Attorney recounts robbery at his office in Kingsfelder case
C E gsfelder an attorney in Texas reports being lured to his office by a man claiming to need legal help. The intruder pistol whipped him, forced him to open a safe, offered a drugged drink, and stole about 345 hundred dollar bills from a New York client. Authorities and the district attorney are investigating.
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N, Tex
C. E.gsfelder
Ingsfelder
Asant
Earl Manini
Kingsfelder
Heidingsfelder
Mingsfelder
Tink
Frank
Heidingsfeld
Selma Couple Observes 62nd Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Brown of Selma celebrate their 62nd wedding anniversary at their daughter’s home, 515 Ouachita Avenue, Christmas Day. Mr. Brown is 83 and Mrs. Brown 76. both are in good health and will stay through the holidays with their family.
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J. G. Brown
Selma Ted
C. W. Naill
Ouachita Avenue
Mr. Brown
More Work Assured For Local Unemployed Men
Unemployed men with three or more dependents are asked to register at once with the national re employment service at 121 North Grand Street. Manager J. W. Worthington said work will be provided for a number of men of this classification within the next few days.
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National
North Grand Street
J. W. Worthington
City Briefs From Monroe Illinois to Colorado Springs
F. X. Shaughnessy Sr. moves from Missouri Pacific hospital St Louis to a Colorado Springs hospital for treatment, with his wife accompanying. No planes operated Christmas day in Monroe to allow holiday rest for employees. Paul Neal at Neville high school improves after appendicitis surgery. Dan Dandridge returns from Little Rock after Christmas. Hollingsworth visits from Longview. Allen Jones back from Collins. J E Doughtie, ex Monroe Hotel manager, now in Shreveport, visits Monroe. Tom Mason visits relatives in Monroe over Christmas. Frank Thomas back after illness.
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F. X. Shaughnessy, Sr
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Colorado Springs
Colo
Monroe
Colorado
A. S. Aldridge
American Airways
Dan Dandridge
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Little Rock
Ark
Rip Van Winkle Presented by Monroe Children’s Theater
Rehearsals are under way for Rip Van Winkle to be staged by Monroe Children's Theater as their first production. Miss Lucyle Godwin directs a 60 member cast with two actors for Rip Van Winkle, one before and one after his sleep. The play spans from George III’s era to Washington’s time at the Revolutionary War’s end.
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Rip van Winkle
Monroe Children’s Theater
Ouachita Parish High School
Lucyle Godwin
George III
George Washington
French Train Disaster Death Toll Rises in France
Paris reports 199 known dead after Saturday night wreck of the Strasbourg flyer into the Nancy Express. Three more victims identified as two women and a man. remains placed in nameless caskets. Survivors near death from infections. engineer Daudigny and fireman Charpentier jailed for homicide by imprudence.
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Paris
France
Strasbourg
Nancy
Here
Lucien Daudigny
Henry Charpentier
Louis Rollin
Killer hunted in Texas for Lapham murder
Neegro suspected of beating Roy S. Lapham to death with an axe in a Texas barn during a robbery. About $10 from Lapham’s clothing was missing, a Christmas gift from his sister. A posse searched Angleton and Houston areas as police pursue the suspect.
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Alvin
Tex
Roy S. Lapham
Lapham
Ben C. Kennerly
Braden Castle
Manatee
Fila
Cloid J. Jackson
Justice of the Peace
G. W. Sheffield
Jimmy Martin
Angleton Brazoria
Houston
New Postoffice Closes After Holiday Rush
Resumption of normal business conditions after the holiday rush was reported Tuesday at the post office. The new federal building on Jackson street was again closed after having been used for parcel post during the pre holiday period. No word as to when the building will be in use permanently.
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Federal
Jackson Street
Scouts Bring Christmas Cheer With Toys And Food
Boy Scouts of Troop 31 distributed 180 toys and four large baskets of groceries to Christmas needy families. Sponsored by Grace Episcopal church, Scout Master Fletcher Ashcraft led two groups to collect repair and repaint toys and deliver to ten homes and provide food to four more.
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Boy Scouts
Troop 31
Grace Episcopal Church
Fletcher Ashcraft
Car retail sales rise 74 percent in November
The Department of Commerce reports November retail sales value for new passenger cars rose 74 percent from the same month a year earlier. The growth signals strong demand and helps explain economic activity in late year.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Child Hit by Auto Remains In Sanatorium
Lawrence Edward Worley four, son of Mrs. L. A. Worley, was struck by Henry Landon while crossing South Second street near Apple street yesterday afternoon. He was in St Francis sanitarium Tuesday in slightly improved but still serious condition with head bruises and possible concussion. Landon stopped after the impact.
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Lawrence Edward Worley
L. A. Worley
South First Street
Henry Landon
South Second Street
Apple Street
St. Francis Sanitarium
Landon
Bids Sought for North Ouachita River Levee Work
United States engineer office in Vicksburg Mississippi calls for bids on 22 500 cubic yards of earthwork for a new north levee on the Ouachita River in Monroe Louisiana. Work must finish within 275 days from letting. Funds come from National Industrial Recovery Act appropriations. contracts require employment conditions.
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United States Engineer's Office
Vicksburg
Miss
Ouachita River
Hotel Virginia
Monroe
New North Levee
Ouachita Parish
National Industrial Recovery Act
Former L. S. A. President Dies
Thomas W. Atkinson, LSU president from 1927 to 1930, died at his Baton Rouge home after a heart attack. He had long served LSU as dean of engineering and in various roles, contributing to LSU achieving a class A rating in 1928. Survived by his widow Marie Antoinette Billeg.
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Baton Rouge
Thomas W. Atkinson
Louisiana State University
Thomas Ducker Boyd
Georgia
Atkinson
Whitesburg
Tallapoosa
Ruston
Johns Hopkins University
Cornell
Engineering Experiment Station
Kappa Sigma
Phi Kappa Phi
American Society For the Promotion of Engineering
The
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Episcopal Church
Marie Antoinette Billeg
Atkinson Family Funeral Arrangements In Louisiana
Four brothers W W Atkinson of Ruston former chairman of the Louisiana highway commission J S Atkinson of Shreveport attorney Dr Shelby Atkinson of Little Rock Ark and Dr Howell Atkinson of Little Rock and a sister Mrs D G Ridgeh of Ruston La. The funeral was set for 4 p m from the residence on the old university campus with services in St James Episcopal church and burial in Roselawn cemetery.
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Clinton
FE. Atkinson
Ruston
Louisiana Highway Commission
J. S. Atkinson
Shreveport
Shelby Atkinson
Little Rock
Ark
Howell Atkinson
D. G. Ridgeh
University
St. James Episcopal Church
Roselawn
Two Warrens Die and Beard in Jail in Louisiana
In Wildsville Louisiana two Warrens are dead and Coley Beard, 36, is jailed on $2000 bond with mother-in-law Betty Beard 42. Baker Warren 42 was allegedly shot by Betty Beard and Coley Beard. state officers say Coley fatally wounded William Warren 57, a Warren brother. A special grand jury session set for January 3 was called to probe the Warren Beard conflict.
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Wildsville
Warrens
Beard
Baker Warren
Betty Beard
Coley Beard
William Warren
Barker Warren
John Dale, Jr
Warren-Beard
Two Stolen Autos Recovered By Police
Police recovered two stolen cars this week. J C Steele’s automobile stolen from 102 Arkansas Avenue was found on South Grand near Tidwell's filling station. The other car, stolen from a negro resident at 913 Oak Street, was recovered Tuesday in the 1100 block of Louise Anne Avenue. January named for the Roman god Janus signifies the day and year’s start.
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J. C. Steele
Sam Branch
Steele
Arkansas Avenue
South Grand Street
Tidwell
Oak Street
Washington Street
Louise Anne Avenue
West Monroe unveils new street and drainage projects
City superintendent A W Riggs describes plans for a Millsaps school to North Seventh street gravel road linking to Cypress street, Ludwig avenue extension to the railroad near Williams Lumber, and a parallel drainage canal to prevent flooding on South Fifth and Coleman avenues. About 137 workers on Black Bayou and 150 on McGuire Park projects.
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Black Bayou
McGuire Park
West Monroe
A. W. Riggs
Millsaps School
North Seventh Street
Seventh Street
Cypress Street
Ludwig Avenue
South Fifth Street
Williams Lumber Company
Coleman Avenue
Riggs
Mec-Guire
Hugh Ed Hugh Ed Hugh Ed Hugh Ed
A brief notice reports a fine imposed on Hugh Ed for an unspecified offense. The fragment provides no details on location date or charging authority. Further context from the source would clarify the case and penalties.
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Iple
Paul J. Neal
Neville High School
Vaughan- Wright-Bendel Clinic
M. M._ Hollingsworth
News-Star
Longview, Tex
Allen Jones
Collinston
J. E. Doughtie
Hotel
Tom Mason
Pine Bluff
Frank Thomas
Children’s Theater
Texas
United States
Canada
Janus
Hugh Ed
Hugh
Hav
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L. A
Glenn
Sician
Chea
Machin
Tom Collins
Clover Club
Star Glass
Ouachita Candy
Bronx
Noilly Prat
Jos
S. Finch
40Th Street
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