Louisiana Highways Faulted In Federal Aid Dispute
Federal highway aid to Louisiana stalled as the state highway commission is charged with poor construction and failure to meet specifications. Thomas H. MacDonald, head of the U S Bureau of Public Roads, says funds will be released only if roads are built correctly, criticizing haste and substandard work.
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New Orleans
Louisiana State Highway Commission
Louisiana
Washington
Thomas H. MacDonald
United States Bureau of Public Roads
MacDonald
First Air Piracy Case To Be Begun Tomorrow
The government's first air piracy case will bring George W. Fellowes to federal court in St. Louis. The Canadian former washing machine salesman operated radio station W9RZ without a license and broadcast programs without consent of originating stations.
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ST. Louis
George W. Fellowes
W9rz
Fellowes
Man leapt to death from Chicago City Hall
William C. Fay a Cicero dairy man leaped from the 11th floor of Chicago City Hall crashing into the skylight above the city clerk's office. About 90 employees fled as glass showered desks. Police sought relatives as no suicide notes were found and coworkers described him as despondent.
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United Press
Chicago
William C. Fay
Cicero
Fay
Newly Reconditioned Pier Burns at Hampton Roads
The 1,800 foot Pier seven at the Hampton Roads naval base, recently rebuilt for 210000 dollars, was destroyed by a spectacular waterfront fire. Fire fed by creosoted timbers raged as tugs Catawba Kenaydin and Gil barges burned beside. The Lexington aircraft carrier, due to berthe d, was not harmed directly by the blaze but the pier loss is extensive.
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Associated Press
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Hampton Roads Naval Operating Base
Lexington
Hampton Roads
Elizabeth River
Catawba
Kenaydin
Gil
Crosses the State Line to Save on Gasoline Slain
A North Carolina deputy sheriff gunfire while trying to quell a station disturbance near Greenville North Carolina. Mitchell Gentry 40 died after driving into Tennessee to buy cheaper gas. Grady Cutgshaw 32 wounded. three men arrested for the shooting in Madison County.
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Associated Press
Greenville
Tenn
North Carolina
Tennessee
Madison County
Greene County
Join
Mitchell Gentry
Gentry
Grady Cutgshaw
Marshall
N. C
John A. Noel
Hubert Stanton
Pete Stanton
Fowler Shelton
Two Suspects Sought After Deputy Shot in Vernon Parish
Vernon parish authorities hunt Wilburn Perkins of Fido and Bill Lambrith of Hutton after Deputy Eli Strother is shot and seriously wounded during a liquor raid near Perkins place. Deputy Louis Lacaze was with him when the shooting happened late yesterday.
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Associated Press
Leesville
Wilburn Perkins
Fido
Bill Lambrith
Hutton
Vernon Parish
Eli Strother
Pitkin
Louis Lacaze
Perkins’ Place
Perkins
Strother
British Troops Seize Peshawar as Gandhi Is Jailed
British and Indian troops moved into Peshawar with civil authorities, securing main streets and restricting entry. In Bombay Gandhi was jailed in Yerwada Poona, provoking nationalist mourning bells as the independence struggle intensifies.
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India
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Yerada
Poona
Trip of Arizona Bill Halted by Sickness Sunday
Major William Gardner known as Arizona Bill pauses his cross country burro journey after malaria illness. He stopped near the Ouachita river across from a town and was taken to Oscar Lively’s home to recover before resuming travel toward Monroe. Gardner cites Frontiersmen ties to Buffalo Bill Custer and Wild Bill Hickok as context.
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Ouachita River
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Oscar Lively
William Gardner
Buffalo Bill
General Custer
Wild Bill Hickok
Deadwood Dick Clark Dies at 84
Deadwood Dick Clark, famed figure from dime novels, died in St. Joseph's hospital in Deadwood Dakota after several weeks illness. Cancer caused his death at age 84.
Walmsley Sworn In as New Orleans Mayor
T S Walmsley is inaugurated as the 43rd mayor of New Orleans on the city hall steps. The ceremony includes city and parish officials elected with republican opposition, and Colonel H B Myers becomes police superintendent vowing a terror drive against criminal underworld. District Attorney Eugene Stanley reappoints his staff.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
T. S. Walmsley
Charles A. O'Neill
State Supreme Court
A. Miles Pratt
Joseph P. Skelly
F. R. Gomita
Fred E. Earhart
H. B. Myers
United States Army
Theodore A. Ray
Myers
Eugene Stanley
Sparks From A Loco Start Up Fire Across States
A massive North Atlantic regional fire caused by grass fires spreading in seven states. Destruction totaled millions as winds fueled rapid spread. Most blazes were contained, but officials warned of further losses if winds persist. Most incidents appeared incidental with limited arson indications.
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United Press
North Atlantic Seaboard
Supreme Court to rule on Orleans liquor test case
The Supreme Court granted an appeal to decide if illegal liquor sellers may be prosecuted under both prohibition and internal revenue acts. The case stems from Anthony La Franca of Delmonico restaurant New Orleans who was convicted under prohibition and later faced tax charges. The appeals court ruled against the government.
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Associated Press
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Supreme Court
Anthony la Franca
Delmonico
New Orleans
Internal Revenue Acts
Court of Appeals
New Orleans Man Robbed Twice Within 24 Hours
Clarence Heriard 22, manager of Freddie Service station at Washington Ave and Loyola St, reports two robberies within 24 hours. A white man and an unmasked black assailant each robbed the cash register, totaling 30.10 dollars.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Clarence Heriard
Washington Avenue
Loyola Street
Heriard
Impeachment Trial Opens for Franklin in Mississippi Senate
In Jackson Mississippi arguments begin at 2 30 P M in the senate acting as high court of impeachment against Lester C Franklin chair man of the state tax commission to quash house articles of impeachment The house managers reply that Franklin’s contentions are groundless The fate of the motion hinges on Lt Governor Bidwell Adam and whether one vote over one third will sustain or defeat the articles.
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Franklin
El Dorado Man Killed in Oklahoma Train Accident
R F Vandenver aged 26 from El Dorado Arkansas and Dewey Billings aged 32 from Yellville Arkansas died when Rock Island train No 41 struck them five miles west of Wister Oklahoma. The two men were part of an railroad extra gang and were reportedly asleep on the tracks at the time.
Birmingham Real Estate Man Drowned in Lake Edgewood
Ed win B. Irwin a prominent real estate figure in Birmingham was drowned after his light coach car left Edgewood Lake near the city around 10 am. Preliminary inquiry suggests he was trapped while trying to escape, his foot caught in the car flooring as the vehicle entered shallow water.
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Edwin B. Irwin
Edgewood Lake
Here
Irwin
Hambone's Meditations Sudden Ills From Night Drink
A fragment from Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley notes a rough night with dairy mishap and a headache. The speaker recalls a rout of weakness and a milk fright that muddies his recollections from last night.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Auto Crash Kills Girl and Injures Three Companions
Beulah Mae Brooks of Hattiesburg a sophomore at Mississippi State College for Women died in a Sunday night crash ten miles south of Poplarville. Nora Hudson of Louisville Mississippi a senior at M S C W is seriously injured with a fractured thigh and jaw. Two male companions T H Graham of Columbus and J E Clark of Louisville escaped with lesser injuries. The accident involved a second car said to be occupied by New Orleans residents whose identities were not yet confirmed.
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Associated Press
Hattiesburg
Miss
Mississippi State College For Women
Columbus
A. & M. College
Poplarville
Beulah Mae Brooks
Nora Hudson
Louisville
T. H. Graham
J. E. Clark
Stock Market Takes Upswing In Trade Today
New York May 5. After a two day decline that shaved 14 billion from values the stock market moved upward today at the fastest pace of the year. Heavy trading on both curb and exchange. 15 million shares traded in the first hour. United States Steel rose sharply boosting confidence as margin account depressions faded and buying returned in utilities and amusements.
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New York
United States Steel
Woman found murdered in deserted Cleveland theatre
The body of a roughly 50 year old woman was found wrapped in a blanket on the stairway of a vacant theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. Coroner’s physician says she was murdered about two weeks ago, and a dressing room off the stage contains evidence of a rendezvous with cigarette stubs on the floor.
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Cleveland, CO
New Orleans Woman Drowns aid for Friend in Bay
Daisy Blum age 34 of New Orleans died while trying to save friend Sylvia Lew age 28 in the bay in front of the Orleans Jewish Federation camp at Bay St Louis Mississippi. Lew reached shore safely. Physicians attributed Blum death to exhaustion.
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Bay ST. Louis
Miss
Daisy Blum
New Orleans
Sylvia Lew
Orleans
Monte Vista Fire Leaves $300000 in Damages
A wind driven blaze roared through Monte Vista's main business block causing about 300000 in damage. The fire drew help from Alamosa and over 200 volunteers with the 117th cavalry deployed to guard streets and prevent looting.
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Associated Press
Monte Vista
Colo
Colorado National Guardsmen
Alamosa
Here
117Th Cavalry
Colorado National Guard
Of 500 Lassies All But One Wish to Wed Arriving Immigrants
1100 Scottish and Irish immigrants arrive aboard the Anchor liner Cameronia including 500 colleens and lassies. All but one of the 500 say it would be perfectly adorable to marry now they arrive in the United States. The 500th woman is a red headed blue eyed colleen who remains true to her Irish sweetheart.
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New York
Cameronia
United States
Colleen
Ireland
Former Bodyguard of Governor Sentenced in New Orleans
James Brocato known as Jimmy Moran and former bodyguard of Governor Huey P Long received one year and one day in jail in New Orleans for violation of federal prohibition laws.
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New Orleans
James Brocato
Jimmy Moran
Huey P. Long
Explosion kills three at Bibbus Oil Cake mills in Liverpool
An explosion at the Bibbus Oil Cake mills in central Liverpool killed three people and severely injured 36 others, with six not expected to survive. The blast caused extensive damage and rescue crews worked through the afternoon to reach affected workers. Unknown witnesses reported the shock rattled nearby buildings and windows.
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Liverpool
Louisiana Supreme Court Voids Second Indictment in Double Homicide
The Louisiana supreme court upholds a former jeopardy claim by Julius Roberts and quashes the second indictment for the murder of Henry Sylvester Flink. The court rules the two killings arose from one continuous unlawful transaction and should have been charged in a single indictment, setting aside the death sentence and leaving a life term for the Mrs Flink killing. The ruling follows Roberts being sentenced to life imprisonment for the Mrs Flink murder.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
Julius
Roberts
Henry Sylvester Flink
Annie Flink
Flink
Supreme Court
Five Men Drowned as Maine River Recedes
Five men were drowned and two others reported missing when a motorboat carrying ten on the St. John river near Fort Kent was swamped during flood waters. The drowned below Fort Kent included James Clair, his son Jack Clair, Benoit Daigle, and a man named Long. Unconfirmed reports said two river men were drowned upstream.
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Maine
St. John
James Clair
Clair
Jack Clair
Benoit Daigle
Long
One Death as Snow Falls in Sunny California
A weekend storm left California and Arizona with transportation and communication disruptions. A 35 year old Chicago Child Welfare League head, Mildred Percy, died from exposure in snow drifts on a hiking trip near Ontario. Mount Wilson and Big Pines reported substantial snowfall and telephone lines were knocked out.
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Pacific Southwest
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Ontario
Cal
Mildred Percy
Chicago Child Welfare League
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