Former Kentucky official shot in election clash in Bowling Green
In Bowling Green on election day Henry H. Denhardt a former lieutenant governor was shot and wounded by W. K. Dent a Republican worker. Dent surrendered at the police station and said Denhardt moved toward his pocket triggering the shooting. Denhardt a WWI veteran and former adjutant general is 55. Dent faced other charges and claimed a shot from rival Hines caused his wound. Dent backed Charles A. Smith.
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Bowling Green
Henry H. Denhardt
Kentucky
W. K. Dent
Denhardt
Dent
Kentucky National Guard
Henry Hines
Hines
Charles A. Smith
Smith
Franklin Parish Ships Cotton by Truck and Steamer
Franklin Parish Louisiana, a leading cotton producer, shifts to truck and boat transport to New Orleans. Fifteen hundred bales lie on the Vidalia riverbank as packets approach, with more cotton moving by truck to Natchez and Vidalia. Steamer Florence and Tennessee Belle head for New Orleans with cargoes. river men expect the season to extend past Christmas.
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Natchez, Miss
Franklin Parish
Louisiana
New Orleans
Vidalia
Mississippi
Natchez
Florence
The Town Notes and Oddities of Monroe
A collage of town items including a geography quiz at Oua chita Junior College, a five year old girl in care of a cook, a parochial school bus request, Swartz residents at the state fair, a no through street in Monroe, a classroom incident with paper ash, Missouri deer hunter garb, and S. C. Waite building an eight foot imitation gun for a mechanical boy on North Grand Street.
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St. Matthew's Parochial School
C. C. Hare
Swartz
S. C. Waite
North Grand Street
Boy Scout Plans Outlined for Monroe District Activities
Scoutmasters discussed next month’s plans in Monroe district meeting. A district bulletin will share details with Ouachita Valley Council leaders. Senior first aid training, led by Red Cross examiners Parker McComb and J Noble White with Dr I M Moore, runs three weeks with 16 hours of instruction. Lectures begin next Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 7 30 p m in Hotel Frances dining room. The program aims to qualify leaders to train scouts and prep for Junior Red Cross exams. Sea scouting aims to form a Monroe ship Fort Mire crew with 15 honor scouts over 15 years old, Life rank, life saving and first aid badges. William K Fox named skipper. crew remains with existing troops. Week end camping at Camp Ki Ro Li urged with permits through headquarters.
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Monroe
Ouachita Valley
I. M. Moore
Hotel Frances
White
Council
Red Cross
Sea Scout Troops
Fort Mire
William K. Fox
Ki-Ro-Li
Industry Improves Across Dixie States With Job Restarts
Atlanta reports a brighter Southern economy with 475 workers placed in three industries and more plants resuming. The Cotton Belt Railroad rehired 175 at Pine Bluff Arkansas, Limax Overall moved to Athens Georgia with 100 plus employees, Carr Lumber near Brevard North Carolina added 200 jobs in Pisgah forest, and road and bridge projects valued around 1.3 million dollars will be awarded later in November and December.
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Atlanta
Cotton Belt Railroad
Pine Bluff
Ark
Limax Overall Company
Athens
Winder
Carr Lumber Company
Brevard
N. C
Woods
Pisgah National Forest
ieeEia
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Broward Citrus Growers’ Association
Hollywood
Missionary Vinson Slain by Chinese Bandits Near Haichow
The Rev. J. W. Vinson of the American Presbyterian Mission at Haichow Kiangsu has been killed by bandits after being kidnapped last Sunday. U S consul general Wills R Peck reported the murder and said the Chinese government would pursue the incident while Vinson’s three children and widow are noted in Lexington Virginia. The abduction occurred about 30 miles south of Haichow and Dr Lorenzo Morgan relayed the news.
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Nanking
China
J. W. Vinson
Haichow
Kiangsu Province
United States
Wills R. Peck
Vinson
Peck
Chinese Foreign Office
Foreign Office
Lexington
Lorenzo Morgan
Presbyterian
Dr. Morgan
Mr. Vinson
Magnolia Petroleum raises crude prices in Louisiana and Arkansas
The Magnolia Petroleum Company announced a price increase of 10 to 15 cents per barrel on crude oil sold in Louisiana and Arkansas. Louisiana rates rise to Bull Bayou 83 cents Haynesville 65 cents Pine Island 73 cents Cotton Valley 61 cents and all grades 55 to 66 cents. Arkansas levels clamp El Dorado 63 cents Rainbow 63 cents El Dorado East 55 cents Smackover 55 to 66 cents. Effective 7 a.m. November 5.
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Dallas
Tex
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Louisiana
Arkansas
Bull Bayou
Haynesville
Pine Island
Cotton Valley
el Dorado
Rainbow
el Dorado East Field
Smackover District
Sse
Kentucky voters elect Democrat Ruby Laffoon governor
Kentucky voters statewide transfer the governorship to Democrat Ruby Laffoon, who defeats Republican William B. Harrison. Laffoon wins the general election as Democrats retain control of the House and Senate. early returns show Laffoon with a substantial lead across most districts.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Ruby Laffoon
William B. Harrison
House
Senate
Madisonville
Laffon
Harrison
Aged Father of Gov Huey Long to Speak in West Monroe
Earl K Long brother of the governor and Huey P Long Sr aged father of the governor will hold a political meeting in Ouachita Parish at Crosley School auditorium West Monore on Thursday November 12. The event aims to rally support for lieutenant governor race as interest grows statewide with multiple speakers planned.
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Ouachita Parish
Earl K. Long
Huey P. Long
West Monroe
Crosley School
Father
Ouachita River
Monroe
Japan Increases Troops Amid Namni River Clash
Tokyo reports 15 Nippon soldiers killed and many wounded as Chinese forces clash near Namni River bridge in Manchuria. A mixed brigade of 4000 troops is to be sent from Japan to reinforce the occupied Chinese territory. War Minister Minami seeks authorization to extend conscripts' service beyond December.
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Tokyo
Japanese War Office
Namni River
Manchuria
Japan
China
League of Nations
Minami
Hirohito
Chiense
Mah Chan-shan
War Office
Crowson Murder Trial Expected In Court Today
D. C. Crowson, 18, faces murder charges in the fatal shooting of Ira Castles, a Sterlington road merchant. The case was to begin this afternoon after Annie Mae Murphy’s murder trial concluded, with another embezzlement case featuring C. L. Wolfe also on the docket.
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D. C. Crowson
Ira Castles
Sterlington Road
Annie Mae Murphy
Crowson
Murphy
C. L. Wolfe
Wolfe
Fruit Industries Discontinues Home Wine Concentrates
Fruit Industries Limited will stop home distribution of wine concentrates with products to be sold only in stores. Vine-Glo concentrates will be phased out and replaced by three brands, sold in gallon quantities and prepared by consumers. The change follows a court ruling and Farm Board criticism while Vine-Glo represented five percent of business.
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Fruit Industries, Ltd
Kansas City Court
Washington
Donald Conn
Conn
Kansas City
Ukiah Grape Products Company
Farm Board
Prohibition
Woodcock
California
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Ex-official of Railroad Freed in Hold-Up Case
S J Brock a former Louisville and Nashville Railroad official was acquitted of complicity in a 5563 dollar payroll robbery on a train near Birmingham Alabama last March 14. The 17 hour jury verdict followed 16 days of testimony in Jefferson County's longest criminal trial. Burnap testified Brock admitted him to the express car and the money was split four ways with Williams and Brown.
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Birmingham
Ala
S. J. Brock
Here
Jefferson County
Brock
Arthur Burnap
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Burnap
Chicago
Magella
Hiram Williams
Rex Brown
Tallulah Man Killed as Large Truck Overturns in Collision
Jim Strickland 50 of Tallulah was killed when a truck carrying about 15 people overturned after hitting loose gravel between Sarepta and Bodeau. His wife and several children were injured, none of the children seriously. The group was en route to the Arkansas line to pick cotton, and the injured were taken to Strickland’s son’s home.
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Plain Dealing
Jim Strickland
Tallulah
Arkansas Line
Sarepta
Bodeau
W. S. Bell
Strickland
Stricklands
W. W. Carter Place
Recall Attempt Defeated in Bethel Community
In Ward Eight DeSoto Parish Bethel, a recall election failed for school board member F R Alston by 202 to 118. Alston, on the board 18 years, pushed Bethel high school consolidation with Logansport provoking local resentment.
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Logansport
DeSoto Parish
Bethel
F. R. Alston
Alston
Walmsley Defends Fusion With Governor Long in New Orleans
Mayor T Semmes Walmsley defended merging the old regular city organization with Governor Huey P Long forces as a Democratic move. He credited Long with saving New Orleans from bankruptcy and dismissed O Keefe's criticisms, claiming the former mayor would not hand clubs to enemies.
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New Orleans
Regular
Huey P. Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
Tenth Ward
Long
Walmsley
Regular Organization
Arthur J. O'Keefe
O’keefe
Crow
O'Keefe
Ransdell
Dead Man Receives Ballot Votes in Virginia Race
The election in Gate City Virginia shows W S Cox a deceased Democratic candidate for commonwealth's attorney receiving 2730 votes after his death weeks earlier. Frank Sergent the Republican nominee tallied 4260 votes. Cox's name remained on the ballot with no replacement nominee.
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Gate City
Scott County
W. S. Cox
Commonwealth
Frank Sergent
Cox
Navy League backs Gardiner attack on Hoover naval policy
The Navy League executive committee expressed full support for William Howard Gardiner's charges against the administration's naval policy. Only Henry Breckinridge dissented, claiming Gardiner used unseemly language about President Hoover and urged restraint for the navy and league.
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Washington
William Howard Gardiner
Navy League
Hoover
League
Henry Breckinridge
United States
Navy
Moore Wins New Jersey Senate Seat with 239379 Plurality
Newark N J November election totals show A Harry Moore winning the Senate race by 239379 votes. Moore carried 17 of 21 counties for 740605 to David Baird Jr s 501226, setting a New Jersey plurality record.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
A. Harry Moore
Moore
David Baird, Jr
Dwight W. Morrow
Larson
David Ingalls Seeks Ohio Governor Nomination
David S. Ingalls, assistant secretary of the Navy for aeronautics, announces his bid for Ohio governor in the Republican race. He previously served two terms in the Ohio House of Representatives and plans to file for the May primary.
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Washington
David S. Ingalls
the Navy
Aeronautics
Ohio
Ingalls
Ohio House of Representatives
Navy Department
Tax Rolls for Ouachita Parish Completed by Assessor
Ouachita Parish tax rolls finished by assessor Joe Hanna with total assessment of $62,894,249 down from last year’s $64,367,690. Rolls await state auditor approval in Baton Rouge before sheriff transfer and tax collection next week.
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Ouachita Parish
Joe Hanna
Sheriff's Department
Hanna
Baton Rouge
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