Hoover proposes bi partisan war debts commission for review
Washington and Paris dispatches report Democrats shying from active participation in President Hoover s plan for an international war debts and disarmament review. Hoover aims to proceed with his own initiative while Roosevelt remains cautious about sharing responsibility. Paris papers express doubt about turning the plan into a binding negotiation process.
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Washington
Hoover
Capitol
Roosevelt
Paris
Congress
Ecelsior
Paul Boncour
Eve Nouvelle
Herriot
Leas Must Surrender by January Twenty Third
Luke Lea and son Luke Lea Jr face surrender by January 23 1933 to avoid forfeiture of bonds totaling 50000 after the U S supreme court refused to review their bank conspiracy conviction. Former Tennessee senator Luke Lea once a colonel in France and partner Wallace B Davis defrauded the Central Bank and Trust of about 1000000. Davis already begins a four to six year sentence. Luke Sr faces six to ten years and Luke Jr one to three with fines and costs of 25000.
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Asheville
N. C
Stuke Lea
Tennessee
Luke Lea, Jr
Z. W. Nettles
U. S. Supreme Court
North Carolina
Leas
Lea
United States
France
Wallace B. Davis
Central Bank and
Ast Company
Davis
Supreme Court
Rambling Notes From Monroe City Life On Winter Quirks
H. H. B. Matthew Wetzel shares tales of cold feet wrapped in gunny sacks while driving a Lee Avenue streetcar. Louie Reutter nets decoy ducks, one egg laid by a rogue duck. Plans to honor Carney and Lock with life sized busts in a park or building are discussed. Local exploits include two new ducks for keeps, a woodcock encounter, and Eunice Green's California dilemma amid Christmas humor and a snow powered rocking chair stunt.
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Matthew Wetzel
Lee Avenue
South End
Louie Reutter
City Engineering Department
Louie
H. E. Carney
Louis Lock
Carney
Monroe
Lock
Louisiana
West Monroe
Drake
Charles Elliott
Carl Paulus
A. A. Thoman
Black Bayou
DeSiard Street
Bill Miller
Eunice Green
California
Pelican State
Pacific Coast Commonwealth
Farm Population Nearing Peak of Two Decades Past
Washington reports farm population nears the 1910 peak of 32 million as economic factors drive urban residents to seek farm life. Dept estimates show 31.5 million on April 1 with potential rise to about 31.9 million if 1931 gains continue, fueled by job losses and search for stable living.
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Theo. B. Manny
Department
Tammany Castigated Betty Compton Named In Connection With Goth am Ex Mayor
New York report details Sea bury inquiry into former Mayor James W Walker of Tammany Hall. Betty Compton is named in Menas of payments linked to Walker. The 140 page Hofstadter committee inquiry accuses Walker of sinister transactions and seeks to explain resignation and pending trial.
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New York
Seabury
James W. Walker
Tammany Hall
State Supreme Court
Betty Compton
Samuel Seabury
Miss Compton
Walker
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Democratic Organization
Nitti of Capone gang shot by police in Chicago raid
Frank Nitti, long called the Capone gang's enforcer, lay in Bridewell Hospital near death after police shot him and seven other hoodlums during a raid in downtown Chicago. Police had backed Mayor Cer"mak's crackdown as gangland violence intensified. The raid halted when Nitti drew his pistol and opened fire.
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Chicago
Capone
Frank Nitti
Nitti
Bridewell Hospital
al Capone
Atlanta
Anton Cermak
Local Chamber of Commerce Holds Primary for Directors
The chamber of commerce completed its primary for senior board directors naming ten candidates. Five directors will be elected for the coming year with eight to be chosen on the final ballot from sixteen junior board hopefuls. Local contenders include C E Faulk and H A McDonald from West Monroe.
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Chamber of Commerce
S. H. McClary
M. S. Biedenhamn
R. Downes, Jr
O. A. Evans
John W. Collins
J. Q. Graves
J. L. Keenan
O. A. Morgan, Madison, Jr
M. C. McDonald
H. H. Reardon
West Monroe
C. E. Faulk
H. A. McDonald
Burns Brother Links Elliott Mental Changes to War Drugs
Palisades New Jersey December 20 The clergyman Reverend Vincent Burns brother of Georgia chain gang fugitive Robert Elliott Burns says Elliott s altered mental attitude stems from wartime narcotics injections cited by a wartime buddy Leo St John of East Orange New Jersey The minister noted Elliott was gassed wounded and shell shocked but does not believe he was addicted to drugs while Georgia pursues extradition.
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Palisades
N. J
U.P
Robert Elliott Burns
Georgia
Elliott
Vincent Burns
Palisades Union Church
United Press
Leo St. John
East Orange
Burns
Prohibitionists mull swift court move on beer modification
Washington reports that leading dry groups study five possible lawsuits to test any beer modification against the U S Constitution. They expect Congress to fail to pass or Hoover to veto a beer bill, but vow to push modification to the Supreme Court if needed. Continued on third page.
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Washington
United States
Hoover
Prohibition
United States Supreme Court
Five-robber Philadelphia bank heist nets thousands
Five desperadoes held up the Pennsylvania company for insurances on lives in West Philadelphia at 45th and Walnut. They forced eight workers to cover while a sixth man swept cash into a burlap bag and fled in a sedan. The estimated haul was about $35 000 to $36 692, later adjusted for small coinage.
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Philadelphia
the Pennsylvania Company
45Th
Walnut Streets
West Philadelphia
Walnut Street
Pay Your Poll Tax Notice From Monroe Sheriff
Milton Coverdale sheriff in Monroe Louisiana requests payment of poll tax for 1932. He asks the recipient to send one dollar by cash or check and return a receipt in an enclosed self addressed stamped envelope with name ward number and address.
Posse Heads Toward Reeltown After Tallapoosa Shootout
A heavily armed posse left Tallassee bound for Reeltown in Tallapoosa County where four deputy sheriffs were wounded and at least one Black man killed yesterday and last night during a writ of attachment on mules. Authorities blame agitators tied to a sharecroppers union for the unrest.
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Tallassee
Ala
Reeltown
Tallapoosa County
J. Kyle Young
T. A. Riley
Macon County
C. S. Elder
D. A. Ware
J. H. Alford
J. M. Gantt
Cliff Jeans
Jeans
Elder
Sharecr
Damages Settled In Ouachita Parish Court Actions
Settlements were reached in two damage suits in Ouachita Parish District Court. A. M. Crowell and Mrs. Olivia Warner Crowell sued F. R. Beckwith et al for 3515.55 dollars after a truck on the Dixie Overland highway allegedly caused a collision injuring Mr. Crowell. Leroy Johnson received 543.16 dollars from Union Oil Mill of West Monroe for a conveyor injury leading to amputation, with 193.44 previously paid. Dan Anderson obtained 102.30 dollars for finger injuries in a separate action against the same mill.
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Ouachita Parish
A. M. Crowell
Olivia Warner Crowell
F. R. Beckwith
Dan Anderson
Economy Exhibit Card Sets Word Count Record
Washington officials honor a penny postcard with 701 legible words on one side, a record for word count. Sent to Mrs. H. H. Lee of Haverford Pennsylvania by F D L from New Orleans, it was forwarded to the post office to exhibit what can be done. F H Tilton said the department would be glad to retain it for reference.
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Washington
Post Office Department
H. H. Lee
Haverford
New Orleans
Post Office
F. H. Tilton
Pre Christmas frigid weather begins to break up in south
The outbreak of snow sleet and floods loosens as relief efforts expand in Mississippi. About 500 refugees in Rankin and Hinds counties seek shelter in camps while influenza cases rise among the homeless. Nine deaths are attributed to the harsh cold with the Alabama river flood threat easing as backwaters cover extensive lowlands.
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Jackson
Miss
Pearl River
Jackson's Door
Rankin
Hinds
South
John Henry Nelson
Huntsville
Ala
Alabama
Montgomery
Selma
Spillway Damages Body Nears End of Hearings
The Borah commission in New Orleans nears conclusion after 16 weeks of testimony on Bonnet Carre spillway damage. Illinois Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley seek about 5 million dollars for separate bridges. government favors a joint bridge but is directed to consider separate structures.
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New Orleans
Wayne G. Borah
Bonnet Carre Spillway
Illinois Central
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Judge Borah
William A. Wenck
W. Morgan Gurley
J. Frank Coleman
Mississippi Legislature Opens Quick Tax Relief Session
Governor Connor's extraordinary session convened in Jackson to pass an ad valorem relief measure and return home. Legislators pledged a “one bill” approach while opposing efforts to delay and seeking potential amendments and state government reorganization plans.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Mike S. Connor
Noom
Connor
Senate Finance Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Honduran Leader to Study Dairying at State College
General Alvarado, once a top Honduran military figure, retires to study dairying at Louisiana State University agricultural college. He plans a four to five month stay at LSU to gain dairy farming background and then visit his son in Mexico City before moving on to Rouge.
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New Orleans
Modisto Hodas Alvaredo
Honduras
la State University
Agricultural College
Eral Alvarado
la Ceiba
Department of Atlantida
General Alvarado
Normal
Teguecigalpa
Mexico City
Good Fellows Fund Surpasses Five Hundred Dollars Today
The Good Fellows Fund passes the $500 mark as donations pour in from both cities. Contributions include a $74 gift from a Paramount theater benefit and gifts from local clubs and individuals, boosting support for those in need during the Yule season.
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Good Fellows Fund
Good Fellows’ Fund
Good Fellows
Paramount Theater
Good Fellows Senate
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