Cabinet debate over oil embargo for Italy and neutrality stance
Canada backs purely financial sanctions while Rome mobilizes women in a campaign against league penalties. The United States weighs economic costs of staying out of future wars and eyes possible munitions embargo with export quotas on war materials.
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Italy
Ernest Lapointe
Canada
Rome
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Washington
America
United States
Stolen Pistol and Bicycle Reported Over Weekend
Police reported thefts from weekend hours including a .32-20 calibre pistol taken from a car at 101 DeLiard Street by Pat Harper of Collinston. Andrew Buford of 308 North Congo Street said his bicycle was stolen on Saturday night between 9 and 10 p.m. from 1001 DeSiard Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeLiard Street
Pat Harper
Collinston
Andrew Buford
North Congo Street
DeSiard Street
Three Gangsters Die In Twin Execution at Dyclestown
Farrell Wiley and Weiss, condemned killers, were executed in sequence at 12:31 and 12:40 am. The pair spoke little, offered prayers, and exchanged final words with chaplains and guards after a prior March 2 sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Elliott
Wiley
Bernard Farley
Eastern Penitentiary
J. C. McCreesh
Rockview
Dyclestown
Maccabee Dance Raises Funds and Honors Supporters
The city event, hosted with Missouri Pacific Booster club support, awarded two best dancers Mrs. Mischer and Mrs. Gleeson with prizes from Dan Cohen who also received a cake. First prize for most dance tickets went to Mrs. Lurline Kelly, with Mrs. Myrtle Deen and Elizabeth Cunliffe tying for second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific Booster Club
Dan Cohen
Mischer
Gleeson
Cohen
Trousdale Printing Company
Unemployment Drop Reported in First Roosevelt Years
Washington dispatch reports relief chief Harry L Hopkins stating unemployment fell by 3,000,000 in the first two years of the Roosevelt administration. Jobless totals declined from 15,000,000 at the 1933 peak to 12,000,000 last March, with 3,000,000 in March 1929. Also noted is Great Serpent Mound in Adams County Ohio, a prehistoric earthwork extending 1,330 feet.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Adams County
Ohio
Auto crash injures three on DeSiard Road near Sicard
Three Oak Ridge residents were injured in a Sunday morning collision on DeSiard road near Sicard when their car struck an eastbound truck driven by J M Jones of Monroe. Driver Alf Covington had bruises, Jim Blakeney suffered chin injuries and bruises, Lizzie Blakeney a fractured rib and chin cut. All were taken to Riverside sanitarium. Blakeneys remained hospitalized Monday.
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DeSiard Road
Sicard
Oak Ridge
Alf Covington
Jim Blakeney
Lizzie Blakeney
Riverside Sanitarium
Blakeney
J. M. Jones
Monroe
AAA Officials Detail 1936 Corn Contracts and Payments
Officials outline 1936 corn benefits set at 35 cents per bushel with a 25 percent base acreage requirement. Payments occur in two installments around August 1 and December 31, with pro rata administrative cost deductions. Tenants and landlords share payments per corn lease interests, and land divided on separately owned tracts. Acres removed from corn must shift to soil improvement crops.
Scarlet fever confines Sterlington girl at home
Mary Elizabeth Hammonds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hall Hammonds, is ill with scarlet fever and stays home. Miss Marie Parks spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. T J Chambers. Mrs. H Eyres hosted the Junior Methodist league with games and refreshments for Evelyn Burdine, Frank Wright, Dalton Veach, Marguerite Holladay, Mary Wilhite, Leatrice Davis, Francis Davis, Eugene Tull, Mary Virginia Poole, Genevie Horton, Gifford Wright, Evelyn Honeycutt, and Herbert Grant. Tuffy Chambers held a seventh birthday party with guests including Mary Elizabeth Hammonds, Ruth Davis, Barbara and Sara Horton, Harvey Philips, Cornell Anderson, Buster King, Carl Brook, Bob Horton, George Muller, Gene and Jimmie Roswell, Tommy Hazeltine, Wesley Burdine, and Joyce Ivaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Hammonds
Mrs. Hall Hammonds
H. Eyres
Junior Methodist League
Evelyn Burdine
Frank Wright
Dalton Veach
Marguerite Holladay
Mary Wilhite
Leatrice Davis
Francis Davis
Eugene Tull
Mary Virginia Poole
Genevie Horton
Gifford Wright
Evelyn Honeycutt
Herbert Grant
Tuffy Chambers
Ruth Davis
Barbara and
Sara Horton
Harvey Philips
Cornell Anderson
Buster King
Carl Brook
Bob Horton
George Muller
Gene
Jimmie Roswell
Tommy Hazeltine
Wesley Burdine
Joyce Ivaster
Delhi Mayor Routes Action Against Speeding Drivers
Delhi Louisiana December 2 Mayor J B Smith directs Town Marshal J M Lane to stop speeding arrest all habitual violators Truck drivers singled out as violators of the speeding ordinance aims to curb reckless driving with strict enforcement and arrests
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi
J. B. Smith
J. M. Lane
Death of Dr Breasted Ends A Storied Career
Dr Breasted, age 70 and renowned for leading early Eastern studies, died after a long career spanning Anatolia to Persia. A Northwestern graduate, he directed Egyptology work from Chicago and drove archeological excavations in Egypt Syria Palestine and other eastern sites.
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England
Spain
Belgium
France
Denmark
Berlin
Bavaria
Oriental Institute
Breasted
Rockford
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
Nile
Egypt
Chicago
The
Syria
Palestine
Anatolia
Assyria
Babylonia
Persia
Far
Near East
Flood Control Committee Set To Discuss Six Year Plan
Flood control committee to meet Tuesday as southern congressmen negotiate the six year plan totaling 313 million dollars. Dick said amendments to the 1928 flood control act would remove inequities. The Markham plan faces opposition over a proposed cut across the lower Mississippi River in the Tensas basin Louisiana. A complete draft of the Overton bill will be shown to the National Rivers and Harbors congress in New Orleans December 13 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tensas Basin
Louisiana
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
New Orleans
Livermore Woman Defends Accidental Shooting Of Son
Doctors Ussher and Irving Wills stayed by the boy’s bedside at Cottage hospital as Mrs. Dorothea Wendt Livermore faced possible murder or assault charges. Her attorney described the shooting as accidental and the mother as in a semi hysterical state in jail. District Attorney Heckendorf paused questioning as the boy’s grave condition delayed formal charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ussher
Irving Wills
Cottage Hospital
Dorothea Wendt Livermore
Harrison Ryan
Livermore
Percy Heck
Pleas Expected in Federal Court Monday Afternoon
Pleas of guilty were expected to be entered by several defendants in the federal court here Monday afternoon. The morning session of the court was occupied by civil cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Supreme Court Validates Police Jury Act Power Shift
The Supreme Court upheld the Police Jury Act extending the board to 14 including four Long elected men, with an added member for each elected official. Contestants argued delegation to the governor was unconstitutional, but the court ruled the governor's role was administrative, not legislative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
15 Candidates Win Places On Dem Primary Tickets
Louisiana supreme court upholds right of 15 St. Martinville candidates to enter the January 21 Democratic primary. They were disqualified by the parish executive committee for failing to file affidavits, aligned with the Home rule anti-Long ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
St. Martinville
Parish
Death sentences affirmed for three men in Monroe murders
The Louisiana supreme court affirmed death sentences for Alex Morrison James Morrison and Richard Valentine for the killings of Effie Monroe and her daughter Ruby in Red River parish. The trio reportedly planned to rob the home during church time but found the residents present and murdered them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
Alex Morrison
James Morrison
Richard Valentine
Effie Monroe
Ruby Monroe
Red River Parish
Longshoremen Threaten Nationwide Gulf Ports Cargo Tie Up
Joseph P. Ryan of the International Longshoremen's Association warned that a strike boycott will begin at midnight if no progress is made. Union members on both coasts will refuse to handle cargoes from gulf ports. The deadlock centers on including New Orleans and Lake Charles in an agreement with Texas shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Ryan
New York
International Longshoremen's Union
I. L.A
Pacific
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Gulf Shippers
Union
New Orleans
Lake Charles
Texas Shippers
Teachers Strike Paralyzes Rural Schools Across County
Unpaid salaries trigger a countywide teachers strike affecting about 2,490 students, 50 teachers, and 35 bus drivers. Only Bay St. Louis Waveland Dedeaux and Edwardsville schools remained open as rural principals blame lack of funds for essentials. County tax revenue has fallen by 14 000 annually, limiting operations to two months. A state special session considers a 1 million dollar advance to rural schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
Bay St. Louis
Waveland
Dedeaux
Edwardsville
McQueen
Simple Adlerika Remedy Eases Constipation Headaches
Headaches caused by constipation vanish after one Adlerika dose. The ad claims it cleanses poisons from both upper and lower bowels and ends nervousness and bladder issues, highlighting a quick, simple cure.
Man Rescued After Ten Days In Well
Sheriff W B Somers and Captain I M Myers found Dyson alive after ten days trapped in a well. He had fallen through debris, cut dirt walls with a pine stock to reach within eight feet of the top, then collapsed. He had lost about 30 pounds but was expected to recover soon.
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W. B. Somers
I. M. Myers
Dyson
Youth linked to slayings faces trial in self defense plea
The youth known as Falin, with a prior criminal record including shootings at Duffield and Ramsey, is held without bond as his mother seeks defense plans. authorities expect a self defense plea despite his past. Commonwealth’s Attorney Fred B. Greear notes Falin’s head wound required stitches and argues he may have a strong self defense case.
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Than Falin
Falin
Charles Bishop
Duffield
Ramsey
Young Falin
Commonwealth
Fred B. Greear
Edith Maxwell
Holding firms face registration debate and legal lines
The commission urged registering holding firms as preliminary to regulating their activity and trimming unnecessary firms. Critics warned registration could curb rights, while supporters said it would give regulators a foothold. Federal Judge William H. Holly endorsed registration guidelines, telling trustees to register while preserving constitutional rights.
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Commission
William H. Holly
Chicago
Public Utilities Securities Corporation
Fatally Injured Teen Falls From Power Line Pole
Gulfport Mississippi December 2 Earl Lacey aged 16 son of Walter E Lacey fatally injured after falling twenty feet from a power line pole when he touched an electric wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport, Miss
Earl Lacey
Walter E. Lacey
French Foreign Legion Desert Duty Drives Fortnightly Binge
In North Africa the French Foreign Legion permits and even expects soldiers to drink every two weeks to cope with isolation and the perilous mental strain of desert life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Foreign Legion
North Africa
Knox declines speaking engagement with Economy League
Col Frank Knox, Chicago publisher, refuses to address a January dinner after a feud with the National Economy League over his plan to fund veterans' bonus payments from work relief funds. League director Henry Curran argues such pre payment would look like a Republican campaign fund and veto politics. Knox says the plan would pull two billion from funds used to support the Roosevelt administration. The exchange ends with opposite conclusions and Knox canceling his appearance.
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New York
Frank Knox
Chicago
National Economy League
Colonel Knox
Henry H. Curran
Curran
Knox
Congress
Roosevelt
Jim Farley
Democratic Party
League
Eight Prisoners Taken To State Penitentiary
Eight prisoners convicted in the recent term of the district court were taken Sunday to the state penitentiary at Angola to serve their sentences. They were transported by sheriff's deputies in two automobiles. Sentences include H. J. Carney burglary twenty years, C. E. Kennedy burglary fourteen years, Sam Hicks murder life, Selvin Briscoe assault with a dangerous weapon three years, Willie Calloway wounding less than mayhem one to three years, Robert Walker selling marijuana cigarettes twenty months to sixty months, Mack Lollie theft of an ox one year, and E. C. Welch passing bogus check six months.
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Angola
Sheriff's Department
H. J. Carney
C. E. Kennedy
Sam Hicks
Selvin Briscoe
New Way To Hold Loose Teeth With FASTEETH
Advertises FASTEETH a tasteless powder to keep loose dentures steady while eating talking or laughing. Claims teeth stay firm and comfortable with no gummy taste and breath stays pleasant. Sold at general drug stores.
Youth Arrested In Mysterious Deaths Of Kelley Family
A youth was arrested after the Kelley family suffered three deadly shootings at their home. Sgt. Kelley, 38, died with his son Clem Jr mortally shot in his arms. Irene and Gertrude were wounded, shooters fled, and the case is under DOJ investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ley
Russell
Kelleys
Clem, Jr
Irene
Gertrude
Sergeant Kelley
Kelley
Army
Department of Justice
General Headquarters Air Force
Barksdale Planes Fly Over Monroe in Winter Maneuvers
Forty seven airplanes from Barksdale field near Shreveport attached to the 20th pursuit group and the third attack group passed over Monroe Sunday afternoon en route to Chapman field near Miami Florida where the 99th attack squadron is engaged in winter maneuvers. The planes will remain in Florida until December 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Moneroe
Chapman Field
Miami
Fila
Florida
Average man clasps over 3.5 million buttons in life
A study estimates that the typical person handles more than 3 500 000 buttons during lifetime. It notes the cumulative wear on fingers and the prevalence of button use across garments and textiles.
Creomulsion Ad Promises Quick Cough Relief
An advertisement urges relief from lingering coughs and bronchial irritation with Creomulsion. It claims the medicine targets the seat of trouble to soothe inflamed membranes and expel germs, guaranteeing satisfaction or refund if results are not immediate.
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Uno Gsi Gihol
Sandman’s Pharmacy
North Side Pharmacy
Adv
Williams
NEA Service, Inc
T. M. Reg
U. S
DeSiard and
North Second
AAA
Sterlington
Marie Parks
Mrs. T. J. Chambers
DR. Breasted
Young Livermore
Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Ooo
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Cairoennenee
Tennessee— Chattanooga
Cumberland
Nashville
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Little Rock Cexnse Ae
Alexandria Sewer
Pion
NEA Service. Inc
Col
Economy League
State Penitentiary
St. Joseph
Twoy
Barksdale
Carton
del Monte
Spinac
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