Memphis physician stabbed by former county official
Dr. J. C. Cash King, a prominent Memphis physician, was stabbed just below the heart by Hunter Wilson, former Shelby County attorney general, in a dispute at the doctor’s office. King’s condition was reported critical. Wilson was sought for arrest.
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Memphis
U.P
J. C. Cash King
Hunter Wilson
Shelby County
Will D. Lee
United Press
Wilson
King
Baptist Scieties
Dr. King
Move to force idle men to pick cotton spreading in south
In Devalls Bluff Arkansas the vagrancy law will be used to drive unemployed men into local cotton fields to supply labor as shortages appear in rice farming. Sheriff J J Holmes says loiterers must take farming work or leave town. The drive began in Helena and has spread to Bowie County Texas.
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Little Rock
Ark
Devalis Bluff
J. J. Holmes
Devalls Bluff
Helena
Arkansas
Bowie County
Texas
Anti-Catholic Movement Spreads in Mexico
Excelsior reports Governor Adalberto Tejeda of Vera Cruz sponsoring a nationwide anti-Catholic movement. State laws to limit priest numbers are being prepared in Chihuahua Jalisco and Aguascalientes with enactment planned within a month and more states expected to follow.
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Mexico City
Excelsior Today
Adalberto Tejeda
Vera Cruz
Chihuahua
Jalisco
Aguascalientes
Webb Visits Bastrop Amid Secretary of State Campaign
Rep. T. T. Webb spends the day in Bastrop and Morehouse Parish as part of his campaign for secretary of state. He also visited Catahoula Franklin and other parishes last week in a similar effort.
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T. T. Webb
Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Catahoula
Franklin
Monroe News Highlights Local Life And Ventures
A lighthearted column notes a four week old pet squirrel riding a coat sleeve and sleeping in a trouser pocket. Eby says Monroe’s new junior college grew numerically in five years. Mrs. Shaw loses and reclaims her dog Bozo near the Capitol theatre. Rail flagman defies cars, signaling trains only. Dr A J Emerson returns from honeymoon. Texas treasurer Charley Lockhart, at three feet tall, draws attention in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not.
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Tuffie” Milner
Monroe
E. S. Eby
Mr. Eby
W. R. Gates
Texas
State Railway Commission
Charley Lockhart
Ripley
Lockhart
Dallas and Houston Officers Tie Dallas Gangsters to Texas Slayings
Dallas and Houston police confer on three Houston murders linked to Dallas gangsters. Suspects held in St Louis to be questioned. Key figures include John the Greek Cherris and McGanegal. McCabe and Scrivenor flee, while a woman linked to Cherris is said to have died in a Missouri crash.
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Houston
Texas
Percy Heard
T. J. Irwin
St. Louis
John the Greek
Cherris
Barney McGanegal
Jack Jones
McGanegal
Chester A
Keggy” Jones
Keggy Jones
Bonne Terre
Billie Cooper
McCabe
Ware Trails Hicks In National Women Golf Match
At Buffalo Country Club Williamsville New York on September 26 Mrs Glenna Collett Ware defending champion stood one up on Helen Hicks after 18 holes of a 36 hole match Hicks led by two after nine and at 12 but Ware rallied winning the next three holes to square the match Hicks faltered with miscues as her woods misbehaved and Ware reached the home green with a five to win the first segment 81 to 82 identify with U S G A president Ramsay involved in the apple tree incident.
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Buffalo Country Club
Williamsville
N. Y
Glenna Collett Ware
Philadelphia
Helen Hicks
Hewlett, S. 1
Helen
Mrs. Ware
Miss Hicks
Glenna
H. H. Ramsay
Scout Leaders Train at Ki-Ro-Li Camp Near Monroe
Ouachita Valley Boy Scout council leaders from 15 parishes gather at Camp Ki-Ro-Li near Monroe for a two day training course. The program includes patrol organization camp setup rifle range work and life saving exams under Red Cross direction. Scoutmaster W L Sowers of Winnfield brings seven scouts to join the training.
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Ki-Ro-Li
Ouachita Valley
W. L. Sowers
Winnfield
American Red Cross
Allen Norris
C. L. Smith
Winn Parish
Unification Plan for Orleans Rail Terminals Discussed
New Orleans September 26 Gov Huey P Long met with 14 railroad representatives to discuss unifying local rail terminals Switching costs under the plan would drop from 50 to 75 percent Governors comments cited the potential savings Plans will be turned into official reports and reviewed at a later meeting by the executive bodies of the railroads
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New Orleans
U.R
Huey P. Long
Long
1200 Bales of Cotton in Warehouse Burned
Fire of unknown origin destroyed 1200 bales of cotton at Hollis cotton warehouse near Sulligent Alabama. A bucket brigade fought flames. A fire proof wall redirected heat, saving the remaining structure.
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Columbus
Miss
Hollis
Sulligent
Ala
Mystery death aboard Western Wave linked to Beaumont man
New Orleans police probe a suicide aboard the steamship Western Wave. A man identified as H. P. Nash, booked in Beaumont, Texas, disappeared overboard after signaling distress. A handbag with letters and bank books in the name S. P. Huntling, and theater tickets from New York to Havana, were found, suggesting a complex identity.
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Western Wave
Beaumont
Texas
H. P. Nash
Nelson Proctor
Proctor
Robert Talton
Iowa
Ohio
S. P. Huntling
New York
Huntling
Plaza Hotel
Havana
Girl Dies From Accident Injuries Four Men Held
Vicksburg Mississippi September 26 Charges were expected to be decided today against four occupants of a truck after Miss Ethel Winston aged 23 of Vicksburg died from injuries from a crash last Monday night She was returning with her mother from Baton Rouge to Vicksburg when the accident occurred The truck was said to have struck the Winston auto and was stopped in Natchez Monday night leading to the four arrests
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Vicksburg
Miss
Ethel Winston
Winston
Baton Rouge
Natchez
Fewer Transients Reported Moving Through Monroe by Rail
Railroad men note a drop in the number of transients traveling through Monroe on freight trains compared with several months ago.
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Monroe
Inquest into Long Island Slaying Concludes Ambiguous Case
The Huntington inquest into Benjamin P. Collings's death ends with no determination of motive or culprits. Witnesses include his brother Herbert Collings and Dr. Otto H. Schultz who performed the autopsy. The session adjourned to October 2 after a tense exchange between the coroner and physician.
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Huntington
N. Y
Benjamin P. Collings
Stamford
Long Island Sound
Herbert Collings
Otto H. Schultz
Blue
Collings
Schultz
William B. Mibson
Revival to Begin at First Methodist Church Led by Bishop Dobbs
A two weeks revival starts tomorrow at First Methodist Church with Bishop Hoyt M. Dobbs of Shreveport delivering both morning and evening sermons. Beginning Monday night Rev. L. D. Patterson of Talladega and Rev. James B. Grambling of Hammond will lead evangelistic and music efforts, with services starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Patterson is a former China missionary and current Talladega pastor. Grambling is Louisiana known for Epworth League work and will direct youth activities.
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First Methodist
Hoyt M. Dobbs
Shreveport
Dobbs
L. D. Patterson
Talladega
Ala
James B. Grambling
Hammond
Rev. Patterson
China
Gulfport
Miss
Rev. Grambling
Louisiana
Epworth League
Bell boy shortage ends as Atlanta raids arrest 44
Atlanta police and county officers, acting on 69 indictments from a special grand jury, raided 18 downtown hotels arresting 44 negro bell boys on liquor selling charges. As word spread workers fled, waiters filled in, and unrest spread to the negro sections as unemployed men searched for replacement work.
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Atlanta
Gandhi refuses to lift cotton goods boycott in India
Mahatma Gandhi in Darwen Lancashire urges workers and mill owners to end the nationalist boycott. He says India will produce cloth for its own needs and remains firm on the boycott, noting possible future needs could favor British products if a conference solves India's difficulties.
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Darwen
Lancashire
Eng
Mahatma Gandhi
Great Britain
India
Indian Congress Party
Delhi
Lord Irwin
Le Brix and Mesmin Receive National Funeral in Paris
Joseph Le Brix and Rene Mesmin French airmen killed in an attempted non stop flight to Tokyo were honored with an imposing national funeral at Notre Dame Cathedral Paris government representatives army navy and air forces troops attended. About 100000 people gathered in the cathedral vicinity.
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Paris
Joseph LeBrix
Rene Mesmin
Tokyo
Cathedral of Notre Dame
Junior College Set to Open Monday Amid High Enrollment
The new junior college will open Monday with 200 chairs initially, but registrations exceed that number so additional chairs will be wired and rented. Classes start with signed lessons on Monday and first actual classes Tuesday. Books were ordered from publishers and can be obtained at the college. A formal opening with public invitation will follow.
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Calvert
The
Col
English Protests and Riots Shake Peiping Area
British general manager J G Thomson said Japanese planes fired on a passenger train holding refugees near Peiping, killing two and wounding several. In Kowloon British troops bayoneted rioters to quell anti Japanese violence, with injuries on both sides as shops burned.
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Peiping
China
J. G. Thomson
Peiping-Mukden
Teintsin
Thomson
Nwo
Newsboy Killed as Delivery Truck Overturns
In Jackson Mississippi a newspaper delivery truck skidded on loose gravel and overturned. Sam Martin an 18 year old newsboy was killed instantly. Otis Jeffcoat another newsboy suffered severe injuries. The truck was driven by Fred Holliday. L J Weeks and one more newsboy were unharmed.
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Miss
Sam Martin
Otis Jeffcoat
Martin
Jeffcoat
Fred Holliday
Holliday
L. J. Weeks
Three Negroes to Die On Gallows For Slaying Cop
New Orleans Sept 26 A jury found Eli Terrell Thomas Franklin and Mose Conner guilty of killing Patrolman William Bulmstein last December 28 and sentenced them to death by hanging. The four day trial concluded with a 20 minute deliberation in Judge N E Humphrey's criminal district court.
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New Orleans
William Bulmstein
Eli Terrell
Thomas Franklin
Mose Conner
N. E. Humphrey
Criminal District Court
Miss Evinrude II Maintains Its Lead in Speedboat Race
In the New Orleans to St. Louis Mississippi River race, Miss Evinrude II from St. Louis held the lead, advancing from Vicksburg to Memphis after a late-night push and minor engine trouble in Rosedale. Miss Pentz Jones trailed in Vicksburg as the second-place boat, with Eagle battling motor and propeller setbacks near Natchez before resuming the chase.
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Rosedale
Miss
St. Louis
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Helena
Greenville
Miss Pentz Jones
Vicksburg Vicksburg
Memphis
James Pentz
Rus
Sell Hardwick
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Evinrude II
EAGLE
Natchez
New Orleans-St. Louis
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