Churchill warns of rough and violent times ahead in war
London reports Churchill says future weeks will be severe as British forces claim major naval and air successes against Germany. Highlights include the Graf Spee sinking, Koeln class ships crippled, and heavy German losses in air battles over Heligoland Bight. Canadian expeditionary force lands in Britain for training before heading to the Western Front.
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London
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
Churchill
Germany
Great Britain
Admiral Graf Spee
North Sea
Karlsruhe
Leipzig
Bluecher
Admiral Hipper
Air Ministry
Helgepland Bight
Churchil
Atlantic
Lus
Broken Back Doesn’t Stop Yule Planning
Mrs. C E Grier of Portland Oregon recovering in St Francis sanitarium after a Tri State bus collision near Rayville injures 30. She tells how she plans a merry Christmas for daughters Dorothy 14 and Peggy 12 while awaiting two more months in hospital. Mr Grier, a US Department of Agriculture agent, arrives to spend the holidays with family in Monroe. The daughters suffer minor bruises and eye injury but look forward to Christmas shopping with their dad.
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C. E. Grier
St. Francis Sanitarium
Grier
Portland
Ore
Tri-State
Rayville
Dorothy
Peggy
Augusta
Mr. Grier
United States Department of Agriculture
Monroe
Mrs. Grier
Lace Curtain War Found by Canadians in Britain
Canadian doughboys arrive in Great Britain for training and reaction to luxury accommodations. The first contingent to reach the front, under Major-General Andrew G. L. McNaughton, face a new era of comforts as they blend into a sleepy town, spending money and surprising shopkeepers while awaiting deployment. The mood mixes pride with anxiety as questions about Hitler echo in the crowd.
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Great Britain
Western Front
Andrew G. L. McNaughton
Active Service
Hitler
Christmas color contest draws hundreds in northeast Louisiana
The News-Star-World Publishing sponsored first annual Christmas Color Contest engaged residents across northeast Louisiana and southeast Arkansas. 31 Monroe firms supported 32 tabloid color ads, 14 top entries chosen after hours of judging led by Joe Washburn and a panel including Courtney Oliver, Louise Moore, and Mary Bergevin. 60 dollars in cash prizes will be awarded, with first place earning 20 dollars, second 15 dollars, and third 10 dollars.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
Monroe
Monroe Morning World
News-Star
Joe Washburn
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Courtney Oliver
Ouachita
Four Tangipahoa police jurors acquitted on charges
Amite Louisiana December 19 four members of the Tangipahoa parish police jury were acquitted by Judge Hypolite Mixon. The defendants Frank L. Gehringer Kentwood president John Catalano Frank S Levatino Independence and Clarence J Wittle Robert were cleared after the judge found no evidence they had an in interest in checks cashed for others from parish funds.
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Amite
Tangipahoa Parish
Hypolite Mixon
Frank L. Gehringer
Kentwood
John Catalano
Frank S. Levatino
Independence
Clarence J. Wittle
Robert
Five in Rapides Freed of Charges
District Attorney Al Handley announced that indictments by the Rapides parish grand jury against Foster Couvillion Dr J A OHara John D Klorer Robert Deville and George French were not pursued as no foundation existed in law or fact. J Nelson Ball Jr’s indictment faced nolle prosequi after review. Couvillion serves as purchasing agent for the Louisiana highway commission and OHara is president of the state board of health.
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Alexandria
al V. Handley
Wolle
Rapides Parish
Foster Couvillion
J. A. O'Hara
John D. Klorer
Robert Deville
George French
Couvillion
Louisiana Highway Commission
Baton Rouge
Dr. O'Hara
Louisiana State Board of Health
Kipfer
American Progress of
Hammond
State Administration
J. Nelson Ball, Jr
Klover
Deville
French
Nolle
Handley
Louisiana Governor cites $54,000 refund in highway probe
Governor Earl K Long announces a federal indictment overcharges on highway equipment with a $111,370.56 profit and a $40,000 target. He says $58,000 has sat in the treasury for 30 days as he pledges to recover the remainder. Other candidates campaign across the state as rallies continue.
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Earl K. Long
St. Amant
Lousiana Highway Commission
Lake Charles
Richard W. Leche
L. P. Abernathy
The
Highway Commission
George Younger
Alexandria
Commission
Sam Jones
James H. Morrison
James A. Noe
Vincent Moseley
Jones
Lake Providence
Boxer Admits He Slew Nazi In Brooklyn Killing
Ernie Haas a 28 year old boxer confessed to the slaying of Dr Walter Engelberg secretary of the German consulate in Brooklyn. Haas said he killed Engelberg in his Brooklyn home on December 5. A Toronto arrest followed after a store sales girl overheard the case and notified management.
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New York
John J Ryan
Ernie Haas
Toronto
Canada
Walter Engelberg
Ryan
Haas
Engelberg
Brooklyn
Frank Bals
Dr. Engelberg
Fred Doell
Fairbanks Estate Valued At Several Million
The Times reports Douglas Fairbanks Sr estate is several million dollars though far below what many expect. He died a week ago with widow Lady Sylvia Ashley and son Douglas Jr named as principal beneficiaries. Mary Pickford’s status unclear. The will opening is set for December 26 at Guaranty Trust Co in New York.
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Los Angeles
the Times
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Sylvia Ashley
Douglas, Jr
Mary Pickford
Fairbanks
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Police prepare ban on mass meeting in New Orleans
In New Orleans 25 officers guard Lafayette square and city hall steps to deter a mass meeting called by the People’s League protesting yesterday’s picketing. The event moved to Eads Plaza near Canal Street after Mayor Maestri refused permission, with police surrounding the Liberty Monument area amid carnival celebrations.
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New Orleans
Lafayette Square
City Hall
People's League
League
Eads Plaza
Canal Street
Robert S. Maestri
Tugwell assails Long over state funds in golf course tale
Louisiana State Treasurer A P Tugwell denounces Governor Earl K Long for claiming 300000 of conservation funds were squandered on a Covington golf course. He challenges Long to publish books showing oil depletion from Louisiana fields, warning of graft and corruption unless disclosed. The remarks tie to a 310200 conservation appropriation and continue on page eight.
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Baton Rouge
A. P. Tugwell
Earl K. Long
State Conservation Department
Covington
Long
Louisiana
Conservation Department
Tugwell
British trap seen in fate of Graf Spee
Uruguayan sources say the Graf Spee ambush by Exeter Ajax and Achilles was staged for fuel oil bait. Langsdorff claimed scant fuel forced battle, then sunk his ship, while observers note fuel and oil residues in Montevideo. Authorities wait on hulk fate in River Plate estuary.
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Graf Spee
Montevideo
South Atlantic
Hans Langsdorff
Buenos Aires
Langsdorff
Spain
Cumberland
Exeter
Ajax
Achilles
Pacific
Tacoma
River Plate
Coast Board
Good Fellows Urgently Need More Money
Reader letters show two families in dire need. A sick parent with two children and little income asks for medicine and basic support while describing a total shortfall of nearly 1000 dollars and urging urgent donations before a Thursday deadline.
Noe Accuses In Louisiana Race and Labor Act Change
In Newellton Louisiana Senator James Noe faces criticism from Sam Jones who labels Noe a tool of the administration and a voter for dictatorship laws. Jones claims Deplo ticalize schools and reorganize state government to end corruption. In Washington a House committee nears drafts to amend the Wagner Act while probing Cincinnati Milling Machine Company union issues.
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Newellton
James A. Noe
Monroe
Sam Jones
Lake Charles
Jimmie Noe
Jones
Senate
Dick Leche
Earl K. Long
Department of Agriculture
Washington
House
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Philip G. Phillips
Cincinnati
Phillips
Cincinnati Milling Machine Company
Edmund M. Toland
Paul Fuller
Bienville Hotel for Rent Draws LSU Interest
LSU searches for a tenant to operate the famed Bienville Hotel in New Orleans after Charity Hospital nurses move out by year’s end. The hospital previously paid $6,000 monthly rent to LSU amid a $575,000 purchase, with tentative lease offers reported but no final action.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Bienville
New Orleans
Charity Hospital
Paul M. Hebert
Seymour Weiss
Huey P. Long
Easterling Hurt by Gas Explosion
Thomas R. Easterling a United Electric service man at 2706 South Grand was seriously injured in a gas tank explosion in the radiator department about 9 am He suffered a compound fracture and severe facial injuries from fumes ignited by a soldering torch while repairing an old tractor gas tank He was reported in favorable condition by St Francis sanitarium doctors Tuesday morning
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Thomas R. Easterling
South Grand
United Electric Company
St. Francis Sanitarium
Easterling
Allies pledge aid to Finland amid French France talks
Paris reports say the Allied supreme war council decided to provide moral and material aid to Finland without harming their war effort against Germany. Premier Chamberlain and Daladier attended as officials noted the aid aligns with League of Nations actions. A French patrol conducted a daylight raid in the Vosges, seizing four enemy flyers.
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Supreme War Council
Finland
Germany
Russia
Chamberlain
France
Daladier
War Council
League of Nations
League
Math
Auguste de Champetier de Ribes
Leger
Foreign Office
Vosges
Aerial Battles Expand Across Europe Press
The report highlights Soviet bombers near Helsinki and British sea raids, noting downed planes on both sides. It details German and British claims of losses, a major air clash off Helgoland, and mentions Allied meetings in Paris as the war intensifies.
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Associated Press
Helsinki
Europe
Nish
Helgoland
Germany
Britain
Supreme War Council
Paris
Winston Chi
Admiralty
Leipzig
Admiral Graf Spee
Editor at Eunice Starts Defense in Libel Suit
Howard Strother editor of the Ele nice New Era and state senate candidate opened his defense in Opelousas against a libel charge from J. N. Langford editor of the Opelousas Clarion News. He sought to prove truth of an October 24 editorial that sparked the suit as the state rested its case.
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Opelousas
Howard Strother
Elenice New Era
State Senate
J. N. Langford
Opelousas Clarion News
New Era
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