Relief Fund to Boost Jobs Then Put Into Use
The Senate approved a 116 million dollar public works bill to fund nationwide improvements and provide immediate work. Critics from Lafollette and Walsh called it too small, but the measure moved forward as amendments were dropped to ensure quick availability before Christmas recess.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Walsh
Masachusetts
House
Drought Survey to Finish by Christmas
The Red Cross expects to complete by Christmas a county by county survey of the drought area for potential food shortages. DeWitt C. Smith notes the society has focused on delivering food rather than compiling future need statistics, yet has gathered figures showing 229,403 families in 472 counties may need food during winter. danger of starvation exists in isolated cases.
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Washington
The
Red Cross
Drouth
DeWitt C. Smith
Smith
Adele Ryan Accused of Love Theft
Miss Adele Ryan heiress to Thomas For tune Ryan is named in a $500000 suit alleging she lured Robert Johnston away from his wife and created a coerced marriage. The complaint cites four years of attempts across two continents and gifts and trips to Boston and New York.
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Associated Press
New York
Adele Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Muriel Johnston
State Supreme Court
Miss Ryan
Robert Johnston
Johnston
Greenwich Village
Boston
Auy
Thatcher Named Kiwanis District Public Affairs Chairman
Fred G. Thatcher president of West Mooroe Kiwanis was named chairman of the Kiwanis International district committee on public affairs for 1931. The appointment was tendered by District Governor Harry R. Redmond of Columbus Mississippi. The Mississippi group includes Dr L T Lowry of Blue Mountain George Decell Jr Brookhaven and Sparks Vignes Biloxi with fellow Louisianians F H Junkin Lake Charles and others.
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Fred G. Thatcher
West Mooroe Kiwanis Club
Friday
Kiwanis International
Harry R. Redmond
Columbus
Miss
F. H. Junkin
Lake Charles
Mississippi
L. T. Lowry
Blue Mountain
George Decell
Brookhaven
Sparks Vignes
Biloxi
Redmond
Thatcher
Bandit killed in gun battle with four policemen
Unidentified bandit killed after exchange of fire with four New York police officers in a hallway near W 44th Street and 6th Avenue. After robbing two restaurant workers he fled with about 250 people in pursuit. Police trapped him in a holiday novelties store hallway. one shot was fired by each side. A partially loaded revolver and $139 were found.
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Associated Press
New York
W. 44Th Street
6Th Avenue
44Th Street
Two Ships Crash in Dense Fog Kill Forty Five at Sea
In the Kattegat off Laso Island the Finnish liner Oberon collided with Arcturus in heavy fog. Forty five persons are believed dead including 17 Oberon passengers. survivors were brought to shore by Svenskund and Garm.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Oberon
Cattegat
Laso Island
Arcturus
Svenskund
Andree
Arctic
J. W. H. T. Douglas
Eris Hjelt
Ossi Hjelt
Phyllis Tipping
Helsingfors
Surrey
England
Four Oberon Crewmen Reach Safety After Cattegat Sink
Four members of the steamer Oberon crew arrived aboard the rescue ship Hengist with the first accounts of the wreck. The collision with the Dircturus occurred in heavy fog and a terrific crash, prompting a scramble for ladders as the men fled toward safety.
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Oberon
gGarm
Hengist
Copenhagen
Denmark
Cattegat
Dircturus
Black Gang
Trade Board Opposes Two Power Moves in Referendum
The Monroe and West Monroe Chamber, via a special committee, opposes two propositions of Referendum 57 by the U S Chamber, voting to back all others. Propositions eight and nine deal with interstate power transmission and municipally operated utilities, seeking federal regulation when state concurrence fails.
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Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
West Monroe
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Chamber
Annal Cent Ge
Federal Power Commission
Agrarian Meets Planned Across Louisiana States
A series of agricultural outlook meetings will be held in Louisiana including Monroe starting mid January. F W Spencer acting director of extension at Baton Rouge and E R Strahan Ouachita parish agricultural agent announced the events with dates to follow. The U S Department of Agriculture economics bureau cooperates with the Louisiana extension service to outline the year ahead for farmers and crop prospects.
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Agricultural Outlook
Louisiana
Monroe
E. R. Strahan
Ouachild Parish
F. W. Spencer
Baton Rouge
Bureau of Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Louisiana Extension Service
Mr. Strahan
Hoover nominates Hutcheson and Sibley to Fifth Circuit
President Hoover named Joseph C. Hutcheson Jr of Texas for United States circuit judge in the Fifth Circuit and Samuel H. Sibley of Georgia as judge in the same circuit.
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Washington
Hoover
Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr
Texas
United States
Fifth Circuit
Samuel H. Sibley
Georgia
Screen Star Bill Boyd Weds Dorothy Sebastian in Las Vegas
Hollywood reports Bill Boyd, 33, and Dorothy Sebastian, 26, married in Las Vegas yesterday by Judge William E. Orr. Boyd wore a six day beard for work starting Monday and Sebastian cried tears of joy during the ceremony.
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United Press Hollywood
Bill Boyd
Hollywood
Dorothy Sebastian
Las Vegas
Nev
William E. Orr
Sebastian
Boyd
Parish Farmers Use Crop Bureau Higher Share than State and Nation
Ouachita parish farmers marketed through the Louisiana Farm Bureau Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association at a higher rate than state or national levels. Of 9,136 ginned bales, 4,300 were turned to the association. Louisiana totals show 135,000 of 710,000 ginned bales, about one in five. Nationally 13,259,622 bales ginned with a similar proportion directed to the association.
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Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Farm Bureau Cotton Growers’ Cooperative Association
M. S. Dixon
Farm Bureau
Cotton Association
Louisiana
Waterway project gets $550000 allotment
The Department of the Treasury authorized a $550,000 allotment to accelerate the intra coastal waterway construction from Jacksonville to Miami Florida. The move aims to speed progress on the Florida waterway project.
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Washington
Jacksonville
Miami
Ye Department
Capone Leader Nitti Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
Chicago December 20 Frank Nitti a Capone associate pleaded guilty to income tax evasion and was sentenced to 18 months in Leavenworth with a $10 000 fine. Internal revenue evidence showed 1925 1926 and 1927 earnings totaling 158 823 from alcohol and gambling profits.
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Capone
Frank Nitti
Leavenworth
Chicago
Nitti
Cicero
Alphonse
Ralph Capone
Plan to Reduce Cotton Acreage Gains Approval in Louisiana
The Louisiana Bankers' association announce the Garrett Cotton Plan to withdraw loans from cotton farmers who refuse to cut acreage this year, after J E Garrett of Corpus Christi met with local bankers. Alabama and Mississippi have accepted the plan and Oklahoma will be sought for approval. In a separate item, O B Reed, cashier of the Bank of Mc Lain, was arrested and ordered held for audit.
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Lafayette
Executive Council
Louisiana Bankers’ Association
Assciation
R. O. Young
Youngsville
Agriculture Committee
Garret
Alabama
Mississippi
Oklahoma
BUY
Leakesville, Miss
O. B. Reed
Bank of McLain
McLain
Miss
Flood Control Conference Delegates Named for Chicago Meet
A committee of ten civic and business leaders from Monroe West Monroe and Ouachita parish was named by Mayor Arnold Bernstein to attend the flood control conference in Chicago January 12 to 15. Mayor Thompson of Chicago called the gathering to discuss proposed flood control legislation with thousands of delegates expected from the flood area.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Arnold Bernstein
Chicago
W. L. Ethridge
H. H. Russell
Theo F. Terzia
John M. Breard
D. A. Breard
Will Atkinson
G. B. Cooley
C. C. Bell
W. E
Louisiana
Bernstein
Byer
Christmas Gift Services Set For Sunday In Monroe Area
A series of Christmas gift services and carol programs unfolds Sunday in Monroe and West Monroe under playground director Miss Lucyle Godwin. Grammar school children perform at 9 am in the Paramount theater with gifts from adults and nonparticipating children aiding the effort. Ouachita Parish High School contributed books and food on Saturday. Bark kindergarten children are noted in the program.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Lucyle Godwin
Paramount Theater
Ouachita Parish
Miss Godwin
Capones Business Manager Acquitted of Vagrancy
Jack Guzik described as Al Capone's business manager was found not guilty of vagrancy by a Chicago municipal court jury after less than two hours of deliberation. Prosecutors plan to continue their crackdown on Capone associates despite the acquittal.
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Chicago
Jack Guzik
al Capone
Edgar Jonas
Harry S. Ditchburne
Guzik
Treasury
Bank of Oak Grove Correction Over Oak Ridge Mixup
A Saturday Monroe Morning World item misread Bank of Oak Grove as Bank of Oak Ridge. The Oak Grove bank is sound, paid a 15 percent dividend, and added 3000 to surplus. The error did not affect the bank’s operating area.
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Shreveport
Monroe Morning World
Bank of Oak Ridge
Bank of Oak Grove
Louisiana
Morning World
Gunmen Battle Police Kill Prominent Architect in Chicago
In a running gun battle on a Chicago north side street a prominent architect, Robert S. Wallace of Evanston, was killed when a robbers’ car bullet pierced his windshield. Police later pursued three men in a northwest side car. Pasty Steffanelli of the RW gang was fatally wounded. Seven other gunmen have died this week. A separate report from Lucedale, Mississippi, notes Julian Cochrane, 48, was accidentally killed by a shotgun discharge from deer hunters, as a hunter’s gun discharged after a twig tangled the mechanism.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Robert S. Wallace
Evanston
Steffanelli
Lucedale
Miss
Julian Cochrane
Here
Cochrane
Two Fugitives Flee Through Woods After Sheriff Tie
Leesville police report two strangers believed to be Jimmie Yarrell and Ed wards escaped Union parish officers after tying them to a tree between Winnfield and Monroe. They fled into nearby woods as bullets felled after them, one shot knocking off a hat. A possible link to a daring escape is under probe.
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Associated Press
Leesville
Jimmie Yarrell
Gy Tee Edwards
Pat Murphy
de Douty
George Miller
Union Parish
Winnfield
Monroe
Vernon Parish
Leonidas Barrington
Hoyt Hagen
Barrington
Skull fracture after oil device falls on worker near Olla
H. T. Poole, 21, of Bienville, suffered a skull fracture and a broken wrist when a 300 pound oil finding instrument fell from a trailer in woods 16 miles northwest of Olla. He regained consciousness later and was reported in favorable condition. Poole, employed by Gulf Production of Houston, was assisting in a search for oil in the hut housing the instrument.
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H. T. Poole
Bienville
Woods
Olla
Poole
Gulf Production Company
Houston
Tex
Goodfellows Aim to Aid Every Local Family at Christmas
The Goodfellows fund in Monroe seeks to provide a Christmas meal for all families and toys for every needy child. A benefit musical at Monroe High School, aided by KMLB, drew a large crowd with proceeds potentially reaching 300 dollars to boost the fund. Lions club volunteers secured gifts with a modest budget, finding suitable items at the Capitol theater to support the cause.
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Goodfellows
Monroe
Monroe City High School
KMLB
Goodfellows’ Fund
F. M. Cole
Tom Fortenberry
Lions’ Club
Lions
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William Boyd
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Totin
Res'in
Gongright
Egil Syndicate
Ing
Benjamin Epstein
U. S
Charles E. Woodward
Big Bill
Tomorrw
the Paramount
Architect
Capitol Theater
Fortenberg
Emleyes Ouachita Road
Camp Hemet
Martha Renaud
Sibyl Renaud
Milton Coverdale, Jr
Harold Coverdale
Tren
Mary Eleanor Coverdale
Louise Noel Eee
Seen
Pauline Breard
Ouachita Insurance Exchange
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