Lindbergh Baby Cremated After Grief Stricken Parents
Ashes of the Lindbergh infant rest in a simple urn in a crematory chapel as Charles Lindbergh and his wife endure a day of deep sorrow. Col. Norman Schwarzkopf Col. Henry Breckinridge and Col. Lindbergh observe the cremation after police pressure for further examination.
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Rosehill Cemetery
Linden
Law
Norman Schwarzkopf
Charles Lindbergh, Jr
France
Henry Breckinridge
Lindbergh
Colonel Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
Trenton
Lindbergh baby discovery sparks city extras sales
News-Star extra drives local paper sales as Lindbergh baby case yields record numbers. Milton Nolan 12, sold 136 papers including 106 extras. T. B. Nolan 14 sold 182 total. J. M. Williamson 110 extras leads. Over 4,200 extras total across Monroe.
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News-Star-World
Monroe
The
News-Star
Milton Nolan
T. B. Nolan
J. M. Williamson
Hoover Opens Observance Of Telegraph Invention Centennial
President Hoover inaugurates a worldwide centennial celebration of Morse s telegraph invention with a gold studded key. He will send a message to the Supreme Court rooms via telegraph as Marconi and others join from Italy and Paris. Leila Morse plans a broadcast while newspapers expand wire dispatches nationwide.
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Associated Press
Hoover
Samuel F. B. Morse
Morse
Supreme Court
Radio Broadcasting Company
Marconi
Italy
Walter FE. Edge
France
Paris
Leila Livingstone Morse
Ocean
Edward W. Smithers
Civil Liberties Group Barred From Bell County Coal Fields
The American Civil Liberties Union delegation led by Dudley Field Malone and Arthur Garfield Hayes was barred from Bell County coal fields by officers and locals. A road block and warnings of bloodshed halted their attempt near the Bell Knox county line. Knox County police headed them toward Laurel County after failing to obtain a federal injunction in London. No disorder accompanied the ejection, unlike past incidents with students and writers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbourville
American Civil Liberties Union
Bell County
Dudley Field Malone
Arthur Garfield Hayes
Bell
Knox
Knox County
Walter Mayhew
Laurel County
London
Eastern College
Walter B. Smith
Border Patrol
Waldo Frank
J. M. Brooks
Preville
Neville Hich Class of 1932 Prepares for June Graduation
The Neville High graduating class of 1932 faces a busy schedule from May 11 to June 3. Events include a We-To boat ride hosted by Capt. G. B. Cooley, alumni dinner May 20, junior-senior reception May 27 with dance, baccalaureate May 29 by Rev. W. C. Scott, operetta May 31, class night June 2, and commencement June 3.
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Neville High
G. B. Cooley
W. C. Scott
First Methodist Church
Monroe Veneer Plant Reopens After Flood Damage
The Monroe Veneering mill in West Monroe resumes operations after flood closures. About twenty men are employed. The plant, opened in 1928, suffered damage including furnace and boiler foundation washout, and produces veneering and thin stock for cigar boxes and crates using local logs.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Student Indicted in Gretna Auto Crash Deaths
Paul M. Huddleston, a young medical student, was indicted by the Jefferson parish grand jury for deaths of two children and serious injury to a third, alleged to have been struck by his automobile near Gretna on April 23.
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New Orleans
Paul M. Huddleston
Jefferson Parish
Grand Jury
Tommy
Gretna
King to Return to Lake Charles After Allen Inauguration
Baton Rouge May 14 Alvin O King Louisiana's chief executive since Huey Long left office to join the Senate plans to return to Lake Charles and resume his law practice after Oscar K Allen's inauguration William and Mrs King will host Allen and his family at a luncheon following the ceremony Huey P Long will not attend the state house dedication in Washington
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Baton Rouge
Oscar K. Allen
Louisiana
Alvin O. King
Huey P. Long
Senate
Washington
Lake Charles
King
Mrs. King
Allen
Hufy Long
Huey P. Lone
Playgrounds 10 reopen Monday in Monroe area
The Monroe playground and recreation department announces summer operation beginning Monday June 6 under director Miss Lucyle Godwin. About eight playgrounds will be used including Atkinson and the Barkdull Faulk campus with programs held mornings and occasional nighttime activities at Barkdull Faulk under electric lights.
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Monroe Playground and Recreation Department
Lucyle Godwin
Atkinson Playgrounds
Barkdall Faulk
Georgia Tucker
Lida Benton
Sherrouse
Barkdull Faulk School
Echoes of Cotton Cut Plan Heard in Mississippi
Mississippi lawmakers introduced a resolution in the House urging federal laboratories to study new uses for cotton. Authors Rep Creel of Tishomingo and Rep Potter of Pontotoc memorialize Congress to fund investigations into expanded applications after last fall’s failed acreage cuts left the state with a large cotton surplus.
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Jackson
Mss
House of Representatives
Creel
Tishomingo
Potter
Pontotoc
Congress
Mississippi
Surplus cotton may be used on roads of state
Louisiana tests a cotton based road surface south of Baton Rouge near LSU to assess dust free paving. The cotton method coats asphalt, covers with canvas and gravel, and costs about 2000 dollars per mile, rising to 3000 if a second canvas layer is added. A local firm conducts the trial.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana Highway Commission
Louisiana State University
Teachers drown when boat capsizes on Crystal Lake Arkansas
L. W. Horn aged 29 DeKalb school superintendent and Miss Anna Ruth Joyner 24 teacher drowned when a boat capsized on Crystal lake near Annona Texas. Two other teachers Herbert Lyons and Mrs Strout swam ashore after Lyons tried to save them. rescue efforts failed.
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Texarkana
Tex
L. W. Horn
DeKalb
Anna Ruth Joyner
Crystal Lake
Annona
Horn
Herbert Lyons
Strout
Lyons
Paris
Miss Joyner
Famous Skipper Makes Another Rescue At Sea
Captain George Fried of the President Roosevelt and Chief Officer Harry Manning rescued Lou Reichers, a trans Atlantic flier, about 50 miles off Ireland after Reichers began from Newark to pursue a Paris flight. Reichers aimed to beat Lindbergh’s 1927 record.
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New York
George Fried
United States
Roosevelt
Harry Manning
Ireland
Lou Reichers
Reichers
Dublin
Paris
Newark
N. J
Harbor Grace
N. F
Charles A. Lindbergh
Fried
mid-Atlantic
Hiller
Antinoe
New Impetus for Trucking Near Tremont
An emergent trucking industry grows around Tremont and Winnfield along the Illinois Central line. Over 400 acres of tomatoes have been planted with shipping sheds at Sikes Chatham and Eros. First year of tomato growing in the area aims for June 1 harvest. women workers will pick. crates and related tasks will employ locals.
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Tremont
Illinois Central
Winnfield
Tremont and Gulf
Sikes
Chatham
Eros
Southern Baptists Seek New Funds at 77th Convention
St Petersburg Fla May 4 Southern Baptists discussed methods to raise funds as debts rose from reduced revenue. Reports proposed campaigns to mobilize 2 250 000 non contributing members and urge contributions every Sunday. 1931 contributions fell by 4 870 892 72 to 32 618 125 56 amid growth in membership to 3 944 566. foreign mission board faced 1 145 657 debt prompting appeals for aid.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Southern Baptists
E. H. Alldredge
Foreign Mission Board
T. Bronson Ray
Richmond
Looted shovel scoop tied to Lindbergh case
Mercer and Hunterdon county prosecutors, visiting the Lindbergh baby scene in Hopewell, report a recently used metal scoop from a broken shovel found near the body site. Detectives wrap the tool to preserve fingerprints while delaying any statement on its significance. No further major developments were announced.
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Trenton
N. J
A.P
Erwin Marshall
Mercer County
Hopewell
Hunterdon
Mercer
Robert Coar, Jr
Jersey City
Lindbergh
Infantry Band to Participate in Inauguration
The 156th Infantry band of the Louisiana National Guard based in Monroe will travel to Baton Rouge for Governor Elect O. K. Allen's inauguration. About forty members, led by Lowery Jefferson, will ride a Missouri Pacific coach, with arrival slated for 5 p.m. The parade includes state police, grand marshal, guard units, and LSU cadets. The band returns after the ceremony.
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156Th Infantry
Louisiana National Guard
Monroe
Baton Rouge
O. K. Allen
J. B. Thornhill
Lowery Jefferson
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Calvary, Artillery
National Guard
Allen
Louisiana State University
Indianapolis Abduction Stopped by Nurse Security Panic
In Indianapolis a housemaid frightened an intruder from a roof during an apparent kidnapping attempt. Ten month old Betty Ann Anthony, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Anthony, was in care of Della Fields when the assailant fled after a scream. A chisel and a ransom note were found on the roof.
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Indianapolis
Betty Ann Anthony
James L. Anthony
Della Fields
Treasury directs agencies in Lindbergh kidnap case search
Washington officials say the Secret Service and Internal Revenue Bureau intelligence unit will aid in locating the Lindbergh baby kidnappers and slayers. The Coast Guard has yet to find the ransom vessel described by Norfolk negotiators, and other agencies may be brought in to recover the $50,000 ransom.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United States Secret Service
Internal Revenue Bureau
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Treasury
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Massachusetts
South Atlantic
Lindbergh
Elmer L. Ivey
W. H. Moran
Secret Service
New Jersey
Angles Weigh In On Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Hopewell New Jersey May 14 The Lindbergh ransom mystery draws detectives to decide if the $50,000 was seized by the actual killers or by racketeers seeking profit The case centers on a baby’s sleeping suit two safety pins and a symbol marked note Morris Rosner Col Lindbergh aide questioned in Hopewell as authorities trace the ransom note to possible contacts and plans.
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Hopewell
N.J
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Col. Lindbergh
Morris Rosner
Rosner
New York
Salvator Spitale
Irving Bitz
Lindbergha
Lindbergh
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Neville Hich
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