Mississippi House Kills No-Cotton Plan In Rare Session
The Mississippi House voted 50 to 45 to reconsider the Kennedy no-cotton bill, ending prospects for a cotton holiday. The vote followed debate over penalties binding fines as liens on cotton growers properties, with the Senate planning to confer after reconciling amendments.
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Mississippi House
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Senate
House
Roberts-Sillers
Senate
House of Representatives
Roberts- Sillers
Rules Committee
Fire Destroys Warehouse and 650 Bales of Cotton
A large warehouse at the J. B. Barnett Company's gin in Scott Lafayette Parish burned early today of undetermined origin. About 650 bales of cotton valued at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars were destroyed. The cotton was stored for farmers with few insured. The gin carried insurance and Lafayette firemen aided in preventing spread to the gin and other property.
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Lafayette
J. B. Barnett Company
Scott
Lafayette Parish
J. B. Dugas
Ramblings From town mix silliness and local tales
Humorous sketches and brief items from the town include a boy vexed by long arithmetic problems a railroad engineer disputing a car count over 115 to 136 trains a coatless visitor misplacing a necktie and a hunter who loses his clothes to a fire on the way home A rumor hints at Polly Phelps seeking city marshal and a poultry keeper in Tyler considering alarm clock powered lights to coax hens into early laying.
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Ilinois
Tyler
Tex
Advertising Campaign Aims to Boost Cotton Industry
New Orleans reports a united cotton industry movement planned from growers and seed product groups to push industry advertising and general activities. A Memphis meeting will expand participation including agricultural departments as farmers push to improve prices and market share amid competition from wool linen rayon leather and metals.
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New Orleans
U.P
United Cotton Industry
C. O. Moser
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Memphis
Moser
Extension Service
League Seeks Calm as China Japan Tension Grows
China urges restraint at Manchuria incident as League of Nations plans urgent council meeting. Japan warns China to halt hostility while sending naval reinforcements toward Shanghai with cruisers Tokiwa and Tenryu.
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League of Nations Council
China
Manchuria
Alejandro Lerroux
Council
Japan
Shanghai
Chinchow
Yangtse Valley
Chengtu
Namaru Shigemitsu
Nanking
Tokiwa
Tenryu
Sasebo
Kure
Chunfking
Yangtse River
Yangtse
29000 Strike In Protest Against Wage Reductions
In Massachusetts on October 9, over 25 000 workers walked out citing wage cuts or poor conditions. In Boston about 3000 Longshoremen refused to handle cargo as wages became a central issue. Lowell joined with 300 plus workers leaving a mill after a ten percent cut.
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Massachusetts
Lawrence
Lowell
Construction Work on Orleans Bridge to Start January 1
New Orleans on October 9 Frank Joubert general manager of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad announced that obstacles were cleared and construction would begin January 1 on the 14.5 million dollar Mississippi River bridge here financed by the Public Belt Southern Pacific and the state. He said the Public Belt and Southern Pacific had reached a complete agreement and that financial difficulties were settled but declined to detail the agreement.
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New Orleans
Frank Joubert
Court orders grand jury probe into Cannon campaign records
The District of Columbia Supreme Court ordered William Tyler Page to produce before the Grand Jury the original campaign fund reports of Bishop James Cannon Jr. Page agreed to comply, noting he previously refused based on House rules. Justice Procter ruled the reports fall under the public records aim of the corrupt practices act and may be produced as legal evidence.
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House of Representatives
Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
James Cannon, Jr
Page
House
Grand Jury
James Procter
Ada L. Burroughs
Bishop
Edwin Thayer
Senate
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Nye
North Dakota
United States
Justice Proctor
Murray Lifts Oklahoma Oil Field Lockdown
Governor William H. Murray ordered the Oklahoma fields opened tomorrow under proration while military supervision continues. The move follows a temporary shutdown since August 5 amid price pressure and echoes Governor Sterling’s actions in Texas and the Kansas Public Service Commission.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
William H. Murray
Seminole
Murray
Bill Murray
Ross S. Sterling
Texas
Kansas Public Service Commission
East Texas
National
Kansas Wells
Ouachita Parish School Board Approves College Purchases
The Ouachita Parish School Board in regular session authorized library book purchases for the Ouachita Parish Junior College and the construction of bleachers for the athletic field. Field work is underway under the parish engineer Sam Collins and superintendent Fred Hill with immediate equipment and outbuildings for Mount Nebo and Swartz schools also approved.
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Ouachita Parish
Parish School
T. O. Brown
Southern Association of Junior Colleges and Secondary Schools
Sam Collins
Parish
Fred Hill
Mount Nebo
Swartz
Eight Men Including Pass Christian Chief Released on Bond
In Biloxi Mississippi eight men led by the Pass Christian police chief were indicted in a conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act and released on bonds of 750 dollars each pending trial at the next federal court term.
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Biloxi
Miss
Pass Christian Today
Young Woman in City Jail Drinks Poison
Susie Jones a young white inmate in the city jail reportedly swallowed a full bottle of carbolic acid and was moved to St Francis sanitarium for treatment. Dr. Faulk could not confirm the poison type. papers show multiple aliases including Gladys Gibson and Gladys LeFaser.
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Susie Jones
St. Francis Sanitarium
R. W. Faulk
Zella LeDuc
Frank V. Reitzell
Reitzell
Faulk
LeDuc
Gladys Gibson
Gladys LeFaser
Cold Weather Signals Duck Flight South
In Memphis on October 9 the first flight of wild ducks crossed the Mississippi River in perfect formation headed toward Arkansas feeding grounds signaling an early cold snap for the Mid-South.
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Mid-South
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Edison Slips Into Stupor as Death Nears
Thomas A. Edison, in West Orange New Jersey, slipped into a deep stupor this morning as uremic poisoning and other ailments weakened him. He refused nourishment, and doctors warned death was not imminent but possible at any time. State policemen were planned to escort him to the bedside if needed while President Hoover and Pope Pius XI were notified.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Howe
Hoover
Pius XI
Indictment in Slaying of Two Birmingham Girls
Willie Peterson, a Negro, indicted for murder in the slayings of Augusta Williams and Jennie Wood near Birmingham last August. Dent Williams charged with assault with intent to murder in connection with a jail shooting during a conference. Peterson wounded and hospitalized. trials postponed due to his injuries.
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Birmingham
Ala
Willie Peterson
Birmingham Society
Dent Williams
Jefferson County Grand Jury
Peterson
Nell Williams
Augusta
Jennie Wood
Montgomery
Williams
Jefferson Circuit Court
N. E. James
E. Hawkins
Fred McDuff
West Point Appointment Accepted By Lloyd Guy
Lloyd Guy of Monroe Louisiana a Tulane sophomore center has resigned to accept an appointment to West Point He starred at Ouachita High School in Monroe before joining Tulane
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West Point
Lloyd Guy
New Orleans
Monroe
Tulane
Ouachita High School
Grove Tops Cards as A's Dominate World Series Game Six
Lefty Grove limited the St Louis Cardinals to few runs while the Athletics blasted four Cardinal pitchers to win game six 8 to 1. The A's offense supported Grove with a strong attack to clinch the decisive victory.
Civil Liberties Union Moves To Help Dr Uhler
Dr John Earle Uhler a professor of English at Louisiana State University was suspended after a Catholic priest condemned his novel Cane Juice The Civil Liberties Union reported interest from influential members in his case via New York telegram The professor said he has not decided on a course and gave no further comment as LSU reviews the matter following the priest’s denunciation.
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Baton Rouge
John Earle Uhler
Louisiana State University
H. H. Howland
New York
American Civil Liberties Union
Uhler
Army and Navy post season game slated for New York
New York City will host the unemployed post season Army Navy football contest on December 12. War Department advised Cleveland and Chicago organizers. Yankee Stadium likely venue with Polo Grounds as alternative. Last year’s service game drew about 80,000 spectators.
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New York City
War Department
Cleveland
Chicago
Yankee Stadium
Polo Grounds
A's Victory Evens Series at Three
World champion Athletics scored eight runs against the St. Louis Cardinals in Sportsman’s Park as Paul Derringer and Jim Lindsey struggled with control. Lefty Grove pitched well to silence Pepper Martin, and the A's built two four-run innings to win 8 to 1 in the sixth game, tying the World Series at three games apiece.
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Lefty Grove
Philadelphia
Southpaw
St. Louis Cardinals
Red Bird
Sportsman’s Park
ST. Louis
Pepper Martin
Athleticg
Paul Derringer
Jim Lindsey
Baseball play by play summary of tied score game
Play by play sequence shows Bishop striking out for the final out. Uppers deck foul balls and singles by Roettger, with Frisch grounding into a double play. Neither team scores as no runs, one hit, and no errors are recorded.
Second Inning Athletics Rally Fails Against Cards
In the second inning Simmons grounded out, Foxx hit a single, Miller advanced but was forced at second on a Dykes grounder. Miller stole second but was ruled a wild pitch. Dykes grounded out and Flowers worked to Bottomley. No runs, one hit, one left. Hafey later flied out.
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Flowers
Bottomley
Cardinals
Fire consumes Empire Book Match plant in New York
A blaze at the Empire Book Match Company factory in New York drives 200 families from their homes. Thirty firemen were overcome by sulphurous smoke but revived with no serious injuries. nearby tenement residents fled in fear.
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New York
Empire Book Match Company
Miami Prosecutor Testifies In Capone's Tax Trial
Vernon Hawthorne former Miami state’s attorney testified in Capone’s income tax case that Capone described his business as cleaning and pressing real estate and gambling He admitted an interest in a dog track in Cicero and said gambling was his principal activity The government aims to prove Capone had large unreported cash and taxed earnings.
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Chicago
Miami
Scarface
al” Capone
Florida
Vernon Hawthorne
Uth
Capone
Hawthorne
Cicero
James H. Wilkerson
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