Louisiana House votes for loan to public service board
Baton Rouge December 11 The house approved a concurrent resolution by 45 to 42 urging the state board of liquidation to seek authority from the legislature to borrow 15000 for the Louisiana public service commission. Opposition cited mistrust of the liquidation board and past borrowing requests. Continued on page nine.
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Baton Rouge
House
Chasez
State Board of Liquidation
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Heintz
Cleveland Frage
Evangeline
J. FE. McClanahan
Caldwell
J. Clinton Sayes
Avoyelles
John B. Fournet
Public Service Commission
Kudinowski Admits Slaying Jersey City Girl
Admits killing a five year old girl from a Sunday school picnic in New Jersey after confessing to previous murders. He told Detroit police he strangled the girl and indicated where the body could be found. The confession followed earlier admissions including a New York seven year old and a Scranton worker in 1924.
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Detroit
Joseph Storelli
New York
East Side
Scranton
New Jersey
King George Fights Fever as Heir May Reach London
King George’s doctors battle a lung infection and fever while the Prince of Wales may reach London to race time against death. The official bulletin offered little hope of improvement, noting the king slept several hours but remained weakened and unchanged in strength. Public concern grows as crowds gather around Buckingham Palace.
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Associated Press
London
George
Prince of Wales
King George's
Sir Stanley Hewett
Lord Dawson
Penn
Buckingham
Mob violence charges filed against three young men near Bernice
Affidavits and warrants charge Jim Pope Lowery Claude Hattaway and J L Youngblood with conspiring and leading a mob of 12 to 15 men on December 5 at the J L Roach place seven miles east of Bernice Union Parish. The raid involved gunfire breaking in a tenant Willie Sutton's home and destroying bedding and furniture.
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News-Star
Farmerville
Sheriff's Office
Jim Pope Lowery
Claude Hattaway
J. L. Youngblood
Justice of the Peace
Watt Carroll
Willie Sutton
J. L. Roach
Waingwright Place
Bernice
Union Parish
Guns Turned on Bandits in Crescent City Street Duel
In New Orleans last night a bandit gang attempted robberies amid a rising wave of hold ups. Herman O. Baker was killed by a pistol shot from fireman James Reilly after he threatened Joseph Combel and family. Baker had a prior Angola prison record. Detective George Dillman repelled two hooded gunmen at a grocery, firing on them as they fled, with shots exchanged and the store attacked.
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New Orleans
Herman O. Baker
Joseph Combel
Combel
Couple to Wed Found Dead in Chicago Hotel Tragedy
In Chicago on the Gold Coast, a divorced woman Florence Williams 24 and Frank Zimmerman 30 were found shot dead in a hotel room on the eve of their wedding. A .62 caliber pistol with all shots fired lay in Zimmerman's hand and a bullet hole marked his head. A letter and telegram with terms of endearment were found.
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Chicago
Davis Hotel
Gold Coast
Florence F. Williams
Frank W. Zimmerman
McCormick
Williams
Celtic Liner Stranded On Cork Harbor Rocks
Heavy seas pound the liner Celtic stuck on Cow and Calf rocks at Cork harbor entrance. A skeleton crew remains aboard as Ballycotton lifeboat and three tugs stand by. Pumps, mattresses, and patchwork help slow flooding while salvagers plan the next haul attempt.
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Associated Press
Cobh
Ireland
Celtic
Cork Harbor
Ballycotton
Jersey City Man Confesses to Child Crime and Murders
Kudzinowski, already indicted for the Storelli murder, confesses to strangling five year old Julia Mlodzianowska at a Lake Hopatcong picnic last August and to dismembering her body. He also admits to the Scranton homicide of Harry Quinn and led police to the Storelli boy’s remains in Secaucus.
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Jersey City
N. J
Peter Kudzinowski
Hudson County
Joseph Storelli
New York
Kudzinowski
Julia Mlodzianowska
Lake
Taxpayers of Ouachita to Vote on College Tomorrow
Ouachita parish voters face a one mill for ten years tax to fund a junior college. Polls open 7 am to 5 pm with endorsements from Kiwanis Lions Rotary and the Chamber of Commerce. Some last minute opposition centers on state education approvals and conflicting letters from Supt. T H Harris.
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Ouachita
Ouachita Parish
Kiwanis
Lions
Rotary
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Louisiana College
State University
Quachita Parish
Friends of the Movement
T. H. Harris
State Department of Education
Louisiana
Harris
Friends of the College Plan
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley
A humorous sketch tone outlines Big Mens Kin looking over small matters and some men. The column hints at social observations using dialect and light satire, presenting a Folksy reflection on everyday quirks and characters.
Court House at Bastrop Scene of Night Blaze
A fire in the south witness room of Bastrop Morehouse parish courthouse caused water and heat damage. Origin suspected from a cigarette stub with old records burned. loss estimated at 300 dollars. Bastrop volunteers praised for rapid response and preventing total loss.
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News
Bastrop
Morehouse Parish Court House
Population volunteers flood Bolivia frontiers defense drive
Mass meetings supported the Bolivian government over the Paraguayan frontier dispute. Volunteers offered service with a full 1000 man regiment organized in Trinidad and physicians offering hospital facilities and care.
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Associated Press
LA Paz
Trinidad
Bolivian Bolivar Withdraws From Pan American Talks
Washington December 11 Boliva withdrew today from the Pan American conference on arbitration and conciliation as efforts to settle the Paraguayan Bolivian dispute continued.
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Washington
Bolivia
Teachers Ready to Help as La Paz Mobilizes
The Teachers League of La Paz urged immediate muster into government service. Men sought army enlistment while women volunteered for Red Cross work. A foreign office communique refuted Paraguayan charge d affaires Elias Ayala about insults and noted the government provided transport to the frontier, then he chose another route.
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Schoo
Teachers League of
Lapaz
Red Cross
Foreign Office
Elias Ayala
Senor Ayala
Stricken Mother Louise Storelli in Jersey Marsh Murder Case
Louise Storelli, mother of seven year old Joseph Storelli, lies stunned in hospital after she learns her son was murdered. Her condition is described as shock during ongoing investigation into the Jersey marsh killing.
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Louise Storelli
Joseph Storelli
Jersey
Good Fellows Fund Seeks Christmas Aid From Community
Urges prompt donations to the Good Fellows Christmas fund as December 25 nears. With only 1435 dollars received so far, the appeal stresses warm clothing groceries and toys for needy families in the Twin Cities and lists several contributors and amounts.
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Good Fellows
Good Fellows Christmas Fund
Twin Cities
Bill to fund plants showing waste product utilization
Senator Schall of Minnesota introduced a bill to appropriate 6.5 million dollars for government demonstration plants to use waste products from farming lands. The proposal includes 1.006 million dollars for a sugar cane pulp and paper plant at Baton Rouge Louisiana.
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Washington
Senator Schail
Republican
Minnesota
Baton Rouge
Beadle Offers Alternate Tale On Lake Death
In New Orleans on December 20 the state pardon board will hear Ada Bonner Lebouef and Dr. Thomas E. Dreher seeking commutation of life terms for their January 5 hangings. A pistol found in a bayou near Morgan City is at issue. James Beadle, life prisoner at Angola, calls Dreher and Mrs. LeBouef’s pistol claim a fake and presents his own version.
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New Orleans
State Pardon Board
Ada Bonner Lebouef
Thomas E. Dreher
Bayou
James J. LeBouef
Morgan City
Orleans Parish
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