Engineer and Arcadia Boy Die in Mishap
A Louisiana Limited wreck near Hutchinson Spur killed two men, engineer L W Gorman of Alexandria and S P Sutton Jr of Arcadia. Several injured include Guy Green and John Vadey. Vandals suspected for a switch left open. investigation started.
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Shreveport
S. P. Sutton, Jr
Arcadia
Louisiana Limited
Texas and Pacific
Hutchinson Spur
Here
L. W. Gorman
Alexandria
Guy Green
Marshall
Texas
John Vadey
Phoenix
Aziz
Vadey
Green
Sam Irby
LeCompte
A. Loup
Denver
Cole
Irby
Loup
Warrants Signed in Hanging Incident for Two Black Men
Gov Huey P Long signed warrants for the hanging of John Henry Lee of Catahoula Parish and James Edwards of Jefferson Davis for criminal attack. Sheriffs were ordered to execute the Black defendants between noon and 3 PM on January 29.
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Baton Rouge
John Henry Lee
Catahoula Parish
James Edwards
Jefferson Davis
Huey P. Long
Louisiana boy and collie win in national dog contest
H. H. B. David Agnew Bubb, age six, and his collie Topsy are among 48 finalists in the Chappel Kennel Foundation national contest. The winner will receive 250 in gold at a Christmas Eve radio event. The piece also notes acts of thrift, tornado news from Camden, floods, a Doolittle autograph, Monroe garden pages, and Sweden’s giant hydro plant turbines.
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David Agnew Bubb
H. A. Bubb
Topsy
Louisiana
Chappel Kennel Foundation
Dave
Chappel Foundation
Move Urge Georgia and Alabama to Join Cotton Acreage Laws
Southern States Cotton Executive Committee renews push to include Alabama and Georgia in 1932 33 acreage limits. Plans target 7 000 000 bales removed from market if 75 percent of U S crop states enact laws. Alabama official cites 40 percent of tillable land in cotton with potential 25 percent cut. Governor Miller opposes special session.
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Montgomery
Ala
Southern States Cotton Executive Committee
Alabama
Georgia
Tait Butler
Memphis
Butler
Texas
Mississippi
Arkansas
South Carolina
Louisiana
Dr. Butler
Seth P. Storrs
Agriculture and Industries
B. M. Miller
Four Inches of Snow Reported in Los Angeles
Weather chaos sweeps the nation with four inches of snow in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. Floods flood streams in southern Ohio as tornado winds and heavy rain claim six lives in southwestern Arkansas and northern Louisiana.
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Los Angeles
Ohio
Arkansas
Louisiana
San Fernando Valley
Atlantic Coast
Ohio River
Martin’s Ferry
Big Pines
Jackson Lake
Gallup
N. M
Atlantic
Southerners to Attend Bastrop Country Club Dance
Members of the Southerners Monroe fraternity will join invited guests at the Bastrop Country Club dance Friday night, announced publicity chairman Billy Lipscomb.
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Monroe Fraternity
Bastrop
Billy Lipscomb
Fraternity
Police Round Up Local Suspects After Robberies
Monroe police rounded up half a dozen known suspects and booked them at headquarters as they investigate a series of burglaries in Monroe over the past 10 days. Investigators pursue links suggesting multiple offenders and lookouts with two identifications deemed valuable clues, including a gray wool hat found near a car tied to R. B. Garrison.
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Monroe
R. B. Garrison
Two Families Escape Fire in New Orleans Double House
A burning two story double house on Touro Street forced two families to flee. Mrs. Frank A. Koch fired pistol shots to rouse residents while Mr. Koch called the fire department from nearby homes, as the blaze spread before help arrived.
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New Orleans
Frank A. Koch
Touro Street
Fess Praises Hoover Record at Republican Meeting
Senator Fess urged molding intelligent public opinion on President Hoover's handling of the business climate. Chicago remained the favorite to host the 1952 Republican convention, with Detroit’s last minute push noted. Prohibition sentiment and the wet trend were discussed by committee members including Ruth Pratt and Earle Kinsley.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Senator Fess
Hoover
Fess
Chicago
Detroit
Ruth Pratt
New York
Earle S. Kinsley
Vermont
Republican Executive Committee
Goodfellows Beneficiary Dance Revue At Neville High
An evening of entertainment to raise funds for the Goodfellows Fund will be held at Neville High School Friday at 8 pm. Eighty students from the Armandine Renaud School of Dancing present The Doll Shop and a second act with toe tap and interpretative dances. H. A. Monk will perform a solo. Mrs. F. C. Holden serves as pianist. Proceeds go to Christmas cheer for local families.
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Goodfellows’ Fund
Neville High School
Armandine Renaud
H. A. Monk
F. C. Holden
Monce Printing Company
Dreary Christmas Faces This Orphan Girl of Monroe
A 16 year old Monroe girl writes to the Goodfellows Fund asking for clothes and shoes as her unemployed family, including a grandmother with a broken arm, faces a dreary Christmas. Welfare directors will visit the home to assess needs. many others are to be visited.
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Goodfellows’ Fund
Goodfellow
Goodfellows
Santa Claus
You Goodfellows
Lee Street
Monroe Welfare Association
Gandhi Sends Sad Farewell Message to Western World
Mahatma Gandhi left Brindisi aboard the Italian steamer Pilsna heading home to India after a brief European tour. He noted his sorrow at the brief stay and recalled the memories of Europe while thanking Mussolini’s hospitality. He autographed photos for Scotland Yard detectives Burns and Rogers and promised gifts. Patel, brother of the Indian National Congress leader, warned of tougher Indian struggles ahead.
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Gandhi
Associated Press
S. S. Pilsna
Mahatma Gandhi
Mediterranean
India
Lot
Pilsna
Brindisi
Italy
Europe
Turkey
Palestine
Egypt
Round Table
London
Mussolini
Bombay
Scotland Yard
William Burns
William Rogers
Patel
Indian Nationalist Congress
England
Three Die as Fire Levels Insane Hospital in Charlestown
Falkenwood Hospital for the Insane burned in Charlestown P I early today killing three people. One man was trapped while two leaped from windows to their deaths. About 300 patients were exposed to the cold night as firefighters struggled with poor water pressure. Dynamite failed to separate wings and the blaze consumed the entire building with losses estimated at 250 000 to 500 000 dollars. William McGuinn John Mackenzie and William MacDonald died in the hours after the fire.
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Charlestown
William McGuinn
John Mackenzie
William MacDonald
New Light Baptist Church Burns South of Monroe
The New Light Baptist Church ten miles south of Monroe was destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin near midnight Sunday. Loss exceeds 2000 dollars with contents and building gone. no insurance. Rev. G. E. Goodman, active pastor, hopes lumber and carpenters can aid in erecting a temporary tabernacle on the site. Local lumber firms may assist.
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New Light Baptist Church
Monroe
G. E. Goodman
Goodman
Chiang Kai-Shek resigns as Nanking regime leader in China
Chiang Kai-Shek resigns as president of the Nanking government citing internal peace and foreign policy criticism. Lin Sen succeeds him as head of the executive Yuan. Chen Ming-Shu named chairman. Chiang remains Kuomintang member and Chinese citizen.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Lin Sen
Nationalist Party
Chen Ming-Shu
Yuan Chiang
Chiang
Canton
Kuomintang
WIFE BEATER TO BE GIVEN TEN LASHES AT WHIPPING POST
Washington reports that Joseph C. Carlton of Takoma Park Maryland a carpenter was sentenced by Police Judge A L Wilson to ten lashes at the whipping post for wife beating. He also received ten days in jail and the sheriff Richard H Lansdale said he had not received official notification.
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J. E. Thorsell
J. FE. Thorsell
Alexandria
Shreveport
Thorse
Richard Keffer
Yakima
Wash
William Runyon
Runyon
Keffer
S. F. Budge
New Orleans
Expressman
A. Wyatt
R. L. Whitman
State Bureau of Identification
Washington
Joseph C. Carlton
Takoma Park
Carpenter
A. L. Wilson
Carlton
Maryland
Richard H. Lansdale
Lansdale
Greenwood Bank Fails to Open in Mississippi
Security Bank and Trust Company in Greenwood Mississippi did not open this morning marking a second closing since December. The bank with 50000 dollars capital held about 1140 thousand dollars in deposits.
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Greenwood Bank
Greenwood
Miss
Security Bank and Trust Company
Chinese blamed for bandit raids in Manchuria drive
In Mukden today General Shigeru Honjo and Major General Miyake said Chinese troops and militarists in Chinchow provoke bandits to attack Japanese forces. They urged removing Chinese military presence southward to the Great Wall and eliminating Chinchow militarists to secure Manchuria.
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United Press
Mukden
Manchuria
Great Wall of China
Shigeru Honjo
Chinchow
Honjo
Miyake
Japan
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Great Wall
Chinechow
Tokyo
Chen-Chiatun- Faiyuntala
8 Cent Property Tax For Tennessee Schools Offered
Nashville TN December 15 A financial program proposes an eight cent property tax for school purposes in the Tennessee House. The eight cents were part of the old 20 cent tax repealed Jan 1 but under a new code sixteen cents were collected this year. eight cents would fund school maintenance and operation starting next year as explained by sponsors.
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Nashville
Tenn
House of Representatives
Trail of Gerald Finley Begins at Harrisonburg
The trial of Gerard Finley a 30 year old woodcutter for the slaying of C. W. Cupit a 23 year old planter began today in Harrisonburg.
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Gerald Finley
Harrisonburg
Gerard Finley
C. W. Cupit
McCall
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