Alleged slayer taken in Bossier rushed to unknown destination
Sheriff McLean and four Mississippi officers said they were certain R. L. Roy, arrested in Bossier parish as the suspected slayer of the Turner couple at Cleveland Mississippi, was the man. He was loaded into a waiting car at 10 26 a m and driven overland toward an unannounced destination, probably Memphis. The prisoner pressed to call relatives and take officers to the post office to prove his whereabouts but was refused.
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Shreveport
R. L. Roy
Bossier Parish
Turner
Cleveland
Miss
McLean
Memphis
T. B. Birdsong
Clarksdale
Mississippi National Guard
Green Rice
A. C. Pearman
Charles Maddox
Sheriff Believes Right Man Is Held In Slaying Case
Sheriff E R McLean of Cleveland Mississippi arrived in Shreveport after a half hour with police and said the man arrested near Bossier City is the suspect R L Roy in the December 8 killings of Aurilius Turner and his wife. He planned to remove Roy but did not specify the destination.
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Shreveport
E. R. McLean
Cleveland
Bolivar County
Mississippi
Bossier City
R. L. Roy
Aurilius B. Turner
McLean
Roy
Associated Press
Sisto in Mid Atlantic Stricken as Mobiloil Aids
In the mid Atlantic the Norwegian freighter Sisto battered by hurricane loses bridge rudder and lifeboats while the British tanker Mobiloil stands by awaiting oil to enable a rescue attempt. The President Harding reports pumping oil through the night to calm seas but oil reserves run low.
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New York
Mobiloil
Sisto
North Atlantic
Mackay Radio and Marine Corp
S. S. Aurania
mid-Atlantic
Harding
Radio Marine Corporation
Lost lamb appeal for church play at First Methodist
A call for a small lamb or toy sheep to participate in a Sunday night play at the First Methodist church. Miss Elizabeth Langford is coordinating, and residents with a suitable prop are asked to call 1716. Nearby, a parking misadventure and a red fox incident are noted, along with volunteers at Monroe’s toy headquarters aiding the community project.
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Jes
Elizabeth Langford
Monroe Council of Social Agencies
Miss Mae Davis
Toyland
Miss Davis
Mrs Walter Camp Dies in New Haven
Mrs Walter Camp widow of Yale football authority died after a lengthy illness in New Haven Connecticut.
Government Power Interests Demand Quick Supreme Court Test
The Roosevelt administration rejected a 5000 word memorial urging private power interests to cooperate with government plans and test TVA policies in court. The White House forwarded the memorial to Federal Power Commissioner Frank McNinch as officials prepared an official administration reply.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Thomas N. McCarter
Edison Electric Institute
Tennessee Valley Authority
White House
TVA
Frank R. McNinth
Federal Power Commission
Commission
McNinch
Improvements in Waterways in Dern's Report
Washington reports Secretary Dern unveils a vast river network plan with 126 projects and 343 million dollars spent, plus potential 8 billion more pending approval. He cites 1,600 additional studies and 153 million spent on river improvements in the 1934 fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Dern
Army Engineer Corps
Jinky Contest Nears Final Entries and Prizes
The Jinky Contest ends soon with $40 cash and prizes from News-Star-World and sponsor firms. Enter by tomorrow Wednesday December 26 or January 2 1935 for a chance at $220 total cash and many prizes. Jinkys available free from Iron Mountain Bakery Griffin Studio Johnnies Elbert Central Savings Bank and Trust West Monroe Hardware West Monroe Sur-Wa stores Holloway and Thompson Natural Gas Thompson's Pharmacy Monroe Automobile and Supply Slagle Johnson Lumber J W Rogers Store West Monroe 107 Tire Service Lee Rogers Chevrolet R and A Jewelry Central and Circle S Stations Standard Office Supply Collens Pharmacy E Jack Selig Monroe Furniture Monroe Hardware Furniture Sandman's Pharmacy E R Kiper Hardware Hemp's Cafeteria Ouachita Baking Ford Levi North Side Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News- Star—World
Iron Mountain Bakery, Inc
Griffin Studio
Johnnies
Elbert
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
West Monroe
Central
Circle
Standard Office Supply Co
Collens Pharmacy, Inc
E. Jack Selig, Inc
Monroe Furniture Co
Monroe Hardware Furniture? Co
Sandman’s Pharmacy
E. R. Kiper Hardware and Supply Co
Hemp’s Cafeteria
Ouachita Baking Co
Ford Levi Stationery Co
North Side Pharmacy
Senate probes clash over army war mobilization plan
Senate investigators challenged the War Department idea that a long secret mobilization plan need not go to Congress until war starts. The plan includes a six percent profit cap on supplies and a voluntary press censorship unless war begins. Senator Clark urged peacetime transmission for deliberation. witnesses defended the rush to Congress.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Clark
Missouri
War Department
Entire Yugoslav Cabinet Resigns After Ministerial Exits
Belgrade report states the Yugoslav cabinet planned to resign after Foreign Minister Bogolyub Yevttch and Agriculture Minister Dragoutin Kojich left the government. The cabinet’s broader resignation followed Yevttch’s Geneva settlement on Hungary and reflected bitter rivalries within the cabinet.
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Belgrade
Bogolyub Yevttch
Dragoutin Kojich
Geneva
Hungary
Denver Attorney Faces Charge in Abduction Case
Denver attorney Ben Laska faces complicity charges in the Urschel kidnapping case. An affidavit from Edward Feldman details Laska guiding Bates's wife and stepson to a ransom share, directing the hiding of $75,000 in Wyoming and receiving $10,000 for expenses as part of the alleged scheme.
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Denver
Colo
Ben Laska
Charles F. Urschel
Laska
Albert L. Bates
Oklahoma City
James C. Mathers
Edward G. Feldman
Bates
Feldman
Clara Feldman
Las
Boy Stolen With Auto Found Unharmed in Tyler
In Tyler Texas at 6 25 am the three year old son of Mr and Mrs Basso Larsson was located unharmed behind the Tyler hotel near the International and Great Northern tracks after a car thief stole his father's vehicle last night and fled with the boy A large posse of citizens aided in the search and the boy was found near the courthouse square.
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Tyler
Texas
Ray Larsson
Basso Larsson
Tyler Hotel
International
Great Northern
Oil Field Worker Gilbert O’Neal Injured in Drive Near Many
Gilbert O’Neal, oil field worker and former Monroe resident, was critically injured in an automobile accident. He was hospitalized in Shreveport with a severely injured back after a drilling project near Many.
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Gilbert O'Neal
Monroe
Shreveport
O'Neal
Bomb explosions in Havana trigger mass arrests and patrols
Havana faced a tense night as over 40 bombs exploded amid fear of revolution. Nearly 1,000 soldiers patrolled streets while 14 people were arrested for placing or possessing explosives. ABC members and police actions intensified the crackdown as unrest spread.
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Associated Press
Havana
ABC Political Society
Carlos Mendieta
Fulgencio Batista
ABC
Accion
Guidance Seen In Report By Investigators Urges Federal Loans
Washington Dec 18 Secretary Morgenthau hailed a report by economic investigators led by Dr Jacob Viner. It recommends continued direct federal loans to industry until banks liberalize lending and urges a unified government lending agency. The document criticizes bank examiners pushing drastic curtailment of slow loans and calls for broader credit to aid recovery.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Jacob Viner
Rogers Has His Say on a Plan to End All Planning
Beverly Hills, Calif. December 18. The Salvation Army radio talk notes a national resources board plan to spend 105 billion dollars to end planning. The speaker mocks debt assertions by wealthy critics and claims the plan targets large figures while sidelining small ones.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Salvation Army
National Resources Board
New drive targets feared gangster Terrible Tommy Touhy
Chicago dispatch notes a nationwide manhunt for Terrible Tommy Touhy tied to the Brooklyn armored car robbery and Michigan City prison break. Investigators cite Touhy as leader of remnants of Dillinger and Touhy gangs and link Burns to multiple crimes as state officials weigh the underworld connections.
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Chicago
Underworld
Tommy” Touhy
America
John Dillinger
Touhy
Brooklyn
Dillinger
Michigan City
Ind
Middle West
J. Edward Barce
Indiana
Barce
Joseph Burns
Paul V. McNutt
Indianapolis
E. Touhy
Burns
Roger Touhy
Illinois
Joliet
John Factor
Indiana State
Indiana Dunes
Thomas Molay
Moving Picture Operators’ Union
John Stege
Isadoe Kinstler
Kinstler
Stege
Many Benefits Slated To Help Good Fellows
Ragumcount theater patrons donated two truck loads of canned goods and groceries valued at about 10 dollars to the Good Fellows fund. Monroe organizations plan special benefits as part of a community effort, aiming for a joyful Christmas for many children. The Missouri Pacific Booster club announced a dance at its hall on Saturday night December 22 from 9 to 12.
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Santa Claus
News-Star—World’s Good Fellow
Ragumcount Theater
Monroe
Good Fellows’ Fund
Missouri Pacific Booster Club
Booster Club
Denounces Huey Long as Modern Nero in Louisiana House
Representative G. W. Lester denounces Senator Huey P. Long as a modern Nero and a political made man after Long backs down from a plan to place hiring of 15,000 school teachers under his control. The floor confrontation includes a long attack on Long and his administration as the bill passes 61 to 28 amid legislative tension and threats of further action.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
G. W. Lester
West Feliciana
Lester
Long
I. W. Sharp
N. S. Hoffpaulr
Hoffpaulr
Senate
Philippic
House
Louisiana
Nationwide Cold Wave Grips U S States With Low Readings
A new cold front marches across the United States with forecasts of worsening temperatures in hours. Readings range from the mid teens in Albany and Syracuse to the 50s in New Orleans, with colder spots in Chicago and Milwaukee and a 24 at St Louis.
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Associated Press
United States
Notheing
Syracuse
N. Y
Albany
Buffalo
Chicago
Milwaukee
Denever
Memphis
Little Rock
Knoxville
Tenn
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Montgomery
New Orleans
Florida
Jacksonville
Miami
Nne
Duan Oss
St. Louis
Ines
Washington
Newark
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Bossier
Mid- Atlantic
Valentia
Irish Free State
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Crocs
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Natchez Eeetenee
Quachita
Camden
Eee Wee
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Cairo
Sds
Tennessee
Cumberland
Nashville
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Little Rock Sinee
Red
Shreveport Eee
Alexandria
Jes’ Ramblin
North Second Street
E. H. Speights
Central Fire Station
Sterlington Road
Black Bayou
Army
Senator Clark
Yevttch
Urschel
Rogers
Yours
McNaugh
Tommy Toury
J. A. Biedenharn
H. A. Biedenharn
M. S. Biedenharn
B. W. Biedenharn
Ann Menefee
Stan Ewreebenee
Circle No. 1
Presbyterian Auxiliary
Atenee Reneee
Bernice Wright
Monroe Wholesale Drug Co
Seer Ewstores
Huey
Stooges
Senator
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