Mysterious gangster tied to Lindbergh case sought by New Jersey police
A police bulletin calls a Maryland gangster the possible Lindbergh kidnap link and notes the man claimed the child was dead before the body was found. Col. Schwarzkopf disclosed the hunt as investigators pursue leads in New Jersey and Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
N. J
Maryland
Col
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Dr. Condon
Jassie
New Rochelle
John
Joseph Perrone
Criminal Rogues Gallery
New York City
Central Bureau of Identification
State Police
Trenton
King
Lindbergh
Schwarzkopf
Baltimore
New Jersey
Rambling Tales From Towns and People in East Texas
Little Walter Hastings in Longview, aged four, fell ill and faced a three day bed rest inducing a desire to escape. Eunice residents discuss unusual water cravings post appendectomy. Mrs. H P Smith pursues journalism dreams. Louis Lock’s gasser tale ends in a humorous miscue over a telephone. Henderson memories reveal a century old home still standing. Henderson is booming with oil prosperity while a South Side household consumes 12 dozen eggs weekly before tire of them.
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Walter Hastings
Longview
Texas
Welter Reynolds
H. P. Smith
Claiborne
Louis Lock
Spyker
Lock
Travis Oliver
Louie
Travis
Louis
South Side
Trans Atlantic Aviator George Endres Killed in Crash
Captain George Endres, famed for crossing the Atlantic in 1931, died in a brief practice flight near Littorio air field in Rome. He had arrived for the transatlantic airmen convention and was to take part in a dress rehearsal with Italian air forces for an upcoming air circus. His Hungarian mechanic also perished when the motor cut out during ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
George Endres
Atlantic
Budapest
Littorio Air Field
Endres
Pacific
Socialist Party Holds National Convention in Milwaukee
About 300 delegates from 43 states gather at the Milwaukee Auditorium to shape the party platform and nominate a presidential candidate. Morris Hillquit chairs as Norman Thomas is favored to lead. Meta Berger’s vice presidential candidacy is discussed for tomorrow’s nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Socialist Party
America
Morris Hillquit
New York
National Executive Committee
National Committee
Norman Thomas
Governor Allen reviews early legislature as session opens
Baton Rouge reports Governor Allen returns from the first two weeks of the session to study 73 house bills and 32 senate measures. Taxation emerges as a key issue with two income tax proposals and a tick eradication funding bill among the revenue measures. The adjournment to Monday 8 pm allows time to assess scope and impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
K. Allen
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Senate
House
John T. Hood
Jefferson Davis
H. W. Leuissier
Catahoula
George Lester
West Feliciana
Joint Bible Class Meeting Scheduled in Monroe
Monroes men’s Bible classes plan a joint service at the Paramount theater on May 29 with Rev. Frank Tripp of St. Joseph Missouri as speaker. Tripp will deliver the graduation address at parish high school Friday and stay to speak to the city’s men.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Paramount Theater
Frank Tripp
St. Joseph, Mo
First Baptist Church
Tripp
Parish
Harry Rice
Trinp
American Legion Post
Charles Evans
Pine Bladk
Oliver B. Morton
L. A. Stuke
Land donated on west side for levee system
West Monroe flood control plans advance as land along the riverfront may be donated for rights of way. E O Smith reportedly offers 600 feet of frontage, with others expected to follow. A flood protection system including the Brown paper mill could raise local property values by at least 25 percent as U S engineers survey the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
E. O. Smith
Brown Paper
United States Engineers
West Side
T. B. Larkin
Vicksburg
Riley J. Wilson
Wilson
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
West
National Credit Men to Speak at Noon Meeting
Earl Wright field secretary of the National Retail Credit Association will address a Monroe gathering of business and professional men at Hotel Virginia on Wednesday noon. Wright, from Ionia Michigan, covers Michigan Indiana Western Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Maryland and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Wright
National Retail Credit Association
Monroe
Virginia
H. B. Ryland
Credit Men's Association
Wright
Ionia
Mich
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Maryland
Ryland
Ionia Chamber of Commerce
Ionia Credit Exchange
National Association
Derby Physician Beaten and Robbed in Orange Abduction
Dr Royal Pinney a wealthy New Haven physician and Miss Agnes O Neil were attacked near a side road in Orange. Bandits beat Pinney and robbed him of 15 dollars and his watch before kidnapping O Neil and fleeing. Pinney later reached Derby police with a split lip and a knocked out tooth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby. Conn
Royal Pinney
New Haven
Agnes O'Neil
Orange
Miss O'Neil
Dr. Pinney
Derby
Poppy Day Sale in Monroe Proves Successful
The Monroe Legion auxiliary held its annual poppy day sale with many members and junior auxiliaries selling the crimson flowers. Mrs. J. E. Lockwood chaired the event, with teams led by Mrs. Charles M. Mitchell and others. Flowers were made at Alexandria Veterans Hospital for the first time, and each item cost three cents with proceeds to fund child welfare work locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Post
J. E. Lockwood
Charles M. Mitchell
Mae F. Meyer
Mae Faulk
Morton Myatt
F. B. Neely
W. F. Sackett
L. McCarthy
Veteran's Hospital
Alexandria
Mitchell
Mills declines to approve senate relief program
Secretary Mills said he could not approve the 2.3 billion dollar relief plan advanced by the Democratic senate committee but did not indicate which fractions faced administration objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mills
Democratic Committee of the Senate
C P Hill Dies in Bridge Jump at West Monroe
Charles Perry Hill 40 a maintenance worker for Southern Bell jumped from Monroe traffic bridge into the Ouachita River at 8 55 this morning and was drowned. Firemen and American Legion workers recovered his body around 10 o clock. He leaves a widow and four children, plus his father and brother. The family home is 802 South Third Street, West Monroe. He had worked for the telephone company for 15 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Perry Hill
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Monroe
Ouachita River
American Legion
Hill
Charles
Norma Lee
Carl Edwin
James Clifton
Jack Hill
Aberdeen
Miss
Baton Rouge
South Third Street
West Monroe
Telephone Company
Mayor Walker Ordered Before Body For Probe
New York May 21. Mayor James J. Walker faces a city investigation panel over travel abroad in 1927 and a 40 day California trip tied to a $10,000 credit letter. Samuel Seabury presented the document and a related overdrawn account as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James J. Walker
California
Tom Mooney
Bus Corporation
City Investigation Committee
Samuel Seabury
Hofstadter
Debonair
Paris
Seabury
J. Allan Smith
Gaspal Motors Company
Mid-West
Ricard A. Hunter
Equitable Trust Company
Smith
City
Walker
Managua Feels Slight Earthquake Saturday
An earthquake lasting about three seconds shook Managua at 5 10 am EST causing fear but no damage. Nearby cities including Leon Chinandega and Corinto also reported a sharp but non damaging shock along a line northwest of the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Leon
Chinandega
Corinto
Hawaii federal control measures denounced by Hawaii's governor
Governor Lawrence Judd warned the three proposed federal control measures for Hawaii would bring “no greater disaster” to the nation, a Senate Territories Committee report released today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hawaii
Lawrence Judd
Senate Territories Committee
Long-burning coal mine fire scars Alabama field
In Coal City Alabama a miner bent on revenge set a blaze 30 years ago. The underground fire smolders under about 30 acres, consuming an estimated million tons of coal with no clear end in sight. Air supply and craters complicate efforts to halt the blaze.
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Coal City
Ala
North
Alabama
Garrett Announces Bid for Fifth Louisiana District Seat
David J. Garrett district attorney of Morehouse and Ouachita parishes announces his candidacy for United States representative in Louisiana's fifth district. The 39 year old Tulane and LSU graduate has served three terms as DA and previously fought in World War I. If elected, the governor would appoint a temporary successor until a special election. Incumbent Riley J. Wilson from Ruston is expected to seek re election.
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David J. Garrett
Morehouse
Ouachita Parishes
United States
Louisiana
Garrett
Tulane
France
Franklin Garrett
Monroe
Riley J. Wilson
Ruston
Congress
Wilson
Amelia Earhart Putnam Becomes First Woman to Fly Solo Across Atlantic
Amelia Earhart Putnam lands her red and gold monoplane near Gough Foyle after a Newfoundland to Londonderry flight of about 1300 miles in 15 hours 39 minutes. Exhaust problems and a broken gasoline gauge forced a shortened voyage. she is uninjured and reports to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Putnam
Culmore
Ulster
Ireland
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Donegal
Gough Foyle
Atlantic
Ocean
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
le Bourget
France
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Londonderry
London
George Palmer Putnam
New York
Men Entombed in Chile Tunnel Rescued After 100 Hours
Forty-two workers trapped for a hundred hours in Las Rabes tunnel near Temuco Chile were recovered today. Most were unable to walk initially but all were expected to survive. The group endured bitter cold and hunger with recent torrential rains flooding the tunnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temuco
Chile
Las Rabes
Baccalaureate Exercises Sunday for Parish High
Ouachita parish high school announces 201 seniors will receive diplomas at commencement. The baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Ernest Duncan Holloway is at 3 pm Sunday at Ouachita Parish Junior College auditorium. Class officers include Sam McClary president and Darnell Witt secretary. Dorothy Flanagan valedictorian and Mildred Elliott salutatorian. Class colors rose and silver. flower sweet pea. motto To strive to seek to find and not to yield.
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Ouachita Parish
Jack Hayes
Ouachita Parish Junior College
Ernest Duncan Holloway
Monroe First Presbyterian Church
Parish School
Sam McClary
Darnell Witt
Olive Hodge
Ralph Alphonse Randon
Dorothy Flanagan
Mildred Elliott
Jeffie Aaron
Asa Albright
Joseph Amman
Norma Juanita Anethony
Willie Travis Arledge
Virginia Marie Aswell
Cline Averett
Anna Adorastene Balch
Ella Ruth Banigeter
Kitty Barr
Mary Lee Bates
Mary Elsie Bell
Wiliam Albert Bickham, Jr
Mary Madgelene Bickham
William L. Black
Alice Bland
Lavergne Bonne
Charles Alvin Boyd Jr
Oliver W. Boyd
Ernest A. Bradley, Jr
Doyce Brantley
Jessie Edna Brinson
Martha Oleta Britton
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Ripley's
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G. B. Cooley
Captain Cooley
R. H. Oliver, Sr
Henderson
Oliver
East Texas
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Allen
Mississippi
St. Louis
Everereene
Memphis
Bereees
Arkansas City
Vicksburger
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Angola
Eeee
Ere Rey
Cumberland
Nashville
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Beh Adeene
Tennessee— Chattanooga
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Aeenee
Little Rock
Red
Shreveport Tettwwne
Oquachita
Camden Erereere
Monroe Vreeeseees MO
C. B. Farguheau
Ruth Wood
Richmond
National Credit
Ionia, Mich
Associated Credit Bureaus of
Michigan
Tri-State Conference
J. FE. Lockwood
C. P. Hill
Legion Squad
New York Executive
David I. Garrett
U. S. House
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