El Dorado Liquor Figure Blackie Laird Killed in Fight
E. J. Blackie Laird a noted southern Arkansas liquor figure died in a hospital after a fight in El Dorado began over Grace Lawrence. Paul Crain and Eugene Slaughter were jailed on first degree murder warrants, Slaughter accused of wielding the timber. Preliminary hearing set for Crain and Slaughter.
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EL Dorado
Ark
E. J. “Blackie” Laird
Arkansas
Paul Crain
Eugene Slaughter
Laird
Crain
Slaughter
Grace Lawrence
Rockefeller Addresses Union Artisans at Riverside Church
By Associated Press New York John D Rockefeller Jr addressed 20 union artisans as fellow workers presenting diplomas and gold buttons for excellence in the construction of Riverside church during a ceremony in New York City
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Associated Press
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Riverside Church
Orleans Mayor Allows Audit of City Books
In New Orleans on May 29 Mayor T S Walmsley allowed Emile Bienvenu a certified public accountant and Orleans parish voter to audit city books. The council denied access to E A Conway state supervisor of accounts citing political motive and Conway’s Caddo parish voter status. Bienvenu said he would not perform a detailed audit but seek specific facts under instruction from his client Hugh Wilkinson attorney for Conway.
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New Orleans
E. A. Conway
Commission Council
T. S. Walmsley
Emile Bienvenu
Orleans Parish
Conway
Huey P. Long
Orleans
Caddo Parish
Bienvenu
Hugh Wilkinson
Long
Mr. Bienvenu
City May Buy Fort Miro Memorial Site If U S Assures Policy
A Ouachita parish police jury and city commission would consider jointly purchasing the McGuire property just west of the courthouse river bank for a Fort Miro memorial if an authorized federal pledge guarantees a suitable memorial. The plan was aired at a 10 am meeting with police jury members John M. Breard J M Myatt and Capt Harry M Williams A E Montgomery and city officials Mayor Arnold Bernstein and D A Breard.
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City Commission
Ouachita Parish
McGuire
Fort Miro
John M. Breard
J. M. Myatt
Harry M. Williams
A. E. Montgomery
Arnold Bernstein
D. A. Breard
Finance
Silver falls to new London low on May 29
Silver touched a new low of 17 7 16 pence an ounce in the open market amid selling by Chinese interests. The decline mirrors a broad downtrend in commodities as India’s gold standard adoption accelerates sales from that sector.
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London
India
State Liquidation Board approves a dozen road projects
The State Liquidation Board in Baton Rouge approved 12 road construction projects funded by the hard surfaced highway bond issue. Low bids totaled 2,440,172.65 dollars, excluding 10 percent for engineering. Projects cover about 30 miles of uphault surfacing, 7.5 miles of concrete, and one bridge across 15 parishes.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
State Board of Liquidation
Resen Highway Commission
Ril
Citizens Highway Advisory Commission
Liquidation Board
Orleans
St. Tammany Parishes
Rigolets Bridge
Pearl River
Mississippi State Line
Nelson Bros
Memphis
Ruby Keeler Screams Foil Train Bandit On Chief
Union Press report from Los Angeles details a bandit escaping with 11 075 in jewelry and cash after threatening passengers aboard the Santa Fe Chief. Marion Nixon and Edward Hillman were targeted. Ruby Keeler’s cries helped deter the thief. Nixon lost a 4.5 carat engagement ring and a jewel encrusted wedding ring. Hillman, 400 in property. Frank Lehman from Detroit paid 175.
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Los Angeles
Marion Nixon
Edward Hillman
Santa Fe
Ruby Keeler
Jolson
Miss Nixon
Chicago
Frank Lehman
Detroit
Mansfield College to Close For Next Year
Mansfield will close for the 1930-31 term after the 25 graduates were awarded diplomas. The closing follows a statement by the Louisiana Conference board of education of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, noting inability to assume further financial obligations. Established in 1854, Mansfield College served the children of local planters.
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Mansfield
Mansfield College
Board of Education
Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Louisiana Annual Conference
Al Capone Hosts Miami Estate Banquet
In Palm Island Miami on May 29 Engraved invitations invited dozens of guests to a goodwill spaghetti dinner and musicale at Al Capone’s estate. Guests exchanged VIP cards for lapel flags as tropical lights lit the palatial grounds while a guest praised Capone as a new business leader of the community.
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Miami
Fla
Alphonse Capone
Palm Island
Scarface al
Capone
Legislature in Brief House Bills Acted Upon
House bills debated and passed with margins: H B 82 abolishing contractors liens on logs but preserving owners lien. H B 93 raising Caldwell parish assessor expense from 1500 to 2000. H B 122 authorizing suit against Louisiana Highway Commission. H B 126 allowing Orleans parish jury commission a clerk and $100 expense. Other bills withdrawn include H B 9 and H B 19. Washington report: Hoover signs Dale Lehrbach bill to liberalize federal retirement annuities.
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Ginsberg
McClanahan
Caldwell Parish
Sylvest
Louisiana Highway Commission
Orleans Parish
Ellender
Louisiana State Firemen’s Association
Heintz
Senate Bills Introduced In Louisiana Legislature
S. B. 111 Labbe makes a Lafayette parish road part of the state highway system. S. B. 112 Fernandez protects Louisiana auctioneers from out of state auctioneers in parishes of 1 000 or more. S. B. 118 Knott makes a Lincoln parish highway part of the state system. S. B. 114 Redmond provides means of taking testimony in civil suits. S. B. 115 Redmond validates, by five year prescription, sheriffs sales of lands under attachment against foreign corporations. S. B. 116 Whittington makes a highway in Bossier and Webster parishes part of the state system. S. B. 117 Peltier levies a graduated license tax on chain stores. S. B. 118 King and Gamble make a Jeff Davis parish road part of the state system. S. B. 119 Huson makes a DeSoto parish road part of the state system. S. B. 120 Fisher amending act creating additional drainage districts.
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Labbe
Lafayette Parish
Fernandez
Louisiana
Knott
Lincoln Parish
Redmond
Whittington
Bossier and Webster
Peltier
King and Gamble
Jeff Davis Parish
Huson
DeSoto Parish
Louisiana Tech Seniors Awarded Degrees and Pupil Promotions
Seventy-five Ouachita parish seventh graders and nineteen St. Matthew's grammar pupils received high school promotion certificates in morning exercises at First Methodist church and St. Matthew's Catholic church. Rev. Drake and Rev. Vandegaer spoke, Shade Vaughan read the verse, and Walter Savage led with a 94 percent average as top honor student.
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Ouachita Parish
St. Matthew’s
Ouachita School
First Methodist Church
W. W. Drake
Shade Vaughan
Phillip Kuleke
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Vandegaer
Walter Savage
Harris Defends Colleges in Commencement Address
In Ruston on May 29 state superintendent T. H. Harris defended American colleges against claims they overemphasize theory and underprepare graduates. Speaking at Louisiana Tech before its 33rd annual commencement, 90 seniors earned bachelor’s degrees as Harris argued colleges balance theory with practical needs and remain responsive to public demands amid debates on athletics and faculty-student relations. He highlighted teacher training, agriculture, home economics, business, and engineering to illustrate balance.
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Harris
Memphis women form unit for prohibition reform
A group of Memphis women under Mrs. W. E. Norvell Jr Nashville state chairman organized today to advocate prohibition reform as a unit of the national organization for prohibition reform.
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Memphis
Tenn
W. E. Norvell
Nashville
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Hambone's Meditations and Cle Oman Talkin' Bout Fussin
J P Alley presents Hambone's Meditations with a feature on Cle Oman talkin bout fussin. The piece highlights a skillet hit and an offbeat humorous exchange, reflecting local color and dialect.
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Cle Oman
Crowd fails to lynch alleged bank robber Elliott
A mob of about 75 men attempted to seize John W. Elliott from the Elk Point jail after he was moved from Sioux City where he was arrested for the First National Bank robbery. Deputies overtook the fugitive convoy and recaptured him after a clash with fists, as Elliott reportedly fled with $1,551 in currency. The capture followed identification by bank officials E. W. Freeman and M. E. Johnson.
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Associated Press
Elkpoint
Ll. D
John W. Elliott
First National Bank
Elliott
Sioux City
C. G. Slocum
E. W. Freeman
M. E. Johnson
Trio Burned to Death in Abilene Rooming House Fire
A blaze gutted a Abilene Texas rooming house in the business district killing three men, Harvey Sprinkle 21 Bernard Love 19 and Roy Thomas 28 all found on a second floor sleeping porch. Eight others escaped including two children. Maude Parker the manager awakened on the back porch and tried to reach the second floor. Origin of the fire was not immediately determined.
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Abilene
Texas
Harvey Sprinkle
Bernard Love
Melrose
Roy Thomas
Sprinkle
Love
Thomas
Maude Parker
Lawmaker proposes tax on soft drinks for old folks home
Baton Rouge May 29 Representative R L McDonald of Winn parish introduces a bill to tax one dollar per gallon of all soft drinks manufactured or sold in Louisiana. Proceeds would fund the erection and maintenance of an old folks home, with a five member board of regents to choose the site, oversee construction, and ensure the home has at least four acres of land.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
R. L. McDonald
Winn Parish
House of Representatives
Board of Regents
Body of Woman Found in Harlem River Near Yankee Stadium
The body of a woman wearing a diamond ring and a copper wire around her neck was found in the Harlem river near Yankee Stadium. Police believe she had been in the water for two months or more. A white gold watch was on her wrist and the ring held nine diamonds and two sapphires.
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Associated Press
New York
Harlem River
Yankee Stadium
Pastors Edit Chattanooga Daily News Front Page
In Chattanooga Tennessee pastors directed the day's edit of the Chattanooga Daily News with full censorship power. Despite the control, the front page showed little difference as one feature, the daily bridge lesson, was removed by the pastors.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga Daily News Today
Ninety Year Old Man Takes Sixth Bride in Arkansas
Forrest City dispatch reports 90 year old H. W. Fisher to wed his sixth wife, 75, soon after divorcing his fifth. He praises his bride as the sweetest girl, a good cook and fine housekeeper, noting Mrs. Fisher was formerly Frances Anne Crossland.
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Forrest City
Ark
H. W. Fisher
Skull of Child Fractured When Struck by Auto
A 16 month old girl, Mary Jo Hardwick, daughter of Reeves and Mary Hardwick, suffered a skull fracture when a car backing from a parking space dragged her head on gravel. She was taken to St Francis sanitarium from Start, Richland parish. The incident follows a similar Monroe accident where a four-year-old boy was run over by a wheel while his father backed from the curb. he was later reported to be doing fine at home after clinic care.
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Mary Jo Hardwick
Reeves Hardwick
Start
Richland Parish
St. Francis Sanitarium
Herb Hardwick
New Orleans Man Foils Attempt to Rob Nearby Store
Ralph Roberts Jr. a Calhoun Street resident, foiled a robbery at an Atlantic and Pacific Tea store by spotting a man crawling through weeds and firing shots into the air with his son and a store employee. The suspects fled in a car after a second assailant emerged from the store as Roberts fired at the vehicle. A large stock of goods had been stacked inside, ready for theft.
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Associated I'resa
New Orleans
Ralph Roberts, Jr
Calhoun Street
Roberts
Graduating Scale for Louisiana Chain Stores Proposed
In Baton Rouge on May 29 a first anti chain store bill was introduced in the Louisiana House to levy graduated annual licenses and taxes on merchandising systems. The plan sets $15 for the first store rising to $1,300 for the 30th under same management, plus $100 for each store beyond 30. Proponents are Frank Ard and Waldo Dugas of Lafourche Parish amid Huey Long’s statewide criticism of chain stores. A Senate version by Peltier of Lafourche mirrors a scale from $15 to 60, then $50 per additional store after five and $100 beyond 30. The measure marks the first upper-house attempt on chain store taxation. A separate bill would require outside chains to file inventories and sales for state assessment.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Frank Ard
Waldo Dugas
Lafayette Parish
Huey F. Long
Senate
Peltier
Lafourche
Senate Committee Ready to Report Pact
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is prepared to report the London naval treaty pact after extended hearings. No rush is expected due to a special session plan. Proponents seek a committee vote and expect a strong majority in favor of ratification.
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Washington
Senate
Redmond Proposes Roving Senate Committee Probe
BATON ROUGE May 29 A five member senate roving committee would be created to investigate conditions in public institutions and state departments. Authorized to hold sessions statewide and subpoena witnesses, the panel would report to inform appropriations decisions. Lieutenant Governor Cyr would appoint the members.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Senate
Gamble
Jeff Davis
Cyr
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