Aged Man Kills Wife Then Self in Angl o German Fallout
An elderly man fatally shoots his wife before taking his own life amid tense Britain Germany exchanges. Prime Minister Chamberlain warns Parliament of grave concern over Italian aggression toward French Tunisia as German officials boycott a dinner after his critique of German press. The absence signals heightened Nazi displeasure and foreshadows a full dress debate on British German relations.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Tunis
Labor Party
House
Foreign Press Association
Berlin
Belgium
Brazil
France
Poland
Soviet Union
Italy
Baldwin
Alabama Plans Christmas Paroles For Large Number
Alabama will grant Christmas paroles starting Saturday to 602 prisoners the largest number ever. About 6,500 remain. parolees must return after two weeks under a word of honor to Governor Bibb Graves and wardens. Recaptured offenders gave up privileges. earlier years saw some stragglers, including one with a lost leg.
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Montgomery
Als
Alabama
Hamp Draper
State
Bibb Graves
Draper
Accused German Spy Convicted in Canal Zone Case
Hans Heinrich Schackow a 27 year old German ship company employee was found guilty by a federal court jury in Canal Zone espionage. The verdict follows a two hour deliberation making it the zone's first espionage case. Other defendants Gutman Gross and Kuhrig remain to be tried.
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Cristobal
Hans Heinrich Schackow
Canal Zone
Schackow
Ingeborg Waltrant Gutman
Gilbert Wilhelm Gross
Ernst Robert Edward Kuhrig
Fort Randolph
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Clark Gable Faces Possible Divorce From Maria Langham Gable
Hollywood story of film star Clark Gable edging toward divorce from Maria Langham Gable after a 1935 seizure of property settlement worth 286000 dollars. He has reportedly planned nuptials with Carole Lombard though details were not disclosed.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
Carole Lombard
Maria
Ria) Langham Gable
Ruben Schmidt
Jony Gable
Miss Lombard
Gable
San Fernando
Ria Gable
New York
Santa Ana
Gold Tooth Found in Storm Sewer After Cough
In East St. Louis Ruby Carrell said her eight dollar gold tooth popped out while coughing and was recovered by amateur prospectors after a half hour. In Memphis a drunken, legless suspect was detained, with the desk sergeant noting charges of drunkenness and begging as two patrolmen helped a man claiming a broken leg and a splintered wooden limb.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Ruby Carrell
Memphis
Clyde Gay Dry Seeks Zoo With Seals and Lion Cubs
San Francisco man Clyde Gay Dry aimed to build a private zoo by acquiring seals and a lion cub. A seal showed eagerness for a fish during an incident that drew notice.
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San Francisco
Clyde Gay Dry
Bankers Meet Is Held Here
The First Regional Clearing House association holds its annual fall meeting at Hotel Frances with a 4 30 p m business session and a 7 30 p m banquet for 50 top bankers and wives. Officers include Ben Downing president Fred Faulkenheimer vice president and Will Prickett secretary treasurer. F W Spencer of Baton Rouge will deliver the principal address on the federal farm program and crop diversification.
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First
Regional Clearing House Association
Hotel Frances
Ben Downing
Monroe
Fred Faulkenheimer
Ferriday
Will Prickett
Winnsboro
F. W. Spencer
Baton Rouge
AAA
Louisiana
Spencer
Beven Named President of Illinois Central Railroad
J L Beven 52 son of a veteran Illinois Central man and longtime employee becomes president succeeding L A Downs who moves to chairman of the board Beven has served as senior vice president since 1931 and was second in command since 1926 prior to this appointment at the Chicago headquarters.
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Chicago
J. L. Beven
Illinois Central Railroad
Ilinois Central
Beven
L. A. Downs
Illinois Central
Downs
Limiting of Patent Rights May Be Asked
The federal monopoly committee may recommend to Congress that corporations receive only limited rights in patent use. Inquiries into the automobile and glass container industries are driving the discussion with emphasis on public benefit and potential regulation of group patenting versus individual inventors. Hartford Empire dominates basic patents and licenses most glass containers, with Owens-Illinois closely involved.
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Washington
Federal Monopoly Committee
Congress
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Hartford Empire Company
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Hartford
William E. Levis
Owens-Illinois
New Orleans Selected for One Million Dollar Agricultural Lab
Secretary Wallace announced New Orleans as the southern site for a new government agricultural research laboratory costing one million dollars. The facility will hire 20 technicians and study cotton, peanuts, and sweet potatoes to expand markets. Other regional labs will be in Philadelphia Peoria and San Francisco Bay.
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New Orleans
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Philadelphia
Peoria
San Francisco Bay Area
Hampton Reynolds
City Planning and Development Board
Mississippi
Reynolds
Bill of Rights 147 Years Old to Be Adulated
Washington observes the anniversary with a Roosevelt dedication ceremony planned for a new 3 million memorial to Thomas Jefferson. The piece notes the Bill of Rights dates from the first 10 of 12 proposed amendments adopted by three fourths of the states and traces its origins to Magna Charta and Runnymede.
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Washington
Virginia
President Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Runnymede
England
Lions Club Donates to Monroe Good Fellows Fund
The Monroe Lions Club contributed 67.60 at a Tuesday luncheon increasing the Good Fellows fund to 43.19. A reader pledged to provide shoes for local children and urged others to donate through the Good Fellows, supporting Christmas cheer in needy homes.
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Lions Club of
Monroe
Good Fellows
Ruth Etting Marries Her Pianist in Las Vegas
Ruth Etting wed Myrl Alderman, her former pianist, in Las Vegas as Martin Snyder faces attempted murder trial in Los Angeles. The ceremony occurred in Judge William Orr's chambers after 9 pm Pacific time, then the couple flew to Los Angeles aboard a chartered plane. The event unfolded amid the ongoing sensational case and Alderman testified under cross examination about his love for Etting.
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Ruth Etting
Los Angeles
Martin Snyder
Myrl Alderman
A. U Blalock
Miss Elling
Snyder
Alderman
Edith
Martin
Gimp
Myra Alderman
Las Vegas
Dee
Myr! Alderman
William Orr
C. H. Sloan
Dec
the Gimp
Myr Alderman
Ruth Etting Alderman
Crom
Jerry Giesler
Man Who Told of Shortage Will Testify In Inquiry
New York dec 14 the man who disclosed a suspected 14 million gap in the 87 million assets of Mc Kesson and Robbins inc testifies publicly for the first time. Julian F Thompson treasurer of the firm who led a private investigation resulting in a public inquiry is scheduled as the first witness. Federal warrants charge Donald Coster president and George Dietrich assistant treasurer with violation of the 1934 sec act.
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New York
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Julian F. Thompson
Donald Coster
George 8. Dietrich
Bridgeport
Conn
George Vernard
Montreal
W. W Smith and Company
John O. Jenkins
Mra
Memel Annexation Seen as Near by German Quarters
Berlin diplomatic circles forecast that Memel will join Germany within weeks under Adolf Hitler. They expect the Reichstag to be called by January, inviting 130,000 Memelland residents to the fatherland and signaling a pledge of Germandom. Troops in East Prussia stand ready to seize the moment.
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Berlin
Memel
Adolf Hitler
Greater Germany
Hitler
Reichstag
Lithuania
Germany
Sparlamenti
Tiwi
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
5000 Planters Study Farm Problems At New Orleans Meet
Five thousand farmers gathered in New Orleans for the American Farm Bureau federation convention to discuss farm policy. Senators Bankhead and Thomas urged money circulation and dollar devaluation. Bankhead proposed cutting cotton surplus by about 12,090,000 bales pending higher consumption. Luces urged a cross‑sector conference on economic issues.
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New Orleans
United States
American Farm Bureau Federation
John W. Bankhead
Democrat
Alabama
Edward A. O Neal
Roosevelt
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Scott W. Luces
Ilinois
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture
Labor
Hankhead
Bankhead
Truck Accident Proves Fatal After Pneumonia
Floyd Avery of Cypress community Ward 9 Monroe died Wednesday after a truck accident last Thursday. He fell from the truck on Riverside drive, broke a leg, and pneumonia developed in hospital. Survived by parents John H. and wife, siblings Leslie, Ralph, J.T. Avery, Heyley Avery in Navy, Adine Frances Avery, and Mrs Gladys McGrow. Funeral arrangements by Peters Funeral Service Inc.
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Floyd Avery
Cypress
Monroe Hospital
Peters Funeral Service, Inc
Young Avery
National Youth Administration
Riverside Drive
John H. Avery
Cypreas
Leslie, Rar
J.T. Avery
LeHey Avery
United States Navy
Norfolk
Adiine
Frances Avery
Gladys McGrow
West Monroe
Confederate Vets' Poet Laureate Virginia Boyle Dies
MEMPHIS Tenn December 14 Mrs Virginia Frazer Boyle longtime poet laureate of the United States Confederate veterans died yesterday at age 75 She accompanied her father after the Civil War to Jefferson Davis at his Biloxi Mississippi home where a wreath was placed on her head by Jefferson Davis during a ceremony commemorating the South’s literary figure.
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Memphis
Tenn
Virginia Frazer Boyle
United States Confederate Veterans
United States
Jefferson Davis
Biloxi
Devise
Jefferson Devise
Virginia
Confederate Veterans
Binant Poe
Seman Am
Son Fates and Wife Die in Double Homicide at Tallulah
Coroner says J T Watts killed his wife and then shot himself at their home one mile south of Tallulah. Mrs Watts aged 15 died instantly. Mr Watts died about 90 minutes later. No witnesses. Watts had been acting strangely for a week and is believed temporarily mentally deranged. Survived by five sons and seven daughters. Funeral plans not yet announced.
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Tallulah
Dee 14
J T Watts
Here
Watts
Mr Watts
HC Sevier
Ann
Reid Watts
Smiler
Sevier
Wotta
A. JC
J. OW
T. M. Watts
Madieson Perish
EW. Watts
Akron
Mee B. Merman
J. W. Carpenter
Madison Perish
Hugh Vanes
Atlanta, Ga
J. O. Carpenter
Sidney Cox
Columbus
Mina
Charles Leonard
M. Laster
Hose Hill
Ouachita Parish Adopts 1998 Budget and Ward Rotation Plan
Ouachita parish police jury approves a $132,000 budget for 1998 and adopts a rotating road crew schedule across 10 wards starting January 1. The panel also bars road maintenance purchases without committee endorsement and addresses alleged WPA work discrimination toward local farmers.
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Ouachita Parish
Weineelay
News Star
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Orleans
YALE
Associated Press
Bankers’ Meet
Lions Club
Fund of Good Fellows
Scorea
T. L. Jones
Cen Ee Lions Club
Anens Thompson Wood Lee
United Spanish War Veterans
Pola 16
Ines Msad
Christ Mas
Julian Thompson
Bureau Federation
Thomas
J. T. Watts
WPA
Pare Roads Maintestance Department
Police
Jury Roads Corr Tees
Ward
Baventh
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