Arnold Leads Halfway in 500 Mile Speedway Classic
Eleven serious crashes mar the 18th annual 500 mile race at Indianapolis speedway. Paul Marshall dies after a Duesenberg crashes into a wall on lap 44. Cy Marshall survives. Billy Arnold leads at 80 laps,_sys$ with $7,800 in prize money.
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Speedway
Indianapolis
Ind
Paul Marshall
Paul
Iso
Marshall
Chet Gardner
Bill Spence
Los Angeles
Spence
Detroit
Mich
Frank Farmer
Billy Arnold
Meyer
Wilbur Shaw
Pete
Legislature in Brief: House Bills Introduced
The legislature announces several House bills. HB 452 by Defuentes targets escapes from institutions. HB 453 by Edwards raises the West Carroll assessor salary to 2500 from 700. HB 454 by Sayce and Law redirects bond tax fund surplus to the state school fund. HB 455 by Hamiter allows sheriffs sales on Wednesdays and Saturdays. HB 456 by Heebe enables police juries to improve sidewalks and streets and assess costs per front foot. HB 457 by Holloway takes over a Union highway.
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Edwards
West Carroll
Sayce
Law
Hamiter
Heebe
Holloway
Peterman Attacks Illegal Aspects of Gamble Resolution
Baton Rouge May 30 Frank H Peterman of Rapides criticizes the Gamble resolution saying it is illegal vague and aims at a useless expenditure of time and money He urges calling department heads for inquiry and argues the plan would force residents to disclose records and questions in 25 days risking violation of Louisiana law and constitution.
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Baton Rouge
Frank H. Peterman
Rapides
Senate
Louisiana
Five are Indicted for Attempt to Bribe Jury in Trial of City Clerk
Five men face charges for allegedly trying to bribe a juror in the Walter C. Taylor bribery trial in Atlanta. The city clerk, already convicted on one count, was indicted again for allegedly bribing a city council member to favor a pool room license. S. E. Brand of the Georgia Power streetcar line was named as the juror target, with others linked as alleged conspirators.
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Atlanta
Walter C. Taylor
Taylor
S. E. Brand
Georgia Power Company
R. E. Howard
R. H. Shepherd
W. A. Adcock
F. L. Norton
S. B. Todd
Howard
Shepherd
House Holds Burlesque Session Before a Recess
BATON ROUGE May 30 The Louisiana House met with 66 members for about 45 minutes as burlesque motions and tense parliamentary questions stalled business. Morning prayers and a few new bills opened the session while the aeronautics committee was urged to be “up in the air” with daily weather reports.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
House
Wth
Delesdernier of Placquemines
Aeronautics Committee
Weather Bureau
Pratt
Morehouse
Heintz
St. Tammany
Ouachita River Reaches Highest Level Since 1927 Flood
The Ouachita river at Monroe rose to 39.1 feet, up .5 from yesterday, the highest since 1927. United States area engineer K R Young projects 41 to 42 feet, possibly flooding 1,500 to 2,000 acres in Ouachita parish. 10 days of rising expected before a fall.
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Ouachita
Monroe
Kate Key
Government
K. R. Young
United States
Vicksburg
Young
Ouachita Parish
Phillips
Mr. Young
Felsenthal
Mississippi Tobacco Tax To Start Monday
Mississippi's tobacco tax law takes effect Monday and is projected to raise about 1.5 million dollars yearly. For every five cent tobacco purchase a one cent tax applies, with all tobacco goods carrying state stamps. the tax commission adds 24 employees including ten snoopers to enforce compliance.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Tax Commission
Former Zwolle Mayor Hurts in Auto Crash Near Many
A. C. Haley former mayor of Zwolle sustained a fractured skull and injuries in an automobile accident about three miles from Many while returning from a Cane River fishing trip. His car left the road entered a ditch and overturned. doctors say prospects are for recovery.
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Associated Press
Zwolle
A. C. Haley
Haley
Cane River
Flying Cadet Killed in Jump Near Tipton OK
Oklahoma City May 30. J H Farring flying cadet at Kelly Field Texas killed during an attempted emergency parachute jump from a plane three miles south of Tipton Oklahoma. A second cadet named Anderson made a successful leap as the pair returned to Kelly Field from Fort Sill.
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Oklahoma City
J. H. Farring
Kellyfield
Texas
Tipton
Okla
Anderson
Kelly Field
Fort Sill
Jailbirds confession links Mississippi crimes to Memphis case
Police said the fatal Blytheville shooting confession by Hesse Hayes tied his gunbattle death to the murder of Louis Adler near Cleveland Mississippi and to an April attempted assault in Memphis. Walter Thornton’s arrest connects him to multiple recent holdups.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Blytheville
Ark
Louis Adler
Boyle
Miss
Merchant
Hesse Hayes
Durant
Walter Thornton
Greenville
Thornton
Adler
Cleveland
Hayes
Six Fugitives Return to Nacogdoches Jail
Six prisoners who escaped from jail here a month ago returned voluntarily to their cells. Sheriff Eugene Turner made no effort to force them back, trusting they would keep their word after noting they had attended to crops and business.
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Associated Press
Nacogdoches
Tex
Eugene Turner
Orleans Black Man Fatally Hurt After Short Change Dispute
In New Orleans on May 30 August Rogers, a Black man, was struck and seriously hurt during a quarrel with a Black woman he accused of short changing him by 25 cents. George Coleman, another Black man who supported the woman, was charged by police with public safety incident and wounding.
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New Orleans
Rogers
George Coleman
Coleman
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley
A brief note presents Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley with dialect style and humorous observation. The fragment hints at a speaker describing a man who claims knowledge yet fails to find the thing he seeks.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Baseball results from May 30 across major leagues
Chicago Nationals defeated St Louis 2 0 as Charley Root pitched well while Rogers Hornsby suffered a broken ankle. Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh 9 1 with Red Lucas on the mound. Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 11 1 despite Willoughby’s tough line. Detroit topped Cleveland 5 2 in the opener, Ruth homered for the Yankees as Boston split the doubleheader, Braves edged Giants 6 5 on Sisler late hit.
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Chicago
Chicago Nationals Today
St. Louis
Rogers Hornsby
Charley Root
New York
Yankees
Red Sox
Boston
Dickey
Braves
New York Giants
George Sisler
Fields denies quitting race for Public Service Commission
Special to The News-Star Baton Rouge May 30 Harvey G Fields of Farmerville rejects rumors he will withdraw to run for district judge He says he is actively pursuing reelection and has no intention to seek any other office Tom C Jarrell Monroe druggist announces his candidacy for the North Louisiana Public Service district election for this fall Fields emphasizes no change in plan and remains a candidate for the PSC position
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News-Star
Baton Rouge
Public Service Commission
Harvey G. Fields
Farmerville
Fields
Tom C. Jarrell
Monroe
North Louisiana
Jarrell
Byrd Ships To Reach Balboa By Tomorrow
Rear Admiral Richard Byrd announced the steamship Eleanor Bolling would reach Balboa by about 6 p m Saturday with the bark City of New York in tow. The bark has been stranded far from the Panama shore awaiting a tow into port. Captain Milton Bailey and Charles Murphy of the Byrd party sail for New York on Tuesday aboard the Panama Pacific liner Virginia.
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Associated Press
Panama City
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Eleanor Bolling
Balboa
City of
New York
Panama
Milton H. Bailey
Charles J. W. Murphy
Byrd Party
Virginia
Storm Warning Along Gulf Coast Issued by Weather Bureau
New Orleans May 30 The United States Weather Bureau issued a storm warning with small craft advisory from Mobile Alabama to Carrabelle Florida. Expect fresh to strong northerly winds this afternoon and tonight along the gulf coast.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Mobile
Ala
Carrabelle
Fla
Ouachita High School Class of 1930 Graduates
The Ouachita Parish High School 126 graduates received diplomas at the Saenger Theatre. Leon Ware gave the salutatory praising Thomas Edison, Rosalie Herring gave the valedictory on Modern Ideals, and Dr. W. G. Burgin of Dodd College delivered a stirring address titled Successful Failures.
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Saenger
Ouachita Parish
H. L. Driskell
First Baptist Church
West Monroe
Leon Ware
Thomas A. Edison
Rosalie Herring
W. G. Burgin
Dodd College of
Shreveport
Joseph Renwick
Hoover Memorial Day Speech Pleads for Peace at Gettysburg
President Hoover delivers Memorial Day remarks at Gettysburg recalling Abraham Lincoln’s call to moderation. He argues the nation’s future hinges on freedom within law and warns against demagoguery and partisan bitterness as Civil War echoes loom over the battlefield.
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Gettysburg
Hoover
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Mr. Hoover
Colorado Springs Man Jailed Over Grave Stone Theft
C. J. Cary is jailed on accusations of removing a 1600 pound tombstone from a grave. He told officers a $42.50 balance on the stone had been owed for 10 years and he grew tired of waiting for repayment.
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Colorado Springs
C. J. Cary
Cary
Nude Man Disrupts New Orleans Night Court Crowd
A naked man wandered through the New Orleans night court corridor and into a washroom before leaping out the window. Onlookers craned necks from windows seeking context as the figure vanished into darkness.
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New Orleans
Suspect Held in Bank Robbery at Jena Ouachita Jail
Charles Edwards, 36, was jailed in Monroe on charges of robbing LaSalle State Bank at Jena on May 24. Edwards, identified by bank staff as the second man in the holdup, helped steal about $7,000. Four workers were forced to vault, loot followed, and the gang fled in multiple cars. Police expect a second suspect’s arrest soon.
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LaSalle State Bank
Jena
Charles Edwards
Tday
Monroe
Davis
Henderson
LaSalle Parish
Edwards
Vidalia
Chain Store Man's Son Denies Engagement
Clay Saunders son of Clarence Saunders chain store owner denied reports he was engaged to Mrs. Sara Pujol. He spoke with United Press at the Sevilla Biltmore hotel Havana asserting he visited his mother and sister and planned to fly home to Memphis today.
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Havana
Cuba
Clay Saunders
Memphis
Tenn
Clarence Saunders
Sara Pujol
United Press
Sevilla Biltmore
Young Saunders
Francois
Senate kills roving committee measure after heated debate
In Baton Rouge on May 30 the state senate voted 20 to 14 to indefinitely postpone a Gamble resolution creating a roving investigating committee. The measure aimed to probe boards departments and officials for efficiency and economy, sparking a four hour session with sharp exchanges about Governor Huey P. Long’s administration.
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Baton Rouge
State Senate
Gamble
Jeff Davis
Fernandez
New Orleans
Larcade
St. Landry
Senate
Fernandez of Orleans
Dore
Evangeline
Peltier
Lafourche
Boone
Claiborne
Williamson
East Carroll
Schwing
Iberville
Huey P. Long
Negro Sentenced for Attack on Woman in Alabama
Robert Giles, a negro, was sentenced in Troy to 19 years and 11 months plus 20 days in the state penitentiary for attempting to attack a young white woman. Guards escorted him from Kilby prison to Montgomery after the proceeding, and the crowd at the trial was large but orderly.
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Associated Press
Troy
Ala
Robert Giles
National
Kilby
Montgomery
Funds for Law Schools Trumps Statehouse Plan in Louisiana Bill
A Sayes of Avoyelles and Law of Sabine bill would divert surplus from the state bond and interest tax fund to the current school fund for 1930–34. The move clashes with McClanahan’s plan to bond the state fund for a new capitol costing $5 million. The House adjourned for the weekend after a brief session, leaving other business pending. A tobacco tax hearing was postponed. a local paint bill was introduced.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Sayes
Avoyelles
Law of Sabine
McClanahan
State House
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