Auto Wreck Injures Three Near Crowville Winnsboro
Three people were seriously hurt when a car driven by Dr Bumgardner collided with another vehicle between Crowville and Winnsboro. Dr Bumgardner and his daughter suffered injuries including broken ribs nose and head trauma. Miss Butler, his daughter, and Miss Rachel Butler were taken home after the crash. The steering gear reportedly locked before impact, though the other driver remained unidentified at first.
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Nahero
Aleo Inae Rae Sine Tai Bumgar
Ruby Bumfiner
Rachel Butler
Dr. Bumgardner
E D. Butler
Miss Butler
Miss Bumgardnner
Dr. Butler
Louisiana College
Bevin Sees F D Roosevelt Plan Curbing Speculation
London December 20 Bevin told Foreign Press Association the Roosevelt idea of paying for goods with goods will aid the war and end speculation after. He noted the plan as a key to international stabilization emphasizing labor over currency manipulation. Bevin, a leading Labour figure, hinted he could succeed Churchill and praised the British navy’s wartime effort.
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London
Roosevelt
Britain
Foreign Press Association
Bevin
Labor Party
Churchill
FBI Seizes German American Band Records in Chicago Raid
FBI agents searched the Chicago headquarters of a German American band and Teutonia Publishing Company in a tax case. They recovered a German language "military membership" book listing 1500 to 2000 members with home towns and ranks, plus membership applications and films.
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Chicago
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
William S. Devereaux
FBI
Teutonia Publishing Company
Oscar
Stephen Leddy
New U S Moormacpean Ship to Launch at Ingalls Plant
In Pascagoula Mississippi on December 20 the U S Moormacpean a fourth all welded steel vessel built by Ingalls Shipbuilding for the United States Maritime Commission will be launched. It will enter service with the Moore MacCormack Lines between Atlantic coast ports and the east coast of South America under the American Republics Lines banner.
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Pascagoula
Miss
U. S
China Tops World Tea Production Lead
China remains the world’s leading tea producer, followed by India, Ceylon, Java, and Japan in the listed order.
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China
India
Ceylon
Java
Japan
Questionnaires Mailed Board Listings Monroe West Monroe
A compiled list from Board No 1 and Board No 2 shows numerous individuals with addresses in Monroe West Monroe including George Curtis Taylor Robert Lee Wright Isaac ee colored Thomas Nash and others. The entries note colors and street addresses across multiple routes and streets such as Wood street Seventh street North Fifth street and Oak street with several Monroe routes and West Monroe locations.
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George Curtis Taylor
Wood Street
Monroe
Robert Lee Wright
Carlos Stevall
Risdon William Wood
Gordon Avenue
Isaac Ee
Seventh Street
Mon
Thomas Nash
Nee Street
Herman Breckenridge
Washington Street
Daniel Alexander Breard, Jr
Lee Avenue
Leah Thomas Apgar
North Fifth Street
James Roswelt
Colored
Adams Street
Jerry Wesley Hodge
Louisville Avenue
Will W. Taylor
Northeast Junior College
James Ellis Lipscomb
Richmond Street
Hoy Lee Bairfield
Frank DeStefano
Ouachita Avenue
Joe Aubrey Henry
West Monroe
Robert Stevens
Tommie Johnson
Henry Grady
North Second Street
Eugene Harris
Swarte
John Charles Albritton
Clayton
James Douglas Ingram
Farmer Gaines
Seth Ward Hamilton
Debt Tops Federal Limit as War Spending Soars
The treasury reports total public debt surpassing 45 billion dollars, with defense needs prompting a proposed raise to 60 billion. A special 590 million issue and daily baby bond sales pushed the total beyond the statutory cap, yielding an average debt of about 940 dollars per person.
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Washington
Treasury
Wilayue
Congress
Morgenthau
Roéw Defense
United States
Births Report from St Francis Sanitarium and Local Families
The St Francis Sanitarium announces the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Hart and a son to Mr. and Mrs. A Hubert Garver of Lee Bayou La. and a son to Mr. and Mrs. John Rains Mytick. Details include locations Ferriday and Monroe and dates in December. The article lists accompanying grandparents and hospital names.
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St. Francis Sanitariust
O. D. Hart
Monroe
Jim Truett
South Grand Street
Sicily
Hubert Garver
Lee Bayou
Hubert Harold
Ferriday Hospital
B. C. Garner
Girard
John Rains Mytick
Bruce Mclnntosh
Riverside Sanitarium
Four Hurt, One Dead in Texas High Voltage Accident
In Houston four men were seriously burned after a hoisting boom contacted a high voltage wire. Oscar Parker, 29, died from the injuries while the workers, employed by Ole Peterson, pile driving contractor, were hospitalized following the Thursday incident.
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Houston
Tex
Burns
Oscar Parker
Ole Peterson
Huge Lift in Air Corps Demand and Pay
The Air Corps seeks the best physical and mental recruits with specialized training. Privates can reach high ratings with pay from 442 dollars monthly for an acre mechanic to 72 dollars for air mechanic with longevity raises. Flying cadets at Randolph Field and Keily Field receive 75 dollars monthly plus ration and gear provided by the government.
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Army Air Corps
Air Corps
West Point of the Air
Randolph Field
Tex
McNemar
Ai Corps
Holabird Quartermaster Depot
Baltimore
Maryland
Patterson Field
Fairfield
Air Corps Technical School
Army 4&Ir Corps
Keily Field
Bank Robbery Wounds Customer in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia four young robbers attempted a Marian Bank hold up. A customer, Mathias H. Noll, was seriously wounded by one of two shots fired during the incident. The bandits fled with no money. Noll was taken to a hospital. John L. Snyder saw the holdup and attempted to shield the money as shots were fired.
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Philadelphia
Dec
UPA
Marian
Mathias H. Noll
Noll
John L. Snyder
Nell
Gene Tunney Commissioned Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander
Former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney, a former Marine private, was commissioned today as a lieutenant commander in the naval reserve. He was ordered to active duty as physical director and coordinator of physical education at aviation training stations in Pensacola and Jacksonville Florida and Corpus Christi Texas.
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Washington
Dec
D-4
James J
Gene) Tunney
Marine Corps
Naval Reserve
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Fla
Corpus Christi
Tex
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Cudahy
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Oleo
Aya
Ena
Bitad
Paytuttor Yaartu
Agents Probing Possibility
Turkeys
Long Island
TU A
Revel
Cypress St
Texas
Blue Ribbon Ice Cream Co
Catalpa Street
Gene Tunney
Naval Station
George Tonore
Louisville Ave
Dracer
Tudor
Grace
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