Louisiana Strike Sparks Martial Law Rumors In New Orleans
In New Orleans a massive strike by streetcar workers triggers violent riots leaving several dead and many hurt. A mob of about five thousand attacked cars and barns, blocking firemen and police, with strikebreakers barricaded on trains and car depots. Union demands include shorter hours higher wages and changes in contracts as authorities consider emergency measures.
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Coroner Rules Hanson Death Self Inflicted On Fourth
A coroner jury in Oelwein ruled that Rudolph Peter Hanson died by his own action. The 37 year old railroad man was shot in the head on the Dewar road July 4 1929 and died hours later in a local hospital. Dorothy Hanson, his six year old daughter, testified that she heard daddy shoot himself, influencing the verdict. The inquest heard testimony from Fred Tomkins and Gladys Ayers about a July Fourth celebration at Tomkins home that ended after Hanson’s quarrel with his wife and a bottle of ginger ale laced with alcohol.
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Smoot Completes Sliding Scale Sugar Tariff Plan
Washington July 6 Senator Smoot chairman of the Senate finance committee has completed a tentative sliding scale sugar tariff proposal replacing the house bill rate increase. He says it would set far lower rates than the house plan and expects President Hoover to favor it though he has not disclosed details. The Cuban and general sugar rates in the house bill are under heavy debate as the most contested part of the measure.
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Humidity Kills Two in Chicago
Excessive humidity with summer heat blamed for two Chicago deaths as 85 degree temperatures and recent rain storms sweltered the city. Andrew Swarensky died after hospital release and Charles Kuneckis, 58, suffered apoplexy and died. Showers offered slight relief today.
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Planter Acquitted of Peonage Charge
Americus July 6 A federal court jury acquitted planter W D Arnold of peonage charges tied to Claude King white and John Vanover black workers who testified Arnold beat them and kept them in virtual servitude A separate item reported lightning killed 30 year old farmer W Miller at Macedonia ta with a son finding him dead and clothes torn after the bolt struck yesterday
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Phillies beat Cardinals 10 to 6 in opener of doubleheader
Philadelphia Nationals surged to a 10 6 victory over the St Louis Cardinals in the first game of a twin bill. Kien hit his twenty-first homer of the season while Bottomley produced two more long balls and Whitney added a 9th RBI. Batteries: Bherdel Johnson Barth Jonnard Benge Eliott Lerlan.
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Opium Den Raids Create Chinatown Bedlam in Boston
Federal narcotic agents and Boston police raided opium joints in Chinatown early today. Dozens arrested, including two young women who were later released. Sledge hammers and search warrants used as doors and partitions smashed. Seized opium and “I syouts” valued in the thousands. Special Officer Joseph McGovern injured by a rebound hammer.
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Ann Livingston Faces Verdict in $250000 Suit Tonight
Chicago July 6 Ann Livingston nearing the end of her breach of promise suit against Franken Hardinge 63 year old cookware burner maker Arguments expected to conclude and jury to hear verdict tonight Miss Livingston seeks punitive damages alongside compensatory ones alleging her character was defamed by Mrs Victor C Heath of Omaha whose testimony described the plaintiff as indiscreet with men in Little Rock Arkansas Hardinge defense said the man lied with malice in his heart and asked how she could allow the alleged indiscretions if true
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Rain Postpones Hawks Baseball Game With Burlington
The Hawks game against Burlington was postponed due to rain. Two games will be played tomorrow, the first at 2 p.m. One admission price applies.
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Weather outlook for upper Mississippi valley and plains
Weather forecast for the week starting Monday calls for fair conditions in the upper Mississippi valley and inner Missouri valley and northern central plains on Monday. Showers are expected Tuesday or Wednesday, with fair conditions to end the week. Warmer temperatures early in the week and cooler by week’s end.
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Central Europe wind storms cost 28 lives and floods
A rapid series of storms across Europe killed 28 and injured hundreds, turbine winds reaching 100 mph disrupted rail traffic, and floods inundated towns from Germany to France. Deluges in Nemaha Nebraska caused extensive crop damage as trains halted and waterways rose.
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Admiral Edward W. Eberle Dies in Washington at 64
Rear Admiral Edward W. Eberle, 64, former chief of naval operations and longtime Navy General Board leader, died here from a long standing ear infection. Born in Benton Texas, his family moved to Fort Smith Arkansas where he was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1881. At retirement last August he had 47 years of service and was the navy's senior officer by seniority.
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Government tightens airworthiness rules for safer planes
Washington DC July 6- government moves to ensure more airworthy aircraft via new airworthiness requirements set by the department of commerce. An analysis by the American Astronautical Chamber of Commerce counts 38 specific changes to the aircraft engineering code used to secure type certificates. Cabin planes must add one exit for every six passengers, replacing the old standard of two exits, with detailed specs for openings and exits.
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Chicago to Berlin Plane Believed at Great Whale
Ottawa July 6 Radio messages from the department of marine and fisheries say the Chicago Berlin plane Antin Bowler was weatherbound at Great Whale Hudson Bay trading post. The message noted landing at Great Whale with bad weather and the craft’ s radio only works in flight, suggesting the plane was then lack of further messages.
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European Editor Killed in Wyoming Accident
George Landoy, editor of Matin in Brussels, and four Carnegie foundation tour members, died at Mammoth Hot Springs hotel from burns after slipping into a boiling pool near Castle Geyser in Yellowstone National Park.
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Towan at 103 Traveled Alone Across Midwestern Tour
Shenandoah Iowa July 6 Tierry Homewood who just had his 103rd birthday last Christmas day returned from a solo vacation to Kansas City Hamburg Nebraska City Auburn and Peru Nebraska. He traveled alone. Belgrade July 6 UP The Yugoslavian parliament today ratified the US treaty of arbitration and conciliation signed in Washington last January.
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Home delivery deadline notice with courtesy phone line
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Hoover party flees heat to Hoover Preserve retreat
The presidential party of seven travels by road through rain soaked routes to a Blue Ridge camp near Madison Virginia. Mrs Hoover and son Herbert Jr lead the ascent, joined by Dr Vernon Kellogg and reporters Mark Sullivan and William Hard as they plan to return to Washington late tomorrow.
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Klan Withdraws National Headquarters to Atlanta
Washington dispatch says the Ku Klux Klan has abandoned Washington as its national headquarters and returned to Atlanta, citing campaign needs against Alfred E. Smith and new Atlanta buildings including a regalia factory and an administrative office.
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Co op farmers ready to aid relief program
Washington July 6 Farm co operative organizations with an annual business of about 500 million dollars are prepared to cooperate with the administration in its farm relief plan. Co op farm groups nationwide handle products widely with profit to farmers and themselves. Over 150 cooperatives report annual business above 1 million dollars, two surpass 80 million, and five or six approach 50 million.
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Rockefeller Birthday Near As Tracks Are Moved
The New York Central rushes to move tracks away from Pocantico Hills to spare John D. Rockefeller’s view on his 90th birthday. Rockefeller will stay on the estate for golf, a drive, and a family dinner. In a separate line Rex Breckenridge, 23, dies from injuries in a car crash last night.
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New Orleans Strike Sparks Night of Rioting and Fire
A federal injunction was sought to stop officials and streetcar workers from obstructing operations. A mob of 5,000 struck at canal barns burned seven cars, repelled police with bricks and clubs, and violence spread as 4,000 strikers and sympathizers opposed strikebreakers. Molinaro and Thibodeaux were killed in the clashes.
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Shenandoah Rains Delay All Trains
Flooding from 4.83 inches of rain halted train service in Shenandoah Iowa over a 14 hour span ending about 5 a m. It was described as the heaviest rainfall in 16 years and caused heavy wheat field damage. In Indiana Hazel Latt 40 hanged herself in an apparent suicide after a disturbance at her home.
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