Dear and Leche clash over bloodshed duel challenge in Louisiana
In New Orleans on December 19, Congressman Cleveland Dear, running on the Home Rule ticket, accuses Judge Richard W. Leche of using a smoke screen to dodge the issue as the Huey Long machine presses for a fair count in the January 21 Democratic primary. Dear warns bloodshed would not settle the matter, while Leche accuses Dear of inciting violence. The contest pits Dear’s Home Rule slate against Leche’s Maestri machine as Governor Allen insists votes be counted as cast.
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New Orleans
Cleveland Dear
Richard W. Leche
Dear
Leche
Huey P. Long
Mae
Judge Leche
Maestri
Robert Maestri
Mr. Dear
O. K. Allen
Huey Long
Long
Allen
Winnsboro
Bastrop
Louisiana
Earl Long
Lake Providence
T. Semmes Walmsley
Sulphur Walmsley
Love Slayer Thinks Trial Money Waste
Marvin Batten sat calmly as a jury was formed for what he called his waste of money trial for slaying Lyda Daughtry in a jealous rage last week. His lawyers planned an insanity defense, offering no evidence and relying on state witnesses to prove his mental condition. He said he killed the woman because he loved her, though she admitted doing things he believed.
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Smithfield
N. C
Marvin Batten
Lyda Daughtry
Selma
Batten
Mystery grows in Thelma Todd death case in Hollywood
Grand jury investigates new lead in Thelma Todd death after Mrs Carmen West reports seeing Todd with a dark complexioned man near 11 p m Sunday. West said the pair rode a chocolate colored phaeton east on Sunset Boulevard after leaving the San Fernando valley hours before Todd’s supposed death in a Hollywood garage near Santa Monica.
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Los Angeles
Thelma Todd
Hollywood
Carmen West
Larger Relief Roll Feared As Numbers Edge Up
Washington dispatch reports officials fear the relief roll may rise again after months of decline. President Roosevelt and relief chiefs discuss the budget in light of a debt near 30.56 billion dollars as Hopkins notes a 9.4 percent drop in urban relief families from October to November, with continued uncertainty about federal aid.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dole
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
Short Cut Road Opened To Aid Travel To Charity Game
The Louisiana highway commission announces the short cut between the Mississippi gulf coast and New Orleans will open tomorrow aiding Mississippians traveling to the charity football game Friday night. Eight miles of highway costing about 1 350 000 have been built between Rigolets and Pearlington reducing distance by 20 miles.
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Baton Rouge
Lousiana Highway Commission
Mississippi Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Rigolets
Pearlington
Employees Get $1,500,000 of Long-Due Pay
The administration surrenders in a bid to control city finances and settle overdue payroll. Officials announce a $1.5 million payment to employees as part of a broader effort to stabilize the budget and avert further fiscal strain.
New Orleans Mayor Hails City Salary Deal as Victory
Mayor T Semmes Walmsley welcomes a 1.5 million loan from local banks to pay overdue city employees. He calls the move a complete victory over state control, following a tense bridge dedication where he faced boos. City workers receive months of back pay.
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New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Workable Farm Plan Studied by Republicans
Republicans consider drafting a farm program to replace the AAA with a workable plan. Harrison Spangler of Iowa confirms a group of farm specialists is being formed, with possible members including Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, George N. Peek, and Dr. John N. Coulter.
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Washington
AAA
Washington Post
Harrison Spangler
Iowa
Republican Western Headquarters
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
George N. Peek
John N. Coulter
Arkansan Slain Farm Youth Held on Murder Charge
In Paragould Arkansas a Missouri farm boy Clarence Woods 17 is held on first degree murder charges after authorities say he shot constable Park Franklin Cowboy Williams 34 while fleeing after a 20 cent holdup inquiry. The youth was wounded and taken to Paragould hospital under guard.
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Paragould
Ark
Missouri
Paragould Hospital
Park Franklin
Williams
Hays Township
Clarence Woods
Cardwell
Here
Publisher N L Miller Dies in Jennings Louisiana
Pioneer Louisiana newspaper publisher N L Miller is dead at his home in Jennings. He founded Lakeside Herald and later Jennings Times-Record and Lake Arthur Herald and is survived by three sons and two daughters.
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Jennings, la
N. L. Miller
Louisiana
Miller
Lakeside
Herald
Jennings Times-Record
Lake Arthur
Moss Scores Machine On Old Age Pension Issue
Clement Moss. candidate for lieutenant governor on the Home Rule ticket, spoke in Ferriday alleging machine candidates dodged pledges on retiree pensions. He attacked Earl Long and defended his own stance while rival Mayo denounced Long as a liar.
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Moss
Lewhe
Louisiana
Earl Long
United States Senate
New Orleans
William T. Mayo
Good Fellows Fund Receives Cash and Food Donations
A community charity drive reports cash gifts totaling beyond $600 plus numerous food donations. Donors include Dick Prichard Jr and Bernice Wright among individuals, and Gatlin Grocery Co Ritchie Grocery Strauss and Son Sur-Wa Louisiana Stores Tony Danna Frank Varino A. and P. Tea Co Louisiana Paper Co and several packing and grocery firms contributing flour oranges apples sugar rice and various meats and staples for underprivileged children at Christmas.
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Gatlin Grocery Co
Ritchie Grocery
Strauss and Son
Sur-Wa
Louisiana
Tony Danna
Frank Varino
Frank Varino and Co., Spaghetti. A. and P. Tea Co
Louisiana Paper Co
Frank Lynn
M. M. Black and Co
Armour and Co
Bath Packing Co
Swift and Co
Cudahy Packing Co
Monroe Grocer Co
Holstein Coffee Co
Simonton Grain Co
Ethiopians claim major victory near Aksum in Takkaze region
Ded jazmatch Ayale reports Ethiopian forces defeated Italians on the west bank of the Takkaze river near Aksum. He says Italians fled in disorder, with casualties to be confirmed, in a battle Emperor Haile Selassie relayed from Dessye. Italy meanwhile touts a separate valley victory.
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Addis Ababa
Dedjazmatch Ayale
Takkaze
Aksum
Emperor Haile Selassie
Dessye
Argab
Allocation of I. L. A. workers under way
New Orleans dispatch reports the International Longshoremen’s Association begins allocating workers in the gulf coast strike. Mediation in Houston outlined as the board plans a Mobile election on December 23 to choose representation between the ILA and Mobile Benevolent Association.
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New Orleans
International Longshoremen’s Association
Houston
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Federal Mediation Board
Edward F. McGrady
Mediation Board
I S. A
Mobile Benevolent Association
Senator Byrnes Predicts Bonus Cash Bill Pass
Senator Byrnes of South Carolina and Senator Steiner of Oregon forecast that their cash bonus bill for 1938 would pass Congress even if Roosevelt vetoes it. Speaker Burns expected both chambers to resolve the cash bonus issue by February 1 with passage likely.
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Burns
Washington
Byrnes
South Carolina
Steiner
Oregon
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Alexandria Official Dies Former Police Chief and Bus Superintendent
George M. Dugger, former Alexandria police chief and superintendent of the municipal bus system, died here yesterday after several weeks of illness.
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Alexandria
George M. Dugger
Rural Gifts Are Choices Of City Toys
New York reports city children prefer rural toys this Christmas. Reproductions of country stores with cracker boxes and village bungalows attract more than modern town houses. Life size Park Avenue dogs are passed over for a barnyard donkey and a large toy cow outsells the Chrysler Building in miniature.
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New York
Penthouse
Park Avenue
Chrysler
Nana
Matkins Held In Death Plunge Of Divorced Spouse
Thomas L. Matkins, 50, bond salesman, held in the death plunge of his divorced wife Olga Steck, 38, from a 12th story hotel room in San Francisco. He claimed she jumped after a quarrel and vanished as he packed a bag. Police question his account while investigators probe the fatal incident.
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San Francisco
Thomas L. Matkins
Olga Steck
Zeigfeld Follies
Matkins
Allen McGinn
McGinn
Mathins
Everett E. Saxe
Bids Announced for Road Work in Louisiana
Louisiana Highway department reports low bids on 20 road projects mostly for grading and surfacing. Monroe area bids include Winn and Jackson on route 543 Sikes to Hood's Mill for 70 710.67. Franklin route 543.976 miles Turkey Creek to Baskin 34 122.62. Union route 425 6.081 miles Cherry Ridge to Arkansas line 43 310.08. Bienville route 481 6.727 miles Price Beach Orchard to Holder 31 643.36. Wimberly Arcadia bid. Bossier route C 1351 Plain Dealing to Rocky.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Department
Monroe
Winn
Jackson
Sikes
Hood's Mill
Nelson Bros
W. D. Womack
Franklin
Turkey Creek
Baskin
F. J. D’autremont
Jacksonville
Texas
Union
Cherry Ridge
Arkansas Line
Bienville
Price Beach Orchard
Holder
Wimberly Construction Company, Inc
Arcadia
August Patron Held in New Orleans Jail Over Embezzlement
August Patron, 35, manager of the Boston club in New Orleans, is held in parish prison on embezzlement charges after returning from Lake Charles. He says he was nearly penniless. officers report a cash shortage exceeding $10,000 at his disappearance on November 1.
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New Orleans
Lake Charles
Patron
Boston Club
Abduction Certainty Halts As Milne Rescued
Caleb Milne aged four was found dazed and bound with tape in a roadside ditch after abductors demanded 50000 in ransom. Federal agents say the case is a kidnapping with suspects identified and a ransom reportedly paid near midnight. Milne, son of a wealthy textile family, was held four days before abandonment without payment.
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Associated Press
Doylestown
Caleb Milne
Department of Justice
Dee
Caleb J. Milne
G-men
Milne
New York
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