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January 1935
On January 1, 1935 Tulane University defeats Temple University 20-14 in the first Sugar Bowl game. |
February 1935
In February 1935 Gertrude Stein speaks at the Arts and Crafts Club , presently located at 712 Royal Street. The Arts and Crafts Club will exist until 1951. |
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September 1935
On September 8, 1935 Huey P. Long is assassinated allegedly by young Dr. Carl Austin Weiss in the hall of the Capitol Building in Baton Rouge. The events in the Capitol that day have never been proven or explained. |
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December 1935
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| Huey P. Long Bridge completed. Most importantly the bridge allowed New Orleans to compete as a railroad town without the hassle of time-consuming train ferries. Much of the commerce that had disappeared when railroads replaced steamboats returns. | Walter Wedell had succeeded his brother Jimmie as chief pilot of the Wedell-Williams air service the previous year when Jimmie had been killed in a crash. Besides regularly scheduled flights and mail service to Houston, the two brothers often gave lessons and flew mercy flights of medicine and patients from the swamps. On July 20, 1935 Walter took a routine trip to Mobile with a single passenger but the plane never arrived in Mobile. by 3 p.m. the plane had been spotted in four feet of water in Chandeleur Sound, miles off course. and headed in the wrong direction. The plane was in several pieces, the weather had been clear and inspectors said nothing had been wrong with the plane. Walters injuries were to his back with a mysterious indentation made by a heavy object. His body was found behind the pilot s seat. The passenger Howard Sanders of Anderson S. C. , was even more mysterious, but all the answers went down with the two men. | Straight University merges with New Orleans University to become Dillard University. | WPA is formed and New Orleans takes advantage of the agency to develop the lakefront and in constructing roads and bridges around town, especially in City Park. Artist Enrique Alvarez | ||||||||
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