Senate Fight Seen In Louisiana Primary Runoff
Voters in Gisiana and Ouachita parishes flocked to the polls under clear skies to decide the U S Senate race between Senator Win S Broussard of New Iberia and former Governor J Anders of Hammond. Also on ballots was a new Fourth District judgeship with candidates W B Clarke and J Shell.
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Gisiana
Ouachita Parish
United States
Nator
Washington
Win S. Broussard
New Iberia
J. Anders
Hammond
Togar
Ouachita
Morehouse Parishes
W. B. Clarke
Monroe
J. Shell
Bastrop
Election Returns to Be Megaphoned by the News-Star
News-Star announces live election returns to be broadcast from North Second Street starting at eight o'clock. Associated Press and leased wire service will feed results statewide with limited telephone access to parish reports. Readers urged to hear results as booths tally and New Orleans summaries will be circulated.
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News-Star
North Second Street
Associated Press
Newsat
North
Louisiana
New Orleans
Newe-Star
Shreveport Man Fatally Injured in Auto Wreck
T. S. Freund 82 of Shreveport died at Riverside Sanitarium nine hours after an auto wreck six miles east of Rayville on the Rayville Delhi road. He was a salesman for S. G. Dreyfus, and the steering gear failure caused the crash. E. L. Farrar was not seriously injured. Continued on page eight.
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T. S. Freund
Sheveport
Riverside Sanitarium
Rayville
Delhi
Freund
S. G. Dreyfus
Shreveport
E. L. Farrar
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Mexican Ambassador Seeks Full Report on Killings
Mexican Ambassador Manuel Tellez in Washington asked for a full report on last week's Raymondville killings. A. P. Carillo in San Antonio reported four of the five victims were Mexican citizens, with details pending as Consul Vasquez at Brownsville sent word.
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San Antonio
A. P
A. P.carillo
San Antonis
Manuel Tellez
Washington
Raymondville
Carillo
A. C. Vasquez
Brownsville
Carrillo
Eagle Pass
Judge Tries Bread and Water Jail for Liquor Violators in Nebraska
Judge Wilbur Bryant in Tekamah sentences Pred Dirks to sixty days with ten days on bread and water for a guilty liquor transport charge. Dirks also faces a $100 fine and a stipulation to avoid further violations for a year. Roy Carson seeks a temporary restraining order to halt the diet jail term amid due process objections.
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Nebraska
Lington
Nebr
Bryant
Dirks
Ian
Burt County
Hunter
Seceuty
Het Ort
Rhoades Isd
Wagner Goes On Trial For Miss Slaying
Kinnie Wagner faced a first degree murder indictment at Leakesville in a trial opened September 14 for the Christmas Eve 1924 death of Deputy Sheriff Murdock McIntosh. A venue change plea was argued, with self defense anticipated, as spectators gathered.
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Leakesville
Miss
A. P
Kinnie Wagner
Murdock McIntosh
Green County
Wagner
R. M. Bourdeaux
Sam ‘A. Witherspoon
McLain
Hubert Wilson
Sullivan County
Arkansas
Prohibition and Court Issues Dominate Primaries Across States
Voters in nine states go to the polls as Prohibition and adherence to the World Court shape the primaries. Washington Cook challenges Senator Butler for the GOP Senate nomination while David I Walsh faces no opposition in the Democratic bid. In Louisiana Broussard runs against Jared Y Sanders, a dry, and Maryland features Senator Weller opposed by wet advocate John Phillip Hill. Millard Tydings has no Democratic opposition. Wesley L Jones remains a dry incumbent.
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Washington
A. P
World Court
Washington Cook
Governor’s Council
Massachusetts
William M. Butler
Republican National Committee
David I. Walsh
Louisians
Broussard
Jared Y. Sanders
Maryland
John Phillip Hill
Millard Tydings
Wesley L. Jones
Election Commissioners In Ouachita Parish Prepare to Count Returns
The News-Star reports election officials across nine wards and precincts in Ouachita Parish organizing to count and assemble results. Crews work tonight to tally ballots and secure counted totals in preparation for reporting.
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Ouachita Parish
News-Star
Reese
Parade Opens Third Klanvocation in Washington
A colorful parade opened the third annual klanvocation of the Ku Klux Klan in Washington. The event drew delegates from most states, Alaska, and Panama, with a military air and guards along Pennsylvania Avenue while officials kept proceedings private.
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Washington
Ku Klux Klan
Pennsylvania Avenue
Indiana
Mayfield
Texas
Steck
Iowa
Smith W. Brookhart
Union
Alaska
Panama
Capitol
Peace Monument
Capitol Hill
Treasury
New York State
Broad
Immunity Saves Diplomat's Wife From Charges
Washington dispatch reports diplomatic immunity spared Madame Margaret Esterman wife of the Persian legation's third secretary from grand jury action after a fatal Sunday automobile collision that killed Thomas Cadell aged 77. The coroner's jury and assistant district attorney cited immunity for diplomats' families as the reason.
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Washington
Margaret Hume Baterman
Grand Jury
Thomas Cadell
Sundday
Mme. Esterman
Omanderas
District of Columbia
State Department
Great Chinese Victims Sighted in London Reports
Dispatches from an A P news service note a large Chinese casualty figure amid wartime turmoil in London on September 14. The fragmentary report mentions a tally around 2,000 and references dramatic scenes observed by reporters.
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London
Ite Tay
Fires in Texas Claim Four Deaths in Two Blazes
Four people died in two Texas fires today. In Hillsboro a rooming house and three nearby businesses burned, killing Mrs Florine Tippett and her son Ray Roberts and sister Dean Roberts. J J Davidson and Joe Mye survived. In Central Texas a grain company building adjoining a cotton gin burned fatally, as D W Ray age 67 was killed by smoke.
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Dallas
Tex
A. P
Texas
Florine Tippet
Ray
Dean Roberts
Hillsboro
J. J. Davidson
Joe Mye
D. W. Ray
Buin
Maes
Whio
Tunney and Dempsey Fight Radio Rights Discussed
In New York on September 14 a report notes plans for broadcasting the Tunney Dempsey scrap. The story mentions Mr and Mrs Tom Kan Misrss and family watching from home to hear the blows, as WEAF is prepared to pay up to 88000 or 50 for broadcast privileges.
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Fight Broadcasting
New York
Tunney
Dempsey
Tom
Oh Weaf
Flogging Craze Reported in Putnam County
Sheriff Hancock and Mayor Waymer met Governor Martin in Tallahassee to discuss curbing lawlessness in Putnam county after evidence showed 68 floggings in the past year with as many as five on a single Saturday night. The report mentions both white and other victims and indicates further details continued on page eight.
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Tallahassee
Fla
A. P
R. J. Hancock
Putnam County
Waymer
Palatka
Martin
Evans in Plea for Curbing of Alien Criminals
Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard Dr Hiram W Evans spoke at the national meeting outlining four year objectives to curb immigration and crime. He urged compulsory public schooling alien registration deportation of criminal aliens and continued support for prohibition while defending Americanism. He attacked Catholic church practices and warned against American entry into the world court as a mistake.
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A. P
Ku Klux Ase
America
Hiram’ W. Evans
The
Klan
Order
Tex Rickard Seeks Film Rights Recoupment in Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia dispatch notes Tex Rickard plans to recover part of losses from the Dempsey-Carpentier films. He paid 30,000 in fines for illegal interstate transport and seeks 28,000 for the Dempsey-Tuntey scrap film rights, insisting exhibition adhere to law in Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Tex Rickard
Pennsylvania
Rice Crop Condition Hits July and August Gap
New Orleans dispatch reports Louisiana rice crop condition for August falls about two million bushels behind July. Weather and field conditions blamed for the drop as harvest proceeds across parishes.
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New Orleans
A. P
Louisiana
Washington Senate Seat Sees Republican Primary Challenge
Wesley L. Jones faces six opponents in the Washington Republican senatorial nomination race. Jones, a prominent figure in city politics, is a central topic in campaign discussions focusing on prohibition.
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Washington
Wesley L. Jones
Jones
Governor Brewster Wins Re election in Maine Vote
Maine re elected Governor Ralph C Brewster by a large majority over Ernest L McLean. all four Maine congressmen also returned Republican. Vote totals show turnout lower than two years ago and parties view the result as a barometer of political mood.
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Portland
Maine
A. P
Ralph C. Brewster
Ernest L. McLean
Augusta
Brewster
W. R. Pattangall
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Youth Receives Five Years For Auto Theft
In Pensacola Florida on September 14 James Lasseter a young white man pleaded guilty to stealing an automobile belonging to Lieutenant Richards of the naval air station. He was sentenced to five years in the state prison an unusually long term for the offense. Lassiter was captured nearby Defuniak Springs while attempting to flee with the car.
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Pensacola
Fla
A. P
James Lasseter
Lieutenant Richards
Naval Air Station
Lassiter
Defuniak Springs
Corpus Christi Seaport Opens With Ceremony and Destroyers
Corpus Christi formally opens its new seaport built with a $5,000,000 initial outlay. Three U S destroyers will join the two day celebration while the intra coastal canal plan aims to route commerce from the Great Lakes to New Orleans.
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Corpus Christi
A. P
United States
Great Lakes
New Orleans
Spikes Pulled In derailment near McGehee Ark
The Missouri Pacific train bound north from Monroe was wrecked three miles north of McGehee Arkansas. Engineer George Busby and fireman H J Munda were injured as nine coaches derailed. Officials blamed train wreckers after finding pulled spikes and a spike puller. Bloodhounds aided the search along the roadbed and surrounding area.
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Missouri Pacific
Monroe
McGhee
Ark
George Busby
T Te Rock
H. J. Munda
Rock
McGehee
McGeee
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Pajama Party Rumors Alarm Ex-Collegiate
W O Cross, class of 1926, accuses co education of moral decline in American universities. He claims women’s presence spurs drinking and dancing and cites back door gin deliveries to a sorority, a pajama dance on a sleeper train, and other alleged indiscretions in university life.
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Chicago
A. P
W. O. Cross
University of Ilinois
Witness
Epicsopal Church Publishing Company of
Isles
Sleeper
Ross
Caterpillar Tractor Clears Sandbars Linking Chicago Waterway
A Caterpillar tractor traversed sandbars and shallow water in a pioneering haul toward a Chicago Gulf waterway. The crosswater route follows the Mississippi Valley plan, aiming to prove feasibility for a government backed inland waterway project.
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Chicago
Gulf
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Norma. Deacygne’ Smallwood
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Vicksburg
New ‘Orleans
Lawless
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Smith
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