New Planet Found Beyond Neptune by Lowell Observatory
A new world likely larger than Earth was detected in trans Neptune space. Clyde Tombaugh and Dr. W M Slipher report a faint blotch on photographic negatives and place the body near Delta Geminorum with a distance about 45 times Earth to Sun. Further measurements will refine size distance and orbit.
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Associated Press
Flagstaff
Ariz
trans-Neptunian
Kansas
W. M. Slipher
Lowell Observatory
Clyde Tombaugh
Solar System
Delta Geminorum
Lowell
Earth
Neptune
Ends Eighty Years of Searching the Heavens
An 80 year search for a hide-away member of the heavens dominates a Chicago report dated March 14 with continuation noted on page nineteen.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Queer creature of deep caught in fishing nets
Redondo Beach, Calif, March 14. Henry Smith, a fisherman, pulled a five foot tail, five inch jaws and broad body odd creature from the ocean. The unknown animal or reptile puzzled seamen and is believed to originate from a deep cavern below the cliffs. It lived in the net for about half an hour before bystanders could approach.
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United Press
Redond Beach
Calif
Henry Smith
Redone Beach
Smith
Petty bandits caught in Crescent City New Orleans
New Orleans daily report details two arrests by night watchmen as petty bandits roam the city. Thomas Beach, stopped by Ray F. Redding at Hartman Salmon Lumber, claimed to seek shelter. John Davison, captured by Elmer Engman at an oil station, is described as a negro youth. A taxi robbery nets driver Christy Kern about 35 dollars before suspects escape.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Ray F. Redding
Hartman-Salmon Lumber Company
Thomas Beach
Redding
Beach
Elmer A. Engman
John Davidson
Christy A. Kern
Chicagoan in gun battle with Florida police at headquarters
Judy Jordan of Chicago fought police at Jacksonville headquarters early today and, captured after tear gas bombs were used, later confessed that he and companion Jack Jackson wounded two men in a Daytona Beach robbery. They were arrested on a highway entering the city. No officers were hurt.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Judy Jordan
Chicago
Jack Jackson
Daytona Beach
Jordan
Jackson
Two Firemen Killed in Maine Courthouse Fire
Two firemen died and two others were seriously burned when Hancock County courthouse burned in Ellsworth Maine early today. Preliminary estimates put the loss at about 250000 with Fireman R L Peazey age 30 and Fireman Lester Salisbury age 23 among the dead.
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Ellsworth
Hancock Country
R.L. Peazey
Lester Salisbury
Motive Unclear In Kidnapping Of Rich Banker
Police fight to rescue Samuel Barron, a wealthy New York real estate operator, seized near Interlaken, New Jersey. Three men subdued him and fled in a car driven by a fourth. A witness, Arthur Kelly, saw the abduction and noted the license plate. No ransom demand or known enemies found, raising robbery as a possible motive.
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Associated Press
Asbury Park
N. J
Mar
Samuel Barron
New York
Interlaken
Barron
Allenhurst
Arthur Kelly
Kelly
Apgar Named President of Officers Assn at Monroe-
H D Apgar head Monroe police is elected president of the Louisiana Peace Officers Association at its third annual convention opening at Hotel Virginia with about 150 delegates. New Orleans wins 1931 convention by three votes amid contest over vice presidents and regional lines.
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H. D. Apgar
Monroe
Louisiana Peace Officers’ Association
Hotel Virginia
J. A. Herbert
Plaquemine
H. A. Reed
Lake Charles
T. A. Ray
New Orleans
S. H. Andrews
Clinton
B. F. Turner
Leesville
R. L. Whitman
Cadets clash over co ed rides to LSU classes
In Baton Rouge on May 1 14 co ed students defend riding to campus while male cadets complain of undignified behavior. The Reveille editorial supports the women and criticizes cadets for condemning the practice. Co eds vow to continue riding to save fare.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Reveille
Auto prices set to rise through coming year says Sloan and Chrysler
Alfred P. Sloan Jr of General Motors and Walter P. Chrysler of Chrysler Corp report higher car prices ahead as production may not reach last year’s levels. They foresee a steady uptrend in general business, with no major shifts in auto design for the foreseeable future.
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Miami
Fla
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Motor Corporation
West Indies
Sloan
Chrysler
Europa to Make First Trans Atlantic Voyage in March
The North German Lloyd liner Europa, sister ship of the Bremen, will sail from Bremerhaven on March 19 on its first trans Atlantic voyage opening the 1930 phase of the Atlantic shipping war. Its trials have been successful and the Europa may capture the Atlantic speed record now held by the Bremen.
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Berlin
Mar
Europa
Bremen
Bremerhaven
Reprieve Granted to Mobile County Slayer
Governor Graves granted a reprieve until April 11 for Jack Jarvis of Mobile County who was condemned to die in the electric chair for the slaying of Claude D. Hurt bank president during an attempted robbery in Citronnelle.
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Montgomery
Ala
Graves
Jack Jarvis
Mobile County
Claude D. Hurt
Citronnelle Bank
Negro whiskey runners caught and booze seized in Columbia
A talkative Black man led officers to 83 half gallon jars of whiskey in Columbia on March 14. Three Monroe residents Baron Secreese Fletcher Ward and Geneva Berry were arrested and jailed in Caldwell Parish after liquor was confiscated. Secreese was first taken into custody with the others captured about an hour later.
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News-Star
Columbia
Monroe
Caldwell Parish
Baron Secreese
Fletcher Ward
Geneva Berry
Secreese
Reputed Ex Preacher Held on Dry Charge
Giles S. Barrett reputed retired Baptist preacher was held in bond of $1,000 by federal prohibition agents on a violation charge. A complaint by Agent Lake Holland says Barrett was found near a still raided near Folsom in St Tammany parish. Another man at the site escaped.
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New Orleans
Giles S. Barrett
Prohibition
Lake Holland
Barret
Folsom
St. Tammany Parish
Kidnapping Suspect Jack Lambert Faces Possible Arrest
Tupelo, Miss March 14 Arrest of Jack Lambert a traveling man charged with kidnapping local girl and marrying her against her will is expected hourly by Sheriff C. T. Trapp. J. G. McCarley father of 19 year old Anne McCarley and E. A. Bailey in Atlanta report Lambert is forwarding his mail to Macon Georgia. The alleged abduction victim is at her Tupelo home recovering from shock with steps already taken to have the marriage annulled at Leakesville Mississippi.
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Associated Press
Tupelo
Miss
Jack Lambert
C. T. Trapp
J. G. McCarley
Anne McCarley
E. A. Bailey
Atlanta
Lambert
Miss McCarley
Trapp
A. J. Roberts
Jacksonville
Fla
Southland
Macon
Leakesville
Negro Dies for Attack on Girl in Tennessee
Carey Gunn a 20 year old Black man convicted of raping a 15 year old near Middleton Tennessee was electrocuted at the state penitentiary early today. He confessed in Memphis before transfer to the prison and Governor Horton declined to stay the court order. Gunn spent under 17 hours on death row, arriving at 12 30 pm and executed at 5 21 am.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Carey Gunn
Middleton
State Penitentiary
Gunn
Memphis
Horton
One Killed and Two Held in Fatal Jonesboro Crash
Johnson City Tenn March 14 Jesse Knight 48 is dead his son R J Knight 18 seriously injured and two young men Lester Huffman Estil Wilson held in Jonesboro jail after a head on collision on the Jonesboro highway as the Knights stopped to repair a tire.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Jesse Knight
R. J. Knight
Jonesboro
Lester Huffman
Estil Wilson
Knight
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Ailey
A collectuh dooes a heap o good ef twant fuh him makin' folks pay dey hones' debts dey nevuh wolld see gawd's face in de new jerusalem.
Orleans Unemployed Orderly While Their Registration Goes on
In New Orleans on March 14 the second phase of the city’s aid for the unemployed opened with orderly lines at registration booths set up in all police and fire stations. Officials would not give a precise tally, claiming the turnout was smaller than first expected as socially prominent women surveyed industries and the business district to gauge available work.
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New Orleans
Pine Bluff trio charged in abduction and robbery case
Charges of assault kidnapping and robbery filed in Hot Springs Arkansas against H Bradley Jobe Pine Bluff politician Emry Major and P L Sapp all held in Pine Bluff in connection with the abduction and robbery of L W Quattlebaum a Pine Bluff planter and banker
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Hot Springs
Ark
H. Bradley Jobe
Pine Bluff
Emry Major
P. L. Sapp
L. W. Quattlebaum
Miss Solons Give Lawyer Prison Term
Jackson Miss March 14 Governor Bilbo pardoned Carl Marshall minutes after the Mississippi House voted 111 to 10 to jail the coast attorney for contempt. Marshall refused to reveal if he had taken 80 000 from George Craft of Warren Brothers, saying he paid no money to any public official in Mississippi.
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Boston
Mississippi
Marshall
Mississippi House Acts as Court on Former Senator
In Jackson on March 14 the Mississippi House of Representatives convened as a court to try former state senator Carl Marshall on contempt charges after he refused to answer questions about disposition.
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Jackson
Miss
Carl Marshall
Mississippi House of Representatives
Marshall
Stone Killed by Hammer in Arkansas Road Incident
El Dorado Arkansas March 14 W P Carroll 34 used a hammer to kill Burt Stone 57 on an oil field road near Kenova ten miles north of here late yesterday He claims self defense Eyewitness Jewel Sherron 1 is held as an accessory but says she had no part in it A quarrel arose when Stone a truck driver refused to help Carroll move the latter s car across a small bridge
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Associated Press
EL Dorado
Ark
Mar
W. P. Carroll
Burt Stone
Kenova
Here
Jewel Sherron
Stone
Carroll
Orleans Man Sentenced to Die in Alabama Case
Clyde Beach of New Orleans was convicted of first degree murder in the slaying of Mobile Motorcycle Officer W. F. Murphy on October 18. A jury sentenced him to death with execution set for April 26, but Judge Alex Howard ordered a stay pending a motion for a new trial.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Clyde Beach
New Orleans
Alex Howard
Beach
W. F. Murphy
Rabid Pony Attacks Rider Then Destroys Itself
In Natchitoches on March 14 a rabid pony charged a girl rider, crashed into a parked sedan, and was shot by officers after breaking its back. Officials later found the pony had been bitten by a mad dog.
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Natchitoches
Thibodaux Woman 103 Claims Oldest Louisiana Voter
Thibodaux March 14 A 103 year old woman who remembers Bayou La Fourche when it was a trickle registered here and claimed to be the state's oldest voter Mrs Julia Barras Foret born in Assumption Parish in 1826 has lived in Lafourche since 1887 She registered in the last gubernatorial election and says she is proud to vote She tells Civil War era tales and mentions enslaved relatives.
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Thibodaux
Bayou Lafourche
Julia Barras Foret
L. B. Julliat
Assumption Parish
Lafourche Parish
Frustration of Jail Break Plot Revealed Today
Sheriff Milton Coverdale and deputies uncovered a jail break plan at the parish jail. Four pieces of a steel hack saw were found hidden between mattresses in a cell bunk. Investigators moved the 22 prisoners to the main corridor for a thorough search of the bull pen and connecting cells.
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Milton Coverdale
Coverdale
White “Bull Pen
Three Die After Wife Seeks Divorce in Tennessee Shooting
In Johnson City Tennessee a man shot and killed his wife Mrs Range and wounded her brother John Dempsey after learning of a divorce suit. Range then killed himself as deputies took him into custody. Mrs Dempsey survived with critical injuries. Dempsey died early today while Range died during the night.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Mareh JM
Fred Range
Range
John Dempsey
Dempsey
Battle of New York City fur workers injuries flare
Dozen men and women were hospitalized after a clash between left and right wing fur workers at 28th Street and Seventh Avenue in front of Benjamin Axel’s fur shop. Knives clubs and fists were used as factions tried to force entry to the building.
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New York City
New York
28Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Benjamin Axel
Knoxville tragedy ends in double death
Minnie Fields, 30, and the mother of three, drank poison early today and died an hour later. Domestic difficulties were cited as the cause.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Minnie Fields
Chicago Broker Falls to Death at Allerton House Hotel
Chicago dispatch says Frank D. Ketcham a 35 year old stock broker died this morning after plunging from the Lith floor of the Allerton House on North Michigan avenue. Police investigated the death as an apparent suicide with no immediate signs of foul play.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Frank D. Ketcham
Allerton House
North Michigan Avenue
Levees Raised as Jadwin Plan Moves Flood Control Ahead
Army engineers forecast no seriously high Mississippi River flood this spring though spring tides may flood some lands. Funds totaling 89 million dollars will be spent by next year under the 1927 plan with levees from Cape Girardeau to the river mouth raised to about 18 feet. The Jadwin plan targets an average height of 21 feet, with about ten years to complete new and raised levees.
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Washington
Mar
Mississippi Valley
Army Engineers
United Press
Cape Girardeau
Jadwin
Edgar Jadwin
The
Approves Tax Refund for United States Steel
Washington report says Chairman Hawley announced the joint committee has approved a tax refund of 33,555,356 dollars for United States Steel Corp for 1918 1919 and 1920 as proposed by the internal revenue bureau.
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Washington
Hawley
Joint Committee of Internal Revenue Legislation
United States Steel Corporation
Internal Revenue Bureau
Forestry Workers Gather for Gulf States Foresters Conference
Forestry workers from Texas Mississippi and Louisiana met in Baton Rouge for the Gulf States section annual conference of the American Society of Foresters. After a morning business session and technical talks the group will tour southeast Louisiana tomorrow to study pine land development.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Mar
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Gulf States
American Society of Foresters
Broadview Village President's Home Damaged by Blast
The home of William Evans president of Broadview suburb was wrecked by a bonth blast early today throwing him and his wife from bed but causing no injuries.
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Chicago
Mar
William Evans
Broadview
Evans
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