Woman and two men held in Monroe robbery
Three suspects identified as Mr and Mrs A R Webb of Texas and H Daniels of Georgia were arrested after a Saturday afternoon robbery at the We Too Sandwich shop in Monroe. A $30 till and several beer bottles were taken. witnesses described two men leaving in a truck with Colorado plates. A separate gas station hold up was reported in Ruston the same day.
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Sheriff's Office
Bossier Parish
Washington Street
Frank V. Reitzell
Cootes
H. J. Banks
Bossier City
A. R. Webb
Texas
H. Daniels
Georgia
Colorado
Ruston
el Willieme
Williams
Plymouth
Wyoming
Cave-Ins Hamper Mine Rescue Efforts At Nelma Mines
November disaster at the Nelma mines in Cadiz stalls rescue teams. One body recovered, many miners feared dead as roofs cave in and gas curtails work. Ohio district UMWA president John Owens calls for better air, inspections, and regulation amid confirmation of likely fatalities.
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Cadiz
Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company
Nelma
Ieee
John Owens
Ohio
United Mine Workers’ Union
Owens
Narcotic Officer From N C Drowned in Texas Flood
Joe King a 33 year old federal narcotics agent with the bureau of liquor and narcotic control and internal revenue was found dead in his automobile after it slid into Hawkins Creek seven miles east of Longview Texas. The car submerged in flood water and officials from New Orleans will investigate. King lived in Dallas but worked from the New Orleans office.
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Longview
Tex
Joe King
Federal Bureau of Liquor and Narcotic Control
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Hawkins Creek
Here
F. W. Kohler
Homer Warren
Overton
New Orleans Internal Revenue Bureau
King
Dallas
New Orleans
Roosevelt backs the program and rivals’ expenses
President Roosevelt outlined to congressional and treasury officials a tax plan to fund peacetime needs and defense outlays. Conferees said no retroactive 1940 taxes or general sales tax, with trimming non military spending and financing defense via borrowing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Congressional
Treasury
White House
LSU committee hears alumni views on permanent president
In Baton Rouge November 30 7 prominent LSU alumni presented views to a special committee evaluating candidates for a permanent university president. J E Smitherman of Shreveport leads the panel as faculty and deans also testify to help the board act in January.
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Paul M. Hebert
Troy H. Middleton
Favorites Run To Form In Saturday's Grid Tilts
Navy defeated Army 14-0 before 102000 in Philadelphia. Tennessee and Stanford stayed unbeaten as season ends. Miss State and Nebraska also won to edge toward bowls with Rose and Sugar Bowls in play. Boston College beat Holy Cross 7-0 as Stanford drove for two first-half scores.
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Hugh S. Fullerton, Jr
New York
Army
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Fordham
Dallas
Oreleans
Stanford
California
Tennessee
Boston College
Alabama
Kansas State
Miami
Vanderbilt
Johnny Butler
Warren
Eagles
Holy Cross
Frequent Showers Fail To Cut Crowd At Yuletide Parade
More than 25 000 people crowded Monroe and West Monroe for the Yuletide Fiesta parade despite rain delaying events by two and a half hours. Queens and maids rode floats including Miss America and Mother Goose, with bands from local schools and Santa Claus closing the procession on DeSiard Street.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Twin Cities
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants
Iceberg
Santa Claus
St. Nick
WPA Will Launch Ouachita Soil Conservation Program
WPA started a large scale soil conservation project in Louisiana to curb erosion. The d Arbonne district covers Lincoln Ouachita Union and parts of Claiborne parishes with a 260000 acre area in northwest Ouachita and southwest Union parishes. The first project costs about 55000 dollars and will employ about 50 workers.
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New Orleans
WPA
Louisiana Agriculture
d'Arbonne
Christmas Seals Sale Begins Forty Fourth Annual Drive
The Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health Association launches its 34th annual Christmas Seal Sale Monday with canvassing by business firms and mailed seal letters. Claude Harrison chairs the drive. other leaders include Leon Sugar Simmie Wood Rev E F Hayward George Lofton and Dr F P Rizzo. Tuberculosis remains a leading killer for ages 15 to 45, and funds support year round education and a speakers bureau. The association is financed entirely by seal sales.
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Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Tuberculosis Association
Claude Harrison
General Seal Sale
Leon Sugar
Monroe
Simmie Wood
West Monroe
E. F. Hayward
George Lofton
F. P. Rizzo
Shreveport Warehouse Damaged by Blaze
A fire hit the Allen Manufacturing Company warehouse on the outskirts of Shreveport causing an estimated 80 000 to 100 000 dollars in damage. All stock of window frames and doors was destroyed while the machinery plant lumber and raw materials were spared. The loss is insured and production will resume Monday. Earlier, the McClellan and Hutchins auto rooms in Bossier City burned with an estimated 25 000 dollar loss.
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Shreveport
Allen Manufacturing Company
W. A. Compton
Compton
McClellan and Hutchins Auto Rooms
Bossier City
Rea River
Armed Peasants 10 Watch Rites of Mexico Today
More than 1,000 peasants with new rifles and ammunition belts arrived in Mexico City from Puebla to observe General Manuel Avila Camacho's inauguration as chief executive. About 40 more armed men came from Vera Cruz. Authorities warned of subversive plots and tightened security after a raid on Communist offices led to the death of Major Guillermo Garcia Gallegos during the arrest of 55 people.
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Mexico City
Puebla State
Manuel Avila Camacho
General Avila Camacho
Federal District
Avila Camacho
Guillermo Garcia Gallegos
Roosevelt grants China 100 million in US credit
The Associated Press reports President Roosevelt assured Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek’s government of $100 million in United States credit as China fights Japanese forces. Simultaneously, Japan and the Nanking regime sign a peace pact and begin closer military and economic cooperation. In Romania, revolutionary unrest and Iron Guard activity are noted, with King Mihai reportedly fleeing Bucharest amid the Codreanu anniversary funeral procession.
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Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
Japan
Nanking
China
Wang Ching-Wei
Louisiana Governor Inspects Panama Canal Defenses
Governor Sam Houston Jones of Louisiana toured the Pacific defenses of the Panama Canal aboard the Tolon and warned that if the canal is not properly defended now it may never be. He joined Brigadier General Sanderford Jarman on the inspection and was hosted by George S. Bennett and the Colon Chamber of Commerce in Colon.
Good Fellows Called On To Assist Poor Families
In Ouachita parish the News-Star-World urges readers to donate to the Good Fellows fund to aid hungry and cold families at Christmas. The program collects letters, verifies need with the Salvation Army, and delivers clothing food and toys on Christmas Eve by truck with Santa Claus visiting.
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Good Fellows
Ouachita Parish
The
News-Star— World
Good Fellows Fund
iNews-Star—World
Salvation Army
Twin Cities
Santa Claus
Death by own action marks Romanian Iron Guard funeral
In Bucharest the Iron Guard mourners filed behind the gold coffin of Codrescu as 30 guardsmen reportedly killed themselves in the past days. A mass funeral drew about 150000 green shirts led by Antonescu Sima and other officials while unrest and calls for revenge spanned Bessarabia and Alba Iulia.
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Bucharest
Romania
Bessarabia
Russia
Jilava
Carol
Buc
Mihai
Iron
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Ion Antonescu
Horia Sima
Codreanu
Balkans
Germany
Dardanelle
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Hnd
Balkan
Greece
Italy
Aetos
High Command
Konis
Rumania
Alba-Julis
Transylvania
Hungary
Iron Guard
Horta Sima
Benito Mussolini
Tulane to Build Big Observatory
New Orleans Nov 30 Tu lane University launches construction of an astronomical observatory as a campus gift to honor Thomas F Cunningham former president of the Mississippi Shipping Co The $20 000 building will house a telescope donated by Mrs Samuel Zemurray Jr granddaughter of W H Pickering and include a 100 seat lecture room and related facilities
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New Orleans
Tulane University
Rufus C. Harris
Thomas F. Cunningham
Mississippi Shipping Company
Samuel Zemurray, Jr
W. H. Pickering
Jamaica
Pickering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hatevard Observatory
Rain and Cold Ahead for Twin Cities Area
Intermittent rain and colder weather expected in the Twin Cities area today and Monday. The Weather Bureau in New Orleans forecast a high near 65 and a low around 54, with readings climbing to Civil Age Selman Field records as observers noted.
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Twin Cities
States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Selman Field
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Betty Jo Kinman
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Johnette Register
Monroe Commercial School
Tena McCoy
Northeast Junior College
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Merilyn Bush
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Clarks
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Ferriday
Tenny Green
Rayville
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Chiang Kaishek
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