End of Toledo strike violence with state guards patrolling
Five days of labor dispute violence in Toledo left two dead and nearly 200 injured. Governor White considered phased National Guard withdrawal, emphasizing protection of life and property. Federal mediators sought settlement at Auto-Lite, Edison, and related plants while unions debated a general sympathy strike. About 200 arrests were made, with a few tumultuous incidents and a couple jailed for distributing literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
National Guard
America
Charles P. Taft
Electric Auto-Lite Company
Taft
E. H. Dunnigan
Toledo Edison Company
Bingham Stamping and Tool Company
Logan Gear Company
Auto-Lite Company
Anna Mae MacCoscha
James McFarland
Disorder In Orleans Strike Continues On May Day
Disorder spread in New Orleans as longshoremen's strike actions disrupted riv operations. The unrest surfaced on Sunday with clashes and picket activity reported as port labor tensions intensified.
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Orleans
New Orleans
Riv
Rivers Daily Stages Flood Watch Updates
Daily river data shows a 24 hour stage change with readings at 26 of 23 and 73 with 0.1 fall. fall levels recorded 96 04. Authorities monitor river conditions and flood risk.
Englishman Survives Two Years On Homemade Respirator
A 63 year old Englishman kept alive for two years by a home made artificial breathing device is reported by the Journal of the American Medical Association. Muscle wasting paralyzed breathing muscles while a sequence of improvised bellows and bladder systems finally gave relief. The patient remains largely paralyzed but mentally alert and with a strong appetite. Dr Morris Fishbein notes the case sets a record for such treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Morris Fishebin
Lancet
Town Folks Respond To Bonnie and Clyde Killing
The piece notes varied reactions among readers to the Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker shooting by officers. Some say Bonnie deserved her fate, others defend the officers as too harsh. A local nautical-minded man, Stanley Reid, enjoys lake trips aboard his cabin boat. A north side couple shares a lighthearted pet tale of a Persian cat and a dog named Friday teaming up to beg for treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Jes
Barrow
Bonnie
Clyde
Stanley J. Reid
Ouachita River
Jimmie
Friday
Captain Clark Found Safe After Swamp Search
Captain Daniel Clark former commander of conservation camp No 2 near Natchez was found in a dazed condition by Sheriff C P Roberts and Captain J C Pinkston and a 40 man search party He wandered into a swamp after leaving friends Friday night near Natchez and Gulfport where he worked in insurance His condition attributed to exposure and he could not explain his disappearance
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Natchez
Miss
Daniel Clark
Gulfport
Clark
Rev Smith Under Guard Delivers Tangipahoa Talk
In Independence Louisiana Rev Gerald L K Smith friends of Huey Long spoke amid a tense crowd at a Catholic church fair. Deputies and state police protected him after disruptions including a pistol threat and a torpedo explosion. Ant Long factionists warned him against attacking opponents as anti Long women and leaders were discussed.
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Independence
Gerald L. K. Smith
Huey FP. Long
Long
Tangipahoa Parish
Smith
West Feliciana Parish
Hilda Phelps Hammond
New Orleans
Women's Committee of
Louisiana
Senate
Ruffin G. Pleasant
Shreveport
Convict Sought as Witness for Bonnie's Sister
Henry Methvin a fugitive was subpoenaed as a defense witness at a habeas corpus hearing for Billie Mace sister of Bonnie Parker. Dallas authorities remained silent on the subpoena while Mays said Methvin can testify he was with Barrow and Parker when two highway patrolmen were slain near Grapevine. Fort Worth police sent bullets from Barrow's car to Houston for analysis.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Henry Methvin
Clyde Mays
Billie Mace
Dallas
Methvin
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Frank Hamer
Texas Ranger
Bob Alcorn
Dallas County
Barrow
Parker
Louisiana
Mays
Bonnie
Grapevine
Hamer
Alcorn
Hous
Three Prisoners Sought By Officers of 2 States
Texas and Oklahoma officers hunted for three fugitives after they slugged Grayson jailer W. V. Graham, seized his pistol, and escaped with a car and picnic lunch. The men Adrian Petty 16 Roy Bates 21 and George Droddy 19 fled through an attic window after robbing the jail.
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Sherman
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Grayson County
W. V. Graham
George E. Droddy
Pineville
Adrian Petty
Kilgore
Roy Bates
R. B. Camp
Perkins says recovery programs to lift southern industry
Secretary Frances Perkins told Alabama College graduates in Montevallo that recovery measures would boost southern industry through a balanced economy. She cited NRA and AAA as keys, noted a 50 percent rise in southern automobile sales, and urged broader cooperation to strengthen purchasing power and production.
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Montevallo
Ala
South
Frances Perkins
Alabama College
Miss Perkins
NRA
AAA
Bishop Desmond Delivers Field Mass Sermon in Monroe
Most Rev. Daniel F. Desmond preached at a field service honoring Americans who died in wars. The mass at the American Legion memorial home drew about two thousand attendees, with Rev. N F Vandegaer presiding and Company G of the Monroe rifle unit providing military features.
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Bishop Desmond
United States
Monroe
American Legion Memorial
Forsythe Park
Daniel F. Desmond
Alexandria
Barkdull Faulk Post of
The
Legion
N. F. Vandegaer
St. Matthew's Church
156Th Infan
Public hearing on Louisiana school finance measures set
Scores of public school educators taxpayers and parents are expected at a Senate Education Committee hearing on four Louisiana tax reform bills. The session likely at 2 p m Thursday in the Senate chamber will discuss increasing state support for schools and eliminating certain parish levies. A separate review will cover an 83 page income tax proposal with rates from two to 84 percent.
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Baton Rouge
State House
Senate Education Committee
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
A. C. Gardiner
Church Point
Senate
Gardiner
Reform Commission
Capitol
Proposed Budget System Promises Radical Innovations
Special Dispatch from News-Star-World Legislative Bureau Baton Rouge May 28 The budget reform plan for Louisiana aims to curb waste and create an interlocking system of state budget authority. Four House bills establish uniform budgeting for all state departments and agencies and reform parish boards of equalization. Local entities may resist surrendering budgeting control, but the measures promise tighter state finance oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star—World Legislative Bureau
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
House
Burgess
Wimberly
Gardiner and
Heywood
Tax Reform Commission
Court of Appeals
Louisiana Tax Commission
Bomb attempt on U S Ambassador in Havana in gang style
In Havana on May 28 unidentified gunmen stopped the car of U S ambassador Jefferson Caffery and smashed the windshield. The attack, described as gangster style, caused no injuries as Caffery slept at home under heavy guard. Police and the cabinet intensified the manhunt and bomb explosions added to the turmoil.
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U.S
Havana
H. Freeman Matthews
United States
Matthews
Cuban National Police
Jefferson Caffery
Cuba
Caffery
Baccalaureate Services Held for Four Schools
Four baccalaureate sermons were preached Sunday by local ministers for Neville high school Ouachita parish high school St Matthews Parochial school and Crosley grammar school of West Monroe. Large crowds attended with special musical programs accompanying the exercises.
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Neville High School
Ouachita Parish High School
St. Matthew's Parochial School
Crosley Grammar School
West Monroe
Neville High
First Presbyterian Church
Ernest D. Holloway
John
John the Baptist
State Supreme Court Acts In Highway Case
The Louisiana supreme court was asked to dissolve an injunction tying up state highway funds in New Orleans. The hearing date May 29 was set after the appeal by Attorney General Gaston L. Porterie. Judge George K. Fayrot had ordered funds impounded until a $175,000 payment to the city for street maintenance in the highway system was made.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
East Baton Rouge Parish
State Highway Commission
Gaston L. Porterie
Highway Commission
George K. Fayrot
Farrot
Roosevelt Asks Repeal of Coconut Oil Tax
President Roosevelt urged Congress to repeal the coconut oil import tax saying it harms the Philippine Islands. Congress started a slow week as the Senate debated reciprocal tariffs and the House handled District of Columbia legislation. The president planned Memorial Day remarks at Gettysburg, a fleet review in New York, and his son John's graduation at Groton.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Capitol
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Gettysburg
New York City
Groton School
Massachusetts
John
House Rules Committee
Governor Leaves Income Rates to Louisiana Solons
Governor O K Allen said the state income tax schedule would be decided by the legislature after recommending an income tax in his biennial message. House bills propose rates from two to ten percent, and the reform commission backs two to 44 percent. Rep. Perrault criticizes the high schedule, with a caucus to study the issue pending. Senator Lindsey signals slight movement on the matter.
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State House
Baton Rouge
O. K. Allen
Allen
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Tax Reform Commission
George K. Perrault
St. Landry
House
Commission
Perrault
Coleman Lindsey
Minden
Delays Hearing of Mauled Pair in New York
In New York on May 28 Magistrate August Dreyer postponed the disorderly conduct hearing for James Lechay and Rose Lechay after they were mauled by police for slow response to a move on order. The incident followed a courtroom clearing during the arraignment of 10 demonstrators outside the Department of Public Welfare offices. Attorney Joseph Tauber sought subpoenas including for Magistrate Leonard A. McGee, who Tauber blames for the disruption. Dreyer would hear arguments later on the subpoenas requested.
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New York
James Lechay
Rose
August Dreyer
Department of Public Welfare
Joseph Tauber
International Labor Defense League
Tauber
Leonard A. McGee
McGee
Dreyer
French fliers Rossi and Codos land transatlantic plane at Floyd Bennett
The Joseph Le Brix, a French airship, landed safely at Floyd Bennett field New York at 1 38 p m EST after a 38 1/2 hour flight from Le Bourget Paris They circled the field twice before a graceful long glide and stop A crowd of several hundred watched as the pilots dumped gasoline for a minor ship repair and notified officials of their intent to land.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Rossi
Codos
Joseph le Brix
Floyd Bennett Field
le Bourget Field
Paris
New England
Navy
Cqbe Falco
New York
Aterissage Avion Rossi
French Fliers Believed Down
The navy said a French trans Atlantic team may have landed after intercepting a coast guard message from North Truro Massachusetts. Navy officers sought clarification as the exact meaning of the French text remained uncertain.
French trans Atlantic fliers possibly near land sighting
Reports from Washington attributed to a wireless French message intercepted at Truro Massachusetts suggest the French trans Atlantic fliers may be about to land or have sighted land. The Boston navy yard says the dispatch was addressed to all vessels and tied to signals from the plane.
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Boston
Navy
Washington
Naval Radio Station
Truro
Mass
Boston Navy Yard
Navy Department
Boston Yard
Message from fleet commander says plane will land at Floyd Bennett
Brooklyn May 28 The Third Naval District communications office at Floyd Bennett Field announced receipt of a message from the commander of the U S fleet via the French transatlantic plane. The relay read Please advise Floyd Bennett field.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Third Naval District
Floyd Bennett Field
United States
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