Widow testifies to affair in Dr Dean murder trial
Mrs. Bessie Barry Kennedy told the court that Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean carried on an affair with her husband Dr. John Preston Kennedy before their divorce in 1933. She described discovering letters from Dr Dean and testified about the marriage and family details as the trial continued in Greenwood Mississippi.
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Greenwood
Miss
Bessie Barry Kennedy
Sarah Ruth Dean
John Preston Kennedy
Kennedys
Dean
Kennedy
Dr. Dean
Preston
Means Johnston
Henry Kennedy
Pretty Boy Floyd Gangster Shot in Arkansas
Clifford Harback, linked to Charles Pretty Boy Floyd's gang, is in critical condition after gunshot wounds in a Hot Springs rooming house. His companion Mrs. Thomas Orvelle Tackett, 26, is being sought. Harback had escaped Paris jail while awaiting trial for the Dolph Guthrie holdup. Detective Chief Akers moved him to the county jail in Little Rock for safekeeping amid reports Floyd was in Hot Springs.
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Little Rock
Ark
Clifford Harback
Hot Springs
Charles
Pretty Boy
Herbert Akers
Harback
Floyd
Akers
Glenwood
Tackett
Arkansas State Farm For
Autos Damaged in Saturday Collision at City Intersection
Minor bruises reported for two occupants after a Saturday morning crash at Alexander Avenue and Third Streets. Mrs. Walter Coopey of Charleston West Virginia drove one car with three women aboard. Leo Allen, driver for Edgar Florsheim, led the other vehicle with Mr. Florsheim and passengers.
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Alexander Avenue
Third Streets
Walter Coopey
Charleston
W. Va
Leo Allen
Edgar Florsheim
Florsheim
Ralph L. Dodge
S. T. Preston
N. W. Turner
Judge Schulze Honored by Louisiana City Judges
Judge Charles Schulze longtime Monroe city judge and superintendent of the Louisiana Training Institute was elected a life member of the Louisiana City Judges Association at the Alexandria convention. A telegram notifying the honor arrived in Monroe Saturday morning.
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Charles Schulze
Louisiana Training Institute
Monroe
Louisiana City Judges’ Association
Alexandria
Editor Arnfast's Death Sends Shock Through Copenhagen
The Copenhagen AarhuSposten editor C A Arnfast writes privately of his own death by action and notes the paper will learn of it posthumously. Meanwhile Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss claims Austrians are natural Germans, defending Vienna as the last stand of Germanic culture amid labor unrest and Hitler’s rise.
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C. A. Arnfast
Copenhagen
AarhuSposten
Arnfast
Dollfuss
Austria
France
England
Italy
Hitler
Vienna
Two More Die In Pan American Air Meet
At the Pan-American air meet in New Orleans a parachute jumper Ben Grew and his pilot Charles Kenny were killed when Grew’s parachute caught the tail of their plane. The plane nose dived into Lake Pontchartrain after Grew bailed out at 2000 feet and the chute tangled in the tail. The body was rescued seconds after the crash by a coast guard cutter.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Ben Grew
Chicago
Charles N. Kenny
Zanesville
Ohio
Grew
Coast Guard
Cox Admits He Tore Down Sign Near West Monroe Bridge
Rev. F L Cox a state employee says in The Public Forum he tore down the sign set up by burlesquers at the West Monroe approach to the unfinished traffic bridge. He explains the act occurred within 15 minutes after the performances ended not after dark as reported. Cox, formerly a game warden, is now a health department inspector and once announced a Senate candidacy against Broussard and Overton.
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Public Forum
F. L. Cox
West Monroe
Cox
State Health Department
The
Conservation Service
United States
Edwin S. Broussard
John Overton
Clarkson And Feazel Return From Orleans
A B Clarkson of Monroe and W C Feazel NRA director for northeast Louisiana returned from New Orleans where they entered an application for a CWA grant of 38000 for a recreation building in Monroe. Chief State Engineer Gallagher promised careful consideration and urged civic groups to back the plan with modest local funding.
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A. B. Clarkson
Monroe
National Playground Association
W. C. Feazel
NRA
Louisiana
New Orleans
CWA
Gallagher
West Monroe
Clarkson
Ambulance Hits Car Injures Woman In West Monroe
An ambulance from Peters Funeral Home and a car collided at Cypress and Natchitoches streets in West Monroe shortly after 4 PM. Miss Bertha Maude Sanaren of ElTRado Arkansas suffered a skull fracture and other injuries. Ernest Brookings of El Dorado also injured. Both were rushed to St Francis hospital.
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Peters Funeral Home
Cypress
Natchitoches
West Monroe
Bertha Maude Sanaren
el Trado
Ark
Ernest Brookings
el Dorado
St. Francis Sanitarium
Miss Sanaren
Brookings
Natchitoches Street
Cypress Street
James Young
Brown Paper Mill
Young
J. C. Cobb
Quarantine Lifted Then Reimposed at Arkansas Prison Camp
Discovery of a new meningitis case at prison camp No 2 led state health officials to reestablish a quarantine for 213 inmates. Herschel Pearson, 21, who was jailed for burglary and grand larceny in Montgomery county, showed spinal fluid tests positive for the disease. Officials fear he may have carried the germ to the prison, where the farm outbreak had previously been stamped out.
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Tucker Prison
Ark
W. B. Grayson
Herschel Pearson
Pearson
Montgomery County
Grayson
Man Arrested Here Is Taken To Mississippi
P. D. McDaniel, arrest ed here days ago by police on a charge of stealing a car from Pike county Mississippi, was sent back to Magnolia Mississippi Saturday by Sheriff D R Statham to await trial. The Ford V 8 coupe was recovered here. Police found on McDaniel a sabre with a 15 inch blade a Mexican stiletto six inch blade two old razors and a large amount of new clothing including suits underwear shirts and neckties.
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P. D. McDaniel
Pike County
Miss
Magnolia
D. R. Statham
McDaniel
Monroe Firm Seeks Dismissal of Chamber Suit
Examiner W M Cheseldine proposed the interstate commerce commission dismiss the complaint filed by the Shreveport chamber of commerce for Monroe Pipe and Supply because the formal filing occurred after the statutory period expired. The complaint sought reparations on carloads of wrought iron shipped from Beaumont Texas to Monroe.
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Washington
W. M. Cheseldine
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shreveport
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Pipe and Supply Company
Beaumont
Texas
Monroe
King Albert I of Belgium Dies in Mountain Accident
King Albert I of Belgium, age 58, was killed in a mountaineering accident near Namur while climbing Rocher de Marches des Dames. His body was recovered after an overnight search. his death ends a noted reign marked by daring climbs and active political influence.
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Brussels
Belgium
Albert I
Rocher de Marches Des Dames
Namur
First Federal Savings and Loan opens Monday in Bastrop area
The opening marks a federally chartered thrift institution in Monroe serving Ouachita and Morehouse parishes. Attorney Clyde Brown notes it is privately owned and managed, offering loans and stock not required for borrowers. Officials expect strong demand as stock and loan applications exceed opening capacity.
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Federal Savings and Loan Association of Monroe
Ouachita Abstract Company
South Grand Street
Monroe
Clyde Brown
Federal and Loan Association
Congress
Economy cuts comfort for Congress as restaurant turns profit
Washington February 11 the economy wave has trimmed many small government buys for congressmen. The House restaurant, once in deficit since 1921, shows a profit from April 15 1933 to today due to careful purchasing and new manager Patrick Henry Johnson. Debate continues on remaining perks and Senate borrowing plans.
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Washington
House
Accounts Committee
Federal Treasury
Warren
North Carolina
Patrick Henry Johnson
Patego
N. C
Senate
Johnson
Old Crime Cleared Up by Confession in Texas
Grady Jiggs Warren confessed to kidnapping and shooting banker R W Hanks of Redwater Texas, solving a more than three year old case. He implicated two other men now in Bowie County custody. Ashley Williams of Redwater is named as the gunman. Warren, 30, had been sentenced to death in a separate Tyler case.
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Texarkana
Texas
Grady “Jiggs
Warren
R. W. Hanks
Redwater
Tyler
Bowie County
Ashley Williams
Hanks
Williams
Gas Pipeline Project Underway Near New Iberia
A 150 man crew began laying 10 miles of natural gas pipeline from the main line south of New Iberia to the Jefferson Lake Oil Company’s sulphur mine on Jefferson Island. The work is expected to be finished within 60 days.
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New Iberia
United Gas Public Service Company
Jefferson Lake Oil Company
Jefferson Island
Highway Payroll in Louisiana Remains Formidable Despite Cuts
The Louisiana highway commission payroll, while leaner than past years, still totals substantial sums. December 1933 payroll shows over 127000 in checks annually approaching 1.5 million dollars, with prior peaks of 6 million yearly in 1932 and 7.2 million in early 1932, illustrating how political spending persists alongside reduced engineering work.
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Louisiana Highway Commission
Senator Long
Payne
Huey Long Attack on Viosca Nomination Over Toll Bridge Plot
The piece recounts accusations that Huey Long plotted with Senator John Overton to push seven toll bridges in Louisiana with contractor aid, claiming large fees and political maneuvers. It details alleged payments, resignations, and the Robineers, amid Long’s 1928 free bridges platform.
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Huey P. Long
Rene Viosca
Louisiana
Kingfish
John Overton
Overton
Nashville Bridge Company
Long
Highway Commission
Oscar K. Allen
United States
Dudley L. Guilbeau
Opelousas
Allen
Williams
New Orleans
Governor Long
J. L. Anderson
The
Anderson
Senator Long
Rogers Has His Say on Mail and Education Costs
In Santa Barbara, a speaker lists mail content in a satire on national habits. He claims 20 percent are chain letters, 40 percent request autographs, 10 percent are congressional records or pamphlets, 10 percent are unpaid bills, and another 10 percent are newspapers sent elsewhere.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
President Okhed Cottom Measure Endorsed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt endorsed compulsory control of cotton production in letters to House and Senate agriculture chairs. He supported Bankhead bills to limit 1934 cotton market to 9.5 million bales via federal taxation, signaling possible broader crop compulsion if cotton succeeds.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
Smith
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
Nine Die In New York Tenement Fire
A five story east side tenement fire killed nine in a single family and four others, with over twenty tenants rescued by firemen. A tenth suspected fatality, Frank Oddo 17, died later in an uptown garage fire. Samuel Spellman 44 his wife and three children perished, along with Mrs. Giovannia Terrenella age 52 and two of her children. an unidentified girl also among the dead.
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New York
Frank Oddo
Samuel Spellman
Giovannia Terrenella
Terenella
Overton's Daughter Reported Recovering From Surgery
Washington February 17 Miss Mary Elizabeth Overton daughter of Senator John H. Overton Alexandria Louisiana was reported rapidly recovering from an appendicitis operation performed last Tuesday at Garfield Memorial Hospital. The family resides on Sixteenth Street Northwest Other Overton children Katherine Ruth and John H Overton Jr also in Washington هن
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Washington
Mary Elizabeth Overton
John H. Overton
Alexandria
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Sixteenth Street
N. W
Katherine
Ruth Overton
John H. Overton, Jr
War Prophecies Circulate From Madrid Newspapers
Madrid reports the Socialist daily Socialista prophesies a European war would follow if the Socialists lose in Austria. Another paper Liberal contends Dollfuss cannon destroyed European peace and possibly world peace, urging immediate League of Nations intervention.
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Madrid
Socialista Today
Austria
Liberal
Dollfuss
League of Nations
France Refuses Talks on Arms as Hitler Moves Stir Europe
Britain Italy and France issue a joint demand to preserve Austria's independence amid German rearmament pressures. Berlin calls Austrian independence a matter of course while Dollfuss denounces Socialist threats. British ministers indicate arms buildup if disarmament talks fail as unrest grows in Austria.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
Italy
France
Germany
Austria
League of Nations
Berlin
Dollfuss
Vienna
Hitler
Britain
Europe
Warsaw
Army fliers prepare to take over air mail service
The air force strategists plan to assume control of mail flight as an army project. Three divisions issue orders to pilots and crews while olive drab planes gather at multiple airports. Chicago serves as a central hub with Illinois Guard hangars evacuated and Lt Col Horace Hickam moving in to coordinate.
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Chicago
America
Army of the Air
Air Mail
Illinois National Guard
Horace M. Hickam
S. L. Meek Added To Monroe Police Force
S L Meek a former railroad special officer has joined the Monroe police force replacing one of two officers released February 1. Police Superintendent L V Tarver said Meek brings peace officer and railroad office experience and has lived in Monroe six or seven years.
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S. L. Meek
Monroe
L. V. Tarver
Meek
Tarver
Code Signed By President Affects Country Newspapers
The weekly newspaper code, impacting country papers and job printing offices nationwide, was signed by the president on Saturday. Isaac Chapman of Bastrop, secretary of the Louisiana Press Association, welcomed the news in the city. The code will be discussed at the North Louisiana press meeting in Columbia next Saturday.
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Washington
Isaac Chapman
Bastrop
Louisiana Press Association
North Louisiana
Columbia
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Riley J. Wilson
Morehouse Parish
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Bastrop Lumber and Supply Company
Bastrop Hardware and Furniture Company
R. L. Thomas Hardware Company
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