Monroe Policeman Fatally Shoots Cuban Negro at Seventh Street House
In Monroe a Cuban man known as B Brasbaum or Yellow Jacket was shot by Policeman J M McCabe at 504 North Seventh Street after advancing on the officer with a knife. The coroner ruled the shooting justified. witnesses say the suspect attacked McCabe in a Seventh Street dwelling, prompting the fatal response.
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Seventh Street
Monroe
B. Brasbaum
Yellow Jacket
Red
Morris & Cassell Carnival Company
J. M. McCabe
McCabe
North Seventh Street
C. P. Gray
Ouachita Parish
Robert E. Heap
E. A. Purner
David Lemle
Mose Flewellen
Lemle
Turner
Breard Street
Olive Street
W. H. Grey
Gus Kakinos
McCabe J
Lucky Tommy OConnor Leads Jail Break Across Chicago
Condemned killer Tommy OConnor escaped Cook county jail taking three other convicts with him. Police hunt 5000 strong, deputies and sheriffs join the manhunt. Chief Fitzmorris orders deadly force and vows to suspend any officer who captures him alive.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Tommy O'Connor
Cook County
O’conner
Fitzmorris
O'Connor
Ill
Dee
Tommy O’connor
Tom Slaughter
Arkansas
Little Rock State
Illinois
O'Neill
O’connor
David Strauss
Clarence Spanhagle
O'Conner
Strauss
Spanhable
Ouachita Work Delegates Report Progress at Riverton
United States engineers A M Todd and Edgar Maupin toured Riverton lock and dam works on the Ouachita river and praised progress. Concrete blocks for the Riverton lock are cast at Greenville Miss and towed by the Arthur Hitler to the river for installation.
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A. M. Todd
Vicksburg
United States
Edgar Maupin
Monroe
Ouachita River
Riverton
E. J. Fife
U. S
Riverton Lock
Greenville
Miss
Charles Lawson
Red Tiver
Arthur Hitler
United States Boat Control
Hitler
William C. McChilds
Third District
United States Control
U.S. Waterway
Harrisonburg
Ouachita
Jonesville
U. S. Jos
U. S. Ee
F. Fife
Sania
Red River
Clark No 1 well in Union to resume drilling soon
Arrangements are in place to restart drilling on the Clark No 1 well in Union parish around January 1. J D O'Brien of New Orleans, president of the Homer Eldorado Oil Company, confirms the plans and ownership.
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Clark No. 1
Union Parish
J. D. O’brien
New Orleans
Homer-Eldorado Oil Company
Congressional visit to Natchez on levee hearing and flood control
Congressman Riley J. Wilson joins the Mississippi River Commission in Natchez for a crucial hearing urged by the Fifth Louisiana Levee Board and state engineers to push revetment along Deer Park. Sen. Ransdell and Reps Humphreys and Collier accompany. aims include flood control funding and Atchafalaya Red and Black river surveys for relief.
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Louisiana Levee Board
Tallulah
Mississippi River Commission
Natchez
River Commission
Schneider
State Board of Engineers
Texas’ and Pacific Railroad
Deer Park
Concordia Parish
Louisiana
Mississippi
Levee Board
Riley J. Wilson
Washington
Memphis
New Orleans
Ransdell
Humphreys and
Collier
Wilson
Committee On Flood Control
Congress
Atchafalaya
Mrs. A. R. Roberts Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs. A. R. Roberts, 29, of Drew, died at St Francis sanitarium Sunday night after a long illness. She leaves a husband, three children, her parents Mr and Mrs R J Strozier, a brother R J Strozier, and sister Mrs J A Whitaker. Funeral at Mrs Joe Evans home with Rev Frank Tripp officiating. Interment in McCormick cemetery.
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A. R. Roberts
Drew
St. Francis Sanitarium
R. J. Strozier
J. A. Whitaker
Monroe
Joe Evans
Lovers’ Lane
Frank Tripp
The
Baptist Church
McCormick
Hoover links disarmament to high taxes in Europe
Secretary Hoover argues disarmament will come not from treaties but from tax pressure and unbalanced budgets across Europe. He notes a drop of about one million under arms in the past year and stresses need for a German reparations settlement, financial restoration, and balanced budgets to revive global recovery.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Hoover
Russia
Monroe Judge Hosts Boy Scouts Nut Gathering
Judge Schulze led about thirty scouts from troop No. 1 to the woods on Sunday afternoon at 1:30. Each returned with roughly half a bushel of hickory nuts and a hearty appetite. Scout Marshall Johnson won a prize for collecting the most nuts. L. W. Gresham supplied a large truck for the ten mile trip, and the boys enjoyed jokes and nut cracking on the journey.
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Judge Schulze
the Woods
Scout
Marshall Johnson
L. W. Gresham
Preliminary trial set for Brous sard case Wednesday
The district attorney says the preliminary trial in the Brous sard case will begin Wednesday at 10 in the morning. The defendant faces a charge of assault with intent to commit rape with Mary Davis, age 16, as the complainant.
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Broussard
Mary Davis
Four-Power Pacific Covenant Ends Week at Conference
Washington reports the four powers United States Great Britain France and Japan agreed to respect the rights and relations of their insular possessions and dominions in the Pacific for ten years marking a key milestone in the armament limitation talks. The second month of the international conference shows strong progress as delegations discuss homeward reservations.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Arms conference edged toward major task completion
In Washington on December 12 delegates enter week five of the arms conference with hopes of year end progress and rapid advances on key items. A far eastern committee plan presses Chinese questions while Japan and China meet separately over Shan tung and bases. Formal acceptance of the naval ratio by Japan is foreseen and Yap negotiations are nearing success with a fifth plenary session expected soon.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Japan
Island of
Yap
Hughes
Far Eastern Committee
Shantung
Naval talks shape ten year holiday and Pacific fortifications
The United States Great Britain and Japan plan public agreement on naval ratio and Pacific fortifications. A modified ten year naval holiday looms as talks progress. Rene Viviani prepares to leave Washington with Arthur Balfour and Lord Lee sailing December 31, leaving Geddes to seal remaining details. The Chinese delegation pressed for Shantung railroad restoration and economic integrity and may protest Hughes if results falter. The four power Pacific treaty is the major recent development with unclear congressional stance.
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United States
Great Britain
Japan
Pacific
Rene Viviani
Washington
Arthur Balfour
Lord Lee
Geddes
British Missions Secretariat
Shantung
China
Hughes
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Bastile
Sir Auckland Geddes
Olympic
Britain
Clark
Union
Congressman Wilson
Leon’s
BOY Scouts
Calvert Garage
West Monroe
Everybody
Baptists
Baptist Ladies
Majur
Western Union
L. W. Gresham Mattress Factory
American Cotton Oil CO
Weaks Supply Co
Ouachita National Bank
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