Professor Kane charged with drowning wife in Virginia
Bond set at 16000 for Elisha Kent Kane a University of Tennessee professor charged with drowning his wife Jenny Graham Kane. A preliminary hearing was fixed for September 23 as coroner called the death a premeditated murder and a letter from another woman prompted public scrutiny.
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Hampton
Elisha Kent Kane
University of Tennessee
C. Vernon Spratley
Spratley
J. F. Dixon
Jenny Graham Kane
George K. Vanderslice
Evan O'Neil Kane
Pennsylvania
Kent
Vernon C. Spratley
W. C. Graham
Hilton Village
Kane
Grandview Beach
Commonwealth
Roland Cocke
Graham
Vanderslice
Four Men Charged With Massacre Of Three Gangsters
Detroit police dossier names Raymond Bernstein Irving Milberg Harry Keywell and Harry Fleisher as Purple Gang members charged by Prosecutor Harry S Toy with the Collinwood avenue triple murder. Victims Joseph Lebovitz Joseph Sutker and Herman Paul allegedly failed to settle a 100 gallon alcohol debt and aided Chicago gunmen in extortion.
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Detroit
Raymond Bernstein
Irving Milberg
Harry Keywell
Harry Fleisher
The
Purple Gang
Harry S. Toy
Collinwood Avenue
Mr. Toy
Joseph Lebovitz
Joseph Sutker
Herman Paul
T the Purple Gang
Lebovitz
Sutker
Paul
Bernstein
Chicago
Dusty street gets a city bath after petition
A reader from South Third street reports the city sprinkler service cleaned a dusty street the day after a signed petition was left at city hall. The health unit notes a circus sold out seats in West Monroe. Olin W. Wolf shares a Boston bull pup named Blink from Kansas City. Barney Oakland recalls two and a half cent streetcar fares, tracing back to the labor council era. Mrs. and Mrs. Allen donate radiant roses to sickrooms, and Gregg Fox asks about a milking calf. Claude Harrison plans a joint Bible class and a city marshal candidate invite.
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W. C. Burford
South Third Street
Missouri Pacific
Mr. Burford
William Ready
West Monroe
Olin W. Wolf
Boston
Kansas City
Blink
Barney Oakland
Joe Adams
Monroe Labor Trades Council
H. D. Apgar
Barney
Farm Board Narrow on Cotton Relief Plans in Washington
The Farm Board has not found a sound cotton relief scheme and will limit efforts to financing part of the 1931 crop through cooperatives. It may let the stabilization corporation hold 1.3 million bales for another year while urging acreage reduction. Southern legislators debate next year’s cuts and bankers discuss credit to foreign buyers.
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Washington
Farm Board
Hoover
Everett S. Owens
Dallas
Robert M. Harris
New York
Inquest Opens Into Death of Benjamin Collings at Long Island Sound
The Huntington inquest into Benjamin P. Collings's death opened with the widow absent due to medical condition. Amza Biggs testified about finding the body on the Marshall Field estate beach near Stamford. District Attorney Blue said he asked Mrs. Collings to testify despite prior statements otherwise, with counsel William Kelly present.
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Huntington
N. Y
Benjamin P. Collings
Stamford
Long Island Sound
William Gibson
Amza Biggs
Collings
Marshall Field
Alexander Blue
Robert
Gifford Outlines Relief Group Duties in Unemployment Crisis
Walter S. Gifford, national relief director, told a meeting of the Young committee that local communities can handle next winter’s unemployment. He said the aim is widest service to communities to meet the burden, not to raise a national fund, and that the relief group will support existing agencies and new ones without disturbing current efforts.
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Washington
Walter S. Gifford
Owen D. Young
Gifford
United States
Graf Zeppelin Sets Off On South American Flight
The Graf Zeppelin left Friedrichshafen at 1:15 a.m. for Pernambuco on a second nonstop South American cruise within three weeks. The airship carried 10 passengers including Harold Knight of New York and James McVittie of Chicago, along with 265 pounds of mail and 2000 pounds of provisions. The airship was sighted over Lyons, France, four hours into the voyage en route to Sainte Marie de Lamere.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Graf Zeppelin
Leviathan
trans-Atlantic Airways
Pernambuco
South America
Lyons
France
Sainte Marie de Lamer
Harold Knight
New York
James McVittie
Chicago
Three Slain and One Wounded in Kidnap Attempt Near Atlanta Texas
Police report four men lured from a gasoline station were attacked near Atlanta Texas. Hardy Luce Bill Fish Boyd Sullivan and Early Sullivan were shot. Boyd survived after firing back. All were independent station operators from Louisiana. Motive unclear.
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Atlanta
Texas
Sitty
Bove
Louisiana
Hardy Luce
Bill Fish
Boyd
Early Sullivan
Bill Sullivan
Fish
Sullivan Brothers
Vivian
Luce
Louisiana Line
Young Vivian High Grad William Sullivan Missing
SHREVEPORT Sept 18. William Sullivan 21 a Vivian High School graduate and former school van operator is missing after a reported incident in the area. Local authorities appeal for information.
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Shreveport
William Sullivan
Vivian High School
John F. Nugent, Former Idaho Senator, Dies
John F. Nugent, 63, former Idaho senator, died at his Washington home of heart disease. He was appointed in 1918 to fill James H. Brady’s vacancy, resigned in 1921 to join the Federal Trade Commission, where he served until 1927 as chairman for one year.
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Washington
John F. Nugent
Idaho
Nugent
Senate
James H. Brady
Federal Trade Commission
County Probate Judge Indicted in Little Rock Scandal
Grand jury in Pulaski County indicts suspended probate judge W F Sibeck on seven counts of malfeasance in office. Also indicted are Henry Hilliard Ralph Thomas Mrs T Harrell Curtis Woods George Higgins Lee Weber and G A Warrrior. Bonds set at 5000 for Sibeck and 3000 for each associate.
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Little Rock
Ark
W. F. Sibeck
Pulaski County
Blake A. Williams
Sibeck
Henry Hilliard
City Tax Rolls for 1931 Ready in Monroe
City tax rolls for 1931 are being prepared by B E Tucker assistant city secretary and tax collector. He expects to complete them and begin collecting taxes by November 1. The assessment announced by Joe Hanna Ouachita parish tax assessor shows 10 percent reductions on buildings and improvements and on real estate. The revenue loss will be partly offset by new properties being built in Monroe.
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B. E. Tucker
Joe Hanna
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Preliminary Hearing for Shanks Postponed in Jones Slaying
Walter Shanks of Dallas facing murder charges in the slaying of Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Jones has a postponed preliminary hearing to Friday September 25. The hearing date was changed from today with no reason given. Shanks remains held on $2,500 bond.
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Houston
Texas
Walter Shanks
Dallas
Chester A. Jones
Swank
Shanks
Mulhall cattleman Col Zack Mulhall dies at 84
Col Zack Mulhall, 84, pioneer Oklahoma cattleman and former wild west showman, died at his ranch near Mulhall Oklahoma early today.
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Mulhall
Okla
Zack Mulhall
Oklahoma
Here
Acreage Cut Bill Passes Texas Senate in 19 to 8 Vote
The Texas senate approved a bill to limit cotton plantings next year to one fourth of land in cultivation this year. The measure, passed 19 to 8, replaces the house plan for one third of cultivated land. A free conference committee will be named to reconcile differences.
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Austin
Texas Senate
Senate
House
Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Texas legislature studies remedies for cotton economy
In Austin on September 18 the Texas legislature continued examining proposals to ease economic ills in the cotton industry. The senate reviewed measures aimed at stabilizing prices and supporting growers amid distress in cotton markets.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Senate
Ouachita Parish Junior College Names New Football Coach
J. Paul Kemerer, former Penn State coach, will arrive Friday to lead the Ouachita Parish junior college athletic program. Football candidates assemble Saturday at 10 am for presentation. first workout planned for Monday. New uniforms arrive next week as a field is marked on campus and one game is set against Louisiana College freshman eleven.
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J. Paul Kemerer
Penn State College
Ouachita Parish
Kemeter
C. C. Calvert
Louisiana College
Identity of Man Killed By Train Remains Unknown
The man killed by a freight train at Vacherie near Convent last Saturday remains unidentified despite sheriff’s partial identification of the body as Edgar Eaton of Prentiss County Mississippi who is under state murder indictment of a federal official. Sheriff Sam Coleman had difficulty locating the exhumed body, previously misinformed it was buried at Converse, leading to delayed confirmation.
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Converse
Vacherie
Convent
U S Participation In World Court Is Urged
The American Bar Association reaffirmed its push for U S participation in the World Court at Atlantic City New Jersey on September 18. The stance emphasizes joining the international tribunal and shaping global legal cooperation.
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U. S
Atlantic City
N. J
American Bar Association
United States
Judge Oakes Found Dead In New Hampshire Home
Eli C. Oakes a former superior court judge resigned today and was found shot to death in his Ganstander New Hampshire home. A pistol lay near the body and a medical referee called the death suicide.
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Gancaster
N. H
Eli C. Oakes
Murray Opposes Special Session on Acreage Reduction
Oklahoma City Sept 18 Governor Murray spoke against calling a special session of the legislature to pass cotton and wheat acreage reduction laws. He noted lawmakers would likely stay 30 days and warned his plan should go to the people by initiative. He also criticized Governor Long of Louisiana for a one year suspension plan.
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Austin
Tex
House of the
Texas
Senate
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Oklahoma City
Murray
Long
Stock Exchange
Eight Men In Field For Legion National Commander Race
Detroit officials report eight candidates remain in the field for national commander of the American Legion to succeed Ralph T. O Neil. Named are Edgar B. Dunlap John Elden Louis A. Johnson Henry S. Stevens George W Malone Rice W Means J Ray Murphy and Emmet O Neal. A Georgia delegation arrived to establish Dunlap headquarters.
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Detroit
American Legion
Ralph T. O'Neil
Edgar B. Dunlap
Gainesville
John Elden
Cleveland
Ohio
Louis A. Johnson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Henry S. Stevens
North Carolina
George W. Malone
Reno
Nev
Rice W. Means
Colorado
United States
J. Ray Murphy
Iowa
Emmet O'Neal
Kentucky
Georgia
Dunlap
Fourteen Escaped In Wilmington Jail Break
In Wilmington Delaware a prison riot at Newcastle county workhouse led to 14 inmates escaping after blowing a door lock. A guard, Anthony Hayden, was wounded in the abdomen and a prisoner, Clarence Cole, shot in the shoulder. both condition improves. City and state police quelled the disturbance. Lifers among escapees, warden says.
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Wilmington
Del
Newcastle County
Anthony Hayden
Clarence Cole
Three Gunmen Rob Cabot Office in Maine Cash Heist
Three masked gunmen burst into Cabot Manufacturing in Brunswick Maine seizing seven office workers and fleeing with about ten thousand dollars. A fourth man in green goggles waited outside in a car while a woman is believed to have acted as lookout during the raid.
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Brunswick
Maine
Cabot Manufacturing Company
Reconstruction Work In Belize Well Under Way
Radio messages from Boston report Belize British Honduras death toll likely to top 1500 as marines aboard the U S S Sacramento assist in cleaning streets and repairing roofs. Heavy rains reduce immediate fire danger amid ongoing relief operations.
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Belize
Boston
Tropical Radio
British Honduras
Mount Ing
Sacramento
Louisiana Survivor Belize Storm Describes Devastation and Escape
A Belize hurricane account from John Calhoun’s sister in British Honduras details a 10th migration warning, a 1:30 to 6 p.m. wind onslaught, the Menger building collapse trapping occupants, a tidal wave, and miraculous survival with 90 percent of homes wrecked and 300 to 400 dead in the town. The letter ends as the writer and family cling to debris before rescue.
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John Calhoun
Roy Waters
Belize
British Honduras
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