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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1934

Page

3

Pair murdered as suspect held in Cincinnati shooting

In Cincinnati Ohio Charles Boyd 37 and Edythe 35 were found shot to death at a gasoline station. Police arrested Theodore Blackman 19 a former employee after blood was found on his clothes and he possessed bloodstained money 11 35. He admitted being in the building but denied shooting the attendants.

Cincinnati Charles Boyd George Schuttle Schuttle Theodore Blackman Blackman Boyd Edythe

Bank of Monterey Burglarized for 8000 to 8500 Dollars

Bank of Monterey was robbed in the late night hours with an acetylene torch used to open the vault. About 5000 in cash and 3000 to 3500 in bonds and school warrants were taken. Insurance covered the loss. A resident saw a car leave the alley near 1230 a.m. and two autos headed toward Sparta at 4 a.m.

Monterey, Tenn Bank of Monterey Putnam County W. T. Ray Ray Charles Farley Sparta

Battle leaves officers wounded and a suspect slain

In a chaotic shootout an officer named Hale used a car as a shield to fire on Cawthron. Arm stated Armstrong was hit three times and paralyzed, while Smith suffered a chest wound with lung damage. The final casualty was a Black suspect shot during the confrontation.

Negro Hale Cawthron Armstrong Smith

Fields Resigns as LPSC Head After Long-Administration Split

tinville and James P. O'Connor Jr of New Orleans announce Fields resigns as LPSC chairman. Williams was defeated for reelection by O Connor. Martin had previously defeated Dudley LeBlanc. LeBlanc and Williams opposed the Long-Allen administration while their successors were elected on the Long ticket.

Tinville James P. O'Connor New Orleans Fields Francis Williams O’connor Martin Dudley J. LeBlanc LeBlanc Williams Long-Allen Long

Kennamer Surrender Ties Tulsa Slaying to Disputed Plan

The case centers on Kennamer who confessed after a fatal shooting of John Gorrell in Tulsa. Police criminologist Henry B. Maddux suggested the slaying arose from a disagreement on how to execute a plan. Investigators questioned Floyd Huff and learned of an extortion plot involving Virginia Wilcox.

Kennamer Henry B. Maddux Maddux Gorrell Doris Rogers Pittsburgh Kas Phil John Floyd J. Huff Kansas City Huff Virginia Wilcox H. F. Wilcox

Censorship row at Reveille sparks university clash

Montague defends LSU leadership against Union of Professors charges. He vows to pursue the controversy, claiming the association meddles in education while Long asserts LSU's rise from modest beginnings to A-plus status. Mitchell asks Montague to correspond as the dispute widens with suspended students backing him.

Association of Montague S. A. Mitchell Mitchell

Women Endurance Fliers Try Break Record In Flight

Jean La Rene and Henrietta Sumner logged 64 hours in the air at 6:26 am CST in Oklahoma City as they pursue a new women’s endurance flight record. They started at 4:26 pm Friday and faced refueling difficulties due to failed directional lights, forcing crew to guide with flashlights. The report notes the blue racer snake is famed for speed but cannot travel faster than 2 1/2 miles an hour.

Oklahoma City Jean la Rene Henrietta Sumner Kenneth Hunter Hunter London Australia Roscoe Turner Colonel Turner

Positive Relief For Itchy Skin Ointment Promises Quick Soothing

Cooling Blue Star Ointment melts into the skin and drives tested medicines into pores to rapidly kill itch and tetter conditions. The ad emphasizes fast relief and deep action for irritated skin.

Slumbering girl awakens after months of sleep

Patricia, once unresponsive since February 15 1932, responds to her mother’s guidance. In tests she raises one then two fingers on cue and now shows signs of coordinating eye and mind though full recovery remains uncertain. Her mother credits belief and devotion for the breakthrough.

Patricia Gladys Hansen

14 Amendments Go Into Effect Sunday Midnight

The latest session laws take effect Sunday midnight, expanding control and management of parish school funds, state school fund allocations, liquor tax levies, city judges’ terms, and pensions for Confederate veterans. It includes sewerage and water board reorganizations, abolition of the State Bar Association, public utility rate controls shifted to the Louisiana Public Service Commission, a state civil service commission, and a two year debt moratorium. Huey P. Long gains control over New Orleans sewerage and water board membership.

Baton Rouge General Highway Fund Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Louisiana State Bar Association Louisiana State Bar Louisiana Public Service Commission State Civil Service Commission Huey P. Long

Houseboat Fire Claims 5 Lives In Tragic Incident

The Haliburton family were asleep when a fire aboard their moored houseboat broke out around 8:30 p m. Neighbors said the parents rushed back to save their children but flames blocked the door and the parents disappeared. Fishermen found the bodies after a nightlong search.

Haliburtons Stacey

Editor Henry Goddard Leach Attacked in New York

The Forum editor and Poetry Society of America president Henry Goddard Leach was attacked in New York hours after criticizing crime in an editorial. He was beaten, robbed of $40 and his watch, and he sustained blackened eyes in the assault.

Henry Goddard Leach Forum Poetry Society of America New York Mr. Leach

Early glassmaking origins across ancient cultures

The text notes glassmaking as one of humanity’s oldest crafts. Pliny attributes its discovery to the Phoenicians, while Egyptologists claim the Egyptians produced glass imitations as early as 5 000 to 6 000 B C.

Pliny

Chief Executive Faces Budget Problem Over Relief Reform

The chief executive grapples with a looming budget shortfall as a temporary levy nears expiration. Uncertainty surrounds the new relief organization’s composition and leadership, with Hopkins eyed to lead consolidated public works and relief, though no final decision has been made.

Hopkins Consolidated Public Works and Relief

Prison wedding precedes trial in Polish spying case

Maria Ogorek-Drzezgowa and Ernest Drzezga married while in custody one day before their trial for spying against the Polish state. They received life sentences in separate, distant prisons.

Maria Ogorek-Drzezgowa Ernest Drzezga

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