Record Low Temperature Grips Louisiana and Surrounding States
The cold snap drops to 22 in Monroe Louisiana and 25 26 in Alexandria and Baton Rouge with frost and freezing conditions forecast along the coast. Mississippi faces hard freezes 16 to 24 inland 23 to 28 on the coast while Nashville and Atlanta report snow and ice in the past 24 hours. Shreveport records 24 degrees the season's coldest since November.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Sugar Belt
Mississippi
Tupelo
Biloxi
Nashville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
New Orleans
Cold Wave Spreads Subzero Temps Across Nation
A new cold wave brought subzero readings to the Dakotas Minnesota Iowa and beyond with freezing air reaching the Louisiana coast and northwest Florida. Temperatures dips include Evansville 8 St Louis 8 Kansas City Nashville 12 Memphis 16 Oklahoma City 16 Toledo 2 Pittsburgh 22 and scattered snow flurries in Tennessee Georgia and Virginia. Traffic moved cautiously amid ice and snow with Draper mountain area reporting ice.
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Associated Press
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Louisiana
Florida
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ohio River
Tennessee
Georgia
Virginia
Clinch Valley
Galax
Draper's
Atlanta
Chicago
Louisville
Evansville
Ind
St. Louis
Kansas City& Nashville
Memphis
Oklahoma City
Toledo
Pittsburgh
Mobile
Heatwave Keeps Southern California Warm Amid Surf Boom
In Southern California heat remained above normal with Long Beach reaching 85 degrees. Lifeguards report some 130,000 bathers in the Santa Monica to Long Beach stretch yesterday as hot weather continued.
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Los Angeles
California
Long Beach
Santa Monica
Holidays for LSU Northeast Center and Ouachita Schools Set
Announcement by Dean C. C. Calvert says LSU Northeast Center will close Friday afternoon December 17 and reopen January 3. Ouachita Parish schools will observe Christmas vacation similarly and Monroe city schools will close December 2 and reopen January 3. St Matthew's Parochial School has not set vacation dates.
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C. C. Calvert
Northeast Center
Louisiana State University
T. C. Brown
Quachita Parish
Monroe
St. Matthew's Parochial
Typhoon isolates large area in northern Visayas
Manila dispatch reports a new typhoon isolating a vast portion of the northern Visayan islands as word comes of a serious dysentery epidemic in Sorgoson province following the earlier typhoon Armistice Day.
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Manila
P. 1
Visayan Islands
Sorgoson
Good Fellows Fund Seeks Christmas Help for Needy Children
The News-Star and Morning World urge Monroe and West Monroe residents to support the Good Fellows Fund to aid underprivileged children this Christmas. Donations, cash or merchandise, may be mailed to 110 North Second Street or arranged for pickup via the Good Fellows editor.
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Old Boreas
Monroe
West Monroe
Twin Cities
Good Fellows Fund
News-Star and
Morning World
News-Star and World
North Second Street
Good Fellows
Catalogue of CCC Men Ready for Service
The report lists 426 CCC men aged 65 or older and 60 ready to join police work. Texas has the largest native-sons contingent with 21 992. Nevada the smallest. Also 59 CCC youths have more than 16 dependents and 159 have 15 or 16. General Lafayette secured 22 028.40 acres near Tallahassee on July 4 1825 by act of Congress.
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CCC
Texas
Nevada
General Lafayette
Tallahassee
Fla
Life Of Louisiana Acadians Revealed In Park Service Report
National Park Service historians describe 18th century Acadian families in Louisiana as frontier farmers with large households and strong community bonds. They faced competition from slaveholders, relied on extended kin for labor, and staged marriages with village feasts and public announcements.
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Washington, D. C
Louisiana
Bayou Teche
National Park Service
Teche
New Orleans
Kidnapping of White Plains Man Feared
Harold Fried, a Bronx business manager and son of the late Joseph Fried, vanished after leaving his car at his mother's house. His family alerted police after he did not return. Fried's car was later found at Rosedale Gardens near Mamaroneck Avenue. No ransom note had been confirmed by police.
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Fried
Rosedale Gardens
Mamaroneck Avenue
Harold Daniels
New York
Briarview Manor
Mamaroneck Road
Arlen
Joseph Fried
Empire Sand and Gravel Company
Jones Farm Hand Dies of Wounds in Louisiana Shooting
Marshall Chapin a 24 year old Louisiana farm hand died from a bullet wound suffered during a Saturday night incident at Jones La An argument with store owner W A Pardue led to Pardue firing a .45 caliber pistol in self defense Chapin was shot in the left side and died the following day An inquiry continued in Bastrop Morehouse parish as Chapin was brought to Shreveport for treatment
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Shreveport
Marshall Chapin
Louisiana
Jones
Marvin Sawyer
Morehouse Parish
Chapin
W. A. Pardue
Pardue
Sawyer
Bastrop
Morehouse
Health officials battle infant diarrheal outbreak at hospital
At a Chicago hospital doctors battle an acute diarrheal illness suspected to be virus caused. Eight baby specialists and health officers work to save two critically ill infants while monitoring 155 October November births. Additional cases include Roberta Murawski and William Lafferty, with investigations spanning water milk and food sources.
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Sandra Traska
Health Department
Ennesser
Richard H. Jaffe
Cook County Hospital
Herman N. Bundesen
Board of Health
New York
Toronto
Memphis
France
Scotland
Roberta Murawski
William Lafferty
Youth Dies of Rare Disease After Rabies Treatment
The article reports a Northeast Center of LSU student from Highland Park who died from a rare post treatment encephalitis. Physicians note no immediate alarm for others treated, as only about one in 200 cases develops similar complications. Coates, son of Mr and Mrs J T Coates, was a second year student who previously lost an eye in a car accident near Alexandria.
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Coates
J. T. Coates
Highland Park Addition
Northeast Center
Alexandria
Yule Entries Close Dec 21
Illumination is mandatory from 6 to 10 pm December 21 through January 1 with judging during those hours. Displays must burn lights to avoid disqualification. Prizes based on artistic value 40 percent conformity to Christmas spirit 20 percent originality 20 percent ingenuity 20 percent.
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Chamber of Commerce
Planned Economy for Fish in Wyoming
The U S bureau of fisheries and the Wyoming game and fish department plan a program of planned economy for fish. They seek information on feeding breeding and fighting habits to determine which fish suit each stream or lake and how many should live there. Special nets are used for trapping fish at different levels.
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Buffalo
Wyo
Wyoming
United States
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Nets Catch Fish Safely Behind the Gills
The nets are built to catch fish behind the gills without injuring them. The design aims to reduce harm while securing a catch.
Origin of the word fiscal traced to Latin fiscus
The term fiscal derives from the Latin fiscus meaning wicker basket used for holding revenue. Historians note the transition from a treasury container to a reference for state finances.
Roosevelt in Fine Health After Caribbean Cruise
President Roosevelt, reportedly in good health and enjoying rest along the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts, plans no new messages for the special session yet expects talks with Democratic leaders after returning to Washington. He discussed potential anti trust legislation and relief needs, and floated a Florida ship canal as a solution to tanker routes, noting Congress would decide on any appropriation.
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Roosevelt
South Atlantic
Gulf
Congress
Washington
Robert H. Jackson
Ickes
Harry L. Hopkins
Emergency Public Works Administration
Mr. Roosevelt
Florida Ship Canal
Help To Clear Up Your Pimply Skin
An old ad promotes Black and White Ointment for pimples eczema irritations with trial size ten cents and large can twenty five cents. It recommends using Black and White Skin Soap first and boasts over twenty years of successful results.
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Tommie
Fellas
Tommie Carrt
Weather Bureau
Carter
Sam Schier
Patricia Davis
Charles Karovich
Davis
Schier
Karovich
Boreas
Primos
A. M. Cash
Historian’s Report
China
St. Martinville
Paris
Longfellow
Gabriel
Jones Farm
Vicks
Count of Covallonga
Miami
Havana
Marta Rocafort
Crown Prince of
Spain
Philco
Jack Boyer
Tan Etre
Cery
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