Blaze Rips Brownsville Building In Early Morning Fire
Fire of undetermined origin gutted a frame business building in Brownsville owned by the Brown Paper Mill Co. Loss about 5090 with 2000 insured. Pool hall fixtures valued 2900 destroyed. mill workers and fire crews from Monroe and West Monroe fought the blaze starting about 3 40 a m.
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Brownsville
Brown Paper Mill Company
A. S. Cannon
Monroe
West Monroe
BUY Vow
Wells Accused of Manslaughter in Waitress Death
Formal charges of manslaughter were filed against P. E. Wells 44 Fort Jessup merchant and Sabine parish police juror in the death of Miss Helen Knippers 23 cafe waitress found dead Monday from carbon monoxide in Wells automobile. The warrant has not been served as Wells rests in a Shreveport sanitarium.
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P. E
Pink) Wells
Fort Jessup
Sabine Parish
Helen Knippers
Wells
Shreveport
Bastrop Legion Post to Hold Special Meeting
A Bastrop Texas post of the American Legion will meet at city hall next Tuesday night to vote on whether to urge government payout of compensation certificates to ease unemployment. All local legionnaires are urged to attend as posts nationwide discuss the issue.
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Bastrop
American Legion
Legion
Mrs Grace Vandegaer Sues for Life Insurance in Monroe
Mrs Grace Vandegaer of Monroe filed suit Thursday in district court against the Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association for 5508.65 on the life policy of her late husband Dr Leo Vandegaer. Dr Vandegaer died October 8 1930 from an arm abscess linked to an August 21, 1933 automobile accident.
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Grace Vandegeer
Monroe
Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association
Leo Vandegaer
Vandegaer
Morehouse Parish Children to Receive Two Week Holiday
School board action in Bastrop declares nearly two weeks off for Morehouse parish students. All parish schools close December 23 and reopen January 5, marking the longest Christmas break in years.
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Morehouse School
Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Retired Sugar Planter of Louisiana Succumbs
Eugene Van Horn Weems 83, a former Louisiana sugar planter and Confederate veteran, died in Atlantic City. He served as a National Bank director at Winchester, Maryland, and resided in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where his funeral will be held. His widow is the daughter of the late Louisiana Governor Wells. he leaves four daughters and four sons.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Eugene van Horn Weems
Louisiana
Weems
Edward White
National Bank
Winchester
Chevy Chase
Governor Wells
Riviera dress codes loosened in gambling districts
In France the ban on dinner clothes for entry to various Riviera gambling venues has been dropped. The Reuters style note states regulations requiring formal attire at spots where roulette and similar games are played are abolished.
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Nice
France
Riviera
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