Six Wounded Die in Hospitals After Siege Ends
State of Siege will be maintained until Monday as police claim control. English newspaperman shot to death by officers amid the crisis. six wounded persons die in hospitals, authorities report.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1929
Page
1
Berlin May Day disorders claim more deaths in three days
Berlin reports 21 killed and up to 150 injured in Neukoell and Wedding districts amid May Day unrest. An English journalist Charles Evau Mackay of Waitara Daily News was fatally shot on Hermanstrasse after ignoring police orders. Police plan to maintain siege until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br Associated Press
Berlin
Comunist
Paris
Neukoell
Charles Evau Mackay
Waitara
Chalottenburg
Nielski
Ree
Red Army
French flyer Maryse Bastie eyes new women’s endurance flight
Maryse Bastie plans a record attempt to surpass Elinor Smith’s existing women’s endurance flight mark. The long voyage aims to push the limits of female aviation as Bastie prepares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryse Bastie
Elinor Smith
Jail student links love affair to torch slaying case
Gene Bussey a Johns Hopkins student testified today as a material witness in the slaying of Dorothy Peacox. He described a love affair with Mrs. Peacox and said Earl Peacox confessed to strangling his wife and setting the body on fire. District Attorney Coyne noted a new confession altering self defense claims and planned to delay presenting the case to the grand jury until May 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Gene Bussey
Johns Hopkins University
Dorothy Peacox
Bussey
New York
Earl F. Peacox
Frank H. Coyne
Peacox
Coyne
Mount Vernon
Westchester County Grand Jury
Earl
Ince Newman
Mt. Vernon
Megs
Hus N. Y
Indictments Split Across Graft Scandals and Booze Ring
Chicago authorities announce indictments against 124 politicians officials and alleged criminals linked to the sanitary district graft scandal the Chicago Heights booze ring and slot machine graft. The case spans public officials trustees police captains and other figures tied to widespread corruption investigations.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Sanitary District
Federal
Chicago Heights
Sanitary District Investigat i
Etsjlver
House
Cody
Righ
al Cap
Grand
Capone
Recall Me in Bossi Proves Four Years of Prevailing Strife
Garbled text notes a leader named Sandy Green accused of cattle theft. It claims a slayer returned last night and mentions an organized group resting, with unclear context about Bossi and ongoing jeers. The fragmentary wording prevents clear attribution or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Green
Reen
Andrew Mellon Gets Approval to Hold Office
Local report notes approval granted to Andrew Mellon for a public office role amid regional social chatter. Interspersed are village visits and family connections mentioning Steveson Dennis McNeil and others across Gilbert Jonesboro Urania and Alexandria with various small gatherings.
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Andrew Mellon
Gilbert
Jonesboro
Guess
H. A. Steveson
L. A. Dennis
D. H. McNeil
W. E. Myane
W. A. Thompson
W. M. Thompson
Jena
John Burke
Monroe
George Parke
Hodge
Luther Clarke
George Steveson
W. E. Myone
G. S. Bourgeois
Urania
J. L. White
Tom White
Cleo White
Roy Vincent
Alexandria
J. B. Roan
Selma
J. H. Cassell
C. C. Cassell
Woodworth
G. E. Shirey
San Benito
Texas
Princess to Wed Duke of Norfolk in Spain England Alliance
Announcement awaited as Infanta Marie Christina youngest daughter of the Spanish king and queen is to wed the young duke of Norfolk when he reaches his majority. The match links Spanish royalty with English peerage.
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Infanta
Marie Christina
Spain
Duke of Norfolk
England
Biloxi Youthful Counterfeiter Held by Federal Authorities
Nolan Hargraves, a young married Biloxi resident, is jailed on counterfeit nickels and quarters charges. Federal agents say a months long probe linked coins found locally to Hargraves, with his wife assisting by trimming coins moulded to look genuine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Miss
Nolan Hargraves
Hargraves
Mohawk Valley Floods After Dam Break Near Colebrook
Mohawk river valley from the Connecticut border to Dixville Notch floods after Balsam dam failed from heavy rain. Homes and bridges are washed away, a 40 foot steel bridge and railroad trestle destroyed, property damage estimated up to 100000 dollars, and several families evacuated near Kidderville.
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Associated Press
Colebrook
N. H
Mohawk River
Connecticut River
Dixville Notch
Balsam Dam
Kidderville
Maine Central Railroad
Republicans Confer On Party Affairs In Caddo
Republican leaders from Louisiana districts four five and eight met in Shreveport with Emile Kuntz and Victor Loisel to discuss census enumerator appointments and party upbuilding plans. The conference also backed Mayor M. E. Norman of Morgan City for Congress in the third district to fill the late Whit P. Martin’s seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Emile Kuntz
Louisiana
Victor Loisel
State
Republican Advisory Committee
United States
Fuller
M. E. Norman
Morgan City
Whit P. Martin
Governor Long Attacks Standard Oil in Franklin Parish
Governor Huey P. Long spoke at the Winnsboro high school auditorium as part of his continued assault on Standard Oil and allied newspapers. Supporters Senators McConnell and Anderson and Representative McClanahan joined him before a crowd estimated in the thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnsboro
Standard Oil Company
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Note
Franklin Irish
McConnell and
Anderson
McClanahan
Governor Huey Long Speaks at Ruston Rally
Special to The News-Star Ruston May 4 Governor Huey P Long addressed about 1000 supporters from the high school steps in a bid to swing opinion in the impeachment fight He attacked Standard Oil and newspapers calling them "lying" and claimed they inflated or deflated crowds The speech was broadcast via KWKH Shreveport with Senator R B Knott introducing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Ruston
Huey P. Long
Standard Oil Company
KWKH
Shreveport
Long
R. B. Knott
Ators
Eee Anderson
Kinison Admits Burglary Implicates Three Others
Arthur V. Kinison aged 28 confessed before Sheriff Milton Coverdale to taking part in the burglary of the Thomont Gulf railroad shop at Joyce. He implicated three others, Charles E. Warren Ellis M. Warner and H C Warner. Warren also confessed yesterday naming Kinison and the two Warner men. The four suspects remain jailed in Winnfield and Jonesboro as the confession is transcribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur V. Kinison
Milton Coverdale
Thomont & Gulf Railroad
Joyce
Winnfield
Jonesboro
Kinison
W. W. Curtis
Charles E. Warren
Ellis M. Warner
H. C. Warner
Charles Warren
Hambone’s Meditations Cartoon Panel Continues
Cartoon caption by J. P. Alley continues on page three with Ole Oman retelling a funeral scene. The rough dialect joke centers on a familiar character awaiting the reaction to his new carpet. The panel preserves the humorous local voice and provenance of Hambone’s Meditations.
Ouachita Pecans Ship Remarkable First Carload
The first carload of Ouachita parish pecans ever shipped left yesterday by Guy Stubbs via Illinois Central to Chicago. A smaller St. Louis shipment accompanied it. Forty barrels totaling about 11,000 pounds went in the main consignment, with 3,200 pounds for St. Louis. Refrigerated cars preserved nut quality. The five leading Nutland varieties came from Mr. Stubbs’s plantation, stored from last year. He now cultivates 500 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Guy Stubbs
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
St. Louis
Stubbs
Believe gang of swindlers headed to pen
Federal officials led by Postoffice Inspector Barrett say a five man swindle ring is headed for the penitentiary after the arrest of a well dressed man using an assumed name at Holden Louisiana. A north Louisiana post office was robbed of money orders and a stamp with the town address. Orders were filled in varying amounts and sent to northern firms directing shipments of goals to different points. Two suspects were arrested at Holden and detained for Barrett. One man was held in Springville jail until Barrett arrived.
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Associated Pros
Hammond
Postoffice Inspecor Barrett
Baton Rouge
Penitentiary
Holden
Louisiana
Higginbotham
Dumwright
Sharp
Post Office
Barrett
Springville
Possy
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