Liberty Mayor Shot During Escape Attempt by Convict
Jackson Miss October 23 A Lib erty mayor L M Ratliffe was shot in the abdomen by escaped convict Charles Wright while traveling with deputy C L Hazlewood. Farmer W McCullough aided, breaking a car window to seize Wright who had been at large since 1929 and is serving for manslaughter. Wright captured near Hammond La.
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Jackson, Miss
L. M. Ratliffe
Liberty
Charles Wright
Ratliffe
C. L. Hazlewood
Amite County
Hazlewood
Ll. W. McCullough
Wright
McCollough
Hammond
Jeffers Accused of Illegal Marriage Ceremony in Jonesboro
The Rev. Joe Jeffers, a Baptist evangelist, was arrested in Jonesboro Ark on a charge of performing an illegal marriage ceremony. He posted bond of 1900 for a Monday municipal court hearing. The misdemeanor carries a 100 to 500 dollar fine. He had come to town two months earlier for revival services and clashed with the local pastor, prompting guards and church tensions.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Joe Jeffers
Arkansas
Jeffers
First Baptist Church
D. H. Heard
Senator Caraway Undergoes Kidney Stone Operation
United States Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway had an operation at a Little Rock hospital for removal of a kidney stone. Doctors reported the procedure a success and his condition was satisfactory after the surgery, which was postponed from the day before due to shifting stone.
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Senator Caraway
Little Rock Hospital
Little Rock
Ark
United States
Thaddeus H. Caraway
Rambling Notes Mix Pets Politics and Local Lunch Deals
Reminiscence recalls a trained dog that raced from home to a downtown office to answer calls and back. Monroe residents glimpse a governorship chatter with M M Marshall offering to take an oath for pay. Cafes slash coffee and toast prices as buttered toast incurs extra charges, while two men share a family tie through their mothers. A Sunday car fire scare proves a mistaken alarm at the church district.
Nationalist Government Back On Job In Britain
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, buoyed by a large majority, resumes work in London to outline a rehabilitation program. He meets King George and Cabinet to plan early next month’s parliamentary measures, including pound stabilization and war debt reviews. The Conservative win dominates, with debates over protection pending full investigation and policy shaping.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
George
Fish Press
MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
The
London Times
Capone May Be Put to Work With a Mop in County Jail
Chicago dispatch reports Warden David Moneypenny weighing Capone’s assignment to menial jail work. Capone sits and reads while awaiting appeal on an 11 year federal tax evasion sentence. His bodyguard Philip D Andrea received six months for bringing a pistol to court.
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Chicago
David Moneypenny
al Capone
Moneypenny
Scarface
Capone
Michael J. Ahern
United States Supreme Court
James H. Wilkerson
Philip D'Andrea
D'Andrea
Ahern
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Phore Philip D'Andrea
al” Capone
Kilbourne Dies Suddenly at Riverside Residence
William James Kilbourne aged 91 died in his sleep at 704 Riverside during the night. A Civil War veteran and longtime West Carroll Parish planter, he was inactive in recent years with the Henry W. Allen Post Masonic lodge and the Baptist Church. He leaves two daughters and a son. Funeral tomorrow at 3 from 1317 Emerson Street with Rev. L. T. Hastings officiating. interment in Old City Cemetery. Pallbearers named.
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William James Kilbourne
Riverside
Minnie K. Shelby
Greenville
Louise Jouvenat
Monroe
J. W. Kilbourne
Emerson Street
Fairview Addition
L. T. Hastings
First Baptist Church
Huge electro magnet installed at UC Berkeley
The California Monthly reports the installation of a huge electro magnet at the University of California Berkeley. Two professors expect to perfect a method to break down atomic components and possibly convert less precious metals into gold.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
California Monthly
Edison Estate Left to Two Younger Sons in Will
Thomas A. Edison leaves the bulk of his estate to his two sons from his second marriage. The widow receives nothing, while Charles and Theodore Edison are named executors and residuary legatees. All Edison stock and Edison laboratories properties go to the two sons. Bonds and cement company securities are left in trust to six children.
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Newark
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Charles Edison
Theodore Edison
Edison
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Charles
Edison Laboratories
Edison Portland Cement Co
Reservoir plan to be embodied in new measure
The Mississippi River Flood Control Association plans a mandatory bill for Congress as a substitute for Jadwin flood control. A Dec 9 Washington meeting will perfect the measure based on the 1928 act, including landowner reimbursements and backwater area protection, with the Louisiana reservoir plan to lower flood heights incorporated.
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Memphis
Tenn
Congress
Mississippi River Flood Control Association
Washington
W. M. Dick
Association
Army Engineers
Guardians of the Treasury
Cape Girardeau
Gulf
Hughes May Refuse Judge Post Citing Louisiana Law
State Senator H L Hughes of Natchitoches said he will not take the oath as judge of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Shreveport, citing Article three section 12 of the 1921 Constitution and Act two of the 1928 extra session which raised salaries. He informed Governor Long and awaits his decision, expressing disappointment as he prepared to relocate and serve until the 1932 election.
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Shreveport
H. L. Hughes
Natchitoches
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Huey P. Long
R. D. Webb
Hughes
Circuit Court of Appeals
Long
National Credit Heads for Sixth District Named
John K. Ottley, director of the National Credit Corporation, named three organizers for the Sixth Federal Reserve District. H. Lane Young will organize Georgia, J. D. O Keefe covers Louisiana and Southern Mississippi, and Vance J Alexander handles Eastern Tennessee. A $500 million fund will support sound bank assets not reachable by Fed channels.
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National Credit Heads
Atlanta
John K. Ottley
National Credit Corporation
Federal Reserve
H. Lane Young
Citizens and Southern National Bank
Georgia
J. D. O'Keefe
Whitney National Bank and Whitney Trust and Savings Bank
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Vance J. Alexander
American National Bank
Nashville
Tennessee
Hoover
Ottley
Irene Rich and David Blankenhorn Separate in Split
The Times reports film actress Irene Rich and husband David Blankenhorn an investment broker have separated with divorce proceedings expected soon. Rich cites a radically different viewpoint on many matters, especially money, as the cause of the rift.
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Los Angeles
the Times
Irene Rich
David Blankenhorn
Miss Rich
Bilbo Plan Approved To Aid Mississippi Farmers
Governor Bilbo wins approval from the anti administration ways and means committee for a 15 million dollar state agricultural credit corporation. Bonds totaling 2 million would fund local credit corporations which borrow from federal banks and back loans with mortgages. The act would place an eight member administration including the governor and state officials.
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Bilbo
Jackson, Miss
State Agricultural Credit Corporation
Mississippi House of Representatives
J. S. Love
Presbyterian Board Slashes Budget for 1932
The national board of missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States cut about half a million dollars from its 1932 fiscal year budget starting April 1. The announcement was made in Asheville North Carolina on October 23. The revised plan affects programs and operations across the denomination.
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Asheville
N. C
National Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church
Grand Jury Eyes City Probe of New Orleans Officials
The Grand Jury in New Orleans plans a deep probe into city administration including Mayor Walmsley and the Commission Council. It will examine race horse handbooks police graft lottery shops and trust funds handling. Walmsley faces prior indictment on trust fund charges with trial date pending. The jury foreman says it will fulfill its oath and serve the city during its term. The panel has also ordered the mayor and entire council to attend next Thursday’s session.
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New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Commission
Walmsley
Grand Jury
Lewis I. Bourgeois
Eugene Stanley
City Commission Council
Governor approves boundary title plan near Texarkana
Austin October 2. Governor Sterling endorses Governor Parnell of Arkansas plan to resolve title between the states on a 4600 acre boundary tract near Texarkana by three engineers conclusions.
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Austin
R. S. Sterling
Harvey Parnell
Arkansas
Texarkana
Trucker's Cotton Crew Wreck Kills Two Children, Injures Dozens
A truck carrying 53 cotton pickers veered into a six foot ditch near Marion Arkansas early today killing two children and injuring 32 other passengers. The group from Marietta and Curtisville Mississippi was en route to the Eason plantation when the trailer broke loose. Cary Eason driver and local residents aided the injured at Marion and Memphis hospitals.
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Memphis
Tenn
Marion
Ark
Marietta
Curtisville
Prentiss County
Mississippi
Eason
Ollie Allen
Alice Cummings
Herbert Gilmore
Wiley Nichols
L. C. McVay
Morgan Landry Indicted in Double Murder at Capital
Baton Rouge October 29 Morgan Landry a 45 year old man was indicted today on two counts of murder for the shotgun killings of Mrs Mathilde Winston and Walter Webb in a rooming house after an argument sparked by jealousy He was found badly wounded and claims Webb shot him Bice Jones a negro hobo was indicted yesterday for the murder of Chief of Detectives Frank Schoonmaker pleaded guilty but the court rejected the plea and ordered an attorney to defend him
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Baton Rouge
Moregan Landry
Mathilde Wineston
Walter Webb
Landry
Negro Hobo
Terday
Frank Schoonmaker
George Farrot
Existence of New Planet Announced by Dr Pickering
New planet P predicted by Professor William H. Pickering from Jamaica private observatory could be the third most massive planet after Jupiter and Saturn. He estimates planet P at 44 000 miles diameter with a sun distance between 5 000 and 9 000 million miles, taking 656 years per orbit and causing observable perturbations in Uranus.
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New York
William H. Pickering
Mandeville
Jamaica
Pluto
Saturn
Earth
Uranus
Professor Pickering
Neptune
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