Memphis Sheriff Nason Death Mystery Inches Toward Closure
A coroner Jury in Memphis failed to rule whether Grenada Mississippi Sheriff Fred S Nason died by his own hand or was murdered after a hotel room death. Nason was found shot six times with the door locked from inside and the key on the dresser. The room showed no sign of a struggle and the pistol lay nearby.
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Memphis
Tenn
Fred S. Nason
Grenada County
Mississippi
Frank Glisson
Police Homicide Bureau
Nason
John Thomas
Jackson
Glisson
Grenada
Miss
Evening Appeal
J. J. Simpson
Simpson
Drinking fountains and local election humors in Monroe
Mrs. McCord credits the Parent-Teachers association for funding a new memorial fountain after two earlier ones were damaged. A Ouachita parish candidate vents at a rival’s lighthearted critique. A toothache, straw fashions, and philanthropy anecdotes fill community life along with humor about a “dark horse” candidate and local social scenes.
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Parent-Teachers Association
Western Electric omits quarterly dividend
New York Sept 15 directors of Western Electric Manufacturing, a subsidiary of American Telephone and Telegraph, today omitted the quarterly dividend of 75 cents on the stock, noting 98 percent is owned by A T.
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New York
Western Electric Manufacturing Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
A. T
Gandhi backs home rule in India at London talks
Mahatma Gandhi urged British officials to grant self determination and complete self government for India during a televised address to the Indian round table conference. He offered to continue as a partner in the empire but insisted the partnership be terminable by either side.
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London
America
Mahatma Gandhi
Federal Structures Committee
Indian Round Table
India
Karachi
Ouachita Parish Court Reopens with Divorces and Auto Theft
Ouachita parish district court opened for the term with civil matters and divorce motions on the docket. Leroy Bennett pleaded guilty to automobile theft and received a one year sentence from Judge Percy Sandel. co-defendant L Gonzales had previously pleaded guilty and received a year in prison. The stolen car belonged to Dr. C P Gray and was recovered in Mississippi, with the suspects taken into custody in Monroe.
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Ouachita Parish
Leroy Bennett
Percy Sandel
Bennett
L. Gonzales
Gonzales
New York
C. P. Gray
Mississippi
Monroe
Mrs Collings Believes Husband Still Alive
District Attorney Alexander Blue reported Mrs Benjamin Collings of Stamford Conn believes her husband, who disappeared from a Long Island cruiser, may still be alive. He noted her account as illogical yet sincere and questioned her on logic and education at Smith College.
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Patchogue
N. Y
Alexander Blue
Benjamin Collings
Stamford
Blue
Mrs. Collings
Hoover pushes nationwide conference to boost home building
President Hoover announced a national housing conference inviting 1000 citizens from the 48 states to meet in Washington from December 2 to 5. The event aims to expand home construction and ownership and includes finance, city planning, and household management as key topics.
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Washington
Hoover
United States
Re arranging of Cases to Aid Grand Jury Work
A plan to move many misdemeanor cases from Ouachita parish district court to Monroe and West Monroe city courts was discussed by District Attorney David J. Garrett and city judges W. M. Harper and Decker Moore. About 50 pending cases could be tried locally saving parish funds and easing the grand jury workload.
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Quachita Parish
Monroe
West Monroe
David J. Garrett
W. M. Harper
Decker Moore
Garrett
Blimp Lands On Top Of Empire State Building
A small commercial dirigible with two men was moored today atop the Empire State Building in New York. The blimp, which had previously escaped a seaward wind, was lowered by a ground crew after its crew dropped ropes from the mast.
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New York
Empire State Building
Fifth Avenue
34Th Street
Empire State
Storm Warning Issued For Gulf Disturbance
The weather bureau released advisory at 11 a.m. noting a tropical disturbance over the extreme southern Gulf of Mexico near Frontera, Mexico, moving west northwestward with intensity.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Frontera
Gas Tax Levy Proposed in Ouachita Parish
An ordinance to levy a one cent gasoline tax for a year is expected to be adopted by the Ouachita parish police jury at tomorrow's meeting. The move followed a gathering of 100 leading citizens at Hotel Virginia urging the tax. If protests exceed 10 percent, a parish election will be held. otherwise the measure could take effect after 30 days.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Virginia
John M. Breard
Latin American Consuls Lead New Orleans Independence Day
Five Central American republic consuls spearhead a celebration by the Latin American colony in New Orleans marking the 110th anniversary of independence from Spain. Consuls Arturo Ramirez Guatemala F A Smith Honduras Luis G Bravo Nicaragua Gustavo A Guerrero El Salvador and J M Quintero Costa Rica attended.
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New Orleans
Spain
Arturo Ramirez
Guatemala
F. A. Smith
Honduras
Luis G. Bravo
Nicaragua
Gustavo A. Guerrero
el Salvador
J. M. Quintero
Costa Rica
Plot to Escape From Kansas Prison Foiled
Nine convicts planned to kill three guards and three trustees and escape from the Kansas penitentiary in Warden Kirk Prather's car.Authorities seized firearms and rounded up the plotters on the eve of the attempt, and the conspirators were placed in solitary confinement likely for life.
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Lansing
Kas
Kansas Penitentiary
Kirk Prather
Ocean Fliers Long Overdue at New York
A gray monoplane flying from Lisbon toward New York was reported missing after its fuel for 48 hours ran out. Germans Christian Johanssen and Will Rody plus Portuguese Fernando Costa Viega were sighted aboard 395 miles from Halifax with 2,600 miles covered of a 3,700 mile route. It was hoped the plane might have landed in Canada’s maritime provinces.
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New York
Lisbon
Portugal
Maritime
Canada
Christian Johanssen
Will Rody
Fernando Costa Viega
Pennland
Halifax
Board meeting set to authorize 12 million in bond sales
Baton Rouge reports Gov Huey Long has called a state highway advisory board meeting for Sept 19 in New Orleans to authorize sale of 7 million in bonds for the New Orleans joint rail and highway bridge over the Mississippi and 5 million in road bonds.
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Baton Rouge
State Highway Advisory Board
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Huey Long
Highway Board
Huey Long Attacks Texas Cotton Plan Accusing Legislators of Selling Out
In New Orleans and Austin reports, Huey P. Long accuses Texas lawmakers of taking cash to oppose his cotton prohibition. Texas debates curtailment measures as lawmakers back a one fourth planting limit and tighten enforcement duties with party leaders calling for a strict reduction in the 1932 cotton crop.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Texas
South
Austin
House
Louisiana
Senate
Ross
Sterling
Long
Shreveport
Governor Long
T. H. McGregor
McGregor
Archie Parr
Benavides
Jacobs Attacks Jadwin Plan In Memphis Speech
In Memphis on September 15 Harry Jacobs chief of Louisiana state engineers denounced the Jadwin army flood control plan as deficient impractical and faulty He urged substituting the Louisiana plan which includes reservoirs avoids the Boeuf floodway and guarantees full compensation for lands taken The Louisiana plan saves rich land and reduces floodway acres from 4 665 893 to 1 798 874 Officers election was set for the afternoon with President W H Dick expected to be reelected.
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Jackson Parish
Memphis
Harry Jacobs
Board of State Engineers of
Louisiana
Mississippi River Flood Control Association
Jacobs
U. S
W. H. Dick
U S Consul in Belize Dies after Belize Hurricane
Giles Russell Taggart american consul at Belize British Honduras died last night in Tela Honduras from pneumonia caused by exposure during the Belize hurricane. He was 59, born in Clarksburg New Jersey, Princeton graduate, and a District of Columbia bar member. He served as consul since 1927.
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Boston
Giles Russell Taggart
Belize
British Honduras
Tela
Honduras
Radio Today
United Fruit Company
Taggart
Clarksburg
N. J
Princeton
District of Columbia
Mayor Urges One-Cent Gas Tax for Parish Jobs
Mayor Arnold Bernstein urged adoption of a one-cent parish gas tax to fund public improvements and provide jobs for unemployed residents of Ouachita parish. He urged business and civic leaders to attend the police jury meeting to discuss the plan as the only practical method to reduce winter unemployment without a dole system.
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Arnold Bernstein
Ouachita Parish
Hoover Seeks Credit Basis for Cotton Export
President Hoover said he has no definite plan to solve the cotton surplus but suggested bankers arrange credit bases for exporting cotton to Europe. Bankers and cotton exporters have begun discussions in the United States and abroad, with none of the negotiations concluded.
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Washington
Hoover
Europe
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