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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1939
Page
6
Washburn Receives Federal Sentence For Bank Fraud
W W Washburn was sentenced after admitting offenses tied to a bank fraud scheme at Central Savings Bank. Examiners uncovered irregularities in his Trust copper accounts last September leading to his arrest. he then pleaded guilty before Judge Ben Co Dawkins. He was moved to a federal facility and later transferred to El Reno to begin serving his term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wow Wasiker
Central Savings Bank
Tell- Trust
Monroe
United States
Fl Reno
Washburn
Dass
Memioe
Ben Co Dawkins
Shreveport
Loor LeBlanc
el Reno
Puesdas
Kennedy sails to U S by plane from Lisbon
Joseph P. Kennedy United States ambassador to London left Lisbon for New York aboard a transatlantic clipper. The London embassy had said Kennedy was recalled for consultation by the State Department and would continue his aerial journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Joseph P. Kennedy
United States
London
New York
Kennedy
State Department
Farmers Fear Roosevelt Run May Be Cut From Poll Saturday
Reporters note farmers and political allies discuss whether Franklin D. Roosevelt will be a candidate again, with speculation about his plans and the political impact on government policy. The piece cites farm committees and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration discussing polling and quotas for cotton as part of the broader referendum on government actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Martin Snyder Freed on Bond After Shooting Conviction
Martin Snyder, freed on bond in Los Angeles, served about a year for shooting pianist Myrt Alderman. Judge Thomas I. Ambrose warned him against impulsive acts and ordered him not to leave the area while appealing. If the appeal fails, he could face one to eight years for attempted murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Martin
Snyder
Rath Etting
Sant
Thomas I. Ambrose
Myrt
Ambrose
New York
Chicago
Jerry Giester
Postal Receipts Show Good Gain in Monroe Region
The Monroe post office reports November 1939 business up 54 percent from November 1938, totaling 14 485 47 versus 13 780. Projected year end volume near 185 000, up from 170 000 in 1938. Postmaster J R Wooten urges early mailing for Christmas packages and cards with insured, clearly addressed and wrapped items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
J. R. Wooten
Judge Grants Suspension In Another Case
German American band leader Fritz Kuhn was sentenced to a prison term of from two and a half to five years after a grand larceny conviction. Judge James C Wallace suspended part of the sentence tied to moving expenses for Mia Virginia Camp, the so called golden angel. The case involved $717 alleged as Mrs Camp’s move money and $240 for legal services supposedly paid to James D C Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N.Y. Dee
Fritz Kuhn
James D C Murray
James C Wallace
Mia Virginia
Kuhn
Murray
Camp
Opraan Oon
Might
Astuchrer
Gerhard Wilhelm Kaince
Tomihe Parsan
Ahaooconseeton
van Deal
Local men at Alexandria hearing on Ouachita river project
The Mississippi Valley commission and United States army engineers hosted an open hearing at Hotel Bentley in Alexandria. Attendees from the local Chamber flood control committee included Mayor H M Williams Jr Gordon Wight EN Thompson and George D Holland. They urged maintaining a nine foot Ouachita river channel with improved rocks and dam facilities as the state seeks project advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi Valley Commission
United States Army Engineers
Hotel Bentley
Alexandria
Chambers Flood Control and Navigation Committee
H. M. Williams, Jr
Gordon Wight
EN. Thompson
George D. Holland
Holland
Ouachita River
Like Father Like Daughter In Vermont School
Burlington high school faces a disruption as principal D P Rowe is ill while his daughter Ernistine takes over teaching duties in geometry for the day. Fifteen students substituted an absent teacher after a student’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Burlington
D. P. Rowe
Rowe
Ernestine
Av“ High School
Jones urges real Louisiana department of agriculture
In a statewide radio address Sam Jeunes and James H. Morrison argued for a genuine department of agriculture with funded experts. They contrasted current spending, noting 78 million in state agriculture impact but only 37 900 allotted to the department, with 22 500 used for an exchange bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Sam Jeunes
Lousiana
Department of Agriculture
James H. Morrison
Mansura
Moreauville
Cottonport
Burke
Vincent Moseley
Ope- Jousas
Sugar Belt
Church Point
Kaplan
Lafayette
Gueydon
New Iberia
St. Martinville
Jeanerette
Morgan City
Golden Meadow
Lockport
Houma
Raceland
Thibodaux
Napoleonville
Donaldsonville
White Castle
Plaquemine
Jones
Good Fellows Fund Seeks Rapid Gifts for Holiday Aid
The Twin Cities public is urged to donate to the Good Fellows fund to aid destitute families this holiday season. Funds arrive slowly, with only 39 dollars raised though four figure goals are expected. Many donors favor memorial gifts in honor of loved ones, seen as humane and Christian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
Santa Claus
Good Fellows
Good Fellows Fund
Poland
Shushan Mistrial Plea Denied in Mail Fraud Case
Federal Judge Wayne Borah denied a defense motion for a mistrial in the government political scandals mail fraud trial in New Orleans. Attorney Hugh M Wilkinson argued a Morning Tribune headline stating Bribe Legal caused prejudice, asserting Shushan did not make that statement. Witness testimony resumed on the trial’s second day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Wayne G. Borah
A. L. Shushan
Hugh M Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Morning Tribune
Shushan
Borah
Edmond E. Talbot
Noe and Sheriff Knop in altercation at New Orleans office
In New Orleans two combatants fought in the Civil Sheriff Louis Knop Jr office as State Senator James A Noe candidate for governor attempted to photograph parish registration books to verify an honest election. The confrontation followed earlier court ordered photo attempts and continued with spectators clashing near the outer office during Noes first photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louis Knop, Jr
James A. Noe
Noe
State Supreme Court
Sheriff Knop
Shreveport Slayer Declared Insane by Sanity Commission
Walter L. Polk, 64, charged with murdering Eddie H. Cranmer water works superintendent, is ruled insane at the time of the crime and presently. Polk, who also stabbed public utilities commissioner Grits Davis while Cranmer’s assistant, may be sent to the state insane asylum if the court accepts the finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Sanity Commission
Walter L. Polk
Eddie H. Cranmer
Cranmer
Water Works
Polk
Grits
Witnesses recount Dr Dillon stock purchases in embezzlement case
Defense witnesses testified Tuesday that Dr Harvey Dillon bought stock and livestock at Wolf Prong for his Sabine parish farm as part of the embezzlement case against him, naming Cody Robinson and several Sabine parish farmers. The trial also reviewed the remodeling of the Wolf Prong camp house and related purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Dillon
Louisiana Training Institute
Sabine Parish
Dillon
Richard W. Leche
Albert Fredericks
Louisiana State Normal College
Cody Robinson
Robinson
Dr. Dillon
Jim Blackwell
Blackwell
One-Time Suspect Henry Stevens Dies in Hall Mills Case
Henry H. Stevens, 70, a principal figure in the Hall Mills murder saga, died Sunday in Lavalette N J The Somerset county jury had acquitted him and three relatives of the 1922 double slaying of Eleanor Mills and Rev Edward Wheeler Hall The case drew wide attention as a sensational unsolved crime for decades with co-defendants Willie Stevens Frances Hall and Henry de la Bruyere Carpenter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Mills
Stevens
Willie
Frances Stevens Hall
Henry de la Bruyere Carpenter
Carpenter
Willie Stevens
Finland Russia war sparks Nordic mobilizations and calls for unity
AP dispatches report Finland's war with Russia escalates with air raids and Baltic mobilizations. Sweden increases forces, Norway discusses diplomacy, and Argentina Uruguay push for League action. The U S seeks joint Pan American condemnation if all republics join.
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Arctic
Salmijaervi
League of Nations
Russia
Fineland
Chamberlain
House of Comemons
State Department
United States
Finland
Sweden
Denmark
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Petsamo
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