Fatal Arkansas fishing trip tragedy ends with accidental shooting
Emmett Bernero, 20, was freed on murder charges after a preliminary hearing in Marion Arkansas. He testified the fatal shot that killed his 18 year old wife and expectant mother Gladys during a Bluehole fishing trip was accidental. His mother and other witnesses argued the couple idolized each other.
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United Press
Marion
Ark
Emmett Bernero
Bernero
Cecilia Bernero
Bluehole
Memphis
Squire A. L. Newman
Gladys
Tenn
Claude Cooper
Blue Hole
Cecelia Bernero
Emmett
Prohibition Agents Require Proof of Intent for Seizure
Commissioner Doran told prohibition agents that after the supreme court ruling upholding seizures of kegs bottles and labels used in making intoxicants the government must show those items were intended for use in the manufacture and sale of liquor before seizing them.
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Associated Press
Washington
Doran
Prohibition
Supreme Court
Police nab man for Huey P. Long street speech
In New Orleans on May 23 a 58 year old Black man, Ben Smith, was arrested for making a soap box speech in support of Huey P Long. He proclaimed Long is "all right" and will secure their place in Africa before a patrolman removed him. He faced a charge of disturbing the peace.
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New Orleans
Ben Smith
Huey P. Long
Huey Long
Smith
Africa
New Air Service Path Mapped Out by Airplane
A planning flight for a direct New Orleans to Dallas express service left New Orleans via Shreveport piloted by Jimmy Wedell of Wedell Williams Air Service. The seven passenger Lockheed Vega would reach Dallas around 12 50 with daily departures to Dallas and New Orleans at ten A M and a two P M arrival, plus brief Shreveport stops. Stops planned at Baton Rouge and Alexandria, top speed 180 miles per hour, cruising 150, with luxuriously furnished cabins.
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New Orleans
Dallas
Shreveport
Jimmy Wedell
Wedell-Williams Air Service, Inc
Baton Rouge
Alexandria
Methodist Women Granted Equal Rights in Ministry
Dallas May 23 The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South voted 174 to 159 to extend equal rights in the ministry to women. The bishops met to determine if the change is constitutional, which would require two-thirds of the general conference and three-fourths of the annual conferences.
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Dallas
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
College of Bishops
Ten years later kindness yields farm land bequest in Arkansas
Helena Ark May 23 United Press reports Miss Edda Ray Brooks who aided FE Hubbard ten years ago won a circuit court suit. The will provision now leaves her several thousand dollars in farm lands carried out by Hubbard's relatives.
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Helena
Ark
Edda Ray Brooks
FE. L. Hubbard
Life Size Television Images Shown On Screen
Dr. E F W Alexanderson predicts wide future uses for television from home entertainment to war applications after life size images premiered on a six foot screen. He notes a new entertainment technique and possible theater adaptation with political education and news commentary via television.
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Associated Press
Schenectady
N. Y
E. F. W. Alexanderson
Pr. Alexanderson
Anrmy
Will Rogers
Moving Picture Theatre
Attempt on Maltese Prime Minister Strickland at Valletta
In Maltese Valletta on May 25 Lord Strickland, prime minister, was shot at by a assailant as he entered the court of appeal. Three shots missed. a man named Miller was seized by police. Strickland is Catholic and the tension with the church over elections and transfers is noted.
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Associated Press
Valetta
Malta
Lord Strickland
Sizergh
Miller
Strickland
Court of Appeal
House of Commons
London
Sicily
States natural gasoline plants gain in capacity
Louisiana reports 43 absorption plants with a daily capacity of 331 750 gallons while Arkansas lists 11 plants at 106 500 gallons. Nationally 1 071 plants total 9 542 020 gallons daily, up from 1 124 plants at 8 695 727 gallons a year ago. The industry, less than 20 years old, now attracts nearly 0.5 billion dollars in investment and supplies about 11 percent of U S motor fuel.
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Louisiana
Oil and Gas Journal
Arkansas
The
United States
Levees Hold Against Rising Waters Near Shreveport
Shreve Island levee near Shreveport remained intact as five thousand residents in Broadmoor were told to stay safe. The Red River rose to 34.4 feet with floodwater spreading from Cross Lake spillway and Cross Bayou threatening nearby properties.
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Shreveport
Red River
Shreve Island
Broad Head
Levee Board
Broadmoor
Cross Lake
Cross Bayou
Agurs
Dixie Gardens
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley
A fragment from Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley presents a rustic collection of phrases and rhymes. The text features dialect rich lines about meeting every man and the notion of owing debts in a humorous storied voice.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Admitted Owner of Seized Booze Sentenced Here
The largest number of cases handled this term were disposed of in district court before Judge Percy Sandel. Peyton Jennings, a white man, pled guilty to possessing 180 gallons of whiskey and was sentenced to 60 days in parish jail and a $500 fine or an additional six months if the fine is unpaid. Jennings had surrendered the day after a raid on a Lee avenue house by Sheriff Coverdale and deputies.
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Otto Luttgeharn
Mary Valentine
Percy Sandel
Luttgehorn
Peyton Jennings
Jennings
Coverdale
Lee Avenue
Two Camden Bank Messengers Robbed of 6600 Satchel
In Camden Fairview section two robbers held up William C. Lloyd a bank messenger for West Jersey Trust Company and escaped with a satchel containing 6600 dollars.
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Associated Press
Camden
N. J
William C. Lloyd
West Jersey Trust Company
Fairview
Alexandria Believed In No Peril As Red River Rises
May 23 Alexandria central Louisiana reports the Red river rising to 34.8 feet, eight feet below the 1927 record. Levees remain in good shape though unprotected areas near the river flood gradually. A new protection levee along Bayou Rapides shores Alexandria to shield Rapides Island farming lands from overflow. Pineville also protected by a levee.
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Associated Press
Alexandria
Red River
Louisiana
Bayou Rapides
Atchafalaya
Bayou Boeuf Levee Board
Pineville
Pilot dies in attempted emergency landing near Crawfordville
Harold L. Mayer, pilot of a Chicago chartered airplane carrying a physician and a woman to Valdosta, Ga., was killed when engine trouble led to a forced landing near Wayne Town, Indiana. Mrs. Louis McCusker of Chicago was injured, Dr. Frederick Harvey sustained minor injuries, and Mayer’s skull fracture proved fatal minutes after the crash. The flight aimed to aid injured parents of Mrs. McCusker.
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Crawfordville
Ind
Harold L. Mayer
Valdosta
Louis McCusker
Chicago
Frederick Harvey
Harvey
Mayer
Lake Forest
Ill
Waynetown
Here
Jefferson Clear of Water Except in Negro Section
Jefferson Texas May 23 flood waters recede with only the Negro section still flooded. Refugees begin cleanup as return to homes starts. no sickness and water supply intact. All roads reopen except the highway to Marshall. Texas and Pacific railroad resumes service. conditions expected to normalize in a few days.
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Jefferson
Texas
Marshall
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Triple murder and suicide at Snyder farm in Harding
On a Sullivan trail farm in Harding near Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Ern est L Snyder 60 wealthy fruit grower shot his son in law his daughter and grandson before hanging himself in a garage The victims were Charles Shepherd 35 Mrs Madge Shepherd 32 and Ernest Shepherd 6 A farm hand found a note reading Call on the front porch signaling him to wake the family Heavy stock losses were cited as the motive in this fatal incident.
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Associated Press
Wilkesbarre, Ps
Ernest L. Snyder
Harding
Sullivan Trail
Here
Snyder
Charles Shepherd
Madge Shepherd
Ernest Shepherd
Poodle Dog Aids Alleged Bootlegger’s Escape in New Orleans
In New Orleans on May 28 a poodle dog helped Henry Johnson flee prohibition officers for the third time. An officer grasped his belt and another held his arm when Johnson bent to pet the dog. The dog distracted them, Johnson wriggled free, and escaped through a window to a roof and down an alley.
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New Orleans
Henry Johnson
Johnson
WIFE WILL RUN FOR GOVERNOR IN HIS STEAD
Former Texas governor James E. Ferguson says his wife Miriam A. Ferguson will seek the governorship in the Democratic primaries after the court ruled he is ineligible. The amnesty law from her administration and previous impeachment issues frame the move in a disqualified move context.
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Austin
Texas
James E. Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Supreme Court
Ferguson
Dan Moody
Democratic Executive Committee
Seven Seniors Seek Wealth as marriage motive at Southwestern
MEMPHIS Tenn May 23 Seven senior class members at Southwestern University would marry for wealth if given the chance An average of 25 percent of men and 23 percent of women chose the ages they would most likely marry Woodrow Wilson was named the greatest American of all time with Thomas Edison cited as the greatest living man in the poll.
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Memphis
Tenn
Southwestern University
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Edison
Can Still Die on Sunday
Birmingham pastors and undertakers urge the city to approve an ordinance banning funerals on Sundays urging religious observance and respect for the Sabbath in the city.
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United Press
Birmingham
Ala
City Commission
Anti-Administration Bills Added in Both Houses
Baton Rouge reports a surge of bills with 83 measures filed as the legislature approaches mid-session. The house saw 220 new introductions while the senate added 41 more, including highway bend plans, anti-racing legislation, loan limits, safeguards on state funds, and a prohibition on building roads by force accounts.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Bar Association
House
Senate
State Board of Liquidation
Louisiana Highway Commission
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