Flying of Mails by Army Halted for Time Being
Army air mail service was grounded nationwide three weeks after military control began. Major General Foulois ordered a suspension until headquarters approves schedules, prompting questions about business impact and plans for resuming by midweek as Congress speeds air mail bills and new fair weather schedules are drafted.
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Foulois
Army
Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Benjamin D. Foulois
Army Air Corps
Air Corps
Air Main Zone
Commission Acts On Gas Charges In Louisiana
Louisiana public service commission met in Baton Rouge with Chairman Harvey G Fields. It ruled the Monroe Natural Gas minimum charge rise from 1 to 2 dollars in 1928 was unauthorized and ordered restoration to 1 dollar. It also addressed a Bon Air area case against Suburban Gas of Monroe and ordered the company to file officers domicile and rate schedule.
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Louisiana Public Service Commission
Baton Rouge
Harvey G. Fields
Farmerville
Neeting
Fields
us-Ser
Citifread 10
Monroe
Bon Air
Rivers Daily Stages Flood Present 24 Hour Stations
Flood data shows stage changes across multiple stations with rises falls and current levels. Key sites include Memphis Helena Vicksburg Baton Rouge Camden Pittsburgh Nashville Cumberland Fort Smith Little Rock Shreveport and Alexandria with varying stage changes and river conditions.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Helena
Aessars
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Subaenas
Baton Rouge
Ouachita
Camden
Bigriog Consscsees
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Cd Evince
Tennessee— Chattanooga
Cumberland
Nashville
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Little Rock
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Experienced best man offers services and odd town tales
Monroe residents read a humorous local column recounting a man who advertised as an experienced best man with modest fees. The piece also notes a seven hundred plus response to a fountain pen ad, a Mrs C- finding chinaberry juice may intoxicate birds, Gene Trotter’s two year old quip, a squirrel dinner verdict, a KS street sighting of a reading messenger boy, and gas bill payment quirks when the tenth falls on a Saturday.
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Monroe
English Turn Fisherman Narrowly Escapes Death
Arthur Gehbauer a 38 year old fisherman from English Turn wandered for three days in the Plaquemines parish swamps near New Orleans with only lily roots to eat and swamp water to drink He faced dense fog rain and cold using his swamp experience to survive Finally a motorboat crew recovered him from a canal bank and returned him home to his wife and children after a harrowing ordeal
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New Orleans
Plaquemines Parish
Arthur Gehbauer
Gehbauer
Pirogue
U S Justice pushes income tax suit wave against Mellon Walker
The justice department widens its income tax probe targeting Andrew Mellon former New York Mayor James J Walker Thom as A Lamont and Thomas Sidle. Over 40 tax experts prepare more suits using testimony from the senate banking committee inquiry as Mellon accuses the department of crude politics.
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Mellon
Walker
Lamont
U. S
James J. Walker
Washington
Justice Department
Andrew W. Mellon
New York
Thomas A. Lamont
Morgan and Company
Thomas Sidle
Cleveland, Q
Senate Banking Committee
Lumbermen Seek Permission to Cut Blight Chestnut Trees
John Raine of Rainewell West Virginia asked Hard wood Manufacturers Institute directors for authority to cut 100 million feet of Appalachian chestnut. The move targets blight damaged timbers to prevent further losses to timber owners. F R Gaed will lead enforcement with drastic penalties for code violations including a $500 fine.
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Memphis
Tenn
Appalachian Territory
Hardwood Manufacturers’ Institute, Inc
John Raine
Rainewell
W. Va
Raine
Institute
Lumber Code Authority, Inc
Lee Robinson
Mt. Vernon
Ala
Lumber Code Authority
F. R. Gaed
Southern
Appalachian
Woman Poisons Herself In Canal Street Restaurant
A fashionably dressed young woman collapsed in a Canal Street restaurant after reaching for the door. A poison vial lay beside her uneaten hot cakes and coffee. She was identified tentatively as Miss Selma Lchreiber 20 of La Place. A note requested S J Truxillo of Passa Court, New Orleans be notified.
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New Orleans
Canal Street
Selma Lchreiber
la Place
S. J. Truxillo
Passera Court
Truxillo
Toledo radio hunts for possible Dillinger sighting
Toledo police ordered all scout cars to search a small Ford sedan traveling toward Lima in a possible Dillinger sighting. Brig Gen Harold M Bush had been told a unidentified man claimed one occupant was Dillinger, though reliability and unnamed source were not disclosed. Bush later said no further action was needed.
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Toledo
Desperado
Here
Lima
John Dillinger
Harold M. Bush
Dillinger
Bush
Dillinger target: Pierpont guarded by Ohio guards
Lima Ohio reports National Guardsmen trained machine guns on the county jail to deter any rescue attempt of Harry Pierpont amid Dillinger fears. Pierpont, convicted killer and Dillinger ally, faces the electric chair for the October bandit raid murder of Sheriff Jess L. Larber. Gen. Harold M. Bush warned Dillinger may try to free Pierpont and ordered cross-city alerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dillinger
Harry Pierpont
Jess L. Larber
Dillinger
Harold M. Bush
Earthquake Shakes Salt Lake City Disturbing Morning
A sharp earthquake struck Salt Lake City at 8 a.m. Monday causing tall buildings to sway and clocks to stop in many places. The Salt Lake Tribune and AP offices shook for several seconds as pedestrians watched the city tremble, with reports extending to Ogden about 40 miles north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Tribune
Associated Press
Ogden
Utah
Here
House Passes Veterans Bonus Amid Rights-Of-Way Debate
The House voted 313 to 104 to move the 2.2 billion Patman veterans bonus from the Ways and Means Committee to the Senate as Roosevelt vowed a veto must Congress pass the bill. Senate focus shifts to the St Lawrence treaty as Norris urges broad national interests.
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Patman
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
St. Lawrence
Norris
Nebraska
Canada
Roper
House
Strikers Await Word From NRA In Alabama Coal Strike
Coal miners in Alabama seeking union contracts and the check off system await word from the National Recovery Administration in Washington. Brigadier General John C. C. Persons said he was acting at Governor Miller's request as discussions on possible terms continued and a settlement was expected soon.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Prospect Today
John CC. Persons
B. M. Miller
Persers
Miller
National Recovery Administration
Washington
Bank Robbers Hold Nine Employees Then Free Them
Four gunmen robbed the Exchange National and Exchange State banks in Atchison Kansas, taking nine employees hostage then releasing them. Chief Willard Linville was wounded, cashier Ed Iverson suffered a fractured skull after being struck and thrown from the robbers’ car. The two banks are in the same building.
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Atchison, Kas
Exchange National and Exchange State
Willard Linville
Ed Iverson
Exchange State Bank
Kindergarten Burned in Madrid Riot
Radical laborers set fire to a Catholic kindergarten in the Concepcion district as civil guards intervened to save the children. Two mob members were arrested while the furnishings suffered serious damage amid daylong strike violence in Madrid.
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Madrid
Concepcion
Rice Control Executive Committee Is Announced
Harry J. Chalkley of Lake Charles Stan Waguespack of Vacherie and W M Scanlan of Church Point named to compose the Louisiana rice control executive committee The three committeemen were selected from the chairmen of the 12 parish control committees in the rice belt
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Baton Rouge
Harry J. Chalkley
Lake Charles
Stan Waguespack
Vacherie
W. M. Scanlan
Church Point
Louisiana Rice Control Executive Committee
J. W. Bateman
Rice
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Southern states aid chiefs meet to map program
Assistant National Relief Administrator Delivers Talk as officials from southern states discuss coordinating aid efforts and outlining a relief program during a regional meeting.
Rural relief plan urged by Westbrook in Atlanta conference
Colonel Lawrence Westbrook told 12 southern states in Atlanta that relief depends on rural self sustenance. He cited 75 percent of residents in Florida omitted areas live on farms under 5,000 people and urged provisions for sustenance plus wages to improve rural conditions.
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Atlanta
Lawrence Westbrook
Westbrook
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Florida
Colonel Westbrook
Texas
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Arkansas
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Alabama
Virginia
House Vote on Cotton Control Bill Seen Wednesday
Washington March 12 Prospects for a House vote on passage of the Bankhead compulsory cotton control bill by Wednesday appeared favorable. Debate would continue about four hours before reading for amendment. Jones outlined perfecting changes while Rankin sought to carve out agriculture secretary authority. Bankhead planned to speak after opponents to defend the price-stabilizing plan and the 10 million bale quota with a 50 percent tax on excess cotton. Republicans planned to make a political issue of the measure.
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Washington
House
Jones
Texas
Agriculture Committee
Rankin
Mississippi
Secretary of Agriculture
Bankhead
Democrat
Alabama
Fourteen Japanese Soldiers Die in Manchukuo Battle
Tokyo reports fourteen Japanese soldiers killed in a fierce clash with 500 bandits at Tulungshan in Manchukuo. Officers Col. Asakichi Iizuka and Lt. Minoru Suzuki were among the dead, while the regimental flag was saved amid the fighting near Iran.
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Tokyo
Manchukuo
Asakichi Iizuka
Minoru Suzuki
Tulungshan
Iran
Rogers Has His Say on Air Mail and War Roles
In Santa Monica on March 12, a Special column notes public support for the president's air mail policy. The piece argues pilots are the best in the world and criticizes unfair judgments of army airmen, stating war and mail departments operate separately and efficiently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Washington
Slayer of Youth Paid Penalty in Electric Chair
Robert H. Wiles, 49, a former mechanic and race driver, was executed at the state penitentiary for kidnapping and beating to death 15 year old Hubbard H. Harris Jr. in Columbia. He confessed sole responsibility, denied an accomplice, and facing the chair with a hymn on his lips said he was ready to pay for his deeds. The execution occurred at 6 04 a.m. with about 25 witnesses present.
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Columbia
S&l. C
Robert H. Wiles
Hubbard H. Harris, Jr
State Penitentiary
Wiles
C. A. Sullivan
Sam Cannon
L. H. Jennings
C. T
Japan wreck of Tomozuru risks 120 sailors on torpedo boat
The Tomozuru torpedo boat, with heavy armament for its size, was wrecked off Sasebo in heavy weather. About 120 officers and men are feared lost as the ship, completed February 26, drifted badly damaged with no survivors yet reported. A rigid inquiry was expected.
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Tokyo
Japan
Sasebo
Naval
Navy Office
Sawaraki
Formosa
Senator King to report on petitions to oust Long and Overton
Senator King of Utah, chair of the judiciary sub committee, will present his report Wednesday on petitions from Louisiana seeking the ouster of Senators Long and Overton. The sub committee met in executive session with no public announcements. The elections committee requests a ruling on privilege for publication and will hold petitions in executive session unless declared privileged. Some petitions allege Overton was fraudulently elected with Long's support.
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Washington
King
Utah
Judiciary
Louisiana
Long
Overton
Senate Elections Committee
Judiciary Committee
Elections Committee
Reconciliation Near for Doug Fairbanks and Mary Pickford
London reports indicate Douglas Fairbanks Sr and Mary Pickford are near reconciling their differences after transatlantic talks. An AP informant says reunion is likely once he returns from Europe in two to three months, with a further wait of about two months after landing.
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Associated Press
London
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Mary Pickford
Fairbanks
Miss Pickford
United States
Europe
Hollywood
Lord Ashley
Ashley
Doug
Mary
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Internal Revenue
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Gene Trotter
Gene
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North Second Street
Treasury
Aiken
S. C
Hardwood Manufacturers’ Institute
National
Temblor
Chamber
NRA
Rice Control Executive Committee
Rogers
Mll Rozere
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
P. S
Eddie Rickenbacker
Navy
Petitions Group
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