Bank gang arrests sweep across New Jersey and Texas
Nine suspects held as authorities claim breakthroughs in a spate of bank robberies. In Pennsgrove N J two messengers were robbed of 130 000 in a bold daytime heist. John Newton identified near Austin Texas as a trio member with 7800 found on him. Police link 또 to Needham Wollaston and Camden cases.
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Associated Press
Pennsgrove
N. J
Austin
Texas
Coleman National Bank
John Newton
Pennsgrove National Bank and Trust Company
Camden
John Farley
New York
Boston
John H. Carroll
James F. Curran
Needham
Wollaston
Mass
Quincy
Carroll
Chickasha
Okla
D. C
Cotton Prices Rise to New Highs for Year
New Orleans February 3 cotton futures surged to fresh yearly highs as optimism over early passage of a Bankhead bill curtailing 1934 ginnings supported demand. May 11.75 July 11.91 Oct 12.09 Dec 12.23 cents, with most contracts closing at the day’s top. Spot middling at 11.73 cents with a gain of 85 cents per bale.
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New Orleans
Sterling Exchange
Workman Heads to Mississippi for Officers Council
Captain W L Workman of the Salvation Army will travel to Meridian Mississippi for a two day officers council. Upon return he will bring back Capt Edna Cooper from Birmingham to Monroe to assist in civic work and revival plans. He will operate from 403 Linderman Avenue in West Monroe which is to open soon.
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W. L. Workman
Salvation Army
Meridian
Miss
Monroe
Edna Cooper
Birmingham
Ala
Captain Workman
Linderman Avenue
West Monroe
New CWA Project Approved in Ouachita Parish
A CWA directed survey will collect data on employment and payroll for Ouachita parish. Ned P. Folse leads the effort with no additional staff. Similar parish surveys will follow in Orleans East Baton Rouge Rapides and Caddo.
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CWA
Ouachita Parish
S. M Collins
Ned P. Folse
Louisiana
Orleans
East Baton Rouge
Rapides and
Caddo
Future humans imagined by Professor Papp draw derisive glare
In a speculative piece, Professor Papp outlines a future human race with drastic changes—tall hairless bodies, narrowed lips, X ray eyes, and brainy electromagnetic abilities. Critics like Israel Zangwill scoff at the vision, arguing nature tends to improve rather than uglify. Continued on Seventh Page.
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Professor Papp
Israel Zangwill
Papp
French cabinet split wide open over Chiappe ouster
Premier Daladier faces a split as three ministers resign over the dismissal of Paris police prefect Jean Chiappe amid the Stavisky scandal. The walkouts followed turmoil after Daladier blocked Bonnefoy Sibour’s appointment and moved against Chiappe.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Jean Chiappe
Stavisky
Jean Fabry
Francois Pietri
Gustav Doussain
Bonnefoy Sibour
Chiappe
Bandits eye six Florida banks in loot plan
Police inspector Frank Mitchell said six Florida banks were targeted by a band of Oklahoma penitentiary fugitives arrested in Florida. He cited letters found in Tallahassee detailing plans for the Lewis State and Capital City banks in Tallahassee, Farmers and Merchants in Monticello, First National in Coral Gables, Little River Bank and Trust in Miami, and First Hollywood Bank in Hollywood. Arrests of two bandits near Tallahassee interrupted the operation.
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Miami
Fla
Frank Mitchell
Florida
Oklahoma
Tallahassee
Mitchell
E Banks
Lewis State
Farmers and Merchants
Monticello
First National Bank
Coral Gables
Little River Bank and Trust Company
First Hollywood Bank
Hollywood
Whitey” Walker
Ray Johnson
Capital City Bank
New Camp Fire Group Organized in City
The Conore Camp Fire girls group forms at Georgia Tucker School with 14 members. Each member pays annual dues and works on head bands reflecting personal ideals through Indian symbols. Hikes and nature study are planned. Miss May Lieber serves as guardian of the group.
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Georgia Tucker School
May Lieber
Garton Freed of Lynch Murder Charge in Missouri
Walter Garton a cook was found not guilty by a Buchanan county jury of first degree murder in the lynching of Lloyd Warner a black man on November 28. The verdict came after about an hour of deliberation and was the first ballot acquittal. He remains jailed on a charge of malicious destruction of property with bond set at 1000 dollars.
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ST. Joseph
Walter Garton
Cook
Buchanan County
Lloyd Warner
Garton
Jury Completes Its Day as Dr Dean Murder Trial Opens
In Greenwood Mississippi the murder case against Dr Sarah Ruth Dean opened with a physician witness detailing Dr John Preston Kennedy s 10 day illness before his death from poisoning. The jury was completed and cross examination postponed to Monday as the state presented testimony from August Thalheimer.
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Kennedy
Dean
Thalheimer
S. F. Davis
A. F. Gardner
Gardner
Gold Flows To U S As Markets Rally In First Gold Dollar Week
New York reports end of first week with bond prices at highs since 1931 and stock gains. Foreign exchange remains volatile as European funds shift. dollar nears gold parities abroad while British pounds and French francs rally.
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New York
France
London
Europe
Bremen
Southampton
England
Federal Savings Group Is Formed In Monroe
The First Federal Savings and Loan association of Monroe announces the completion of its organization under the federal home loan bank system. Officers are Clyde R. Brown president T. O. Bancroft vice president J. W. Kilbourne secretary treasurer with directors G. B. Cooley Paul Fudickar M. C. McDonald W. W. Kellogg S. J. Rogers Joe E. Marx W. B. Inabnet W. D. H. Rodriguez and H. K. Touchstone.
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First Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Monroe
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Clyde R. Brown
T. O. Bancroft
J. W. Kilbourne
G. B. Cooley
Paul Fudickar
M. C. McDonald
W. W. Kellogg
S. J. Rogers
Joe E. Marx
W. B. Inabnet
W. D. H. Rodriguez
H. K. Touchstone
New Money Hurts Americans Abroad
London report notes a sixty cent dollar strike at workers overseas as American government employees face pay payments at the ruling exchange rate instead of the former par $4.86 per pound. From Paris and the French capital came word the devalued dollar pushes travelers toward home as hopes for dollar recovery fade.
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London
Europe
Shooting Begins Again in Havana Streets
Havana reports brief clashes as police and soldiers disperse student demonstrators with gunfire in the afternoon. No deaths. injuries include a student losing a leg from a shell and an officer foot wound. Widespread outages hit interior Cuba as strikes threaten the Mendieta government.
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Havana
Ignacion Martinez
Cuba
Mendieta
Montague Glass Dies Noted Author Playwright at 56
Montague Glass the author of Potash and Perlmutter died at his Westport Connecticut summer home at 5 p.m. after a cerebral hemorrhage. He left the legal profession over a generation ago to focus on literature and was 56 years old. His wife Caroline Patterson of Port Jervis New York was at his bedside.
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Westport
Conn
Montague Glass
Caroline Patterson
Port Jervis
N. Y
New Orleans Men Held on Bond Conspiracy Charge
Three New Orleans residents Frank Dusenbury R. T. Burkes and W. A. Moebius were arrested by postal inspectors in New Orleans and charged before U S Commissioner R H Carter Jr with conspiring to negotiate 20000 worth of bonds stolen in a New York mail robbery on November 16 1933. They are jailed in default of 5000 bonds each. Francis E Griffith had been previously arrested but released on bond in the same case.
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New Orleans
United States
R. H. Carter, Jr
New York
Frank Dusenbury
R. T. Burkes
W. A. Moebius
Francis E. Griffith
Missing airmail papers irk Senate committee
Washington February 3 The missing airmail papers story provokes Senate investigators as William P MacCracken faces a Monday appearance over his refusal to surrender correspondence on airmail contracts. Witnesses L H Brittin and Gilbert Given testified they removed or destroyed files with MacCracken present and an arrest has been made under a Senate mandate.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Senate
William P. MacCracken
Herbert Hoover
Treasury
L. H. Brittin
Northwest Airways
Gilbert Given
Transcontinental and
Western Air
MacCracken
Brittin
Chesley Jurney
Fay Webb Vallee Suit Reinstated In Split US Case
New York February 3 Supreme Court Justice Richard P Lydon reinstated Fay Webb Vallee's suit to bar Rudy Vallee from seeking divorce in Mexico Justice Lydon rebuked counsel Benjamin A Hartstein for causing an order on January 22 to be signed without noting the California maintenance claim of 7400 a month and Vallee's pending motion to restrain her California suit.
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New York
Supreme Court
Richard P. Lydon
Fay Webb Vallee
Rudy Vallee
Mexico
Lydon
Vallee
California
Supervisor's Office At Center Of Reform Critics Critique
The Louisiana Tax Reform commission faced sharp critique as the office of supervisor of public accounts, headed by Alice Lee Grosjean, became the focal point. The commission favored abolishing the office and splitting duties with the state auditor and treasurer. Despite calls for retrenchment, Grosjean’s department shows 1933 costs of 413000 plus, with payroll and expenses rising over five years.
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United States
Louisiana
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Alice Lee Grosjean
Long
Commission
Tax Reform Commission
Public Be Hanged Dispute Over Tax Trove and Oversight
The document alleges a $322 382 89 rise in five years and accuses the supervisor’s office of law disregard and public-opinion defiance. It cites tobacco tax Act 1932 limits, misappropriations by Miss Grosjean in 1933, and overdrawn sums for gasoline and electric power tax collection.
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W. N. McFarland
Watched Congress Open Sparks Rambling Trip Across Cities
Rogers says he left Washington after noon and rode through Chicago Salt Lake City and Los Angeles on a rambling trip. He mentions blind flying due to snow and cites front pages showing Sankey and Dillinger as big criminals getting publicity.
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Chicago
Congress
Washington
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Sankey
Dillinger
Shaughnessy Dies in Colorado. Missouri Pacific Man
F X Shaughnessy 58 longtime Missouri Pacific railroad employee and Monroe civic figure died in a Colorado Springs hospital. His wife, who traveled there weeks ago, reached his bedside just before death. Body to return to Monroe Monday escorted by his wife for mass at St Matthew's Church and Catholic cemetery burial. He was born in Parsons Kansas and began railroad work early in life.
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F. X. Shaughnessy
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Monroe
Colorado Springs
Colo
Two Women Freed From Ouachita Parish Jail
Shir ley Scroggs aged 18 and Mrs. J H Powell aged 20 were released after portions of unserved sentences were suspended. Scroggs received 90 days for automobile theft after incarceration on November 26 and sentencing January 25. Powell received 60 days for assisting a husband’s escape from the parish road camp after incarceration starting December 26.
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Ouachita Parish
Parish Road
Shirley Scroggs
J. H. Powell
Ollie Mae Powell
Last of Sioux Medicine Men Dies in Dakota
Fort Yates North Dakota February 3 No Heart the last of the Sioux medicine men and successor to Sitting Bull and other counsellors of the Sioux nation is dead at age 92. Born north of the Platte in 1843 during John Tyler’s presidency he boasted he could wear two scarlet eagle feathers upright on his head, insignia of his wounds in battle.
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Fort Yates
N. D
No Heart
Sitting Bull
Platte River
John Tyler
United States
Mercury Rises in City After Coldest Period
Tuesday morning reached 21 degrees marking the coldest stretch of winter while four days later temperatures rose to 76 degrees. Saturday's low was 41 degrees noted by Miss Katie Key, the official weather observer.
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Katie Key
Sapulpa Clash Claims Four Lives Prompt Guard Callup
In Sapulpa Oklahoma a farm home raid ends in the deaths of two police officers and two outlaws. Governor Murray orders 25 national guardsmen from Tulsa to standby and to report to Sapulpa by truck as crowds gather and Sheriff Willis Strange reports the area is volatile. Aiding officers, Lee Davis the farmer is arrested and other suspects are sought.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Tulsa National Guardsmen
W. H. Murray
National Guardsmen
Tulsa
Lee Snider
Willis Strange
Creek Comery
Lee Davis
Tom Brumley
Aussie Elliott
C. P. Lloyd
Raymond Moore
Elliott
Eldon Wilson
Davis
Murray
Charles F. Barrett
Strange
Barrett
James A. Bell
180Th Infantry
Production credit associations ready for farmer loans
New Orleans announces 30 production credit associations across Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama will accept farmer loan applications next week. Hearin says lending capacity is virtually unlimited with short term credit. New Orleans office will serve numerous parishes including Pointe Coupee West Baton Rouge Iberville Iberia St. Mary and more. Other Louisiana offices are in Shreveport Arcadia Rayville Baton Rouge Jennings Opelousas Alexandria and Natchitoches.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Jesse B. Hearin
Production Credit Corporation of
Pointe Coupee
West Baton Rouge
Iberville
Iberia
St. Mary
Tries to Kill Himself After His Brother Dies
Grief stricken over the death of his older brother Albert Scallion 18 son of Otis and Mrs Scallion tenant farmers near Ringgold attempted to end his life by a shotgun blast to the chest. He was taken to Charity hospital Shreveport where doctors said the charge penetrated his left lung and nearly struck the heart. Condition listed as critical.
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Shreveport
Albert Scallion
Otis Scallion
Ringgold
Young Scallion
Charity Hospital
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New Jersey
Workman
Canada
Bayonne
DR. Dean
Greenwood, Miss
Sarah Ruth Dean
J. P. Kennedy
U. S
Federal Savings Group
New Loan Association
Rogers
Wye Fayert
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Colorado
Dakota
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