Three Disorders Now In Progress In Latin Nations Civil War
The article reports undeclared war and civil conflicts across South America. Bolivian and Paraguayan forces clash near Fort Boquerton in Gran Chaco, with 250-plus dead and 1,000 wounded. Brazil's Sao Paulo secedes from federal control, halting coffee shipments, while Colombia and Peru dispute Leticia, signaling multiple regional conflicts.
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United Press
South America
Fort Boquerton
Gran Chaco
Bolivia
Sao Paulo
Santos
United States
Copenhagen
Pittsburgh
London
New York
Brazil
Colombia
Peru
Leticia
Serum on Way for Treatment of Senator's Wife
An air mail plane carries serum from the U S public health service to Boise Idaho to treat Mrs William E Borah wife of the senator diagnosed with psittacosis believed to be parrot fever The serum left Washington late yesterday and was scheduled to reach Boise around 3 25 am Saturday after a stop in Chicago and a final leg to Salt Lake City
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Chicago
U.pr
William E. Borah
Boise
Idaho
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
Monroe Echoes on Old Publications and Local Tales
The piece recalls Monroe publications like The New Moon of 1832 and a rumored Ouachita Courier from 1829. It jokes about a Monroe fireman’s encounter with a Lafayette Isabelle, notes toll changes on the Ouachita bridge during Hagenbeck Wallace week, and highlights local events in West Monroe including merchants and a water purveyor with a novelty cigar offer.
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Monroe
Ouachita Courier
Jims and Co
West Monroe
West Side
T. B. Mims
T. B
Fred Stovall
Louisiana Hotel Men Meet for Seventh Annual Convention
The seventh annual Louisiana Hotel Men's association convention opens in Monroe at Hotel Monroe with about 50 hotel owners and managers from across the state and guests from Mississippi and Texas. Mayor Arnold Bernstein welcomes the group, praising their civic contribution amid challenging times. Seymour Weiss of the Hotel Roosevelt in New Orleans voices pleasure at holding the meeting in Monroe and notes the city’s progressive spirit.
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Louisiana Hotel Men's Association
Hotel
Monroe
Mississippi
Texas
Ernest Holloway
Presbyterian Church
Arnold Bernstein
Hotel Men’s Association
Seymour Weiss
Roosevelt
New Orleans
Weiss
J. E. Doughtie
Roosevelt forecasts end of party lines in 1932 campaign
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt predicted a historic break of party lines in the November elections after addressing New York Democrats and praising California independent Republican Senator Hiram Johnson. Police estimated about 100000 people gathered along Oakland and San Francisco streets as Roosevelt arrived near the Palace Hotel.
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San Francisco
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
White House
Hiram Johnson
California
Oakland
Embarcadero
Market Street
Roosevelt
Golden Gate City
Palace Hotel
Palace
Harding
Roose
Beautification of State Roads Aids Jobless in Louisiana
Louisiana plans to create 5,000 jobs through highway beautification and a budding park system. Chairman A P Tugwell of the highway commission proposes one jobless worker per mile of 2 500 miles of roads, with a three day week. The plan aims to donate 20 acre park sites, about 25 miles apart, eventually building about 100 parks over ten years, approved by the state relief committee.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
A. P. Tugwell
Louisiana Highway Commission
Tugwell
Louisiana Employment Relief Committee
Louisiana Relief Fund
Socialist Leader Warns U S Ready for Fascism
Norman Thomas, socialist presidential candidate, warned in Grand Rapids that the United States is ripe for fascism and racism. He told a Sept 22 audience the first violent revolution here could lead to fascism, not communism, and blamed party decay and prejudice for paving the way. He ridiculed Agriculture Secretary Arthur M. Hyde, who claimed the administration lent farmers more money than railroads.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
United States
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Arthur M. Hyde
Secretary of Agriculture
Michigan
Hyde
War Dept accused of hiding inquiry on Mississippi project
Walter White of the NAACP charged the War Department with an effort to hush up allegations that negro workers on the Mississippi flood control project were treated like peons. The claim followed a hearing led by Brigadier General Pillsbury in Washington and a press exclusion.
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Washington
George B. Pilisbury
Army Engineers
New York
Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mississippi
Helen Boardman
Red Cross
War Department
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Washington, D. C
White
Association
Pillsbury
Gandhi's Fast to Death May End Today in Poona
In Poona India Gandhi's death fast protesting British electoral plans for untouchables may end today. Pandit Malaviya met Gandhi early and said a compromise hoped to be reached before night to permit him to eat again. Gandhi slept well on a webbed cot under a shabby mango tree.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
Mahatma
Gandhi
Salesman Found Guilty in Ida Woman Assault Case
B. B. Hatcher a 50 year old chair salesman from Atlanta Texas was found guilty in a Shreveport district court of assault and battery. He admitted patting Mrs. C. J. Gilmore of Ida on the cheeks and calling her a sweet baby during a chair sales visit. Judge Robert Roberts remanded him for sentence.
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Shreveport
B. B. Hatcher
Atlanta
Texas
Hatcher
C. J. Gilmore
Ida
Gilmore
Robert Roberts
Insull Investment Trusts Declared Bankrupt in Chicago
Federal Judge Walter C. Lindley ruled that Insull Utility Investments Inc and Corporation Securities Co are bankrupt. Public stakes totaled about 300 million dollars. Receivership had been in place since April. next hearings set for Wednesday.
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Chicago
Corporation Securities Company
Insull Utility Investments, Inc
Insull
Walter C. Lindley
Samuel Insull
Insul Utility Investments, Inc
King
Lindley
Danville
Ill
Guy P. Stubbs Produces Louisiana’s Best Pecan Crop
Extension horticulturist M Hull reports 1932 pecan crop in Monroe by Guy P Stubbs is the state’s largest individually owned orchard. He notes Louisiana’s crop fell to 40 50 percent of last year but Stubbs orchard exceeds normal yield with excellent quality. Hull also mentions upcoming national and state pecan growers conventions on September 27.
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Louisiana
Guy P. Stubs
Monroe
M. Hull
Baton Rouge
E. R. Strahan
Parish
Stubbs
Hull
Noted Publicist Sees Rock Bottom Passed in July August
Paul Simon a Chicago economist from Horwath Horwath spoke at the Louisiana Hotel Association convention. He predicts a bottomed downturn by late summer and an upward turn ahead, noting that survival hinges on adapting to changing conditions.
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Paul Simon
Chicago
Horwath & Horwath
Louisiana Hotel Association
News-Star
Bandit Pair Sought After Slaughter Bank Robbery
Authorities pursue two masked bandits who robbed the Bank of Slaughter for over 1000 dollars near Baton Rouge Louisiana. A Texas license coupe was seen fleeing toward Hammond prompting search toward Mississippi or New Orleans. Cashier B F Sims Edna Law and Dr J M Daniel were forced to lie on the floor while cash and coin were taken.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Orleans
Hammond
Bank of Slaughter
B. F. Sims
Clark Addresses Texas Charges On Cotton Exchange
Russell Clark president of the New Orleans cotton exchange says the body did not request a hearing before the Texas legislature. He asserts the exchange seeks only proof of unfair condemnation to investigate the complaint and correct the evil. He doubts any such evidence exists.
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New Orleans
Texas
Russell Clark
Exchange
Clark
Record Confirmed for Altitude by Captain Uwins
London reports the Royal Aero Club confirmed Captain Cyril Uwins's new world airplane altitude record set last week at Bristol. Official figures list the altitude at 43 976 feet.
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London
Bristol
Cyril Uwins
Royal Aero Club
Uwins
Farmer Held in Death of Stepson in Arkansas
Herman Ledbetter, 31, a Arkansas farmer, was charged with the murder of his two year old stepson Lee Powell after authorities say the child was beaten to death. A coroner's jury found death at the hands of Ledbetter, who maintains the boy died from a wagon fall.
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Harrisburg
Ark
Herman Ledbetter
Ledbetter
Piggott
Louis Minton
Poinsett County
Lee Powell
Minton
Cotton ginning totals reach over 2.6 million bales
Census Bureau reports this year’s cotton ginned to September 16 at 2,636,530 running bales including 51,930 round bales and 325 American Egyptian. State totals list high ginnings in Texas 1,015,803 and Mississippi 298,500 with Alabama 199,783 and Georgia 240,826 among others.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Texas
States
Bank Robbed by Six in Redwood Falls Heist
Six bandits kidnapped the cashier and assistant cashier at the State Bank and Trust Company in Redwood Falls Minnesota and escaped with about 35000 dollars. The victims were released unharmed about two miles from town as the robbers loaded cash into an automobile.
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Redwood Falls
Minn
State Bank and Trust Company
Mississippi to Be Turned In New Channel Shortly
The Mississippi River will be diverted via a cut-off at Diamond Point about fifteen miles below Vicksburg. Construction starts immediately as the Mississippi River Commission announces a plan to shorten southbound navigation by ten miles, lower water levels by 2 to 3 feet, and reduce delta floodback.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi
Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
Great River Valley
Diamond Point
Mississippi River Commission
Delta
Mississippi River
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Davis Island
Diamond
Lermont and
Catt
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