Southern State May Ask Return of Robert Burns
Robert Elliott Burns, a Georgia chain gang fugitive, is held on bail in Newark New Jersey as Georgia authorities prepare to seek his extradition. Burns offered a statement claiming escape from a chain gang while his counsel fights extradition, and his clergyman brother aided in the arrest inquiry.
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Robert Burns
Newark
N. J
Robert Elliott Burns
Georgia
South
Burns
Harold Simonds
Charles Handley
Vincent G. Burns
Palisades
WN. J
Georgia Prison Commission
Atlanta
A. Harry Moore
New Jersey
Medical marvel as woman runs 110 degree fever
A 20 year old Mexican girl at Los Angeles General Hospital persisted with a daily fever near 110 degrees for three months. Doctors found a tubercular tumor in the brain’s third ventricle disrupting the heat center and said no operation could restore temperature control.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles General Hospital
Alice Tolan
P. Berman
General Hospital
Miss Tolan
Berman
Shoes Shined Inside Sparks Curious Town Page
A reader asks Jes Ramblin why shoes are shined indoors and how the process is done. He recalls a shop sign and a puzzled reaction from the shoeshine man, and seeks guidance on the inside method and purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jes
San Francisco
Inside Shine Preference and Local Happenings
An editorial note on shoe shine practice favors inside polishing in winter and early year, with anecdotes about Arkansas landowner Otto Siegle and Huey Long. It also mentions H M Venable spending time in Rapides parish, Miss Lucy Faulk racing to Natchitoches, H S Willard commuting from Monroe to Bastrop, J L Madden at a Y’s Men’s club bridge tourney, and Lyman Gladney’s smoking habit casting doubt on election integrity.
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Otto Siegle
Arkansas
Louisiana
Huey Long
Kaint
H. M. Venable
Rapides Parish
Hollis
Lucy Faulk
Natchitoches
Fannie Faulk
H. S. Willard
Morehouse Parish
Monroe
Bastrop
Stanley Wyatt
J. L. Madden
Y's Men's Club
Lyman Gladney
Lyman
Buried Treasure Valued At 154 Million Dollars
New York reports that buried and sunken treasure could cover the current war debts owed by France and England with more than 154 million dollars in known or estimated riches. The largest treasure cited is 60 million rumored buried in Cocos, linked to pirates and the Lima loot. The Merida wreck off Virginia Capes allegedly holds 4 million in gold and silver and 15 million in Maximilian rubies.
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New York
United States
France
England
Santa Claus
Cocos the Nook
W. L. Morgan
Lima
Peru
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Maximilian of
Mex
Cold Wave Grips Nation As North Winds Drive Subzero Readings
Blustering northerly winds push temperatures below zero across much of the country with little relief in sight. Forecasts call for continued cold especially in the Dakotas and Minnesota, while the northwest may end the freeze in a day or two.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Montana
Lake Michigan
Dakotas
Minnesota
North Georgia Mountains
Macon
Chicago
Des Moines
Green Bay
Wis
Minneapolis
Two Killed in Auto Crash Near Hope Villa
Miss Cleta Gros 23 and Clifford Gallagher 22, both of Baton Rouge, died in an early morning car crash near Hope Villa on the Bayou Manchac bridge approach. The couple’s companions, Richard McLehany and Camille Sides, escaped serious injury. The wreck occurred about 3:30 a.m. as the car left the Jefferson Highway and overturned into a ditch. The East Baton Rouge sheriff's office investigated. Gallagher was a LSU commerce student and former university band member.
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Baton Rouge
Cleta Gros
Clifford Gallagher
Hope Villa
Gallagher
Louisiana State University
Miss Gros
Bayou Manchac Bridge
Jefferson Highway
Richard McLehany
Camille Sides
Charles C. Gallagher
L. S. U. College of Commerce
East Baton Rouge
Rites Planned for Three Victims of Crash
Bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Ronaldson of Beaumont Texas and Miss Mary Evelyn Simpson of Flora Mississippi will be sent by train tonight for burial with funeral services planned. Fred Talbot, another driver, has had his body sent home and Elvin Heider remains hospitalized with a fractured skull and contusions awaiting condition updates. Miss Lillian Simpson, related to Miss Simpson and Ronaldson, is also expected to recover.
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Robert P. Ronaldson
Beaumont
Texas
Clarks
Bentonia
Miss
Mary Evelyn Simpson
Flora
Fred Talbot
Ronaldson
Urania
Elvin Heider
Talbot
Heider
Lillian Simpson
Another Prison Term Meted Out to Eddie Miles
Eddie Miles, formerly from Ouachita parish, was jailed after a September 24 1930 arrest for burglarizing George Zeigin's home and serving a one year sentence. A fingerprint report shows he has been sent to Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary for five years on a post office burglary charge.
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Louisiana State Penitentiary
Ouachita Parish
Sheriff's Department
Eddie Miles
George Zeigin
Miles
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kan
Illinois Lawyer Chosen U S Canadian Minister
President Hoover selected Nathan William MacChesney of Illinois as the American minister to Canada. The lawyer will succeed Han for the diplomatic post, with the appointment announced in Washington.
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Illinois
U. S
Washington
Nathan William MacChesney
Hoover
Canada
Han
Bilbo political attack on Mississippi colleges denied
Dr. Joseph A. Smith of Jackson, a central college trustees member, called Theo G. Bilbo’s claim that state colleges are heavily political unfair and untrue. Smith said a formal reply to Bilbo’s open letter demanding an apology from the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools will be prepared as four state colleges were suspended during Bilbo’s governorship and later reinstated.
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Jackson
Miss
Theo G. Bilbo
Mississippi State
Joseph A. Smith
Heywood Opposes Hamiter on Special Session Plan
Louisiana Senator W. Scott Heywood declines to join Representative Joe B. Hamiter in requesting Governor to call a December 27 special session to grant a tax moratorium on 1932 taxes. Heywood says postponing 1931 tax collection only benefits a negligible number and harms state revenue. Insurance firms and others are noted as affected.
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New Orleans
W. Scott Heywood
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Joe B. Hamiter
Caddo Parish
Allen
Heywood
Senate committee nears agreement on beer alcohol content
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to raise beer alcohol content to 3.2 percent by weight under the Collier bill, from 2.75 percent, and to levy a five dollar per barrel tax. Speaker Garner avoided committing to a general sales tax in the short session as Democrats rely on beer tax revenue to balance the budget. The treasury secretary offered cautious revenue estimates and did not state whether the administration would sign the bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Collier
Garner
Mills
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Senate panel nears agreement on repeal language substitute
The senate judiciary subcommittee considering prohibition repeal legislation moves toward consensus on a substitute for the eighteenth amendment. Delegates aim to craft a revised framework that could shape a potential repeal vote and set new regulatory parameters for liquor laws.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Rain Abatement Eases Flood Danger Across Deep South
Flooded rivers in Alabama Georgia and Mississippi receded in places as rain abated. The Pearl river rose near Jackson Miss and bottom lands flooded in several delta regions. Relief workers reported privation among east Jackson families while travel remained perilous.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Rome
Miller's Ferry
Jackson
Miss
Sumner
Webb
Mississippi Delta
Cassiday Bayou
Yalobusha
Tallahatchie
Grand Jury Recommends Dismissal of Educator
The San Francisco grand jury recommends the dismissal of Joseph Marr Gwinn once of New Orleans as superintendent of city schools. The report cites incompetency or wilful dereliction of duty and also urges demotion of five Gwinn deputies, noting Gwinn had faced months of criticism since his 1923 arrival.
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San Francisco
Grand Jury
Board of Education
Joseph Marr Gwinn
New Orleans
Gwinn
Grand
Five New Dixie Governors Back Economy Plans
Five southern states Arkansas Georgia Florida North Carolina and Tennessee will inaugurate Democratic governors in January pledging economy measures. Georgia plans a $3 auto license fee and a strong tax intangibles approach. Florida aims to cut taxes and streamline state activities. Tennessee’s Bill McAlister will emphasize government economy in his January oath.
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Atlanta
Arkansas
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
Tennessee
Eugene Talmadge
Dave Shultz
Bill McAlister
Dixie
J. Futreil
Hoover Plans to Fight Body On Confirmations
President Hoover will defy Senate Democrats by continuing to send nominations to the Senate for vacancies existing and potential future openings. Major posts open include seats on the Federal Reserve Board the power commission and several judgeships.
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Hoover
Washington
Senate Democrats
Senate
Theodore Joslin
Federal Reserve Board
Power Commission
Five Nations Default on War Debt Obligations
The United States reported six nations paid in full while five defaulted on prior obligations. Greece failed to meet a November 10 payment and may skip January due to defaults. Britain delayed a gold transfer of 95.55 million dollars, with France Poland Estonia and Hungary also short on payments.
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Washington
United States
Greece
Great Britain
Mills
Bank of England
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Treasury
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
France
Poland
Esthenia
Hungary
Tary Mills
Russia
Woman slays son and shoots self in Memphis tragedy
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Boyett 27 is found shot to death beside her four year old son believed to be in a parked car on Memphis outskirts. L J Boyett reported them missing after they left home. Sheriff Charles Garibaldi says preliminary evidence indicates the mother killed her son and then fatally shot herself. The husband cites a nervous breakdown from worry over Sonny Boy’s care.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mary Elizabeth Boyett
Palace Store Backing Strong for Good Fellows Fund
The Palace store is lauded as a top supporter of the Good Fellows fund. Local contributions total over $214 with donors including Ouachita National Bank employees and families, plus $350 in food contributions from merchants. The appeal aims to aid needy children in two cities as the fundraising surpasses a key milestone.
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the Palace
Ouachita National Bank
Eugene B. Haynes
David Thompson
John Wharton Collens
Palace
Sig Masur
Moura
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Weereee
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Staeee
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Eenewee
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Quachita
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Manros Ao
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National Capitol
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Hamiter
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Tulane
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Memphis, Tenn
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