Kirk killed by officers after spree of crime
Fort Worth dispatch reports Berner Kirk, one of four escaped from Caddo parish jail, shot to death by officers after a series of abductions, a car theft, a filling station hold up, and an attempted robbery. His companion fled into river bottoms as police fired on an auto. The driver Ernest Cash described the abduction and theft during the chase.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Berner Kirk
Caddo Parish
Shreveport
Kirk
Trinity River
Carter
Wood
Ernest Cash
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Kirk Wanted On Robbery Charges
Shreveport report states Bernon Kirk escaped Caddo Parish jail and was shot by Fort Worth officers after a Thursday night incident. He faced highway robbery charges in Shreveport and Palo Pinto County Texas, with one conviction but no sentencing. He listed Fort Worth as his home and was a fugitive from Palo Pinto jail for assault in robbery.
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Shreveport
Bernon Kirk
Caddo Parish
Fort Worth
Texas
Kirk
Palo Pinto
New Orleans
Driver of WPA Truck Ambushed in Alabama
In Jasper Alabama on October 4 a WPA truck driver Bull LeGrand of Creektown was ambushed while transporting workers to a WPA project stalled by a wage dispute. Hours earlier dynamite exploded near county commissioner E C Ellison’s Townley home and near the home of Reverend J B McNutt in Manchester. Sheriff Dick Burrow arrested Will Hamrick of Creektown on threats charges and the case ties to a broader wave of dynamitings. authorities continued investigations with the sheriff’s office stretched thin.
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Jasper
Ala
Creektown
Townley
Manchester
Dick Burrow
Will Hamrick
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Bull LeGrand
Phillips School
E. C. Ellison
J. B. McNutt
Detroit Triumphs Over Cubs In Eleven Innings At Wrigley
In an eleven inning World Series game at Wrigley Field Detroit Tigers edged the Chicago Cubs 6 to 5. Lynwood Rowe relieved, pitching brilliantly after a late lead change, while Lonnie Warneke faltered in relief for Chicago.
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Wrigley Field
Chicago
Pj—Lynwood
Tigers rally notes from a tense at bat
White reaches on a sequence of called strikes and balls before fanning, Hartnett misplays the foul ball, Cochranes hits a bounding ball then safe as the play continues. The fragment ends with Cochrane up and the count in a tight spot as the game page continues.
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Tigers
White
Hartnett
Cochrane
British Troops Causing Concern In Africa and Aden Move Rumors
Reports from London say public worry centers on the Italian advance into Ethiopia and rumors of British troop movements. Unconfirmed notes say Indian reserves might be sent toward Aden. The Mediterranean and Red Sea fleets appear mobilized with expected air reinforcements near Suez.
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London
UPI
Ethiopia
India
Aden
Red Sea
Mediterranean
Red Seas
Suez Canal
India Office
Sundan
Egypt
Kenya
Armory Approved for Jennings Par: Land Purchase Plan Set
Jeff Davis parish police jury allocated 900 to buy three acres facing Lake Arthur avenue for an armory site in Jennings Louisiana. Major General Raymond Fleming approved the land purchase. The armory costs will be funded entirely by the federal government.
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Jennings
Jeff Davis Parish
Lake Arthur Avenue
Raymond Fleming
Louisiana National Guard
Strikes in New Orleans Turn Violent at Docks
Strikes by the International Longshoremen association spark violence in New Orleans with stab wounds and battered heads reported. While loading continued, police reduced escorts as clashes near docks occurred. Gulfport Mobile and Pensacola calmer with no major disruption. One man, Andrew Williams, 45, was seriously wounded. 20 loiterers were arrested amid brick bat and pistol fire.
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New Orleans
International Longshoremen’s Association
L. A
Gulfport
Mobile
Pensacola
Andrew Williams
New Judge and Attorney Named in Evangeline Parish
Evangeline parish appointed J Cleveland Fruge as judge and FE Herman Guillory as district attorney under a legislature act tied to Huey Long’s shooting. They displaced R Lee Garland, previously district attorney of the Evangeline St Landry district, now an assistant district attorney.
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Baton Rouge
Evangeline Parish
Huey P. Long
O. K. Allen
J Cleveland Fruge
Long
Herman Guillory
R. Lee Garland
Evangeline-St. Landry Parish
Confederate Veterans of Mississippi Meet at Beauvoir
The last Mississippi Civil War veterans gathered at Beauvoir, the Jefferson Davis home, for the annual reunion. Only 28 survivors answered roll call at the opening, with sixteen Beauvoir residents among them, supported by the Sons of the Confederate Veterans and the state for veterans, their wives and widows.
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Beauvoir
Miss
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Mississippi
French cabinet considers Italy sanctions amid alliance strains
The French cabinet signals possible sanctions against Italy as collaboration with Britain falters. The move reflects growing tensions in the wartime alliance and potential shifts in European diplomacy.
French cabinet backs Laval in League sanctions on Italy
Paris reports the French cabinet grants Premier Laval a free hand in League of Nations sanctions discussions against Italy. A note to Great Britain outlines France’s stance if the British fleet is attacked. no immediate response details released. French sources say sanctions could take about six weeks once League approval is secured.
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Paris
Laval
League of Nations
Italy
Great Britain
France
Mediterranean
League
Cabinet Asked To Approve Sanctions
Paris October 4 Premier Pierre Laval sought cabinet approval for a Franco British program of economic and financial sanctions that could halt all trade with Italy. The plan, for League of Nations debate, also considers aid for Ethiopia and ending the Ethiopian arms embargo. French officials said Laval and Anthony Eden agreed on the program.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Italy
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Laval
Anthony Eden
France
Methodists Plan Conference Here in Monroe District
A Monroe district Methodist conference for pastors is set for Monday at 2 30 PM at First Methodist Church. Rev H L Jones presiding elder will lead discussions on completing the year’s work before the November 20 New Orleans annual conference. Speakers include W B Clarke R W Vaughn Elizabeth Langford and others. The district report shows 547 new members 25000 in pastor salaries and 3175 15 raised for benevolences.
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Monroe
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
First Methodist Church
H. L. Jones
New Orleans
W. B. Clarke
R. W. Vaughn
Methodist
Elizabeth Langford
D. C. Metcalf
Woman's Missionary Society
C. Collins
Death by own action verdict in Oakdale man death
Coraoner A J Heflin of Allen parish certified death by own action in the case of 38 year old World war veteran Paul Hargrove found with a bullet in his head in his brother Mervin D Hargrove store. A 45 caliber pistol found near the body was claimed as Marvin Hargrove's who says he left it in a desk drawer. Hargrove had been despondent over ill health and unemployment and was a former patient at Alexandria Veterans hospital. He is survived by several brothers and a sister.
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Oakdale
A. J. Heflin
Allen Parish
Paul Hargrove
Mervin D. Hargrove
Marvin
W. D. Hargrove
Alexandria Veterans’ Hospital
New Proposals From Governor Conner Shape Mississippi Session
Governor Sennett Conner urges emergency measures in a second message to the Mississippi legislature. Proposals include a corrupt practices act with teeth, a state department of labor, a veterans homestead agency, and care for unemployables after federal relief ends. He also calls for strict campaign controls limiting candidate activity and voter contact.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Sennett Conner
Assembly
Conner
State Department of Labor
Aged railroad figure Alex S. Abel dies at 75
Alex S. Abel, 75, longtime railroad executive and former Rock Island official, died of a heart attack at his son Nelson Abel’s home at 2003 South Grand Street. He retired in 1932 due to ill health after a career with Iron Mountain at Monroe from 1908 to 1914 and prior Missouri Pacific in St Louis. Abel had been an invalid for three years.
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Alex S. Abel
Nelson D. Abel
South Grand Street
Abel
Rock Island Lines
Kansas City
Iron Mountain Railroad
Monroe
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Lea And Cannon Face Kidnapping Charges in Federal Court
Lea Will Lea aged 35 and Jerry Cannon aged 30, escapees from the state penitentiary, faced kidnapping charges in federal court in New Orleans. They allegedly abducted Mr. and Mrs. Herndon Riley Sr. and their two sons near Tunica Louisiana and forced the family into Mississippi in the Riley automobile. Lea had prior robbery conviction and Cannon burglary conviction.
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New Orleans
Gus Will Lea
Jerry Cannon
State Penitentiary
Liberty
Herndon Riley
Tunica
Mississippi
Riley
Lea
Cannon
Italian Troops Advancing in Ethiopia and Front Actions
Associated Press records indicate Italian forces, aided by air support, pushing into Ethiopia with claimed advances along the front. Ethiopian leaders vow stronger resistance as Italians seize Malbaria and Mount Rama.
Hundreds Honor Deceased Bishop Gailor in Sewanee
Hundreds gathered in Sewanee Tennessee to honor the late Right Rev Thomas Frank Gailor bishop of Tennessee and chancellor of the University of the South He died yesterday services were set for 12 30 p m at All Saints chapel Bishop James M Maxon presided and praised his work and personality for the diocese of Tennessee
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Sewanee, Tenn
Little Mountain College
Thomas Frank Gailor
Tennessee
University of the South
Moultrie Guerry
James M. Maxon
Chattanooga
Gailor
Diocese of
All Saints Chapel
Maxon
Kenner Shrewsbury Highway Work Begun
Dredging contractors began widening the Kenner Shrewsbury section of the New Orleans Baton Rouge highway for permanent pavement. The Kenner Shrewsbury stretch is closed while the river road below Kenner stays open and a new access to New Orleans via Williams avenue will open in a few days. The highway commission awarded six or seven farmers road projects in Caldwell Catahoula Union Natchitoches Avoyelles and Jeff Davis parishes and rejected one bid for 5.79 miles of grading and gravel in Red River parish on route 225.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans- Baton Rouge
Kenner
New Orleans
Williams Avenue
Lakeshore
City
The
Highway Commission
Iew
Caldwell
Catahoula
Union
Natchitoches
Avoyelles
Jeff Davis Parishes
Red River Parish
War Looms as U.S. Awaits Evidence of East Africa Conflicts
The state department awaits official word of war in East Africa before recommending an embargo on arms shipments to Italy and Ethiopia. Officials expect action after acts of war are confirmed, with a tentative draft ready to enforce limits on weapons used in warfare while preserving neutrality.
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Washington
State Department
East Africa
Roosevelt
Italy
Ethiopia
Congress
United States
Hull
Italians Fight Harlem Negroes In New York Disorder
Police mobilized about 1 000 officers and 200 to 300 detectives for special duty as clashes tied to the Italo Ethiopian situation prompted heightened security. Harlem saw trouble after a group of negroes picketed an Italian market.
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New York
Harlem
Four At Lake Charles Get Prison Sentences
Four men from Lake Charles face four to 12 year penitentiary terms after pleading guilty to kidnapping L. F. Westberg of Beaumont Texas on April 3. Howard Smith Warren Johnson and Alvin Ledeaux admitted abducting Westberg and using his car in an attempted bank holdup at Robeline Louisiana. They were transported to Natchitoches to face bank holdup charges.
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Lake Charles
L. F. Westberg
Beaumont
Texas
Howard Smith
Warren Johnson
Alvin Ledeaux
Westberg
Robeline
Natchitoches
Italian planes hit by war as Aduwa falls and chaos grows
News from Washington reports Italian advances across Ethiopia with Aduwa reportedly near capture. Ethiopians suffered heavy losses while Haile Selassie and Mussolini trade aims amid bombings near Aksum and Adigrat. Casualty figures vary, with reports of about 2,000 Ethiopian dead or wounded.
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Associated Press
Italy
Ethiopia
Aduswa
Aduwa
Verdun
Haile Selassie
Lon
Judah
Mussolini
Italiy~é
Addis Ababa
Geneva
Paris
Lonedon
Aksum
Il Duce
C Cross
Galleazzo Cianco
Adigrat
Ogaden
Somaeliland
Adedis Ababa
Reuters
Pardons Granted for Three Louisiana Convicts
Gov. O. O. K. Allen pardoned three Louisiana convicts and granted one reprieve. Fred Barrios of New Orleans received 3 to 5 years for assault and robbery. Aleus Rivarro of Assumption parish got 18 months for burglary. Winfield Wolf of New Orleans was sentenced to 9 to 4 years for assault and robbery. Flood Ward, March 4 1935 inmate in Morehouse parish jail, was given an indefinite reprieve subject to road duty larceny.
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Baton Rouge
Parish
O O. K. Allen
Fred Barrios
New Orleans
Aleus Rivarro
Assumption Parish
Winfield Wolf
Flood Ward
Morehouse Parish
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Duce
Methodists
Secon
Malbaria
Mount Rama
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Rome
Baron Aloisi
League of Nations Council
Shrewsbury
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Cornelius H. van Engert
Louisiana
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