Prohibitionist Seeks Stay After Election Challenge
Warren O. Watson, attorney for Dr. W. Y. Millican, says no bond will be posted to save the state money, and that further legal action will curb Secretary of State Conway from publishing referendum returns. The injunction blocks printing until court action resolves the challenge to ballot distribution and reprinting costs loom at about $6,000.
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Warren O. Watson
W. Y. Millican
Secretary of State
Watson
George K. Farrot
E. A. Conway
Clare Ramires
Louisiana
Senate committee chief prober joins Louisiana fraud probe
John G. Holland, chief investigator for the U S senate special election committee, arrived in New Orleans to assist in investigating charges of fraud in the September Louisiana primary where John H. Overton defeated Senator Edwin S. Broussard. He met with Edwin M. Daniels as the inquiry began.
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New Orleans
John G. Holland
United States Senate
Louisiana
John H. Overton
Edwin S. Brous
Edwin M. Daniels
Senate
Broussard
Honest League
Holland
Daniels
Prank Sparks Unknown Bottle Incident at Junior College
A student prank at a junior college led to embarrassment when Miss Katherine Wolfe found a half filled amber bottle labeled Ken Tucky Wonder Happy Days in her desk. Miss Anne Marshall and Prof. R. Hammond were drawn into the mischief as a mistaken plot unfolded. A separate tale shows Miss Jones misled by a North firm about a $10,000 watch contest yielding only a $2 prize.
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Katherine Wolfe
Kentucky
Anne Marshall
Prof . R. Hammond
Miss Marshall
Miss Wolfe
Mr. Hammond
Hammond
Miss Jones
Monroe
Pres Smith Outlines LSU Growth Phases Ahead of Mont Football
President J M Smith of Louisiana State University spoke in Monroe about balancing studies and athletics as LSU prepares for the game with the Mississippi Aggies. He cited stadium facilities and a record enrollment rise from 2,300 to 3,700 in two years, noting LSU’s athletic and academic progress.
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J. M. Smith
Louisiana State University
Monroe
Mississippi Aggies
Smith
Louisiana
Virginia
The
News-Star
United States
Miners Clash with Troops in Hewittville Mine Area
In Taylorville Illinois on October 13 miners attacked a guardsman from the 106th cavalry at Peabody mine No 58 Hewittville disarming him after a prior shooting at Ike McGuire. Captain Meacham moved to close both party headquarters after miners used them as large gathering rooms. One soldier hospitalized with a head wound.
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Taylorville
106Th Cavalry
Peabody
Hewittville
Carl Meacham
Ike McGuire
St. Vincent's Hospital
Richland Parish Businessman Glover Dead at 4 A.M.
James G. Glover, longtime Rayville resident and founder of Glover Hardware and Furniture, died in a Vicksburg hospital at 4 o clock this morning after influenza. Survived by widow, daughters Mrs. J. R. Aycock and Mrs. W. H. Eddins, and brothers George Glover, Dr. O. E. Glover, Ernest Glover. Funeral this afternoon at his residence with interment in Masonic cemetery.
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Rayville
James G. Glover
Vicksburg
Glover
Junction City
Glover Hardware and Furniture Company
Richland Parish
J. R. Aycock
W. H. Eddins
George Glover
Shreveport
O. E. Glover
Bernice
Ernest Glover
Weldon
Masonic Cemetery
Family trouble blamed for Franklin crime in Winnsboro
In Winnsboro on October 13 officers blamed “family trouble” for the fatal shooting of I. M. Skinner by his son-in-law Arnold Milam. Milam’s wife remained in jail with him and Berry was returned from Monroe as a possible accessory or material witness.
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J. A. Lewis
J. A. Berry
Bryceland
Winnsboro
Monroe
Heresy Charges Dismissed Against Arkansas Cleric
Prescott Ark Oct 13 The charges of heresy against the Rev Hay Watson Smith of Little Rock an opponent of a law against teaching evolution in Arkansas have been dismissed by the Arkansas synod of the Southern Presbyterian church.
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Prescott
Ark
Hay Watson Smith
Little Rock
Arkansas
Arkansas Synod
Southern Presbyterian Church
Guard on Stand to Defend Self in Murder Case
George W. Courson former captain at Sunbeam prison camp testified to defend himself against murder charges in the death of Arthur Maillefert. He described Maillefert urging him to kill and claimed he refused, stating his duty was to see the nine year sentence carried out and denying any intent to kill.
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Jacksonville
Fla
George W. Courson
Sunbeam
Arthur Maillefort
Courson
Georgia
Florida
J. E. Baker
Maillefert
Denmark
Jersey
George Courson
Solomon Higginbotham
Arthur Maillefert
New Jersey
Associated Press
Annual Revenue Assessments by Police Jury Made Today
Police jury fixed parish and special taxes at annual meeting held today due to Columbus Day. Rates include general fund four and two mills, school tax three mills, road and jail levies, junior college one mill, and other district taxes. JURY favored excluding 50 acres of Brown Paper mill property from the levee district, citing mill cooperation on right of way and pumping assistance.
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General Fund
Monroe
West Monroe
Brown Paper Mill
A. E. Montgomery
Roosevelt to address relief questions in radio talk
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt prepared to speak to a nationwide audience about relief. The address at 10 pm EST discusses welfare questions posed by ten welfare executives for presidential candidates, including federal relief outlays public works funding unemployment reserves and related policy measures.
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Gov. Roosevelt
Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Four men charged with auto thefts placed in parish jail
Four men accused of stealing automobiles were placed in parish jail awaiting trial. Ernest Dees Voland McBroom and Jack Womack face larceny and arson charges for stealing a car from Kellogg Lumber and burning it. Buster Mason, from Rayville, also charged with stealing a car, was brought to the parish after pleading guilty to a separate auto theft. Deputy Roper noted Mason faces a two and two thirds year sentence in Richland parish court.
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Ernest Dees
Voland McBroom
Jack Womack
Dick Kellogg
Kellogg Lumber Company
Alexandria
Dees
McBroom
Womack
Buster Mason
Mason
Rayville
D. L. Roper
O. J. Horn
Roper
Richland
Smith Plans Six Political Speeches Next Week
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith will tour New England New Jersey and New York delivering six campaign addresses for Democratic tickets. He opens at Tammany Hall New York on October 19 with stops in Newark Boston Providence Albany area and Buffalo through October 29.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
New England
New Jersey
New York State
Tammany Hall
New York City
Newark
N. J
Smith
Boston
Providence
R. I
Albany
Troy
N. Y
Buffalo
Marie Dressler Again Nominated for Film Award
Hollywood Oct 13 The veteran actress Marie Dressler is nominated again for best actress by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The award will be presented November 15. Dressler joins Lynn Fontaine and Helen Hayes as nominees for Emma Min and Bill and The Sin of Madelon Claudet respectively.
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Hollywood
Marie Dressler
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Miss Dressler
Lynn Fontaine
Helen Hayes
Emma
Amateurs Held in New York for Kidnapping Case
In New York on October 13 two insurance men Allen W. August and George T. Clarke were detained for the kidnapping of eight year old John Arthur Russell son of a wealthy Brooklyn broker. Police say they confessed to snatching the boy on September 19 for a $25 000 ransom to cover unpaid bills but released him to his parents a few hours later.
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New York
John Arthur Russel
Brooklyn
Poice
Allen W. August
George T. Clarke
Prohibition Hunt Joins By Col Wark In Okla Hills
Officers pursuing Ed Dudley, the suspected killer of federal prohibition agent Howard B. Oursler, in the eastern Oklahoma hills were joined by Col. George H. Wark of Kansas City, district prohibition director, as the manhunt intensified.
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Stilwell
Okla
Oklahoma Hills
Ed Dudley
Howard B. Oursler
George H. Wark
Kansas City
L S U Band Arrives in Monroe for Big Saturday Game
The L S U band of 140 pieces arrives in Monroe at 12 30 p m over the Illinois Central to parade through downtown and perform at nearby venues ahead of the afternoon game between their alma mater and the Mississippi Aggies at Brown Stadium. The band will also provide a Friday downtown parade and a 7 30 to 8 p m concert at Neville high and Byrd high at Forsythe Park.
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Monroe
Illinois Central
Mississippi “Aggies
Brown Stadium
DeSiard Street
South Grand
Grammont
Jackson
Hotel Frances
West Monroe
Byrd High
Forsythe Park
Farmerville
Union Parish
Utilities magnate warns economy has become a fetish
Henry L. Doherty, renowned public utilities figure, returns to business after illness and cautions that overemphasis on thrift grips the nation. At the American Gas Association convention in Atlantic City he says ill-advised economy worsens the low mood and criticizes leaders for not admitting early warning signs.
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Atlantic City
N. J
U.P
Henry L. Doherty
Doherty
American Gas Association
Insull Extradition Move Probed Amid Greece Stay
Samuel Insull refuses Greek passport surrender as prosecutors plan personal bankruptcy petitions for him and brother Martin to probe personal holdings. Warnings for extradition via presidential warrants move forward with aides to Greece. Insull calls Greece a great country while his wife and son in Paris await developments.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Insull
Samuel Insull
Martin
Insulls
Greece
Washington
Athens
Paris
United States
Barrie
Ont
Canada
Edward Bayly
Senator Glass denies warning of gold standard danger
Senator Carter Glass, in a formal statement from Lynchburg Virginia, rejects claims that administration spokesmen warned banking officials the nation might tumble from the gold standard. He counters Senator Watson of Indiana and Senator Reed of Pennsylvania and says a confidential conference aimed to curb bank failures by broadening the rediscount base, not discuss the gold standard.
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Lynchburg
Carter Glass
Watson
Indiana
Reed
Pennsylvania
Glass
Hoover
Virginia
Federal Reserve System
Death Visits Big Family But Brings Food in Wake
New York report describes the Garrio family in the Bronx after the death of infant Theresa from pneumonia and malnutrition. Frank Garrio, earning about 75 cents daily, scavenges for metal to feed seven remaining children as the family endures poverty and hardship.
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