Two Injured in Brownville Road Hit-and-Run
A driver, A N Clinton of Clay Union parish, admitted intoxication after his car struck two young bicycle riders on the Brownville road last night. He was held at a Brownville cafe until sheriff deputies arrived, with evidence suggesting he drove on the wrong side of the road.
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A. N. Clinton
Clay
Union Parish
Sheriff's Department
Clinton
Milton Coverdale
Labor schism may be closed in short time
Washington October 5 tentative talks offered hope the rift in the American Federation of Labor might heal before irreparable harm. An executive council meeting set for Thursday dominated by the split as New York figures voiced positions. David Dubinsky said the CIO would drop its campaign on condition that the AFL permit vertical unionization of the steel industry.
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American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
The
A. F. of L
New York
New York Times
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers
Committee On Industrial Organization
A. F. of
Dubinsky
Elector Heads Named In Louisiana For Roosevelt Victory
New York Oct 5 James A Farley chairman of the Democratic national committee announced the appointment of 154 Louisiana chairmen of the National Council of Roosevelt Electors bringing the total to 189. Farley praised A P Tugwell Baton Rouge finance director and state Elec tors chairman for quickly perfecting the organization. The Roose velt Electors support fundraising for Roosevelt's bid for reelection with chairmen named in Alexandria New Orleans Lafayette Monroe New Iberia and Hammond among others.
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New York
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Louisiana
National Council of Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Farley
A. P. Tugwell
Baton Rouge
New Iberia
H. P. Mitchell
Hammond
Last Minute Briefs From New York and Manila
Fred Davis aged 22 died today as part of a three way inquiry into a mid air collision that hurled two wrecked ships into a meadow near a Long Island highway as Sunday traffic passed. two men were arrested in Manila over a string of downtown bomb explosions Saturday night.
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New York
Fred Davis
Long Island
Manila
P. 1
Typhoon toll rises in Japan and Korea aftermath
Official reports on the weekend disaster in Japan and Korea list 234 dead missing and injured. The toll reflects widespread destruction across affected areas as authorities tally casualties and continue search efforts.
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Tokyo
Japan
Korea
74 Foes Guarded Free City of Danzig Raid
Nazi controlled police guarded 74 political foes today after a raid on opposition party meetings in Danzig city. The move followed clashes as authorities cracked down on political dissent amid heightened tensions.
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Danzig
Aleut skull yields largest brain on record in west
Dr. Alex Hrdlicka returns from the Aleutians with a relic skull believed to be centuries old. Smithsonian scientists say the brain capacity measures 2,005 cubic centimeters, the largest for a human brain recorded in the western hemisphere.
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Washington
Aleutian Islands
Alex Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
Western Hemisphere
Institution
Straus funeral plans set for ambassador and retailer heir
New York reports that Jesse Isidor Straus will be mourned in a family ceremony with funeral services at Temple Emanuel on Fifth Avenue after his death at age 64 from pneumonia. The Cincinnati report notes the city’s reaction to a clashing cultural claim about Cleveland versus New York.
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New York
Jesse Isidor Straus
France
Temple Emanuel
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Straus
Park Avenue
Lumber shipments rise as heaviest week of 1936 recorded
The National Lumber Manufacturers Association reported that lumber shipments for the week ending September 28 were the heaviest of 1936 to date, reflecting a strong demand in Washington.
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Washington
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Reading Pickets Demand 40 Minute Lunch at Southern High
About 200 students gathered at Southern High School in Reading Pa today to demand a 40 minute lunch period and protest school policy. Authorities reported no clashes as students voiced their request during the midday break.
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Reading
Southern High School Today
Bluff Springs man freed on bond over stove burn charge
Grady Kite, 21, of Bluff Springs, was released today on $200 bond after being charged with burning the feet of his infant step-child by pressing them to a hot stove. The incident, reported from Pensacola, occurred on Oct. 5.
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Pensacola
Fla
Grady Kite
Bluff Springs
Hungarian Priest Pursues Fakirs Across City
In Woodbridge New Jersey on October 5 Rev Vincent Lenyi a Hungarian parish leader declared he had rid his flock of beliefs in black magic and witchcraft and said two fakirs had malused the community. He vowed to pursue the alleged swindlers to clear the parish of superstition.
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Woodbridge
N. J
Vincent Lenyi
Sales Tax In Eleven States Becomes Issue
The general sales tax is a campaign issue in at least eleven states using it to fund rising expenditures. Ohio voters face a 3 percent tax on home food. experts warn a repeal could cost twelve million dollars. Arizona's 2 percent tax and Utah's $3 million annual yield also figure in the debates.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Arkansas
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Arizona
B. B. Moef
R. C. Stanford
Utah
Henry Blood
News men ride to Manila on first Pan American clipper
Associated Press report describes a press delegation traveling from New York to Manila route via United Airlines and Pan American Airways. The group crosses the eastern United States, makes a Chicago stop, and heads toward San Francisco as the Pacific flight’s prelude to the Manila trip.
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Charles BE. Harner
Associated Press
Manila
New York
United States
Philippines
San Francisco
Chicago
United Airlines
Newark
N. J
Pan-American Airways
Pacific
Cleveland
Manhattan
Officers named by Young Men's Clubs
New Orleans October 5. The Louisiana Association of Young Men's Business clubs elected Carlos Spaht of Baton Rouge president at the convention. Louis Riecke of New Orleans was chosen first vice president, Gordon Miller of Houma second vice president, Joseph Spears of Lake Charles third vice president, and Cecil R. Middown of DeRidder secretary treasurer.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Association of Young Men’s Business Clubs
Carlos Spaht
Baton Rouge
Louis Riecke
Gordon Miller
Houma
Joseph Spears
Lake Charles
Cecil R. Middiown
DeRidder
Robbery fugitive escapes from Mississippi jail
Mark Oliver former Bay St. Louis official and ex police chief fled a Gulfport jail after slugging a guard as he was handed blankets. Guards fired tear gas to flush accomplices while Oliver vanished in a waiting car prompting a wide search.
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Gulfport
Miss
Mark Oliver
Oliver
Bay St. Louis
Hugh Latimer
Latimer
Sam Montalbano
James Glynn
Deaths in 1936 seen at about 110000 in U S
Atlantic City opening of the 25th National Safety conference reports that accidental deaths in the United States are expected to total about 110000 for 1936, an increase over 1935 and 1934. The rise is attributed to heat related and various other accidents, with non fatal injuries around 9.5 million. Automobile fatalities are projected near 36300.
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Atlantic
N. J
United States
National Safety Council
Statistical Bureau
C. H. Watson
The
American Telephone and Tele
PWA Grants Confirmed For Louisiana State Offices
Governor Leche announced in Washington that the Public Works Administration will fund 465,646 to build a state office building adjoining the statehouse. The two story plus four story center design includes underground tunnel links and will ease office congestion. An additional 262,022 is allotted to an 584,938 state exhibition building at Shreveport for state product displays and other uses. Construction starts in November after the state board of liquidation approved borrowing to supplement federal funds.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
Washington
Public Works Administration
Statehouse
PWA
Shreveport
State Board of Liquidation
Marrying Barber Prepared to Die in Rattlesnake Murder
Los Angeles report says Robert James, condemned to death for killing his seventh wife last year, faced execution bravely declaring fearlessness. He and three other men were baptized in a county jail laundry tub as trial testimony described the rattlesnake murder manner, including using a live reptile in a bathtub to claim insurance proceeds.
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Los Angeles
Robert James
James
Negro Wounds 15, Is Killed In North Carolina Siege
In Windsor North Carolina on October 5 a six hour siege ended when gunman Dennie Thrower 30 refused surrender and died in a fire set by him. Fifteen possemen were wounded but recovered as crowd of about two thousand watched J C Johnston set his firebombed shack alight and Flames engulfed Thrower who had fired on officers. Police and sheriffs suffered serious and minor injuries including Chief J M Waters and Highway Patrolman A W Welch.
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Windsor
N. C
Dennie Thrower
Bill
J. A. Pritchett
J. C. Johnston
J. M. Waters
A. W. Welch
C. B. Roebuck
Williamston
F. M. Dunston
Bertie
W. L. Smallwood
Thrower
C. E. Phelps
E. P. Spivey
Lewis Byrd
M. H. Mor
Baton Rouge Creamery Suspends Deliveries Amid Milk Picketing
In Baton Rouge Louisiana on October 5 pickets poured milk onto paved streets as organized producers demand 2.55 dollars per hundred pounds for all milk. Creameries suspend deliveries while drivers were stopped and bottles seized. Some milk dumped on Third Street, the main business thoroughfare, with drivers offering no resistance.
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Baton Rouge
Third Street
Grand Juries Begin Sessions in City Monday
Monroe federal district court and Ouachita parish grand juries convened Monday to begin the fall investigations. About 100 criminal cases are expected in the federal term with other civil and probation cases listed. Parish cases include 39, and Judge Garrett warned on speeding and careless driving as traffic fatalities rise to levels compared with ongoing conflicts. He urged responsibility for dependents of accident victims and likened reckless drivers to armed outlaws.
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Monroe
Federal District Court
Ouachita Parish
Federal
David I. Garrett
Shenandoah Gets Two Governments
Shenandoah Pa Oct 5 One city two governments as council split along party lines following a resignation dispute. The Schuylkill county court will decide if the mayoral move voided the resignation. Separate Republican and Democratic councils and police forces man water works and enforce slots raids independently amid a polarized town.
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Shenandoah
Stanley Grayefsky
Schuylkill
Rioting in Paris Suppressed as Nationalists Defy Orders
Paris clashes erupt as Nationalist French Social Party followers declare they will carry on amid government calls to halt anti communist actions. Police and guardsmen deployed after street battles near Parc des Princes, 1500 jailed briefly, violence described as the worst in years.
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Associated Press
Paris
Francois de la Rocque
French Social Party
Popular Front
New Social Party
Parc Des Princes
Duce Cuts Italy's Money In Sweeping Decree
Premier Mussolini cuts the lira value by 31 percent in a cabinet approved measure. The new rate sets the lira at 19 to the dollar and 90 to the pound with a $2.46 gold content per pound. The decree levies a 5 percent property levy on loan subscriptions and imposes new taxes on stock dividends and company profits. It also bars price rises and public utility rate hikes while cutting grain and cereal duties by 65 percent.
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Rome
Mussolini
United States
Tr Duce
New York
Il Duce
Four Negroes Escape Arkansas Prison Camp
Four black convicts escaped from stockade at prison camp No. one in Cummins Prison Farm Arkansas with two of long sentences. The escapees are Walter Edwards Archie Goodwin John E Hardy and John Miller. Bloodhounds failed to locate their trail and guards reported the break at 2 30 AM.
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Cummins
Ark
S. Fish
Walter Edwards
Chicot County
Archie Goodwin
Ouachita County
John E. Hardy
Union County
John Miller
Crittenden County
Funeral Held For Francesa Brady In Covington Slaying
Police attended the funeral of Francesa Brady a 37 year old secretary shot last Friday after a bridal shower and midnight mass. Officers hope plain clothes presence will elicit the slayer as questions about a man and woman seen fleeing near the victim's home linger.
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Covington
Francesa Brady
John L. O'Donnell
E. M. Beebe
Miss Brady
Beebe
Elsaline
Margaret
Grand Jury Reconsiders Wendel Kidnap Torture Case
In Newark October 5 the grand jury resumed hearings on the Paul H. Wendel case. Wendel, a former Trenton attorney, alleges he was kidnapped in Manhattan, held in Brooklyn, and tortured into a false confession about abducting the Lindbergh baby. Indicted: Parker Sr. and Jr. plus four others. federal probe under the Lindbergh law continues.
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Newark
N. J
Paul H. Wendel
Wendel
Trenton
Manhattan
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Ellis H. Parker, Sr
Burlington County
Parker
Ellis, Jr
Kings County
United States
Johnn 4. Quinn
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