Prison Fire Tolls 309 Convicts at Ohio State Penitentiary
A massive prisoner set fire to the Ohio state penitentiary in Columbus. By 9:30 p.m. officials estimated 309 inmates burned to death with hundreds more overcome by smoke as guards, police, federal troops, and National Guardsmen struggled to control the chaos. Fire erupted again in the woolen mill and lighting failed, hampering rescue efforts. The cause remained under investigation as authorities questioned spontaneous combustion versus arson.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State Penitentiary
Uberty
Thomas
Whch
Woolen Mills Department
Horses Still Valuable Despite Auto and Tractor Show
Lexington Missouri April 21 There are still a few horses left despite tractors and automobiles A four day auction sold 44 horses bringing 100 000 buyers from 17 states top price 4000 sale judged very successful with more planned
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Lexington
Hemp Industry Prospect Near New Orleans
A survey of lands near New Orleans led by P. Barla and Eo. Comby of Auckland seeks to gauge the feasibility of establishing a $2,500,000 hemp industry in New Orleans. The study notes Laniteacink dan 1) tailored to hemp processing, with Mr Baile directing the New Seah Plax Plantalon project.
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New Orleans
New Orleves
Berne
Ted Lewis in Show of Shows with Band and Hat
The note chronicles Ted Lewis, renowned bandleader, appearing with his group in the Warner Brothers Vitaphone feature Show of Shows. It highlights Lewis as a famed high-visibility entertainer and mentions Silo as a celebrated element within the production.
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Ted Lewis
Theodore
Kcduian
Silo
Beep
Simes
Warner Bectbers Vitaphone
Marbury Drug Announces New Radio Service
Announcement made Monday by Marbury Drug Company through John Ben Kendall announces the connection of J. W. Scully formerly of Miami Plovica with the firm as service man for the radio and phonograph department. Scully comes to Ruston from Florida where he ran a radio and phonograph store for six years, bringing experience to serve local owners.
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Marbury Drug Company
John Ben Kendall
J. W. Scully
Miami
Plovica
Scully
Ruston
Florida
Fast Handling of $8,000,000 Louisiana Strawberry Crop
The Louisiana strawberry season peaks as farmers unite in marketing associations to sell to buyers nationwide via two auction firms. Berries are shipped overnight to Chicago and beyond, reaching from Bangor Maine to Portland Oregon and across Canada via Panama Canal routes. About 3,000 carloads are forecast for this year, surpassing 1920, with payments totaling around $8 million to growers in Tangipahoa Livingston St Helena and neighboring parishes.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Hammond
Ilinois Central
Minais
Yast
Bangor
Portland
Ore
Regina
Canada
Panama Canal
Chicago
Taoglpahoa
Livingston
St. Helena
Wiammany
Ascension
Washington Parishes
Tulane U Plans Study of Gliding Theory
In New Orleans Tulane University researchers announce an extensive study of the theory of light contras, suspension and stability. A lecture series by local experts is planned for club members and the wider community, focusing on gliding concepts and related optical principles.
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New Orleea
Psuece
I ‘Oupbau
Frank M. Tianks
Tulade Uni Vetub
New Orleans
Third Group Of Foreign Writers Visit New Orleans
A damaged OCR item notes a November 1 meeting and a November 30 1929 arrival of a second group to discuss journalism. It references distinguished editors and the New Orleans visit, with unclear names and places due to garbled text.
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New Orleans
Tara Westy
Wil
Ledé
Orledhs
Baictiny
New Stretch of Road to Be Completed Soon
With favorable weather and no hindrances the 2.8 mile Simsboro road to Monroe will finish concrete pouring tonight per N. Gauer Brey resident engineer for the Louisiana Highway Commission. Five miles remain unpaved and equipment will move to Ruston to begin the final lap within days, with Highway 80 opening Monroe to Shreveport in about two months.
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Simsboro
N. Gauerbrey
Louisiana Highway Commission
Ruston
Monroe
Shreveport
Baby's Coo Bares Robbery Of House
New Orleans police report a two year old girl luring her mother with a cry about "pretty black mans" as a sneak thief steals $517 in cash and jewelry from Mrs. Joseph Ferreri at 2206 Franklin Street. The burglar entered by tampering with a rear window and fled through another window after being surprised. The loss includes two diamond rings valued at $200 and $100 and assorted jewelry.
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New Orleans
Joseph Ferreri
Franklin Street
Cancer Institute Opened By Great German Trust
Ludwigshafen Germany April 21 The German dye trust has called Viennese biologist and pathologist Prof Gustav Klein to Ludwigshafen to found an institute for combatting cancer with the trust's financial backing Prof Klein formerly a botanist attracted world wide attention for his research on cancerous growths of plants
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Ludwigshafen
Germany
German Dye Trust
Gustav Klein
Prof. Klein
Man Turns Robber To Pay For Divorce
In San Francisco on April 21 Harry Schilder a baker failed a "robbing Peter to pay Paul" defense and was sentenced to one year to life in San Quentin for robbery. He claimed he held up a man to raise divorce attorney fees after a court ordered payment.
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San Francisco
Peter
Paul
Harry Schilder
San Quentin Penitentiary
Schilder
World's Largest Pumping Plants Near Completion
Dedication of enlarged pumping plants No. 1 and No. 6 in New Orleans will occur on April 29 with officials from the Commission Council Sewerage and Water Board and the Association of Commerce. The plants will be the biggest in the world, with Plant No. 6 twice the capacity of any other. The $14 million sewerage water and drainage program aims to prevent flood damage from heavy rains.
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New Orleans
Commission Council, Sewerage and Water Board
Association of Commerce
State Supervisor Audits Tax Office Books in Baton Rouge
F. Shattuck and J. E. Eliott representing the state supervisor of public accounts are in Ruston auditing the local tax collector’s books. The annual audit occurs before appropriations from the department are made.
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F. 5. Shattuck
J. E. Eliott
Publu
Baton Rouge
Ruston
Ten Per Cent Gain In Louisiana Sugar Acreage Estimated
New Orleans Louisiana sugar planters report a ten percent rise in Louisiana sugar acreage for the 1930 season despite last winter freezes. Technologist Archibald Penfield of the American Sugar Cane League cites current state acreage possibly reaching 300,6000 acres. About 21 percent will be FP O. which dominates 60 percent of the crop, with roughly 30 percent in FP and 23 percent in F. O. 1 and the rest in F. O. J. The remain acreage splits among early mixtures.
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New Orleans
Lowisiana
Growig
Erasun
Arehiy TL de Penfeld
Lite American Suga Cane League
Louisiana
Weather and sugar prices to shape cane belt harvest
Dr Aiden notes final production hinges on weather conditions during the growing and harvesting season. Dr Stosenfeld adds that sugar price will influence the total yield of the Louisiana crop.
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Rhyie
Aiden
Stosenfeld
Diagnostic Center Believed Assured For New Orleans
New Orleans appears poised to host the fifth United States war veterans diagnostic center. R J Wienmann, chair of the local committee, notes favorable prospects and says the Veterans Bureau advisory council has approved location in the city. A formal action is expected once information on local medical facilities is gathered after Dr. Kennon Durham arrives to assist.
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New Orleans
Prospecta
United States War Veterans
R. J. Wienmann
Advisory Council
The
Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
F. T. Hines
Bureau
Kennon Durham
New Orleans Chosen For 1931 Foreign Trade Conference
New Orleans was chosen as the 1931 meeting place of the Southwest Foreign Trade Conference at a Houston session held Monday and Tuesday. A New Orleans delegation of thirty represented the city. The 1931 gathering will be the organization’s third annual meeting, likely drawing about 360 to 300 delegates from a dozen states and foreign countries.
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New Orleans
Southwest Foreign Trade Conference
Houston
Texas
New Orleans Association of Commerce
Kansas
New Orelans
New Orleans Books of Conventions Since January First
New Orleans reports sixty one conventions and meetings booked since January 1 to meet in the city during the current year and 1931. The Convention and Tourist Bureau says this total adds to a large number booked prior to this year. Nearly 10 000 visitors are expected to be attracted by these conventions.
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New Orleans
Convention and Tourist Bureau
New Orleans Association of Commerce
2,000,000 in China Facing Starvation Doomed to Death
New York report to China Famine Relief states at least 2,000,000 people in a northern and western famine area of China cannot be saved and will die before June. The finding comes from Grover Clark, heiping publicist and famine relief commissioner who just returned from China.
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China
New York
China Famine Relief
Grover Clark
Heiping
Clark
ManPleads Guilty To Possessing Liquor In Lake Charles
D W Hogan of Bus trip pleaded guilty in Judge Porter’s court to possessing intoxicating liquor and contributing to a minor in Lake Charles. He received 60 days in jail and a $300 fine. Two ten-gallon kegs and a glass jar holding about eleven gallons were destroyed. Hogan admitted he came to town to show the Police Jury convention a “good time.” The judge warned that liquor distribution during conventions is absolutely inexcusable.
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Lake Charles
Charton Hotel
D. Wd. Hogan
Bustrip
Hogan
Thornes J. Poeter
Police Jury Association
Porter
Mqnor
Meyer
April 1 Crop Report For Louisiana State
The report notes peach condition at April 1 1980 near normal with historical comparisons. Early Irish potatoes were under 1929 levels, oats stood around 59 percent of normal, lagging 1929 and 1928 figures. Pasture condition on April 1 1930 measured about 66 percent of normal.
Agricultural report notes harsh winter and crop setbacks
A USDA report by Agricultural Statistician Lionel J. Jones describes a cold and unfavorable winter with early spring weather. It cites winter killing of fall sown oats, repeated freezing of Irish potatoes, and delayed progress, though some crops like peaches and pastures are reported improving.
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Lionel J. Jones
U. S. Department of Agriculture
True Thrift Means Scientific Managing of One's Affairs
This piece by S. W. Straus argues thrift equals personal management not just saving. It describes a budgeting plan from the American Society for Thrift using daily expense columns, anticipations and actuals, to keep spending under projections. Copies are available free from the society in New York City.
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5S. W. Straus
American Society For Thrift
East 46Th Street
New York City
Dallas Hosts Methodist Conference In May
Dallas Texas April 19 Dalas will be the mecca for Southern Methodism in May. The general conference organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will be in session here May 7 to 26. The board of education which controls 72 schools and colleges belonging to the church will meet May 3-6.
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Dallas
Texas
Dalas
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Board of Education
104 Women Attorneys Since British Ban Ended
London report: eight years after the Sex Disqualification Act was removed in 1919, 104 women were admitted to the English bar. Dr Ivy Williams, first admitted, sparks a steady average of 14 women per year called to the bar, with most practicing in private offices rather than public courts.
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London
Ivy Williams
Willanes
Mason Celebrates His 104th Birthday at Masonic Home
Chailtou Mass. Leprelet Logee, a Musulue veteran who bears the Afty year Graft service medal, celebrated his 104th birthday at the Masonic Home. He recalls Autwrivall history and the deaths of twenty US Presidents, enjoys playing dommoes, and notes a long life with friends like Henry Cullenher of Pawtucket.
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Chailtou
Mass
Leprelet Logee
Logee
United States
Hastine
Tillvigg
Henry Cullenher
Pawtucket
R. 1
Pike Hall as Senate Chief Candidate Named in Louisiana
April 14 report from Shreveport states Senator Pike Hall will be the candidate of ninth administration forces for president pro tempore of the Louisiana Senate in the upcoming Legislature. Supporters expect Hall to secure the post as party backing consolidates.
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Pike Hall
Shreveport
Ninth Administration
Louisiane
Legislative clashes loom in May rebidding for speaker
A wary view of legislative activity in May predicts pitched battles as the assembled chambers prepare for a requiee session. Anti Long forces aim to unseat Representative John B Fournet as speaker to wrest control of the Board of Registration from Governor Long, with George K Perrault lined up as the opposing speaker candidate when moves to reorganize the House begin.
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John B. Fournet
Texan Uses Oil To Start Fire Dies From Burns
HONEY GROVE Texas April 15 R C Edwards 65 years old was burned to death at his home near here on Friday when he tried to start a kitchen fire with a can of oil spilling some and igniting his clothing He ran to the garden but neighbors aid him as his body was badly charred and he died within minutes Edwards was a bachelor who lived alone.
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Honey Grove
Texas
R. C. Edwards
Here
Edwards
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Tulane U
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U. S. Diagnostic Center
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Conference of Methodist Church
Mason
Push Hall
Senate
Eastman Kodaks
Kotez
Mr. Scully
Mir
Phonograph
Marbury Drug Co., Inc
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