Louisiana martial law declared amid oil clash and armed citizens
Baton Rouge reports Huey P. Long directing state forces as National Guardsmen mobilize to quell armed protests at the East Baton Rouge parish court house. The Square Deal Association led by Ernest J. Bourgeois seeks repeal of Long’s oil tax as tensions over Standard Oil escalate into a mass armed show of force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’rouke
Standard Oil
Long
State Capitol
East Baton Rouge Parish Court House
Ernest J. Bourgeois
Square Dea
Supreme Court
Capitol
State House
Parish Court House
Square Deal
Square Deal Association of
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
New Orleans
O. K. Allen
Natinal Guard
Coopers
T Mmes Walmsley
New Orléans
Allen
Square Deal Association
Court House
Long- Allen
Oes
Jana
Ernest J. Bouer
Comes
Strenzke
J. QO. Decuir
Hunter Richardson
Clinton
Baton Rouge
East Feliciana Parish
Clinton Court House
Mohawk Disaster Probed by Federal Inspectors After Collision
Federal investigators swiftly opened a deep inquiry into the Mohawk wreck off the Jersey coast after a collision with the Talisman. One body identified and 34 dead with 12 still missing, 117 rescued, and questions focus on life saving gear, ship discipline, and the auto steering and radio equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Jersey
Coast Guard
Bellevue Hospital Morgue
E. R. Barr
Philadelphia
Algonquin
Joseph E. Wood
Malcolm Gigoulet
Julian Peabody
Westbury
N. Y
H. F. Cleland
Williams College
Mexico
Peabody
Hitchcock
Weaver
Joseph Weaver
Federal Bureau of Navigation
Karl C. Neilsen
James Smith
Morro Castle
U. S
Martin
Neilsen
Republicans Seek Changes to Broad War Relief Powers
Senate Republicans at a party conference move to modify the broad powers given to President Roosevelt over the four billion work relief bill. They demand full hearings before the appropriations committee, though no specific changes were agreed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Republicans
Roosevelt
Senate
McNary
Berryville Social Notes and Travel Plans
Berryville residents report Susan Carter and her cousin Elizabeth Burke will sail February 6 from New York on the Queen of Bermuda for a month in Bermuda. The Clarke county scene includes a Winter Florida visit by Mrs. Bayard Stevens and daughter Nancy Gray Stevens. Major Dortch funeral attendees from Philadelphia and Washington are noted along with Clarke County Woman's Club activities and local entertaining at Rice Street homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Susan Carter
Spencer Carter
Fairfax Meade
Washington
E. Blackburn Moore
E. P. Berlin
H. B. Harris
Emily Powers
A. C. Robertson
J. D. Griffing
Joseph F. Moore
John B. Neill
Ernest Meade
Eleanor Conley
Elizabeth Luke
Clayton Snouffer
Blackburn Smith
E. L. Tessier
James Riddle
Elizabeth McIntosh
Annie Stribling
Edward Stribling
H. D. Whiting
J. M. H. Clagett
William B. Clagett
Frances Wolfe
N. C
South Church Street
Mr. Griffiing
B. B. Jones
Audley
Clarke County
Dortch
Selene W. Dortch
James Tyson Dortch
Mt. Hebron
Philadelphia
Major Dortch
J. Ryan Armstead
John H. Greene
Henry Byrd, Jr
L. Robert Drives
G. E. Schmick
L. A. Tanhan
Texas Oil Company
New York
F. L. Ayler
Clarke County Woman's Club
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Roper
Perkins
George Kenneth Levi
Clarke Courier
Levi
Winterhaven
Florida
E. L.tessier
Nan Thomas
W. T. Lewis
Joseph F. Oa Moore
Williams Re elected President of Clarke County Game Protective Assoc
Edward McC Williams was reelected president at the annual meeting. Grover L Carter is vice president Raymond Grubbs secretary treasurer. Officers and members from Greenway district named. Annual banquet planned at Battletown Inn on Friday February 22 with noted speakers. Association supports stocked streams and game conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. Dorsey
Game Department
Stamp Faddists Challenge Jim Farley Over Stamp Gifts
Washington January 26 stamp collectors protested Postmaster General Farley over first run stamps given to friends including President and Mrs Roosevelt and Secretary Ickes. Representative Millard will introduce a resolution to probe philatelic society complaints claiming some gifts were sold on the public market for a large sum. A House post office committee member urged investigation, calling on Farley to produce requisitions and invoices for the stamps since March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farley
Roosevelt
Ickes
Millard
House Post Office Committee
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Ann Harding Leaves San Francisco Amid Custody Battle
Ann Harding sails on a three month tour abroad while her custody dispute with ex husband Harry Bannister over their six year old daughter Jane remains unresolved. Bannister calls her unfit for full custody, a matter that sparked a Hollywood sensation during their separation.
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San Francisco
Ann Harding
O T
Harry Bannister
Jane
President Coolidge
Bannister
Missionaries Departing From Troubled Zone
Missionaries in Luchow and Suifu areas began a precautionary departure today amid reports of rising pressure in the region. Authorities say provincial forces along the Yangtze have been strengthened and tension eased somewhat. American Baptist foreign missionary society operates there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungkins
Szechwan Province
China
Luchow
Suifu
Yangsze
American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Airplane Rescues Snowbound Family on Maryland Shore
An aviator flew from Baltimore to reach Mrs. O. B. Winter and her two children trapped by heavy snowfall at the Winter estate near Grasonville on the Maryland Eastern Shore. Charles F. Thompson planned a second rescue run, watching for two overdue oyster boats, and warned land conditions might hamper a landing at the private airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltim
O. B. Ter
Land's End
Grasonville
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Charles F. Thompson
New York
Thompson
Feeling Runs High Over Death Of Little Girl
In Vale Oregon nine year old Phyllis Westfall died after an alleged kicking by four boys. Dr Charles Palmer noted catarrhal jaundice but says the abdomen injury may have caused the death leading District Attorney M A Briggs to order an autopsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vale
Ore
Oregon
Phyllis Westfall
Charles Palmer
M. A. Briggs
Man Named In Chicago Massacre Is Questioned
Claude Maddox, named in Byron Bolton’s confession as one of six in the 1929 St Valentine’s Day massacre, was seized at his Berwyn home and taken to Chicago police headquarters for questioning by Chief Detective John L Sullivan. Bolton, held in St Paul for kidnapping Edward G Bremer, was reported to have confessed he acted as finger man in the gang killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Claude Maddox
Byron Bolton
St. Valentine's Day
Detective Bureau
Berwyn
Central Police
John L. Sullivan
Bolton
St. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
George “Bugs” Moran
Guns Smuggled To Doomed Men By Ex-Prisoner
Howard Sutton, a convict with 51 prior arrests, claims he helped smuggle two pistols into the Richmond city jail used by Robert Mais and Walter Legenza to force a jail break. Sutton said Marie McKeever, Mais with whom she was involved, supplied the guns via a relative in a carton of coffee. He described delivering the pistols while confined on the third tier and receiving $50 after the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Howard Sutton
Robert Mais
Walter Legenza
A. 8
Wright
Sutton
Marie McKeever
Mais
Philadelphia
Mars
Rotary Club Backing President's Ball in Winchester
Rotary members plan support for the President's Birthday Ball at the George Wilton Hotel on January 30. A club committee including Dr. P. W. Boyd Dr. B. B Dutton Louis Baker Clarke Cooper and Fred L. Glaize Jr was named to boost attendance. The event directs seventy percent of proceeds to local infantile paralysis rehabilitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
George Wilton
Rotary Club
P. W. Boyd
B. B Dutton
Louis Baker
Clarke Cooper
Fred L. Glaize
Clark Funeral To Be Held At Chestnut Grove
Funeral services for William Wesley Clark of Martinsburg W Va are set for Sunday. A brief home service at 10 oclock precedes a longer service at Chestnut Grove Church with burial in the Chestnut Grove Cemetery. The cortege will arrive at the church between 12 and 12:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wesley Clark
Frederick County
West Virginia Avenue
Martinsburg
W. Va
Chesnut Grove
Bruno's Sister Testifies In Bruno Murder Trial
Mrs. Joseph Bruno testified under cross examination that she found a gun in an upstairs bedroom at her brother Joseph Bruno's home after a shooting. The state alleges bullets killing five marchers came from his window. Bruno faces murder charges in Fiorella's death and four other victims. The defense aims to finish Sunday adjourned testimony.
Steps Proposed for Central Relief Agency Formation
The document outlines steps to form a central relief agency to reduce duplication in handling cases. It calls for all city charity organizations to cooperate in a centralized effort and to centralize private fund appeals through a Community Chest partly city funded and partly privately supported. It requires detailed budgets by November 15 annually for city manager review.
City leaders discuss 1935 budget and funding needs
The meeting, attended by City Council members Field and Lee Coble and representatives from the National Re-employment Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce, Salvation Army, Welfare Board, Red Cross, Winchester Memorial Mission, and other groups, noted that federal aid totaling over $16,000 was withdrawn this year. City Manager Field emphasized replacing those funds and urged each organization to prepare a budget by April 1 for the remaining nine months of 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Field
Lee Coble
City Council
Walter M. Shade
National Re-employment Bureau
Andrew Bell
Secrtary Chamber of Commerce
Major Marsh
Sal
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Talisman
Ward Line
MacKay Radio
New York Harbor
Cort M. Pederson
Mrs
Ralph N. Dorsey
Derth
Jim Farley
Troubled
Clark
Chestnut Grove
Bruno
Luxenberg’s Department Store
Loudoun St
Vation Army
Clarence Hardy
Snapp
District Nurse Association
Margaret Hurst
Welfare Board
Walker Bond
Red Cross
Lillian Ines
Winchester Memorial Mission
D. J. Eadfallowship Club
Shadow Warp
Cretonnes
Moling & Cather
Good Shepherd
T. F. Timberlake
Hamburger’s Specialty Shop
N. Main Street
Muggs McGinnis
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Central Press Association, Inc
Eita Ketit
Maide
Rooke
Avan
Etta
Nau Seerak Club
Hi Gromer
Hokan
Stomgle
Brormherss
Goy
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