Sixth murder victim named by Weidmann
Paris December 13 Eugene Weidmann chief executioner for a murder for profit syndicate adds a sixth victim to his confessions Janine Keller 30 Alsatian missing from St. Cloud villa He previously confessed to killing Jean DeKoven and four men Weidmann names an accomplice and says Keller was buried in a forest at Fontainebleau authorities stated he promised to reveal the body’s location at Fontainebleau forest and implicates Roger Million head of the ring He was brought to the magistrate for questioning.
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Paris
Eugene Weidmann
Janine Keller
St. Cloud Villa
Weidmann
Jean DeKoven
Brooklyn
Mme Keller
Roger Million
Mme. Keller
Fountainbleau
Jeffersonian club officers elected at Ouachita Parish High
The Jeffersonian club of Ouachita Parish High elected Cora Mae Decuir as president Jimmie Caldwell as vice president Margie Mae Caldwell as secretary treasurer and Lucille Case as reporter for the ensuing year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonian Club
Ouachita Parish High School
Cora Mae Decuir
Jimmie Caldwell
Margie Mae Caldwell
Lucille Case
New Orleans Woman Dies After Auto Strike
In New Orleans on December 13 a 54 year old woman identified as Mrs Schriever died shortly after being struck by an automobile. The driver fled the scene and was not immediately located. This marked the 62nd traffic fatality in the city for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Is Your Bladder Weak Ad Advertisement?
Danger signals from nature demand prompt attention. Get Dr Bond s K and B Prescription for urinary organs. Soothes thousands of men women and children. Price 0c or $1 20 at any drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond
Christmas carol program at Northeast Center LSU
A Christmas carol program was performed during activity period at the Northeast Center of Louisiana State University on Monday morning. Mrs. Florence Allbritton played piano with Dallas Goss guiding student singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana State University
Florence Allbritton
Dallas Goss
College Department of Music
Little Town of
Bethlehem
Henry Whitfield
Plea Fails to Aid Olin Sanders in Prison Riot
A two hour plea by the youthful governor and a vain appeal by Ad jutant General James C. Dozier followed a deadly prison incident. Captain Sanders died after gas and gunfire as convicts surrendered. Other inmates beneath bank robbery and larceny charges include Woods of Biloxi and Mooreman Bair Suttles Grans Wingard, with Woods sentenced for two robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
James C. Dozier
Dozier
Captain Sanders
Roy Powell
Johnston
Woods
Biloxi
Miss
Greenville County
Herman Mooreman
Detroit
Mich
J. V. Bair
Sumter, S. C
Roy Suttles
Simpsonville
S. C
Clayton Grans
Rochester N. Y
George Wingard
Columbia
Proposed U S Cotton Buying Draws Senate Criticism
Washington December 13 The plan by southern senators to have the government buy as much as six million bales of cotton to lift prices to 12 cents a pound faces sharp sectional opposition. Senator Smith of South Carolina says the move has broad support and would aid growers and mills while bolstering soil conservation benefits. Critics warn the tactic could be defeated by amendments and note other crop purchase ideas circulate in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smith
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
New
George
Man Killed In LaPlace Circuit Breaker Accident
New Orleans late story reports 34 year old Car roll Bickham a lineman died after contacting a 33 000 volt line while climbing a circuit breaker at LaPlace Louisiana He lived here with his wife and daughter The funeral was held yesterday at Franklinton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Carroll Bickham
LaPlace
Franklinton
Free dental care offered at Louisiana trailer in Monroe
A dental trailer operated by the Louisiana state hospital board provided free treatment Monday to residents of Ouachita Parish who receive public welfare aid. Dr. G Emmett Mott oversaw the unit parked on South Grand Street near the old Central Savings Bank, with L G Hughes certifying immediate-need patients. The trailer will stay in Monroe through Tuesday and features modern dental equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana State Hospital Board
Louisiana
South Grand Street
Old Central Savings Bank
Ouachita Parish
Burglary Reported in Monroe Homes and Local Store
Police investigated multiple break ins including a Monroe residence where a second story thief entered through a northeast window and a wallet with most money hidden on a dressing table. Faulk Brothers grocery at 518 South Grand was burglarized for cigarettes and coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shotwell
Biedenharn
F. S. Pettit
L. S. Meek
Goza
Faulk Brothers Grocery
South Grand Street
Lizabeth Roy
South Twenty-Third Street
Wesley Shafto
North Third Street
Louisiana
PLAN EVENTS TO AID FUND FOR CHILDREN AT CHRISTMAS
Public spirited citizens plan two fund events to aid the Good Fellows Fund. The drives aim for wide distribution of Yuletide cheer to children with no other hope of participating in Christmas festivities. Young people can join in the distribution or donate by check or cash to the World and News-Star at 110 North Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellows Fund
The
World and News-Star
North Second Street
Russia elects Stalin era parliament in secret vote
Moscow reports a Stalinist parliament elected by nearly all 90 million voters in secret direct elections. Most candidates were loyal to the regime with few opposition bids. Voters chose two candidates per district for the union and nationality soviets amid banners, bands, and choreographed polling.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Joseph Stalin
Caucasus
Soviet of the Union
Soviet of Nationalities
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Orleans Woman Hopes Panay Husband Safe in China War
Mrs. Emile P. Gassie of New Orleans awaits word on her husband Gassie a clerk at the American Embassy in Peiping reported missing after the Japanese bombing of the Panay in Chinese waters. The 36 year old US Marine veteran and embassy clerk has been in Peiping nine years and is feared missing. He and his 13 year old daughter Helen have been refugees in New Orleans since November 5 living with relatives of Gassie.
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New Orleans
Emile P. Gassie
Gassie
Nanking
United States
Panay
Helen
Joseph Powers
Peiping
Deaths of Henry Dillenberger and Leontine Hefdorffer
Henry Dillenberger a Monroe area visitor and Shreveport businessman died in Shreveport with funeral and interment held there. His wife had predeceased him and he is survived by three sisters including Leontine Hefdorffer who died in a Monroe hospital after a short illness. Funeral was at Mulhearn with Rabbi Hirsch and burial planned in Canton Miss.
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Leontine Hefdorffer
Ben Hefdorffer
Monroe
Mulhearn Funeral Home
F. K. Hirsch
Temple B'Nai Israel
Canton
Miss
Nanking Falls to Japanese Army
Chinese reports declare Nanking captured by Japanese forces as Shek’s military offices struggle. About 100000 Chinese refugees on Tungming island face starvation with relief cut off. Hankow says Nanking troops suffered heavy losses, while Japanese casualties were also heavy. Chinese planes aided defenders, bombing Japanese troops and artillery outside the walls.
Mitchell Won’t Face Second Trial in Bryant Murder
District Attorney Jamie L. Whitten announced William Clark Mitchell, saved from hanging for the murder of Lewis Bryant, would not be tried for killing Bryant’s son Coot Bryant. The governor commuted Mitchell’s sentence to life, and Whitten said the case would be wiped from the Yalobusha records and the murder indictment could be quashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Miss
Jamie L. Whitten
William Clark
Mitchell
Hugh White
Lewis Bryant
Coot Bryant
Yalobusha Circuit Court
Yalobusha Court
Whitten
Cleanup under way after nation wide storm damage
Associated Press reports multi region storm fallout with California flood damage, New York blizzard disruption, and southern cold. Bulldozers clear 15 foot drifts in Erie and Niagara counties while Downieville residents face homelessness. Red Cross distributes supplies as cold persists.
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California
New York
United States
Scotland
Normandie
English Channel
Isle of Wight
Dover
Dunkirk
Channel
Buffalo
N. Y
Erie
Niagara
Downieville
Yasha
Red Cross
Gadsden
Ala
Stores Observe Late Closing Hour in Monroe Christmas Season
Beginning next Saturday and continuing through Friday December 24 Monroe retail stores will stay open until 9 p m J G Durrett chairman of the retail merchants division of the chamber of commerce announced The late hours aim to give out of town buyers a chance to shop after normal hours during the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
J. G. Durrett
Retail Merchants Division
The
Chamber of Commerce
Woman in Orleans Dies After Basement Fall
Edgar Hull, 30, an LSU Medical Center assistant professor, and his wife were visiting friends when Mrs. Hull fell down a basement stairs, entering what she thought was a bathroom. Coroner ruled accident from base skull fracture and cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral at 2 p.m. today in Shreveport. Survivors include her husband, infant daughter Alice Louise, her parents, and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Dec
Edgar Hull
Hull
Louisiana State University Medical Center
L. A. Monte
Shreveport
Alice Louise
J. Parham
104 CCC Camps to be Suspended Soon
Washington December 13 The civilian conservation corps director Robert Fechner announced 104 camps would be suspended effective December 31. After that date 1 50 camps would remain with nearly 250 000 men and youths. vacancies to fill total about 32 900 to raise enrollment to 280 000. Suspended camps include Crosby and Holly Springs Mississippi and two Louisiana camps at Calhoun Quachita Parish and Jena LaSalle Parish. All other camps in the state will be for another enlistment period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Fechner
Crosby
Holly Springs
Miss
Louisiana
Calhoun
Quachita Parish
Jena
LaSalle Parish
Lincoln test well reaches 5535 feet in Lincoln parish
FE T Oakes Griggs No 1 in section 36 18 1 west Lincoln parish about 19 miles west of Monroe was logged drilling at 5535 feet in hard lime and shale. Lease contracts require testing to at least 6000 feet with three gas distillate showings beneath the massive anhydrites. Joe Modisette Frost Lumber Co No 1 in Farmerville area Union parish was drilling at 6486 feet in black shale. The Venus de Milo statue stands a little over six feet three inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fe.t. Oakes-Griggs
Lincoln Parish
Monroe
Joe Modisette
Frost Lumber Company
Farmerville
Union Parish
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Northeast Center
Olin Sanders
U. S
Santa Claus
Terry Bath
EN Penney
Russia
Stalin
Valery Mezhlauk
J I. Alksnis-Astrov
Air Corps
Gustav Bokis
Tank Corps
Orleans
H. Dillenberger
Associated Press
Owl's Head
Adirondacks
New York State
Malden
Mass
Eae
Ieee
FORD
Lincoln
Venus de Milo
Falstaff Brewing Corp
St. Louis
Omaha
Ake Wine Falstaff Willv. Peer
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