Thieves Try Bank Robbery at Mer Rouge Bank
Four men attempted to rob the Mer Rouge State Bank at dawn using nitro charges and tear gas. G L Ruff, railroad agent, fired at the escape car from 75 feet, believing he hit at least one robber. Authorities in nearby towns are alerted as the gunmen fled toward Monroe.
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News-Star
Mer Rouge
G. L. Ruff
Missouri Facific Railroad
Ruff
Monroe
Bastrop
Met Rouge
Ship Azua rammed and sunk near Barnegat light
The four masted schooner Azua was rammed and sunk 47 miles south by west of Barnegat light by the City of Atlanta captained by John M. Diehl. The Azua crew survived. Diehl faced charges from earlier incidents but was acquitted.
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Associated Press
New York
Barnegat Light
Savannah
City of Atlanta
John M. Diehl
Diehl
City of Rome
Block Island
Navy
Rome
Jackson Boy Wins Mississippi Edison Scholarship
Jackson high school student H. A Wilson Jr., 16, won the 1930 Mississippi Edison scholarship after 31 entries were graded. His paper earned 97.6 points of 105. The announcement was made by Sam B. Hathorn, state supervisor of high schools, in Jackson on May 15.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
H. A Wilson, Jr
Mississippi Edison
Sam B. Hathorn
Young Wilson
Louisiana House Appropriations Faces Big Week Ahead
The newly named chairmen of key Louisiana House committees plan to announce meeting schedules as the session reconvenes Monday. The house appropriations committee will tackle reconciling requests from state institutions and departments exceeding 90 million dollars against projected biennial revenues near 30 million. Chair J. Cleveland Fruge leads the panel, replacing H. B. Bozeman who resigned after 1928.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
House
John B. Fournet
Louisiana Tax Commission
Appropriations
J. Cleveland Fruge
Evangeline
H. B. Bozeman
Winn
Orleans police capture roof top thief
In New Orleans on May 15 detectives hiding in a Rampart department store roofed a break in by a fleeing suspect, James Johnson, 18, who surrendered after a chase and confessed to stealing clothing valued at 280 dollars from another store. A second chase ended with a brick incident and several suits seized.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
James Smith
John Baradot
James Johnson
Joseph Rees
Virginian Fined for Painting His Home on Sunday
Clarendon Virginia May 15 fined 14.25 dollars for painting his house on a Sunday. C B Rosenberger plans to paint more next Sunday and says he will appeal to higher courts. He denounces religious persecution and vows to challenge police powers used for bigotry.
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Associated Press
Clarendon
C. B. Rosenberger
Rosenberger
Arlington County
United States
Collier's Weekly Cleared in Creager Libel Case
A federal court jury in Brownsville Texas cleared Col lier's Weekly publishers and distributors of libel charges and $500 000 damages sought by R B Kreager Texas Republican national committeeman who alleged a June article harmed his name.
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Brownsville
Texas
Collier’s Weekly
R. B. Kreager
Republican National
Marines Kill Bandits in Nicaragua Amid Rumors of Sandino
Managua May 15 United States marines and the national guard report renewed fighting in northern Nicaragua from May 5 to May 12. Six clashes left sixteen bandits dead, all identified by red hat bands. officials deny a central rebel leader. Rumors spread of Augusto Sandino returning to direct insurgents.
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Managua
Nic
United States
National Guard
Nicaragua
Douglas McDougal
Nicaraguan National Guard
Augustino Sandino
Merida
Yucatan
Salvador
Matagalpa
Chontales
Jinotga
Esteli
Segovias
San Juan
Night Baseball Debut Marred by Bank Robbery in Nashville
In Nashville on May 15 night baseball opened with Kansas City at Nashville. A negro bandit robbed the girl cashier of the gate proceeds during the game and fled. Six police pursued and fired at the bandit as he escaped across a nearby field, with officers watching the game.
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Nashville
Tenn
Kansas City
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley
A dialect piece reflects on labor and daily duties with a buoyant voice. It presents Hambone as a character who keeps busy and speaks in a humorous, working class cadence.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J.P. Alley
Wild man rumor roams Bonnabel place woods
New Orleans May 15 says Jefferson Parish deputy sheriffs sought a reportedly wild man at large in the Bonnabel place woods. Witnesses described a young, scantily clad figure. officers fear mental derangement from exposure after loss while hunting or fishing. Residents warned to stay out as searches continued.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Parish
Bonnabel Place
North Carolina Supreme Court Rules Divorce Laws Aid Men Too
The North Carolina Supreme Court holds that divorce statutes for abandonment cruelty and indignities apply to men as well as women. Ira Brewer’s divorce from Dora Brewer was upheld after evidence showed repeated abuse including an ice pick, scalding water, a pistol shot, and malice removing the husband from his home. Justice Clarkson notes the verdict supports equal rights under the statute.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Ira Brewer
Dora Brewer
Cabbarus County Superior Court
Clarkson
Brewer
Final report on illiteracy elimination in Oua chita parish
The 1930 effort led by Superintendent T O Brown reports 1 268 diplomas issued from 1 944 participants in adults only literacy classes for blacks. Brown hails the parish as among the best in Louisiana while Dr M S Robinson from Baton Rouge heads a state illiteracy initiative nationwide.
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Ouachita Parish
State Department of Education
Baton Rouge
T. O. Brown
Brown
Louisiana
M. S. Robinson
State Department
Secretary Hyde Hooks Eight Sharks In Texas Catch
In Port Arthur on May 15 Arthur M. Hyde secretary of agriculture reeled in an 8 foot 5 inch shark and soon eight more sharks were hauled ashore. The event drew a crowd and included children observing the catch.
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Port Arthur
Texas
Arthur M. Hyde
Secretary of Agriculture
Kin Accused in Arkansas Torch Murder
Augusta Arkansas May 15 three men and a woman were arrested and charged with murder in the death of Stanley Bud Holmes 31 whose charred body was found May 1 beside a highway near Hunter. Elmer Holmes 35 his wife 25 Tom Rodges 50 and Lee Coleman 30 were named. Sheriff R H Smith said family quarrels were the motive Holmes had been attentive to Mrs Elmer Holmes and his neck was broken by a heavy instrument and body partly burned.
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Augusta
Ark
Stanley
Bud) Holmes
Hunter
Elmer Holmes
Tom Rodges
Lee Coleman
Holmes
Rodges
Coleman
R. H. Smith
Stanley Holmes
Alabama Labor Unions Oust Two State Officers
The Alabama Federation of Labor voted to oust President J Lon Hurst and Secretary Glenn M Griffin by a wide margin. R C Story of Montgomery was chosen president and J C Reaves of Anniston named secretary. The federation moved its headquarters from Birmingham to Montgomery amid charges against the ousted leaders.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama Federation of Labor
J. Lon Hurst
Glenn M. Griffin
Federation
Birmingham
Montgomery
R. C. Story
Hurst
J. C. Reaves
Anniston
Griffin
Mobile
State Federation
Ouachita Prisoner Paroled by State Board in May Meeting
The Louisiana state board of parole granted parole to 13 convicts at the May regular meeting. The list includes seven white men and six Black inmates, with names and paroled districts such as George Smith Washington parish and Sidney Reine Orleans.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State Board of Parole
George Smith
Washington Parish
Sidney Reine
Orleans
Reister LeBlanc
Lafayette
E. L. Collins
Winn
Willie Taylor
Paul DeBore
Ascension
James Beecham
Caddo
Eddie Williams
Charles Johnson
W. C. Summerlin
Ouachita
Wallace Burrows
Calcasieu
Janie Graham
East Carroll
Harold Taylor
Louisiana messenger meeting on prohibition stance called
New Orleans May 15 The Reverend FE O Ware of Alexandria state missionary at the Southern Baptist convention today urged all Louisiana messengers to attend a late day meeting to decide a stand on prohibition measures introduced if the gap is miglators.
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New Orleans
FE. O. Ware
Alexandria
Southern Baptist Convention
Louisiana
Methodist bishop to stand trial for stock market speculations
In Dallas on May 15 a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South says the episcopacy committee decided Bishop James Cannon Jr of Washington DC should face trial over stock market speculation. In Whitesburg Kentucky a 22 year old man was killed and an 18 year old wounded last night while walking with their sweethearts. In Jackson Mississippi census workers announce population of 48298 for the capital city, up 111.7 percent since 1920. In Honolulu a sergeant died in a forced bombing plane landing between Maui and Hawaii. ten others were saved.
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Dallas
Texas
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
James Cannon, Jr
Washington, D. C
Whitesburg
R. H. Holbrook, Jr
Charlie Adams
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Honolulu
Joe Becker
Lake Field
Here
Maui
Hawaii
Army
Navy Air Service
Local action planned to cope with Jake paralysis crisis
Emergency conference led by Dr. J A O Hara and city officials outlined coping steps for the Jake paralysis issue. They discussed funding for hospitalization of fake victims with Governor Long backing a state match, with a tentative fund target of 2500 dollars. Representative T T Webb expected to report further developments.
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Jake
J. A. O'Hara
Louisiana State Board of Health
Bernstein
D. J. Hirsch
City Board of Health
A. G. McHenry
Parish Board of Health
J. W. Williams
Parish
John O'Neill
O'Hara
Long
T. T. Webb
Bill Approves Mississippi Tributary Flood Claims Aid
The House flood control committee approved the Ragon bill to reimburse levee districts on Mississippi river tributaries for emergency flood control work during 1927 and after. Funds would come from the $5,000,000 emergency flood control fund. current law bars such expenditure on tributaries.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ragon
House Flood Control Committee
Pastor-Lawmaker Seeks Death Penalty for Armed Robbery
In Baton Rouge on May 15 the State House reports a bill to turn armed robbery into a capital crime. Rev. James L. Anderson plans to introduce the Moses-based measure in the Senate, applying death to any hold-up burglary or robbery committed with a deadly weapon.
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United Press State House
Baton Rouge
Moses
Senate
James L. Anderson
Long recalls district clerk election date in St. Martin
Governor Huey P. Long issues proclamation amending the special election for St. Martin clerk of court from June 24 to July 22 due to the death of incumbent A. F. Domengeaux. The move changes the ballot timing and preserves the vacancy.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
St. Martin
A. F. Domengeaux
Senate bill called dangerous enemy of society
The senator minister described the bill as society’s most dangerous enemy. Moses warned that if one man’s blood is spilled, then another will be spilled in return. The bill was to be introduced when the legislature reconvenes after a weekend holiday as most lawmakers had returned to their homes. Governor Huey P. Long was mentioned in the context.
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Moses
House
Senate
Huey P. Long
Baseball Schedule Shows Postponements Across Leagues
National League games postponed due to rain include Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Brooklyn at Cincinnati and New York at St Louis. American League matches delayed with St Louis at New York and Detroit at Boston postponed by rain while Chicago at Philadelphia and Cleveland at Washington have clearing or daylight conditions with start times listed.
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National League
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Long Forces Too Weak to Change La. Constitution
Baton Rouge May 15 The first week of the Louisiana legislature ends amid clashes between administration and anti administration forces for control in both houses with administration leaders gaining the speaker’s favor. The house shows a slight working majority but no two thirds to amend the constitution. 88 house bills and 33 senate measures await action as lawmakers face highways tick eradication finances and a repeal of state prohibition law.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Fournet
House
Senate
Assembly
Representative Wingrave
Calvin K. Schwing
Congress
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