Tugwell denies routing fixed for Dixie Overland highway
Baton Rouge August 29 Special A P Tugwell Louisiana highway commission chair denies any routing decision for the Dixie Overland highway through Monroe contradicting a World and News Star report. He notes no bridge, no completed route, and says rights of way through his subdivision are not yet granted.
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Baton Rouge
A. P. Tugwell
Louisiana Highway Commission
Monroe
Sunday's World
Louisville Avenue
Tugwell Filling Station
DeSiard Road
Tugwell
Ouachita
Sunday World
News-Star
Frank T. Payne
Louisiana Oil Refining Company
Wandering youth returns home after five years away
Willard Roper, 17, son of M. T. Roper of the News-Star-World mechanical department, returns to Monroe after five years of hitchhiking across the United States Mexico and Canada. He recalls adventures including cattle theft capture in Mexico and multiple fist fights. He seeks a steady job and guidance to become a man.
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Willard Roper
M. T. Roper
News-Star-World
California
Roper
Old Mexico
Canada
Monroe
Brothers Taken at New Orleans
The Manzoni brothers Peter and Americo were held in New Orleans on murder charges linked to Chicago cases. Americo was arrested last week. Peter surrendered after believing his brother was charged. Peter admitted shooting Ralph Pisano "The Gorilla" in the back of the head on Christmas night 1932 after a dispute over a stolen car.
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New Orleans
Manzoni Brothers
Peter
Americo
Chicago
America
Maurice Marcusson
Brother Peter
Ralph Pisano
Obituary notes for Orlen Bush and John A Thomas Dubach
Funeral services held for 14 year old Orlen Bush at Walnut Grove cemetery and for 23 year old John A Thomas Dubach after typhoid fever. Rev B P Durbin and Rev M F Swillie officiated with several family members and pallbearers named. interment in Okaloosa and Hico Louisiana respectively.
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Orlen Bush
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Okaloosa
B. P. Durbin
Methodist Church
John A. Thomas Dubach
John A. Thomas
Hico
M. F. Swillie
el Dorado
Ark
Avis Britt
la Cook
Rustas
Ison Thomas
Bennins
Hattie McGee
Bryan Thomas
Dupach
Ludie Gray
Dubach
Roy Thomas
Bernice
Clemmie Jorman
John Gray
Hubbard Lewis
Brian Martin
J. C. Gray
Joe Doss
Bail Hunt
Floyd Lewis
Adaway
Gumps and Tarzan Confront Hidden Danger
Tarzan commands caution as The Gumps move toward danger with Bara's carcass on the ground. He directs Roger and Sheeta into position and bursts forward, eyes scanning the area for threats while giving orders to stay alert.
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Sheeta
Roger
Tarzan
Bara
Negro indicted after mob pursuit in Alabama
Tom Brown, a Black man twice rescued from mobs, is indicted for attacking a white woman and will be tried September 4 under military guard in Decatur. National guardsmen surrounded the courthouse as the case prompted a broader probe into the lynching of two Black suspects and the treatment of a third in Kilby prison. A separate note mentions a saying about layered clothing.
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Decatur
Ala
Tom Brown
Brown
James Royal
Tuscaloosa County
Elmore Clark
Kilby
Montgomery
Rizzo Pharmacy Burglary Under Investigation
Police investigate two burglaries including a break in at Rizzo's Pharmacy 2505 South Grand Street Sunday night. Entry was via bolt cutters. about 15 dollars in cash and 75 to 10 packs of cigarettes were taken. A second burglary on Missouri Pacific railroad locker room at 1908 South Grand Street occurred August 26 or 27, with items including a duck back hunting coat a compass and an electric lantern engraved with the owner's name.
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Rizzo
South Grand Street
F. P. Rizzo
O. W. Cargile
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Application For Pardon Filed By Rum Smuggler
George Musey serving 6 12 years in Atlanta federal penitentiary for liquor smuggling has filed an application for parole with the justice department. He was sentenced in Houston Texas and will be eligible October 30. A September parole hearing in Atlanta is pending date.
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Washington
Justice Department
George Musey
Federal
Atlanta
Musey
Houston
Tex
Disappearance of Dog Bites Two Girls in Glenmar Street
Grief fills Dr. John Snelling home at 600 Glenmar with 4 month old black and white Boston bulldog missing since Monday morning. The family offers a reward for the pet’s return and asks anyone with knowledge to call Patricia or Joan at 1458.
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John Snelling
Glenmar Street
Patricia
Joan Snelling
Boston
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