Huey Long Ships Funds for L A Vanderbilt Trip
Two sound trucks left Baton Rouge at dawn as Huey P. Long mobilized a student crowd for the Louisiana Vanderbilt game in Nashville. He handed out loans to cover bus fare and meals, with 1500 cadets among the expected 2500 to 3000 travelers, while funds again ran short prompting more cash with loans from the university.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Nashville
Louisiana State University
Tennessee
Long
Jackson
E. N. Jackson
Louisiana- Vanderbilt
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Huey
Bankers Sue Ed Wynn Over Compensation and Injury
The Samuel Greenbergs sue Ed Wynn for 115000 arguing he hired Mrs Greenberg as a bodyguard for his wife Hilda Keenan Wynn and she suffered a permanent injury after being struck. Wynn denies any written contract and disputes the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ed Wynn
Samuel Greenbergs
Wynn
Greenberg
Mexico
Giant Puerto Rican sweet potato tops local garden show
Jes Ramblin notes a 12 plus pound Porto Rican sweet potato grown by A N Landrum on Columbia road. The column also recalls highway antics on Jackson street and a five pound bayou bass with a bare lip, as reported by Mayor Faldon.
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Jes’ Ramblin
A. N. Landrum
Columbia Road
Jes
Faldon
Bayou DeSiard Way
R. T. Harberson
Charles North
Jack Meehan
Faidon
Richfield tanker Larry Doheny heads for Guam
Damaged by a South Pacific typhoon the Richfield oil tanker Larry Doheny limped toward Guam with a crew of 40. Radio lost then restored contact reported a damaged afterwalk bridge and leaking hull as Gold Star Olympia and Oregon Maru sped to aid. Weather warnings reached Manila.
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San Francisco
Richfield
Larry Doheny
Guam
Wilder
Radio-Marine Corporation
Danwood
Yokohama
Philippine Islands
United States Navy
Gold Star
Olympia
Philippines
Manile
English Airmen Lead In Melbourne Derby Handicap Race
England's C W A Scott and T Campbell Black win the handicap and speed race in the London to Melbourne air derby. Dutch team with Parmentier and Moll finish ahead of Americans Turner and Pangborn, who contend for top prize money. official results pending checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
England
C. W. A. Scott
T. Campbell Black
Col
Roscoe Turner
Clyde Pangborn
Albury
K. D. Parmentier
J. J. Moll
Netherlands
Charleville
Parmentier
Moll
Turner
Pangborn
Scott and Black
United States Fleet Races Through Panama Canal Toward Pacific
In a surprise move the U S fleet hastens from Atlantic to Pacific via the Panama Canal. 88 ships aim to transit in under 40 hours, with mine sweepers Rail and Tern clearing Gatun lock and destroyers following amid foggy conditions.
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Tern
Gatun
Phantom Slugger Sought After Attacks On Women
Boulder Colorado police and a student vigilante committee hunted a phantom slugger who assaulted nine coeds and one woman at the University of Colorado. Victims were struck and escaped unharmed as students patrolled in disguise to trap the assailant.
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Boulder
Colo
University of Colorado
Police Department
National Guard
Overton Praises New Deal At U S Building and Loan Meet
Senator John H. Overton of Louisiana lauded the New Deal, saying it has gone to the roots of national problems as delegates gathered for the United States Building and Loan league convention in New Orleans. He contrasted Democratic aims with Republican policies and urged focus on permanent employment and wider building and loan reforms.
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Building and Loan League
New Orleans
United States
John H. Overton
Louisiana
United States Building and Loan League
America
Overton
Roosevelt
Philip Lieber
Shreveport
Savings and Loan Associations
H. F. Cellarius
Cincinnati
League
Building and Loan Associations
Cellarius
Federal Homeowners Loan Corporation
Building and Loan Association
Ellen McAdoo Marriage Plans Encounter Opposition
Ellen Wilson McAdoo daughter of Senator McAdoo and Rafael Lopez de Onate the 38 year old actor faced objections from three sides in Riverside California where they filed intent to wed County Clerk D G Clayton demanded proof of Caucasian ancestry before issuing a license and Senator McAdoo disapproved while Eleanor Wilson McAdoo the former First Lady called it off saying there are no plans at present
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Hollywood
Ellen Wilson McAdoo
United States
William Gibbs McAdoo
Rafael Lopez de Onate
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
McAdoo
Woodrow Wilson
Riverside
de Onate
Philippine Islands
D. G. Clayton
Clayton
William H. Neblett
War Secretary Dern Visits Monroe On Flood Control Tour
Secretary of War George H. Dern arrived in Monroe with an escort of over twenty officials for a noon luncheon at the Virginia hotel. About 200 guests heard him defend the president's recovery program as the party surveyed the Boeuf basin, eyed as a potential Jadwin flood control site.
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South
George H. Dern
Monroe
Virginia Hotel
Boeuf Basin
Jadwin
Arkansas City
Dern
Edwin H. Markham
United States Army
Harley B. Ferguson
Mississippi River Commission
T. Q. Ashburn
Inland Waterways Corporation
RFC Head appeals to bankers at association meeting
Jesse H. Jones of the Reconstruction Finance Corp urged American Bankers Association delegates to increase lending, even loans banks would normally avoid. He promoted refinancing mortgages via government funds and called for looser credit and fewer bank examinations, emphasizing support for national recovery.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
American Bankers’ Association
Jones
Texas
Third Jinky Day Opens Rush In Monroe Contest
The third Jinky Day in Monroe observed on Wednesday opened Jinky headquarters at 135 North Second Street for a rush to turn in Jinkys. The event offers a weekly $40 prize and merchandise prizes from local merchants as oddity counts first in ratings. Hundreds already turned in by 9 am and merchants list includes Iron Mountain Bakery Griffin Studio and West Monroe Hardware among others.
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Jinky
Monroe
North Second Street
Iron Mountain Bakery, Inc
Griffin Studio
Johnnie S. Elbert
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
West Monroe Hardware and Furniture Co
West Monroe
Sur-Wa
Sur-Wa Stores, Inc., Holloway and Thompson, Natural Gas Co., Inc
Thompson's
Monroe Automobile and Supply Co
Slagle-Johnson Lumber Co., Inc
W. Rogers
Eureka Grocery
Lee- Rogers Chevrolet Co., Inc
R. and A
Central and Circle
Standard Office Supply Co
Collens Pharmacy, Inc
E. Jack Selig, Inc
Trade reform foresees end of cutthroat practices
Rexford Tugwell predicts elimination of cutthroat trade as domestic distortions fade. He urges a new framework between international anarchy and protectionist nationalism, signaling shifts toward planned economy concepts while noting U S policy has not found final solutions.
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Rome
Rexford G. Tugwell
United States
International Institute of Agriculture
Tugwell
Roosevelt states aim to curb big oil surpluses
President Roosevelt expressed hope that federal agents in the mid continent field will develop an enforceable plan to prevent oil surpluses. He indicated adequate enforcement is needed but offered no concrete methods and did not name the agencies or approaches.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mid-Continent
Department of Justice
Trial date fixed for Hauptmann in Lindbergh baby case
Bruno Richard Hauptmann pleaded not guilty to the Lindbergh baby murder charge in Flemington New Jersey as Supreme Court Justice Thomas E. Trenchard set January 2, 1935 for the trial. Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauch Jr read the indictment. Hauptmann, in a lone plea, spoke aloud for the first time in court. He appeared in a grey suit and wearing a necktie, previously denied in prison.
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Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Supreme Court
Thomas E. Trenchard
Hunterdon County
Hauptmann
Anthony M. Hauch, Jr
Hauch
Powers Oppose Manchoukuo Oil Monopoly Move
American and British oil firms oppose a Manchoukuo state oil monopoly aimed at controlling crude and refined oil in Dairen and adjacent refineries. Tokyo is the focus as embassies discuss the plan, citing open door violations and nine power treaty provisions.
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Manchoukuo
Associated Press
Tokyo
America
Great Britain
Japan
Standard Oil Company of
New York
British Asiatic Petroleum Company
Standard Oil Company of New York
Texas Company
Asiatic Petroleum Company
Manchuria Oil Company
Dairen
Modern Train Streaks East Breaking Coast-to-Coast Pace
The Union Pacific streamlined train left Omaha at 6 15 a m bound for Chicago on its Los Angeles to New York run. It set a world speed record of 84 mph for 500 miles or more between Cheyenne and Omaha and had completed 1 810 miles of its 3 259 mile trip. If it reaches Chicago and New York as planned two more records could follow.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ed Schmidt
North Platte
Schmidt
Legion committee to back cash bonus payment plan
The American Legion legislative committee will urge the convention to record support for immediate cash payment of adjusted compensation certificates with no interest. The aim is to boost circulation and reduce unemployment as part of wartime recovery efforts. Ray Kelly, Detroit official, led the panel with two dissenting votes.
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Miami
Fla
American Legion Legislative Committee
Recordi Ag
Associated Press
Legislative Committee
United States
American Legion
Ray Kelly
Detroit
Region
Legion Favors Enlarged Army At National Convention
In Miami on October 24 the American Legion adopted a defense report urging expansion of the armed forces to 14 000 officers and 165 000 men with no debate or dissent recorded.
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Miami
Fla
American Legion National Convention
National Defense Committee
St Louis Chosen 1935 American Legion Convention City
St Louis today was elected as the 1935 American Legion convention city. The time of the convention will be set by the national executive committee, and the committee report was adopted without discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
St. Louis
American Legion
National Executive Committee
Bonus report awaited by Legion amid convention deadlock
The American Legion waited into the second half of its 16th annual convention as a sub committee deadlocked on proposed bonus legislation after a five hour parade. A report to the full legislative committee was delayed and backed forecasts said the bonus would reach the convention floor in majority and minority reports regardless of committee outcome. Committees set aside hundreds of state department resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fia
American Legion
English aviators win coast race in sharp duel
The article praises the English team Turner and Pangborn for winning a two motor plane event, noting Wiley Post would have excelled if present. It mentions Dutch competitors and predicts Japan's arrival in California for another showdown, with Brisbane as a notable observer.
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Sonora
Cal
Golly
Wiley Post
Oklahoma
Turner
Pangborn
Brisbane
Japan
California
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