Shank Death Warrant Set For Friday In Arkansas
Akron attorney Mark H. Shank, condemned for poisoning four in Benton ark, faces the electric chair on Friday after Governor Futrell proclaimed the execution date. His case has lingered 15 months with repeated delays and a planned US Supreme Court appeal disrupted by the governor action. Little Rock defense counsel W T Pate Jr criticized the move as unprecedented while seeking further court guidance and sanity review details.
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Mark H. Shank
J. Marion Futrell
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Alvin Colley
Benton
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Shank
United States Supreme Court
W. T. Pate, Jr
Blake C. Cook
Ohio
Federal District Court
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Loyal divisions bear down on revolutionists
Greek forces advance on rebels from three directions as loyal divisions tighten their grip and push toward decisive engagements.
Greek Civil War Battles Raged As Army Presses Rebels
Three loyal divisions of the Greek army pushed toward Sa Tonika from the east west and north. Government forces under Gen Kondylis fought rebels amid heavy rain and mud near Seres and Salonika, while Turkey and Bulgaria watched uneasy frontiers. The government warned rebels’ backers face confiscation. exact casualty figures were not released.
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Eorge Kondylis
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Juma
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Macedonia
Alexandroupolis
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Xanthi
Aegean
Salonika
Turkey
Bulgaria
Greece
Ankara
Tsaldaris
Kondylis
Europe
Asia
Ramblin on Town Fishing Losses and Street Crowds
Jes' Ramblin' recalls Jimmy Griffin losing a string of speckled perch after landing them twice in two years. He and Gus Toombs once lost 31 perch at DeGraffenreid Lake when the boat line failed. He later lost a string of eleven perch and three bass when a limb broke, then recovered with seven more perch and two bass, the largest bass weighing 3 1/4 pounds. A reader complains about ERA workers blocking North Second Street near the railroad, suggesting payment at their headquarters. The column notes a Black resident, George M. Spyker, driving a horse drawn buggy to Monroe and that several others from Richwood own such buggies.
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Gus Toombs
Fireman
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Fireman Cummings
Jimmy
Ramblin
North Second Street
Monroe
George M. Spyker
Winnsboro Road
Spyker
Richwood
Lent Succeeds Gay Mardi Gras in New Orleans
New Orleans marked Ash Wednesday ending Mardi Gras after a day of city wide masking parades and balls. Rex led the carnival procession and Comus capped the night parade as crowds filled Broad Canal Street and downtown. Lent begins with thousands turning from festivities to penance.
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New Orleans
Rex
Comus
Broad Canal Street
American Legion Bill Favored By House Group
A House committee backed the American Legion bill in a close vote, signaling support for the measure. The outcome sets the stage for further legislative action and potential floor consideration.
Ways and Means Panel Seeks Bonus Bill Action
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 14 to 11 to report a measure for immediate cash payment of the bonus, while also preferring the Vinson currency expansion bill over Patman. Vinson said he hopes the bill reaches the House this week as consideration proceeds and a rules-committee path may allow the Patman bill later.
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Ways and Means
American Legion
Cooper
Tennessee
Vinson
Kentucky
Legion
Rules Committee
Patman
Nursery School for ERA Children Planned in Monroe
E L Neville announces plans to establish a nursery school for under privileged ERA clients in Monroe. A building at 3305 Lee Avenue will house the program with ERA funding staffing a teacher, home economist, cook, and housekeeper. Attendance limited to 25 children aged two to five, hours 9 to 3. Children will be cared for by staff during the day.
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E. L. Neville
Monroe City
Lee Avenue
Emergency Relief Administration
General NRA Revision Predicted By Senator George
Senator George of Georgia said a general revision and reorganization of the NRA is likely under the new legislative program. He suggested compulsory codes would be limited to major interstate industries while others would use voluntary codes. the fate of a separate administering agency remains uncertain.
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Washington
NRA
George
Georgia
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Duel Between Corsican Deputies Wounds Campinchi in Paris
In Paris at Parc Des Princes a duel between Corsican deputies Cesar Campinchi and Horace De Carbuccia left Campinchi with a wrist wound and severed artery. Both men left the field unreconciled after a quarrel over a weekly newspaper article. Police may pursue. condition not grave.
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Charles Foltz
Associated Press
Paris
Cesar Campinchi
Horace de Carbuccia
de Carbuccia
Campinchi
Parc Des Princess
Income Tax Publication Measure Receives Approval
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill to repeal the law requiring publication of income tax returns. If enacted the 1926 law would apply, giving the president and the treasury secretary power to make returns public but not directing them to do so.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Two Republican Senators Switched Sides on Relief Bill
Washington march 6 two Republican senators were won over from the opposition as Roosevelt forces moved to reverse a senate setback on the 4 880 000 000 work relief bill. Administration leaders planned another test on the floor to defeat the prevailing wage requirement previously adopted by 44 to 43 against the president. Senator McCarran Democrat Nevada led the proposal to require relief workers be paid the wage.
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Washington
Roosevet
Senate
McCarran
Nevada
Heiress Elva Statler Davidson Found Dead In Garage
Waiter John Notragiacomio testified Mrs Davidson cried during a late supper at a spaghetti camp hours before her death in the Davidson garage. Butler Emanuel Birch said she sometimes drove alone at night, and found her slumped on the running board of her car.
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Pinehurst
N. C
John Notragiacomio
Elva Statler Davidson
Davidson
Notragiacomic
Emanuel Birch
Ruling Finds NIRA Unconstitutional in New Orleans
In an oral opinion Judge Wayne G. Borah of the United States district court ruled the National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional. The decision was delivered in New Orleans on March 6.
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New Orleans
Wayne G. Borah
United States District Court
Supreme Court Upholds Crumm Whipping Case Ruling
The Louisiana Supreme Court affirms a district ruling denying the right of a public school principal or teacher to inflict corporal punishment. The Crumm case stems from whipping three Cypress school students on November 19 and a later fine of 301 dollars.
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Supreme Court
Crumm
David J. Garrett
State of
Louisiana
Chester Crumm
Cypress School
Garrett
T. O. Brown
Five Hurt as Cuban Inspectors Stage Strike
Five men, including Chief of Port Police Oscar Hernandez, were injured in Havana when customs inspectors struck amid explosions. Reports say government employees planned to join a fortnightly school strike, while municipal workers in Cienfuegos quit their jobs.
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Havana
Oscar Hernandez
Cienfuegos
Supreme Court liberal justice dies peacefully
The so called Great Dissenter passes away as friends gather, marking the end of a long career on the high court. The liberal jurist known for dissenting opinions in landmark cases is remembered for influence on civil rights and constitutional law.
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Supreme Court
Funeral planned for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
Washington March 6 The death of Oliver Wendell Holmes America’s great liberal ends at 2 15 am his physician called it the most peaceful death He would have been 94 on Friday If alive dignitaries will attend his body at All Souls church then Arlington National Cemetery The former justice served after Civil War wounds became a famed liberal jurist and literary figure President Roosevelt sent word of his passing to the White House.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
America
United States Supreme Court
All Souls Church
Arlington National Cemetery
Virginia
White House
Roosevelt
Burglars Steal Jewelry From Local Firm on DeSiard Street
Thieves robbed R. A. Jewelry Company at 823 DeSiard street taking eighteen watches and other pieces valued about 732 dollars. A nearby J H McNeese grocery at 411 Seventh street was also robbed and an attempted break in at L L Wilkerson’s 809 Calypso street. The heist tied to youths linked to earlier Paramount theater entry via a fire escape. Continued on Seventh Pages.
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R. & A. Jewelry Company
DeSiard Street
J. H. McNeese
Seventh Street
L. L. Wilkerson
Calypso Street
Paramount Theater
So Cahn Women's Wearing
Freighter Reported Afloat In Fire Off Florida Keys
Ronald Craig from lower Matecumbe island reported a freighter about four miles off Alligator Lighthouse in the Florida Keys ablaze from bow to stern. A coast guard seaplane, piloted by Lieut. C B Olsen, was dispatched as high winds kept local fishing boats shorebound and unable to assist.
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Miami
Fla
Alligator Lighthouse
Florida Keys
Coast Guard
Ronald Craig
Lower Matecumbe Island
Craig
Lieut. C. B. Olsen
Huey Sets About to Halt Careers of Capital Foes
Huey targets opponents including Robinson Farley Johnson and Bailey as part of a political clash for control of the capital scene. Court battles and party tensions rise as key figures face mounting pressure.
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Huey
Long Swears To Strike At Roosevelt Supporters In Senate Clash
Huey P. Long intensified his drive to ruin Roosevelt administration backers including Robinson Farley and Hugh Johnson amid a bitter Senate exchange. Bailey challenged Long’s tale as others remained silent. A gallery search for a potential armed guard followed the heated remarks as Long and Robinson traded barbs.
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Washington
Huey P. Leng
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Robinson
Senate
Long
Farley
Hugh Johnson
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Bailey
Arkansas
Chesley Jurney
Byrd
Virginia
Bernard M. Baruch
Father Chax
Coughlin
New York
Chevy Chase
Postmaster Farley
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Seargeant-at-Arms
Jurney
Robert Brothers
Brothers
Rogers Has His Say In California Politics
Beverly Hills reports a former California governor urges support for the Townsend plan. He warns against national worry over costs, arguing Americans risk harming prosperity and suggesting many would buy cars if not constrained by fears.
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