President Roosevelt calls unified drive against crime nationwide
President Roosevelt orders a coordinated attack on crime and a public opinion body to back anti crime efforts. The national conference of experts will study creating a criminological institute to train officers and share information while stressing public understanding of crime as a social issue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Crime Conference
Justice Department
Cummings
Criminological Institute
United States
Missing Annabelle Yacht Searched Off Gulf Coast
Coast guardsmen launched a wide Gulf search for the unreported yacht Annabelle, last heard from Camp Walton Fla on November 27. The S S Canto drifted off Daytona Beach with propellerless propulsion as Tug Warmbler rushed to aid.
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Mobile
Ala
Coast
Fla
T. B. Hern
Brown
Camp Walton
Pensacola
Coast Guard
Chicago
New York-Cuba Mail
Daytona Beach
Vigilant
Birth of famous quintuplets told by Dr Dafoe
Dr Allan Roy DaFoe recalled the May birth of the Dionne quintuplets at the Ontario home. He described a chaotic scene with two midwives, a half awake mother, and six babies wrapped in blankets. He baptized the infants and fought to keep them alive as the family faced strain and public attention.
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New York
Allan Roy DaFoe
Carnegie Hall
Dionne
Snow and freezing: Dixie hit by cold snap and snow
Arctic air pushed south with snow flurries in Atlanta and pockets of white in Richmond and Knoxville. Temperatures plunged across the nation from Sault Ste. Marie to Nashville and Mobile, with Miami at 60 degrees as the south faced subfreezing mornings and a continued cold spell.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Deep South
Atlanta
Richmond
Ohio
Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Grand Rapids
Kansas City
St. Louis
Boston
Greenbay
Wis
South
New York
Bridge Work Set To Resume On Ouachita River Span
Central Construction of Monroe receives a two week start to rebuild the approaches and seven reinforced concrete spans on the Monroe bank of the Ouachita River. Project aims for completion in four months barring river rises.
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Ouachita River
Central Construction Company
Monroe
Louisiana State Highway Commission
Meyer Greenwald
Greenwald
Jinkys Entered In Big Contest Tomorrow
Jinky editors urge participation in the Jinky contest with cash prizes and merchandise. Readers are told to deliver completed jinkys to 136 North Second Street and that entry is free with Jinky receipts from purchases. Free Jinky practice materials are offered by listed local firms including Iron Mountain Bakery Griffin Studio and Central Savings Bank among others.
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Jinky
North Second Street
Iron Mountain Bakery, Inc
Griffin Studio
Johnnie S. Elbert
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
West Monroe
Hardware and Furniture Co
Sur-Wa
Holloway and Thompson, Natural Gas Co., Inc
Thompson's Pharmacy
Monroe Automobile and Supply Co
Slagle-Johnson Lumber Co., Inc
Lt. Rogers
Eureka Grocery
West
Hoover cites politics hindering gang extermination plan
J Edgar Hoover told the attorney general’s crime conference that eradicating gangs requires ending political pressure and full cross agency cooperation. He cited Dillinger Floyd and Nelson as defeated by federal action and praised progress in the nationwide crackdown.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justices Bureau of Investigation
Attorney General
Dillinger
Pretty Boy Floyd
Baby Face Nelson
Hoover
Roosevelt
Four men jailed in abduction of rich Miami man
Four suspects named in a written confession as abductors of Dr. Santiago Claret remained in jail. A $16,000 check he was forced to sign and a note instructing bank officials to honor the check were presented as key exhibits. The chauffeur Roy Gray provided full details, implicating himself and others.
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Miami
Fla
Santiago Claret
Dr. Claret
Miami Beach
Roy Gray
E. W.W. Melchen
Fred Gray
W. R. Millard
Sam Garelic
Bayonne
N. J
Gray
Garelic
Millard
Havana
la Informacion
Rogers Has His Say on Inflation and Investment
Hollywood essay by a prominent New York banker criticizes fear of inflation and urges industry leaders to invest and back the president. The writer argues that business must not demand guarantees but support policy to avoid coercing government action.
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Hollywood
Cal
New York
Horror tale linked to Galapagos deaths found letters on island
Letters recovered near two bodies on Marchena Island recount a brutal flight from Charles Island in the Galapagos. The scene involves Rudolph Lorenz Trygve Nuggrud and the missing “mad empress” Baroness Eloise Bosquet von Wagner Wehrborn, with Captain Hancock and Captain William Borthen noting grim events.
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San Diego
Calif
Marchena Island
Ecuador
United States
Santa Amaro
Marchena
Galapagos Islands
William Borthen
Charles Island
Manuel Rodriguez
Charles
Galapagos
Rudolph Lorenz
Trygve Nuggrud
Eloise Bosquet von Wagner Wehrborn
Lorenz
Nuggrud
Capt. G. Allan Hancock
Los Angeles
Science
Hancock
Marchena Beach
Arthur Witter
Entombed Well Digger Believed Dead in Shaft
In Greystones Irish Free State civic guards report Joseph O Leary a well digger trapped in a shaft since Saturday is dead after renewed earth slides sealed his fate. Troops and guards continued to search for his body as his last message said he was dying.
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Greystones
Irish Free State
Civic Guards
Joseph O'Leary
Lawman Gangsters Fade as U S Agents Expand Training
The speaker notes the public decline of tri state terror Wilbur Underhill and other gangsters like Homer Van Meter and Tommy Carroll. He credits the Division of Investigation with improved armament and rifle training for agents and honors agents killed in action including Raymond Caffrey and W Carter Baum Cowley and Herman Hellis in battles with Baby Face Nelson.
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Wilbur Underhill
Tri-State
Homer van Meter
Tommy Carroll
Division of Investigation
Raymond Caffrey
Kansas City
W. Carter Baum
Samuel P. Cowley
Herman E. Hellis
Baby Face Nelson
Balkan quarrel ends with Geneva backed agreement
In Geneva the League of Nations hailed a settlement between Yugoslavia and Hungary ending their threat over the Saar plebiscite. Both sides approved a resolution deploring King Alexander's Marseille assassination and Hungary agreed to report punitive actions for culpable authorities.
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Geneva
League of Nations
League
Saar Basin
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Alexander
Marseille
Budapest
FCA Officials Defend Farm Credit Policy At Federation Meeting
Nashville Tenn December 11 The Farm Credit Administration Governor W I Myers urged continuing emergency refinancing of farm debts while opposing government subsidies as a permanent policy He called for divorcing farmer credit from government aid to reduce political control Administrator Chester C Davis defended Bankhead cotton Act and AAA programs noting criticisms but arguing the cotton program is not to blame for export losses amid foreign exchange issues and high tariffs
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Nashville
Tenn
W. I. Myers
Farm Credit Administration
Chester C. Davis
AAA
Davis
Early to Speak at Mass Meeting on Parish Gas Tax
Harry J. Early, administrator of federal relief funds for Louisiana, will speak at a mass meeting Friday at Ouachita parish high school auditorium at ten oclock. Parish leaders seek voter opinion on a proposed one cent gasoline tax to fund unemployables and mothers aid, with Early warning that relief could be withdrawn if the tax is not levied.
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Harry J. Early
Federal Relief Funds
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
John M. Breard
Breard
Early
Three Poor Children Window Shop Amid Cold Evening Light
Three ragged youngsters cross West Monroe bridge in fading sunset seeking toys after window shopping downtown. The trio, barefoot and barely clothed, speak of a go to sleep doll a trunk laden with clothes and a toy train as they dream of warmth and cheer.
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West Monroe
Kerns Hotel Fire Kills Multiple in Lansing
Early morning blaze in zero weather trapped guests at the Kerns hotel beside the Grand River. Police fear up to 40 fatalities with 11 known dead and 27 injured. many missing as records were destroyed. Identified dead include Rep. T Henry Howlett and hotel official David Monroe. State Sen John Leidlein listed as missing.
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Lansing
Mich
Grand River
Alfred Seymour
Charles D. Parker
Otisville
Donald E. Sias
Midland
T. Henry Howlett
Gregory
John W. Goodwine
Magelette
David Monroe
L Wishneff
Los Angeles
Kerns
I. Wishneff
John Leidlein
Saginaw
Britian Will Not Pay Installment On War Debt
Washington dispatches report Great Britain plans to default on the 379 million dollar war debt payment due Saturday while Finland says it will pay 228 thousand dollars in cash. Britain cites a need for a general revision of intergovernmental debt. Finland will continue its policy of debt service. France appears ready to default on 163.6 million dollars. Britain previously made token payments in 1933 and defers the June 1934 installment pending revision.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Finland
State Department
L. Astrom
Paris
Ruth and Calistoga collide in San Francisco Bay
The coastal liner Ruth en route from Seattle struck the ferry Calistoga in San Francisco Bay today. No injuries were reported.
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San Francisco
Ruth
Seattle
Calistoga
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