Death of Lawrence Bilbo Divides Orleans Officers
Orleans authorities dropped their inquiry into the death of 21 year old Lawrence Bilbo after friends suggested a death by own action theory. Mississippi officers pressed a murder inquiry, identifying an ex soldier hitchhiker Harry Evans as a suspect. Bilbo Had threatened suicide after a rejected marriage proposal. Bilbo, a barber student and second cousin of former Governor Theodore Bilbo, was found dead in an automobile with a bullet wound.
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Lawrence
Ippi
Sudent
Bilbo
Bird Line
Miss
Pearl River County
Dennis Russ
Kari River County
Slidell
New Orleans
Mississippi
Russ
Harry Evans
Kville
Ala
Evans
Decatur
Jarville
Nita Kraemer
Cleveland
K Carraway
Bil
Ibo
Carraway
Barber College
Vernor
Roosevelt Plans to Extend Civil Works Program
President Roosevelt will continue the Civil Works Administration into the next year while budget decisions are reviewed. Hopkins said about 4,000,000 men would remain on the CWA payroll by Saturday, with funds available only until February 15. He intends to request an additional 350 million dollars to extend the program from March to May 1.
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Roosevelt
Civi Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Civil Works
CWA
Rivers Daily Stages Flood Present 24 Hour Stage
River city area experiences a flood stage with a 24 hour outlook. Officials warn of rising water levels and potential fast-changing conditions along the river. Residents near low-lying areas are advised to monitor updates and prepare evacuation plans if needed.
Airplane winter prep pants explained by American Airways
The American Airlines officials describe strapping overwing pants to protect wheels on muddy routes as winter care. Bennie Bryant of Morning World welcomed a seven pound son at 9 45 am CST Tuesday. Dr. A D Tisdale notes Monroe sees four new potential citizens Monday night as area doctors report births.
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Bennie Bryant
Morning World
Bennie
R. P. Webb
North Grand Street
National Re-employment Service
C. C. Fries
Department of English
University of Michigan
Theodore Roosevelt
Monroe
A. D. Tisdale
Murder Charges Filed in Slaying at Carbondale
Texarkana Tex., Dec 13 Murder charges were filed against Leonard Burns 36 and Eugene Legg 26 in the slaying of James Ashford 62 a Carbondale political leader and planter. Burns stood outside the home and fired a shotgun Legg drove Burns to and from the scene. Funeral services for Ashford were to be held today.
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Texarkana
Tex
Leonard Burns
Eugene Legg
James Ashford
Carbondale
Elmer Lincoln
Boston County
Burns
Ashford
Legg
Bowie County
Flaming ship explosion sparks offshore search near Point Pinos
Coast guard craft and a geodetic survey ship scoured seas five miles offshore and 85 miles south of San Francisco after a Japanese Abalone boat named Utah exploded and sank. Three 25 gallon oil tanks and a charred timber were found near the fire, aiding identification while survivors fled toward Monterey aboard a motor tender.
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Oakland
Cal
Oakland Tribune
Point Pines
San Francisco
Utah
Monterey
Here
Coast Guard
Point Pinos
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Guide
R. F. Studd
Studd
Richfield
Larry Doheny
E. Shimzu
Liquor Tax Talks Aim at 1 50 Quart Whisky Price
Washington December 13 authorities push to set liquor tax near 1.50 a quart to curb bootlegging. House Ways and Means and Senate Finance weigh a 2.20 per gallon levy, possibly lower, while keeping 1.10 tax first year. Dr James M Doran testifies the industry code group backs 1.50 to 2 per gallon to eliminate illicit beverages.
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Congress
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committees
James M. Doran
Distilled Liquor Industry Code Authority
Welles Plans To Leave Havana For Washington
United States Ambassador Summer Welles finished his Havana tasks and planned to depart for Washington to resume duties in the state department. Officials at the presidential palace stayed silent on his return. Government circles privately expressed elation, while opponents of President Ramon Gray San Martin voiced regret. Jefferson Caffery, former assistant secretary of state, will arrive in a few days as Roosevelt’s personal representative.
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United States
Summer Welles
Washington
State Department
Presidential Palace
Unite States
Pres
Ramon Gray San Martin
Welles
Jefferson Caffery
Roosevelt
Coroner Probes Two Deaths in Bolivar Area
Investigations into two deaths were conducted by parish coroner Dr C L Mengis. One case involves R L Bynum 27 with suspected poisoning. the other Clarence Williams 33 with possible murder. Findings will be submitted to the district attorney. statements await final completion.
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C. L. Mengis
Parish
R. L. Bynum
Clarence Williams
Mengis
Bynum
District Attorney's Office
Paraguayans Push Foe Frontward After Jungle Victories
From Buenos Aires and Asuncion reports detail Paraguayan gains in the Chaco Boreal as Bolivian forces draft 16-year-old recruits and massive prisoner movements fill front lines. Conflicting communiques claim Penaranda's breakthrough versus Paraguayan surrounds and capture of 600 prisoners. Fort Samalkay reportedly falls to Paraguayan attacks amid questions over Bolivian leadership and Kundt.
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Chaco Boreal
Asuncion
Paraguay
Chaco
Gondra
Nanawa
Isla Pdi
Puerto Caso
Samalkay
Hans Kundt
Montevideo
Charity Drive Notes Urgent Need as Boys Wish for Toys
Two undernourished boys shop windows in a downtown toyland scene. They speak of a tool kit and a cowboy suit while recalling their father’s death and their mother’s letter to the Good Fellows charity, highlighting ongoing appeals and donations.
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Ken Maynard
Santa
Pop
Mama
Papa
Judge Tycer to keynote Ouachita mass meeting
District Judge Nat B. Tycer, famed for an injunction against Huey Long's election plan, will headline the Ouachita parish high school auditorium gathering Tuesday night. Monroe speaker Mrs. Blanche G. Oliver and other out of town figures are expected as voters from all fourteen fifth district parishes gather to urge Congressman Riley J. Wilson to oppose Long's chosen candidate.
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Nat B. Tycer
Huey Long
Tangipahoa Parish
Ouachita Parish
Tycer
Louisiana
Monroe
S. L. Digby
Blanche G. Oliver
Riley J. Wilson
Long
People of
Kidnapers Take 'Wrong Child' and Release
In Ellisville Mississippi officers investigated an attempted kidnapping that seized ten year old Charles Mercer Barr as he delivered papers on the outskirts. He was blindfolded and taken away in a car, then released when a third man declared he was the wrong child.
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Ellisville
Miss
Charles Mercer Barr
Jones County
Defendants Insanity Defense In Slaying At Local Hotel
Louis Kenneth Neu, 26, Savannah, Ga, on trial in New Orleans for the September killing of Sheffield Clark Sr., Nashville businessman. Prosecution says Neu slugged Clark in a hotel lobby, robbed him of 49 dollars and stole his car with accomplice Eunice Hotte. Defense claims lifelong mental defect and insanity, seeking the death penalty, while noting Neu’s past convulsions and Savannah upbringing.
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Orleans Parish
Louis Kenneth Neu
Savannah
Criminal District Court
Sheffield Clark
Nashville
Neu
Clark
Lawrence Shead
Paterson
N. J
J. Bernard Cocke
Cocke
Eunice Hotte
Gross Sales Tax On Liquor Urged
Attorney General Gaston L. Porterie urged district attorneys and parish tax collectors to base liquor license taxes on gross sales for the first two months under the 1932 general license law. He said annual receipts should be six times the two month proceeds and warned against issuing licenses in dry areas prior to the national prohibition amendment. The fourth district cooperates on a blind tiger case in Monroe aimed at clarifying local option law and wet or dry status of parishes.
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Gaston L. Porterie
Fourth District
Morehouse
Ouachita Parishes
Monroe
Supreme Court
Coldest spot on the East as nation endures deep freeze
A cold wave gripped the upper Atlantic seaboard with 15 degree readings in Pennsylvania and New York. Washington D C fell to 18 degrees while Pittsburgh reached 14 and New York City 15. Snow fell in the Great Lakes as Cleveland logged 15 and other cities ranged higher.
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New York
National Capital
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New York City
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Mercury
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Chicago
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Louisville
Evansville
Three Congress Candidates Urge Regular Ballot in 6th District
Amite Louisiana December 13 three sixth district congressional aspirants telegraphed State Senator J Y Sanders Jr urging him to abandon his private election and join a April 15 1934 general election proposed by Governor Allen. The telegram signed by John S Nelson E M Whitman and Murphy J Sylvest urges a fair election and collaboration with Mrs Bolivar E Kemp to fill the district seat.
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Amite
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
Bolivar E. Kemp
Gove O. K. Allen
John S. Nelson
Doyle
Livingston Parish
E. M. Whitman
Murphy J. Sylvest
Franklinton
Baton Rouge
Kemp
Allen
Mare
Nelson
Whitman
Sylvest
Anders
Congress
Huey P. Long
Sanders
State Senator Remains Silent on Comment Request
Baton Rouge report states State Senator J. Y. Sanders Jr withheld immediate comment today as details of the matter remained unclear.
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Baton Rouge
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
Rogers Has His Say On England’s Economy
Beverly Hills despatch reports Harry Carr, the Pacific coast’s best writer, on a world tour and his view that England has passed the worst and is moving well. He notes prior criticism of Britain for aiding the unemployed and contrasts it with the delayed American response. England’s money policy is praised as smart.
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Pacific
Harry Carr
England
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