Hoover denies insanity as seizure halts murder trial
Louis Eugene Hoover, on trial for killing James Mahoney, shouted I’m not insane before suffering a seizure that required medical help. Judge Cocke ordered the jury retired and court cleared, adjourning until Monday as defense pressed an insanity defense and a neuropsychiatrist testified Hoover may have been insane at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louis Eugene Hoover
Hoover
James Mahoney
Virginia
J. Bernard Cocke
Cocke
Walter Bromberg
Sacramento
Calif
Bromberg
Mahoney
Neville High Band Booster Club to Host Ernest Tubb Show
Neville High School Band Booster Club led by J H Scoggins Jr contracts Nashville agency to bring Ernest Tubb and Cousin Minnie Pearl to Neville Auditorium in two November performances. Matinee 2 30 p m, evening 8 p m. Proceeds fund musical activities. tickets 50 cents for children, available at Dew Music Co Monroe and by mail.
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Neville High School Band Booster Club
J. H. Scoggins, Jr
W. E. M. Artist Bureau of
Nashville, Tenn
Ernest Tubb
Texas Troubadors
Minnie Pearl
Neville High School
Ways and Means
G. L
Skeeter) Morgan
George Phillips
W. E. Lawson
Harold Brady
Claud Dillingham
Dew Music Co
DeSiard Street
Monroe
Herbert Walker
West Monroe
Trailway
Shreveport
New Welfare Commissioner to Visit Parish Offices
Edward P. Dameron, newly appointed commissioner of public welfare, and Gilbert Root, state welfare comptroller, will visit Monroe October 29 to inspect parish and area offices. Dameron will also tour Alexandria, Shreveport, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Dameron
Public Welfare
Gilbert Root
State Department of Public Welfare
Monroe
Dameron
Alexandria
Shreveport
West Monroe merchants weighed on chamber of commerce drive
West Monroe business leaders consider forming a chamber of commerce as WMBA surveys 300 firms for yes or no support and potential financing. Aimed at about $10,000 yearly funding, the effort may hire a full time chamber manager if backed by adequate pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Kelley Thompson
West Monroe
Thompson
Chamber
Records crash at state fair during junior livestock sale
Monroe News-Star-World Publishing Co buys six hogs and a beef calf at the 15th annual junior livestock auction on Louisiana State Fair grounds. William H. Bronson of Shreveport bids for the lot. animals from Albert Maryman Madison parish Shelton Ray Lewis West Feliciana physic? The sale sets records as 921 pound beef calf sold for 43 cents a pound. Auctioneers Joe Levy Shreveport and Col Hamilton West Monroe oversee proceedings.
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Shreveport
Monroe News-Star—World Publishing Company
William H. Bronson
Monroe
Albert Maryman
West Feliciana Parish
Shelton Ray Lewis
Madison Parish
Maxwell Brown
Ouachita Parish
Joe Levy
Col. the Hamilton
West Monroe
Livingston Group To Confer With Kennon
Livingston Parish police jury votes to send a delegation to Gov. Kennon to discuss a $119,000 annual cut ordered by the Louisiana Tax Commission on parish tax assessments. The commission reduced timber assessments from $10 to $7.50 per acre on 47,000 acres owned by Gaylord Container Corp. in the parish after raising them to $10 last Jan. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Livingston Parish
Robert Kennon
Louisiana Tax Commission
Gaylord Container Corp
East Spotlighted In Campaign Close-Out
East Coast campaign endgame outlined as Eisenhower and Stevenson plan major appearances in Boston New York Pennsylvania and Chicago. Detailed day by day itinerary shows both candidates focusing on key states with nightly speeches and train itineraries through Oct 25 to Oct 25.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
East
Boston
New York
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Eisenhower
New England
Stevenson
Middle West
Illinois
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Harlem
New Jersey
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Pittsburgh
Dangerous smoke blankets Louisiana highways from wildfires
Dense smoke covers northeast Louisiana as wildfires burn acres across Richland Tensas Madison Morehouse and East and West Carroll parishes. Foresters warn rain is needed as dry conditions hinder fire control and nighttime driving becomes perilous at Monroe intersections like Louisville Avenue and DeSiard Road. Police urge extreme caution and full cooperation for night travel.
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Richland
Tensas
Madison
Morehouse
East
West Carroll Parishes
Louisville Avenue
DeSiard Road
Monroe
Roy Byrd
Louisiana State Police
Byrd
Baton Rouge Democrats Open Adlai Headquarters
Baton Rouge voters see the first local campaign HQ for Gov Adlai Stevenson as the Democratic presidential candidate opens in the capital. Eisenhower supporters already run two local offices, one a Democrats-for-Eisenhower club and another "Anyone for Ike" outfit run by the Sixth District GOP. Bob Cohn, Stevenson HQ manager, says they are late but gaining momentum in the final stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sixth District
Republican Organization
Bob Cohn
Stevenson
Amendments 10 Explained for Louisiana Voters
On November 4 Louisiana citizens will vote on 34 proposed amendments to the state constitution alongside presidential electors. A public guidebook explains the amendments and a local league leaflet is distributed Monday at 7 30 pm at Fellowship Hall 319 Grammont to help voters understand the measures. Mrs Elmer Slagle presides as state Rep Gilbert Faulk, State Sen James Sparks, and Rep Shady Wall join in analysis and consultation.
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Louisiana
Public Affairs Research Council
State League of Women Voters
Fellowship Hell
Grammont Street
Elmer Slagle
League
George Forman
Voters’ Service
Gilbert Faulk
James Sparks
Shady Wall
Absentee Voting Underway In Quachita Parish
Absentee balloting for the November 4 general election began Saturday in the Clerk of Court office at the Court House and will run through November 1. Clerk R Dean Farr said voting was exceptionally heavy and the basement of the court house is the voting area reachable via the mail hall stairway or through the clerk of court office.
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Court House
R. Dean Farr
Quachita Parish
Farr
Red Feather Campaign Receipts Lag Behind Goal in Twin Cities
Official figures show 75 percent of the Red Feather drive completed at the Virginia Hotel Building as straggling returns slow progress. Leaders David C. Silverstein and C. D. McAdams urge worker focus on employee giving to hit the higher goal for local health welfare and youth programs including Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and Y W C A. A campaign advisory meeting will plan strategy to finish the drive soon.
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Virginia
David C. Silverstein
C. D. McAdams
Twin Cities
Red Feather
McAdams
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Colored Community Welfare
Monroe Maternity Clinic
Salvation Army
Red Shield Boys Club
P.T. A. Council Child Health and Welfare
West Monroe Recreation Council
West Monroe Colored Recreation Council
Two Still At Large, Sobbing Boy Caught
A sobbing 15 year old boy whose criminal career began with a snatched purse today was charged with kidnapping 20 persons in three states and was placed under $12,000 bond.
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Nashville
Tenn
Stabilizer 10 Answer Miners Washington Wage Plea
Washington October 25. Economic Stabilizer Roger Putnam plans action early next week on the wage boost petition by John L. Lewis and the struck soft coal industry. They argue 375,000 miners lack fringe benefits and deserve higher wages than the Wage Stabilization Board allowed. The appeal, signed by Lewis and Harry M. Moses, contends coal mining requires exceptional physical and technical demands. A separate Georgia Tennessee case reports Virgil Le May protesting a highway kidnapping with two fugitives still at large. He claims Hill forced him, recalling past juvenile theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roger Putnam
John L. Lewis
Putnam
Wage Stabilization Board
U. S
WSB
Harry M. Moses
Moses
U. S. Steel
Lewis
United States
Virgil LeMay
Georgia
Middle Tennessee
Atlanta
Florida
James Francis Hill
Framingham
Mass
Charles Edward Hopkins
Jacksonville
Fla
North Georgia
Hill
le May
Sales Executives Club Forms in Monroe
A new sales executives club formed in Monroe with 22 business men meeting to organize. Officers named include Bill Rhodes president John Woodburn first vice president Dan Miller second vice president Jim Williams secretary and Jerry Sugar treasurer. Charter night set for November 13 when New York executives will attend. Also announced is James H. Clampit’s transfer from Monroe crew foreman to right of way buyer in Shreveport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
Monroe
Shreveport
Bill Rhodes
John Woodburn
Dan Miller
Jim Williams
Jerry Sugar
New York
James H. Clampit
Count On Me For 53 Slogan In Legion Drive
The annual American Legion membership campaign runs October 25 to November 1. Mayor John E. Coon issues a proclamation praising the Legion’s wartime and peacetime service. Barkdull Faulk Post No. 13 issues a “Count on Me for 53” sales kit to boost membership with reasons including peacetime service rehabilitation and child welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Drive
American Legion
John E. Coon
Barkdull Faulk
Sam Orchard
Newman Jury Deliberates in Missouri Pacific Suit
The jury in the Newman versus Missouri Pacific Railroad case remained out after being seated at 6 p.m. and feeding into a late night session. Mrs. Lucy Emfinger Newman seeks 100000 plus damages for her husband Ernest Newman's death at a Wisner area crossing on Highway 15.
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Newman Vs. Missouri Pacific Railroad
Gaston Porterie
Lucy Emfinger Newman
Ernest Newman
Wisner
Plaintiff
William Dendy Elliot
Guy Curry
Booth
Curry
Newman
Louis Rayburn
Defense Witnes
Neman
Federal Departments Spending More Money
The United States Chamber of Commerce reported that all but one federal department is spending faster this fiscal year. It calls for careful scrutiny of the budget by the next Congress to cut non-defense expenditures. Spending not related to defense rose 7.5 percent to $4.203 billion in July August and September versus the prior year.
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Washington
United States
Customer of Commerce
Congress
Treasury
Chamber
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