Labor Federation reaffirmed beer legalization stance at convention
Vancouver October reports show the American Federation of Labor reasserting support for 2.75 percent beer at the coming session of Congress. Delegates defeated motions to repeal the Volstead act and eighteenth amendment while Edward Flore urged repeal. William Green was re elected president by acclamation amid cheers.
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Vancouver
William Green
American Federation of Labor
B. C
Executive Council
Edward Flore
Hotel Workers and Beverage Dispensers Alliance
Resolutions Committee
Canada
President Alba Flees Ecuador As Revolution Rages
Word from Quito reports President Luis Larrea Alba and his cabinet have fled the presidential palace and taken refuge in the Guayaquil military barracks as an armed rebellion unfolds. Colonel Carlos Guerrero former war minister and Manuel Navarro president of the Chamber of Deputies were arrested.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Quito
Luis Larrea Alba
Carlos Guerrero
Manuel Navrro
Chamber of Deputies
Rambling Town Notes Show Oil Boom and Local Flurries
Bobby Manziel reports an oil well near Longview producing 35 000 to 40 000 barrels daily and a telegram to Harry Prophet. The column sketches local quirks from Love Birds sightings to governors in Louisiana and a Grotto Reunion, with pranks at a parade and pecan harvesting antics.
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Bobby Manziel
Longview
Harry Prophet
Hugh Cherry
Peggy Garnett
FE. E. Stewart
Arkansas Senate Endorses Robinson as Democratic Leader
The Arkansas Senate adopted a resolution praising Senator Joe T. Robinson as a seasoned leader to guide democracy to victory in 1932. One vote against came from Senator John M. Quarles who cited Robinson's defense of A B Banks and bank collapses.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Senate
Senate
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
National Democracy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Robinson
John M. Quarles
Helena
United States
Quarles
A. B. Banks
Mitchell
Mite
Wilson
House
Roosevelt
U S Position Explained to Japanese on Manchuria Role
Secretary Stimson met with Japanese envoy Debuchi in Washington and outlined Gilbert as Geneva observer in league deliberations. Tokyo to convey that Japan would withdraw troops to the railway zone with guarantees for safety, defense only, no war with China.
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Washington
Japan
League of Nations For Peace
Manchuria
Stimson
Debuchi
Prentiss Gilbert
Geneva
Gilbert
League
China
Flood Control Group to Fight Latest War Department Action
The Tensas Basin Flood Control Association announced it will oppose the War Department's request for a writ of certiorari in the R Foster Kincaid floodway case. The case challenges federal plans for the Boeuf floodway and Jadwin option, with landowner compensation tied to the decision.
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Tensas Basin Flood Control Association
R. Foster Kincaid
Arnold Bernstein
W. E. Wilson
H. H. Russell
Kincaid
War Department
Supreme Court
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Boeuf
Boeuf Froeway
Jadwin
Suspect Confesses to $700 HoldUp in Lafayette
Lafayette police announce confession by Rousseau J. Chiasson of the city to an early Friday holdup at Lafayette Country Club. Issac Roy was robbed of about $700.
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City OF
Lafayette
Rousseau J. Chiasson
Issac Roy
Lafayette Country Club
Petain Arrives in U S to Join Yorktown Celebration
Marshal Henri Petain and his French delegation reached Old Point Comfort aboard the Suffren and Duquesne at 8 22 am. A 21 gun salute greeted them as Fortress Monroe fired in welcome and U S and French officials met the party.
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Suffren
Duquesne
Henri Petain
France
Yorktown
Fortress Monroe
Hampton Roads
Warren D. Robbins
State Department
Army and Navy
Marshal Petain
John J. Pershing
Hoover
Claudel
Pollard
Virginia
Douglas McArthur
United States Army
Stanley
Arkansas Senate Passes Long No-Cotton Bill Vote
The Arkansas State Senate approved a Long no-cotton plan by a 14 to 13 vote with Lt. Gov. Wilson casting the deciding ballot. The measure would bar planting cotton next year if 75 percent of last year’s U S crop states enact similar laws, as Louisiana and South Carolina already have.
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Little Rock
Ark
Senate
House
Lawrence E. Wilson
Arkansas
Louisiana
South Carolina
Abington
Seven murder and manslaughter cases set for arraignments
Seven persons charged with murder or manslaughter are to appear in Ouachita Parish District Court at 10 a m Saturday for arraignment and trial date fixation. Indictees from the recent grand jury session will also be arraigned, with most felony cases likely set for the first two weeks of November.
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Criminal Court
Ouachita Parish
Sheriffs Department
Jack Clark
D. C
Anniversary of Airmail Marked With Ceremony
The first anniversary of airmail through Monroe on the southern transcontinental line was celebrated at Selman Field. A ceremony transferring mail to the tri motored Fokker plane occurred as residents watched the arrival. John Martin handed pouches to postmaster A. A. Thoman who passed them to M. A. Abington, then to pilot Herb Kindred.
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Monroe
American Airways, Inc
Selman Field
Fokker
John Martin
A. A. Thoman
Thoman
M. A. Abington
American Airways
Mr. Abington
Herb Kindred
Plans for Merger of Two Big Steel Firms Canceled
New York October 15 Eugene G Grace president of Bethlehem Steel Corp announced the merger contract between Bethlehem and Youngstown Sheet Tube Co has been canceled.
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New York
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Death Ends Life of Doles in Farm Shooting
J R Doles 49 farmer landlord dies after a gun battle sparked by a parish tenant farmer Jeff Chandler and his brother in law were jailed on possible murder charges. Chandler was wounded in the hand and side while Doles died at 11 55 this morning at a local sanitarium. The incident occurred on the Doles farm six miles northeast of Bonita following a dispute over picking cotton and farm implements.
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Morehouse Parish
J. R. Doles
Doles
Jeff Chandler
Charlie Chandler
R. D. Griffin
Chandler
Bonita
Civic clubs approve parish one cent gas tax plan
More than 250 civic leaders in Ouachita Parish approve a one cent gas tax to aid winter relief for the unemployed. The approval came during a joint luncheon at Cherokee Terrace, with police jury members and Monroe West Monroe city officials present.
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Ouachita Parish
Twin Cities
Cherokee Terrace
Hotel Frances
Monroe
West Monroe
John M. Breard
Fortune in Gems Found in Trunks of Aged Recluse
New York stories Mrs Ida Woods trunks yield gems worth nearly 900000 alongside her 70 pound personal fortune. Last trunks opened reveal many pieces stripped of stones. several gems still missing, nephew Otis Wood guarding and hoping remaining trunks hold them.
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New York
Ida Wood
King Begins Official Duties as Lt Governor
Alvin O King of Lake Charles took the oath as lieutenant governor to succeed Dr Paul N Cyr as president pro tempore of the senate. He planned to attend the state pardon board meeting in New Orleans and serve as lieutenant governor and board member. King arrived in Baton Rouge with Frank A Smith and Jean M King and C A King of Leesville before returning home.
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Baton Rouge
Alvin O
King
Lake Charles
Paul N. Cyr
Senate
State Pardon Board
New Orleans
Richard H. Flower
Huey P. Long
Mr. King
Frank A. Smith
Navy submits revised 1933 budget cutting near sixty million
Washington reports President Hoover seeks economy and Secretary Adams confirms a reduction of almost 61 million from the proposed 401 million for the 1933 naval budget. The move aims to lessen the current naval program while preserving the building plan as much as possible.
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Washington
Hoover
Navy
White House
Adams
Three claimants guard Louisiana governorship amid chaos
In Shreveport on October 15, ouster suits loom as Dr. Paul M. Cyr and C. T. Wortham prepare action against Governor Huey P. Long. Meanwhile several residents take oath as lieutenant governor, including L. D. Smith of Benton, while Long constrains access at the capitol and governor's mansion.
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Shreveport
Wayles Browne
Paul M. Cyr
Huey P. Long
Caddo District Court
Mr. Browne
Dr. Cyr
Walter L. Aldrich
E. H. Reed
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Executive
Long
Old State Capitol
Alice Lee Grosjean
Paul
Prisoners Overpower Guards in Atlanta Train Escape Attempt
A party of five federal prisoners on a transfer from Quachita Parish Jail to Atlanta and Chillicothe nearly escaped after over powering two guards. Chester Bodry was fatally shot by guard J. D. Toombs near Bessemer Alabama. Deputized officers Gehringer Garrison and Grant continued with the five prisoners after the assault.
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Quachita Parish
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
Chester Lee Bodry
Bessemer
Ala
J. D. Toombs
Bodry
Toombs
R. A. Gehringer
United States
R. B. Garrison
Gordon Avenue
Monroe
Arthur Grant
Ouachita Parish
Gehringer
Garrison
Grant
John L. Williams
Delhi
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