National Prohibition Ends Amid Polling Violence in Louisiana
Louisiana voters faced clashes as three parishes refused to open polls while state police protected ballots. Pro and anti prohibition factions gathered amid injunctions, with deputies sworn in and ballots burned in Livingston and Tangipahoa parishes. The disruption followed parish committees backing Kemp and Long supporters pressing for a party slate.
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Tansipahoa
Livingston
St Telemy
Uteran
Lee Ponder
Thy Sine District
Elvetion
Wosg
Nat Yyeer
Bander
Supreme Corn
Huey Po Long
Dumocricus
Tee
Myx
Bolivays Kemp
Long
Senator Long
General Issure
Othe Omuivaven
Voy
Roosevelt Motel
New Chilsins
Long Sim
Ke Allen
Verve
Chaviety
Seitheg
Quirapheradia
Levee Quest
Alistrick Seotheil Y Terday
Unt Parish
New Orleans
Kemp
Clacton
Kemps
Aeelon Ling
Joan
OL KL Allen
Jee Ponder
Ania
Muemonad
Tanggipavhon
Slo
Wynekoopin a Happier Day at World’s Fair
The photo shows Wynekoop smiling with Mary Gerken on the Chicago World's Fair grounds where both worked. He is now held as an accessory to the murder of his wife Rheta, who died in Chicago.
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le Wynekoop
Rheta
Chicago
Harle
Mary Gerken
Mall
Hull
White House
Jose M. Puig Casaurane
Mexico
TVA gets funds for relief work
TVA announces CWA allotment of 8,402,000 for relief projects across the valley. About 16,500 men from Tennessee Alabama Kentucky North Carolina Virginia Georgia and Mississippi will work on forestry soil erosion malaria control sanitation river gauging highway construction and social data compilation. John Neely Jr chief office engineer will coordinate TVA with OWA during a three month leave. Major projects include clearing reservoirs and river sites on the Tennessee Norris and Clinch rivers and on erosion and forestry.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Kentucky
North Carolina
Vhr Ia
Georgia
Mississippi
The
Elies
Neely
Johnn. Neely, Jr
State Highway Department
TVA
OWA
Tennessee Valle Authoriies
Bei Uetion
Norris
Joe Wheele Dais
Clinch
Gold price stays at 34.01 per ounce after Roosevelt return
In Washington on December 5 the gold price held at 34.01 dollars an ounce, the highest quoted, despite a strong dollar and bond market. Roosevelt, returning from Warn Springs, Ga, had left the price up 43 cents during his absence as gold buying continued. London bar gold was 32.16 dollars, while sterling opened at 4.125 dollars per pound.
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Wasiington
RFC
Manly
Roosevelt
White House
Warn Springs
London
Norris Verdict Delayed In Scottsboro Case Docket
Five remaining defendants in the Scottsboro case faced postponed trials as Judge Callahan indefinitely delayed proceedings at defense requests. Clarence Norris and others are connected to alleged attacks on Victoria Price aboard a Southern Railway train in Jackson County in 1921. Defense counsel argued constitutional questions and appeals, while the court weighed bail for Willie Roberson and Olen Montgomery amid illness and mental state concerns. The proceedings were adjourned with a note that coverage continues.
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Decatur
Ala
Scottsboro
Jackson County
W. W. Callahan
Morgan County Court Room
Clarence Norris
Victoria Price
Southern Railway
Ju¢ége Callahan
Samuel
Leibowitz
Leiboowitz
Alabama Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Suggvest
T Higher Courts
Junee Callahan
Ato
Heywood Patterson
Willie Roberson
Olen Montgomery
Thames DE. Knight
Norri
Robertson
Montgomery
Calighan
Alabama
Ba’ Soi
Knight
Leibowite
Pan American meet studies tariff commerce problems
Montevideo Uruguay December 5 Argentine proposal for a Pan American Economic Conference to study tariffs commerce and navigation moved forward on the steering committee. Officials indicated the plan would analyze current and future exports and imports with a focus on freights taxes production costs and sanitary restrictions.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Carlos Saaverdra-Lamtas
Cordell Hull
Argentina
Saavedra-Lamas
Weather notes show rain and warmer fronts across regions
Rain and warmer conditions are forecast for Tennessee and Virginia with clouds and a chance of rain tonight. Eastern areas expect rain through Wednesday, with warmer temperatures in the east and south. Yesterday's high and last year's data are noted, along with rainfall measurements from 6:00 pm readings over the preceding 34 hours.
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Tennessee
Lindbergh Flight Schedule Today From Gambia Toward Brazil
In Gathurst Gambia on December 5 Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh planned to take off at midnight local time for a 1900 mile flight to South America. Favorable winds and improving weather raised prospects of departure after a prior calm delay. The seaplane was serviced with extra fuel jettisoned, and flight conditions appeared satisfactory. Destination likely Brazil, though Col Lindbergh offered no detail.
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Gathurst
Gambia
Charles A. Lindberch
America
Col. Lindboreh
Lindbergh
Brazil
Educator Debates Sins of American Colleges
Dr. Hamilton Holt of Rollins College, addressing the Southern Association, cites expansion, research worship, and teaching neglect as three sins. He pins the core fault on lack of human contact between professors and students and praises conference-based teaching to restore friendship and guidance. Loyola University president J W Eynes echoes calls for defending basic rights and critiquing the mood of educational economics.
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Nashville
Tenn
Dee
Hamilton, Holt
Rolling College
Winter
Commission On Secondary Schools of the
Southern Association of Collages and Secondary Schools
Holt
Moltenid
Stuedy
J. W. Eynes
Loyola University
New Orleans
GOP Pamphlet Attacks Administration in Washington
The Republican National Committee issued its second pamphlet in a month criticizing the Roosevelt administration as seeking a dictatorship during a supposed era of peace. It quotes critics within the party and names figures such as Hugh Johnson and Rainey, accusing the administration of overreach and praising historic leaders while denouncing New Deal policies as contrary to American institutions.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Rooseveltian Oratory
Hugh §. Johnson
Rainey
Donald R. Richber
NRA
Democratic Party
18 States Only To Have Legal Liquor Tonight
In a patchwork of laws many states allow or restrict liquor by the drink tonight. Some allow only on premises with meals, others permit drinking on the spot or require take-home sales. Wisconsin Oregon Washington Illinois and Louisiana join a variety of rules, while New York and New Mexico ban bar drinking in some forms.
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Utah
Ais Higuon
Wisconsin
Oregon
Washington
Ilinois
Louisiana
Colorado
California
Connecticut
New York
Nep
Mexico
Nevada
Arizona
Repeal Sparks Mixed Reactions On Transcontinental Travel
In San Francisco AP reports travelers on the northern route will find locked liquor cabinets in diners as repeal arrives. The southern route is noted as drier with liquor issues in Colorado and New Mexico. A harried man, drunk pre repeal, is escorted by an officer who ultimately calls a patrol wagon as he proclaims Repeal is here and vows legal action if harmed.
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Associated Press
California
Olio
Towa
Hebrasius
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
San Francisco
Mae West robbery case unfolds after yearlong probe
Two men were arrested and a third sought in the Mae West robbery case, more than a year after $20,400 in cash and jewels were taken. Edward H. Friedman confessed, naming Harry Voiler and Morris Cohen as accomplices, with claims of a planned setup at her apartment. West testified she did not suspect Voiler until months ago and described him as a former associate turned betrayer.
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Los Angeles
Mae
Harry 0. Veiler
Texas Guinan
Chicago
Edward H. Friedman
Detroit
Morris Cohen
James BE
Davis
Friedman
Wailer
Cohen
Voiler
Miss West
Mit
Mae West
J. A. Timony
Veiler
N Voiler
Phoenix
Ariz
Prohibition Ends as 21st Amendment Takes Effect
The 36th state Utah votes to end federal prohibition as the Twenty-First Amendment takes effect, letting states regulate liquor. With nearly 20 million votes cast, most states approved, few held out. The era of national ban ends tonight amid questions about future regulation and taxes.
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Pennsylvania
China
Utah
Salt Lake City
Congress
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Connecticut
Carolinas
Washington
Senate
North
South Carolina
Stangerius
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