Senate Leaders Promise Aid to President Hoover
Senate leaders from both parties met at the White House to pledge prompt action on the 500 million reconstruction corporation after the Christmas recess. They urged earliest consideration and said hearings are underway with a vote likely early in the new year.
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Senate
Hoover
White House
Reconstruction Corporation
Watson
Indiana
Harrigan
Mississippi
Norbeck
Banking Committee
Reed
Pennsylvania
Smoot
Finance Committee
Glass
Virginia
Fletcher
Florida
King
Utah
Walcott
Connecticut
Goldsborough
Maryland
George
Georgia
Detective Fatally Wounded in Balking Robbery
Chicago dispatch reports Detective James Caplis was fatally wounded when he repelled six men attempting a Northside nightclub robbery. He died hours after hospitalization. Peggy Griggs, 21, was wounded in the arm as diners fled. Caplis opened fire from a corner as bandits entered and was struck during their retreat down the stairs.
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Chicago
James Caplis
Caplis
Peggy Griggs
Wreck in Petersburg Kills One and Injures Three
Dec 21 report from St Petersburg Florida details a collision between a car and a city truck. One white man was killed and two white men and two black residents were injured, with others treated at hospitals as ambulances and private cars rushed victims away.
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St, Petersburgh
Fila
Monroe Stamp Club publishes first issue amid town notes
The Monroe Philater Volume 1 Number 1 official organ of the Stamp Club under Monroe Recreation Department outlined staff and policy. Readers hear about burglaries, a C. E. Slagle diamonds heist, jokes on stockings, reefed humor, and residents like Ike Thompson Pat Mason Ben Downing and Isaac Drogin. Christmas checks for ten thousand five hundred arrive from The Bank of Happiness.
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Monroe Recreation Department
George Buckner
J. W. Cunningham
Elizabeth Kenney
Isaac Atkinson
Woodrow Hodges
Ike Thompson
West Monroe
C. E. Slagle
Mr. Slagle
Russell Sage Foundation seeks to revoke Marsh Island gift
The Russell Sage Foundation filed an injunction suit in East Baton Rouge District Court seeking to restrain the state from trapping on the Marsh Island wildlife refuge donated years ago. The foundation seeks annulment of the 72,985.89 acre donation due to alleged cession violations with trapping permits issued for private gain.
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Baton Rouge
Russell Sage Foundation
Marsh Island
Robert 8. Maestri
George K. Favrot
East Baton Rouge District Court
Favrot
Walter Burke
New Iberia
Joseph Carroll
New Orleans
E. Howard McCaleb
Robert S. Maestri
Percy Saint
Sage Foundation
State Conservation Department
Marsh Island Wildlife Refuge
Louisiana
Maestri
Hear
Soldiers Loans Explained by Service Officer
Local veterans seek new loans on insurance certificates after Congress approved 200 million dollars to cover a deficit in the veterans bonus fund. John Humble of Barkdull Faulk Post No 13 explains the funds only cover previously authorized fifty percent loans, not new advances. Christmas payouts apply only to those awaiting loan approval from earlier bills.
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National Congress
Washington
John Humble
Barkdull Faulk
Humble
Congress
Veterans’ Bureau
New Orleans
Shreveport
Bureau
Red Cross Sends Rep to Flooded Mississippi Area
Washington dispatch reports Mrs. Mollie Hodges Nicholson national field representative of the Red Cross being sent to northern Mississippi where floodwaters have displaced many families from their homes.
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Red Cross
Washington
The
Mollie Hodges Nicholson
Mississippi
Vast Rise in Voter Registrations Ahead of January Primary
Ouachita parish sees 11 234 registered voters for the Democratic primary on January 19. Miss Lillian Collins notes 2 299 registrations since a prior count, surpassing all records, with 4 100 poll taxes paid so far. The sheriff's office will stay open nine more days for tax collection.
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Lillian Collins
Registrar of
Collins
Ouachita
Milton Coverdale
Record Set as Orleans Parish Voters Reach 125,438
New Orleans registrar announces 125,438 voters officially qualified for the January 19 Democratic primary, a record. The gender split shows 80,920 men and 44,518 women.
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New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Flood Stage Forecast For Ouachita River Monroe
The U S Weather Bureau predicts Ouachita River at Monroe will reach flood stage by December 27 to 31 with 42 feet or higher, and 48 feet by December 24. Current reading 37.7 feet shows a 1.9 feet rise in 24 hours as rains ease and temperatures drop.
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Ouachita
Monroe
New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Ouachita River
Louisiana
Kate Key
Government Weather Recorder
West Monroe Police Augmented for Holiday Season
The West Monroe police force adds four officers to the night shift and assigns one more to the day shift. Chief J. M. Hammons says the extra staff will patrol downtown and city areas through the holidays, with HQ staffed continuously and immediate police contact at all times via headquarters phone 526.
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West Monroe
J. M. Hammons
A. G. Hicks
Hammons
Three Days Remain to Send Aid to Goodfellows
The Goodfellows Fund urgently needs Monroe and West Monroe residents to donate within two and a half days. Contributions must be received by noon Thursday to prevent Christmas gloom for needy children and families.
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Goodfellows
Goodfellows’ Fund
Godfellows of
Monroe
West Monroe
Levees Strengthened by Sandbags Near Tallahatchie River
Levee at Asa eight miles southwest of Batesville largely holds though water nears the top in places. Crowder levee is bolstered by sandbags amid flood danger. Refugees from Mimms Curtis Station and Carrier moved to plantations and high ground. Panola County planters aid towns in sheltering mainly Negro refugees as flood waters impact Quitman County.
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Asa
Here
Tallahatchie River
Tallahatchie
Crowder
Panola County
Quitman-Panola County
Sardis
Mimms
Curtis Station
Carrier
Quitman County
Japanese butler kills millionaire in Poughkeepsie mansion
J William Schatz 56 is stabbed and hacked to death by Gantero Akiyama 38 a Japanese butler enraged after being discharged. Schatz's companion Mrs Florence Quick Carozza 26 is wounded as Akiyama and his sister in law Sadako Otsuka 26 confess. Police say both suspects charged with first degree murder. Continued on Page Two.
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N. Y
J. William Schatz
Schatz
Florence Quick Carozza
Gantero Akiyama
Sadako Otsuka
Mrs. Carozza
Akiyama
Otsuka
Japanese Begin New Offensive in Mukden Area
Japanese forces launch a new drive in Manchuria south of Mukden, claimed against bandits but viewed by some as an effort to capture Chin Chow before Christmas. China protests to the League of Nations. the U S urged to intervene under the nine power pact and Kellogg Briand. Dr. Wellington Koo cites Roosevelt on Pacific politics. Bandit force about 30,000. Japanese strength unknown, troops in high morale amid extreme cold.
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Japan
Manchuria
Mukden
Chinchow
China
League of Nations
Foreign Office
United States
Wellington Koo
Theodore Roosevelt
Pacific
Robbery convict Homer McClelland sentenced in Ouachita Parish
Homer McClelland pleaded guilty to robbery in Ouachita Parish District Court and drew a 16 to 24 month term in the state penitentiary. He admitted taking 99.99 dollars from Sur-Wa Store No. 7 on South Grand Street after holding up the manager, a station attendant, and a butcher. He hid in an ice box as police arrived and later expressed relief at the sight of officers. The case stemmed from Thursday night’s crime and his statement to be sent to the penitentiary to cure whisky craving.
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Ouachita Parish
Homer McClelland
Percy Sander
State Penitentiary
McClelland
Sur-Wa
South Grand Street
W. L. Bush
J. W. Griffin
Griffin
Carl E. Paulus
Paulus
Sunday Oil Well Closures Hit Texas Demand
Thousands of Texas oil wells went idle as major operators began a Sunday closing campaign to cut production. The effort aims to gain cooperation from independent operators with Humble Company reporting 1,750 wells shut and about 100000 barrels of production halted, totaling around 12000 idle wells in the state.
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Texas
Dallas
Charles F. Roeser
Fort Worth
Texas Oil and Gas Conservation Association
Humble Company
Favorable Report On Wheat For Poor Plan
The agriculture committee reported favorably to the Senate Capper’s resolution authorizing the farm board to turn over 40,000,000 bushels of wheat for the needy. The Red Cross or other charitable groups would bear milling and related costs.
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Washington
Uksh Agriculture Committee Today
Senate
Senator Capper
Kansas
Farm Board
The
Red Cross
Man Slain After Attempted Escape in Booneville Cafe
In Booneville Arkansas a man believed to be the slayer of Paris constable Creekmore was shot dead by deputized citizens in a railroad cafe while resisting arrest. The slain man bore a leather case with the name Herbert C Howell and carried iron and tools on his person. Deputy citizens Robert Daugherty and Gus Taylor were involved. Taylor was wounded in the arm.
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Booneville
Ark
Nean Creekmore
Paris
Creekmore
Wilson
Herbert C. Howell
Robert Daugherty
Gus Taylor
Taylor
Daugherty
Mussolini’s Young Brother Arnaldo Dies in Milan
Arnaldo Mussolini, 46, younger brother of the premier, died in a Milan hospital after a heart attack suffered while en route from his Popolo D'Italia office to his home for lunch. He was editor of the newspaper and collapsed in his automobile before reaching surgery.
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Arnaldo Mussolini
Milan
Italy
Arenaldo Mussolini
Popolo D'Italia
Minister Disarms Bandit and Throws Him from Car
The Rev. O. P. Breland, Baptist minister of Crawford, Mississippi, gave a hitchhiker a ride then the youth pulled a pistol demanding money. Breland disarmed him, stopped the car, and overpowered the bandit before ejecting him from the vehicle in Starkville on December 21.
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Bandit
Starkville
Miss
O. P. Breland
Crawford
Pase Tience
Robeber
Dr. Breland
Boy Kills Step Father To Protect His Mother
Baltimore youths story reports 15 year old Robert Jones firing three shots from a mall rifle, killing stepfather Herbert Bowen who allegedly threatened mother. Jones says he acted to defend his mother and was held for investigation.
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Baltimore
Robert Jones
Herbert Bowen
Bowen
Jones
Stepother
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