Robbery of Sunday Church Collection Shocks New Orleans
Two hooded bandits seized the $700 Sunday collection from Mater Dolorosa Church by ambushing bank messengers outside the rectory. The car fled, guards pursued, and the vehicle was later found abandoned. Police criticized bank officials for moving money without protection, urging guarding of large sums.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church
Francis Prim
Aessengers Covse
Theodore Ray
Motorcycle cop dies in crash. motorist held
Robert A. Johnson, 25, motorcycle patrolman, died in Little Rock after injuries from a crash with a Ford roadster. R. E. Criglow, driver of the car carrying six passengers, was held on reckless drifting charges and may face manslaughter charges.
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Little Rock
Apric
Robert A. Johnson
R. E. Criglow
Roving mariner's dramatic sea tale ends with arrest
Michael Rogers, a marine engineer, arrived in New Orleans on the Ceiba and was arrested as a fugitive. He described a perilous four day voyage in a 31 foot lugger from New Orleans to Ceiba Honduras with no fuel or food, and several wrecks. He posted a $1,000 appeal bond after conviction for an unspecified charge and said the hearing was delayed by his adventures. Authorities say he was convicted of selling liquor and carrying concealed weapons.
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New Orleans
Michael Rogers
Ceiba
Rogers
Gulf of Mexico
Honduras
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Trio Held After Murder During Robbery Near Morriston
Two youths Tidy Davis 16 and Carl Chalk 19 were arrested and a third Porky Guest 22 is sought in the murder of Samuel Hollowell 36 a traveling salesman for Curtis Publishing. Davis confessed implicating Chalk and naming Guest as the shooter during an attempted highway holdup. The body was dumped in the Arkansas river after being bound with iron bars. Hollowell's car was found with two bullet holes.
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Morriston
Ark
Samuel T. Hollowell
Tidy” Davis
Carl Chalk
Porky” Guest
Hollowell
Curtis Publishing Company
Davis
Chalk
Guest
Here
Arkansas River
Queen Died from Broken Heart, Says Sobbing Man
New York reports Dex ter Fellows of Ringling Brothers narrates Queen the 100 year old dancing elephant’s death as a broken heart after her mate Albert died last year. He says she stopped eating then walked unassisted into the Bronx coliseum and collapsed, claiming three tons of romance ended by heartbreak as the circus season opens Thursday.
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New York
Dexter Fellows
Ringling Brothers and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Bronx Coliseum
Queen
Mr. Fellows
Duncan and Pavlova
Albert
Coliseum
Fellows
Stage Star Marilyn Miller Engaged to Irish Wealthy Michael Farmer
New York March 24 Marilyn Miller stage and screen star announced her engagement to Michael Farmer described as wealthy and an Irishman born in Dublin. He left on the Aquitania after a visit to New York. No wedding date set. Miller’s former husband Frank Carter died in an auto crash ten years ago. She divorced Jack Pickford in Paris three years ago.
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Associated Press
New York
Marilyn Miller
Today
Michael Farmer
Dublin
Aquitania
Miss Miller
Frank Carter
Paris
Jack Pickford
Mary Pickford
Mexican Comes to Life During His Own Funeral
Juan Garcia a 24 year old clerk from a Mexico City suburb near Atzcapotzalco collapsed after a heavy meal and wine and was pronounced dead. While being moved to the cemetery the coffin lid was broken by Garcia who sat up alarming pallbearers and mourners.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Juan Garcia
Atzacapotzalco
Garcia
Walmsley seeks Hoover aid to revert bridge permit
New Orleans Mayor T Semmes Walmsley asked President Hoover to help restore the original 130 foot clearance permit for the New Orleans public belt bridge across the Mississippi River nine miles north of the city. He said the later 155 foot requirement would raise the cost by 3 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
Hoover
T. F. Cunningham
Frank Joubert
R. Clere
Zach Spearing
Democrat
Louisiana
Board of Army Engineers
Mississippi
Drowned Man With Eight Children Found At Audubon Park Lagoon
Lu ther M. Robbins, 45, hounded by debts, drowned himself in the Audubon park lagoon Sunday. Park Superintendent Harry Neelis spotted a hat, coat and vest over the railing, with unpaid bills and a finance company threat note in the coat. A letter to Robbins' wife directed her to search under the bridge for his body.
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New Orleans
Luther M. Robbins
Audubon Park
Harry Neelis
Robbins
Port Arthur Dairyman Ambushed Near Home
John La Coste a 58-year-old dairyman was shot to death last night at his Port Arthur home on the Port Arthur Beaumont road. A former employee, now jailed in Beaumont, is suspected. Slugs shattered his head and both thumbs. cash remained untouched, suggesting robbery was not the motive. He leaves five daughters. ex-wife and three daughters in New Orleans.
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Associated Press
Port Arthur
Tex
John la Coste
Port Arthur-Beaumont Road
Beaumont
la Coste
Rosa Harriott
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley
Sunday ain t no day o f res fu h us po nigguhs with a tin lizzie Monday mornin us jes woe out fum fixin tia h punctures all day
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Railway Police Officer Karrick Shot in Yard Fight
Clarence E. Karrick 56 superintendent of the Louisville and Nashville railroad detectives was shot to death in Covington during a confrontation with tramp liquor carriers. His body was found in the Decoursey railroad yards after a pre-dawn fight. Police say a tramp slipped up from behind during the struggle.
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Covington
Clarence E. Karrick
Louisville and Nashville
Karrick
Decoursey
Louisiana State Fair to Meet in Monroe Next January
The 1931 Louisiana State Fair association convention will be held in Monroe in January. Ouachita Parish Fair association president W. H. Anders announced the change of local fair dates to October 2025. Harry D. Wilson said 22 of 29 parish fairs favored Monroe, with ballots mailed from home.
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Louisiana State Fair Association
Monroe
W. H. Anders
Ouachita Parish
Hoboken Waterfront Fire Burns, Multimillion Losses
Hoboken N J March 24 A major waterfront fire still burning today damaged piers 15 and 16 and a large amount of merchandise The Lamport and Holt line vessels were towed to safety Five Lamport and Holt ships owners faced losses estimated between 3 5 and 4 5 million Three firefighters were injured in the blaze
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Associated Press
Hoboken
N. J
Lamport and Hole Line
Army Bombardment Planes Stop at Selman Field Here
Ruth Weldren, companion of Charles Miller of Bates Arkansas, held in Osage county jail at Pawhuska for investigation after Miller was shot on an Osage county road near Tulsa. Capt Elmer Mercer says Miller was likely killed in a grudge and not by robbers. Weldren had been married to J L McKinley of Tulsa who was sentenced to a federal reformatory for counterfeiting last July.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
Ruth Weldren
Charles Miller
Bates
Ark
Osage
Osage County
Pawhuska
Elmer Mercer
Miller
J. L. McKinley
United States Reformatory
Widow Sues Doctor Over Man’s Slaying in Alexandria
In Alexandria on March 24 Mrs. Marvin Cappel, widow of Dr. Cappel, filed in district court a $52,000 suit against Dr. Clarence Pierson, superintendent of Central Louisiana Hospital for the Insane, Pineville. She alleges Pierson knew Ed Barrett Smith was insane when released, and seeks $25,000 for herself and $27,000 for two children. Smith was found insane by a lunacy commission and confined at East Louisiana Hospital for Insane, Jackson.
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Alexandria
Marvin Cappel
Dr. Cappel
Clarence Pierson
Central Louisiana Hospital For Insane
Pineville
Ed Barrett Smith
Smith
East Louisiana Hospital For
Jackson
Government Sues to Probe Standard Vacuum Oil Merger
The United States government filed suit in a St. Louis district court to test the legality of the planned merger between Standard Oil of New York and Vacuum Oil Company to form the General Petroleum Corporation.
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ST. Louis
United States
Standard Oil Company of New York
Vacuum Oil Company, Inc
General Petroleum Corporation
Brigand Tzatzas Killed After Gendarme Attack Near Trikkala
In Thessaly brigand Tzatzas and his gang were killed following a fight that left two gendarmes dead. The heads of the dead were taken to Larissa for display after the encounter that occurred Sunday.
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Associated Press
Athens
Tzatzas
Trikkala
Larissa
Bombardment planes land at Selman field en route to San Diego
Nineteen Langley Field bombardment planes with 38 officers and 42 enlisted men of the Second Bombardment group arrive at Selman field near noon under Major Hugh J. Knerr. Fourteen planes continue to Midland Texas while others await weather improvements before resuming to San Diego for Army air corps maneuvers. A Fokker tri motor transport under Capt. Henry Pascale also departed Langley on the same trip.
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Langley Field
Selman Field
Second Bombardment Group
Hugh J. Knerr
San Diego
Calif
Army Air Corps
Montgomery
Ala
Midland
Texas
Henry Pascale
Dapper Young Man Robs Nashville Y M C A
A well dressed man who registered as F. Lee of Nashville robbed the Nashville Y M C A this morning, taking $50 from the cash register after signaling for a 4 a.m. departure. He left without incident as the night manager delayed calling.
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Memphis
Tenn
F. Lee
Nashville
Identity of Suspect in Monroe Assault Identified
J L Walker and Mrs Emmie Smith identified jack ross known as Son Ross as the man seen near the scene with a gun before the attack that wounded Burke Shiel and Mrs W A Squyres three miles southeast of Monroe. Ross was arrested late Saturday in Monroe with a letter indicating an earlier attack on a white woman. The two witnesses viewed Ross in the parish jail corridor and immediately picked him out.
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Burke Shiel
W. A. Squyres
Monroe
J. L. Walker
Emmie Smith
Jack Ross
Ross
Walker
Rose
Coverdale
Rosa
Florida Leaders Brace for Capone Visit in Law Clash
In Tallahassee Governor Carlton vows to bar Al Capone from Florida and will mobilize the National Guard if needed. Miami reportsCapone gains a temporary injunction blocking county sheriffs from enforcing the governor orders to escort him out.
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National Guard
United Press
al Capone
Capone
Miami
Fla
Alphonse Capone
Philadelphia
Chicago
Halstead L. Ritter
United States District Court
Doyle E. Carlton
Starr Toland Heres
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