Eighteen Die As Bus Plunges Into Mississippi River
Twenty seven people died in weekend southern accidents, eighteen from the Natchez Mississippi bus plunge. Other fatalities occurred in South Carolina Georgia North Carolina Alabama and Louisiana. The Natchez crash killed mostly Black victims. one white man drowned. Distinctive incidents include deaths from car train and fall accidents across several states.
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Atlanta
Mississippi
Natchez
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Alabama
Louisiana
Joseph Bowman
Moselle
Miss
J. O. Schmit
New York
Anderson
W. A. Dean
Greenville
Columbia
Louie Lowry
Berry Floyd
Bragan County
Savannah
John Kennedy
Dublin
Fred Lake
Statesville
N. C
Grayson Elmore
Granite Falls
Elmer Lawrence
Selma
Ala
Mansfield
Hoover accused by senator of exploiting tariffs to embarrass trade
Senator Pat Harrison charged President Hoover with using tariff talks to coerce the tariff commission and widen rates to harm international trade. He cited Hoover’s remarks on reinvestigating tariff levels and spoke during a Democratic rally tour, with a stop planned in Moberly Missouri.
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Hoover
United States
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
West Virginia
Tariff Commission
Harrison
National Democratic
Moberly
Peculiar Local Tales And Trades From The Town
L B McCarthy compares himself with Washington, while I W Allen explains a misdelivered August 14 letter. readers note carload crowds of Pow Wow staff on one motorcycle and pecan grafting dreams recalled. Local exchanges feature Siamese twin potatoes and barter trades for calfs and plows on village square with no money changing hands.
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L. B. McCarthy
George Washington
I. W. Allen
DeSiard Street
Monroe
Allen
Howard Griffin
Rose’s Mother Reclaims Foundling Babe at Home
A distraught mother, about 23, appears at the Louisiana Baptist children's home claiming her baby Rose. After presenting a carbon note and verification, she retrieves the infant from the institution where fifty inquiries were made for adoption two weeks earlier.
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Rose
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Little
Roosevelt Busy Preparing Swing Speechs in Warm Springs Visit
Governor Roosevelt rests in Warm Springs Georgia after a warm reception and automobile trip. He prepares two final speeches for Atlanta and Baltimore, sifting through hundreds of memos from advisors and supporters. Professor Raymond Moley assists as Roosevelt dictats and edits with aides.
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Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Baltimore
Albany
Raymond Moley
Columbia University
Angola Convict Nabbed by Chicago Police
John Reed alias William Dupont, twice escaped from Angola State Penitentiary, was arrested in Chicago after identification. Dupont and five others were convicted in Orleans Parish in 1930 for robbing an armored truck of about 20000 dollars. He escaped again in 1930 and 1931, was recaptured, then fled from the penitentiary farm.
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Chicago
John Reed
William Dupont
Louisiana State
Angola
Dupont
Orleans Parish
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company
Louisiana
John Anderson
New Orleans
Big loan to rice growers announced by association
A $2,000,000 loan from the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of New Orleans to the American Rice Growers Cooperative Association will finance commodity loans to members in Louisiana Arkansas and Texas. Loans backed by rice in member warehouses aim to curb forced sales and help market timing during a tight harvest.
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Lake Charles
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of
New Orleans
American Rice Growers Cooperative Association
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Homer L. Brinkley
Brinkley
Record number of women seek seats in elections
Washington reports 102 women running for the senate house and state posts in next month’s general elections. The Associated Press survey shows 28 in the House 3 for the Senate 2 for governor and 69 for other state posts. The Socialists lead with 23 candidates followed by Communists 22 Democrats 18 Republicans 17. Nine incumbents seek re-election including Hattie Caraway Florence Kahn Edith Rogers Ruth Pratt Mary Norton and Miriam Ferguson. Ferguson faces Orville Burlington. another gubernatorial hopeful is Laetitia Conrad.
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Senate
House
National Woman's Party
Associated Press
Ruth Taunton
Woman’s Party
Hattie W. Caraway
Arkansas
Florence P. Kahn
California
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Ruth Pratt
New York
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Kahn
Norton
Miriam A
Ma”) Ferguson
Orville Bullington
Laetitia Conrad
Grinnell
Iowa
Dan W. Turner
Clyde L. Herring
Prohibition
Farmer-Labor
Liberty
Seattle Police Probe Conflicts in Inglis Death
Seattle police reported conflicting statements in the death of Col William M Inglis a World War II veteran and former U S senate candidate and the wounding of a woman in his apartment on Sunday night The woman Miss Mary Nash a hospital patient with bullet injuries said Inglis fired first and then shot himself but investigators noted the fatal wound entered the colonel from behind the ear suggesting possible self infliction remains uncertain Mrs Leo Casey a friend said the couple had married secretly two years ago
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Seattle
William M. Inglis
United States
Inglis
Mary Nash
Leo Casey
Detain Man in Nebraska Under Multiple Identities
A man who served 60 days in Ouachita parish jail and has been arrested nationwide under various aliases is held in Seward Nebraska after a fingerprint report. Detained as Eddie LaForce in Seward for investigation, he was earlier arrested as W. C. King on September 25, 1930, and served 60 days for obtaining goods under false pretenses. He was sent to Louisiana state penitentiary to complete a one to three year forgery sentence from 1928.
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Ouachita Parish
United States
Seward
Neb
Sheriff's Department
Eddie LaForce
W. C. King
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Official of Mississippi Visits State's Capitol
Lieutenant-Governor Dennis Murphree of Mississippi and Mrs. Murphree visited Baton Rouge touring the state capitol. They were shown the building and entertained at a luncheon by Richard W. Leche before returning to Jackson.
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Dennis Murphree
Mississippi
Murphree
Jackson
Miss
O. K. Allen
Murphrees
State House
Richard W. Leche
Allen
Hoover Plans Final Campaign Swing With New York Stop
President Hoover outlines a two week push to close his re election drive. He delivered a New York City speech and heads inland to Midwest states, with possible Indianapolis and Chicago appearances. He met with Henry M. Robinson and hosted Henry and Clara Ford during a White House visit after Detroit.
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Hoover
New York City
Detroit
Indianapolis
Chicago
White House
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Central Committee
Banking and Industrial Committees
Federal Reserve
Robinson
Henry Ford
Grand Jurors Scheduled To Investigate Slayings
The Tate county grand jury convened in Senatobia to probe the slayings of Judge Crawford and his three sons by a posse hunting for Jess Williams. Steve Williams confessed firing at Deputy Williams and faces circuit court trial after transport to an undisclosed jail. Sheriff Williams plans a special guard for the black defendant.
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Senatobia
Miss
Tate County
Judge Crawford
Jess Williams
C. A. Williams
Steve Williams
Williams
Supreme Court denies Lea appeal in bank misapplication case
The Supreme Court refused to review the conviction of Luke Lea of Nashville his son Luke Jr and Wallace B Davis former Asheville banker on charges of conspiring to misapply Central Bank and Trust Company funds in Asheville North Carolina The ruling upholds lower court action and the defendants failed to delay action while seeking further appeals The case stems from the bank's 1930 failure involving about 1 million dollars and ties to a Nashville bank where Lea and his son were connected
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Luke Lea
Nashville
Tennessee
Luke Jr
Wallace B. Davis
Asheville
North Carolina
Leas
Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
N. C
Central Bank and Trust Company of
Lea
United States
Haywood County
Buncombe County
Louisiana Welfare Conference Opens Thursday in New Orleans
The Louisiana State Conference for social betterment meets October 27-29 with an opening general session Thursday night at the Hotel Francis. Dr Maud Loeber of New Orleans president of the conference will speak alongside Charles W Pipkin dean LSU graduate school. Miss June Lonas, conference secretary, says speakers list is nearly complete.
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Louisiana State Conference For Social Betterment
Hotel Francis
June Lonas
S. L. Lyons
Maud Loeber
New Orleans
Charles W. Pipkin
Louisiana State University Graduate School
Susan Gillean
Children’s Bureau
Helen of Romania Arrives for Private Bucharest Visit
Former Queen Helen of Romania arrives in Bucharest for a private visit escorted to her palace in secrecy. She travels from Citila to Moghii station with a royal coach detached from the Simplon express and greeted by the chief of police.
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Helen
Rumania
Carol
Citila
Moghhiia
Princess Helen
County Attorney Attacks Parson in Wife Murder Case
In Muskogee Oklahoma on October 24 County Attorney Phil Oldham delivered a harsh closing argument in the Reverend S A Berrie wife murder trial. He assailed Berrie for alleged intimate relations with a young Sunday school teacher he later married and called for moral hypocrisy while noting no witnesses denied the relationships.
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Muskogee
Okla
S. A. Berrie
Phil K. Oldham
Berrie
Oldham
Col Richmond to Speak at Bastrop Reserve Officers Event
Col H R Richmond chief of staff of the 87th division will be the principal speaker at a November 8 Bastrop meeting and barbecue for Monroe area reserve officers. Gen Reeves may attend with Col Barnard also present. Barbecue at the Country club is free. R O T C graduates urged to attend. Regular reserve officers school to resume soon.
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H. R. Richmond
87Th Division
Bastrop
Monroe
W. H. Reitzell
Carney
Reserve Officers
General Reeves
General McNair
Barnard
State Reserve Officers Association
Richmond
Reserve Officers’ Association
Country Club
Soprano Gertrude Bindernagel Shot by Husband in Berlin
Berlin reports soprano Gertrude Bindernagel was shot by her husband Wilhelm Hintze after a performance of Siegfried. The banker-husband fired at stage door, the bullet hit her kidney, doctors called the condition hopeless. She had filed for divorce last week.
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Berlin
Gertrude Bindernagel
Siegfried
Wilhelm Hintze
Eight Year Old Girl Rescued as Abductor Is Caught
Eight year old Anna Kleinhandler returns Monday after a Sunday kidnapping in Newark. Samuel Morris is arrested at his home following identification by the girl and a taxi driver. The victim suffered a throat cut and a stab near the heart but remains not seriously injured. police say Morris earlier tried to cash a check at the parents store.
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Newark, N. J
Newark
N. J
Anna Kleinhandler
Samuel Morris
Springfield
Morris
MecKell
Baltusrol Golf Club
Shunpike Avenue
Eugene Murphy
City Hospital
Michael Rosselle
Rosselle
Salesman and Woman Found Dead Near Gadsden Alabama
A 40 year old salesman named Tom Russell and Velmar Groover, 2, were found slain near Gadsden Alabama. Russell was shot in the chest and Groover beaten to death with a shattered single barrel shotgun found at the scene. Police suspect the couple was killed on a nearby road and dragged to the field. Investigators note fingerprints on the weapon and pursue leads.
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Gadsden
Ala
Tom Russell
Velmar Groover
Hoyt Butler
Bue
Russell
Groover
W. L. Groover
Father Strikes Spouse, Son Stabs Him to Death
New York report says Thomas Prendergast Jr killed his father with a butcher knife in a lower hallway at 170 Seventh Avenue. Police found the elder man fatally stabbed after a night of alleged alcohol fueled brutality within a 35 year marriage.
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New York
Thomas Prendergast, Jr
170 Seventh Avenue
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