Governor Rivers's mother held on shooting charge in Arkansas
Nashville Ark Nov 8 The Howard county grand jury will investigate the wounding of 68 year old Nashville alderman J R Page at Mineral Springs with an assault with intent to kill charge filed against Mrs R C Kelly 66 described as the mother of Governor E D Rivers of Georgia. Kelly admitted the shooting saying she had a disagreement with Page. Page in serious condition at hospital. Deputy Breese said Kelly posted 500 bond for grand jury appearance and refused to discuss the case.
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Howard County Grand Jury
J. R. Page
Mineral Springs
R. C. Kelly
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
Atlanta
Rivers
J. 8.Ivers
J. G. Reese
Kelly
Page
Breese
J. M
Annie) Rivers
Goodson
Justice of the Peace
J. H. Cornish
Nashville Township
Appeal Bond Made by Jessie Pepper in Gossip Slay Case
In Coushatta Louisiana Jessie Pepper 18 seeks a bond appeal after being convicted of manslaughter in the July 5 death of Mary Elvin Allen 17. Judge James W. Jones Jr sentenced Pepper to six to 18 months in state prison. Pepper cried as her attorney urged release and testified she shot her former friend amid a family dispute over gossip about a supposed pregnancy.
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Coushatta
Pretty R. Jessie Pepper
Mary Elvin Allen
James W. Jones, Jr
Jessie
S. R. Thomas
Mise Allen
Record Cotton Crop Forecast for This Year
Official forecast predicts America's largest cotton crop at 18,245,000 bales. The figure adds to government efforts to shape a new farm program for Congress, with production expectations nudging above last season and near the 1926 peak.
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Washington
Navy
America
Mators
Outlaw-Intercepted Gathering Draws Noted Wild West Figures
About fifty members of the Cowmen and lawmen association attend a convention with notable figures including Lilie Pawnee Bills and Maj. Lilie, Col. E. D. Nix, Chris Madsen, and Al Jennings. The event recalls frontier clashes and legends surrounding the era.
Levitt Seeks Court Action to Oust Black
Justice Hugo L Black issued his first Supreme Court decision upholding a Federal Trade Commission bid against two Florida oil firms accused of unfair interstate marketing methods. The ruling, read by Black, reversed the Second Circuit in New York, with no dissent announced.
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Washington
Florida
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Federal Trade Commission
Black
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Commission
Three Kings Dine At Buckingham Palace
In London on a busy Monday Buckingham Palace chefs prepared dinner for three kings King George of Great Britain King George of Greece and King Boris of Bulgaria. The Greek king has been in London since last week and Boris, in since October 31, paid a first call with the British royal family tonight.
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Buckingham Palace
George
Great Britain
Greece
Boris
Bulgaria
Borah Demands Action on Anti Trust Now
Idaho Senator Borah says congress must pass anti trust legislation and not just talk about it. President Roosevelt proposes a special session to strengthen laws against monopolies while Attorney General Cummings doubts a speedy solution can be found. Borah plans to cooperate with administration but urges prompt action.
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Borah
Idaho
Congress
Roosevelt
Cummings
Theodore Roosevelt
Woman Dies Two Years After Berkeley Crash
In Los Angeles a fourth victim of the 1935 autos crash linked to Busby Berkeley has died. Mrs Manon Van Briesen, 26, who had been hospitalized since October 23 after the collision, collapsed after a sudden illness. Autopsy planned to determine death cause.
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Los Angeles
Eoli.cion
Busby Berkeley
Manon van Briesen
Aston Rosanoff
van Eriesen
van Briesen
Jeanette Daley
Berkeley
Death Sentence in Belleville Slaying Conviction
Marie Perer 37 of St. Louis was convicted by a circuit court jury in Belleville Illinois of murder for the July 3 slaying of her brother William Kappen. A death sentence was pronounced.
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Ints
Marie Perer
St. Louis
Belleville
Ill
William Kappen
Pianist Dies After Hanging From Train Window Sill
Chicago pianist William F. Erlandson 30 dies after dangling from a Michigan Central train window as it passed through Galesburg Michigan. Motorists Carl Solomon and others tried to warn passengers while Erlandson struggled to climb back in before plunging to the tracks. Cause of departure from the window unclear. his mother noted a New York contest involvement with the MacDowell Club.
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Michigan Central
William F. Erlandson
New York
U. S. Highway 12
Wolverine Limited
Galesburg
Mich
Carl Solomon
Kalamazoo
Erlandson
Solomon
Michigan City
Ind
Chris Causey
Erlandsen
MacDowell Club
Royal dies in Winnfield road crash
C L Royal 19 a drill operator for Solvay Process was found dead of a broken neck after his car left the Winnfield Alexandria highway and struck a tree. The body was discovered Sunday morning by a taxi operator. burial plans were set for Sycamore Georgia with the family en route.
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C. L. Royal
Solvay Process Company
Winnfield-Alexandria
Here
Royal
J. R. Royal
Mary Royal
Sycamore
C. F. Royal
Scratch Cause Death Claims Mrs. Blacksher in Biloxi
Mrs. D. F. Blacksher, 50, a New Orleans native who had lived in Biloxi 21 years, died yesterday from an infection that developed after a finger scratch five months earlier.
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Biloxi
Miss
D. F. Blacksher
New Orleans
Chinese Counter Offensive South of Shanghai Reported
Chinese forces claimed a counter offensive south of Shanghai against an estimated 25,000 Japanese troops. Severe fighting raged to the south and west of the city as reinforcements moved to Sungkiang and Minhang, with Chinese lines holding on the north side of the Whangpoo River and a Japanese advance reported near Soochow Creek.
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Shanghai
Chekiang Province
Hangchow Bay
Soochow Creek
Sungkiang
Whangpoo River
Minhang
Whangpoo
World Marts Watch Dollar Moves and Market Reactions
A shift of capital from New York to Europe unsettles traders as stock prices dip then rally on doubts about dollar value in gold. In London Amsterdam and Paris markets retreat while U S shares test 1937 lows and commodities stay weak after a sharp fall. The move is tied to concerns of further dollar devaluation and higher domestic gold prices.
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New York
Europe
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Washington
United States
London
Amsterdam
Paris
River Commission Visits Greenville
The Mississippi River Commission on its semi annual inspection trip continued downstream toward New Orleans. At a dinner in Greenville on Saturday night Congressman Will M. Whittington urged an improved flood control bill in 1938 and said a diversion must be provided in the next act.
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Greenville
Miss
Mississippi River Commission
New Orleans
Board of Mississippi Jevee Commissioners
Will M. Whittington
Greenwood
Congress
France Plans Eastern Europe Visit By Delbos
Paris reports Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos will visit Poland and the Little Entente nations to study the impact of the anti-Communist pact among Germany Italy and Japan. The trip follows Brussels talks, aims to brief eastern European allies, and would be his first such visit since 1934.
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Yvon Delbos
Poland
Germany
Italy
Japan
Brussels
France
Entente
Russia’s regime tightens as executions rise on revolution anniversary
Moscow reports seventeen death sentences amid holiday crowds marking the revolution anniversary. Convicts include fourteen Trotskyist suspects in the Tartar republic and three workers with vegetable and grain services in Ukraine. Officials also purge Turkmenistan trade leaders and Ashkabad services.
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Soviet Union
Tartar Republic
Ukraine
Mukhamed Kurbenoff
Turkmenistan
Ashkhabad
Woodmen Dedicate New Home in Opelousas
The Woodmen of the World dedicated a new home in Opelousas, Louisiana, with five candidates named. Speakers included J. L. Treadway of Alexandria, M. A. Hargroder of Church Point, W. B. Clark of Lafayette, Leon Haas Sr., Mayor Dave Hollier, District Attorney L. Austin Fontenot, and Rey A. B. Collard.
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Opelousas
Woodmen of the World
J. L. Treadway
Alexandria
Louisiana
M. A. Hargroder
Church Point
W. B Clark
Lafayette
Leon §. Haas
Dave Hollier
L. Austin Fontenot
Rey A. B. Collard
Newspaper Man Killed in Michigan Home Shooting
Floyd Peterson a 43 year old Grand Rapids newspaper man was fatally shot at the residence of Mrs Ruby L Gee in Whitehall by 15 year old Steven Gee the woman's son. The boy warned Peterson to leave and sheriff's deputies guarded the house as an inquest was planned. Peterson a World War II aviation corps veteran and outdoor editor of the Grand Rapids Herald since 1934 is survived by his parents of Bridgeport Conn.
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Whitehall
Mich
Floyd Peterson
Grand Rapids
Ruby L. Gee
Steriff Lows Eklund
Muskegon County
Peterson
Steven Gee
Thomas Kane
Gee
Bridgeport Conn
Bellefonte
Grand Rapids Herald
Charles C. Peterson
Bridgeport
Fourteen Die In Weekend Highway Crashes Across U S
An Associated Press report tallies 181 highway deaths over the weekend, including six in three major crashes. New York state records 21 fatalities. a family of six dies in Georgia. six die in Rhinebeck New York from a head on collision. six youths die at Knox City Missouri. National Safety Council notes 28,140 traffic deaths in the first nine months of 1937 with New York state up 18 percent.
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New York State
Adairseville
Rhinebeck
N. Y
Knox City
National Safety Council
Auto crashes claim six lives in Deep South
Five men and one woman died in Louisiana and Mississippi over the weekend with eight others injured. The dead include Alonzo Wall 22 of Kentwood La Alexander Landry 32 of Melville La C L Royal 20 of Winnfield La Mrs Victor Seydel Newburgh N Y Frank Riviere 28 of Occea Springs Miss Roy Lambert 29 of Quitman Miss Wall died from a broken neck when a car left a ditch two miles south of Kentwood. Landry died later yesterday from internal injuries and skull fracture after a sedan crash.
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Mississippi
Alonzo Wall
Kentwood
Alexander Landry
Melville
C. L. Royal
Winnfield
Victor Seydel
Newburgh
Frank Riviere
Occea Springs
Roy Lambert
Quitman
Miss
Mass Meeting Plans Finished for Fifth District
Final plans were completed Monday for a mass meeting of citizens in Monroe to discuss the wage and hour bill now before Congress. Key speakers include Homer Castrel of Canton and C. Sheppard of Critics. J. B. Voss of Bernice to chair.
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Acm
Virginia Intel
Sam Dunbar
Manuufacturers Association
Gra Rived
Monroe
Mowlay
Aenst Ip
Fifth District
Homer Castrel
Canton
Plenter
Mississippi
Railsoaed Cormiusions
Ana
C. Sheppard
J. B. Voss
Bernice
Negro dies in fire at Newellton jail
Herman Beasley a 35 year old black prisoner died in a jail fire at Newellton Louisiana early Sunday morning. Night Marshal Parrott raised the alarm and firefighters arrived too late. Beasley was jailed on drunkenness disorderly conduct and theft charges and had reportedly attempted to burn his way out.
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Spaeciaji
Newsellton
Herman Beasley
Marshall M. Parrott
Newseaton
Marshall J. F. Woodruff
Beasley
Woodruff
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