie Jackson
Atlanta
Jackson
Quilla Hardagree
Homer Carter
Carter
Police Watch Highway To Capture Three Men
New Orleans police placed armed guards on the Chef highway to seize three young men in a tan coupe who earlier exchanged shots with a Slidell garage attendant. Slidell officers say the men fled without paying for gas and were fired on. one gunman fired back.
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New Orleans
Chef Highway
Slidell
Here
Neato
Father Accused of Murdering His Young Daughter
A father stands trial accused of killing his young daughter. The defense claims a threat was made by the defendant and a final witness supports the defense narrative. Local authorities documented the incident and are pursuing charges.
Death trial of George Jackson Sr in Hester Jackson case
In Bay Springs Mississippi the state rests against George Lois Jackson Sr on murder charges for the October death of his 15 year old daughter Hester, shot in the heart. A note allegedly written by Hester reading Good-bye mother Pray for me Your daughter Hester was introduced and discussed by authorities.
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Miss
Uup
George Lois Jackson, Sr
Crcuit
Daury
Ter
Hester Jackson
Clark Welbourne
Jackson
Welbourne
Hester
Ghe
A. V. Clark
J. C. Bassett
Homer Currie
J. A. McFarland
Harry A. Bayless
Tom Anderson
Currie
Kermie Jackson
George Jackson
Kermie
Virgin Islands Controversy 5 APT to Be Aired
Congress may reopen the Virgin Islands affair as Senate Territories Committee recommends investigating conditions in the islands. Secretary Ickes apologized to Postmaster General Farley Attorney General Cummings and Senator Harrison. Governor Paul Pearson, appointed by Hoover and retained by the New Deal, endorses administration and notes PWA funds for rum distilleries to ease ills. He clashes with Judge T Weber Wilson.
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Congress
New Deal
Virgin Islands
Ickes
Farley
Cummings
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate
Territories Committee
Paul M. Pearson
Pennsylvania
Islands
Hoover
Pearson
PWA
Cuba
T. Weber Wilson
Virgin
Biloxi Attorney J C Whetstone Suspended Sentence
Gulfport Miss March 1 Judge Walter A White suspended a 30 day sentence imposed Wednesday on Biloxi lawyer J C Whetstone for contempt of court while he remains barred from further law practice in Mississippi for failing to pay a client. The jail term was suspended conditionally pending compliance and Whetstone must refrain from intoxicating liquor.
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Gulfport
Miss
Walter A. White
Circuit Court
J. C. Whetstone
Biloxi
Whetstone
Mississippi
Efforts Exerted to Settle FERA Labor Wrangle
Key West reports guardsmen detachment barriers as 425 former service men and camp officials seek to end a FERA sea highway project strike in the Florida keys. Troops from Key West and Miami guard Islamorada to deter walkouts while demands include better camp sanitation wage parity with civilian workers and a hearing for a four member spokesman group.
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Key West
Fla
National
FERA
Florida Keys
Miami
Motecumbe Island
Islamorado
Vivien Collins
Florida
Lou
M. Howe
Execu
Earthquake Shakes Midwest Towns Across Kansas City
An early morning earthquake, felt in Kansas City and surrounding areas, woke residents with beds jumping and chairs jerking. No damage was reported though railroad workers in Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa noted tremors, with 5.01 a.m. CST timing and reports reaching St. Joseph Omaha Wymore Red Cloud Payne.
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Kansas City
Kansas Citys
Independence
Thomas Burgess
Burlington Railroad
St. Joseph
Omaha
Neb
Z. M. Moore
L. V. Ockerman
Wymore
Red Cloud
Payne
Iowa
Doctors Hopeful Over Holmes's Health in Illness
News from Washington reports Oliver Wendell Holmes, nearly 94, is holding his own with bronchial pneumonia. Doctors Dr. Lewis C. Ecker and Dr. Longcope are in consultation at Johns Hopkins, while President Roosevelt and friends send sympathy and visits continue at Holmes's DC home.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court
Holmes
Mark Howe
Howe
Roosevelt
Francis Biddle
Labor Relations Board
Biddle
Felix Frankfurter
Frankfurter
James G. Palfrey
Boston
JJ Holmes
Eye Street
Justice
Justice Holmes
Rogers Has His Say in Beverly Hills Letter
In Beverly Hills a writer questions why J P Morgan sells his paintings and lets his miniature works go. The writer mocks Washington spending lines as lawmakers print money with no source.
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Rogers
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