Milner seeks grand jury probe of Louisiana highway commission
Baton Rouge May 18 A planned audit by auditors detectives and lawyers will scrutinize the Louisiana highway commission from top to bottom following reports of truck purchases near bankruptcy and alleged overcharges. Milner urges a grand jury investigation as the method to uncover truth. The resignations of Major Payne and former Governor Pleasant take effect Monday. new commissioners will be sworn in and the probe starts Tuesday.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Louisiana State Department
Huey P. Long
P. M. Atkins
Monroe
O. K. Allen
J. N. Nugent
Milner
P. M. Milner
Motor League of Louisiana
Chef Menteur
Rigolets
Payne
Frank T. Payne
Ruffin G. Pleasant
Major Payne
Pleasant
Simpson
Eight year old Bruno Bogdon causes police chase with tales
Chicago youngsters Bruno Bogdon and missing John Pyrek, both eight, sparked a citywide manhunt after Bruno gave three stories. One led railroad officials to search box cars, another suggested a sand slide grave at a gravel yard, and renewed hope faded as no trace of John appeared.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Bruno Bogdon
Bruno
John Pyrek
John
Firs
Stanley Pyrek
Northwestern Railrad Pampany
Primary Election Results For Chamber Of Commerce Boards
The Chamber of Commerce announces candidates for its senior and junior boards. Senior board nominees include W. H. Anders John Breard I. T. Davis T. E. Flournoy John Foster W. E. Lamb Sig Masur F. F. Millsaps C. W. Mitchell for Monroe and West Monroe contenders C. C. Bell J. G. Cobb E. S. Eby J. W. Knowles. Ballots mailed to members today.
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Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Anders
John Breard
I. T. Davis
T. E. Flournoy
John Foster
W. E. Lamb
Sig Masur
C. W. Mitchell
West Monroe
C. C. Bell
J. G. Cobb
E. S. Eby
J. W. Worthington
Gordon Wright
F. L. Jones
E. G. Humble
Alfred Jenkins
J. H. Watkins
Monroe
Woman Fleeing Life Term Over Brew Offense
Chicago reports a 40 year old Mrs. Tokarz of Muskegon Michigan fled to avoid a life sentence after police found a home brew at her residence. Authorities note she has three prior liquor law convictions in Michigan and feared harsher punishment. Her husband’s calls aided investigators leading to her arrest in Chicago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mary ‘Tokarz
Muskegon
Mich
Fred Palm
Michigan
Datory
Palm
Police guard judge and juror in McLaughlin era case
In Chicago on May 18 a judge and a juror received police protection after threats tied to the Eugene Red McLaughlin highway robbery trial. Judge John P. McGoorty and juror Fred W. Eicke faced gang pressure and a bomb at Eicke's home as authorities raise the bail on McLaughlin's band to a record 100000 dollars.
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Chicago
John P. McGoorty
Criminal Court
Eugene
Red) McLaughlin
Fred W. Eicke
McLaughlin
Eicke
MecGoorty
Robert McLaughlin
Red
Checker Cab Company
Robert Newman
New York
Newman
Francis Healy
Jewelers’ Association
Healy
Red McLaughlin
Bank cashier robber found guilty in Gretna trial
Willis was found guilty by a district court jury at Gretna of holding up a Metair Bank cashier and stealing 2976.65. The crime carried a maximum sentence of twenty years. Also included are Kentucky Derby entries and British women's golf title result from May 18.
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New Orleans
Willis
Gretna
Metair Bank
Rain Delays Gotham Lightweight Championship Bout
Sammy Mandell and Jimmy McLarnin will defend and challenge for the lightweight title in New York amid rain delays. Tex Rickard arranged a second weigh in with the New York State Athletic Commission as weather postponed last night’s bout, risking posted 135 pound limit. Mandell shed a quarter and McLarnin faced similar weigh in uncertainties as forecasts warned of more delays and possible eligibility issues.
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Associated Press
New York
Tex Rickard
Sammy Mandel
Jimmy McLarnin
Boxing Commission
McLarnin
Mandell
New York State Athletic Commission
Gallion man wounded in shotgun incident refuses to name shooter
Hank Spencer a Gallion farmer in a hospital dying from a stomach wound sustained Wednesday night from a shotgun blast. He refuses to identify who fired the shot, saying a friend caused the injury and expressing a wish to die without naming the shooter. W. E. Sisson of Gallion reportedly drove Spencer to the sanitarium.
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Hank Spencer
Gallion
St. Francis Sanitarian
W. E. Sisson
Morehouse Parish
Spencer
Sisson
Dirigible Italia Returns After 2000-Mmile Lenin Land Flight
The Italia reached Kings Bay base at 9:15 a.m. after an almost sixty eight hour flight covering about 2000 miles. It departed Kings Bay Tuesday at 1:20 p.m. on the exploratory journey to Lenin Land in clear weather.
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Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Lenin Land
Musings on a Mule’s Bold Brag and Charm
In dialect prose a young mule boasts of spirit and grit claiming he can outmuscle an older mule yet fears a kiss from a dogeared charm. The playful narrator mirrors frontier life with humor and bravado.
Bombing targets New York executioner Robert Elliott home
The Queensborough Long Island house of Robert Elliott, official executioner for five states who pulled Sacco and Vanzetti’s switch, was bombed. His family escaped injury as windows and the porch were destroyed by a timed blast. Police suspect Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers. a new guard was ordered.
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New York
Robert Elliott
Sacco and Vanzetti
Elliott
Queensborough
Long Island
Sacco-Vanzetti
Sacco
Vanzetti
Boston
New York Police
Ruth Snyder
Snyder-Gray
Sing-Sing Prison
Dean of I. W. W. dies in exile in Soviet city
William Big Bill Haywood, a founder of the I. W. W., dies in Moscow after a long illness. He had long been associated with the union movement and spent years in exile, dying in the Soviet capital.
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Soviet City
Associated Press
Moscow
William “Big Bill” Haywood
United States
Outlay Approved for Seventeen Million Building Program
The appropriations committee recommended $17,513,500 for work on 99 public buildings nationwide in the second deficiency appropriation bill. The funds, part of a larger $290,000,000 program, aim to advance construction and related projects across the country.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Fists Kill Man in Fight Over Woman
Washington May 18 A quarrel over a woman's affections ends in the death of Charles Fitzhugh Payne fifty auditor of the federal tariff commission and the detention of Wilbur Kellogg thirty four attorney in district jail Kellogg says the fight grew from alleged attentions to the estranged wife of Kellogg as they moved from Payne s apartment to the lobby and upstairs where Payne briefly revived before dying
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles Fitzhugh Payne
Federal Tariff Commission
Wilbur Kellogg
Payne
Kellogg
Louis Lawrence
Growing Pains as Jackson Parish Capital Emerges
A travelogue traces a route from Monroe to the Southern Advance Bag and Paper plant in Hodge Jackson Parish. It notes Jonesboro’s rise as parish seat driven by the new plant and its impact on surrounding Bienville Winn areas with Hodge drawing commerce and prestige.
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Sylvan Scenic Beauty
Hodge
Jackson Parish
Southern Advance Bag & Paper Company, Inc
Ouachita River
Monroe
Ruston Road
West Monroe
Eros
Chatham
Jonesboro
Jackson
Bienville
Winn Parishes
Hodge-Hunt Lumber Company
Thief Steals Cash From Doctor Graves Office Safe
A thief entered Dr. J. Q. Graves's eighth floor office in the Ouachita National Bank building last night and took between 125 and 150 dollars from the steel safe. Mrs. Sallie Meredith says doors were locked and entry was via skeleton or master key or a key for the door. Entrance was gained by knocking off the combination and prying open the cash drawer, mostly money from advance Redpath Chautauqua ticket sales.
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J. Q. Graves
Ouachita National Bank
Sallie Meredith
Dr. Graves
Graves
Meredith
Trainor Cleared in 1922 Auto Theft Indictment
W. M. Trainor, indicted in 1922 for stealing a car belonging to his stepson Henry Curry, was tried and acquitted in district court this morning. The sheriff's department noted the outcome.
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W. M. Trainor
Henry Curry
Trainor
Sheriff's Department
Manic disturbance ends in double murder in Lufkin
Officers report a fatal assault in a house where the Laing family was staying. John Morrow, a carpenter, found Laing dead with a battered head and his wife and two sons injured. a baby is said to be unharmed. An iron bar and a fleeting statement from a victim are the only clues as investigators question two men mentioned in the report. The Laings had just moved into the building under a supervisor.
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Associated Press
Lufkin
Texas
John Morrow
Penter
Laing
Mra
John Srey
Robert
Palr
Texas storms and fires raise deaths and damage across oil country
A string of May storms in the southwest killed three people and left several seriously hurt in Texas and Oklahoma. Flooding, tornado damage in Thackerville, Oklahoma, and oil storage fires near Midl Burnett, Texas, prompted firefighting efforts and disrupted trains while crews worked to drain oil tanks.
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Tallas
Texas
Thackerville
Okla
Oklahoma
Midl Burnett
North
Sco:ists
Woman seeks $820 pay from Governor Smith campaign
A Los Angeles woman, Fiorence Gilmour, campaigns inquiry into who owes her 820 dollars for work she says she did in Governor Alfred E. Smith’s California presidential primary campaign. The article notes the emerging dispute as the primary moves forward.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Alfred E. Smith
New York
California
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