Death of Huey P Long alters Louisiana politics
Huey P Long, U S senator and Louisiana ruler, was assassinated in Baton Rouge as he passed a state house corridor. Doctor Carl Weiss died in the shootout, and Long’s funeral and state mourning followed. Political leaders debated a successor while Long’s broader machine faced upheaval.
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Uey P. Long
United States
Louisiana
State House
Baton Rouge
Carl A. Weiss, Jr
Long
Capitol Building
Capitol Grounds
Gerald T. K. Smith
Shreveport
State University
Earl Christenberry
Doctor Weiss
Lot
Long Machine
Kingfish
O. K. Allen
Seymour Weiss
Long Organization
Allen A. Ellender
James A. Noe
Senator Long
Michigan News Briefs From Various Cities
Patchwork of local items notes a week delay in St Clair St Clair public schools due to infantile paralysis. Croswell seeks 85 thousand dollars for a high school auditorium. A 250 dollar reward offered for Frederick Fehrner’s body recovery after drowning. Construction starts on 10 of 150 homes in an FERA aided workers’ settlement. Multiple weather, crime, and civic notes spanning Detroit to Port Sanilac and Grand Rapids.
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University of Michigan
Horace H. and
Mary A. Rackham
Horace A. Rackham
Detroit
Horace H. Rackham
Mark §. Knapp
St. Clair
Croswell
Croswell Board of Education
PWA
Pontiac
James Couzens
FERA
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Grand Rapids
Grand Army of the Republic
Flint
Balfe McDonald
McDonald
Alfred E. Stacy
Stacy
Diana Sherk Bechtold
Thornapple Valley Pioneers
Bechtold
East Lansing
Paw Paw
Washington
Durand
S. S. Fraser
Lawrence Seeburger
Mt. Clemens
Abram Metz
Romeo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Saginaw
Michigan
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Lower Peninsula
Charlevoix
Dennis D. O’donnell
Petoskey
Marquette University
Doris Green
Boyne City
Isle Royale
United States
Zeeland
Port Huron
Grant
Lansing
Murray D. van Wagoner
Marion
Ann Arbor
Mt. Pleasant
Congressional
Committee On
Royal S. Copeland
New York
Manchester
Mat D. Blosser
Blosser
Port Sanilac
Edwin B. Forbes
Shore Acres
Arizona
Woman Survives Trestle Fall After Train Narrowly Misses
Mrs. John Fritz fell onto a trestle beam when a train passed overhead and landed in a sitting position above the river. She kept her laundry basket intact while crew searched below for the victim, praising her luck and humor after the near fatal mishap.
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Mrs. Fritz
Early cat lore and origins span continents and ages
The piece surveys ancient cat history from 936 A D and Hywel Dda, noting domesticated cats in the Americas, the Paraguay and Mexican cats, and the harsh medieval persecution of witches’ cats, linking to the origin of the nine lives myth.
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Great Britain
Hywel Dda
Prince of
North America
South America
America
Black Cats Endure Rough Treatment Amid Dark Credos
Residents recount harsh handling of cats who survived mistreatment, fueling belief that felines are allied with dark powers and prompting heightened superstition among townspeople.
Gadsden Purchase Clarifies Southern Border Dispute
The 1853 Gadsden Purchase settled the boundary dispute from the Mexican War era. Americans viewed the land as poor for cultivation yet saw strategic value for a Southern Pacific railroad route. The agreement followed a 1848 treaty and shaped regional development plans.
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Gadsden
Arizona
New Mexico
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sultana Sinking Claims 1500 of Paroled Soldiers
In spring 1865 the federal transport Sultana carried 2134 paroled Union soldiers from Vicksburg to home. On April 27 it reached Memphis and 90 miles upstream its boilers exploded, sinking the ship and killing about 1500.
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Harlan County
Kentucky
Louisville
Congress
Charles I. Dawson
Dawson
NRA
Vicksburg
Memphis
Good Harbor Harborfront in West Indies Details
The West Indian port at Good Harbor in St. Thomas offers one of the best harbors in the region with docks for ships drawing 31 feet. The hilltop wharves serve the island’s largest town, historically Charlotte Amalie during Danish rule, now known as St. Thomas.
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Good Harbor
West Indies
St. Thomas
Charlotte Amelia
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