Republicans and Democrats Claim Victory Tuesday
In a high tension pre election clash both party leaders projected gains and retained seats. Farley forecast Senate gains and House retention while Fletcher predicted larger GOP gains including governors in normally Democratic states. Senator Lewis anticipated a two thirds Senate majority for Democrats with Copeland and Lehman votes.
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Washington
Senate
James A. Farley
Henry P. Fletcher
House
Farley
Fletcher
James Hamilton Lewis
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Copeland
Lehman
White House
Maryland
West Virginia
Missouri
New Jersey
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Vermont
Wyoming
Nevada
Indictment of Kansas City Police Leaders in Union Station Slayings
Former Kansas City police chief Eu gene Reppert and two aides, Thomas Higgins and George Raven, were indicted for perjury before a federal grand jury probing the Union Station killings of four officers and their prisoner. Adam Richetti, linked to the slayings, was being transported to appear before the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Eugene C. Reppert
Union Station
Reppert
Thomas J. Higgins
George Raven
Police
Motor Car Theft Bureau
Adam Richetti
Ohio
Mary Pickford Denies Reconciliation With Fairbanks
Chicago reports say Mary Pickford denied admitting a reconciliation with Douglas Fairbanks after breakfast gossip. She stated clearly that the answer is no and it isn’t so, adding she would discuss anything except her domestic affairs.
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Chicago
Mary Pickford
West
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary
Miss Pickford
Brisbane Opinion Column Reflects 1934 Public Values
Arthur Brisbane delivers a 1934 syndicated column assessing current events, public sentiment, and political dynamics with his characteristic concise, opinionated voice. The piece blends social commentary with observations on national issues and media influence.
Lackawanna Railroad Tale: Old Indian Trail Becomes Route
The piece describes the Lackawanna road as a historic path from New York to Buffalo, following ancient moccasin trails cut by running Indians. It highlights scenic Delaware Water Gap and seasonal colors, noting engineers found the shortest line by tracing that old Indian route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna Railroad
Delaware Water Gap
Lackawanna
New York
Buffalo
Layton Appeal Argued in Louisiana Supreme Court
The appeal involves Carley Layton, 24, from near Oak Grove, seeking a new trial after a death sentence for the fatal stabbing of Oak Grove High School student Bill Waters on April 28. Defense attorney George Wesley Smith says jury selection flaws may win a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Carley Layton
Oak Grove
Bill Waters
George Wesley Smith
Rayville
Monroe
Governor orders lynching probe in Escambia county
Alabama Governor B M Miller orders a special Escambia county grand jury to probe the October 26 removal of Claude Neal from jail and his delivery to a Florida mob near Greenwood. The session will convene November 19 after presentation of witness statements.
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Montgomery
Ala
Escambia County
Alabama
Florida
Greenwood
Fla
B. M. Miller
Hugh M. Caffey, Jr
Claude Neal
Miller
Redemption Of Building Drive Pledges Continues
The Renovaize the Twin Cities campaign reports $239,303.13 spent on repairing and rebuilding homes in the two cities. This equals 67 percent of original pledges totaling $357,019.63. A supplementary report will cover post pledge projects and unpledged repairs.
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Twin Cities
H.mcclary
Kingsford Smith Leaves Honolulu On Oakland Hop
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain P. G. Taylor started from Honolulu toward Oakland to complete a Brisbane to California crossing covering about 7 365 miles. Grounded airfield security and fuel logistics framed a cautious launch as they aimed for a 9 30 a m Oakland arrival coast time with favorable tailwinds anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsford-Smith
Honolulu
Oakland
San Francisco
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
Australia
California
Radiomarine Corporation
Chas. Kingsford-Smith
P. G. Taylor
Calif
Brisbane
Pacific
Taylor
Wheeler Field
Sir Charles
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Cal
Parnell Denies Blackwood Money For Him
Dwight H. Blackwood former Arkansas highway commission chairman testified before the highway audit commission that he collected large sums for the 1928 and 1930 gubernatorial campaigns of Harvey Parnell and others. Parnell denied any authorization or knowledge of such funds and said no such money was spent on his campaigns.
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Little Rock
Ark
Dwight H. Blackwood
Arkansas Highway Commission
Highway Audit Commission
Harvey Parnell
Parnell
Blackwood
Brooks Hays
South
Arkansas
Earthquake Felt in Seattle Area Rattles Several Cities
A minor earthquake struck at 6 52 a m Pacific coast time felt in Seattle Mount Vernon Tacoma Bremerton Bellingham Skykomish Sedro Woolley Concrete and Baker River area. No damage reported. scientists cited geology and soil absorption in explanation.
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Seattle
Washington
Pacific Coast
Mount Vernon
Tacoma
Bremerton
Bellingham
Skykomish
Sedrowoolley
Concrete
Baker River
Mount Si
Cascade Range
G. E. Goodspeed
Cascade Mountain
Snoqualmie
Ellensburg
Cascades
West Monroe Court Convicts 74 in October
In October West Monroe city court convicted 74 of 96 cases. Police Chief J C Cobb reported fines totaling $623.82 and street-work fines of $235. Total fines assessed were $1,295 with $171.50 suspended and $174.68 stayed. Arrests included drunk and disorderly 217, fights 10, driving while intoxicated 7, traffic violations 12, indecent exposure 1, and other charges. Chief Cobb, in office since December, notes arrests and fines rose over the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
J.C. Cobb
Cobb
Louisiana group backs amendments eight nine and ten
A Shreveport committee of the Louisiana Citizens organization released an analysis urging adoption of amendments 8 9 and 10 while condemning 1 and 2 as dangerous. It supports amendment 8 local liquor licenses, 9 six year terms for city court judges with Baton Rouge exception, and 10 limiting general elections when only one party nominee remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Louisiana Citizens’ Organization
Baton Rouge
Veteran Doctor, Confederate Vet Paul Lawrence Sr. Dies at 95
Dr. Paul Lawrence Sr., 95, Confederate veteran and longtime Haughton resident, died suddenly at his home. He retired from medicine 20 years ago after a long career and had just returned from a trip to Shreveport. Funeral services are expected tomorrow.
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Haughton
Paul Lawrence, Sr
Lawrence
Shreveport
Cotton exports spark concern across Washington
The AAA and other administration sectors discuss remedies as cotton export shrinkage raises alarms. Through October 25 exports total 1 153 000 bales versus 2 202 000 a year earlier, with projections showing a potential end to the 1934 35 season far below normal levels.
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Washington
AAA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Jinky Winners Announced For Contest's 4th Week
The Monroe News Star World announces the fourth week Jinky winners with $40 in prizes and a $100 grand prize for the most sets. Readers are urged to collect Jinky receipts worth 2.5 dollars per entry and enter weekly on Wednesdays. Participating firms listed include Iron Mountain Bakery Griffin Studio Central Savings Bank and Trust West Monroe Hardware Sur W a Stores Holloway Thompson Mon roe Gas Co Slagle Johnson Lumber and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News- Star—World
Monroe
Iron Mountain Bakery, Inc
Griffin Studio
Johnnie S. Elbert
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
West Monroe Hardware and Furniture Co
West Monroe
Sur-Wa
Holloway and Thompson, Natural Gas Co., Inc
Thompson’s Pharmacy
Monroe Automobile and Supply Co
Slagle-Johnson Lumber Co. Inc
W. Rogers
Insull Defiant After Hours On Witness Stand
Samuel Insull testified before a federal jury for four hours denying mistreatment of investors while defending his methods as honest. He claimed his name alone informed investors and lashed at questions about stock weaknesses that cost $100 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insull
Chicago
Samuel Insull
United States
Leslie E. Salter
Salter
Middle West
Seven-Year-Old Girl Found Dead in Rochester Bathtub
In Rochester New York on November 3 a seven year old girl Florence Corkish was found dead in a bathtub at the Fairport home of Mr and Mrs Alfred Corkish The girl's sister Alice 14 and brothers Richard 10 months Robert 2 and Frank 3 were unconscious in the house The stomach contents of Florence showed traces of a poison used as a garden spray Police suspect foul play or accidental poisoning and questioned the parents who had been away about two and a half hours
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Rochester
N. Y
Fairport
Here
Alfred S. Corkish
Florence
Alice
Richard
Robert
Frank
Doumergue Saves Truce Cabinet Amidarmed Split
Paris reports Premier Gas ton Doumergue preserved a political truce cabinet but an armed split with two factions emerged. Six radical Socialists refused to back his constitutional power proposal and can vote against the cabinet in parliament, recalling a similar dissension under Herriot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Gaston Doumergue
Doumergue
Edouard Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Herriot
Alice Hargreaves Nearing End In Westerham Home
The original Alice in Wonderland author Mrs Alice Hargreaves, 82, lay critically ill at her hilltop Westerham home in Kent. Doctors reported her condition unchanged after a morning update. The tale of a girl who falls into Wonderland was inspired by Hargreaves through her childhood listener Alice Liddell, later Mrs Dodgson.
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Westerham
England
Alice Hargreaves
Kentish
Charles Lutwidge Dodson
Alice
Alice Liddell
Mrs. Hargreaves
Lewis Carroll
Red Cross Education Drive Planned During Thanksgiving Week
An education campaign for the Red Cross roll call, chaired by Joe Isaacman, runs from Wednesday November 14 through Thanksgiving Day. Rev Ernest D Holloway leads church outreach with radio ads on station KMLB and speakers including Mrs Jewell McQuiller Dr Co L Mengis George W Welch Leon McHenry Fred Williamson Barney Oakland Rabbi F K Hirsch and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Joe Isaacman
Ernest D. Holloway
First Presbyterian Church
KMLB
Isaacman
Jewell McQuiller
Co. L. Mengis
American Legion
George W. Welch
Crosley School
Leon McHenry
P.T. A
Fred Williamson
Barney Oakland
Veterans of Foreign Wars
F. K. Hirsch
Woman Campaign
Canoe of Missing Couple Found at Eagle Lake
The canoe of Mr and Mrs Robert S Webster of Dover Foxcroft was found upside down at the bottom of Eagle lake. The Websters who married less than a year left Sept 23 to canoe the Allagash river and were last seen Oct 9. A state air search had covered 500 square miles without sign of them. Relatives offered 500 dollars for information as guides and woodsmen scoured the area for three weeks.
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Eagle Lake
Robert S. Webster
Dover-Foxcroft
Howard Webster
Websters
Allagash
Maine
State Forestry Department
Webster
June Danforth
Hunters Hurry To Buy Federal License Stamps
The opening duck hunting season at Monroe drew a rush for federal hunting stamps at the post office. 64 stamps had been sold on opening day and over 1,200 state licenses had been issued earlier. Duck season began at sunrise Friday. Fewer than 300 federal licenses had sold by then, with about 350 more sold Friday and only a few added Saturday.
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Monroe Post Office
Ernest Machen Gets Long Term At Los Angeles
Former athlete Ernest Machen, about 2 years old, who led a string of December 1931 burglaries in Monroe and Pine Bluff, was sentenced in Los Angeles to 20 years for first degree burglary. He had earlier served in Angola and Folsom and was picked up in Fort Worth after release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Machen
C. E. Slagle
Los Angeles
Calif
Folsom
Repressa
Coverdale
Ouachita Parish
United States Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Machen
Angola
Fort Worth
Texas
Sheriff's Department
Monroe
Pine Bluff
Ark
Greenburg
Montgomery
Vicksburg
E. W. Davis
Michigan State
Lansing
Jackson
Davis
Comery
Jackson Family Denied Freedom in Mississippi Case
Judge Roy P. Noble dismissed a habeas corpus writ seeking release for George Jackson, his wife, and two sons held on murder charges connected to the death of 15 year old Jackson. Contempt charges against Jasper county Sheriff J C Bassett were taken under advisement. The prisoners were remanded to Jones county pending a preliminary hearing in Bay Springs next Tuesday.
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Laurel
Miss
Roy P. Noble
Jones County
George Jackson
Jasper County
Jackson
J. C. Bassett
Noble
Justice of Peace
B. R. Fair
Bay Springs
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Fairbanks
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Syndicate Inc
Layton
Supreme Court
West Carroll
Waters
Citizens Group
Old Mount
Louisiana
U. S
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