Louisville site for Ouachita river bridge approved
James R. Wooten of Louisiana announces the Ouachita river bridge site at Louisville, with plans approved by the Louisiana Highway Commission and the federal Bureau of Public Roads. He heads to Washington to press new federal authority as construction start is delayed pending congressional action and a possible new hearing before War Department engineers.
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Louisville Avenue
James R. Wooten
Louisiana Highway Commission
Commission
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Wooten
Washington
Ouachita
Ouachita Project
Riley Wilson
War Department
Department
Congress
Ouachita Bridge
Pfeil Dies in Memphis Golf Leader Nominated for USGA
Charles Oscar Pfeil Memphis architect and longtime golf administrator died after a lengthy illness. The announcer of his USGA presidency nomination reached him on his deathbed, making him the first Westerner named to head the association. He led the Western Golf Association as president in 1927 after serving as senior vice president of the USGA and held various officer posts. He helped bridge rifts between Western and American golf bodies.
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Memphis
Dec
Charles Oscar Pfeil
Western Golf Association
Southern
Western
United States Golf Association
Golf
Woman testifies in murder trial alleging two men killed husband
The witness cried during testimony describing the fatal shooting of her husband. She identified two Black men as the assailants in court.
New Congress Faces Tribulations at Opening Session
The new Congress opens amid a Senate contest over Pennsylvania and Illinois elections and a House jam of 6,000 bills. With a $236,000,000 tax cut and an ongoing appropriation bill among the measures, lawmakers face a tense start on Capitol Hill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate
Pennsylvania
Illinois
House
Capitol
Contested Senate Seats for Smith and Ware Emerge
Washington reports that Frank L. Smith of Illinois and William S. Ware of Pennsylvania faced oath challenges to their senate seats. Senator Norris introduced resolutions to bar them immediately, while Senator Curtis secured a postponement “without prejudice” until tomorrow.
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Washington
Frank L. Smith
Illinois
Wm. S. Ware
Pennsylvania
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Curtis
Smith
Oath Held Up For Beck As Residency Question Rises
Washington December 5 The oath of office was temporarily withheld from Representative Hacklett James B. Beck of Pennsylvania amid questions of his residency in the Philadelphia district he represents.
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Washington
Hacklett James B. Beck
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Flood control speakers open floor in all states
Washington December 5 every member of the house interested in flood control will be given opportunity to speak on the floor on conditions in their respective states Chairman Reed of Illinois flood control committee announced today He said Speaker Longworth had given permission for such a statement.
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Washington
House
Reed
Illinois
Longworth
Monroe Men Return From Flood Hearing
Mayor Arnold Bernstein City Attorney Harry H. Russell and Chamber of Commerce president W. L. Ethridge led a Monroe delegation back from Washington this afternoon. George Weaks and other members were returning via alternate routes, officials said.
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Arnold Bernstein
Harry H. Russell
W. L. Ethridge
Chamber of Commerce
George Weaks
Washington
Monroe Delegation Impresses Flood Control Committee
A Monroe group led by Mayor Arnold Bernstein and including G B Cooley and C E Faulk impressed the House flood control committee in Washington hearings Friday and Saturday. Congressman Riley J Wilson reported the attendees and interests, signaling strong local support for Northeast Louisiana flood measures.
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Washington, D. C
House
Congress
Arnold Bernstein
Monroe
G. B. Cooley
C. E. Faulk
Washington Today
The
News-Star
Tensas Basin
Fifth Louisiana
Louisiana
Arkansas
Riley J. Wilson
Partial Gauge of 65 Million Feet Made on New Well
The Moody Sea gasser McCoy No. 2 in Richland parish blew out for four days before Webb and Ransom capped it and took a partial gauge. The reading reached 65 to 68 million cubic feet, making it the largest gasser in the state to date and likely larger when re gauged.
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Moody Seagraves
McCoy No. 2
Richland Parish
R. P. Webb
John Ransom
Conservation Department
Minerals Division
Cal
Webb
Surveys Completed for Airline Highway South Plan
The Louisiana state highway commission reviewed an airline highway extending south from Jackson street to the Columbia road near Mechoire a L Ourse. The three mile route would parallel the Missouri Pacific line and serve a new industrial area, with gravel surfacing and eventual pavement. Officials say traffic would improve, though some oppose the need due to current river road usage.
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State Highway Commission
Jackson Street
James R. Wooten
Wooten
Training Institute
DeSiard
Grand
Missouri Pacific Railway
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
South Louisiana
East DeSiard
Columbia Road
Poll tax payments urged before December 31 deadline
Sheriff officials warn poll tax payments total 1,564 so far with about 5,500 remaining and 23 days left. Expect rush at year end as residents seek qualified voter status and avoid delinquencies and penalties. Registration totals about 6,400 with 11 days remaining until December 17.
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Sheriff's Office
C. D. Meridith
Gordon Surgaine
Tullos worker in jail for deadly shooting in oil field
D B Busby 27, oil field worker at Tullos, is jailed in Jena charged with killing S L Rials 28 and wounding Claude Geter after an oil field argument. Rials died 24 hours after being shot in the left breast. Geter’s wound was superficial. Busby fired as he stepped from a grocery in Tyl es.
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Alexandria
Busby
Tylles
Robbers Steal 560 From Baton Rouge Freight Depot Safe
The L. A. & N. freight depot safe was opened Friday night and $560 in cash taken. Entry occurred through an unlocked freight office door, the robbers worked the combination but broke the inner lock. Local police were notified.
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Baton Rouge
Polar bears drown man after rival affair in circus
Murphy and Betty polar bears of John Robinson's circus argued over Betty's rivals. After a two hour fight Murphy was drowned by Betty who was severely injured.
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French Lick
Ind
Murphy
Betty
John Robinson
Rivals Gray-Snyder Murder Confession Details Slaying
In Homer Louisiana Essie Jowers aged 39 and J E Swift 43 confessed to Sheriff John Coleman their involvement in the fatal hammer slaying of Reverend J F Jowers 49. Mrs Jowers described the plan and the night of the killing including turning on lights to aid Swift in locating Jowers. Swift’s written statement notes he boarded with the Jowers home for about three years and was friendly until November 13.
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Associated Press
Homer
Essie Jowers
J. E. Swift
J. F. Jowers
John Coleman
Swift
Jowers
Flowers
Mr. Jowers
Paul
Tramp Freighter Lands Doty With Herd Of Cattle
Bennett J. Doty of Biloxi Mississippi was released unconditionally by French military authorities in Marseilles. He went to the American consulate general and plans to proceed to Paris and then return to the United States shortly.
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Marseilles
France
Bennett J. Doty
Biloxi
Miss
French Foreign Legion
Doty
Paris
United States
Biloxi Man With French Foreign Legion Arrives at Marseilles
Ben nett J Doty of Biloxi Mississippi arrived in Marseilles aboard the tramp freighter Tafna from Oran Algeria. He served in the French foreign legion under the name Gilbert Clare and was landed with cattle at the dockyards. He was taken to Fort St Jean for possible unconditional release and had received his technical release at Sidi Bel Abbes Algeria on Friday.
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Marseilles
France
Bennett J. Doty
Biloxi
Miss
Tafna
Oran
Algeria
Doty
French Foreign Legion
Gilbert Clare
Fort St. Jean
Foreign Legion
Sidi Bel Abbes
Simpson Directs L. T. 1 Investigation
Baton Rouge reports governor Simpson will direct a board led inquiry into alleged mismanagement at the Louisiana Training Institute in Monroe once formal charges arrive. The institute board is to investigate and report. A civil suit claiming false imprisonment is set for January 3 in Monroe.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Training Institute
Monroe
Simpson
Earl H. Crane
Shreveport
Coast Guardsmen Save 48 Sailors From Peril Off Cape Hatteras
The Norfolk incident reports 48 sailors saved from two storm driven ships, the Norwegian steamer Cibao and the Creek vessel Paraguay, off Cape Hatteras. Four Paraguay crew died earlier while pumping. Coast guard crews at Kitty Hawk braved mountainous waves to rescue the remaining 24 aboard the Paraguay as a gale swept the south Atlantic coast at up to 70 miles per hour.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Cape Hatteras
Cibao
Paraguay
Cape Henry
Hatteras
Kitty Hawk
N. Y
South Atlantic
Dawkins to Speak at Rally in North Carolina Tonight
New Orleans reports supporters of Governor O H Simpson will gather at the Athenaeum at 8 oclock to hear Simpson discuss campaign issues in his first stump appearance in the city Dr F O Pavy his running mate will also speak Others on the program include Walter Burke Mrs Philip Werlein O C Dawkins Percy Benedict Emile Wagner and T T Call
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New Orleans
O. H. Simpson
The
Athenaeum
Simpson
F. O. Pavy
Pavy
Walter Burke
Philip Werlein
0. C. Dawkins
Percy Benedict
Emile Wagner
T. T. Call
Hodge Lads Die In Bridge Accident At Dugdemania Creek
Leon Bryant aged 14 and Roy E Brown aged 19, both of Hodge Louisiana, died when their car left a bridge over Dugdemania creek four miles west of Hodge in Jackson parish. The elder was sole support of his widowed mother. The bridge lacked rails and speed may have caused the crash. The car was found wrecked on the bank below.
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News-Star
Ruston
Leon Bryant
Western Union
Hodge
Roy E. Brown
Dugdemania Creek
Carl Scroggins
Advance Paper and Bag Company
F. Brown
Ed Bryant
Hodge Lumber Company
Jackson Parish
Two Boys Die In Dugdemonia Swamp Accident
In Jonesboro Louisiana a dirt road through Dugdemonia swamp caused two youths deaths. One boy choked by wood wreckage, the other by a broken neck. Coroner ruled no inquest needed. Brown buried at Jonesville and Leon Bryant at Hodge the same day.
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Jonesboro
Dugdemonia
Jackson Parish
Brown
Jonesville
Leon Bryant
Hodge
Henry Ford Won’t Attend Republican National Convention
Detroit December 5 Henry Ford refuses to attend the Republican National Convention saying he is too fidgety to sit through such long proceedings and would need to walk around rather than stay seated.
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Henry
Detroit
Henry Ford
Tennessee challenges Georgia Tech for conference title game
The University of Tennessee, after a 1927 season defeat in football, issued a challenge to unbeaten Georgia Tech to play a postseason game for the Southern Conference championship.
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University of Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Knoxville
Tenn
Feared That Uncle Bim Has Made Another Error
The piece notes that Uncle Bim, no longer a widow, has a new boss who arrived late last week to take charge. A pretty brunette, who left Hot Springs South Dakota, is traveling to Monroe to manage the large public contract. The article hints at lighthearted local color about park naming and the Gump family album origin.
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Hot Springs
S. D
Wind Cave
Monroe
Buffalo
Will Atkinson
Gump
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