Windstorm devastates Texarkana killing two children
A tornado near Texarkana early today killed J E Hardin aged three and Mrs Vera C Perry aged 32 and seriously injured six others including two Hardin children blown from their bed. The storm destroyed homes and a church, with minor injuries reported in nearby areas.
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Texarkana
Ark
Here
J. E. Hardin
Vera C. Perry
Francis Hardin
Harvey L. Perry
Ane L. Hardin
S. ©. Campbell
Mardin
Perry
Hardin
Harris
Atlanta
New Boston
Ashdown and
Hope
Dalrymple to Stay in Hospital for Two More Days
Tulane football captain Jerry Dalrymple remains in the hospital with kidney injury from last Saturday. Doctors order at least two additional days of bed rest despite improving condition. A bedside broadcast setup is added for a Rose Bowl program on WDSU tonight.
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Dalrymple
New Orleans
Jerry Dalrymple
Tulane
Mike
WDSU
Bandits Rob Payroll From Gulf Refining Crew in Somerville
Two Gulf Refining Company clerks were held up and robbed of a $4,000 payroll in Somerville Massachusetts. Four men took part, one armed with a pistol, as the payroll was being moved by car from a bank to the plant.
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Somerville
Mass
Gulf Refining Company
Thirteen Taken in Early Morning Raid in Ouachita Parish
Sheriff deputies and Monroe police arrested thirteen men at a rooming house on 215 Harrison Street. Several suspects face charges tied to robberies including the Palace Department Store theft of women’s wear valued at $200 to $300.
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Sheriff's Department
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Harrison Street
Parish
J. D. Alexander
Raymond Gammon
Walter Henry
Curly Pelly
J. H. Cannon
J. L. Jackson
C. L. Bardwell
BE. P. Farrow
Boyd Lucas
Samuel Jackson
L. A. Griffin
Austin McAlester
Frank M. Fahony
Palace Department
DeSiard Street
Three alleged holdup men held in West Side jail
West Monroe police held three men suspected of robberies Friday after two separate incidents. Sam Hollis 45 identified by victim Elmore L. Barlow as one of two robbers at South Fifth Street crossing. Hollis to be sent to Ouachita Parish jail. The second pair, Mickey Powell and V. Way, were arrested in a Monroe pool room by West Monroe Officer M W Cummings and Monroe authorities. Victims include Barlow who reported a $1.15 theft and E N Whitehead who was robbed of $60 on the Illinois Central bridge. Whitehead, a Mitchell Brothers employee, left town early Thursday and had not returned by noon today.
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West Monroe
Elmore L. Barlow
Brownlee Trailer and Manufacturing Company
South Fifth Street
Sam Hollis
Barlow
Hollis
Ouachita Parish
E. N. Whitehead
Illinois Central
Ouachita River
Whitehead
Alto
Mitchell Brothers
Mickey Powell
V. Way
Monroe
M. W. Cummings
One-Act Play Tournament Moves to Central City Grammar
A one act play tournament originally set for Ouachita Parish High School auditorium will be shown in Central City Grammar School auditorium next Thursday night due to a scheduling conflict. Parish High School students will present an entertainment in the school auditorium next Thursday night.
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Ouachita Parish High School
Central City Grammar School
Parish High School
Shipmaster Tells of Rescue Of Men From Wrecked Boat
Captain Ar minges, 22, master of the trawler Anna Mae, recounts 30 hours adrift on Diamond Shoals as her hull broke apart. Coast guardsmen rescued the four men after a perilous night of wind and pounding surf off Cape Hatteras.
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Armines
Anna Mae
Diamond Shoals
Atlantic
United Press
Dea
Eee
Ralph
Cee Ogene
United Hess
Cape Hatteras Coast Guard Station
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Cape Hatteras Inlet
Portsmouth
Southern senators seek liberal aid for farm loan delinquents
Southern Democratic senators gathered at Senator Smith's call in Washington to press for lenient administration relief for farmers behind on Federal Land Bank loans. They backed sympathetic case by case treatment, supported increased land bank capitalization, and referenced Senator Harrison's prior relief bill. Attendees included Smith, Harrison, Fletcher, Trammell, George, Harris, Byrnes, Morrison, McKellar, Hull, Black, Bankhead, Gore, and Logan.
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Washington
Smith
South Carolina
Agriculture Committee
Smith and Harrison
Fletcher
Trammell
Florida
George and Harris
Georgia
Byrnes
Morrison
North Carolina
McKellar and Hull
Tennessee
Black and Bankhead
Alabama
Gore
Oklahoma
Logan
Kentucky
Program Presented at St Francis Sanitarium by Monroe Dept
An entertainment program under the Monroe Playground and Recreation Department was presented at St Francis Sanitarium last night. Sister of the sanitarium and other staff members attended as guests.
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Monroe Playground and Recreation Department
St. Francis Sanitarium
Plant Industry Agent Visits Monroe Over Seed Association
C A McClendon field agent for USDA Plant Industry arriving in Monroe for talks with E R Strahan on Ouachita Valley Pure Seed Association. The group, farmers from Monroe to Bosco, holds about 200 tons of D P L No 48 cotton seed for members and surplus buyers, with McClendon linking the body to the department for official recognition.
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C. A. McClendon
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Atlanta
Monroe
E. R. Strahan
Strahan
Orleans to Havana Car Ferry Service Approved
Examiner John H. Howell recommended ICC approve Florida East Coast Car Ferry Company plan for a car ferry service between New Orleans and Havana Cuba. No competition with Florida East Coast Railway would result under the Interstate Commerce Act or the Panama Canal Act.
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Washington
John H. Howell
Interstate Commerce Commission
Florida East Coast Car Ferry Company
New Orleans
Havana
Cuba
Florida East Coast Railway
Santa Visits A Deserving Family From Goodfellows Fund
A 15 year old girl asked for a Santa visit on Christmas. The Goodfellows Fund replies Santa will visit December 25 with toys, fruits, nuts, candy and a Christmas dinner for the girl the sick sister and two brothers. Fund seeks warm clothing and rent assistance but funds are limited to do what can be offered.
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Goodfellows’ Fund
Santa Claus
T . Santa Claus
Democrats in House Confer on Tax Plans
Congressional Democrats held informal talks on a broader tax increase package to fund government costs. They plan higher surtaxes, higher top income taxes, a gift tax, and bond issuance, with opposition to a general sales tax. The deficit outlook remains a driving factor in shaping proposals.
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House
Washington
Congressional Democrats
Treasury
Congress
Michigan
Administration
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Ways and Means
Mississippi
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Holly Ridge Man Shot After Rural Quarrel Over Crop
In a noon hour exchange of pistol fire seven miles north of Holly Ridge, A B Stowe a tenant farmer was shot slightly near the spine and treated by a Rayville physician. Bennie Goins owner of the land surrendered to Deputy Sheriff Roy Binion on a shooting with intent to kill charge. authorities plan further action after investigation. Two shots were fired by Goins and four by Stowe with the first shot by Goins.
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Holly Ridge
A. B. Stowe
Stowe
Rayville
Bennie Goins
Roy Binion
Japan Cabinet Resigns Under Fire Over Foreign Policy
Tokyo Dec. 11 The Japanese cabinet headed by Premier Bar on Reijiro Wakatsuki resigned amid criticism of foreign affairs and financial policy. Possible outcomes include a coalition cabinet with Minseito and Seiyukai members or a wholly Seiyukai ministry.
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Tokyo
Baron Reijiro Wakatsuki
Japan
Minseito
Seiyukai
Senator Watson Demands Europe Armament Reduction
Senator Watson of Indiana urged Europe to cut armaments as a condition for revising war debts. He argued Americans should not fund European military buildup while debts are unsettled. Leaders may delay the war debts commission revival until Europe acts, with disarmament talks in February in focus.
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Washington
Senator Watson
Indiana
Hoover
Europe
Watson
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
War Debts Commission
Congress
Mills
The
Treasury
Prominent Morgan City Citizen Dies From Self Inflicted Wound
Morgan City December 11 F Dancy Winchester banker educator and city councilman died today from a self inflicted bullet wound at age 63. He had been ill and despondent and was longtime figure in local business serving as Bank of Morgan City and Trust Company cashier school board president and city council member.
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Morgan City
F. Dancy Winchester
Winchester
Bank of Morgan City and Trust Company
Warden White Shot In Arm During Rescue of Captor
Warden Thomas B. White was shot in the arm while subduing a kidnapper during a confrontation at the prison. The prisoner was apprehended after the struggle and taken into custody by fellow officers.
Warden White abducted by six convicts at Leavenworth
Six armed convicts abducted Warden Thomas B White from Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary after hijacking cars during a prison escape. He was wounded in the assault but survived while guards and local officers surrounded the fugitives in a farm house nine miles west of Leavenworth.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Thomas B. White
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Cushing Memorial Hospital
Warden White
Lecompton Road
White
Bell School House
Leavenworth
Lyle Hart
Jack Galvin
Carl Laufer
Kas
T. B. White
Here
Fort Leavenworth
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