Three powers align to confront German rearmament
Paris reports a three nation front led by the United States, Great Britain, and France forms to challenge Germany at the Geneva disarmament conference. France fears Hitler will rearm quietly, and notes Germany's factories already build tanks, guns, and planes. American diplomat Norman H. Davis urged a mild Reichstag reply to keep diplomatic bridges open.
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United States
Britain
France
Germany
Geneva
Paris
Great Britain
Hitler
Reichstag
Kesman
Norman H. Davis
Joseph Paul Boncour
Toe
Isle of
Elba
Mr. Davis
M. Paul Borncour
Twelve Die in Dixie Mishaps in Weekend Accidents
A dozen people were killed across the South from May 15 in automobile, drowning, train, and motorcycle incidents. Georgia residents include minister Elsie Squires and students Julius Tripp and Eugene Honea. Other fatalities cited occur in Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Kentucky.
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Atlanta
South
Georgia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
Kentucky
Elsie Squires
Moultrie
Julius Tripp
University of Georgia
Athens
Eugene Honea
Chattahoochee
Gainesville
William Shepnerd
Milledgeville
Chattanooga
Tenn
Willie Keeler
Newport
Mra
Lillie George
Nashville
Arthur Mellen
Mississippi Stateiversity
State College
Miss
James Miller
Luxapalia
Howard Pennington
Calumet Farms
Farris Norman
Orlando
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
St. Petersburg
Rambling Notes On Slots Tornado News And Local Gags
A downtown cafe scene notes a sly slot machine thief who netted over one hundred dollars as eight six nickels go missing and a nickel shower follows each spin. Reports say a recent north Louisiana tornado caused widespread damage, including to St Francis sanitarium and the old city high school roofs. Local quirks include Henry Gibbs with a ready hammer, a Shanty nickname for a performer, and jokes about Neville high school seniors staging a May 19 production. Ed Greenblatt leaves Saenger for Strand in New Orleans, while Ouachita junior college history teacher W R Hammond is spotted mowing a greensward by moonlight.
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Louisiana
Old City High School
Henry Gibbs
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mike Stevenson
Washington Street
New Orleans
Ed Greenblatt
Saenger
Monroe
Strand Theater
Crescent City
W. R. Hammond
Ouachita Junior College
Chinese Are Determined To Die Defending Peiping
Reports from Yenlo North China May 15 describe a decimated Chinese regiment holding firm against a Japanese assault near Peiping. Nanking Regulars trench behind barbed wire with secondary lines and machine gun nests as civilian refugees flee southward. The Japanese press forward slowly amid frequent bombing and advancing artillery.
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Herbert R. Eking
United Press
Yenlo
North China
Peiping
Nanking
Ernest Torrence Dies in Gotham at 54
Veteran screen actor Ernest Torrence died at Lenox Hill hospital after gall bladder surgery. The tall Scotsman, famous for Tol’able David and The Covered Wagon, once sang opera and played piano before turning to film and stage. He was 54, survived by wife Ilse Reamer and son Ernest Jr. and brothers.
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New York
Ernest Torrence
Lenox Hill Hospital
Ilse Reamer
Ernest, Jr
Trial of Cannon now seems sure
District of Columbia circuit court of appeals ruled the indictment against Bishop Janes Cannon Jr for violation of the 1928 corrupt practices act is valid. The ruling also upheld charges against his former secretary Miss Ada Burroughs, reversing a district court demurrer and sustaining jurisdiction.
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Washington
Janes Cannon, Jr
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Ada Burroughs
Bishop Cannon
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Supreme Court
District Supreme Court
Chicago gunman found slain in parked auto
Chicago May 15, Public Enemy Rocco Belcastro 25, described by police as burglar liquor dealer terrorist and circus gang member, was found shot dead in a parked automobile. His body bound with crothestine and wrapped in a burlap bag and blanket. He carried a loaded pistol with six notches. Police said he was paraded in a detective bureau showup with other robbery suspects but not identified. Blood on the running board suggested the killing occurred elsewhere and the body placed in the car.
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Chicago
Rocco Belcastro
Circus
Belcastro
Million Dollar Cache Enters In Murder Mystery
New York police uncover a million dollar cash cache linked to Edward Ridley and secretary Lee Weinstein. Detectives raid Broadway bank vaults and diaries reveal debtors as possible suspects. Investigators seek Ridley funds in other banks and ask Virginia police to check Weinstein connections.
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New York
Edward Ridley
Broadway
Ridley
Lee Weinstein
Weinstein
Herman Moench
Norfolk
Richmond
Virginia
Happy Kitchen Opens At Paramount Theater
Tomorrow at 2 PM the Paramount Theater hosts the Happy Kitchen cooking school opening in Monroe. Mrs. Kate Stafford, famed kitchen economy expert, will conduct demonstrations sponsored by the Monroe News-Star World with local merchants assisting. The school aims to show how modern kitchens can be happier and more efficient.
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Paramount Theater
Ouachita Parish
Happy Kitchen
Monroe News-Star and World
Kate Stafford
Monroe
United States
Stafford
Roosevelt to discuss re employment tax plan at White House
Washington May 15 Congress leaders were summoned to a White House conference to review a proposed re employment or sales tax to fund a vast public works program. President Roosevelt would decide if recommending a general industry tax of about one percent is feasible. Attendees included Speaker Rainey Senator Robinson Rep Burns Chairman Doughton Senator Harrison Rep Ragan and Rep Vinson among others.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Rainey
Robinson
Arkansas
Burns
Tennessee
Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Ragan
Vinson
Kentucky
Detective Slays Man In Seeking to Make Arrest
New Orleans on May 15. Detective William Grosch said George Roesch Jr. 23 was killed after Roesch allegedly moved to draw a revolver while officers pursued three men linked to a filling station holdup. Grosch fired during the pursuit late Sunday night, and one suspect, Joseph Fuge, 25, surrendered to police.
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New Orleans
George Roesch, Jr
William Grosch
Roesch
Grosch
Man Known as Whitey Rogers Faces Life Trial
Sarasota Florida May 15 Martin F Jarvis alias Whitey Rogers held on bank robbery term in Louisiana ordered to trial for his life for the murder of two women on March 14.
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Sarasota
Fla
Martin F. Jarvis
Whitey” Rogers
Louisiana
Charles H Myers Falls From Monroe Bridge to Death
Charles H Myers of 806 North Fourth street West Monroe was found dead in underbrush along the Quachita river about 16 miles south of Monroe. Officials concluded an accidental fall from the Illinois Central railroad bridge caused his death with two head wounds noted. murder theory dismissed. A letter from Tallulah dated April 21 was found in his pocket.
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Charles H. Myers
North Fourth Street
West Monroe
Quachita River
Monroe
Bosco
Milton Coverdale
C. L. Mengis
Parish
Myers
Illinois Central Railroad
C. H
Bonus Veterans Hold Convention at Fort Hunt Camp
In Washington on May 15 1933 a smaller Bonus Army met at Fort Hunt Virginia to organize a convention for cash payment demands. About 1200 ex soldiers formed the camp of 860 tents with 700 empty, as leaders from the original group tried to reconcile factions including 209 men led by Mike Thomas of Camden New Jersey who stayed apart over alleged communist links.
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Washington
Fort Hunt
Virginia
Mike Thomas
Camden
N. J
Veterans National Biar
Rogers Has His Say About Rockefeller and Art
Santa Monica May 14 A columnist notes a public argument between a young Rockefeller and a Mexican artist. The piece humorously recalls an art sale with propaganda and a plain ham sandwich garnished with onions. The writer sides with Rockefeller on matters of art and inflation.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Young Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Beauty winner tops class rank at Colorado college
Lillian Walberg, a Colorado college sophomore and winner of the school's annual beauty contest, also leads her class in scholastic standing for the year. Associated Press Photo.
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Lillian Walberg
Colorado College
Associated Press
Mississippi Flood Closes Roads and Dredges Deep Rise
Anxious observers watched the Mississippi and tributaries swell across Missouri and southern Illinois. Rivers like the St Francis and Black overflowed farms for the third time this year while rail tracks and highways were washed out. Levees in Dunklin county and along the St Francis remain unrepaired, and fears of a general overflows extend to the Wisconsin watershed near Mount Carmel.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River
Missouri
Illinois
St. Francis
Poplar Bluff
Missouri Pacific
San Francisco
Dunklin County
St. Francis River
Arkansas
Ilinnis
Hlinois
Franklin
Stranger Sought in Kidnap Threat at Baptist Home
In Jackson Mississippi a mystery stranger is sought after a crude note threatened kidnapping of a nameless two month old baby at the Baptist home for children. The infant was found two months ago on the steps of the Baptist church in Durant. Police questioned a man seen near the orphanage who gave evasive answers. guards patrol the orphanage as investigators pursue leads.
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Baptist Church
Durant
Auditor Allows Postponement Of State Tax Sales In La
State Auditor L B Baynard with Gov Oscar K Allen approval postpones advertisement and sale of 1932 unpaid state taxes indefinitely to give property owners more time to pay using this year s crops. No postponement of tax collections. sales likely delayed to fall as crop prices rise.
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Baton Rouge
L. B. Baynard
Oscar K. Allen
Baynard
Muscle Shoals Bill Postponed by Senate Leader McNary
Washington May 15 Immediate consideration of the Muscle Shoals Tennessee valley development bill conference report was blocked in the senate by Republican Leader McNary. The objection postponed action for a day as senators wanted time to study the agreement. Chairman Smith said the subject had been discussed many times and could be disposed of before Judge Harold Loucerback’s California trial begins. House conferees reported that the project’s success depends more on the board’s ability than on legislative provisions, and the agreement signed by Moe Swain and Hill awaits house consideration Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
Smith
Agriculture Committees
Harold Loucerback
California
House
Tennes Valley
Moe Swain
Representative Hill
Alabama
McSwain
Hill
Tennessee Valley Authority
Furniture and lumber sought to aid storm victims
Red Cross disaster chief George Meyer urged Monroe to collect household furniture and lumber to rebuild homes destroyed by the recent cyclone in Minden and Arcadia. The Ouachita Red Cross chapter pledged help, with 150 Monroe Boy Scouts canvassing districts to gather donations and arrange truck transport to Arcadia and Minden.
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Minden
Arcadia
George Meyer
Red Cross
Meyer
Monroe
Ouachita
Louisiana
A. E. Montgomery
Quachita
State Highway Department
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