Standard Oil executive in Baton Rouge kills son and self
Hugo Kohlmetz a Standard Oil executive in Baton Rouge killed his nine year old invalid son and then killed himself today amid despondency over stock market losses and ill health. He had a 20 year career with Standard Oil and recently returned to his old post after attempting stock speculation.
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United Press
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Standard Oi! Company
Standard Company
First Victim of Heat Wave in Middle West
Henry R. Stevens aged 70, father of Doris Stevens and former husband of Dudley Field Malone, collapsed while mowing the lawn at his Omaha home, the first heatwave fatality of 1930 in the Middle West. A two week cold spell was followed by a sudden rise to 84 degrees.
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Neb
Henry R. Stevens
Doris Stevens
Dudley Field Malone
Stevens
Earthquake Felt in Jerusalem and Nablus
A light earthquake was recorded in Jerusalem at 1 p m today with a similar tremor reported in Nablus, 33 miles north. Babe Ruth hit his seventh and eighth home runs of the season for the Yankees against the Athletics, driving in runs in the first and third innings.
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Nablus
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Yankees
Athletics
Memorial site purchase eyed by Police Jury in Monroe
In a morning session the Ouachita parish Police Jury signaled support for buying the McGuire property on Grand Street as Fort Miro memorial grounds, conditional on Monroe's equal funding. The move drew backing from chambers and civic leaders while some jurors voiced opposition.
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McGuire
Grand Street
Fort Miro
Chamber of Commerce
Guy Stubbs
C. E. Slade
T. E. Flournoy
George Weaks
Frank P. Stubbs
J. T. Lionsdale
Stubbs
Parish
Arrest of Two Young White Men May Solve Alabama Payroll Crime
Butler police in Birmingham report two young white men arrested in Louisville Kentucky with $10,000 in small currency linked to the 18 000 Goodyear payroll robbery at Gadsden Alabama on April 30. Authorities say photographs and bank notes tied to Atlanta Federal Reserve and First National Bank of Birmingham prompted requisitions as officers head to Kentucky to transport the suspects back to Gadsden.
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Birmingham
Ala
Louisville
Gadsden
Atlanta Federal Reserve
First National Bank of
Kentucky
Lower House Opens Meet Today With Jovial Mood
The Louisiana House met in a light mood as Rep L M Spencer of Madison introduced House Bill 213 to fund a new state house and a governor's mansion tunnel with Mississippi driftwood. The bill sets permit rules and directs proceeds to a state house fund, with a three-member safeguards committee. The session also notes Bayou Sara’s defunct status and references a Senate-passed Gamble bill on distributing interest from a $20 000 federal aid.
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House of Representatives
L. M. Spencer
Madison
Mississippi
Baton, Rouge
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Ernor
State House Fund
Bayou Sara
Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board
State Board of Liquidation
House
Senate
Dupre Urges Solon to Pray Alone in Louisiana House
Baton Rouge May 21 Judge Gilbert L Dupre of St Landry says in a formal statement that he would recommend more private prayer by Louisiana legislators instead of the daily minister led invocations. He argues ministers profit from the prayers while reforms in morals and conduct remain absent. the practice is termed a joke and a tale of state paying the fiddler.
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News-Star
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Pratt
Morehouse
Arkansas
Associated Press
Gilbert L. Dupre
St. Landry
Novelist Katharine Hopkins Chapman Dies In Selma Hospital
Katharine Hopkins Chapman author of several novels and many stories died at Baptist hospital Selma at 11 a m after suffering a paralytic stroke the previous night.
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Selma
Ala
Katherine Hopkins Chapman
Baptist Hospital
Hambore's Meditations by J. P. Alley
A brief fragment presents a humorous monologue about music and simple tools. The speaker notes the ironies of modern sounds and crafts, with a rustic cadence and playful rhythm.
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Hambore's Meditations
J. P. Alley
Long Fight 10 Save Laurel Woman Fails Heart Action
Mrs. Jessie Blackledge dies after a nine hour effort by volunteers from power and telephone workers city firefighters and police in Laurel Mississippi. She had been in a nearly unconscious state for weeks after a stroke tied to expectancy. Surgeons had sought to relieve her condition when the fatal stroke occurred.
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Associated Press
Laurel
Jessie Blackledge
Power and Telephone Companies
House Pays Honor to Solon Who Died in Office in 1929
Baton Rouge May 21 The state house of representatives suspended business to hold memorial services for the late Dan F. Ashford of Tensas a long time legislator who died in office last year. Speakers praised his career and service to the state as he stood before his desk with a basket of gladiolus and Easter lilies.
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Baton Rouge
State House of Representatives
Dan F. Ashford
Tensas
Legitlature
S. O. Shattuck
Calcasieu
A. F. Frymore
New Orleans
Harrison Jordan
Richland
W. R Cutter
Tangipahoa
Dancer Mary Rizzo Walks 12 Broadway Blocks on Toes
New York dancer Mary Rizzo performed an extraordinary feat by moving on her toes along Broadway for 12 blocks, a groundbreaking act in the city’s dance scene.
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New York
Mary Rizzo
Broadway
Senate affirms Long appointee to Drew's seat
The Louisiana Senate confirmed Governor Long's appointment of J. Frank McInnis as judge of the 26th Judicial District for Bossier and Webster parishes replacing Harmon C. Drew who became a circuit court of appeals judge. The move ends a lengthy dispute over gubernatorial appointment authority during a vacancy.
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Circuit Court of Appeals
Second Circuit
Long
Supreme Court
Caddo
26Th
McInnis
Flood threat prompts levee strengthening in Red River Parish
Red River is predicted to rise to 38 feet at Shreveport by May 28, a foot below flood stage, prompting urgency in Red River parish south of Shreveport. Armistead reports a six foot emergency levee completed, 25000 sacks of sand used near Westdale, and residents and railroad workers reinforcing the East Point levee after a morning rise.
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Weather Bureau
Red River
Shreveport
Red River Parish
Armistead
Westdale
Parish
East Point
Lake Pontchartrain yields body of drowned youth
Stormy waters of Lake Pontchartrain calmed and yielded the body of William Gillen, 16, missing since Sunday after a boat accident near Spanish Fort. His companion Edward Delaney remains missing. the 10 foot hydroplane Flaming Youth was not found.
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Lake Pontchartrain
William Gillen
Spanish Fort
Edward Delaney
Gillen
Cabaret singer aids police in hunt for Toledo racketeer
The Chicago bound cabaret singer known as Mrs Harry Marshman arrived to help police trace Harry Anthony a Toledo racketeer missing since May 7. She denies taking his car and says they sought a marriage license but lacked divorce papers. She says she is estranged from her husband and that Anthony told her he was a gambler.
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Chicago
Harry Marshman
Harry Anthony
Toledo
Canton
Northwestern
Anthony
Mickey
Michaelena O'Halloran
Bessie
Prominent Arkansas Lawyer Dies at Home in Marion
Col. L. P. Berry aged 76 longtime Arkansas attorney died at his Marion home after two months illness of influenza. Survived by widow two sons and three daughters. Born 1854 in Marion he spent his life in law. Served two terms in state legislature and active in civic affairs. Noted for involvement in county politics and a 1928 Barton Carlin audit revealing a $168,000 county books shortage.
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Co. Berry
Barton-Carlin
Crittenden County
Virginian Commander Leads Delegation to Biloxi Reunion
Virginia Commander William McK Evans of the United Confederate Veterans will head the Virginian delegation to the fortieth annual reunion in Biloxi Mississippi.
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Memphis
Tenn
Rice A. Pierce
Tennessee Division
United Confederate Veterans
Biloxi
Miss
William McK. Evans
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Prosecution Death Cloud for Hayden Case
In Bastrop on May 21 the state faced uncertainty as to how the death of Dr. M. J. Ducommon would affect the murder trial of Ellis Hayden for poisoning his wife Lavinia. The physician, a key state witness, was found dead in his office and his autopsy was ordered as the trial was continued.
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M. J. Ducommon
Ellis Hayden
Lavinia Hayden
Ducommen
Hayden
Alleged Bandit's Legs Exhibit at Orleans Murder Trial
Roy Montgomery, a New Orleans gangster, was compelled to parade bare legs before the jury in a criminal district court. Prosecutors used the display to support witness Charles Rower's testimony that the bandit showed muscular legs while leaning over during a drug store holdup on October 8, 1929. Defense objected, but the judge overruled.
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Associate Press
New Orleans
Criminal District Court
Roy Montgomery
Albert Grossiman
Charles RK. Rower
Rower
Liquidation Board Debate Shapes Loan Oversight in Legislature
Lawmakers debate state liquidation board powers as bills seek to cap borrowing at 100000 in grave emergencies and require records on absentee ballots. The measures aim to regulate loans totaling 1750000 negotiated last year and to define what constitutes grave emergencies for board action.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
State Board of Liquidation
Senate
Sanders
East Baton Rouge
House
John Caffery
St. Mary
Huey P. Long
Board of Liquidation
Dore
Evangeline
Sanders Hill
Duncan Named New Postmaster in Shreveport
Shreveport May 21 Carey P. Duncan local lumberman has been appointed acting postmaster at Shreveport succeeding Clem Clarke who resigned Notice from Postmaster General Walter P. Brown confirms the ap pointment Duncan is among about thirty applicants to the civil service commission for the postmastership here.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Carey P. Duncan
Clem §& Clarke
Walter P. Brown
Duncan
Civil Service Commission
Legislature in Brief House Bills introduced
House bills listed include H B 207 208 Lyons and Shat tuck placing highway in Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis parishes, H B 209 210 211 212 Sayes and Drouin taking over highways in Avoyelles parish, H B 213 Spencer collecting driftwood from the Mississippi River for building a new capital, H B 214 225 Sayes and Drouin taking over an Avoyelles highway, H B 216 Hawkins taking over a highway in Red River parish, H B 217 Gianeloni taking over highway in Assumption parish, H B 218 Gianelloni curatorship for incompetent who are veterans and tutors for their children, SB 61 Delahoussaye empowering courts to appoint curators for incompetents who are veterans, SB 62 Delahoussaye reimbursing property owners who pay paving costs on state highways, SR 63 Delahoussaye validating marriages of first cousins contracted where one party is a non resident, SB 64 Brooks dedicating Lake Bruin fish hatchery to the federal government, SB 65 Delahoussaye permitting ... CONTINUED ON PAGE
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Calcasieu
Jefferson Davis Parish
Sayes and Drouin
Avoyelles Parish
Spencer
Mississippi River
Avoyelles
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Red River Parish
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Assumption Parish
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Louisiana Highway Commission
Brooks
Lake Bruin Fish Hatchery
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