Jury Unable To Agree In Murder Case
A second mistrial was declared in the Walter L. Liggett murder case after the jury could not reach a verdict. Eleven jurors favored first degree murder. one favored acquittal. The case, tied to an alleged affair with Mrs Cunningham, prompts another trial request by Attorney General Richard Atkinson.
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Nashville
Walter L. Liggett
Turney M. Cunningham
Febsarge
Liggett
Cunningham
Reckless driving charged after local collision
George Cheffin, a chauffeur, was booked for reckless driving by Officer H. E. Webb after a collision on DeSiard street with an auto driven by L. J. Bobenkslin of North Seventh Street. The accident occurred about 5 55 p m yesterday when Cheffin allegedly swerved into the street.
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George Cheffin
H. E. Webb
DeSiard
L. J. Bobenkslin
North Seventh Street
Bobenkuim
Steals Purse From Woman While She Prays
In New Orleans on May 7 a purse containing two hundred dollars was stolen from a church pew as Mrs. Anna Le Greca prayed for her ill son. She had borrowed the money to pay hospital expenses and aid her husband in his tuberculosis fight. She hopes the thief might return it.
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New Orleans
Anna le Greca
Lost Balloon Reported Down in Adirondacks
A Detroit Times balloon entry piloted by Arthur Schlosser and Edward J. Hill landed in the Adirondack wilds near Moose Pond yesterday. After 26 hours without food they reached Rich Lake and crossed it in a collapsible boat. They were found near Newcomb by Howard Anderson while working on the state highway.
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Albany
N. Y
Albany Evening News
Newcomb
Essex County
Detroit Times
Arthur Echlosser
Edward J. Hill
Adirondack Wilds
Schlosser
Lisle
Moose Pond
Rich Lake
Here
Howard Anderson
Orleans Police Probe Victims of Blackmail Ring
Police investigate blackmail plots targeting the Italian community in New Orleans as Pasquale Mandracchi alias Pete Daurey is held as a suspect. Victims Jerome Carona and Joseph Gallo reported extortion efforts and payments of 41 and 25 dollars. Authorities say Mandracchi planned to board a ship to Malta.
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New Orleans
Pasquale Mandracchi
Pete Daurey
New York
Houston
Jerome Carona
Mandracchi
Joseph Gallo
Enplanage
North Rampart
Carona
Maly
Music store owner gunned down after resistance in Detroit
William W. Gunn a 61 year old music store owner was fatally shot at his home after he resisted two men who demanded he come with them. His wife Corrie narrowly avoided injury as a bullet hit the doorway beside her. The assailants fled in a car and motive remains unknown.
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Detroit
William W. Gunn
Corrie
Conn
Gann
Attempted assassination of Lithuanian premier fails
In Kovno on May 7 a failed attack left one person dead and two seriously wounded as Premier Augustinas Valdemar ne faced an assassination attempt outside a theatre. The premier and his wife were unharmed. a grand nephew was fatally wounded. An aide and others were injured as officers shielded the premier. Reports vary, with some blaming political opponents tied to recent protests.
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Associated Press
Kovno
Lithuania
Augustinas Valdemarne
Saerssilant
Gudinas
Savanth Toe Tighe
Tong “Astadde
London
Daily Mail
Kige
Social Democratic
Congressman's Liquor Trial Opens in Florida Hearing
Congressmen M Alfred Michaelson of Illinois faces liquor law charges in federal court at Key West. The defense moves to quash the indictment, arguing the grand jury was not legally constituted and lacked authority outside the Jacksonville division. Arguments scheduled before Judge Halsted L Bitter.
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Key West
Fla
M. Alfred Michaelson
Mlinois
W. P. Hughes
United States District Attorney
Michaelson
Jacksonville
Southern District of Florida
Halsted L. Bitter
New Tariff Bill Expands President Authority and Commission
Washington May 7. The new tariff bill would give the president authority to reorganize the tariff commission by replacing all members at his pleasure. The seven member commission would require Senate approval, with salaries rising to 12 600 dollars. The bill changes rate basis to competitive prices of combined American and foreign goods.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Tariff Commission
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
West Monroe Council approves Sunday picture shows
In West Monroe the city council approved Sunday openings for the Happy Hour theater by a 2 to 2 vote after newspaper publication of the ordinance. The move follows years of debate and a prior court ruling upholding the city ban on Sunday performances. Reverend H L Driskett was away attending a Southern Baptist convention.
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West Monroe
Bundsys
Heard
H. A. McDonald
Dallas Mims
O. B. Register
Fred Mitchell
Happy Hour
Timothy Newell
Old
Crystal Theatre
State Supreme Court
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley
Readable text references Hambone's Meditations and a title De Mo' Higher followed by a fragment. The passage introduces J P Alley as author with possible title variations and leaves incomplete continuation.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J.P. Alley
Drunk Driver Sentenced After Car Crash
W B Burch 35 oil field worker pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was sentenced by Judge Percy Sandel to 36 days in jail with road duty. The collision on the Dixie Overland highway damaged both vehicles and injured Jim Anding, his wife, and two children. Witnesses noted Burch on the left side of the road and Horsey Dye suffered a scalp wound.
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W. B. Burch
Percey Sandel
Burch
Dixzie-Overland Highway
Warmerville Road
Jim Anding
Rueton
Anding
Merchants Bank plans 17 story building in Jackson
Jackson May 7 definite decision to erect a 17 story structure instead of the 11 story plan announced by the building committee of the Merchants Bank and Trust Company.
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Jackson
Miss
Merchants Bank and Trust Com- Ory
Final effort to settle debt stalls at Paris talks
Paris May 7 confidential talks resumed among reparations experts to reach agreement on Owen Young figures. Hjalmar Schacht head of the German delegation presented conditions Germany would accept. French Belgian and British delegates discussed the terms, with Sir Josiah Stamp aiding in the final work of the conference.
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Paris
Owen D. Young
Hjalmar Schacht
Mr. Young
Josiah Stamp
Legal steps to block Jadwin flood plan discussed
New Orleans May 7. J W Summerlin president of the Tensas Basin Levee District Board says legal action may be taken to halt the Jadwin flood control plan as it applies to the district unless the government delays execution. Delegations in Congress urge President Hoover to hold action until Congress meets to reconsider the plan. Opponents argue the flowage would be unnecessarily great and damaging.
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New Orleans
J. W. Summerlin
Rayville
Tensas Basin
Saint
C. C. Burnside
Lake Villiage
Southeast Arkansas
Five French aviators killed in Avord crash at Bourges
At Avord airfield near Bourges a bombing plane crashed after a wing dropped. Five French military aviators died, two pyrotechs and three bombing students. Two unexploded bombs were removed from the wreck before bodies could be recovered. Parachute detachment failures left rescuers to presume all perished.
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Bourges
France
Avord
Pirote
Driver In Fatal Wreck Freed On Bond
Wesley Hodge Jr a 15 year old juvenile was released on bond after a preliminary hearing in West Monroe Juvenile Court Judge J T Sheil set the case for delinquency based on driving and speeding in violation of city ordinances. The May 4 1929 incident on Cypress and Mill streets involved a 1929 model Ford roadster and a deadly wreck.
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J. T. Sheil
Wesley Hodge, Jr
Young Hedge
West Monroe
E. L. Wright
Louisiana
Weasley Hodge, Jr
Cypress and
Mill Streets
Weat Monroe
Orleans Judge Sentences Drunken Driver to Penitentiary
Ollie Smith received a sentence of sixteen months to two years in Louisiana's first penitentiary term for drunken driving. Judge A D Henriques condemned the defendant as a societal menace and warned others, noting Smith had prior robbery and drunken driving convictions.
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Associated Prem
New Orleans
Louisiana
Ollie Smith
Criminal District Court
A. D. Henriques
Emith
Vote Looms On Debenture Plan Amid Senate Standoff
The Senate faces a decisive vote by Thursday on the debenture provision tied to the farm bill. Supporters claim 45 to 48 at stake, with ill members and possible pairing shaping the tally. Welsh may pair with Shipstead to block the plan, while Kendrick urges support from an opponent.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Welsh
Massachusetts
Shipstead
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Walsh
Kendrick
Wyoming
Missing McGill student identified after river body found
In Montreal on May 1 police announced the body recovered from the Rivere Dea Prairies at Ahantsic was 14 year old Harbara Pitcher a first year arte student at McGill who had vanished two months earlier. In Fort Smith Arkansas on May 7 Rick Fillmore of Kansas City Missouri was elected governor of Rotary International district fifteen by acclamation succeeding Albert Inwalle of Eureka Springs Arkansas. district includes clubs in Arkansas Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri.
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Montreal
Que
Rivere Dea Prairies
Ahantsic
Harbara Pitcher
McGill University
Fort Smith
Ark
Rick Fillmore
Kansas City
Rotary International
Albert
Walle
Eureka Springs
Arkansas
Chishoma
Kansas
Misaoart
Millionaire Oil Man Begins Ninety Day Jail Term
Harry F. Sinclair the wealthy oil operator starts a strict ninety day confinement in a Washington jail following his refusal to answer questions during the Teapot Dome Senate investigation. He faced a five year fight to avoid imprisonment and will endure the rigid routine as part of the sentence.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Washington Asylum
United States
Teapot Dome
Binclair
Senate Ofl
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