Arrest report from city police
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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1933
Page
3
A fragment from a local police report notes an arrest in the city. Details are unreadable but indicate law enforcement action and an ongoing investigation.
The Paramount runs The Bowery themed Raft comedy with Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper, ending Sunday, plus a Noel Coward pre show. At the Capitol, James Cagney stars in Lady Killer from Warner Bros with Mae Clarke and a strong cast as gangsters target film celebrities.
Families unable to travel will receive trees and Christmas items. A detachment will be kept on duty while the crew continues light and fire patrols. Those wishing to return home may be identified to depart after New Year.
A conference of 19 national farm leaders proposed licensing noncooperative farmers to block their access to production adjustment benefits. The plan, led by Clarence Poe, aims to prevent swelling output and was sent to Secretary Wallace. A committee was formed to push amendments to the agricultural adjustment act and support new legislation in the January congressional session.
A seven and half pound girl named Mary Beth was born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Felix Roberts of DeSiard road. Captain G B Cooley urges timely payment for Christmas seals as the Ouachita Parish Tuberculosis and Public Health association relies on this income for its work. President C C Calvert of Ouachita Tainer College left with his family for Little Rock to spend the holidays with relatives.
Louisiana will field 233 enumerators and Mississippi 166 across parishes and counties for the commerce department civil works census. District allocations include many parishes with specific counts and district supervisors named for appointment duties.
Pope Pius denounces the German program to sterilize the unfit in a Christmas sermon. He urges world leaders to pray, cites Casti Connubii, and condemns futile negotiations while noting joys and sorrows of the year and the holy year’s progress.
Students and staff will spend the Christmas vacation at homes distant from Monroe. The college will reopen on Wednesday January 3. Sam Wheadon, Hotel Monroe manager, left for Alexandria for Christmas with relatives. his wife and daughter accompany him. Sam Turner of The Palace store is spending Christmas in Shreveport.
Tallulah society notes record Mrs. Hugh Montgomery hosting a Mulberry Street bridge party with high score to Mrs. E B Stribling and list guests. Eveready Circle of the Methodist Missionary Society, led by Mrs. E S Moberley, held a Christmas program and banquet in the church community room.
Christmas spirit fills Bethlehem and churches world wide as nations pause. The pope issue s a call for prayers while the United States sees shoppers prosper and charities aid the needy. Mrs Roosevelt and the president mark the season with family gifts and a Dickens tale. A France train crash claims 130 deaths and many injuries.
The federal alcohol control administration announced that on December 20 permits were issued to five Louisiana distillers. Named are American Commercial Alcohol Corp Gretna Rossville Commercial Alcohol Corp Harvey Rossville Commercial Alcohol Corp Westwego U and U S Industrial Alcohol Co New Orleans and Westwego.
Hays Trechelle of motor route A south hunted in La fourche swamp Friday and killed a duck bearing a leg tag noting Notify Biological Survey Washington DC. Trechelle plans to forward the details to the government in Washington.
Henry Rauls was stabbed during a contest and later released after reporting injuries. Ladell Watson was jailed Saturday night on a charge of displaying a dangerous public safety item. Rauls received care for his wounds and was released.
The U S Chamber of Commerce today challenged Congress to correct social defects or abuses through taxation. Fred H. Clausen, chair of the chamber's committee on federal taxation, presented the business view to the House Ways and Means Committee urging no new taxes on dividends and arguing taxation should raise revenue and not police business methods or social reform. He warned that unfair or discriminatory tax provisions erode cooperation, hinder administration, and reduce revenue.
The war department announced five Louisianans appointed to the reserve corps. They are James Stuart of Camp Beauregard first lieutenant in military intelligence, Eugene Maithos of Elizabet and coast artillery, Reynold McCrory of Shr second lieutenant infantry, Percy Arnold Sharp Jr. of M oort second lieutenant infantry, and others. Washington December vc
A woman, described as a negro, was struck by a car driven by J Jerman, a white man, about 10 Saturday night in front of a store on DeSiard street. The woman was taken to St Franc hospital where authorities said she did not appear seriously injured and would likely return home Sunday.
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