Cyr withdraws from Louisiana governor race as five candidates remain
Dr. Paul N. Cyr pulls out of the January 19 Democratic primary after an ouster suit against Governor Huey P. Long was dismissed. Cyr's appeal sits before the State Supreme Court while five candidates continue, including O. K. Allen Dudley LeBlanc George S. Guion W. L. Clark and W. C. Boone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Paul N. Cyr
Huey P. Long
Shreveport
Cyr
State Supreme Court
Long
T. A. Edwards
Democratic State Central Committee
Jeanerette
United States Senate
Caddo Parish
New Orleans
Dr. Cyr
George Guion
Dudley LeBlanc
O. K. Allen
George S. Guion
W. L. Clark
W. C. Boone
LeBlanc
Francis Williams
Japs Demand Chinese Withdrawal Behind Great Wall
A Mukden dispatch reports Japan will soon send an ultimatum to Chinese authorities demanding the withdrawal of Chinese troops from Chinchow to a point behind the Great Wall within a set time. The warning is to be delivered to Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang via the Peiping legation and to Jung Chin, Chang’s chief of staff, through authoritative quarters.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Mukden
Manchuria
Chinchow
Great Wall
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Peiping Legation
General Honjo
Jung Chin
Chang
Parish High School Bus Window Mystery
Local notes recount a Parish High School team riding to Ouachita Parish Junior College where a bus window was broken on arrival. Detective Ker mit Youngblood identified the culprit, with a second pane broken the next day under similar circumstances.
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Parish
Ouachita Parish
Court session ends for Ouachita Parish before Christmas
Ouachita Parish District Court held its final session before the Christmas holiday. The court announced the next session will convene on January 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Hoover Seeks Urgent Help for Rail System Amid Labor Talks
President Hoover pressed Congress for quick approval of a $500 million reconstruction program and a federal relief pool to back railroads. He said negotiations between railroad executives and labor over wages must proceed during the holidays, with committees empowered to meet and report, signaling White House optimism despite labor tensions.
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Washington
Congress
Reconstruction Corporation
Hoover
White House
Mass Farmers Meet Slated in Monroe January 7
A mass meeting for Ouachita Parish farmers at the Monroe court house January 7 aims to outline 1932 crop outlook. Spearheaded by state extension workers, chief speaker Claude W. Davis will discuss crop and price trends with maps and blueprints.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Claude W. Davis
F E. R. Strahan
Quachita Parish
Louisiana
Mr. Davis
J. W. Bateman
F. W. Spencer
R. A. Wasson
Ouachita
Davis
Richland
Rapides
Catahoula
Franklin
Spencer
Concordia
Wasson
Tensas
West Carroll
East Carroll
Morehouse
Madison
Union
Bateman
Caldwell
LaSalle
Jena
C. F. Sarle
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Senate Approves Fund to Pay Bonus Certificates
The Senate adopted the House resolution to appropriate 200 million dollars for payment of loans on soldier bonus insurance certificates. After Hoover signs, the Veterans Administration can resume lending on the bonus certificates.
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Senate
Washington
House
Hoover
Veterans Administration
Gunfire Sinks Alleged Rum Running Boat Nola
In a dawn clash off Hen and Chicken Light at the Sakonnet River mouth the armored speedboat Nola sank after gunfire from Coast Guard vessels. Sera phine Numes of New Bedford was wounded. the crew were rescued and Nola burned as Destroyer Wainwright stood by. Numes at Vineyard Haven hospital in critical condition. Coast Guard says no knowledge of a battle.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Sakonnet River
Seraphine Numes
New Bedford
Wainwright
Debt Plan Wins House Approval Seeks Senate Action
The one year moratorium cleared the House by 317 to 100 as the Democratic split showed 120 for and 95 against with most Republicans supporting ratification. The measure includes a paragraph opposing further debt revision or cancellation. Senate debate focused on foreign bond holdings investigation.
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Washington
House
Senate
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
America
ThreeJudge Court Takes Carbon Case Under Advisement
The three judge Federal Court in New Orleans holds under advisement the Century Carbon Company of Monroe Louisiana petition for a permanent injunction to bar the state from collecting a one half cent occupational tax on carbon black manufacturers. Attorneys have three weeks to file final briefs. January 7 hearings are set for Imperial Oil and United Carbon Company applications for similar injuncti ons contending the tax unconstitutional. The tax provides revenue for educational purposes.
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New Orleans
Century Carbon Company
Monroe
Louisiana
Imperial Oil Company
United Carbon Company
Emerson Bank Robbery Sparks Pursuit Across Louisiana
Four bandits raided the Farmers Bank of Emerson Arkansas at 9 30 am forcing staff into the vault and escaping with about 1400 in cash. Officers pursued them toward Haynesville Louisiana where shots were exchanged but the trio fled again. A.M. Stewart fired on the robbers as they fled behind a green Chevrolet sedan. The town of Emerson near the Louisiana line hosts about 500 residents and three bank employees were present during the holdup.
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Farmers Bank
Emerson
Ark
Sheriff's Department
Haynesville
A. M. Stewart
Sheriffs Department of
Columbia County
Louisiania Line
N. P. Prater
C. L. Tucker
Corbin Stevens
Prator
Tucker
Christmas Show at Neville High Proves Successful
A good sized audience attended Neville High School auditorium for the Goodfellows Fund program. The children presented a three part Christmas Fantasy showing dolls of various countries and dances from each land.
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Neville High School
Armandine Renaud
Goodfellows’ Fund
Fund Drives Boost Goodfellows Collection Before Christmas
Over one hundred dollars was donated today to the Goodfellows Fund with contributions totaling 106.75. The Armadine Re Naud School of Dancing gave 62.25 and eighty students performed at Nev ille High School to aid the drive. Additional small proceeds from ticket sales remain to be counted as organizers prepare for gift purchases and delivery ahead of Christmas.
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Goodfellows’ Fund
Armadine Renaud School of Dancing
Dents
Neville High School
Goodfellows' Fund
Washington correspondent Bascom N. Timmons elected National Press Club president
Bascom N. Timmons, Washington correspondent for the Ewing group papers, was elected president of the National Press Club. The unopposed vote came as the club, in its Washington quarters, prepared for the induction ceremony late in January.
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Bascom Timmons
National Press Club
Washington, D.C
Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Ewing
New Orleans States
Shreveport Times
Monroe Morning World
Monroe News- Star
Today
Timmons
Oliver B. Lerch
The
Wall Street Journal
George B. Durne
International News Service
Raymond P. Brandt
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Lee Poe
New York Journal of Commerce
Charles A. Hamilton
Buffalo Times
Sir Willmott Lewis
London Times
William C. Murphy
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Aubrey Tayior
Washington Post
Ralph A. Collins
New York Sun
Franklyn Waltman, Jr
Baltimore Sun
Lorenzno Martin
Louisville Times
Robert S. Pickens
Associated Press
George W. Stimpson
Pathfinder
Farm Girl Near Ruston Dies After Poison Dose
Miss Mattie Boyd 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs Porter Boyd of Kiddton seven miles southeast of Ruston, died at home after swallowing a large dose of strychnine. She rose at her usual time and helped with breakfast before the dose. A Ruston High School student, her family is among local pioneer settlers.
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Ruston
Mattie Boyd
Porter Boyd
Kiddton
Boyd
Ruston High School
Tennessee Legislature Balances Budget to Eliminate Deficit
Nashville December 19. Tennessee's budget was balanced as the Legislature finished the financial program. The $12,000,000 deficit shadow had impaired the state's credit and threatened to hinder revenues.
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Nashville. Tenn
Tennessee
Masked Bandits Overpower Man at Union Mill
George Roth, 65 night watchman at Union Oil Mill in West Monroe, was overpowered by two masked bandits who bound him with cords and ransacked the mill office. They failed to find cash, left Roth prisoner for about an hour, and fled with a lookout outside. Police call them amateurs with no safe breach and Roth was found in the warehouse later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Roth
Union Oil
West Monroe
Roth
J. M. Hammons
Alfred Jenkins
Railroads Plan Fifteen Per Cent Wage Reduction
East West and South railroads move to cut 15 percent of workers wages. A nine member committee led by Daniel Willard seeks a voluntary 10 percent cut with aim to save about 200000 annually. formal reductions expected to be announced soon with talks to follow within 30 days.
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New York
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Flood Threatens Union Parish Roads and Rail Links
Union Parish towns including Farmerville, Ruston, Bastrop face citywide isolation as Ludre and Ouachita rivers rise. Officials report rail and highway routes submerged with the Monroe Farmerville road six feet higher than 1927 floods. Bus connections rerouted via Sterlington while crossings to Farmerville bridge are blocked. If river rise continues, flood stage could be reached within days.
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Farmerville
Union Parish
Ludre River
Louisiana
Monroe-Farmerville
State Highway Department
Ruston
Monroe
Sterlington
Ouachita
Monroa
Kate Key
Government Weather Recorder
H. M. Williams
West Monroe
Two Oil Workers Killed In Texas Car Crash
In Gilmer Texas three oil workers were riding together last night when their car hit a concrete culvert after a tire exploded. Willie M. Moore 32 of Lodi and Buster Lambert 31 of Henderson died. D F E Jobe 31 of Henderson was seriously injured with a broken leg and ankle. Two other workers suffered minor injuries.
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Gilmer
Tex
Here
Willie M. Moore
Lodi
Buster Lambert
Henderson
D. FE. Jobe
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