Lake Charles docks reopen as guards escort workers
At Lake Charles a force of 75 guards armed with guns moved onto the waterfront and opened the port after a 10 day ILA strike. Seventeen Louisiana Longshoremen’s Association workers arrived by auto and truck, then cargo handling began. The episode follows a coastwide labor stoppage with some clashes and fatalities earlier in New Orleans.
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Lake Charles
International Longshoremen’s Association
Louisiana Longshoremen’s Association
Gulf Ports
Lake Charles Maritime Association
Louisiana Organization
Buenos Aires
Gulf Coast
Pensacola
New Orleans
Texas
Steamship Association
Gulf
Buster Keaton in hospital after breakdown
Hollywood report states actor Buster Keaton is gravely ill with a nervous breakdown triggered by family and financial worries after an influenza bout. Dr. John Shuman and Santa Monica hospital officials say he was moved for isolation. Keaton has a history of marriages and divorces, including Mae Elizabeth Scribbens and Natalie Talmadge.
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Hollywood
Calif
Buster Keaton
John Shuman
Santa Monica
Keaton
Mae Elizabeth Scribbens
Natalie Talmadge
Norma
Constance Talmadge
Foe of War Dies Untold Of Fighting
Arthur Henderson a leading opponent of war died in London at 72 after a long peace crusade sparked by his son’s death in the World War His aides said he had not read a newspaper for six weeks and had not learned of rising European tensions or the failure of disarmament efforts.
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London
Arthur Henderson
East Africa
West End
Henderson
Supreme Court to hear Georgia cotton control suit
The Supreme Court ordered the United States to explain by November 11 why Georgia should not be allowed to file a suit testing the Bankhead cotton control act. The bid to file the suit is on behalf of Governor Ellis Arnall? No, Governor Talmadge. The court delayed a ruling on whether it would take up the Georgia case and noted a continuation on page eight.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Georgia
Talmadge
Barksdale Planes Maneuver At Orleans
At New Orleans an air defense exercise brought 60 U S Army planes from Barksdale field Shreveport to simulate repelling a Havana harbor attack on the city. Col G E Lovell-led units coordinated planes and ground crews in the maneuver.
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Barksdale Field
Louisiana
Associated Press
New Orleans
United States Army Air Post
Shreveport
Cuba
Shushan
G. E. Lovel
Havana
Italians, Ethiopians suffer heavy losses at Dagnerres
Rome dispatch reports fourteen native Italian soldiers killed and forty wounded in an assault on Dagnerres in Ethiopia. The communique says fifty Ethiopians were killed with many wounded and a large number captured as Italian forces press toward Gerlogubi on the Webbe Shibeli river.
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Rome
Dagnerres
Dagwerrei
Ethiopia
Gerlogubi
Webbe Shibeli
Italian Forces Drive North Toward Gorrahei and Daguerres
Italian Somaliland troops push north from Daguerres after its capture and reach 60 miles beyond their starting line toward Gorrahei in Ogaden, Ethiopia. Graziani reports control of key oases in the Sclaweli area, seen as crucial to subduing Ethiopian resistance.
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Asmara
Eritrea
Gorrahei
Ogaden
Daguerres
Rodolfo Graziani
Ethiopia
Sclaweli
Il Duce’s Wife Hides Feelings as Boys Fly East
Donna Rachele Mussolini keeps to herself fears for sons Vittorio and Bruno, aviators on the East African front. She embodies Il Duce’s creed to live dangerously and not show grief, as she supports his policy and family duties. Continued on Eighth Page.
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Rome
Donna Rachele Mussolini
Vittorio
Bruno
Donna Rachele
Il Duce
Naval Reserve Flier Awaits Plane Repairs
Lieut J W Williams and B Adkins of the United States naval reserve and Rangers remained in Lake Charles awaiting repairs after a forced landing in windy conditions. The amphibian aircraft, from Anacostia to Long Beach, struck ditches and stopped 400 feet from the runway with minor injuries to the flyers and a vapor lock blamed on low fuel. Williams circling the area weighed options before landing on the lake or on wheels.
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Lake Charles
J. W. Williams
United States Naval Reserve Flyer
B. Adkins
United States Rangers
Naval Air Station
Anacostia
Washington, D. C
Long Beach
Cal
Naval Air Base
Lieut. Williams
Defense Claims Shushan Did Not Control Payment
In New Orleans a federal tax evasion trial for A. L. Shushan heard defense testimony arguing he did not control payments from the Orleans levee board to Standard Dredging of New York. The case centers on a rebate arrangement alleged to yield two cents per cubic yard on dredged dirt and sand for the Lake Pontchartrain development.
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New Orleans
A. L. Shushan
Federal District Court
Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain Lakeshore
Shushan
Huey P. Long
Levee Board
John E. Burke
Standard Dredging Company
Burke
Claude Cummins
Winter Strikes In Quake Area In Helena Montana
The first urge of Montana winter accelerated relief and rehabilitation work in Helena as hundreds forced from their homes after 347 temblors in nine days faced renewed hardship. Montana Power reported gas service impacting efforts as debris clearance and building inspections continued under harsh conditions.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Treasure State
Montana Power Company
Sanity hearing granted for Pierson
District Judge C. A. Wheeler granted a sanity hearing for Pierson 21, who confessed patricide. The state had chosen to try Pierson first on murder charges for killing his mother Mrs. William Pierson and Associate Justice William Pierson on a country road near Austin last April 26.
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Austin
Texas
C. A. Wheeler
Pierson
William Pierson
37 Men Feared Lost In Storm At Sea
London reports eight ships search for 37 men missing after the freighter Vardulia foundered 400 miles west of the Hebrides in a violent storm. Thirteen killed and scores injured in the same gale. Pendennis crew rescued by Iris after Pendennis sank.
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London
British Isles
Hebrides
North Sea
Iris
Fair man dies at Louisiana State Fair
J. M. Cantrel, 57, of Springfield Illinois, employed at a Louisiana State fair concession stand, was found seriously ill near the fair grounds on Sunday night and died from an attack of acute pneumonia.
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Shreveport
J. M. Cantrel
Springfield
Ill
Storm May Hit Roosevelt Ship Near Cuba Area
President Roosevelt's cruiser U S S Houston and a tropical storm head toward the windward passage between Cuba and Haiti. Weather officials warn vessels to take precautions as the disturbance, located southwest of Jamaica, moves northeast with gales and possible hurricane winds near the center. If its course holds it could pass near eastern Cuba then southeast of Florida.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Roosevelt
U. S. S. Houston
Cuba
Haiti
Jamaica
Weather Bureau
National Observatory
Havana
Bahama Islands
Florida
Auto crash kills young woman, three hurt in Morgan City
Miss Urilda Alice Barr, 25, of New Orleans, died after her car crashed into a stationary five ton truck near Morgan City while en route to a funeral. Her mother, brother, and aunt were critically injured. all were hospitalized in Houma with multiple injuries.
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Morgan City
Urilda Alice Barr
New Orleans
Here
Lake Charles
Louise Kenney Barr
Alice Barr Smith
Savannah
Thomas Barr II
Monroe Projects Get 68 859 Approval by Roosevelt
Treasury war rants authorize Monroe Louisiana projects totaling 68 859 with drainage canal excavation gravel work bayou drainage extensions and road construction. Funds support 13 534 for drainage canal 11 630 for gravel 26 547 for bayou extension 15 471 for clearing and 1 674 for dirt road works.
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Monroe
Roosevelt
Treasury
Louisiana
News- Star—World
Washington
Patrick's Bayou
Millers Lake
Creator Of The Gumps Ill Killed
Chicago reports Sid ney Smith creator of The Gumps was killed in an automobile collision near Harvard Illinois while en route to his summer home in Lake Geneva Wisconsin He was 58 years old The second car’s driver was injured no further details available
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Chicago
Sidney Smith
the Gumps
Andy
Min
Chester
Bim
de Stross
Harvard
Ill
Lake Geneva
Wis
Fascist Putsch in Yugoslavia Barely Averted
Belgrade reports a last minute shift by several army officials thwarted a fascist coup aimed at overthrowing Premier Milan Stoyadinovic after parliament rejected his confidence vote. Lawmakers who rebelled cannot assemble for weeks under Yugoslav law.
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Belgrade
Milan Stoyadinovitch
Orleans Man Killed as Motorcycle Hits Cow
George D. Fernon Jr., a gasoline station operator, was fatally injured when his motorcycle struck a cow on Honey Island road while returning from the gulf coast. He was thrown from the bike and died from a fractured skull.
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New Orleans
George D. Fernon, Jr
Honey Island
Gulf Coast
Noted aviatrix Nichols among crash victims at Troy airport
Ruth Nichols, famed U. S. aviatrix, and five crew members were injured when a 20 passenger Condor plane crashed at Troy airport after developing mechanical trouble. Nichols and pilot Capt. Harry Hublitsch were seriously hurt. four others suffered minor injuries as the craft burned after impact near an elm tree.
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Troy
N. Y
Ruth Nichols
America
Nichols
Harry H. Hublitch
New York
Ray Hanes
Xenia
William Holt
Gladys Berginheiser
Nena Berkinheiser
Gladys
Condor
Miss Nichols
Trop Hospital
Paul Andrews
Louisville
Slayer Sought After Fatal Shotting Of Mother And Infant Son
Hardin county officers hunt John Coffman 40 in connection with the fatal shotgun shooting of Anna Smallwood Keith 20 and her 11 month old son Charles at their Elizabethtown home. The mother protected her child before the shooting. Harold Keith the husband reported the assailant urged to leave then opened fire.
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Louisville
Hardin County
John Coffman
Anna Smallwood Keith
Charles
Elizabethtown
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