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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1939
Page
7
Nazis Scuttled Ship Columbus Amid Threats
Reported chaos as the ship Columbus was scuttled after threats to its crew and officers. About 579 aboard head for New York, with survivors to be interned if identified as Navy men awaiting safe transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Port
Navy
Jones to Give West Monroe Talk Tonight
Community meeting coverage notes a candidate event in West Monroe with speakers from the Jones slate and remarks criticizing incumbent leadership. The text mentions Rogene Statues, Charles Olner, James Gretchen Cribboi, and other names tied to the slate and local endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charies
Atternes
Charles Olner
Tore Ard
James Gretritsen Cricboi
Jones
Monroe Post Office Sets New Record Day
The Monroe post office reports a record day with over two thousand dollars in receipts and a large parcel volume. Extra clerks and delivery trucks will handle remaining week business and Christmas packages aim for delivery by Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Cellateon
Weal Post Office
Postminster
Gallogly Bail Denied by Texas High Court
Richard Gray Gallogly, a Georgia fugitive and former Oglethorpe student twice convicted of murder, must remain in a Dallas county jail as Texas high court denies his bail request while extradition fight continues. Gallogly surrendered in Callan County seeking Texas justice after Governor O Daniels ordered extradition. district court refusal of habeas corpus remains under appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas
Richard Gray Gallogly
Georgia
Oglethorpe College
Dallas
Gallogly
Callan County
W. Lee O'Daniel
Grover C. Adams
WPA Records Open in Louisiana Expenditures
James Ho Crutcher, Louisiana WPA administrator, defends spending as open to inspection. He cites three projects Jackson Barracks, lakefront, and redent exterminating program. He says 500 337 rats tapped at cost 1 20 per rat and totals of 399 854 51 for jobless labor across years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
James Ho Crutcher
WPA
Louisiana
Tabor
Republican
New York
Taber
Appropriations
Washington
Crutcher
Jackson Barracks
Lakefront
VOLO
Nations plan quick aid as Finland fights off invasion
Paris dispatches report Allied and League members coordinating aid to Finland amid Soviet aggression. Officials estimate German submarines sunk and discuss expeditionary airpower and weapons supplies. The League of Nations seeks a rapid committee to organize assistance from Britain, France, and other allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Great Britain
France
Finland
Soviet Union
Germany
Sweden
Huey Widow backs Long in Louisiana governor race
Mrs Huey Lang widow of slain Huey Long joins her brother in law Earl K Long political camp in Donaldsonville urging support for his gubernatorial bid. She speaks at a rally and is described as backing Long while critics claim lukewarm allegiance amid campaign debates and newspaper fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor Sones Groupe
Delta
Mer Rouge
Wihana Neweltan &R
Joseph
Creda
Huey PL Leng
Q. K Alen
New Orleans
Huey Po Lang
Lawiaana
Earl K Long
Htt
Donaldson
Mre Lang
Long
Bodyguard to Three Presidents Dies in New Orleans
Cornelius K L Langham Sr longtime secret service agent and personal bodyguard to Presidents Wilson Harding and Coolidge died suddenly. Langham born Caldwell Texas served in World War and later worked for the Philadelphia and New Orleans bureaus before leaving the Secret Service in 1933. He is survived by his widow Anna Arnold, a son and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Cornelius KL Langham
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Langham
Caldwell
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
New Jersey
Secret Service
Philadelphia
Anna Arnold
Cornelius K. Langham, Sr
Eleanore Langham
Andrew McVea
Chicago
Conversion of Broun Recited at St Patrick's Cathedral
At Broun funeral in New York's St Patrick's Cathedral Mon signor Fulton Sheen recited the conversion tale and Browan's fear of death. The priest said Broun took the name Matthew at baptism and was confirmed by Archbishop Spellman. He noted Broun's disillusionment with liberal friends after his conversion and the papal blessing on his deathbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ferris
New York
Heywood Broun
St Patrick's Cathedral
Monsignor Fulton A Sheen
Catholic University
Washington, D.C
Braun
Mar. Sheen
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose Return to Windsor for Christmas
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose arrived from Scotland to spend Christmas with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. It is their first meeting with their father since mid August, two weeks before Britain declared war on Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Scotland
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Germany
Michael Wins Color Contest in Local Christmas Event
Claud N. Michael aged 26 of 619 Jackson street won first prize of 20 dollars in the first annual Christmas color contest. Second prize went to Mrs. Harry Moore, third to Miss Elizabeth Stringer, fourth to Mrs. Ed Ferguson, with fifth through fourteenth prizes of one dollar each to a list of named contestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star—-World Publishing Corporation
Monroe
Claud N. Michael
Jackson Street
Harry Moore
North Seventh Street
Elizabeth Stringer
Pershing Avenue
Ed Ferguson
Lazarre Avenue
West Monroe
Autie Cain
Bastrop
Eugene B. Haynes
Route 1
James §. Carroll
Malton Street
Kathryn Carnon
Lee Avenue
Dorothy Stamers
Hilton Street
J. W. Moore
Maud Hazel Hudson
North Fifth Street
Ruth F. Braddock
Mer
Good Fellows Benefit Draws Donations For Hungry
Wrestling benefit at Walnut street arena raises funds and food for Good Fellows. Firms donate 601.24 in cash plus ten plus contributors supplying 60 in food including groceries and pecans. Gus Kallio expects a 25 donation later. thanks given to News-Star-World J C Liner referees and radio team for publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellows
Gus Kallio
Walnut Street Arena
Mr. Kallio
News-Star
World
J. C. Liner
C. C. Scharf
Irish McGee
Wamsley Radio Hospital
R. M. Jones
Kallio
Smart Young Killer Is Confessed Slain Wolff in Chicago
Carl Erickson 25, a National Guard member and skilled marksman, confessed to shooting Herbert Wolff 28 in a garage on September 28. He described evading lie detector and ballistics tests and claimed an alibi with roommate George McKenna who testified they slept at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas Harrison
Carl Erickson
Herbert Wolff
Erickson
Illinois National Guard
122Nd Field Artillery
Harrison
Wolff
George McKenna
McKenna
Unemployed Youth Plans Suicide to Arouse Aid
A jobless young man in Pittsburgh warned he would end his life at midnight on Christmas Eve in a spectacular act to spotlight unemployment. He signed as "A Disappointed American" and the Sun Telegraph published his letter after soliciting clergy responses urging him to seek help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Odd Items In The News From Granada Station And More
Granada Station proprietors left a safe unlocked with a warning sign but burglars forced entry, stole tools and stamped envelopes, damaged the safe dial, leaving it irreparably jammed. Major Herbert W. Hardman lost a wallet at a night club containing $1000. he offered 100 reward, the finder sent $600. Sparky the cocker spaniel drank water from a glass where a wedding ring and band were left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granby Station
Conn
Denver
Herbert W. Hardman
Lowry Field
Richmond
Sparky
Thomas J. Hounihan
Shushan Trial Defense Rests After Week of Testimony
The defense in the Shushan federal mail fraud trial rested at 11 40 am after a week and a half of testimony from four of five defendants and bond experts on municipal bond refinancing. Government rebuttal and judge's special charges were to follow with a jury decision possible before the weekend. Norvin Trent Harris Jr had not yet testified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Shushan
Wayne G. Borah
Norvin Trent Harris, Jr
Peterman Quits Race for Senate in Louisiana
Baton Rouge reports the secretary of state's office announced Frank H. Peterman former ER A head in Louisiana withdrew as candidate for state senate from Rapides parish district 23. Two candidates for state representative posts E O Bauer Jr East Baton Rouge parish and F M Burley Lafayette parish also withdrew while Robert Breaud withdrew as sheriff candidate in St James parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Secretary of State
Frank H. Peterman
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Louisiana
State
Senate
Rapides Parish
E. 0. Bauer, Jr
East Baton Rouge Parish
F. M. Burley
Lafayette Parish
Robert Breaud
St. James Parish
Graf Spee Captain Langsdorff Commits Suicide in Argentina
Captain Hans Langsdorff, commander of the German battleship Graf Spee, shot himself to death in his Buenos Aires room after arranging internment for his crew. The embassy said he sacrificed himself to spare his men and fulfill his duties as commander. The Graf Spee had been damaged off Montevideo and interned with over a thousand sailors aboard tugboats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
New York
Hans Langsdorff
Admiral Graf Spee
Langadorff
Naval
Fatherland
Ae Seanney
G Pee
Himeself
Langsdorff
Argentine
Uruguay
Graf Spee
Adolf Hitler
Sune Sagan
Buenos
Langedorff
Beccause
Ernie
Dea
Aregentine
Langz
Dorff
Reine
Withe
Argentina
Montevideo Harbor
Howe
Accidental Shot Fatal to Youth in Louisiana Hunt
Clyde Cooper 13 of Kentwood La died at Charity hospital after an accidental back shot by his brother Claude while hunting December 10 near their bog. Claude had reloaded his gun and it fired accidentally as Clyde had gone ahead to retrieve a squirrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Clyde Cooper
Kentwood
Claude Cooper
Charity Hospital
Clyde
Claude
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Clarks
Rel
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Org
Columbus
Dera At
After
Far
Harbers
Dave
Pere
Capon
Gaye
Sam Jones
U. S
United States
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Port Everglades
Florida
Bath
WPA Records
Russia
Huey
Broun
Princesses
Michael
D. Masur and Sons
Ritchie Grocer Company
Simonton Grain Company
Baker, Lawdon and Ford Grocer Company
Raymond Heard
Ruston
Drew Grocery Company
Eureka Grocery Com
Agnes
Guy
Green Mill Inn
Abewnne
A. W. Hampton
B. B. Martin
Sydney Marie Blumenthal
Ouachita Valley
W. Oo
W. Beer
Mary Bennit
Sihatadiend
J. S. Bloch
Fda
Sae
Gus Kuhn Vee
Ebee
Raymond John Eee Eewnne
Associated Press
Peterman
Crew
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