Lifeboat Rescue Off Ireland As Four Ships Rush To Stricken Sisto
In a north Atlantic hurricane about 300 miles off Ireland the Norwegian freighter Sisto, loaded with lumber, limped toward sinking with its rudder damaged and decks flooded. The New York and other vessels including Aurania and Europa sent lifeboats. Mobiloil first stood by for 18 hours before aid arrived.
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Europa
Ireland
New York
Cherbourg
Sisto
Aurania
Mobiloil
Auronia
Rescue Vessel Heads For New York
Halifax reports the rescue ship Ascania left for New York with nine survivors from the Usworth after a mid Atlantic sinking. Fifteen crew members died and two from the Belgian freighter Jean Jadot perished attempting rescue in a 90 to 120 mile wind. Captain Reed praised the Ascania crew as Third Officer Pollitt recalled the perilous lifeboat transfer and siege of waves.
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New York
Fritz Kruse
Hamburg
Sisto
Quebec
Oslo
Lars Fostenaes
Usworth
Halifax
Ascania
J. G. P. Bisset
EE. R. Pollitt
N. S
Mid- Atlantic
Jean Jadot
E. J. R. Pollitt
Pollitt
Cook J. Gibson
B. Jones
Bissett
Captain Reed
Halifax Harbor
Tragedy as Lifeboat Swamped Near Usworth Rescue
Aboard the Belgian liner Jean Jadot the crew recovered two lives, while six passengers from the Usworth died after a lifeboat was swamped during a rescue. In total fifteen men from the Usworth perished.
Marion School Dismissal for Christmas Holidays
Marion School will dismiss next Friday for the Christmas holidays and will reopen on December 31. Locals Ida Anderson and Reginald Crow joined relatives for weekend visits in Ruston and nearby towns. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Rhymes from Girard and Mr. and Mrs. John Atkinson of Monroe. Salt altars and shrines exist in Wieliczka mines in Krakow Poland.
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Ida Anderson
Ruston
R. R. Rhymes
Girard
C. H. Gulley
Dubach
Reginald Crow
Elizabeth Crow
John Atkinson
Monroe
Marion
Clemency Granted in 85 Cases by Board
A Louisiana board approved clemency in 85 cases across multiple parishes. The actions include pardons and commutations for offenses such as murder, manslaughter, robbery, burglary, larceny, embezzlement, and receiving stolen goods, with many individuals listed by name and parish.
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Jackson Parish
Marion Bennett Jackson
Leon Lee
Ouachita Parish
Joe Scroggs
Andrew Johnson
Franklin Parish
Arnold Milan
East Carroll Parish
Chris McGinnis
Concordia Parish
Louis Hill
LaSalle Parish
G. M. Henslee
Winn Parish
Stetson Malone
Grant Parish
Henry Clark
Rapides Parish
Wilmer Paul
Grover Heflin
John Pitts
Red River Parish
C. B. McCoy
Bonnie McCoy
DeSoto Parish
G. F. Provost
Elson Smith
Sabine Parish
Joe Ferguson
Vernon Parish
George Wilson
Avoyelles Parish
Frank Bordelon
Rosaire Rachel
Beauregard Parish
George Robbins
Calcasieu Parish
Leo Mouhot
Tom Moody
George A. Ladner
Marvin E. Stokes
Jefferson Davis Parish
Robert Shilow
Bob Charlais
Louis Newman
Acadia Parish
Ernest Dugas
Milton Davis
Belzaire Istre
Leon Ledet
St. Mary Parish
Thomas McNeal
Saul Chapman
East Baton Rouge Parish
Lennie Stevens Marchand
Annie Converse
Joe O'Callaghan
Lula Morgan
Tangipahoa Parish
Lucy Morgan
Percy Lambert
Morris Warren
Albert Williams
James H. Strickland
Livingston Parish
Travis Smith
St. Helena Parish
James Knight
St. Tammany Parish
W. E. Grimsley
Jasper Adams
Washington Parish
Wolley Jarrell
St. James Parish
Mike Wiggins
Jefferson Parish
Lee Dakin
Joseph Bongard
Bossier Parish
Bill Strange
More Recreation Schools Planned in North Louisiana
The second of a series of recreational schools for 4 H club leaders in North Louisiana will be held in January. Monroe hosts January 8 11 with Alexandria January 2 5 and Bossier City January 15 18. Leaders learn plays games songs and dances from John and Jane Bradford. State club leaders assist at all meetings.
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Louisiana
Louisiana State University
Jewel McQuiller
E. R. Strahan
Monroe
Alexandria
Bossier City
John Bradford
National Recreation Association
W. C. Abbott
M. M. LaCroix
Colony Club
Messiah Presented Tonight by Choral Club
The Choral Club offers a full performance of Handel's Messiah tonight featuring bass, soprano, and chorus lines. About one hundred voices will lift the Hallelujah chorus as the audience is carried along by the stirring finale.
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Choral Club
Local Pageant Promises 1 200 Students
Neville junior high and high school choirs present a staged program featuring Silent Night Hark the Herald Angels Sing Joy to the World It Came Upon the Midnight Clear and other carols. Names include Barkdull Faulk Georgia Tucker Sherrouse Lyda Benton Clyde Paine Tom Downs Jack Liner and J Reading among participants through a six part tableau and finale.
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Barkdull Faulk
Neville Junior High
Herald Angels
Georgia Tucker
Sherrouse
World Central School
Lyda Benton
Barkdull Faulk School
Echo—Neville High
Three Kings
Longfellow
Nick Inzina
Gaspard
Clyde Paine
Shepherd
Tom Downs
Tableau—Ensemble
Manger
Adolphe Adam
Jack Liner
J. W. Kirkpatrick
John Henry Vaughn
Bethlehem
Clark
Kate Smith Allison
Marjorie Ricks
Annie Luffey
Louise Fautheree
Claudia Wiggins
Nazareth—Gonoud
Gonoud
Neville High Choral Club
Adeste Fidelis
J. Reading
Hark the Angels
J. Lincoln Hill
Monroe City Schools
Japan moves to discard Washington naval treaty
In a move viewed as momentous since World War I, Japan acts to denounce the Washington naval treaty. A notification letter will be cabled to Ambassador Saito in Washington after a cabinet session on Friday. The step aims to end the treaty by December, expiring the Washington pact.
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Saito
Washington
Armless Girl Writes And Weaves With Toes
Ellen Nixon a 13 year old armless girl in Council Bluffs Iowa writes with her teeth and crochets with her toes. She attends public school and her teachers say she writes as well with a pencil in her teeth as other children do normally. She uses her chin to turn pages and carries books under it and seldom asks for help.
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Council Bluffs, In
Ellen Nixon
Ellen
Farley Dedicates Postoffice 1936 Event Marks Naval Pact
The dedication marks a 13 year pact that has restrained naval programs of major world powers. Experts foresee shifts in shipbuilding and potential races as the pact nears its end.
Love Is a Dream Ends With a Stranger in a Car
Isaac Johnson 25 awoke in the back seat of a car at police headquarters after sleeping from rain and tiredness. He explained he sought his girlfriend, lacked bus fare, and crawled into a passing vehicle to rest. A bystander mistook him for a corpse before authorities intervened. The note adds a beauty tip about fruit jelly.
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Chicago
Isaac Johnson
Isaac
Execution Proceeded At Prison Despite Appeal Requests
Watched by guards and prayerful chaplains, Mrs Major was executed at the prison after a day of formalities. The under sheriff and a prison doctor signed notices on the gates, confirming the death. A town petition opposing the sentence failed to halt the procedure. Similar mercy pleas circulated in North Yorkshire for Lydia Binks and Frederick Rushworth in the baby murder case.
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Ed Roberts
Roberts
Canon Arthur Berry
W. M. Fraser
Wheelbase Defined as Distance Between Axles
An automobile wheelbase is measured from the center of the front axle to the center of the rear axle, defining the distance between the two axles.
Positive Relief For Itchy Skin Ointment Ad
Cooling blue star ointment melts into skin to deliver medicines that kill itch. It targets tetter rash eczema foot itch ringworm and related conditions with a money back guarantee if the first jar fails.
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Moscow
Wieliczka
Cracow
Poland
Frank A. Larocca
R. D. Hawkins
Bienville
Edmond Jacobs
Union Parish
Eddie Mae Lewis
Beverly O. Couvillon
Penney’s
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Farley
James A. Farley
Gainesville
Associated Press
Judith Lane
Marian Gordon
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Judith
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