Self-defense plea raised in aged woman's murder case
Fifteen year old Roland Munroe Jr was held to the grand jury on murder charges in the hammer slaying of Mrs Agnes Roffeis 63. The youth claimed self defense saying he acted after she grabbed his knuckles and feared she would cut his throat. His attorney indicated plans for an insanity defense citing emotional instability and family factors.
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Chicago
Sert
Roland Munroe, Jr
Agnes Roffeis
Boise, Ida
Richard Devine
Devine
Mark D. Cohen
Cohen
Fugitive from Angola slain after exchange with sheriff
In Louisiana, John Kry a 39 year old fugitive convict on the Rayne case is shot and killed by Chief Donnie Ousse after a confrontation at a camp edge. The slain man had escaped from a Louisiana prison farm where he served a life term for murder.
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Jwley
John Kry
Rayne
Donnie Ousse
Mary
Louisiana
Stola
Briff W. V. Larcade
Acadia
Guillory
Chief Ousse
Ousse
Jiff Larcade
Labor Day Events Highlight Monroe West Monroe Parade
Labor Day activities in Monroe and West Monroe include a parade downtown, a noon program at Bernstein Bayou DeSiard, a baseball game at Casino Park, and an evening gathering at Pacific Booster Club hall. The Men and Labor group plans a parade route through Twin Cities to showcase local history and the new state bridge over the Arkansas River.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Casino Park Ce
Pacific Booster Club Hall
Labor Com- Trade
Twin Cities
Ade
Achita River
West Mons
Dge
DeSiard
Bernstein Place
Unclear fragment hints at tropical threat near Bermuda
Fragmentary remarks mention an 800 mile east of Puerto Rico center location and a weather threat to ships. Bennett notes a system reaching full hurricane status with potential impact on Bermuda and the North American region.
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Rico
Bennett
Shipsaid
Europeans Believe Roosevelt Victory Practically Certain
Frances Perkins says many well informed Europeans expect Roosevelt to win re election. She spoke on the Aquitania after returning from Europe and noted confidence in U S leadership under President Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
New York
Frances Perkins
Europe
United States
Aquitania
Tribute to Joanna Troutman Flag Maker Highlighted in Texas Georgia
In Knoxville Georgia 100 years after Joanna Troutman of Georgia made the Texas Lone Star flag she is honored with a bronze marker and grave monument. O B Colquitt former Texas governor delivers the address tracing the flags origin and a Georgia battalion’s 1835 march toward Texas. The Texas flag later becomes state emblem.
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Knoxville
Texas
Georgia
Joanna Troutman
O. B. Colquitt
Miss Troutman
Colquitt
Elmwood
Crawford County
Austin
Tex
Macon
Columbus
Monroe Men In Road Mishap
L C Warlick of Monroe is in critical condition after an automobile collision on the Lebeau Krotz Springs highway. His left arm was amputated at the shoulder and he suffers shock. Sam C Danna, also from Monroe, is shocked but uninjured beyond that. The accident involved a Church Point grocery truck, injuring several others and sending the group to the infirmary.
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Opelousas
L. C. Warlick
Monroe
Sam C. Danna
Walick
Danna
Severa
Lebeau Krotz Springs
Chuirchport
Teacher Electrocution Shocks Mississippi School
Pi Ernest Be Lumpkin, 32, a teacher at Carriere High School, was electrocuted while working on an electric pump on campus yesterday. He is survived by his widow and an infant son.
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Picayune
Miss
Ernest BE. Lumpkin
Carriere Special Consolidates High School
Schial
Bomb Raid Hits Burgos Hospital In Spanish Civil War
Government air raid on Burgos, the rebel capital, killed four people and wounded 17 at the provincial hospital, with bombs on a hospital ward and a home for the aged. Fire from the border region and reports from rebel officers describe the destruction and casualties.
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Associated Frees
Burgos
Miepateh.s
Elmer W. Peterson
Associated Press
Spain
Madrid
San Pablo
Progreso
Body of Dern Lies in State at Utah Capitol
Mourning crowds paid last respects to George Henry Dern a miner legislator governor and secretary of war as his state lying in state at the Utah capitol. President Roosevelt accompanied by Governor Blood saw the body placed in state for public viewing before a 3 p.m funeral.
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Salt Lake City
George Henry Dern
Utah Capitol
Roosevelt
Henry H. Blood
Mother seeks clemency for slain reporter’s killer
Emily Darst of Kansas City said she backs Leo Brothers, serving 14 years in Joliet for the 1930 murder of Chicago reporter Alfred Lingle. She signed a parole petition and spoke with former Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson about the case.
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Chicago
Alfred Lingle
Leo Brothers
Joliet Penitentiary
Emily Durst
Kansas City
Brothers
al Lingle
Rose Jessen
Webster Grove
Norner
Illinois
State Parole Board
U S Marshal in New Orleans Resigns After Political Struggle
U S marshal Philip Albares quits the New Orleans district calling the post a political football. He plans to return to Franklin to resume duties as chief of police and deputy sheriff, a job he held for 20 years. Federal Judge Borah might appoint a successor Friday.
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New Orleans
Philip Albares
United States
Albares
Franklin
Alhares
Wayne G. Borah
Traffic Officer Killed in Florida Gun Duel
In Cross City Florida two men died in a gun battle after traffic inspector R E B Walker attempted to stop a truck for missing lights. J C Boston died from a stomach wound and Mark Hampton Boston was hospitalized. Dr G W Boston was held for questioning. Sheriff F L Anderson expects formal charges after the coroner reports.
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Cross City
Fla
State Road Department
Mark Hampton
Boston
F. L. Anderson
R. E B. Walker
Walker
Anderson
J. C. Boston
G. W. Boston
Inquest Awaited In Death Of Harold Ickes Foster Son
Chicago dispatch says Harold L. Ickes awaited an inquest into the death of his foster son Wilmarth Ickes 37 found shot in his Winnetka home. Police said the death appeared suicide and funeral plans were deferred pending inquiry.
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Chicago
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Winnetka
Wilmarth Ickes
Harold Lewis
Ickes
Washington
Michael Straus
Young Ickes
Anna Wilmark Ickes
Velarde, N. M
Black Legion members go on trial in Michigan
Oakland county grand jury labels the Black Legion a terrorist organization with political ambitions that outran its members abilities. Twelve men face trial in Detroit for the execution of Charles A. Foole as the panel criticizes leaders and questions the group’s fascist likeness while calling for tolerance over bigotry.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Oakland County Grand Jury
George B. Hartrick
Pontiac
Charles A. Foole
Hartrick
Hooded Order
Grand Jury
Oakland County
Two Arkansas Robbers Held After Bank Holdup
Two escaped Arkansas convicts seized after an unsuccessful bank robbery in Atlanta Tex were captured and jailed in Marshall with a third man still at large Buddy Sadler was believed involved Chapman had 1900 dollars when shot by a rifle bullet Townspeople rushed the street as gunfire erupted wounding two Atlanta residents and peppering others with buckshot Cass county officers feared trouble if the three were kept in Atlanta
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Atlanta
Tex
Arkansas
Marshall
Charles Chapman
H. Lindsey
Buddy Sadler
Chapman
Lindsey
R. C. Mosley
Cass County
Mrs Inabnet Sr in Critical Condition After Emergency Surgery
Mrs W. B. Inabnet Sr father of W. B. Inabnet Jr Ouachita parish representative remains in a critical condition at St Francis sanitarium following an emergency appendectomy performed Saturday. Only immediate family may visit.
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W. B. Inabnet
W. B. Inabnet, Jr
Ouachita Parish
St. Francis Sanitarium
Last Minute Briefs: Guilty Plea in Newburgh
Last minute briefs report Dorothy Sherwood pleads guilty in Newburgh to first degree manslaughter for drowning her two year old son Jimmy in a creek in August 1935. The item notes other regional summaries including CCC driver Harold Berry’s 97,000 miles with no accidents and a Lake Charles murder charge.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Dorothy Sherwood
Jimmy
Alexandria
Harold Berry
Sloper
CCC
Camp Beauregard
Lithuania Returns to Parliamentary System With New Diet
Kaunas reports that UP-Lithuania, recently aligned with fascist governance, restored parliamentary rule today. President Anatas Smetona opened the newly elected diet, marking a shift in national leadership and form of government.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Anatas Smetona
Police Kill Arab Band Members in Jordan Valley Clash
In the Jordan valley near Nahariyeh Israeli officials say British troops and police killed two Arab band members and wounded four others in yesterday’s engagement. The security action was announced today as part of ongoing regional violence.
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Jerusalem
Palcor
Jordan Vally
Nahariyeh
Housing unit dedication targets new Americanism in Atlanta
Assistant PWA Administrator Horatio B. Hackett dedicates a 3 190 000 federal low cost housing project in Atlanta calling it tangible evidence of a new and better conception of Americanism. He praises Techwood homes as healthful housing for those who never knew what a home could be.
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Atlanta
PWA
Horatio B. Hackett
Techwood Homes
Church Hits Gambling in Vicksburg Rally
Members of Bomar Avenue Baptist church vote to boycott businesses with slot machines. They urge Mayor Hamilton Chief Tucker Sheriff Ring and Governor White to stamp out gambling and seek broader church support.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Bomar Avenue
Wealthy man charged in death plot in Arkansas
S R Morgan former wealthy utilities operator sought bail on state and federal charges linked to an alleged plot to bomb a car driven by D D Panich Little Rock attorney on June 22. Bonds set at 20000 each by Pulaski and Sebastian counties. Morgan jailed with W E Tyner and E B Fats Williams on Sebastian county charges.
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Little Rock
Ark
Sept
S. R. Morgan
Ubilities
D. D. Panich
S' Fort Smith
Pulaski
Sebastian County
Morgan
United States
W. M. Rankin
W. E. Tyner
EB. D. “Fats” Williams
Tyler
Williams
Richard M. Mann
Mrs Vann Receives Ten Year Sentence In Train Plot
In Milton on September 1, Mrs Mary Vann a 4 year old grandmother was sentenced to ten years for conspiring to wreck a train to kill her husband L W Vann the engineer so Karl Travis and Mrs Vann could wed and collect insurance. A separate case ne groes who pleaded guilty and testified against Vann was also noted with no definite sentencing date.
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Milton
Mary Vann
Karl Travis
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