Nothing Else Can Be Done He Declares For Drought Relief
Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long argues that no legislative session can exceed the aid delivered by the last special session. He notes a $5,000 loan approved for the drought committee and the $100,000,000 public improvement program on the November 4 ballot, which he says offers the greatest possible assistance.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Drought Relief Committee
Ruston
Huey P. Long
Governor Long
State Board of Liquidation
Two Men Kidnap Driver After Traffic Stop
In Memphis two men forced L. M. Debrosse to drive to a remote spot, bound him, and took his car after pistol threats. A traffic cop later ticketed Debrosse for boarding passengers in a safety zone, prompting the case to be publicized.
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Memphis
Tenn
L. M. Debrosse
Debrosse
Judge Dissolves Restraining Order In Humorous Chicago Hearing
In Chicago on October 18 Judge Harry A. Lewis heard Mrs. Winifred Fisher and her sister Mrs. Alice Labee describe cruelty from Fisher. He issued a restraining order against Fisher, who appeared later. The judge dissolved the order and instead forbade Mrs. Fisher, and jailed Mrs. Labee for six months for contempt.
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Chicago
Harry A. Lewis
Winifred Fisher
Alice Labee
Monroe Citizens Join Motorcade From Caddo City
A 50 car motorcade moves into Monroe at 11 15 am to celebrate paving on the Dixie Overland highway. City and parish officials, Shreveport chambers, and local townsfolk greet the visitors from Minden Gibsland Simmsboro and Ruston. They head to Vicksburg at 3 15 pm.
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Monroe
West Munroe
Shreveport
Chamber of Commerce
Shreveport Motor Club
Minden
Gibsland
Simmsboro
Ruston
Endem
First Baptist Church
Vicksburg
Albert Haruff
S. H. McClary
Marjorie Tucker
First snow of the season falls in Rochester morning
The first snow of the season fell steadily for about fifteen minutes in Rochester as temperatures stood at 38 degrees before melting upon ground contact.
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Rochester
N. Y
Scripps-Howard Editors Urge Prohibition Repeal
Scripps-Howard editors meeting at French Lick Springs called on President Hoover to intervene in the Mooney-Billings case. They described the economic lull as a war emergency and pledged to back relief and employment measures. They urged shorter hours and continued wage-earner employment.
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French Lick Springs
Hoover
Scripps-Howard
Mooney- Billings
Prohibition Bureau Withholds Editors Questionnaire Results
The prohibition bureau will not release the results of the questionnaire sent to 3,000 newspaper editors. Prohibition Director Woodcock announced this in Washington on his return from a middle west inspection tour. The plan to publish the editors' views in a pamphlet was dropped without reason given.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Prohibition
Woodcock
Middle West
Editors Back State Run Liquor Control Call
In the prohibition field editors endorsed early repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and urged returning liquor control to the states as the new solution to the liquor problem.
British Flier Crashes On Last Lap In Timor Sea Flight
Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smith turned back from his Timor sea crossing and landed at Atamboco harbor Timor island. The report notes he was not injured and had been gaining on the Southern Cross ace before the incident.
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Sydney
N.S. W
Koepang
Island of Timor
Charles Kingsford Smith
Timor Sea
Port Darwin
Australia
Atamboco Harbor
Atamboco
Flight Lieutenant Hill Suffers Forced Landing in Timor Air Race
Batavia reports Flight Lieutenant C W Hill and Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smith were closing on the England Australia record when Hill forced a landing on the Timor coast between Kepang and Atappepoe. His plane overturned during attempted takeoff for Port Darwin, engine damaged but Hill uninjured.
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Associated Press
Batavia
Java
C. W. Hill
Charles Kingsford Smith
England
Australia
Bet Hinkler
Hill
Hinkler
Kingsford Smith
Kepang
Atappepoe
Timor
Port Darwin
Sheriff Must Pay Man Wounded by Deputy in Alabama
In Mobile Alabama on October 18 damages totaling 2500 dollars were awarded to Her man Lovelace of Apalachicola Florida in federal circuit court against Baldwin County Sheriff Carthus Irwin. Lovelace said he was shot July 3 by Deputy H R Buckey while traveling from Apalachicola to Luce dale after being mistaken for a rum runner. He sought 5000 dollars for injuries including loss of use of a finger and partial loss of another.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Herman Lovelace
Apalachicola
Fla
Carthus Irwin
Baldwin County
Lovelace
H. R. Buckey
Lucedale
Famous Bandmaster to Arrive in Memphis Today
Memphis readies for John Philip Sousa the famed bandmaster who first conducted here 55 years ago as he returns from Jackson to open the fall concert season with two performances.
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Memphis
Tenn
John Philip Sousa
Jackson
Miss
Two Bandits Kidnap Ohio Man and Payroll
Two bandits kidnapped Davis Levy president and treasurer of the G and M Manufacturing company as he left a suburban Cincinnati bank. They robbed him of a 2179 dollar payroll and forced him into the robbers car before ordering him out on a side street.
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Cincinnati
Davis Levy
G. & &. Manufacturing Company
Levy
Nebraska treasurer admits backing Norris foe campaign
State Treasurer W. M. Stebbins said he supplied a $500 bond and $350 in cash for the campaign fund of Grocer George W Norris during his short lived bid for the Republican senatorial nomination. The aid was disclosed as part of an Nye investigation and Stebbins, Norris’s primary opponent, stated no other party was involved and he was not connected to ballot name duplications.
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United Press
Lincoln
Nebr
W. M. Stebbins
George W. Norris
Gerald P. Nye
Stebbins
George W.norris
Nebraska
Senator Norris
Texan found dead in bed with head split by heavy weapon
Daniel Henry Uhr, of a prominent San Antonio family, was found dead in bed by his wife as detectives said he had been struck with a heavy instrument. Investigators found the front door screen slit open and a skeleton key in the lock while Uhr’s wife and 10-year-old son slept nearby.
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San Antonio
Texas
Daniel Henry Uhr
Hambone's Meditations on Winter Footwear
In a humorous dialect piece J. P. Alley jokes about keeping stockins on feet during winter. The cartoonish talk reflects rural life and daily labors as Hambone observes boots and footwear in cold weather.
Giant Dornier DO-X to fly Atlantic to New York
From Friedrichshafen Germany the giant DO-X will begin its Atlantic flight to New York in early November with November 3 as the last day mail will be accepted aboard. The route includes Amsterdam Lisbon the Azores and Bermuda with no passengers except newspaper representatives.
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Associated Press
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Atlantic
New York
Dornier Works
Amsterdam
Lisbon
Portugal
Azores
Bermuda
Galveston Woman Attacked in Bedroom During Burglary
In Galveston Texas an elderly widow, Mrs William Moeller, was bound and gagged by a masked intruder who entered her home early today and stole $2000 from a bedroom safe. She freed herself, notified the police, and described the man as crouched in a hallway before the attack.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
William Moeller
Three Year Old Found Alive After Desert Search
Jackie Sullivan a three year old boy lost in a mountain lion country since Thursday was found alive in a canyon seven miles from his father's car. The rescue ended a massive hunt with about 600 men involved as Albert Scurlock known as Happy tracked the child's trail from dawn and located him trapped beneath a tree limb.
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Tonopah
Jackie Sullivan
Jackie
Albert Scurlock
Happy
Weather Turns Cold After Pleasant Day In Monroe Vicinity
Cold snap hits Monroe and surrounding area with a 43 degree low, seven degrees below prior fall low. The 76 degree high yesterday capped a day of near ideal warmth before a late drop, with rain chances fading and skies clearing as a week of mild weather had encouraged widespread satisfaction.
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Monroe
Kate Key
Government Weather Recorder
Cool spell brings northeasterly winds to the south
The latest fall air cooled New Orleans as moderate to fresh northeasterly winds swept the region. The weather page notes a continuation on page two for further details on current conditions and impacts.
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New Orleans
Woman Posing as Man Entices 14 Year Old in Mississippi
Myrtle Younger, 14, is missing after being lured from Glenallen by a woman posing as a man named Jim Johnson. W Y Younger and his wife search the delta for their daughter, saying the girl was infatuated with the older woman. Authorities call the case one of the strangest in years.
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Associated Press
Mayersville
Miss
W. Y. Younger
Issaquena Farmer
Delta
Myrtle
Jim Johnson
Glenallen
Younger
Woman stabs daughter then slashes throat in Ohio tragedy
In Zanesville Ohio on October 18 Mrs Ruth Turner 30 fatally stabbed her 5 year old daughter Ruth Evelyn and then slit her own throat. Police say she appeared to become suddenly insane while husband was away and she was not expected to recover.
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Zanesville
Ruth Turner
Ruth Evelyn
Memphis Couple Injured In Arkansas Pullman Crash
Two passengers on the Missouri Pacific train The Tennessean were slightly injured when two pullmans derailed near Nettleton Arkansas, 75 miles west of Memphis. The injured are Mr and Mrs Al Goldfarb of Memphis. Twenty five others aboard were uninjured. The eastbound train arrived Memphis more than an hour late.
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Memphis
Tenn
Missouri Pacific
Tennessean
Nettleton
Ark
Here
Helena
al Goldfarb
Poor Weather Hurts Most Louisiana Crops in 1930 Forecast
Baton Rouge October 18 Adverse weather of recent months reduced expected Louisiana crop outputs for 1930 based on October 1 conditions, with most crops under 1929 actuals. Irish potatoes stand out as the major exception with a higher average yield per acre anticipated.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Lionel L. Jones
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cooper Named Chief of Auto License Work in Louisiana
Baton Rouge October 18 W A Cooper of Baton Rouge an expert accountant in the state supervision offices for ten years was appointed by Miss Alice Lee Grosjean secretary of state as chief of the automobile license collection bureau in the state department. He succeeds Charles F Bailey brother of the late secretary James J Bailey who was relieved of his post earlier this week. Cooper said he planned a new bookkeeping system in the office.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
W. A. Cooper
Alice Lee Grosjean
State Department
Cooper
Charles F. Bailey
James J. Bailey
Grosjean
Man Who Died in Laurel Had Son Here
A. W. Ruffin former mayor of Ellisville died at Laurel General Hospital from injuries in a Jackson highway crash Tuesday evening. His death is the third from the wreck, following Curtis MecGrew who died instantly and M. C. Bunn who perished from internal injuries. Lonnie Johnson remained injured.
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Associated Press
Laurel
Miss
A. W. Ruffin
Ellisville
Laurel General Hospital
Jackson Highway
Mr. Ruffin
Curtis Mec-Grew
M. C. Bunn
Lonnie Johnson
Long Rejects Premature Backing of Williams for Governor
Governor Huey P. Long denounces any support for Harry P. Williams, calling his gubernatorial bid premature and stating he will not back anyone announcing more than a year ahead. Williams, Louisiana lumbering magnate and aviator, announces candidacy from Baton Rouge amid Long’s looming May 1932 term end.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Harry P. Williams
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Williams
Marguerite Clark
Mary Pickford
Lunderman
Cypress Swamps
New Orleans
Patterson
Long
Collett Leads Van Wie In 1930 Women’s National Golf Final
At Los Angeles Country Club Glenna Collett stands one up on Virginia Van Wie after nine holes of the 36 hole final. Other scores include Princeton 0 Cornell 6 and Michigan 7 over Ohio State 0 in later matches.
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Los Angeles Country Club
Los Angeles
Glenna Collett
Virginia van Wie
Chicago
Penn State
Lafayette
Princeton
Cornell
Louisiana cotton crop smaller than last year in 1930 forecast
The 1930 Louisiana cotton crop is about 150000 bales below 1929, with total output not exceeding 650000 bales. Sam Bass of the Louisiana Cotton Co operative association notes hill section growers sent cotton to co op or sold to buyers while lowland farmers hold for better prices and Delta growers show stronger finances. A planned meeting of leading planters and buyers will discuss the Farm Board acreage reductions and improved staple goals.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Sam Bass
Louisiana Cotton Co-operative Association
Bass
Co-Operative Associations
Federal Farm Board
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Jiggs) Perry
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