Arkansas Natural Gas proposal moves forward in Louisiana
Preliminary steps toward a new pipeline linking northeast Louisiana gas fields with Lake Charles and southern and central Louisiana were taken at New Iberia. The Arkansas Natural Gas company with Southern Gas Line and Parris brothers discussed the plan with regional representatives and a full committee meeting is set for March 7 in Crowley to act on the sub committee’s recommendation.
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New Iberia
Louisiana
Lake Charles
Arkansas Natural Gas Corporation
Cities Service Corporation
Arkansas Natural Gas Company
Southern Gas Line
Parris Brothers
St. Louis
Arkansas Natural
J. R. Compton
el Dorado
F. E. Castleberry
Shreveport
A. V. Miller
Monroe
Harry Oliver
J. H. Parris
James Noe
Arkansas Natural Gas
Association of Commerce
Crowley
Arkansas Company
High School Boys Shot Craps On Streetcar
Sixteen Little Rock high school students were taken into custody after a streetcar incident in which they played craps with dice. Detectives boarded the car following complaints. Each youth was charged with gaming and released on $10 bond.
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Little Rock
Ark
Little Rock High School
All Winter Marathon Quietus Declares Official Stop
Ten young dancers from East Detroit who spent the winter at Eastwood Park marathon finally rest under medical care after sheriff warrants for disorderly conduct. They must sleep 48 hours before court appearance as investigators condemned the event for exhaustion and health risks.
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Associated Press
Detroit
East Detroit
Macomb County
Eastwood Park
Percy L. Moore
C. A. Pressey
Michigan
Justice of the Peace
Alton H. Noe
East
State Labor Commission
Supreme Court hears challenge to Louisiana severance tax law
Arguments were presented in Washington as the US Supreme Court reviewed Ohio Oil Company v Louisiana. The oil firm contends the 1928 amended tax unfairly bases levy on quantity and gravity, harming northern producers. Louisiana defends the statute as non discriminatory, with any inequity tied to administration rather than the law’s core terms.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Ohio Oil Company
Louisiana
S. L. Herold
Shreveport
Herold
W. H. Thompson
George S. Guion
Hoover Nominees for U S Marshal North Carolina and U S Attorney Alabama
President Hoover sent to the senate the nomination of Edgar C. Geddie of North Carolina to succeed Rippon Ward as U S marshal for the eastern district of North Carolina. Charles B. Kennamer nominated as United States attorney for the northern district of Alabama. It's a reappointment.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Edgar C. Geddie
North Carolina
Rippon W. Ward
United States
Charles B. Kennamer
Alabama
Governor Huey Long Apology Over Emden Visit Attire
The Times Picayune reports Governor Long apologized for receiving German cruiser Emden with Commander de la Periere in lounging robe and slippers after he visited the governor in New Orleans. The Emden fired a 17 gun salute and resumed formal dress after the apology.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Times-Picayune
Huey P. Long
Seymour Weiss
Mardi Gras
Lothar von Arnault del la Periere
Emden
Weiss
de la Periere
Long
Jaeger
Slot Machines On Doorbells Keep Nuisances Away
Amsterdam housewives embrace doorbell slot machines to deter peddlers beggars and canvassers. A penny ring yields a returned penny if the visitor is welcome. The government will also manufacture slug coins for postmen to collect and return.
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Amsterdam
Death Ends Police Probe of Alleged N O Robbery Suspect
NEW ORLEANS March 4 Death ends a police inquiry into Nicholas Weibelt 25 suspected of taking part in a bold bakery robbery less than 200 dollars. He died from a self inflicted gunshot wound in front of a friend's home after a gun battle with officers as the bandits fled the Ameri can Bakeries theft.
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New Orleans
Nicholas Weibelt
American Bakeries Company
Weibelt
Federal Barge Service Opens on Mississippi
The arrival of the Mobile at St. Louis marks the opening of the 1930 Mississippi river season. The fast packet carried 1,351 tons and arrives 11 hours early. Three weekly sailings between St. Louis and New Orleans with calls at Cairo Memphis Helena Vicksburg and Baton Rouge begin Friday.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Mobile
Federal Barge Line
New Orleans
Cairo
Memphis
Helena
Vicksburg
Baton Rouge
Robbers Take Pistol From Hill Warehouses Watchman
Two men, a white man and a black man, held up Houston Grey, 35, a night watchman at Hill ware houses on South Broad Street, and escaped with his pistol. No money was taken.
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New Orleans
Houston Grey
South Broad Street
Bread theft ends in police shooting of youth
In Buffalo on March 4 Dorwood Nunemaker aged 17 was shot in the head by Patrolman A E Andres while fleeing after stealing bread for a starving family. He lies dying at Millard Fillmore Hospital. His brother Lester, 28, was detained after complying with the stop order.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Dorwood Nunemaker
Millard Fillemore Hospital
Lester
A. E. Andres
Andres
Lester Nunemaker
Elks Hotel in Boston Raided by Prohibition Agents
Federal prohibition agents seized liquor and a 40 foot bar with booths and tables in a mezzanine room linked to the Boston lodge of Elks at the Elks hotel. Three men face law violation charges after the raid on March 3. Manager Colwell and Elks officials deny jurisdiction over the raided room and property.
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ELKS
Boston
Associated Press
Boston Lodge of Elks
Elks Hotel
Colwell
The
Elks Club
Henry E. Goodnough
World Unemployment Totals Fifteen Million Men
London reports 15 to 16 million unemployed worldwide with Germany at 4.5 million, United States 6 million, Russia 2 million, Great Britain 1.5 million, Japan 800 thousand, Italy 500 thousand. Herald warns figures may rise as economists' optimism fades and global recovery slows.
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London
Mar
The
Daily Herald
Germany
United States
Russia
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
the Herald
Tom Mix Accused Of Falsifying In Income Returns
Los Angeles March 4 Tom Mix cowboy actor and King Vidtor director were ordered to join a federal court parade of motion picture celebrities to answer charges of falsifying their income tax returns. Four film players pled guilty yesterday and paid fines plus penalties double the amounts involved. Eleanor Boardman Hallam Cooley Burr Raymond McKee and Malcolm McGregor Corrine Griffith among those who pleaded.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Mar
Tom Mix
King Vidtor
Eleanor Boardman
Hallam Cooley Burr
Raymond McKee
Malcolm McGregor
Corrine Griffith
Previ
Woman Driller Brings In Second Mississippi Oil Well
Jackson Mississippi March 4 discovery of the second oil well in Mississippi this week was announced by Mrs Ella Rawls Reader the state’s only woman driller She reported striking high gravity oil at 2900 feet on state property two miles north of Jackson The well started five years ago Armed guards protect the derrick and she barred outsiders from approaching citing plotters seeking to spy on the discovery
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Ella Rawls Reader
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley
A humorous column excerpt titled Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley. The piece uses dialect and observes everyday life with a wry, folksy voice. It notes temptations and social scenes in a playful, pointed style.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Mardi Gras Finish at Midnight Ends Mardi Gras
New Orleans crowds surged through the streets as the Mardi Gras celebration neared its end at midnight. Masked revelers packed venues while businesses paused, marking a final push of revelry before dawn.
Mardi Gras Death Shocks New Orleans Parade
Dennis Johnson, a Black man, died after being hit by a car during Mardi Gras. Two motorcycle policemen were injured when they swerved to avoid a child in the crowded street and collided.
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New Orleans
Dennis Johnson
Mardi Gras Across Harbor For Citywide Celebration
Festivities began at 6 a m with whistles blown in the harbor and will run until midnight when the Lerten season is proclaimed. Over 40 000 visitors checked into hotels and rooming houses, with thousands arriving by train car and plane into the historic Canal Street area.
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St. Louis Cathedral
Canal Stret
Child sacrifice found beneath Jericho walls
Jericho ruins yield remains of a child sacrifice unearthed by Sir Charles Marston's expedition. The find is linked to a Bible verse from 8 Kings 16 34 and supports theories about Jericho's destruction during the Hebrew entry into Canaan around 1200 BCE.
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Jerusalem
Charles Marston
Jericho
Abiram
Segub
Joshua
Nun
John Garstang
Heea
Palestine
Floodway land valuations spark protest in Bird’s Point floodway
Memphis March 4 government protest over high valuations placed on farm land in the Bird's Point New Madrid flood way. U S district engineer Lieut Col F B Wilby said six commissioners assessed Southeast Missouri floodway land at 218 to 3031 dollars per acre. He noted some estimates exceed owners reported offers and cited one case where land priced at 200 dollars an acre was raised to 661 dollars. He called it an example of flood control costs in the Mississippi valley.
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United Press
Memphis
Tenn
Bird's Point
New Madrid
F. B. Wilby
U. S
Missouri
Col. Wilby
Mississippi Valley
Hoover Signs Flood Relief Loan Fund Act
President Hoover signed a joint congressional resolution authorizing seven million dollars as a loan fund for relief of farmers in storm flood and drought stricken southern and middle western states including Alabama Florida Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Virginia Ohio Oklahoma Indiana Illinois Minnesota North Dakota Montana New Mexico and Missouri.
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Washington
Hoover
Middle Western
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Ohio
Oklahoma
Indiana
Ilinois
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
New Mexico
Missouri
Duel Over Father Triggers Georgia Shooting
Grace McDaniels, 26, was shot near the heart by Marion Bullard, 18, at a Chauncey area filling station. Bullard accused McDaniels of taking her father after a yearlong separation and pending divorce. McDaniels was rushed to a Dublin hospital with a bullet wound. doctors awaited word on damage.
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Alamo
Grace McDaniels
Chauncey
Marion Bullard
Miss McDaniels
Dublin
F. I. Bullard
H. N. Sears
Miss Bullard
Sears
Prince of Wales Rapidly Recovers in Africa Hunt
Prince of Wales is rapidly recovering from malaria in Nairobi and plans to resume a hunting trip. The report notes improvement and indicates intent to continue travel soon.
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Nairobi
Africa
Prince of Wales
Tries to Withdraw Plea as Judge Refuses
W. W. Ingram pleaded guilty to obtaining money by confidence game and was sentenced by Judge Percy Sander to two to three years in state prison. Ernest Moore 24 pleaded guilty to manslaughter and got six to nine years. Tom Cummings 17 received 60 days for petit larceny. Ingram later sought to withdraw and plead not guilty but was denied. He had prior history with federal narcotic and white slave offenses and a pattern of confidence charges.
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W. W. Ingram
Percy Sander
State
Ernest Moore
Tom Cummings
Sandel
Ingram
United States Identification Bureau
Washington
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