Man electrocuted at Zwolle substation during storm repair
T S Barrett 48 local manager of Louisiana Public Utilities in Zwolle is killed while replacing burned fuses after a lightning outage at the substation. His son Ellis and co worker Roy Byler were nearby but could not aid. Survived by widow and four children.
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Associated Press
T. S. Barrett
Louisiana Public Utilities Company
Zwolle
Barrett
Ellis Barrett
Roy Byler
French Actress Declares Engagement During Fox Suit
Fifi D Orsay, noted French actress, tells attorneys to be themselves while revealing engagement to Fred Berens in a deposition over Lyons and Lyons 10 percent salary claim. The 25 000 dollar potential total hinges on Fox Studios options. She urges lawyers to speak English.
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Los Angeles
Fifi D’orsay
Lyons
Miss D’orsay
Big Boy
French Pianist Sues Wealthy American Widow
Leo Techtontious a Paris concert pianist files a breach of promise suit for 512100 against Mrs. Robert Galloway Memphis widow and heir to mining and transportation wealth. He says engagement announced in Paris last November caused humiliation in America and abroad due to her two children.
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Associated Press
Racine
Wis
Leo Techtonious
Paris
France
Robert Galloway
Memphis
Irish Lady Threatens to Shoot Prohibition Agents
New Orleans federal raiders hit two speakeasies in the French Quarter. At 909 Ursulines Street they seized a $10,000 stock of wet goods and arrested Emile Marcadel. Four men escaped over a fence after the Irish woman threatened to shoot.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Ursulines Street
Emile Marcadel
Dauphine Street
King Aims for President Pro Tempore Post in State Senate
Lake Charles May 7 Senator A O King announced he would allow his name to be submitted for the post of president pro tem of the state senate following suggestions from fellow members. He said he has held no talks with Long or anti Long leaders and would refuse the office if election required partisanship.
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Lake Charles
A. O. King
Senate
King
Report Charges May Be Filed for Bishop Cannon
A report charges may be filed against Bishop Ames Cannon Jr of Virginia as the quadrennial Methodist conference opens in Dallas. Charges reportedly allege lobbying activity and misuse of church funds, with five specific accusations including hoarding food during World War I and ties to a Wall Street bucket shop.
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Bishop Cannon
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Ames Cannon, Jr
Virginia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oath
Georgia
Cannon
Washington
Mittee
E. Cameson
New York
Ishop Cannon
Ifred E. Smith
Methodist Board of Temperance and Social Service
Wall Street
Warren A. Candler
Atlanta
Collins Denny
Hammond Voters Cast Ballots for Stock Law
Hammond residents voted on the stock law with an unofficial tally showing 734 for and 124 against. With 13 of 21 precincts reporting the totals stood at 1428 for and 1132 against as results trickled in.
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Hammond
Associated Press
Mississippi Senate Rules on Impeachment Motions
The Mississippi Senate, acting as a high court, overruled motions to quash four of six articles of impeachment against Lester C. Franklin, chairman of the state tax commission, with a two thirds vote. A tie on the remaining two articles triggered questions about whether two thirds apply to quash votes. Counsel argued that voting against quashments equaled conviction. Article one accuses Franklin of sharing information with Warren Brothers ahead of a contemplated state suit.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Senate
Lester C. Franklin
State Tax Commission
J. T. Brown
Franklin
Warren Brothers
Mississippi
Senator Son Caught in Trout Case at Santa Cruz
Roy Fellom Jr. bragged he could not be arrested because his father is a state senator. A deputy game warden countered that his brother is president of the United States. Professor Theodore Hoover of Stanford serves as deputy. In court the defendant pleaded for leniency and the case was held under advisement.
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Associated Press
Santa Cruz
Cal
Roy Fellom, Jr
United States
Theodore Hoover
Stanford
Texas Storm Death Toll Rises Across Nordheim and Frost Area
United Press reports 66 dead across scattered Texas districts as rescue teams recover 25 bodies near Nordheim and 23 in Frost. The deadly storm, aided by rain and snow flurries, caused millions in damage and cut communications along the Gulf coast, with no fatalities in Oklahoma.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Nordheim
Frost
Oklahoma
Gulf Coast
Eight Additional Scholarships Created by Ouachita Police Jury
The Ouachita Parish police jury voted to create eight more parish college scholarships, increasing total awards to 10 with one per ward. Eligible students must lack means. committee of T O Brown E L Neville and Jack Hayes will review applicants from each ward. Also weather notes say western cotton belt saw beneficial rains while dryness slows germination elsewhere.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Cotton Belt
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee
Atlantic Ocean
Texas
Ouachita Parish
T. O. Brown
E. L. Neville
Jack Hayes
Ouachita Parish High School
Engineer Urges Spillway to Protect New Orleans
John Klorer chief engineer of the New Orleans levee board told a House flood control committee a spillway 15 miles below the city is needed. He presented data to justify the project to insure safety for New Orleans.
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Associated Press
Washington
John Klorer
New Orleans
Cotton futures bills tabled by House Agriculture Committee
Washington May 7 The Vin Son bill to regulate cotton exchanges and the Jones bill to curb sale of cotton and grain in futures markets were tabled today by the House Agriculture Committee.
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Washington
Vinson
House Agriculture Committee
Samuel M. Collins Chosen Ouachita Parish Engineer
Samuel M. Collins was chosen by the Ouachita parish police jury to serve as parish engineer. He will start immediately at a salary of 400 dollars monthly, furnish his own automobile and fuel, and devote full time with no outside work.
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Ouachita Parish
Samuel M. Collins
Collins
Petty Banditry Again Breaks Out in Orleans
In New Orleans on May 17 a series of petty crimes occurred. A robber stole $160 from Frank J. Reyes Floral shop, another home on Canal Street was looted of $357 in jewelry, a grocery store was robbed of under $100, and a black window smasher was captured by police.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Frank J. Reyes
Henry Schaeffer
Canal Street
Anderson proposes five year tax exemption for new plants
Senator James L. Anderson of Grant parish announces a constitutional amendment to tax free for five years all new industrial plants processing farm products and certain other goods built since 1930. The measure aims to aid agriculture, preserve products, spur unemployment relief, and attract industry in Louisiana.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
James L. Anderson
Grant Parish
Louisiana
Anderson
Dozen Married Men in Pink Slip Love Loss Jury
Twelve married men sit as jury in Denver to hear the $50,000 pink slip alienation suit of William J. Kunkel the New York fruit broker. He claims William Bryan Quigley stole his wife Princess Marie Alimova Kunkel after being found with her in a pink slip and bathrobe in New York. The defense plans to show Kunkel’s cruelty alienated his wife’s affections.
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Denver
Colo
William J. Kunkel
New York
Kunkel
William Bryan Quigley
Princess Marie Alimova Kunkel
Quigley
Princess Marie
Narcotics Agents Open Drive in N C as Prices Soar Up
Federal narcotic agents launched a rapid drive on dope peddlers in North Carolina as morphine and cocaine prices soared to 150 to 250 dollars. Seven suspects were arrested so far, with local police assisting the U S agents in the operation.
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N. C
New Orleans
U. S
Boy Displeases Oil Field Woman Killed in Semiole Ohio
A 22 year old Arkansas youth, Ralph Harnden of Pocahontas, was shot and killed on a porch in Semiole Ohio after an encounter with Lillian Martin. Police say Martin has a long record and fired six shots injuring the visitor who had come to find his brother amid oil field activity.
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Seminole
Ohio
Arkansas
Lillian Martin
Ralph Harnden
Pocahontas
Ark
Long planning race track legislation amid state politics
Baton Rouge May 17 Possibility of renewing race track laws as Governor Long seeks country parish support is discussed. News says anti chain store bill is being drafted. Maestri, conservation commissioner, could block race track legislation despite other plans.
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Baton Rouge
Long
New Orleans
R. S. Maestri
Birmingham Census Shows Population Rise to 257,657
Birmingham’s population reached 257,657, up 78,851 since 1920, per census supervisor E. L. Williams. Homewood, then unincorporated, counts 6,078 residents in the district figures.
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Birmingham
Ala
E. L. Williams
Homewood
Mamma Doll Helps Orleans Boy Break Long Silence
In New Orleans on May 7, nine-year-old Howard Damoree, mute since age two after teachers labeled him stubborn, began to speak after his teacher Miss Margaret Walsh placed a talking Mamma Doll before him. His first words were mamma and pappa in a high squeaky doll voice.
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New Orleans
Howard Damoree
Margaret Walsh
Howard
Pappa
Hoover's nominee rejected by Senate in 39–41 vote
The Senate rejected President Hoover's nomination of John J. Parker to the Supreme Court by 39 to 41. The defeat ends a bitter fight with organized labor and black organizations opposing Parker, necessitating a new nomination to fill the vacancy from Justice Sanford's death.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
John J. Parker
United States Supreme Court
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Justice Sanford
Parker
Allen
Baird
Bingham
Dale
Fess
Gillett
Goldsborough
Gould
Greene
Hale
Hastings
Hatfield
Hebert
Jones
Kean
Keyes
McCulloch
Matecalf
Oddie
Paterson
Reed
Shortridge
Steiner
Vandenberg
Democrats
Ashurst
Barkley
State Department Declines Welch Damages Case
Joseph P. Cotton said the State Department would not take up James E. Welch of Shreveport Louisiana who sought $500,000 damages from Venezuela claiming his daughter was taken and he was jailed for two months. Senator Ransdell had urged consideration.
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Washington
Joseph P. Cotton
James E. Welch
Venezuela
Welch
Shreveport
Cotton
State Department
Ransdell
Louisiana
Department
Jurist Asked to Declare Baseball Players Insane
Louis R. Gemmett of Davenport Iowa urged Probate Judge Henry Horner in Chicago to declare all baseball players insane. He argued pitchers deception, umpire rulings, and rain stoppages prove players are mad, awaiting Landis’s input before a decision.
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Chicago
Louis R. Gemmett
Henry Horner
Gemmett
Davenport Iowan
Horner
Kenesaw M. Landis
United States
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