Nation Still Adjusting to Repeal as Spirits Return
Washington dispatch reports after repeal, 19 states with liquor sales becoming legal join 236 states approving repeal. Public reaction appears subdued with scarce supplies and uneven regulatory setups. Officials forecast ongoing battles over licensing and enforcement as the government pursues temperance aims and prevents a revival of saloons.
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Utah
Roosevelt
Congress
Jo H. Choate, Jr
Federal Alcohol Control
Canada
United
Washington
O. G. Christgau
Anti- League
Edwin F. Blake
Prohibition Party
Howard Hyde Russell
Anti-Saloon League
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Colo
Los Angeles Doctor Killed At His Home
Dr. W. Dewey Wightman a prominent physician was shot and beaten to death at his Silver Lake home. His wife Josephine a red haired former nurse was taken for questioning. A .22 rifle and a hammer were found at the scene and the couple are parents of three children.
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Los Angeles
W. Dewey Wightman
Silver Lake
Josephine
First Baptist Church Building Stories and Savings Cheer
Reminiscences from Jes' Ramblin' C. E. Bynum about early construction of the church’s present building. Brick color disputes, seven members funding the start with $1,000 each, and a 100000 upcoming project. Pastor L. T. Hastings urges savings to help cover costs. A Navy graduate on furlough and a Neville High reference add local color to the wedding scene.
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C. E. Bynum
First Baptist Church
Frank Masling
Texas
L. T. Hastings
Two Die as Trains Collide in Virginia Crash
A Seaboard Airline passenger train struck a derailed northbound freight after a landslide near Cherry Hill North of Fredericksburg Virginia. Engineers Edward Kuhn and W H Jordan Jr died. Several freight crew and passengers were wounded or slighty injured including Commander B J Nicholson Mrs H H Lavenstein and others.
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Fredericksburg
Seaboard
R. F
Cherry Hill
Hout
Here
Edward E. Kuhn
W. H. Jordan
D. B. Winfree
Engin
Richmond
R. E. Mitchell
E. V. Hall
Ashland
L. W. Giles
Bag
Jacksonville
Washington
Lindberghs Land in Brazil After Atlantic Flight
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrive in Natal Brazil after a 1 875 mile south Atlantic crossing from Bathurst Africa. Crowds greet them as streets close for fiesta. This marks Lindbergh third Atlantic crossing following 1927 Spirit of St Louis flight and a summer staged voyage.
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Natal
Brazil
Charles A. Lindbergh
South Atlantic Ocean
Bathurst
Gambia
Africa
Col. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
Atlantic
le Bourget Field
North Atlantic
Electric Storm Strikes Monroe Across Several Hours
A violent regional storm swept Monroe and north Louisiana late Tuesday, causing two deaths in the area. Julius Smith of Union parish suffered fatal injuries when a truck overturned on the Monroe Farmerville road, and Mrs. J Manasco of Many died in a tornado there. In West Monroe, two railroad switchmen, P H Twiner and O M Arnette, were burned but survived after a live wire fell on their legs. The storm damaged a transformer at Monroe’s power plant plunging the city into darkness from 7:25 p m to 10 p m. The News Star World plant also lost power during the outage.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Julius Smith
Wilhite
Union Parish
Monroe-Farmerville
Frank Cline
Ed Edwards
Smith
J. Manasco
West Monroe
Dlinois Central Railroad
C. C. Bell Manufacturing Company
P. H. Twiner
O. M. Arnette
St. Francis Sanitarium
News-Star-World
Katie Key
Fatally Stabs Woman and Kills Self in Hot Springs Rooming House
A man identifying as Jack Walton of Chicago fatally stabbed Mrs. Stella Shattas and wounded her daughter Irene before killing himself with poison. The attack occurred during a breakfast in their room at the 1843 South Halsted visitor's rooming house in Hot Springs Arkansas. Police offered no motive. The 12 year old girl faced grim odds after a stomach wound while Mrs. Shattas died at the hospital. The suspect, about 30, wore an old blue suit and sweater and threatened to blow up the building with nitroglycerin.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Jack Walton
Chicago
Stella Shattas
Irene
Adam Talocha
Talocha
Bloodhounds and Posses After Negro Assaulter
In Meridian Mississippi on December 6 bloodhounds and posses hunted a negro believed to have entered the bedroom of a 19 year old white woman choking her and attacking her before escaping as she ran to the street. Two negro suspects were taken into custody. The woman, now under medical care, said the assailant demanded money and directed her to another room before fleeing.
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Meridian
Miss
Senator Logan Urges Report On Louisiana Dummy Candidates
Senator Logan of Kentucky urged Senate action on a report about Louisiana elections and the use of dummy candidates by rival factions. He criticized the practice and said the Senate could refuse seating future candidates elected by such means. He called further investigation of Overton’s election useless and described the hearings as atmosphere laden and endless.
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Washington
Senate
Louisiana
Logan
Kentucky
John H. Overton
Overton
Edwin S. Broussard
New Orleans
Roosevelt creates national emergency information council
President Roosevelt established a national emergency council to coordinate government information services. It includes the interiors, agriculture, commerce, and labor secretaries plus major agency heads and a Consumers Council representative. Frank Walker named temporary director to streamline inquiries and unify field agency contacts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Emergency Council
The
Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
NRA
Federal Emergency Relief Organization
Home Loan Organization
Farm Credit Administration
Consumers Council
Frank Walker
Executive Council
Second Scottsboro Case Defendant Is Sentenced
After 15 hours of deliberation the Morgan county jury convicted Clarence Norris the second Scottsboro defendant to be retried here and fixed his punishment at death in the electric chair. Norris was unmoved as Judge Callahan read the verdict for participating in an attack on Mrs. Victoria Price a Huntsville mill worker aboard a Southern railway freight train in Jackson county on March 25 1931.
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Decatur
Ala
Morgan County
Clarence Norris
Scottsboro
Callahan
Victoria Price
Huntsville
Southern Railway
Jackson County
Rogers Has His Say on the Noble Experiment
Beverly Hills dispatch notes the start of the liquor reform era. The writer predicts state level doubts over liquor handling, with politics and taxes driving debate while the first week proves the hardest for implementing the changes.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Quietus Granted on 1932 Taxes by Police Jury
At a Wednesday meeting the police jury grants Sheriff Milton Coverdale a conditional quietus on 1932 taxes, allowing collection of 1933 taxes while uncollected real estate adjudicated to the state remains, about 40 000 dollars. A new parish member A Boamer Myatt. tribute to George Breece. bids discussed for trucks. appropriations for Salvation Army and tuberculosis association. terrain improvements and a peddling license measure proposed. road projects reviewed.
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Milton Coverdale
A. Boamer Myatt
John M. Breard
George Breece
Breece
C. R. Tidwell
Tidwell
Elmer Culpepper
East Side Road
W. J. Vinson
Salvation Army
Ouachita Parish
Sander Berry
Frank W. Hawthorne
Montgomery
New Orleans Set for February Bar Exam Dates
Fred G. Hudson Jr of Monroe announces next examination by the supreme court examining committee for admission to the bar to be held in New Orleans on February 26 27 and 28. Applications must be filed with the supreme court clerk several days before the exams.
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New Orleans
Fred G. Hudson, Jr
Monroe
Supreme Court Examining Committee
Supreme Court
Ouachita Parish to Hold Local Option Vote on Wet or Dry
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury decided at its Wednesday meeting to call an election on the local option question, likely in March, after differing legal views from District Attorney Frank W. Hawthorne and City Attorney H. H. Russell on whether the parish is wet or dry. The move aims to guide sheriff and DA in enforcing the law while refusing whisky licenses pending the outcome.
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Ouachita Parish
Frank W. Hawthorne
H. H. Russell
Russell
Milton Coverdale
Supreme Court
Hawthorne
Orleans Slayer Held to Be Sane
Louis Kenneth Neu, 26, confessed killer of Sheffield Clark Sr. of Nashville Tennessee and Lawrence Shead of Paterson New Jersey, was found sane and held for trial for his life in New Orleans. Judge A D Henriques ruled after a sanity hearing that Neu is responsible for his acts and refused a defense bid to delay.
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New Orleans
Louis Kenneth Neu
Sheffield Clark, Sr
Nashville
Tenn
Lawrence Shead
Patterson
N. J
A. D. Henriques
Neu
Henriques
Criminal District Court
Savannah
Woman claimed elected by long makes proffer
The widow of Congressman Willing to cancel results of vote is reported as pressing a challenge to the long election outcome. A proffer from the claimant suggests possible action to void or alter the announced results.
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LONG
Kemp proposes party primary to fill belated congress seat
Mrs. Bolivar E. Kemp of Amite offered to cancel yesterday's surprise sixth district election and enter a party primary for Congress. The move followed protests over a no primary vote and a small turnout amid claims of factional politics led by Huey P. Long and opponents tied to Jared Y. Sanders Jr. Kemp urged rivals to join a primary or resign to allow a general election.
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New Orleans
Bolivar E. Kemp
Congress
Kemp
Huey P. Long
Jared Y. Sanders
J. ¥. Sanders, Jr
K .Allen
Good Fellows Fund Needs Help Before Christmas
Wintry weather hits Twin Cities as Good Fellows urge support to aid poverty stricken homes during Christmas. Fund this year lags behind schedule with less than twenty days to raise hundreds of dollars for their traditional relief efforts. Continued on Eighth Pages.
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Good Fellows
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