French Tile Laying and Mosquito Fight in Florida
A note on building with French tiles by L Berry in Miami Beach contrasts with Florida keys mosquito control efforts. The article details copper nailed interlocking tiles, cementing them on boards, learned in France during the war. It reports 30,000 workers nationwide and 1,000 in Dade County fighting salt marsh mosquitoes via ditches to let minnows enter coastal waters.
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L. Berry
Miami Beach
Houston
France
Florida Keys
Department of Agriculture
Uncle Sams
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Roosevelt
CWA
Dade County
Floeida
Cefan
Bay
Silver backers seek president's help in remonetization push
Washington reports lawmakers weighing dollar revaluation options as silver advocates push for free coinage and treasury action. Speaker Rainey questions viability without broader support while Senator Thomas proposes gold and silver coinage and open gold bids to stabilize the currency. Officials note treasury could revalue by pen under current authority.
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Thomas
Oklahoma
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
United States
Indictments In Lynching Of Lloyd Warner In Missouri
Buchanan county grand jury returns eleven indictments for suspects in the November 2 lynching of Lloyd Warner a 19 year old black man. It also urges removal or resignation of Sheriff Otto Theisen and police officials for neglect of duty and failing to prevent the mob. The suspect was taken from the county jail hanged from a tree and burned as he awaited arraignment on a charge of having tonight.
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ST. Joseph
Lloyd Warner
Buchanan County Grand Jury
Otto Theisen
Theisen
Tragedy in Dublin as Timmons family slain at home
Oliver Timmons his 19 year old wife and his 74 year old mother were found shot dead in their Dublin Texas residence after neighbors heard two then one shot at dawn. A shotgun lay inside the house and all three victims died instantly. Timmons had been in poor health and had married recently.
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Dublin
Texas
Oliver Timmons
Joe Timmons
Timmons
Leesville Mass Meeting Condemns Kemp Seating
Vernon parish citizens meet in Leesville and adopt resolutions opposing seating of Mrs. Bolivar E. Kemp to the U S House as sixth district representative and call for State Senator J Sanders Jr to be seated instead. Kemp won a Dec 5 election without a primary and Sanders won a Dec 27 citizens election.
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Leesville
Vernon Parish
Bolivar E. Kemp
House of Representatives
J. ¥. Sanders, Jr
Kemp
Sanders
Wasi
Mra
PD Las
EL Aminen
Go Pernor
J Y. Seners, Jr
Ad Keen
Huey P. Long
Allen
Mong
Thanksgiving service to open Monroe New Year program
Monroe prepares for a major city thanksgiving service at 10 o clock tomorrow morning in the Capitol theater. Civic clubs and the chamber sponsor the event and the gathering draws wide community interest. News agencies note the program on front pages across the country.
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Monroe
Capitol Theater
Committe i
Associated Presa
The
Civic Clubs
Chamber of
Women Endurance Aviators Break Refueling Flight Record
Frances Marsalis and Helen Richey claim a new women's refueling endurance record of nine days, 21 hours, and 42 minutes after landing at Miami's municipal airport at 10 45 am. They endured heavy rain squalls and winds, finishing as spectators faced a downpour. The pilots, fatigued yet triumphant, planned a bath and a solid meal before rest.
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Miami
Fla
Earth
Frances Marsalis
Helen Richey
Monroe Rings In New Year With Citywide Parties Tonight
Monroe and West Monroe host numerous New Year’s Eve events with hotel celebrations at Hotels Frances and Virginia beginning at 11 p m. Banks, downtown stores, post office departments, and courts close for the holiday while Ouachita parish schools reopen tomorrow.
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Frances
Virginia
Monroe
West Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Ouachita Parish
Wilbur Underhill Wounded After Kansas City Raid
Wilbur Underhill, the so called Tri State Terror and key Kan sas penitentiary escapee, lies in dying condition after a gun battle in Shawnee Oklahoma. Police cornered him in a house and a furniture store raid ended with his surrender while still armed. Also captured were Eva Mae Nichols and Raymond Roe or Ralph Rowe. Underhill’s wife Hazel Hudson escaped injury.
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Oklahoma
Shawnee
Okla
Dec
Tri-State
Wilbur Underhill
Agenyins
Coalgate
Oklagev- Vitictapeerains Hospital
Piricians
Akins
Underhill
Kansas Penitentiary
Frank Nash
Kansas City
R. H. Colvin
Department of Justice
Oklahoma City
Raymond Roe
Ralph Rowe
Eva MaeNichols
Hazel Hudson
Roe
Martial law declared in Roumania after Duca assassination
Roumania imposed martial law effective midnight with military censorship to curb anti Semitic Iron Guard unrest after the assassination of Premier Ion G Duca and a failed slaying attempt on his killer. The slain liberal leader's body returned from Sinaia as authorities pledge firm action and press surveillance.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Jon G. Duca
Constantine Angelescu
Duca
Iron Guard
Sinaia
Oxlroad
Houston attorney held to grand jury in $34500 theft case
Charles F. Heidingsfelder a 60 year old Houston attorney was bound over to the grand jury on $10000 bail after an examining trial on theft charges involving $34500 from Adele Pipkin of New York. He said a robber forced him to open his safe on Christmas Day.
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Houston
Tex
Charles FE. Heidingsfelder, Sr
Adele Pipkin
New York
Heidingsfelder
Heidingfelder
Heidingsfelder Crotm
Dell
Charlie
Ventress Smith Buried In Rosehill Cemetery
In New Iberia Louisiana Ventress J Smith 55 prominent attorney and former state senator died in New Orleans after a ten day illness His interment at Rosehill cemetery followed fraternal ceremonies led by the Aurora lodge of Masons and New Iberia lodge of Elks He was exalted ruler of the Elks and a Knights Templar member
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New Iberia
Ventress J. Smith
New Orleans
Rosehill Cemetery
Aurora Lodge of Masons
New Iberia Lodge of Elks
Imperial Airways Plane Crash Kills Ten near Bruges
Fog from the coast blamed for the Imperial Airways London bound Apollo crash fourteen miles from Bruges. The flaming wreckage killed ten aboard including eight Britons. Five air station staff suffered facial burns while attempting rescue as victims charred beyond recognition.
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Brussels
Imperial Airways
Apollo
Bruge
Roosevelt Announces Return of State Bank Authority
President Roosevelt issues proclamation restoring full control of non Federal Reserve state banks to state authorities. Measures align with March proclamations and March order amid banking crisis. Treasury reports deposits and loans rising across national banks. deposit insurance to start Tuesday with $2500 guarantees.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve System
Sela
The
Treasury
Wasamun
Agtes
Poll tax receipts set new single day record at RAi Pace
Sheriff and tax collector officers reported a new all time high for poll tax receipts issued on Saturday. From early morning to 8 p.m. receipts reached 2 80 percent of county voters, surpassing the previous record of about 2 200. Total payments by Saturday night stood at 8 053 with potential for more before year end. taxes will continue to be collected despite the holiday.
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Sployes
Sheriff's Office
Agen Alin Y
Five Held Up Dyers Establishment In Barcelona Gun Battle
Five gangsters robbed a Barcelona dyers establishment tonight. A robber and a bystander were killed, a policeman wounded, and the remaining gang members逃 escaped with some money.
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Barcelona
Roosevelt Signs Code to Govern Big Retail Food and Grocery
New Orleans reports Mayor Walmsley of the Old Regulars claims Huey Long allies face political defeat. Walmsley says Senator Leone is out of executive authority and will soon be wiped from political life. He defends his administration and declines immediate candidacy in the January primary.
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Roosevelt
New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Jor Huey P. Long
Lowsians Democratic Association
Senetor Leones
Long Whe
Walmsley
Risnn
Walnaty
Washington
NRA
Fair Com
Farm Administration
Johnson
Atmore Nab Suspect in Double Slaying Case
Police in Atmore arrest a suspect in a deadly shooting that left 15 prisoners or inmates reportedly involved. Brown confirms arrests while investigators pursue other leads at the scene.
Ray Wynn Injured In Auto Crash At Jackson Street
Ray Wynn, traveling salesman living at 9099 Walnut Street, was severely injured Saturday night when his automobile struck a flat car on a Missouri Pacific freight train at Jackson Street. He suffered two broken ribs, cuts, and bruises and was taken to St Francis hospital, with expected short stay. Wynn said he did not see the train until within five or six feet and could not stop in time.
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Ray Wynn
Walnut Street
Missouri Pacifc
Jackson Street
Louisville Cooperage Company
St. Francis Sanitarium
Wynn
Serosa
Staggering Deficit Marks Long's 1933 Legacy in Louisiana
Review of Louisiana finances for 1933 under Huey P. Long highlights exposes of fiscal management. The piece argues Governor Allen’s role was largely reduced to signing documents while Long bears primary responsibility for the deficit. Continued on Eleventh Pages.
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Lauisiana
Huey P. Long
Ovear K. Allen
Senator Long
Louisiana
Allen
Highway administration tale of a gifted automobile
The account details a 600 car purchase charged to a state commission after the former purchasing agent died. A state university football player received the car as an unapproved gift under Senator Long. Chairman Tugwell wavered on payment, but the seller was paid. The pupil never worked for the state. It was a taxpayer funded gift without public consent.
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Highway Administration
Commission
State University
Senator Long
A. P. Tugwell
Suspect Arrested Here in Connection With Bank Robbery
Yeager 26, arrested in Memphis, is charged with robbery and related offenses tied to a 1933 bank note case. Police say he staged the robbery at a Lake Vye bank in Monroe incident, with Victim Tarver and others named in the investigation.
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Krai
Furst National Bank of
Lake Vye
Brown
Yeager
Tarver
Memphis
Rayville
Cloudy New Year Forecast For Northeast Louisiana
The Weather Bureau forecast mostly cloudy skies with possible local showers in the north and east of the state and colder air. Miss Kate Key noted Saturday’s high of 45 and low of 47 degrees as river level stood at 158 feet.
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Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Kate Key
Escape at Louisiana prison ends with jail break
Joiner escaped a Crockett jail cell using a nail file fashioned into a key. Deputies on duty saw him flee but could not stop him as he was upstairs. The file was found near his cell on a steel bed slat floor. He is one of 11 prisoners who killed three men during the Angola break on September 11.
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Joiner
Angola
Crockett
Popping of Corks Will Greet Orleans New Year
New Orleans expects legal liquor to ring in the new year with corks popping and firecrackers popping within legal limits. Tax on the fluid must be paid and firecrackers limited to five inches. Merchants forecast a brighter business year ahead as the city welcomes 193? with wine and dispensation.
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Orleans
New Orleans
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