West Monroe Child Dies After Truck Trailer Crash
Donald Rogers six is killed when a west bound truck and its trailer crush his skull on Natchitoches street as he attempts to cross with other children. Driver C E Monroe swerves to avoid him but cannot avert the tragedy. Coroner and sheriff notified.
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Natchitoches Street
West Monroe
Donald Rogers
C. E. Monroe
Rogers
Lis
Shannon Rogers
Redline
Natchitoches
Donald
Sheriff's Office
Boy Accidentally Kills 3-Year-Old Brother With Gun
In Magda, Rapides parish, five-year-old Roland Gates fatally shot his three-year-old brother with a shotgun left within reach. The parents were in the field. they returned later to find the child dead on a bed. The older boy fled and hid in a nearby house.
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Alexandria
Roland Gates
Allen Gates
Magda
Rapides Parish
Prisoner’s wife suspected of aiding in jail break
Mrs. Barney Willis wife of one of four prisoners who escaped from the Hinds county jail is held on suspicion of abetting the break. Deputies say she carried saws to her husband possibly used to fashion two keys to unlock doors. The case ties to Red Simmons Henry Winsom Barney Willis and Noah Dunaway who fled. Simmons and Winsom face murder charges in Hancock county. Willis jailed for store robbery. Dunaway a federal prisoner cited for Dyer Act violation.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Barney Willis
Hinds County
Proposal to extend Edenborn line to Dallas reported
Shreveport May 10 A proposal to extend the Edenborn line of the L R and N of Texas to Dallas from McKinney over the M K and T line aims to give direct service into Dallas from Louisiana Arkansas and the L A and N systems now formally merged Officials attending the Dallas meeting included Paul Sippel vice president of L A N and B S Atkinson vice president of the L and A and other high officials from the two railroad systems.
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L. A
B.S. Atkinson
L. and A
Shreveport
Old South and New Clash Over Lincoln's Greatness
In New Orleans during a Louisiana United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting the group debated honoring Abraham Lincoln. A compromise motion urged discouraging Lincoln birthday observances in southern public schools while some members rejected censure of Southern homage and argued against or for action on the resolution.
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Lincoln
New Orleans
Old South
Louisiana
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln
Daughters of the
Southern Cause
Jefferson Davis Weir
Gettysburg
Miriam L. Green
Orleans
Hoover opens talks on flood protection financing
President Hoover told a Mississippi valley flood committee he would study whether new laws are needed to protect levee districts on the Mississippi main stem and its tributaries. Senators Robinson and Ransdell urged using existing authority to cover flowage rights and reimbursements from the 1927 emergency fund for protective works during the flood project.
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Hoover
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Congress
Army
Robinson Arkansas
Robinson
Ransdell
Louisiana
White House
Caddo Preacher S. W. Row Held on Forgery Embezzlement Charges
Shreveport May 10 S W Row itinerant preacher of Ida community Caddo parish is jailed on forgery and embezzlement charges. Deputies report forged checks issued to small firms including Gillam State Bank. Row previously faced embezzlement from a furniture firm over victrolas and down payments before charges were withdrawn.
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Shreveport
S. W. Row
Ida
Caddo Parish
Row
Gillam State Bank
Brothers Held for Slaying of Former Deputy
Jim and Floyd Stanley, farmers near Eurthwood, were charged by Vernon parish grand jury with the murder of Reese McAlpin, former deputy sheriff found shot January 18 beside his running car on a highway near Eurthwood. McAlpin had previously raided Stanley properties. the brothers posted bond and set for trial May 20.
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Associated Press
Leesville
Jim Stanley
Floyd Stanley
Eurthwood
Vernon Parish
Reese McAlpin
McAlpin
Simpson School
Natchitoches
Stanleys
Stanley
Successor to Martin to be Elected Aug. 6
Voters in Louisiana s third congressional district will elect a successor to the late Whitmell P. Martin on August 6, the date set by Governor Huey P. Long. The district s Democratic executive committee will meet soon to set a primary date.
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Baton Rouge
Third Congressional District
Whitmell P. Martin
Huey P. Long
Democratic Executive Committee
Lady’s Wrenching Crash Jars Inter Metro Wagon
A woman crashed her car into a wagon near Interstate Mah. She fainted but the incident woke a witness, sparking a tense moment as bystanders and responders moved in. Local authorities investigated the scene.
Smiths Law Office Burns at Rayville
Fire and burglary hit Rayville early today. The Smiths Law Office of George Wesley Smith was destroyed, with $2,500 damage. C J Ellis’s office also damaged $300 to $500. Burglars hit Swetman Wells dry goods, Phillips barber shop, and Missouri Pacific station stealing clothes meat and toilet articles. Incendiarism suspected due to combined fire and theft.
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Rayville
George Wesley Smith
Swetman and Welle Dry
Swetman
Phillips
Swetman and Wells
Woods Haberdashery
Missouri Pacific
McCoy Drug Company
Smith
Senate Accepts Report On Flood Area Loans
The Senate backed a conference committee report approving a loan bill for flood and storm victims in southern states. The measure now awaits House action before going to President Hoover. It excludes Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas and finances seed feed and fertilizer purchases for farmers in Virginia North and South Carolina Georgia Alabama and Florida with Florida fruit growers eligible for up to 25 per acre rehabilitation loans.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
House
Senate
Hoover
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Luncheon Opens Lions State Meeting With Attendance Hit
About 800 Lions from across the state attended a luncheon at the country club marking the formal opening of the eighth district convention. Mayor Arnold Bernstein and J C Marsh spoke along with City Judge W M Harper and Police Superintendent H D Apgar. E M Decker of Farmerville gave the response as past district governors were introduced. Afternoon sessions began at 2 15 p m in the Hotel Virginia ballroom with a banquet planned at the country club.
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Country Club
Arnold Bernstein
Lion J. C. Marsh
W. M. Harper
H. D. Apgar
Lion E. M. Decker
Farmerville
Richard Morgan
Earl Hodges
Lions International
Virginia Ball Room
News-Star
Forsythe Park
Virginia Hotel
America
J. C. Marsh
Convention City
Hotel Monroe
Ouachita Parish High School
Hagen Wins Open Golf Crown at Muirfield Scotland
Walter Hagen captured the Open Championship of Great Britain at Muirfield Scotland with a 72 hole total of 292. He finished the final round with 75 as crowds hailed him the champion for a fourth time amid high scoring by challengers.
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Walter Hagen
Muirfield
Associated Press
Scotland
Great Britain
Bombings Hit Milk Plant and Roadhouse Near Chicago
Two bombs exploded in nearby suburbs causing damage. Three men were arrested over the roadhouse bombing at Avenue Inn in Niles, where former police chief Peter Osakowski identified rival William Curio. The Cicero dairy plant of Josef Wagner was also damaged after he had sought an injunction against a milk dealers group. Curio faced a grand jury on an assault charge arising from a police chief election quarrel.
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Chicago
Avenue Inn
Niles
Josef Wagner
Cicero
Wagner
Peter Osakowski
William Curio
Curio
Grand Jury
Oszakowski
Tests of Boulder Dam cement in Colorado begin here
Denver May 10 Tests of cement for the Boulder dam will start soon and run through the entire construction period on the Colorado river in Nevada and Arizona. A permeability apparatus able to develop high water pressure will be used. Set cement is tested at 500 pounds per square inch to assess watertightness.
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Denver
Boulder Dam
Colorado River
Nevada
Arizona
United States
Arender Hotel in Delhi Burns in Early Morning Fire
Fire at about 2 o'clock destroyed the Arender hotel one of Delhi's oldest landmarks with an estimated loss of 4000 dollars. The building was insured only on the structure and furniture was not insured. L B Arender escaped from the burning site as the fire spread before firefighters arrived. The frame hotel had been sold recently to Cutler Bros Inc but furniture remained under Arender ownership.
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News-Star
Delhi
Arender Hotel
L. B. Arender
Arender
Cutler Bros., Inc
Farm relief bill set for final vote next week
The senate agreed to limit debate on the farm relief bill and its export debenture section, scheduling a final vote early next week at 3 p m Monday. Separately Charles O Hearon editor of the Spartanburg Herald and Journal resigned, citing that he would not serve newspapers owned or controlled by a special interest.
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Washington
Senate
Charles O. Hearon
Spartanburg
South Carolina
Herald and Journal
William la Warre
International Paper and Power Company
Explosion at Mill Town prompts governor’s appeal
Nashville report says officials in Elizabethton demanded Governor Horton’s presence after a home of a strike sympathizer was destroyed by a blast. Union leader William E. Kelley and Carter County citizens telegraphed details claiming four companies of National Guardsmen and 40 deputies were present, with no clue to the bombers.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry Horton
Elizabethton
William E. Kelley
United Textile Workers of America
Carter County
Mack Elliot
Remberg Rayon
Elliot
Young bandits hold up market in New Orleans
Two masked youths robbed Joseph Ferran meat market in New Orleans early today taking 107 dollars and 95 cents from a customer. They escaped in a waiting car with a third bandit, then hit Diggly W store on Oak Street, stealing forty cartons of cigarettes and a small store safe containing 95 dollars.
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New Orleans
Joseph Ferran
Birth Street
Oak Street
Wills Delights Queen Mary Debut In London Visit
Helen Wills, the American tennis star, spoke of her debutante style night in London as she prepared to meet Queen Mary. She described the presentation as perfectly beautiful and said she was momentarily nervous but felt at ease amid the colorful scene on the mall.
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London
Helen Wills
Hague
Buckingham Palace
England
Made & P
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