League Presses Manchuria Crisis Settlement
Paris reports Japan and China accepted the League of Nations resolution on the Manchurian dispute with reservations. Both nations retained rights while agreeing to a neutral inquiry and withdrawal of Japanese troops as soon as possible.US Ambassador Dawes and M Briand praised the accord as a step toward ending hostilities.
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Paris
Japan
China
League of Nations
Manchuria
Kenkichi Yohkawa
Alfred Sze
Dr. Sze
Commission of Inquiry
United States
Dawes
M. Briand
National Unemployment Insurance Plan Endorsed
In Washington on December 10 a Senate committee heard Dr. Harry W. Laidler of Brooklyn describe a national unemployment insurance fund as imperative to abolish inadequate charitable relief. He spoke for the joint unemployment committee, arguing private relief is among the worst forms of doles.
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Washington
Senate
Harry W. Laidler
Brooklyn
Joint Unemployment Committee
Unfilled U. S. Steel Orders Fall in November
Unfilled orders of the U. S. Steel Corporation dropped 185 541 tons in November to 2 993 891 tons. October had a 25 401 ton decrease. Backlog at October 31 was 3 119 432 tons, with September and August totals of 3 144 833 and 3 169 457 tons respectively.
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New York
U. S. Steel Corporation
Doc Reed known as Box sells apples downtown
In a column of local life Jess Ramblin notes painter Doc Reed not working but thriving by selling apples at meals and events, while earning rent by painting car tops. Other vignettes include a traffic court memory from Little Jean Courtney and townsfolk joking about prizes and pawns.
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T. D
Doc” Reed
News- Star-World
Jean Courtney
E. G. Courtney
W. M. Harper
Toy Shop operetta to be presented by Oua chita parish students
The Toy Shop, an operetta, will be staged in the school auditorium by Oua chita Parish High School students on Wednesday afternoon December 16 and Thursday night December 17. Mrs George Moffett serves as director.
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Ouachita Parish High School
George Moffett
West Virginia Mob Lynch Two Suspects in Jail
A mob of about 60 men seized two Black men from Greenbrier County jail in Lewisburg and hanged them from a telephone pole after they were accused of killing Officer Myles and his companion. They were Tom Jackson and George Banks, arrested November 22 at Leslie. Brown survived a short time.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Greenbrier County
Midland Trail
Tom Jackson
George Banks
Leslie
Joseph Myles
Jack Brown
Myles
Brown
Wallace Flint
New Brown-Cover Phone Directory Delivers 4800 Names
Approximately 4,800 names are listed in the new Monroe telephone directory delivered with a brown cover. District Manager J W Warren urges subscribers to consult it before calling to avoid wrong numbers due to changes since the old edition. The book includes the alphabetical directory and a business classified yellow pages section.
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Monroe
J. W. Warren
Union Leader Convicted of Murder in Kentucky
William B. Jones, Harlan County mine union secretary, is found guilty of murder and conspiracy by a circuit court jury in Mount Sterling Kentucky. The panel verdict carries a life imprisonment sentence after a two week trial that included 158 witnesses describing conditions in the Southeastern Kentucky coal fields and the May killing of Deputy Sheriff Jim Daniels at Evarts.
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Mount Sterling
William B. Jones
Harlan County Mine Union
Jones
Kentucky
Jim Daniels
Five Rescued From Sinking Anna Mae Crew
The five crew members of the Portsmouth Va. fishing trawler Anna Mae were rescued from the masts by Cape Hatteras coast guard life savers after the 72 foot vessel nearly vanished in the Diamond Shoals quicksand. Captain Ralph Carmine piloted the trawler as the sailors clung to the masts overnight.
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Norfolk, Va
U.P
Anna Mae
Portsmouth
Coast Guard
Cape Hatteras
Diamond Shoals
Phillip H. Scott
Norfolk
Nag’s Head
N. C
Ralph Carmine
Seven hurt as second story porch collapses at Harahan
Seven people were hospitalized with fractures and contusions after a gallery on a second floor porch collapsed at a Harahan dance hall near New Orleans. The incident followed a fight as 800 guests watched a bridal couple, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Loreno, celebrate.
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New Orleans
Harahan
Peter Loreno
Frank Loreno
Negro Bandit Wounds Station Operator On Busy Road
J L Odom filling station operator was near death from a bullet wound after a robbery by a negro bandit on one of Hattiesburg Mississippi's busiest streets early last night. He flagged a passing bus which summoned police and an ambulance.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
J. L. Odom
Odom
Hoover seeks five day moratorium approval on war debts
President Hoover asked Congress to authorize a temporary five day moratorium on European war debt payments due December 15 and to revive the foreign debt commission to study debtor nations inability to meet further obligations. He urged world court adherence and arms control while proposing 10 year installments for delayed payments. The House speaker said action would not occur before December 15.
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Washington
Garner
House
Texan
Hoover
Congress
Europe
United States
Foreign Debt Commission
Manchuria
Mexico
St. Lawrence Waterway
Paraguay
World Court
Railroad Investigation Approved By Committee
The Couzens resolution to authorize a broad investigation of railroad conditions by a joint congressional committee was approved unanimously by the Senate Interstate Commerce Commission Committee.
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Washington
Couzens
Congressional
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission Committee
Contributions Greatly Needed by Goodfellows Fund
The Goodfellows Fund faces slow donations as a child’s plea from a 15 year old near DeSiard Street highlights family hardship. A letter describes long unemployment, hunger, and rent arrears, urging Christmas visitation and aid. Contributions should be mailed to the Goodfellows Fund care of the News-Star.
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Papa
DeSiard Street
Goodfellow’s Fund
Goodfellows’ Fund
News-Star
Powers Called Super-Criminal by Prosecutor
Clarksburg West Virginia December 10. Prosecutor calls Harry F Powers a supreme egoist and sneering super criminal who valued his own happiness above all law as the state seeks the death penalty for the slaying of Dorothy Pressler Lemke. Judge Southern outlines murder degrees and jurors may convict on circumstantial evidence.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
Casanova
West Virginia
Dorothy Pressler Lemke
Northboro
Mass
John C. Southern
Governor Cuts East Texas Per Well Allowable to 100 Barrels
Governor R S Sterling ordered a reduction of the East Texas oil field per well allowable from 125 to 100 barrels daily, effective 7 am tomorrow. The move follows a conference with General Jacob F Wolters and Texas officials. 3380 producing wells in Smith Gregg Rusk and Upshur counties will trim field output from over 400000 to about 332000 barrels daily.
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Austin
R. S. Sterling
East Texas
Sterling
Smith, Gregg, Rusk
Upshur
Jacob F. Wolters
Texas National Guard
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Two Males Held After West Monroe Robbery Probe
West Monroe police hold Mickey Powell and W Way in connection with a bridge holdup on the Illinois Central bridge over the Ouachita River. Victim Whitehead reported $60 stolen, with suspects found near Monroe after late Tuesday night activity. A second break in occurred at Blue Heaven Sandwich Shop with shots fired by Tilman Hodekiff, brother in law of the owner, wounding a suspect earlier.
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Illinois Central
Quachita River
West Monroe
Mickey Powell
W. Way
E. N. Whitehead
Whitehead
R. P. Benson
Powell
Way
M. W. Cummings
Monroe
Harrison Street
Blue Heaven
Natchitoches Street
Tilman Hodekiff
Ray Carter
Hodekiff
George L. Baynham
Baynham
Southern Railway Omits Dividend Action
NEW YORK Dec 10 The Southern Railway system announced that at a directors meeting action on the common and preferred dividends was omitted.
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Southern Railway
New York
Southern Railway System Today
Hester Re-elected Secretary of New Orleans Cotton Exchange
The incoming board of directors elected Colonel Henry G. Hester as secretary and superintendent for his 63rd consecutive year. He has served since the exchange organized in 1870.
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New Orleans
The
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Henry G. Hester
Exchange
Hester
Man of Mer Rouge Dies In Lake LaFourche Crash
Pomeroy Willis 40 a Gallagher Motor Company mechanic Mer Rouge was killed when his car plunged from the Oak Ridge Rayville highway into Lake LaFourche about 10 pm He was alone in the car and died from the fall not drowning Tracks near the bridge support the high speed theory His widow and a six year old daughter Joe Anne survive Funeral plans not set Mer Rouge residents recall a previous Willis tragedy two years ago when his father died in a wagon accident.
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Pomeroy Willis
Gallagher Motor Company
Mer Rouge
Lake LaFourche
Oak Ridge
Rayville
Met Rouge
J. F. Norris
Morehouse Parish
Bastrop
Willis
Mes Rouge
Joe Anne
Possible Coalition Government Toyed With by Japanese Leaders
Tokyo December 10 Prime Minister Wakatsuki convened an urgent conference of Minseit party leaders to revisit the idea of a coalition government first proposed November 22 By Kenzo Adachi home minister and faction leader the plan was under discussion late tonight with Minseit officials attending.
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Tokyo
Wakatsuki
Minseit
Kenzo Adachi
Tax Plan Start Delayed To January After Moratorium
Chairman Collier of the House Ways and Means Committee said the administration tax increase plan will not be organized until after the new year. He noted the moratorium should come first and that committee work on taxes will begin sometime in January.
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Washington
Collier
House
Ways and Means Committee
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