Cotton warehouse fire in New Orleans raises incendiary probe
A waterfront blaze at Valence Street destroyed 400 to 500 bales of cotton and baffles 2500 bales stored by John M. Parker company. Police probe links with two earlier riverfront fires, including a Charbonnet Wharf incident, to determine if arson was involved. Continuous coverage noted.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Dock Board
Valence Street
John M. Parker Company
Charbonnet Wharf
Partial paralysis toll rises in Tennessee and other briefs
Up per Tennessee reports 138 cases of partial paralysis. Seventeen pickets were removed near the Bemberg rayon mill en route to the courthouse. Rodney Williams of Cairo Illinois lies unconscious from a stroke in Dallas County jail. Carl Smith of Crawfordsville Ark dies from spinal meningitis bringing the death toll to thirty in Memphis. William Howard Taft will estate filed with DC court register naming his widow as benefactor with limited legacies.
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Selma
Ala
Rodney Williams
Cairo
Ill
Dallas County
Memphis
Tenn
Carl Smith
Crawfordsville
Ark
Awashington
William Howard Taft
Register of Wills
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Slick Bandit Robs Orleans Loan Office in Calm Talk
A well dressed unmasked bandit with slicked hair robbed the National Small Loan office in New Orleans, speaking calmly about business while binding and gagging the manager and staff. He left after promising to alert a officer to release the captives, taking $40 from the safe.
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New Orleans
National
Oliceman
Strikebreaker Turns Shotgun on Angry Mob
In Philadelphia on March 12 a special 200 police squad protected Aberle Hosiery mills after rioters beat 25 workers. A mob attacked strike breaker Peter Martoni’s home, Martoni fired from his door to disperse the crowd, later being seized and beaten before police intervened.
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Philadelphia
Aberle
Peter Martoni
Martoni
Three Negroes Held for Theft of Furnishings
In New Orleans on March 12 three Black suspects Alma Dugas her 14 year old daughter Inez and Elliott Diggs were arrested after police recovered 1 500 pieces of stolen jewelry clothing and furnishings valued at 4 000. They allegedly entered homes while residents were away and took valuables.
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New Orleans
Alma Dugas
Inez
Elliott Diggs
Ark Politician Named in Kidnapping Confession
Pine Bluff officials report a confession by H. Bradley Jobe, a 1927 candidate for state commissioner of agriculture, admitting he originated a plot to kidnap and rob wealthy Pine Bluff planter W. L. Quattlebaum. The confession named two fellow suspects in custody.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
H. Bradley Jobe
W. L. Quattlebaum
War threat grows in north China as rival forces move
War in north China looms as Nanking forces push toward Peiping and Tientsin along the Hankow railway. General Yen Hsi-Shan’s garrisons resist Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nanking army, warning of annihilation of their leader’s troops. Tensions rise in Peiping after the June 1928 capture.
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Peiping
China
Nanking
Tientsin
Hankow
Yen Hsi-Shan
Shansi
Kai- Shek
Yen
Chiang Kai-Shek
Henan Province
Judge Borah Signs Jitney Order In New Orleans
Judge Wayne G. Borah formally signed an order enjoining all persons operating automobiles as jitneys in competition with New Orleans Public Service street cars. Edward Adams defaulted. It marks the broadest injunction since the jitney surge during last year’s street car union strike.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Wayne G. Borah
New Orleans Public Service, Inc
Edward Adams
Hambone's Meditations in Alley Way Sayings
A fragmented echo of street wise lines and dialect hints. The text evokes informal wisdom and social vernacular with repeated spellings and playful capitalization suggesting an oral performance or street corner talk.
New Orleans Man Jolts Nine Floors to Death in Elevator Shaft
Mil ton Bowers a steamship clerk and father of two infant children died after stepping into an open elevator shaft on the ninth floor of the Whitney Central building. An inquest was ordered to determine if the fall was accidental or self inflicted. The tragedy occurred after he rode to the ninth floor and entered a shaft opened by another cab door.
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New Orleans
Milton Bowers
Bowers
Whitney Central Building
Man Condemned to Die Hangs Self in Oklahoma Prison
McALESTER Okla March 12 Charles Fray condemned to die in the electric chair March 28 hanged himself in his cell at the state penitentiary He was sentenced for killing his second wife Lucille Fray on May 3 1928 in their Tulsa home He also faced a charge of killing his former wife Laura Fray at Jenks Okla both killings occurred the same day but he was never tried on the second charge.
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Mcalester
Okla
Charles Fray
Fray
Lucille Fray
Tulsa
Laura Fray
Jenks
Farmers urged to cut 1930 cotton acreage in Ouachita
Banks in Ouachita Parish plan to lend to farmers believing cotton will fetch only 45 to 50 dollars per bale. Oliver B. Morton of Ouachita National Bank spoke at a Kiwanis meeting at Hotel Monroe on the 1930 agricultural outlook. Louis Hullum opened the session with news of Harry Knapp’s absence.
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Ouachita Parish
Oliver B. Morton
Ouachita National Bank
Kiwanis Club
Monroe
Morton
Louis Hullum
Kiwanis
Harry F. Kn
Fresh Air Taxi Company Tax Return Filed in Chicago
Comedian Andy Brown of Amos N Andy files a tax return for Fresh Air Taxicab Co. with internal revenue. The quirky entry lists unusual figures including a 1929 B C incorporation date, a $50 million revenue line, and deductions labeled as a headache, with Amos sharing losses.
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Chicago
Andy Brown
Amos
Andy
Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge
B. C
Woman Abduction Case Tied to Florida Man Arrest
Miss Annie McCarley 19 of Tupelo recounts abduction by Jack Lambert a Chicago concern salesman. She says he lured her by auto to Columbus Mississippi forced drink in a hotel in Mobile showed a marriage certificate and claimed a Leakesville marriage and a $1000 dowry. Mississippi and Florida authorities pursue Lambert.
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Tupelo
Miss
Annie McCarley
Mississippi
Florida
Jack Lambert
Chicago
Columbus
Mobile
Ala
McCarley
Lambert
Leakesville
Jacksonville
Fla
Brilliant Prosecutor Becomes Inmate At San Quentin
Asa Keyes, 54, once renowned as a brilliant prosecutor, began a sentence of one to 14 years at San Quentin for accepting bribes. He is surrounded by inmates influenced by his previous career, while Warren James B. Holohan ordered Keyes confined to an isolated cell for several days.
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San Quentin Prison
Cal
Asa Keyes
Keyes
Warren James B. Holohan
Orleans Couple Marry On Dance Floor In Juarez Cabaret
In El Paso on March 12 two American couples wed on the dance floor of the Castle cabaret in Juarez. Francis G. Carpenter and Glenna Shelton wed, as did Harry Wilson and Norna McNair, after proprietor Joe Mugul granted permission. The musician Alfonso Roga joined as an impromptu groom, resulting in three weddings on stage.
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EL Paso
Texas
Juarez
the Castle
Francis G. Carpenter
Jackson
Miss
Glenna Shelton
Columbus
Ohio
Harry Wilson
Magdalena
N. M
Norna McNair
New Orleans
Joe Mugul
Alfonso Roga
Roga
Slayer's Brother Also Convicted Gets 20 Years
Bud Goodwin, 21, found guilty in Bowie circuit court as an accomplice to the slaying of Lloyd Elliott, 22, and sentenced to 20 years. His brother Dave Goodwin, 40, received a death sentence by electrocution.
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Boston
Tex
Bud Goodwin
Bowie
Lloyd Elliott
Dave Goodwin
Sisters in jail after fight with deputy sheriff
Jonesboro Arkansas March 12 Two sisters Thelma and Bonie Hubbell of Bay are jailed on charges of whipping their father. They admit a free for all fight with Deputy Sheriff Holmes during which they say he came off second best. The deputy was nursing a bruised face and mashed nose.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Thelma
Bonie Hubbell
Bay
Holmes
Rival Gangster Says Hate Him Dead After Oberta Death
In Chicago on March 12 Edward O'Donnell known as Spike declared I hated him living and I hate him dead about John Oberta. He admitted no sorrow at Oberta's death and said he is in the coal business and knows little about shootings. He was not held.
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United Press
Chicago
John
Dingbat) Oberta
Edward
Spike) O'Donnell
O'Donnell
John Stege
Roberta
Stege
O’donnell
Spike
Young Soldiers Wounded In Mimic Battle In Alabama
In Gadsden Alabama on March 12 two boys aged 9 and 10 were wounded when three others fired an automatic pistol during a pretend war in a cellar. Rodney Barron and T K Ballard Jr were shot through the chest. they were hospitalized in serious but hopeful condition.
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United Press
Gadsden
Ala
Rodney Barron
T. K. Ballard, Jr
Jack Daub
Rodney
Jack
T. K
Marshall
William Follo
Marshal
Canaries Sing Bass After Chicago Fire
Chicago fire in Aughan's seed store basement forces 200 canaries to sing bass, firefighters report. Battalion Chief Frank Oswald notes smoke altered the birds key as the incident unfolded.
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Chicago
Aughan
Frank Oswald
Fire tears through Canton hotel and shops
A March fire in Canton Mississippi destroyed the Boggs Mercantile building and the three story Trolio hotel. Aged white resident Annie Harter and 90 year old Martha Cheatham died. two others injured as jewelry stores and a meat market suffered heavy damage.
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Canton
Miss
Annie Harter
Martha Cheatham
Boggs Mercantile
Mise Harter
Trolio
Rombach and
Baldwin Jewelry
Orsig Meat Market
Mercantile
Quapaw Land Co Loses Cross Lake Tract Appeal
The Quapaw Land Company failed in a supreme court appeal over 2500 acres on Cross Lake Louisiana. The court remanded to dismiss for want of jurisdiction. The dispute centered on title down to the lake versus land rediscovered in the resurvey between patented land and the lake claimed by a railroad.
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Quapaw Land Co
Cross Lake
Associated Press
Washington
Quapaw Land Company
Supreme Court
S. H. Bolinger
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