Long Senator Dies From Assassin's Bullet In Baton Rouge
United States Senator Huey P. Long was shot in the Louisiana statehouse corridor by Dr. Carl A. Weiss Jr. He died about thirty hours later after surgeons fought to save him. Long lay in state at the Capitol before burial in a sunken garden. The assassination sparked debate over his empire and succession as Louisiana political lines shift amid interpretations of conspiracy.
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Illinois Brevities Echoes of Crime and Culture Across State
Eddie Garrett jailed in Marion after a gun duel with his estranged wife. State finance director Ames reports utilities tax raised 321,881 in first month. Public health warns Illinois may face infantile paralysis outbreak. Harvey officer Walter Stevens dies by self inflicted gunshot amid illness. Elgin child Joseph Joy Jr. killed stepping on power rail of the Chicago Aurora Elgin railroad. Otis F. Glenn addresses 2000 Young Republicans at Harms Woods Glenview. Kewanee thistle case jail arrest for John Ladd. Morris man dies by self inflicted gunshot in his car. Buswell trial resumes after a procedural error halts it. Plane crashes kill two Georgetown residents near Danville airport. Miss Meta Joan Barch fatally struck by propeller after alighting at Chicago airport. State finance awards 987,689.55 to counties from August motor fuel tax. Circuit judge La Buy rules seven year real estate tax installment plan unconstitutional. Elgin funeral for Charles A. Gifford. Elgin founders James T. and Hezekiah Gifford noted. Illinois WPA leisure program aims to provide security wages and organized activities for youths.警
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The Road, A Child Repairing A Car Enlightens a Motorist
A stalled car on a rural road draws help from a boy who spots a simple grit in the gas line. The narrator reflects on how technical knowledge and patient, scenic travel reveal the joy of motoring beyond mere speed. He praises friendly farming folks and New England’s countryside, urging slower, observant journeys over rushed highway travel.
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Notorious Dynamite Fatalities Spark Investigations
In Fort Myers Florida O J Hall fifty one a light and power superintendent placed a stick of dynamite in his mouth and lit the fuse it exploded blowing his head apart In Estherville Iowa Burt Bloom sixty a retired farmer placed dynamite in a rock bed lit the fuse and waited when nothing happened he approached the charge it exploded and killed him creating a grim double tragedy with explosive accidents.
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