Seven Inch Weather Halt Hits Baton Rouge Area
Freezing conditions sweep northern Louisiana with 28 to 32 degrees forecast. Quagmires form on dirt roads as rain muds travel. Delta Air Service halts Birmingham to Dallas passenger service due to poor visibility. planes stranded in Baton Rouge and Shreveport.
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Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Monroe
Mercury
Birmingham
Dallas
DE. Woolman
Delta Air Service, Inc
Cold night forecast for Shreveport area
Associated Press reports a cold night in Shreveport and nearby areas with a forecast low of 28 to 32 degrees by weather observer J. W. Cronk. The temperature outlook continues on page fifteen.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
J. W. Cronk
British Navy Head Speaks on Reduction and Peace
Albert V. Alexander first lord of the British admiralty, in a United Press interview from London on November 13, stresses stabilization of world armaments to prevent further naval buildup as a pivotal step toward world peace. He discusses peace, war and Anglo American relations with Henry T. Russell.
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United Press
Albert V. Alexander
British Admiralty
MacDonald
Henry T. Russell
London
Albert Y. Alexander
Admiralty
Sea Lord
United Press Cor
Market Ends Virtually At Bottom In Heavy Liquidation
New York November 13 stock market closes near session lows after widespread distress liquidation. Leading issues drop one to twenty dollars. notable quotes include 8 Steel 151.50 off 2, Radio 28.75 off 1.75, GE 173 off 11.75, GM 36.12 off 2.87, Johns Manville 95 up 1.50, Anaconda 70.50 off 6.50. Exchange asks members to file daily posi tion statements detailing borrowed and loaned stocks and delivery failures to gauge market condition.
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New York
Radio
General Electric
General Motors
Johns Manville
New York Stock Exchange
Oil Field Youth Fatally Shot Over Board Bill
Virgil Watkins a 22 year old oil field worker was shot in a dispute over a 19.50 board bill at Superior two miles south of Vivian. N L Tyson a 26 year old board ing house keeper used a 2 gauge shotgun wounding Watkins who died later at the state charity hospital. Tyson surrendered in Shreveport and faces possible manslaughter charges after coroner Dr Willis P Butler noted self defense claims.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Virgil Watkins
N. L. Tyson
Superior
Vivian
Watkins
State Charity Hospital
Tyson
Watkin
Shreveports
Sheriff's Department
Willis P. Butler
Northern Idaho Prohibition Roundup Targets Officials
In Moscow Idaho on November 18 authorities report a roundup of more than 40 people named in secret indictments for violating prohibition laws. Six public officials and two former officials in northern Idaho were arrested, with most suspects said to be from Shoshone county. The mining district towns are described as hidden mountain communities enforcing their own rules.
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Moscow
Idaho
Shoshone County
Coeur d'Alene
Princeton Cane Spree Triggers Freshmen Sophomore Riot
Princeton students rioted after the cane spree as a lone officer tried to quell the melee. A police car was overturned and windows shattered at Nassau street and municipal buildings. Two students Hancock and Woods were slightly injured by a passing patrol vehicle. Governor Larson’s car window was damaged during the unrest.
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Associated Press
Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Borough Hall
Hunt School For Boys
H. Hancock
Paris
John Woods
Gettysburg
Nassau Street
Hancock and
Woods
Morgan Larson
Woman Killed Convict Dying After Brooklyn Gun Battle
In Brooklyn's retail district a running gun battle left a bystander dead and General Small dying. Small, 35, a robbery convict and ringleader in a jailbreak bid at Auburn, was wounded during the pursuit. Several others were killed or wounded as police captured or chased the fugitives. Mrs Irene Summer, 26, died from a stray bullet as she wheeled her child past the scene.
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Brooklyn
General Small
Auburn State Prison
Small
Irene Summer
Rochester Gas and Electric President Dies Amid Market Losses
Rochester executive Robert M. Searle, head of Rochester Gas and Electric, died at his home amid stock market losses reported to total around a million dollars. The incident was described as self infliction. Jewish colonists near Jerusalem uneasy after Bedouin ambush in Hedera area. a woman was killed and a man wounded. In Moscow, Chinese troops reportedly attacked on the Manchurian border and were repelled by Soviet artillery.
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Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation
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Manchurian
Murder Trial of Parrish to Start Monday
Eddie Parrish charged with the murder of J M Mann a Ferriday Chinese merchant pleaded not guilty in Concordia district court Vidalia. Indicted yesterday the case is set for trial next Monday. Griffin Ferriday is charged with obtaining money by false pretenses in a linked case and a $700 payment was alleged as a motive.
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J. M. Mann
Ferriday
Concordia
Vidalia
News-Star
Parrish
Spencer Griffin
Griffin
Mississippi
Ouachita Parish
Gladys May Insists on Accidental Death Tale
Gladys May Parks a former night club entertainer and pianist in Camden New Jersey insisted she did not kill two babies she cared for. She stood by her story that the infants died by accident and buried them rather than murdered them.
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Gladys May
Camden
N. J
Gladys May Parks
Robbers Strike in New Orleans Market and Street
In New Orleans two incidents left victims thanks to armed theft. N Caruso, a meat market man, was robbed of 243 by two white men. William Lee was assaulted by two Black assailants who stole 10 and a gold watch.
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New Orleans
Navy
N. Caruso
William Lee
One Dead As Snow Covers Middle West
Winter's cold and blizzards grip the western United States with Colorado buried in snow and highways blocked. A man died from the cold as blizzards and drifting snow disrupted travel from the Mississippi to the Pacific with freezing temperatures and strong winds reported in Kansas City and across the plains.
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Denver
Colo
United States
Rockies
Mississippi River
Pacific Ocean
Zero
Colorado
Plains
Kansas
Kanasas City
Mojave Des
Bond Issue Planned for Bayou Bartholomew Bridges
Morehouse parish police jury voted to create a bridge and road district to build four bridges across Bayou Bartholomew and four new roads. A bond election of 135000 dollars is proposed within 30 days to finance the projects. District wards 1 2 3 4 7 9 and 10 will compose the district.
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News-Star
Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Bayou Bartholomew
Fol
Arkansas Pastor Faces Heresy Exam by Presbytery
The Arkansas Presbytery met in Little Rock to investigate Rev. Hay Watson Smith of Second Presbyterian Church over modernist preachings and open communion. Charges stem from Montreal last summer with Georgia Presbytery requesting the inquiry. sessions opened with a sermon by J. P. Stevenson and the election of Marion A. Boggs as successor.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Presbytery
Hay Watson Smith
Second Presbyterian Church
Smith
General Assembly
Montreal
Georgia Presbytery
J. P. Stevenson
Marion A. Boggs
Blytheville
Double shooting linked to six year affair in Florida
R C Patton of Lima Ohio told Orange county authorities he had a six year association with Cora J Eden divorced wife of James Oliver Curwood late novelist before he shot her and himself in Orlando. He faces a charge of assault with intent to murder if he recovers. Mrs Eden is expected to fully recover.
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Orlando
Fla
Orange County
R. C. Patton
Lima
Frank Karel
Patton
Cora J. Eden
James Oliver Curwood
United Press
War Secretary Good Undergoes Serious Appendicitis Operation
Secretary of War Henry L. Good, 62, underwent a difficult operation at Walter Reed Army Hospital for gangrenous perforating appendicitis. Surgeons reported extreme seriousness, but said his nervous system remains stable as White House and Hoover aides monitored the case.
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Associated Press
Washington
Good
Walter Reed Hospital
War Secretary
White House
Hoover
Walter Reed
Army Hospital
Youth 19 Kills Father Over Alleged Abuse Case
Tracy Lovett, 19, shot and killed his father R. T. Lovett, 55, after claiming ongoing drunken abuse of his mother. He said the father struck his mother and did not stop despite warnings, prompting Lovett to fire four bullets. Lovett was released on $1,000 bail on a murder charge.
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Associated Press
Center
Tex
Tracy Lovett
Tracy
R. T. Lovett
H. H. Burns
Lovett
Card Playing Mamas and Coin Grabbing Papas Blamed
Jonesboro Arkansas November 13 Judge W W Bandy in a Rotary club talk blamed rising youth crime on mothers chasing social engagements and fathers seeking wealth He urged mothers to focus on children and fathers to prioritize sons over fortune to reduce crime levels.
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Jonesboro
Ark
W. W. Bandy
Rotary Club
Bandy
Elliott to Supervise U S 30 Census Here
Washington November 13 Supervisors for the 1920 census and their districts announced by the director of census include Olva G Elliott Monroe Louisiana for Blanville Claiborne Jackson Lincoln Morehouse Ouachita Union with parish headquarters at Monroe.
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Associated Press
Washington
Olva G. Elliott
Monroe
Louisiana
Blanville
Claiborne
Jackson
Lincoln
Morehouse
Ouachita
Union
Elliott Named Census Supervisor for Second Louisiana District
C G Elliott of 2312 South Grand Street is announced by the News-Star as supervisor for Louisiana's second congressional district. Census work starts April 1, 1930 with offices likely in the local post office. Elliott seeks parish cooperation and will issue a press statement soon.
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C. G. Elliott
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Grand Street
Louisiana
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News-Star Today
Detectives Nab Men in Canal Street Flim-Flam
New Orleans detectives Harry Gregson and Buddy Ford arrested Charles Rosinski and Joseph Figowitz after overhearing a pair bragging about a game to a young woman. They were charged with shilling for a flim-flam game as authorities warned that no game is easy to beat.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
City
Harry Gregson
Buddy Ford
Canal Street
Charles Rosinski
Joseph Figowitz
Claiborne Case Dismissed Over Bouanchaud Nomination
Judge Carruth dismissed Ford C. Claiborne's contest suit claiming the second primary tally for Hewitt Bouanchaud in the 18th district produced the Democratic nomination. Governor Huey P. Long said no commission would be issued and Bouanchaud will serve until a legal election determines his successor.
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Associated Prose
Baton Rouge
Hewitt Bouanchand
18Th Judicial District
William C. Carruth
8Th District Court
New Roads
Ford C. Claiborne
Bouanchaud
New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Hewitt Bouanchaud
Ford
C. Claiborne
Govertenor Long
Tam
Bouanchaud Elected Unanimously in 18th Judicial District
Hewitt Bouanchaud of New Roads was elected prosecutor of the 18th judicial district with overwhelming support after a controversial election cancellation by Governor Huey P. Long. The election proceeded despite Saint’s contention that the governor could not annul it. Voters in the district participated actively.
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Baton Rouge
Hewitt Bouanchaud
New Roads
Ale
18Th Judicial District
Huey P. Leng
Percy Saint
Baptist Message Deficit Discussed at Convention
The Louisiana State Baptist convention on its second day debated the Baptist Message deficit of $2315.30 reported by Provost of Mansfield. The committee urged a board to manage the paper and payment for space by certain church groups. Memorial services were held for deceased pastors.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Louisiana State Baptist Convention
QO. P. Estes
First Baptist Church of
Bogalusa
G. , Provost
Mansfield
Baptist Message
C. A. Voyles
Southside Baptist Church
Cedar Grove
L. J. Bristow
Brotherhood
Ben Johnson
Christian Education
J. L. Wise
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M. Ellerbe
Lee F
Simsheare
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Dwells
D. T Bell
W. C. Young
Bossier City
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Manifest
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