Collision near Haynesville injures nine children and kills girl
In Haynesville La a farm truck cut in front of a school bus carrying 37 Colquitt students causing a crash. One 13 year old girl Alice Greer died two others seriously injured and seven more bruised. No funeral arrangements announced. Coroner’s jury summoned.
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Haynesville
Colquitt
Colllsion
Reeder Branch
Alice Greer
Asbury Greer
Elton Odom
Paul Odom
Virginia Baretow
Haynesville Hospi
Coloquitt
Jink Wares
J. M. Monk
Gordon
Middleton
Homer
Behind the Scenes in Washington Restaurateurs Convene
Washington diners hear startling ideas as restaurateurs discuss unusual offerings including rattlesnake steaks drawing quick reactions from industry leaders and local patrons.
Ebersole's rattlesnake meal shocks National Restaurant show
Washington reports on John Ebersole at the National Restaurant association convention. He unveils a rattlesnake canapé stunt and "Ancient Epicurean Order" cards while detailing his 15,000 mile culinary tour and quirky restaurant ideas.
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Washington
National Restaurant Association
John E. Ebersole
Mr. Ebersole
Mountains combed in search for airliner lost since yesterday
Salt Lake City report from December 16 describes a search for a Western Air express airliner missing since 3 37 a m mountain time Tuesday. Rescue teams from planes ground crews and volunteers including CCC enrollees and Brigham Young University students scour the Alpine area amid rain and fog. The Boeing 10 passeng er craft carried five men and two women including a stewardess who had refused romance for her job. The search covers terrain north of Alpine and between Salt Lake City and Provo.
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Salt Lake City
Wasatch Mountain Wilds
Western Air Express Transport
Provo
Here
Alpine
Frank Eastman
Western Air Station
CCC
Brigham-Young University
Boeing
S J. Samson
Ten Peace Projects Advanced At Inter American Conference
Ten projects prepared for final approval by the inter American peace conference include a convention to establish a consultative system if threats arise to peace in the Americas. Observers expect rapid ratification with all twenty one republic delegations previously supporting the measures.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
United States
Cordell Hull
Montevideo
Roosevelt Prepares for Second Term Amid Peace Conference
President Roosevelt, back from Buenos Aires aboard the Indianapolis, begins posttrip planning for a second term. He attends a White House funeral for bodyguard Gus Gennerich and schedules talks on the congressional agenda and the new budget. Burial will be in Middle Village, Long Island.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
White House
Gus” Gennerich
Middle Village
Long Island
Charleston
S. C
Indianapolis
Italy and United States open new trade talks
Negotiations have begun to replace the 1871 commercial pact between Italy and the United States. An official communique states the old treaty is denounced and drafts are under examination. Italian Foreign Minister Count Galleazo Ciano and U S ambassador William Phillips signed the denunciation at Chigi Palace. The move becomes effective in one year.
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Rome
United States
Italy
Chigi Palace
Count Galleazo Ciano
William Phillips
Good Fellows Fund Nears Goal With Eight Days Left
Donations totaling 645.65 are counted with eight days remaining to reach last year's 900 plus. The fund aids the poor in the parish and city. contributors include the Lions Auxiliary, Mrs Maggie Thompson and several named residents.
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Good Fellows Fund
Sara Beth Brownlee
Cal- Moa Iirc Ithe Ead Ene
Hed Telda
Osciassickos Sauerbeieka
Es Es Cesta Vesisaaals
Finance and Public Utilities Department
J. F. Wetzel
Lions Auxiliary
Maggie Thompson
John Robert Thompson
Martha Gray Thompson
Monroe Streets and Parks Department
Delaney
W. B. Ellerbe
J. P. Simmons
B.sc Acctvcaces
Fred Campbell
Sience
Sam Battaglia
Good Fellows
Leche Frees Six Convicts in Louisiana Pardon Action
Governor Richard W. Leche ordered the release of six convicts after state pardon board recommendations. Names include Ralph Menard Vermilion parish. E L Thibodaux Pointe Coupee parish. Edgar R Howerton Caddo parish. Alvin Hoffman Acadia parish. Alais Istre Acadia parish. Gilbert Lognion Calcasieu parish. Sentences ranged from one to 12 years, with pardons or commutations to time served.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
Ralph Menard
Vermilion Parish
E. L. Thibodaux
Pointe Coupee Parish
Edgar R. Howerton
Caddo Parish
Alvin Hoffman
Acadia Parish
Alais Istre
Gilbert Lognion
Calcasieu Parish
Move Made to Avenge Chiang Kai-Shek
The executive Yuan voted to send a punitive expedition to Sianfu in Shensi to rescue or avenge Chiang Kai-Shek. Reports say eight to ten divisions have moved toward Shensi with skirmishes reported as the government weighs Chiang’s fate amid unclear official word on his life.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Executive Yuan
Nanking
Sianfu
Shensi
Chang Hsueh-Liang
China
Chiang
Motorman Cleared in Elevated Train Wreck
A coroner's jury ruled the deaths of 11 people in the Chicago elevated wreck on November 24 were an accident. Motorman Van R. Grooms was cleared of criminal liability and released from custody. The North Shore train struck the rear wooden car of the express, causing the fatal collision.
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Chicago
van R. Grooms
North Shore
Grooms
Pope Pius XI Awakens After Brief Illness
Pope Pius XI, 79, woke after a difficult night while still bed-ridden for 11 days in the Vatican. Doctor Amanti Milani urged rest to prevent a relapse as the pontiff maintained that illness is an effect of age and stayed determined to avoid exertion.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Amanti Milani
Papal
Holy Father
West Carroll Parish votes to prohibit liquor sales
In Oak Grove Louisiana West Carroll parish residents approved a local option measure to ban intoxicating liquor sales. The tally was 1320 to 566 in the December 15 vote.
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Oak Grove
West Carroll Parish
Edward Windsor may answer archbishop after radio rebuke
Edward of Windsor, staying at Baron Eugene de Rothschild’s castle in Enzelfeld Austria, is furious yet despondent after a Sunday radio rebuke by the archbishop of Canterbury. He may publicly respond, defending his freedom and his friends, amid criticism of his intention to marry Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson.
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Duke of Windsor
Enzesfeld Castle
Walis Simpson
Danube
Vienna
Austria
Edward
Castle Enzesfeld
Mrs. Simpson
Austrian
Tyrol
Beethoven
Mozart
Strausses
Husaren
Prince Lichenstein
Aspern
Baden
Klostenenburg
Simpson
Alvin J. Steinkopf
Enzelfeld
Edward of Windsor
Canterbury
Eugene de Rothschild
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Centenarian Angeline Carter to celebrate 102nd birthday
In Monmouth Oregon Mrs Angeline Carter age 102 will celebrate her birthday Friday. She remains able to do most house work and has 66 living descendants including two children 27 grandchildren 29 great grandchildren three great great grandchildren and five great great great grandchildren.
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Monmouth
Ore
Angeline Carter
Son Lost 41 Years Found at Last
In Los Angeles on December 16, 194? Mrs. Camilla Warner records a decades long search for her son Richard Douglas Foster born 1895. He disappeared as an infant from Milford Nebraska orphanage and was taken by a man in a shiny carriage. She toiled in a railroad lunchroom while never giving up hope. The tale chronicles a long, patient reunion after 41 empty years.
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Warner
Camilla Foster
Richard Douglas Foster
Milford
Neb
Columbia River Bed Diverted For First Time At Grand Coulee
The Columbia river was diverted into a new channel at Grand Coulee Dam Washington marking the first complete change of the river’s bed. A cofferdam was finished diverting the flow and a second cofferdam downstream will be completed to drain the area and allow central foundation work.
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Grand Coulee Dam
Wash
Columbia River
Yuletide Lighting Entries Due Before Monday Night
The Yuletide illumination contest calls for entries by 6 PM next Monday to compete for 400 dollars in prizes. A formal entry must be filed with the Monroe and West Monroe Chamber of Commerce at the Virginia hotel by December 21. Entry blanks are available at the chamber, Ouachita Citizen, and in the News-Star and World. booklets of designs are also offered.
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Chamber of Commerce of
Monroe
West Monroe
Virginia
Chamber of Commerce Rooms
Ouachita Citizen
News-Star and World
Chamber of Commerce
Supreme Court to Hear Women’s Minimum Wage Case
The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether states may set minimum wages for women. The West Coast Hotel Company appeal challenges Washington state’s 1918 law guaranteeing wages to cover living costs and health needs, following a prior ruling on New York law. A related Ohio act awaits appeal. Roosevelt described the New York decision as creating a no man’s land between state and federal power.
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Supreme Court
West Coast Hotel Company
Washington Supreme Court
High Tribunal
New York
Roosevelt
No Man's Land
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