Monroe Girl Blamed In Man's Death Note Case
Police investigate a Monroe note claiming a local girl manipulated a man into suicide. A blue shirt and gray striped trousers were found on the Ouachita riverbank near the locks and dam, with a death note signed J. C. The girl named Clark is sought for information as investigators pursue the unidentified deceased.
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Monroe
Ouachita River
Locks and Dam
J. C
Louisiana
Institute
Three More Arrested in Florida Flogging Probe
Jacksonville police widen a flogging inquiry with three more arrests bringing the total to twelve suspects. Victims Mrs Sally Geringer and her daughter Ola Bell Gilstrap reported abduction and whipping by masked men who accused them of liquor dealing.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Oscar Bessant
Hugh Laseter
Leslie Nettles
J. C. Godwin
Horace Starling
Rambling Notes From DeSiard Street Are Humorous
Local columnist H H B recalls residents like Felix Bunch of Delhi and a Oklahoma oil heiress marriage, mentions a duck replica made from yams by Hattee Cyrus, and notes a New York mission image of C Luther Fry. It also covers Ouachita junior college, a phone conversation study, and light town quips about signs and punishing punctuators.
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DeSiard Street
Felix Bunch
Delhi
Mr. Bunch
Louise Strowther
Oklahoma
Roosevelt Leaves On Final Campaign Trip
Governor Roosevelt left Albany at noon for his last presidential campaign trip outside New York. He waved his gray campaign hat to a crowd as his car rolled from the executive mansion. He travels the Mohawk trail to Groton Massachusetts for the night and plans talks in Portland Maine and Boston on Monday.
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Roosevelt
Albany
New York
Executive Mansion
Eagle Street
Mohawk Trail
Groton
Mass
Maine
Portland
Boston
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission Organized for Study
The Louisiana tax reform commission is set to begin its work after an executive organization meeting. Representative J. Porter Burgess chairs the group with Senator W. Beott Heywood as honorary chair and vice-chairman. Members include Lorris Wimberly and Arthur Mitchell, with Senators Arthur Gardiner and Burgess to lead the panels. Heywood has collected parish bonded indebtedness and tax data as prep.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
O. K. Allen
Allen J. Ellender
J. Porter Burgess
Ouachi
Parish
Lorris Wimberly
Bienville
Arthur Mitchell
New Orleans
W. Beott Heywood
Jennings
Thur C. Gardiner
Acadia
Senate
John B. Fournet
Burgess
Heywood
Monroe
Hoover and Ritchie Rally Big Indianapolis Crowds
In Indianapolis crowds packed two lectures by President Hoover and Maryland Governor Albert C. Ritchie for Roosevelt, drawing large parades through city streets. Both audiences overflowed into outside areas as spectators heard via amplifiers in Butler University field house and a 15 000 seat tabernacle.
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Indianapolis
Herbert Hoover
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Butler University
Ritchie
Hoover
North Meridian Street
Union Station
Harry G. Leslie
Herriot Proposes European Conscription Based Disarmament
Premier Edouard Herriot wins support in Paris for a new disarmament plan that abolishes professional armies in favor of short-term conscription across Europe with American guarantees. He notes Kellogg Briand pact interpretation, saying neutrality is no longer possible as France seeks collective security.
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Paris
Edouard Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
Europe
United States
Reichswehr
France
Chamber
Henry L. Stimson
Rescue party out after hunters trapped by storm in Wyoming
In Sheridan Wyoming a storm marooned 22 men seeking lost hunters as authorities identified a frozen body believed to be Dillon McKinnon a Wyoming youth. Fred Demmel and Dell F Yoakum remain missing as eight more inches of snow push conditions risky for the search led by veteran rangers.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Big Horn Mountains
Dillon McKinnon
Greybull
McKinnon
Fred Demmel
Dell F. Yoakum
Columbine
Hunger marchers seek audience with Parliament in London
Three hunger marchers delivered a petition to the prime minister via the national march council urging a full public inquiry into Hyde Park arrests and the release of detained demonstrators. Police prepared for a second march to Trafalgar Square amid ongoing unrest and demands for abolition.
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Parliament of England
London
House of Commons
MacDonald
National March Council
Hyde Park
Trafalgar Square
Montreal Star pokes fun at campaign letter flap
The Montreal Star humorously addressed a disputed letter allegedly from James A. Farley to a Montreal businessman linked to New York social clubs. The paper notes the Democratic party sought funds from foreign interests, while James Farley calls the claim untrue, ending with a satirical quip about mailing lists and political risk.
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Montreal
Montreal Star
James A. Farley
Democratic National
United States
Democratic Party
Montreal Daily Star
Hoover
Price of Wheat Slumps To Historic Low On Board of Trade
Chicago October 29 wheat slid to a new all time low as the December option sold for 43 7 8 cents a bushel on the board of trade. Earlier in the week a record 44 1 8 cents price was also posted before a brief rally. Statisticians trace such lows back to Queen Elizabeth’s era.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Queen Elizabeth
Alabama Senator May Face Expulsion Over Expense Claim
Alabama state senator E. D. Jordan of Etowah admits asking 250 dollars in expense money to pass a Sunday amusements bill for Gadsden. Senators Teasley of Montgomery and Goodwin of Covington said expulsion proceedings likely follow. Jordan says the money reimbursed his personal outlay and no payment was made. The bill was signed by Governor Miller after a conference.
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Montgomery
Ala
E. D. Jordan
Etowah
Alabama Senate
Gadsden
C. B. Teasley
T. A. Goodwin
Covington
Snator Jordan
B. M. Miller
Mole Hill
Yarrell and Turner Face New Trial Motions in Bank Robbery Case
Hearing on motions for new trials for Jim Yarrell and Edgar Turner, both convicted of robbing the Olla State Bank last August 19, was set for this afternoon in Jena before Judge Wiley Jones. Yarrell and Turner were represented by A. D. Flowers and F. O. Fuller respectively. Ernest Gray, who pleaded guilty to participation in the July 20 robbery, was sentenced to eight to twelve years and was sent to Mobile, Alabama to await a federal sentence for interstate theft. A separate murder case against M. H. May and E. W. Neyland for E. B. Randell’s July murder was under trial in Jena.
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Jim Yarrell
Edgar Turner
Olla State Bank
Jena
Wiley Jones
Yarrell
A. D. Flowers
Turner
F. O. Fuller
Houston
Tex
Ernest Gray
Mobile
Ala
M. H. May
E. W. Neyland
E. B. Randell
Chapman Named to National Editorial Association Panel
Isaac Chapman editor of the Morehouse Enterprise and secretary treasurer of the Louisiana Press Association was named to a special committee of the National Editorial Association. The panel will plan the association's golden anniversary meeting set for New Orleans in 1935, with the appointment made by president Justus F. Craemer.
Judge Fullilove Elected Head of Social Group
Judge S C Fullilove of Shreveport was elected president of the Louisiana Conference for Social Betterment. Other officers named are George Reynolds secretary and Miss Susan Gillean treasurer. The session discussed Federal Aid and the 1929 economic upheaval affecting social betterment. Louisiana received about three million dollars of relief funding to date.
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S. C. Fullilove
Shreveport
Louisiana Conference For
George Reynolds
Susan Gillean
New Orleans
Florence Seitz
Rehabilitation Finance Corporation
Louisiana
Huey Long Predicts Democratic Victory in Election
Senator Huey P. Long, returning to New Orleans after Midwest speeches for Roosevelt, says Democrats sure to win and predicts repeal of prohibition in most states if Roosevelt wins. He notes weather and receptions were cold in places and jokes about beer by Christmas.
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Huey Long
New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Roosevelt
Middle West
Louisiana
Arkansas
Dakotas
Kansas
Nebraska
Long
Dallas
Radio raid hits illegal rum runners station at Coney Island
Federal agents described a solar plexus blow to a rum running ring as they raided a hidden unlicensed radio station in a Coney Island house. Seven men including George McDonald were arraigned on breaking radio laws after a two month inquiry and seizure of the equipment. The station allegedly directed the rum trade from Manhattan Beach area operations.
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New York
Coney Island
Manhattan Beach
George McDonald
Rum Row
Political Panorama Mayoral and national figures clash over tariff and unity
In multiple cities leaders comment on Hoover Roosevelt tariff dispute and New Deal politics. Mills in New Haven notes Democratic inflation stance. Edge in Atlantic City pleads GOP unity. Ritchie in Indianapolis warns of baseless alarms. Johnson in San Francisco appeals for progressive help to oust un-American government. Cox in Charleston accuses tariff bad faith. Smith in Albany urges Roosevelt liaison and jokes about kissing. Norman Thomas in Newark mocks Hoover doles and Roosevelt beer plan.
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Indianapolis
Hoover
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
New Haven
Conn
Secretary of the Treasury Mills
Connecticut
Atlantic City
N. J
Ambassador Edge
New Jersey
Ritchie
San Francisco
Hiram Johnson
Charleston
W. Va
James M. Cox
Albany
N. Y
Smith
Newark
Norman Thomas
Doles
Hoover Heads Eastward After Indiana Address
President Hoover on the presidential special heads east from Indianapolis after a fourth Midwest tour. He attacked Governor Roosevelt on election issues calling them untenable and said he would drive his opponent from every position. He urged support in Ohio and West Virginia as he returns to Washington.
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Washington
Hoover
Mid-West
Roosevelt
Ohio
West Virginia
Indianapolis
Butlerfield House
Former Prison Official Given 20 Year Sentence
George W. Courson, ex prison captain, was convicted of manslaughter in the sweat box death of Arthur Maillefert at Sunbeam prison camp. He was denied a new trial and sentenced to the maximum 20 years as Judge George C. Gibbs presided. Solomon Higginbotham, a guard, was cleared of blame in the Westfield youth’s death.
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Jacksonville
Fla
George W. Courson
Arthur Maillefert
New Jersey
Sunbeam
George C. Gibbs
Courson
Solomon Higginbotham
Westfield
N. J
Commissioner LeBlanc to preside Lafayette hearing on telephone rates
Louisiana public service commission will require Southern Bell to show cause in Lafayette in mid November why statewide telephone rates should not be reduced. Commissioner Dudley J. LeBlanc will preside. Cases cover Shreveport Monroe Logansport and Caddo Parish. Exact Lafayette date to be announced later.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, Inc
Lafayette
Commission
Public Service
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Louisiana
Shreveport
Monroe
Logansport
Parish
Caddo
LeBlanc
Second Public Service District
Third District
Harvey G. Fields
Public Service Commission
Chicago Evening Papers Are to Be Consolidated
Chicago Daily News announced it purchased the Chicago Evening Post and the two papers will consolidate starting with the News edition next Monday. Frank Knox and K L Ames Jr signed the statement. Ames will join as assistant to the publisher and president.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Evening Post
News
Frank Knox
The
Daily News
K. L. Ames, Jr
Post
Ames
Herman H. Kohlsaar
John C. Schaffer
Victor F. Lawson
Mélville E. Stone
Associated Press
Vivian Duncan Seeks Divorce From Nils Asther
Two attorneys for Vivian Duncan, stage dancer and film actress, announce filing a divorce suit today accusing Swedish film star Nils Asther of cruelty. The couple married in Refi o on August 1 1930 and separated last May.
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Los Angeles
Vivian Duncan
Nils Asther
Asther
Refio
Hiram Johnson Denounces Hoover in Frisco Address
Senator Hiram W. Johnson, running as a Republican independent, assailed the Hoover administration in San Francisco urging the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He spoke to a Dreamland auditorium crowd of 7 000 and overflowed into the streets recalling his 1910 California gubernatorial campaign.
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San Francisco
Hiram W. Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dreamland Auditorium
California
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