Influenza Strikes 30,000 in Louisiana Boom Town
In Alexandria 30,000 population boom due to Camp Beauregard workers. 65,000 residents with transients sleeping in jails and tents. Health board reports many unreported cases. congestion blamed. Nearby Camp Beauregard hosts 30,000 National Guardsmen from Michigan and Wisconsin with relatively few cases.
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Alexandria
Board of Health
Camp Beauregard
Red River
Michigan
Wisconsin
Piney Woods
Carville
Continental United States
Defense Puts Women In Home Guard Role
Washington report notes American women shift to total defense wartime tasks. Harriet Elliott leads a program to feed and house the nation, with radio news for housewives, school lunches, low cost nutrition, diet clinics, and food stamps support. Leaders urge continuity of service through existing clubs, nursing, Red Cross aid, and youth education while Red Cross pushes broad volunteer work.
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Sigrid Arne Washington
Harriet Elliott
Defense Commission
Eliott
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Saidie Orr Dunbar
Red Cross
American Home Economies Association
American Association of University Women
Kathryn McHale
England
Flashes of Life and Odd Local Tales Across States
Evansville reports a man claiming $106 was lifted from his pocket inside a bank, with police promising efforts to recover before Christmas. In Oklahoma City a stray pup keeps raiding a store for dog food, charging purchases to his owner’s account. Kansas misread a rail right of way on a snowy block journey, narrowly avoiding disaster after a stalled car event. Oregon Michigan township schools gain from a slot machine raid, with $242.76 seized to benefit local education.
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Evansville
Ind
Nathan Taylor
Frank Freihaut
Oklahoma City
Butch
Henry van Buskirk
van Buskirk
Columbia Attorney Offers Robin Home
LOUIS Dec 16 APRY William H Sapp of Columbia Mo attorney offers a home to Robi the pet robin formerly owned by Mrs Gilbert Black of St Louis The bird was freed in New Orleans by a humane society but refused to stay free returning to a bird sanctuary tree branch Sapp will pay 50 for the birds return fare
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T. Louis
William H. Sapp
Columbia
Robi
Gilbert Black
St. Louis
New Orleans
Humane Society
Sapp
Former State Senator Drowns While Hunting Incident
Edwin Nolte aged 63 a St Louis state senator from 1931 to 1935 drowned in a Mississippi river slough near St Charles after a duck hunting trip His son Louis E Nolte was saved by rescuers summoned by a third member of the party John Harris Nolte was a Republican and brother of St Louis City Comptroller Louis Nolte Also noted Alabama redeemed a 1901 bond coupon in a separate item.
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ST. Charles
Edwin Nolte
St. Louis
Here
Nolte
Louis E. Nolte
John Harris
Louis Nolte
Feathering Their Nest Pigeons Claim Omaha Garage Office
In Omaha during a snow storm six pigeons invaded a city garage entering behind a car and settling in a warm office. A sign outside read Lary Parking. The scene amused bystanders as the birds roamed the heated space. No injuries reported.
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Omaha
Food ships to Europe planned by Red Cross
The American Red Cross tentatively plans to send food ships to Europe, one to Spain and another to unoccupied France, pending US British talks. The move aims to aid hungry populations, with condensed milk and vitamin products targeted for children in unoccupied France, while blockade policies complicate full relief.
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Europe
RED Cross
Washington
American Red Cross
Spain
France
United States
State Department
Marseilles
Germany
Britain
South America
Norman H. Davis
Great Britain
Norway
Belgium
Netherlands
Poland
Finland
Greece
Switzerland
Canada
Goesseibes
Shelbyville Slayer Convicted of First Degree Murder
Hadley Eaton, 32, farmhand, convicted of first degree murder in the shotgun slaying of Mrs. Ethel Dingle and sentenced to life imprisonment by a 12 man jury after two hours deliberation. The state sought the death penalty. defense argued insanity.
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Shelbyville
Hadley Eaton
Ethel Dingle
Eaton
Deaths Last Night and More Prominent Figures
Madame Blanche Marchesi, 77, renowned opera and concert singer, died yesterday in London. Her career began in 1894 and included radio performances as late as 1936. Thomas A. Neale, 70, long served 38 years as general treasurer of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America AFL, based in Indianapolis. Eugene E. Reed of Manchester, N H is also noted among obituaries.
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Associated Press
Madame Blanche Marchesi
London
Thomas A. Neale
Indianapolis
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
AFL
Reed 74 a former congressman and mayor of Manchester
Reed, 74, a former Democratic congressman and former mayor of Manchester, also served as a member of the Philippines commission during President Wilson's administration.
Philip Hiss Dies at 83 Architect Led Housing Efforts
Philip Hiss of New York age 83 longtime architect and former chairman of the housing section of the council of national defense and special assistant for housing for the Navy Department during World War I died. His career included spearheading public housing initiatives and advisory work for federal agencies.
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Philip Hiss
New York
Council of National Defense
Navy Department
Woman, 70, Dies After Ic y Street Truck Collision
Mrs Isabelle M Gross aged 70 died in St Joseph Missouri after injuries from a trailer truck skid on icy pavement. The accident occurred yesterday as the vehicle slid and struck her.
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St, Joseph, Mo
Isabelle M. Gross
Windsors May Leave for Nassau Tomorrow
The Duchess of Windsor, rested after a day in bed, is expected to sail for Nassau tomorrow at about 4 p.m. aboard the yacht Southern Cross. The Duke and Duchess plan the voyage despite slight jawbone complications that dental surgeon Dr. Horace L. Carte ordered 24 hours of rest for.
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Coral Gables
Fila
Duchess of Windsor
Fragmented travel note mentions Miami move and holiday tour
A fragment notes activities tied to a move from St Francis hospital to an identified hotel in Miami. It mentions a brief Christmas shopping tour in Miami Beach as part of the sequence. The readable text hints at a social or personal itinerary around the move and holiday shopping activity.
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St. Francis Hospital
Miami Bitmore Hotel
Miami Beach
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Oregon
Philip Nye
Ogle County
Robin
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Treasury
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Lower
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Manchester, N. H
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