Delta Air Service dusting line secures new contracts
The Delta Air Service led by C. E. Woolman reports obtaining a valuable contract in Mexico with more in the Southern states and South America. The firm, founded in 1890 and based in Monroe since 1925, is praised for its dusting method aiding cotton planters and its accident-free record.
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le Fasse ‘Oolman
Organ Age
Woolman
Mexico
South America
South
Delta Company
Pioneer Airplane Organization
Monroe
Globe
Germany
England
Europe
Delta Air Service
Birmingham
Fort Worth
Aviation Corporation
Delta Line
United States
Monroe Goodfellows Fund Benefit At City High School
Tonight at 8 at Monroe City High School auditorium under KMLB. J C Liner owner operator. Don Brietenmoser prepared program with Jack Kessler announcing. Local talent revue about an hour long not broadcast from the school building. Welfare offices on city hall second floor see mothers and children needing aid.
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Monroe City High School
KMLB
J. C. Liner
Don Brietenmoser
Jack Kessler
Monroe Welfare Association
Goodfellows’ Fund
Welfare
Putek
Shaw Endorses Sinclair Lewis Rightly Targeting U.S.
New York reports that George Bernard Shaw praised Sinclair Lewis for his Stockholm address attacking American literary standards. Shaw says Lewis flayed Washington, ridiculed Americans, and elevated American literature to world prominence, predicting lasting influence and continued critique.
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New York
New York Times Today
London
New York Times
George Bernard Shaw
Sinclair Lewis
Stockholm
America
Shaw
Swedish Academy
Dickens
Quick Action Predicted on Relief Bills
Congress moves toward final action on a $116 million emergency relief package as Senate amendments from Black Alabama and George Georgia spark disputes. The House debates conference agreements on breuth loans and road fund allocations to speed the measure to the White House.
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Senate
Frees
House
White House
Black
Alabama
George
Georgia
Ciuzens
Michigan
Actress admits luring Buckley to death trap
Police refuse to confirm custody of a man. Two days before she would testify in the Dellabonta and Salimone murder trial, Miss Owen collapsed at her theater. She claimed poison whisky. doctors found no poison and diagnosed hysteria. She remains in the psychopathic ward.
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Nicholas Dellabonta
Frank Salimone
Grosse Pointe Park
Miss Owen
Dominick Ferro
Receiving Hospital
Scouts Prepare Christmas Toy Distribution Center
Scouts and Camp Fire girls set up a temporary headquarters to mend and distribute toys for Christmas. Nearly 30 dolls were repaired and dressed, while other toys were mended and painted. Children are asked to donate discarded toys via teachers to the distribution point.
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Boy Scouts
Congress Today Senate and House Activities Summary
Senate continues deliberations on a maternity and child welfare bill. Indian affairs and naval committees take up pending bills and naval building plans. Election fund inquiry resumes into Pennsylvania campaigning. House moves ahead with agricultural department appropriation, military real estate matters, and Palo Verde valley project reviews.
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Indian Affairs Committee
Naval Committee
Election Fund
Pennsylvania
HOUSE
Military Affairs Committee
Army
Immigration and Reclamation Committee
Palo Verde Valley
Benefit Musical Revue for Needy Tonight
A benefit musical revue for the needy is set for this evening at the auditorium. J C Liner oversees audio and Station KMLB arrangements with Mayor Arnold Bernstein delivering a pre show talk. Louisiana Serenaders, Four Horsemen, and local artists including Robert Irvin lead a varied program with a 15 minute featured period.
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J. C. Liner
Don Breitenmeier
Paramount Theater
KMLB
Robert Irvin
Wil
Arnold Bernstein
Monroe
Louisiana Serenaders
The
Four Horsemen
Kate Delarot
Guy and Glenn
Ruth Grandstaff Rosbury
Floyd Ganes
Wailer and Butler
Leon Hammonds
C. V. Sanders
Alfred Hennon
Axel B. Johansson
Omega Braddock
Jack McKwain
Baton Rouge
BUY Now
Fokker Engineer Killed Jumping From Own Plane
Stephen A. Forberger, project engineer for Fokker aircraft, died when his parachute failed to open after a late descent from his own design. A motor issue prompted the leap. the pilot remained unaware of the fatal fall as the aircraft landed without damage.
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Washington
Stephen A. Forberger
Fokker
Forberger
Increased activity in cotton spinning industry shown
The census bureau reports November cotton spinning operated at 80.1 percent capacity on a single shift basis. Spindles in place totaled 33,715,464 with 25,858,016 active during the month and 5,831,527,747 active spindle hours. Former legislator Albert J. LaCaze, 67, dies at Wallace home.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Boy Scout Troops Gather for Court of Honor Session
Members of all Twin Cities Scout troops meet at the courthouse tonight at 8 for a court of honor. Judge W M Harper chairs the session and leads the program with merit badge awards songs stunts and storytelling. Court members include Jack Selig Ernest Holloway Albert Thornton and Jack Warren.
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Boy Scout Troops
Twin Cities
W. M. Harper
Court of Honor
Judge Harper
Jack Selig
Ernest Holloway
Albert Thornton
Jack Warren
Bond Fixed At $1,000 For King And Tinsley
Joseph D. King and Reuben Tinsley were arraigned on charges of breaking into the local armory and stealing six federal pistols. Each youth had bond set at $1,000 by United States commissioner H. M. Eshelman and were sent to parish jail when unable to meet it. Deputy Marshal R. A. Gehringer from Shreveport facilitated the proceeding.
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Joseph D. King
Reuben Tinsley
H. M. Eshelman
United States
R. A. Gehringer
Shreveport
MacDonald Government Faces Another Big Test
London December 19 Ramsay Mac Donalds government faces a severe test as debate opens on the trades dispute bill aimed at nullifying Baldwin era labor laws. The measure would curb union rights including sympathetic strikes and peaceful picketing.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Lords
Stanley Baldwin
Woman and two sons die in carbon monoxide incident in Independence
In Independence Missouri a Christmas decorated Rallis home window hides a grim scene. Mrs Elsie Ralls 36 and her sons Myrle 9 and Donald 5 were found dead in their family car inside the garage from carbon monoxide poisoning. Albert Ralls the husband and father recalls a happy morning with plans for Santa. Authorities suspect a planned death by self and children using a vacuum hose from the exhaust into the car.
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Independence
Rallis
Elsie Ralls
Albert Ralls
Plan to Beautify Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
War Secretary Hurley and top military chiefs announce a $416000 project to beautify the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier area. The plan includes approaches from the tomb to the Potomac River and aims for completion by December 1 1931. Work began early as an unemployment relief measure.
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Unknown
Washington
Hurley
Potomac River
Free Rembrandt From Bankruptcy Aims Staged Reappearance
Hendrick Willen Van Loon biographer seeks to have Rembrandt Van Rijn discharged from bankruptcy 261 years after death. He spent two years and funds to press suit in Amsterdam, arguing the move serves public accounting as others profited from the artist.
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New York
Hendrick Willen van Loon
Rembrandt van Ryn
van Loon
Amsterdam
Rembrandt
Robbery at Chinese restaurant on North Fourteenth Street
Three masked robbers, described as tall Black men, robbed Joe Yet at his Chinese restaurant on 207 North Fourteenth Street last night. They took $26 in cash and pennies from Yet’s pockets and till, and fled in a car, according to the elderly proprietor.
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Joe Yet
North Fourteenth Street
Yet
Former N Y Judge and Wife Indicted in Graft Inquiry
Former Magistrate George F. Ewald his wife Bertha and Dr Francis M Schirp were named in two indictments by an extraordinary grand jury. The charges allege Ewald offered 2000 to Dr Schirp to use his influence for an appointment and accuse Schirp of accepting it.
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New York
George F. Ewald
Bertha
Francis M. Schirp
Steuben Society
Ewald
Walker
Supreme Court
McCook
Ewalds
Dr. Schirp
USC Official Kills Self Over Domestic Trouble
Warren Bradley Bovard, vice-president of the University of Southern California, killed himself amid domestic difficulties and poor health. There will be no inquest. Bovard's widow, Berdine Jackmat, is visiting in Wichita, Kansas, and will not return. He was the son of Dr. George Finley Bovard, USC president from 1903 to 1921, with a long association to the school.
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Los Angeles
Warren Bradley Bovard
University of Southern California
Bevard
Berdine Jackmat
Bovard
Wichita
Kan
George Finley Bovard
Prince of Wales Recovers From Slight Chill
The Prince of Wales, ill with a slight chill, is on the mend after a good night at York House. Officials report his temperature down and say his condition improved, signaling a normal recovery trajectory for the royal figure.
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Prince of Wales
London
York House
Woman to Seek New Endurance Flight Mark
Myrtle Brown sister in law of aircraft designer Giuseppe Bellanca will attempt a new refueling endurance record with Frances Harol Marsailus in Miami in January Marsailus husband William will refuel the plane according to Brown’s statement
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Associated Press
New York
Myrtle Brown
Guiseppe Bellanca
Frances Harol Marsailus
Miami
Miss Brown
Marsaitus
William
Military rule to prevail in Spain for long period
Madrid Dec 19 Military rule is likely to prevail in Spain for an indefinite period as a result of this week’s revolutionary outbreaks Frederico Berenguer captain general of Madrid and brother of Premier Gen Damasco Berenger is authority for the statement He is charged to keep the capital quiet during the present crisis The premier who was forced by a throat ailment to relinquish active direction of government forces against the revolutionists is recovering sufficiently to confer with his cabinet ministers
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Madrid
Spain
Frederico Berenguer
Damasco Berengger
Inquiry Into Poison Rum Deaths Ordered By Doran
Commissioner Doran ordered industrial alcohol supervisors to investigate all deaths believed caused by poison liquor. He warned many deaths may come from anti freeze and wood alcohol, stressing no one should be blamed for drink being poisonous if not responsible.
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Doran
Washington
Rum Boat Crew Sets Fire To Vessel and Jumps Overboard
New London December report: six coast guard patrol boats pursue the speed boat Albertina off Vineyard Light near New Bedford Massachusetts. The crew set fire to the vessel and jumped into the sea as they were chased. Coast guardsmen rescued the crew and placed them under arrest. Samples of cargo were collected as evidence.
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New London
Conn
Coast Guard
Alberting
Vineyard Light
New Bedford
Mass
For Rent Electric Waxer and Vacuum Cleaner Ad
Joe Crowady's Paint Store offers rental of an electric waxer and a vacuum cleaner with picture framing services available at the shop called Ady.
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Joe Crowady
Ady
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