Ten Month Old Ant Kept Bying Case Headlines Abuse
District Attorney Eugene Stanley ordered the arrest of Lucius Gunter Jr a telephone company worker on charges from the Louisiana children bureau that he repeatedly beat his ten month old son Lucius Jr while the mother lay ill in bed A juvenile court heard the case and the infant with welts and discolorations was placed in bureau care while Mrs Gunter was hospitalized at Charity hospital neighbors alerted authorities to the abuse and a worker from the children bureau investigated.
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New Orleans
Eugene Stanley
Lucius Gunter, Jr
Louisiana Children’s Bureau
Gunter
Lucius, Jr
Gunters
Children’s Bureau
Bureau
Charity Hospital
Texas Cotton Raisers End Trying Year With Little Hope Remaining
Dallas News reports the Texas cotton crop faces its bleakest season in a decade. Drought heat and pests reduced yields and grades across almost all counties, with only southern Texas showing a normal ginning output.
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Texas
United Press
Dallas
The
Dallas News
New Orleans Cincinnati Train Derailment Injures Twelve
Reported derailment near Louisville Kentucky on the New Orleans to Cincinnati line injured twelve passengers. The Louisvillesville train struck a broken rail just after crossing a trestle while en route from New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Cincinnati
New Orlnati
Here
Sinclair Visit to Pope Sparks Vatican Attention
Pope Pius received American businessman Harry Sinclair, his wife, and Sinclair company members in a private audience at the Vatican City. The meeting occurred on October 3 and was reported as a notable diplomatic and business cordial exchange.
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Beueno
Vatican City
Pius
Harry Sinclair
Sinclair
Sinclair Company
Fire devastates new education building in Harrisburg
United Press reports a fatal fire swept the interior of a $5,000,000 educational building opposite the state capitol in Harrisburg Illinois. In Kentucky another killing occurred near Troublesome township with 18 year old Buck Miller dying from gunshot wounds and deputy Henry Hensley held on $1,000 bond. A Jerusalem dispatch claimed Turks massacred 4500 people in the Zula district with many villages destroyed.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Ila
State Capitol
Whitesburg
London
Jerusalem
Zula
Twenty Million Dollar Natural Gas Expansion
The United Gas System announces a twenty million dollar expansion plan with eight and a half million already authorized. New transmission lines will double gas delivery to Houston homes and industries, plus lines, compressor stations, and distribution upgrades across south Texas. Over 350 miles of lines valued around seven million three hundred fifty thousand dollars will be laid.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
United Gas System
Houston Gas and Fuel Company
Refu- 9
South Texan
Houson Gulf Gas Company
Magnolia Bank Fails to Open Doors in Magnolia
In Magnolia Mississippi the Citizens Savings Bank failed to open today with a notice on the doors stating the bank's affairs are turned over to the state banking department. Superintendent J S Love cited crop conditions and cotton prices as the cause. Liabilities totaled 214000 with loans at 267000, capital 30000, surplus 10000 and resources about 400000.
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Magnolia
Miss
Citizens Savings Bank of
State Banking Department
J. S. Love
Bishop Cannon Reaffirms Home Brew Illegal Under Prohibition
Bishop James Cannon Jr. rejects Prohibition Director Woodcock’s claim that home made wine and beer are immune to federal action. He says the Volstead act and the constitutional amendment prohibit manufacture and sale of intoxicants anywhere, including homes, and that enforcement policy cannot alter the law.
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Associated Press
Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Prohibition
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Colonel Woodcock
Woodcock
Bishop Cannon
British Missionaries Edith Nettleton and Eleanor Harrison Executed
The two British missionaries captured July by communist forces near Chungan Fukien were shot after failed negotiations for their release. The bandits cut off Miss Nettleton’s finger and sent it to British authorities demanding $100000 in ransom. Both women belonged to the Church Missionary Society and were en route from Chungan to Kienneingfu.
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Associated Press
Peiping
China
Foochow
Edith Nettleton
Eleanor June Harrison
Chungan
Fukien
Miss Nettleton
Church Missionary Society
Kienneingfu
Faithful Fans Meet Cards at St Louis Today
Several hundred Cardinals fans welcome the team at Union Station in St Louis after the club arrived from Philadelphia following losses in the first two World Series games to the Athletics. The mood is subdued as players and crowds show little enthusiasm while a fife and drum corps greets them and they depart for hotels.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
St. Louis Cardinals
Union Station
Philadelphia
Athletics
Tornado Rips Colorado Rural Area Killing Three
A Colorado tornado struck a rural area near Fowler on October 3, leaving three dead and two injured. Several homes were damaged including a farmhouse that collapsed trapping victims. Injured include G W Lackey Collie Noble and Mrs J B Downing fatally, while Henry Hashaw and Mrs J P Downing were injured. A four month old baby was unharmed.
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United Press
Fowler
Colo
Colorado
Here
G. W. Lackey
Collie Noble
J. B. Downing
Henry Hashaw
J. P. Downing
Moonshine Still Found Closed by Hard Times Note
Sumter county officers locate a well equipped still with all utensils present but no mash and no operators. A nearby tree bears the sign Closed on account of the hard times.
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Associated Press
Sumter, &. C
Sumter County
Sumter
Bandits Get Footwear Fitting Break After Store Robbery
Three robbers paused during a Chicago store heist to try on shoes. They examined a “slow shoe” tan pair size 10 and thanked clerk Frank Santelli before departing with a small cash haul.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Frank Santelli
Santelli
Turner Assures Protection For Loreco Dealers
Turner announcesLoreco merger aims to protect dealers and ensure competitive conditions. Northeast Louisiana regional managers met at Hotel Virginia called by John B. Turner to discuss future policies. He notes September business higher than August with October expected to rise. price structure not yet announced.
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Louisiana Oland Refining Corporation
Henry L. Doherty
Louisiana
Hotel Virginia
John B. Turner
Turner
Loreco
Passenger Leaps From Berlin Airliner En Route to Hanover
A passenger aboard a Berlin bound air liner traveling from Hamburg to Rothenburg opened a door and leaped to death mid flight. The deceased, named Pipler, was seen by another passenger who could not prevent the fatal plunge.
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United Press
Berlin
Hamburg
Hanover
Rothenburg
Pipler
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley Debuts
J P Alley presents Hambone's Meditations in a new weekly column. The comic voice offers sharp regional humor and musings on daily life with a distinctive Southern perspective.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Blind Woman Perishes in Fire as Two Buildings Burn
Aged blind resident Mrs Jessie Carmack, 76, died after flames engulfed two adjoining apartment houses in Washington. Tenants fled into the cold morning air as 40 families were displaced. Mrs A M Castle saved her infant son by tossing him to Tudor Mask in the courtyard. Mask caught both mother and baby.
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United Press
Washington
Jessie Carmack
A. M. Castle
Tudor Mask
Mask
Mrs. Castle
Foster Nominates Communist Candidate for New York Governor
A petition with 28,272 signatures placed William Z. Foster of New York City as the communist party candidate for governor in Albany. In a Hart's Island prison cell Foster, serving an indeterminate sentence for his role in the red Thursday riot, plans a statewide tour starting October 21 upon release.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
William Z. Foster
New York City
Communist Party
Secretary of State
New York
Hart's Island
Union Square
Joe Kirkwood Exhibition Set for October 8 in Monroe
Golf star Joe Kirkwood will visit Monroe October 8 to play a match with Johnny Camet at Riverside Country Club. He will follow with trick-shot exhibition and a golf lecture starting at 1:80 p.m. local time.
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Joe Kirkwood
Monroe
Riverside Country Club
Johnny Camet
Accountant McGoey to supervise New Orleans treasurer office
In New Orleans on October 3 P J McGoey accountant was appointed by the commission to supervise the city treasurer s office after a fraud exposure in back tax collections involving four former city employees He began inspecting the department to ferret out weak spots.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
P. J. McGoey
Commission Commecil
Fire Captain Injured Rescuing Woman in Monroe House Fire
Captain Lee Hale of the Monroe fire department was injured during a rescue attempt at a burning residence of Dr. John T. Miller on DeSiard Street. He fell from the roof while entering the second floor. the rescued woman was later found absent from the home. Fire crews battled the flames for about three and a half hours. most of the upper story burned away.
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Lee Hale
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
John T. Miller
DeSiard Street
Miller
Captain Hale
Perry Hayden
Central Fire Station
Monroe School Board Faces Paving Cost Question
The Monroe board weighs sharing paving costs for a street project after a failed assessment. An attorney filed an exception as the district balances responsibility, location, and funding before a possible court decision.
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Monroe
Attor
Vessel battle saves crew aboard Santos Maru fire at sea
The Japanese steamship Santos Maru battled a three day fire in hold four while sailing from New Orleans to Yokohama. Discovered September 17, the blaze largely stayed within the hold as officers and passengers watched. The ship proceeded toward Yokohama arriving September 25 with no major outward damage. In a separate item, William J. Nicholson, 52, of Nashville, was found dead in a Brownsville hotel from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Associated Preas
New Orleans
Yokohama
Galveston
Associated Press
Brownsville
Tex
William J. Nicholson
Nashville, Tenn
Endurance boat duo near record on Lake Catherine
Ernie Hill and co pilot Clif ford Hamp near world endurance motorboat refueling record on Lake Catherine at 3 p m. They have already logged 23 days aboard the ETHS and plan to continue if they pass the 550 hour mark.
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United Press Hot
Fatally Wounded as Firearm Accident Near Moorin
A Texas man was fatally wounded and another was wounded near Moorin when a firearm discharged during a loading accident. Police said the incident occurred as they were handling a weapon. Investigators, no charges reported as the investigation continues.
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Associated Company
Texas
Moorin
Unclear fragment summary
Fragmentary text references a body found and a death, with scattered names and notes about associates and an electric shock. Details are incomplete. no clear event, dates, or locations emerge.
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Man
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Roosevelt
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