French Premier Herriot Demands Debt Payment With Reservations
Premier Herriot told the French chamber that Europe’s debt troubles stem from the 1931 Hoover moratorium and that France will pay the 20 million dollar U.S. debt next Thursday with reservations. He warned refusal would be imprudent and signaled a confidence vote if he later presents detailed terms. He delayed outlining the specifics until after further parliamentary discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Herriot
Europe
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Chamber of Foreign Affairs and Finance Com
Good Fellows Fund Drives Charity Amid Winter Need
In Monroe the Good Fellows fund seeks donations as Christmas nears to aid families in distress. A four year old girl’s plea for shoes and warmth highlights urgent local need, while gas history notes recall Monroe’s first commercial producer in 1916 and the 1917 light plant hookup. Public interest items also applaud Monroe’s playground program and Little Theater efforts led by Charles Wells. Governor Allen praises deer hunting plans with Senator Noe and P M Atkins noted for possible participation, though Atkins is ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellows’ Fund
Good Fellows
News-Star- World
Mama
Monroe
News-Star
Ouachita Natural Gas Company
Monroe Gas Company
H. R. Speed
L. R. Powers
Edgar Florsheim
Harry Prophit
O. K. Allen
James A. Noe
P. M. Atkins
Four Prisoners Transferred to Lake Charles on Federal Charges
Four prisoners facing federal charges were moved from the parish jail to Lake Charles as the fall term opened there. Ike Boyt faces counterfeiting nickels, Credell Ramsey is charged under the motor vehicle theft act, and Willie Jarro and John D. Lewis are accused of post office burglary. All indicated willingness to plead guilty. Two additional federal prisoners, Lonnie Scroggins and Alvin Horton, remained in the parish jail over the weekend.
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Lake Charles
Ike Boyt
Credell Ramsey
Willie Jarro
John D. Lewis
Boyt
Lake
Ben C. Dawkins
Lonnie Scroggins
Alvin Horton
Casey Jones's Successor Retires From Railroading
Memphis mourns as veteran engineer H. A. Dad Norton, 72, famed for driving Casey Jones's cherished train for 32 years, retires after a 49 year career with the Illinois Central. Norton survived the infamous 1914 bandit incident and guided the Memphis Canton mail run into dusk.
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Casey Jones
Memphis, Tenn
Casey
Promised Land
H. A
Dad) Norton
Ilinois Central
Memphis-Canton
Miss
Everbody
Dad
Jones
John
Roosevelt May Choose Glass as Treasury Chief
President elect seeks to implement a new banking program by appointing Senator Carter Glass of Virginia as secretary of the treasury. Roosevelt weighs a cabinet lineup including Newton D Baker, John W Davis, George Dern, Frances Perkins, and Jessee Isidor Straus as confidants gather at the gridiron dinner in Washington.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Carter Glass
Virginia
Treasury
Warm Springs
Albany
N. Y
Senator Glass
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
John W. Davis
New York
George Dern
Utah
Frances Perkins
Jessee Isidor Straus
Rains Flood North Georgia Mountains Roiling Streams
Torrential weekend rains in north Georgia sent numerous streams over their banks threatening floods. Canton on the Towah River reported water covering main gateways though the town stayed on high ground. Forecaster Mindling predicted continued rain tonight and tomorrow with heavier totals in the region but no immediate damage unless rainfall increases.
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Atlanta
North Georgia
Weather Bureau
Canton
Towah River
Cherokee County
W. S. Elliott
George H. Mindling
Apalachicola
Mindling
Monroe charitable drives rally Christmas aid to the needy
Monroe residents rally for Old Clothes Day to collect and repair garments for destitute families while volunteers gather discarded toys for distribution. The Good Fellows Fund supports clothing and treats for underprivileged children, and Christmas seals aid Tuberculosis and Public Health work. Red Cross and Salvation Army budgets seek public support this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
10 Southerners Die in Mishaps Over Week End
Rain and cold kept the south indoors over the week end as ten people died in accidents. Four fatalities were from motor car crashes, three from burns, one from a sledding accident, one from exposure, and another from a heart attack caused by excitement. Arkansas and North Carolina each reported three deaths, Georgia two, with South Carolina and Tennessee one each.
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Atlanta
South
Arkansas
North Carolina
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Jean Aymore
Cotter
Ark
W. E. Rogers
Tupelo
Miss
Osceola
Charles N. Keith
Helena
Pilot Mountain
N. C
Lucy
Five Day Week Favored As Votes Are Tabulated
In Indianapolis on December 12 the International Typographical Union reports 14 057 in favor and 5 490 against the five day week plan after tabulating one third of ballots. President Charles P. Howard announced 19 754 ballots from 32 large locals counted. About 100 locals exist.
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Indianapolis
International Typographical Union
Charles P. Howard
Three Captured On Rum Vessel Facing Hearing
Three men aboard the rum laden speedboat Matilda Barry were granted 7500 bail awaiting a Wednesday hearing after Coast Guard capture in Chesapeake Bay. Captain William Bauers drowned attempting escape when a dory from the Matilda Barry capsized in heavy seas. his body was recovered by CG-613.
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Norfolk
Matilda
Barry
Chesapeake Bay
Coast Guard
U. S
Percy S. Stephenson
William Bauers
Philadelphia
R. H. Wilson
Bauers
Reestablish Relations Between Russia and China
Geneva December 12 Russian foreign commissar Maxim Litvinoff announced the reestablishment of normal diplomatic and consular relations between Russia and China effective immediately. He said the move renews official ties and will facilitate mutual cooperation and exchange.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
China
Tola
De Larm Held in Vanderwell Slaying Case at Long Beach
Edward De Larm Yaqui aviator and ally of suspect William Guy was booked as a material witness after hours of questioning in Long Beach Cal as police pursue the mystery death of globe trotting Captain Walter Vanderwell aboard the Carma. Ralph Dundap another witness also was taken into custody as investigators seek to place the alibis.
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Long Beach
Cal
Edward de Larm
Walter Vanderwell
de Larm
William James
Curly
Guy
Vanderwell
Carma
Ralph Dundap
Malt Drink Opposed By Dry Women In Capitol Hearing
A dozen women testified in the house ways and means committee arguing that beer would reduce taxable wealth by lowering productivity. Led by Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, they said beer is intoxicating and that alcohol slows the human machine, with taxes lost to the government made up in other levies. Mrs. D Leigh Colvin of the New York WCTU said the drys had no chance to vote wet, and displayed milk and toys to argue that beer hurts children at Christmas.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Henry W. Peabody
D. Leigh Colvin
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
New York
Youth Rescued After 175-Foot Fall From Volcano Crater
Berlyn Brixner, 17, a local high school student, was saved after plunging 175 feet while exploring an extinct volcano near Aden New Mexico. Texas highway police including Patrolman Scherer and Bert Morris descended a 75 foot ledge to reach him as he lay unconscious and badly injured in near freezing weather.
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EL Paso
Tex
U.P
Berlyn Brixner
Texas Highway Police
Aden
N. M
Here
Brixner
Jornado del Muerto
Allan Falley
Bert Morris
Scherer
Morris
Mercury Near Freezing Point Here On Monday
After four days of rain the morning temperature stood near freezing at 35 degrees. Rainfall totaled 4.04 inches over four days ending at 7 am. The last 24 hours brought 0.5 inch of rain. Weather forecast calls for more rain in southern Louisiana and rain or sleet in the north with slightly colder air in the south and extreme east tonight.
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Kate Key
Louisiana
Tonigt
Winter Strikes Nation Again Precipitously
Sub zero temperatures snow rain and sleet hit the country causing deadly traffic crashes. Pennsylvania reported 13 deaths as the heaviest snowfall of the season paralyzed travel and slick roads spread across the east.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
East
Liquor Runners Organize To Supply Greenville
The Greenville News reports bootleggers have formed an association to supply Greenville trade. The group aims to foster cordiality and prevent price-cutting, with pooled money for purchasing liquor from Georgia and pro rating on arrival to members.
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Greenville
D. C
Greenville News
Georgia
Associated
Prisoners Escape Parchman Prison After Tunneling Through Wall
Seven inmates bored through a foot-thick wall at Parchman State Prison and escaped. Superintendent O G Tann said visitors smuggled in tools, five escapees pursued within an hour, including Oscar Winters Woody Conner and Rouey Eaton with prior escape ties. Remaining fugitives listed with crimes and terms.
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Parchman
Miss
O. G. Tann
Oscar Winters
Woody Conner
Rouey Eaton
Prentiss County
Winters
Como
Conner
Henry Warden
Herbert Talbert
J. P. Conner
Woody
Walters
Henry Bowen
E. V. Jones
Water Valley
Oxford
B. H. Booth
Drew, Miss
Drew
Stronger Banks and Competent Control Urged
Acting comptroller F G Awalt urges stronger banking laws to reduce failures. In his annual report he notes 1932 saw many collapses despite some improvement, citing 1,199 failures in the first months of the year and highlighting small, poorly managed banks as a core problem.
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Washington
F. G. Awalt
Awalt
Sadness Across City as Christmas Draws Near
The piece reflects on hardship in Monroe as Christmas approaches. It notes donations totaling $128.50 from locals like I. T. Davis and Mrs. Ike Kuhn and questions the meaning of the holiday for those in need amid rainy, dreary days. It contrasts homes with warmth to those lacking comforts.
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I. T. Davis
Ike Kuhn
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