Trial of Mrs Pantages Faces Delay Over Hung Jury Claims
In Los Angeles on September 17, the trial of Mrs. Alexander Pantages for second degree murder amid an automobile collision that killed Juro Rokumoto faced potential delays as Judge Carlos S Hardy probes claims the jury is hung. Prosecutor Costello hinted at bribery and introduced Jack Yellin as an intermediary in arranging meetings between Pantages and defense witness Conterno.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Juro Rokumoto
Carlos S. Hardy
Robert Shuler
Pantages
Rokumoto
Shuler
Gustav Briegler
James P. Costello
Jack B. Yellin
Costello
John Conterno
Yellin
Conterno
Girl Killed as She Tries to Keep Swain from Kissing
Dorothy Dyer 22 falls from car after resisting unwanted advances by Harold Cleary 19. Richmond County DA says Cleary confessed she fell while resisting his kiss. Cleary held on manslaughter charge.
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Girl
Swain
Associated Press
New York
Staten Island
Dorothy Dyer
Fach
Richmond County
Harold Cleary
Cleary
Jimmy
Miss Dyer
Young bandits face death after guilty pleas in murders
Chicago on September 17 two young men aged 18 and 24 pleaded guilty to two murders assault with intent to kill and 75 robberies. Robert Camy and Earl Nicholson admitted robbing and killing to fund gifts for their girlfriends. Nicholson said he fired the shots and both vowed not to kill again. Judge Otto Kerner will set sentencing for Monday.
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Associates Press
Chicago
Otto Kerner
Robert Camy
Earl Nicholson
Leon Raymond
Nicholson
Canny
Division Street
George Schreiner
Kerner
Nine Foot Channel Standard Urged for Mississippi
The Mississippi Valley association outlines a plan to extend nine foot channels in the Mississippi system. The program calls for nine foot channels on the Missouri River from St Louis to Omaha and Sioux City, on the Tennessee River from Knoxville to its mouth, and on the upper Mississippi from St Paul and Minneapolis to St Louis. CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT
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ST. Louis
Mississippi Valley Association
Missouri River
Omaha
Nebraska
Sioux City
Iowa
Tennessee River
Knoxville
Mississippi
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ala
Kidnaped Youth Found After Blind Tip
A 24 year old Notre Dame student Matthew Holdreith Jr was found and released in Detroit after abductors demanded ransom. Police captured two suspects Edward Wilds and Frank Hohfer following a gun fight. Ransom totaling over 4000 dollars was traced to the rescue.
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Detroit
Matthew Holdreith, Jr
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Ind
Holdreith
Edward Wilds
Frank Hohfer
Garvin
Wilds
Hohfer
Oil firm blamed for harbor fire in Portland Me blaze
Fire officials traced a $400000 waterfront blaze to an oil firm near the Portland Terminal warehouse. The fire damaged 23 000 tons of sulphur, the Collier Plymouth, 19 railroad cars, and sent 19 volunteers and firefighters to hospital. Crew actions nearly caused mutiny as they fled a disabled vessel. seven towns supplied equipment.
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Portland
Plymouth
Boston
Oliver T. Sanborn
Portland Fire Department
Portland Terminal Company
Speed boats to start race up Mississippi tomorrow
Four outboard boats prepare to challenge the Bogie record from Canal Street in New Orleans at 5 p m. The Vivian G skippered by S J Gianelloni Jr leads, followed by the Bernadette, Hom Bru, and Chemie with listed engineers and skippers. Refueling stops include Baton Rouge Vidalia Lake Providence Arkansas City Helena Memphis Tiptonville and Cairo.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Canal Street
Vivian G
S. J. Gianelloni, Jr
Baton Rouge
Outboard Motor Club
F. T. Cuculla
Bernadette
C. N. Mickler
George W. Ness
G. E. Combouzou
L. E. Merritt
Chemie
Louis A. Wagner
Earl Hornet
Louis Leroy
Memphis
Robert E. Lee
Vidalia
Lake Providence
Arkansas City
Helena
Ark
Tiptonville
Tenn
Cairo
Til
Bomb Explodes at New Orleans Street Car Attack
A bomb thrown at a City Park street car in New Orleans exploded against an iron gate at 417 St Louis Street the residence of Mrs Hazel Bowers damaging brick foundations and windows but no one was hurt. the bomber escaped.
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New Orleans
Hazel Bowers
St. Louis Street
New Telegraph Office To Open Around October Fifteenth
The Postal Telegraph company will open an Monroe office on or about October 15 in a rebuilt South Grand Street building leased by F C Eason for five years with a renewal option. Renovation costs run to thousands, while equipment installation may reach 20 000 to 25 000 dollars. The move signals growth for Monroe and West Monroe as the Postal reenters after two decades away.
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The
Postal Telegraph Company
Monroe
New South Drug Company
South Grand Street
F. C. Eason
Postal
Telegraph Company
Western Union
Twin Cities
West Monroe
Zeppelin to greet Eckener at Elbe mouth
Graf Zeppelin with 92 aboard departed Friedrichshafen at 4 12 am to meet the steamship New York carrying Dr Hugo Eckener at the mouth of the Elbe this afternoon. The airship will dip in greeting to Eckener and accompany the liner to Hamburg while a laurel wreath from American business friends is dropped to the New York’s deck.
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Associated Press
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Eckener
New York
Hugo Eckener
Elbe River
Lakehurst
N. J
Elbe
Hamburg
Dr. Eckener
Hambone Meditations by Pat Jedge Report
A playful note discusses Pat Jedge and his stance on bootlegging himself. The speaker questions why Jedge appears so impolite and demands to know where he stands on the issue.
Amnesia deception by Birmingham woman found in New Orleans
Irene Richardson arrived in New Orleans with seventy dollars seeking work. After spending all funds she pretended amnesia to escape her husband. Found in a disheveled state, she confessed to feigning amnesia and said she had lived in Birmingham, Alabama, and feared her husband who worked as a tire builder in Akron, Ohio.
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New Orleans
Irene Richardson
L. H. Landrieu
Charity Hospital
Theodore Ray
Birmingham
Ala
Akron, O
Forest Fire Near Estacada Threatens Oregon City
A massive Cascades forest fire scorched 15 000 acres and destroyed six buildings near Estacada Oregon forcing hundreds of firefighters to battle shifting flames. Two hundred missing men were feared trapped though officials say they believe all are safe as the inferno roared toward the Clackamas river valley. A firefighter from Estacada suffered a mental breakdown under the heat and stress.
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Cascades
Mount Hood National Forest
Clackmas River
Estacada
T. H. Sheppard
Pacific Northwest District
Roy van
LSU Coed Writes Queen Marie for a Romanian Stamp
Baton Rouge report says Dorothy Bourgeois, LSU coed, wrote to Queen Marie seeking a Romanian stamp. She received a batch of stamps from Castle Pelesor near Bucharest featuring King Michael, with the queen noting she understood the desire to have a stamp.
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Baton Rouge
Dorothy Bourgeois
Roumania
Queen Marie
Balkans
Castle Pellsor
Bucharest
Michael
Heflin Attacks Raskob Machine as Usurpation
Senator Heflin of Alabama demanded the resignation of what he called the Raskob machine, accusing the Democratic Party of acting as a private channel for Alfred E. Smith’s 1932 presidential bid. He cited a Massachusetts Democratic meeting as a Smith rally and noted remarks by James M. Curley and Jouett Shouse as part of the influence.
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Washington
Raskob
Heflin
Alabama
Democratic Party
Alfred E. Smith
Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee
James M. Curley
Boston
Jouett Shouse
Raskob- Tammany
M'Kellar Attacks Republican Tariff Plan as Harmful
Senator McKellar charged in Washington that if the Republicans pass the tariff bill they could get by with murder and theft from the government. He accused the bill of favoring industry over farmers and of deviating from Hoover's message by creating a free list and revising all tariff schedules. He warned farmers would gain little except duty-free diamonds.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Senate
Hoover
McKellar
Texas Bank Robbery Trial Rested After Rebuttal Witnesses
New Braunfels report says after five rebuttal witnesses the state rested its case against Mrs Rebecca Bradley Rogers a former University of Texas student charged with robbing Farmers National Bank of Buda Texas in 1926 of 1000 dollars.
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Associated Press
New Braunfels
Tex
State Today
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
University of Texas
Farmers National Bank
Buda
Texas
Enrollment at LSU May Exceed Last Year
Baton Rouge September 17 More than 540 freshmen registered at Louisiana State University this morning for the 70th regular session opening this week. Upper classmen enroll tomorrow and Thursday with classes starting Friday.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Long May Again Refuse to Accept Drew Resignation
Governor Huey P. Long, returning from Baton Rouge, signals he will likely refuse to accept Judge Harmon C. Drew’s resignation. The move would trigger a special election to fill the vacancy, with Long citing a people’s mandate and possible Supreme Court guidance on whether a judge may resign so near the end of his term.
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Long
Drew
Associated Press
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Harmon C. Drew
Minden
United States Supreme Court
State Court of Appeals
Tennesseean Named Today by President
A Tennesseean is named today by the President as the new Chief of Engineers overseeing Mississippi projects. The designation signals a shift in federal engineering leadership with emphasis on river and harbor work.
Hoover appoints Lytle Brown chief of army engineers
President Hoover selects Brigadier General Lytle Brown to lead the army engineers replacing retired Edgar Jadwin. Brown will hold major general rank for four years and oversee inland waterway projects including flood works on the Lower Mississippi and relief work on tributaries like the Ohio Missouri Upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers.
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Washington
Hoover
Lytle Brown
Army Engineers
Edgar Jadwin
Nashville
Tenn
Military Academy
Brown
Engineers
Santiago
Cuba
San Juan Hill
Engineering Corps
Army
Mississippi River
Ohio
Missouri
Upper Mississippi
Illinois
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Frank G. Schemanske
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Hambones Meditations
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Pat Jedge
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Neyuh
Ain
Bel Syndicate
Ing
N.O. Parks
L.S.U
Romania
Alabaman
Smith
M’kellar
Gov't
Becky
Mississippi St. Louis
Vicksburg
Natchez
Kansas City
Arkansas— Little Rock
Shreveport
Roy Aikens
Vivian
Fouke
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