Hall bill bars resigning for state posts passes Senate
Baton Rouge May 27 Associated Press Hall bill to prohibit legislators from resigning seats to take remunerative posts in other branches of state government passed the Senate 25 to 13 after bitter debate. The final passage followed an amendment defeat 81 to 6.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Hall
Senate
Boone
Brennan
Brodkman
Brooks
Caffery
Cain
Facher
Gamble
P. S. Gilbert
Holcombe
Hughes
Huson
Johnson
King
Labbe
Larcade
Norwood
Oser
Redmond
Red Cross Promises Aid for Louisiana Flood Areas
Red Cross headquarters said two representatives of the national chapter would arrive in Natchitoches parish, Louisiana, late today to survey the situation. They acknowledged a telegram from Representative Aswell seeking aid for a thousand families and said any emergency would be addressed and aid provided.
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Associated Press
Washington
Red Cross
Natchitoches Parish
Louisiana
Aswell
Four Year Old Boy Run Over by Automobile In West Monroe
The four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W B George of 1108 Cypress Street West Monroe was run over by his father's car on Walnut Street near the American Express office. The child suffered possible internal injuries though no bones were broken. A blood test was planned as doctors assessed the extent of harm after the vehicle backed from the curb and the door swung open. The boy was taken to the Clinic for examination.
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W. B. George
Cypress Street
West Monroe
Mr. George
Orleans Man Kayoed in His Bedroom Robbed Early Today
Robert Rutherford a 46 year old resident of 2816 State street was assaulted by a burglar in his bedroom in New Orleans. He was knocked unconscious and relieved of 16 dollars after a struggle with a white burglar who fled over a back fence when a neighbor tried to intervene.
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Orleans
New Orleans
Robert Rutherford
State Street
Rutherford
Sheriff says Constable Johnson death caused by excitement
Water Valley Mississippi May 27 Sheriff C T Doyle reports he has heard eight to ten witnesses in the case of Constable G R Johnson who collapsed at a Britt farm dance Saturday night. Doyle says Johnson died from excitement not injuries and the case will be dropped.
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Miss
C. T. Doyle
G. R. Johnson
Yalobusha County
Britt Farm
Johnson
Denver Society Ladies Begin Week-Long Vacation Strike
Nine Denver matrons left for a country week with two unmarried friends after warning their husbands and nurses to stay away. They stayed at Mrs. Henry Swan’s Littleton estate, cutting all calls and disconnecting phones. A spokesman hinted at rope skipping and bridge as part of a planned seven day rest from routine city life.
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Colo
Denver Society
Iit
Henry Swan
Littleton
Swan
Henry
Red River Rises Nine Inches in Grant Parish
Reports from Colfax in Grant parish say the Red River rose at least nine inches in 12 hours and backwater covers the highway between Colfax and Bentley at Bayou Darrow. The flooded road cuts off Colfax access until the water recedes.
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Red River
Grant Parish
Alexandria
Colfax
Red
Bentley
Bayou Darrow
Bound With Own Best Neighbors Join Carolina Officers in Search
In Caswell county North Carolina officers with bloodhounds and a citizen crowd hunted an unidentified Black man accused of attacking a 19 year old farmer’s daughter near her home. Sheriff J Y Gatewood led the effort reporting the search was well in hand and no mob violence feared. The girl said a belt was used to seize her hands and she was gagged before being released while gathering strawberries.
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Associated Press
Yanceyville
N. C
Caswell County
J. Y. Gatewood
Simple Seeker Of Simple Life In Simple Role
Raymond Duncan leads 15 allies to the New York harbor in white robes to collect sea water in pails as a gesture for Gandhi and civil disobedience. The crowd, police, and bystanders label him and Isadora Duncan while he warns of passive resistance to traffic lights. He salutes the gathering before borrowing water from New York harbor.
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United Press
New York
Raymond Duncan
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Duncan
Isadora Duncan
Long Lance
Mahatma Ray
Fifth Avenue
Isadora
New York Harbor
Wall Street
Gandhi
Lindberghs Mark First Wedding Anniversary Quietly
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh and Anne Morrow quietly celebrate their first wedding anniversary in New Orleans on May 27. The couple wed last year after the New York to Paris flight, in Englewood New Jersey. They did not announce any plans for observance.
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New Orleans
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
New York
Paris
Dwight Morrow
Engilewood
N. J
Lindberghs
Legislature in Brief House Bills Introduced
A summary of H B 3809 to assign convicts to highway work in East and West Feliciana. H B 310 to take over a highway in East Feliciana. H B 311 and 312 to take over highways in Richland and other areas. H B 314 extends motor vehicle license payment to February 6. H B 315 seeks a ten mill school tax increase for St Tammany. H B 316 takes over three Lafourche highways. H B 817 continues on page ten.
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Bennett
East Feliciana
Louisiana State Penitentiary
East
West Feliciana Parish
East Feliciana Parish
Jordan
Richland Parish
Hawkins
Hemiter
Heintz
St. Tammany
Morvant
Senate Bill Introductions and Proposals
A batch of Senate bills listed by sponsor includes SB 76 prohibiting fireworks sales except under police supervision, SB 77 converting a Lafourche parish highway into state system, SB 78 and SB 79 addressing fire safety in public institutions and fire alarm boxes, SB 80 fixing the salary of the eight district attorney assistants, SB 81 repealing a franchise growth limit for cities over 100 000, SB 82 fixing the Louisiana Tax Commission salary, SB 83 removing real estate restrictions on banks, and SB 84 involving a measure by Fisher.
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Peltier
Lafourche Parish
Anderson
Fernandez
Peterman
Louisiana Tax Commission
Fisher
Miss Southern Democracy Seeks Divorce From Heflin
A 1000 word petition to Jefferson county chancery court asked to divorce "Miss Southern Democracy" from J. Thomas Heflin. Judge Walker denied a court record entry calling the filing undignified and noted the petition accused abandonment and mocked Heflin with a donkey and an elephant metaphor.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County Chancery Court
Southern Democracy
J. Thomas Heflin
A. Berkowitz
William M. Walker
Heflin
United States
Tallahatchie Planters Advised to Replant Cotton Acreage
Charleston Mississippi May 27 Flood waters from the Tallahatchie and Yalobusha rivers have inundated thousands of acres. H B White Tallahatchie county farm agent urges replanting cotton and other crops with much work expected after waters subside in about a week to ten days. About 10 000 acres were swept by the flood and several thousand more will lie idle through July.
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Charleston
Miss
Tallahatchie
Yalobusha
H. B. White
Tallahatchie County
Hambone's Meditations and Miss Lucy Heard
A brief snippet from Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley notes hearing Miss Lucy. The fragment hints at regional humor and character sketches typical of the column. No further context or events are provided in readable text.
Jamaica ginger ruled an intoxicant by federal court
New York May 27 Federal Judge Francis G Caffey ruled that Jamaica ginger a ginger extract containing 81 percent alcohol is an intoxicating liquor The ruling came in the government against Nomel Products Inc which manufactures the extract The government argued the product could be diluted for beverage use and thus used as liquor
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New York
Jamaica
Francis G. Caffey
Caffey
Nomel Products Company, Inc
Still Birth and Child Bed Death Rates Seen High
In New Orleans on May 27, Dr. James R. McCord urged better obstetric care and social disease testing for women to lower still birth and child bed death rates. Dr. John Phatt supported testing for women alongside men, while Dr. C. C. Wenger linked Black mortality to social disease. Dr. Edwin L. Keyes condemned legalized prostitution amid nationwide opposition.
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New Orleans
America
James R. McCord
Atlanta
Southern States Hygiene Convention
McCord
John Phatt
The
American Social Hygiene Association
Japanese Pleased By Proposed Changes Immigration Quota
Tokyo papers praise Chairman Johnson proposal to amend the immigration act to grant Japan a proportionate quota. Jiji Shimpo argues America may reassess the issue with fairness, reflecting understanding of Japan's position after the London naval conference.
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Tokyo
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
Japan
Jiji Shimpo
America
Fire Kills At Least Ten In Oklahoma City Arena
Flames engulfed a sawdust covered stock yard coliseum near Packing Town in Oklahoma City killing at least ten and wounding nearly twenty. Walls collapsed as firefighters battled the blaze trapping bystanders and auto parts salvage wreckage in the annex. The disaster marked a major loss of life in the former Indian territory settlement.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Stockyard Coliseum
Indian Territory
River Ouachita May Reach 41 Feet At Monroe
The river is forecast to rise toward flood stage with a peak expected between June 5 and 8. Captain G B Cooley contests the bureau prediction, noting the river fell at Felsenthal and arguing the rise will cease within days. He cites low downstream waters and rapid downstream falling trends as factors the weather bureau underestimates.
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Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Ouachita
Monroe
G. B. Cooley
Captain Cooley
Bureau
Felsenthal
Triplets Born to New Orleans Couple
Mr and Mrs J D Freedman of New Orleans celebrate the birth of triplets to their wife on a Saturday. The three healthy children include two girls and one boy. The father works for an automobile tire firm.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
J. D. Freedman
Freedman
Youth Hit on Alabama Tracks Amid Crowd of Hoboes
An unidentified 20 year old youth asleep on Southern Railway tracks west of Huntsville Alabama was killed when struck by a train. A group of about 20 hoboes gathered to view the body including Irene Blalock who fell under the wheels and later had her foot amputated at Huntsville hospital.
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Huntsville
Ala
Southern Railway
Here
Irene Blalock
Chickamauga
Huntsville Hospital
Louisiana Highway Audit Report Shows Two-Year Receipts
The constitutional league of Louisiana released an audit by W. N. McFarland detailing the highway commission’s first two years ending mid month. It lists total receipts of 47,314,564 with a cash balance near 2 million at Huey P. Long’s term start and a state treasury balance of 16,281,076.75. Major items include auto licenses, multiple gasoline tax rates, federal aid, parish contributions, chauffeur licenses, highway bonds, and other receipts totaling 44,260,653.13 with additional transfers from the state highway fund two.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Constitutional League of Louisiana Today
W. N. McFarland
Louisiana Highway Commission
Huey P. Long
Commission
Relatives To View Milner Body In Natchez
Local relatives of B B Milner of Monroe who worked as a lumber appraiser for the Louisiana Highway commission were summoned to Natchez to view a body recovered from the Mississippi River. Milner’s widow notified the coroner she would identify the body. Milner died when his automobile overran the ferry landing at Natchez and sank.
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B. B. Milner
Monroe
Louisiana Highway Commission
Natchez
Mississippi River
Milner
Wood Street
KR. E Smith
Dentist Newsom Tarred and Feathersed in Hammond Mob
Dr. S L Newsom a prominent Hammond dentist and former Mississippi resident left town after a dawn mob accused him of improper conduct with a married woman. He was seized dragged tarred and feathered dumped from a car near an all night restaurant and fled to a local clinic to have the tar removed. Authorities withheld names, and Hammond newspapers refused further details due to safety concerns.
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Hammond
S. L. Newsom
Tangipahoa
Livingston Parishes
Orleans Man Says Wife Kidnapped His Daughter
New Orleans May 27. Father Thomas Englade 38 sought police aid saying his 7-year-old daughter Margaret was kidnapped by his estranged wife after he found her missing on return from a hospital. He reported the mother telephoned to say she planned to keep the child.
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New Orleans
Thomas Englade
Governor Long Opens Mansion With Ice Cream And Lemonade
State House Baton Rouge May 27. Judge Dupre criticizes opening of the new governor's mansion as a display of administrative economy. The governor invites legislators and guests for a public event with ice cream cakes and lemonade, noting a $150000 cost versus a cheaper rebuilt mansion option.
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Baton Rouge
Gilbert L. Dupre
St. Landry Parish
Louisiana
Governor Long
Mem
Bers
Legislature
New Orleans
White House
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