Christmas Aid Goes to All in Ouachita Parish
Charitable agencies in Ouachita Parish unite to help every boy and girl for Christmas through the Goodfellows fund which reached 1920.10. Letters requesting aid are referred to the welfare office and health unit for country and city cases. Distribution of toys and food is underway at the Monroe Welfare office with family cards issued for pickup. Continued on Eleventh Page.
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Ouachita Parish
Santa Claus
Goodfellows’ Fund
Goodfellows
Welfare Office
Welfare Departments
Twin Cities
Monroe
West Monroe
Bandit Suspect Heads Toward Texas After Bank Robbery
One of two bandit suspects who disarmed a sheriff and deputy during a Farmerville bank robbery is believed headed for the Sabine bottoms and Texas. Officers from three parishes, bloodhounds, and a posse are tracking the fugitive after he abandoned a car near De Quincy and disappeared into the piney woods.
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DE Quincy
Farmerville
Sabine Bottoms
Texas
Changed Her Mind as Bennett Weds Wettach in Elberon
Wilda Bennett former musical comedy star married Anthony Wettach a New Jersey sportsman in Elberon after dropping a $20,000 damage suit filed over injuries from an automobile accident news notes say.
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Wilda Bennett
Anthony Wettach
Elberon, N. J. Sportsman
Emile Bienvenu Named Insurance Examiner for Louisiana
Baton Rouge reports confirm Emile Bienvenu the New Orleans accountant has been designated by Secretary of State Alice Le Grosjean as Louisiana insurance examiner. The post, vacant previously, is duties shared among examiners as needed about every three years. Bienvenu, a CPA association secretary and former CPA board member, was previously involved in efforts to audit New Orleans city books under Governor Huey P. Long amid a local controversy.
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Baton Rouge
Emile Bienvenu
New Orleans
Louisiana
Alice le Grosjean
State House
Bienvenu
Certified Public Accountants’ Association
State Public Accountants’ Examining Board
Huey P. Long
Two Story Building Razed by Gas Explosion in Staten Island
A terrific illuminating gas explosion destroyed a two story building in Staten Island early today. The wrecked structure housed a meat market and an apartment. Residents in the apartment were visiting in Brooklyn when the blast occurred.
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New York
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Famous Chef Proposes Ideal Christmas Dinner Menu
Paris editor notes renowned French chef Prosper Montague offers a complete Christmas menu. The plan includes oyster deep water, rye bread, celery scented consommé, blood sausage with Dijon mustard, pancakes, turbot Marce Borin style, carp roes, crayfish pastry, nut brown leg of lamb, and Peri style turkey with roast preparations.
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The
United Press
M. Prosper Montague
Traiteur
M. Monta
Paris
Avennes
Marcel Borin
We woka gas well fire extinguished by nitro shot
The No 2 A B Douglas gas well in Wewoka Oklahoma was snuffed out by a 45 pound nitro gelatin blast after a daylong blaze. Wild flow of gas and oil continued to threaten the area spraying an oil station and US Highway 270. Deep Rock officials expected 1 to 3 days to cap the well.
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Associated Press
Wewoka
Okla
Mid-Continent
Harry Kinley
Here
Louisian a Training Institute holds annual Christmas program
The Louisian a Training Institute presents its 168 boys in a Christmas program Tuesday night at 7. The show includes Joy to the World, King Wencelas, The Bells, a three act A Christmas Pilgrimage, and a clown drill. A Christmas tree with gifts follows on Dec 26 with music and public invitation.
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Louisiana Training Institute
Billie Sapp
King Wencelas
Thomas Swanner
Three Escape Death As Mail Plane Crashes Into House
An all metal tri motor mail plane from Salt Lake City overshot Alhambra California field and crashed into a house early today. Pilots Bart Cox and George Sherwood escaped death along with a passenger whose name was not immediately learned. The fire destroyed 1445 pounds of Christmas mail with the plane and dwelling.
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Alhambra
Cal
Western Air Express
Salt Lake City
Bart Cox
George Sherwood
Urban Population Grows to 68 Million in 1930 Census
The census bureau reports 68,955,521 urban residents and 53,819,525 rural residents in the United States for 1930. Urban areas now include cities 2500 and over and towns with 10,000 plus population and 1000 per square mile density, expanding the prior definition.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Riot sparks as Prince Louis returns to Monaco
Seven thousand rioters clash in Monte Carlo as Prince Louis arrives from Paris to protest dissolution of the authorities. More than a dozen injured and nearly 50 arrested as security lines up, with the army mobilized and streets crowded by schoolchildren to deter disturbances.
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Monte Carlo
Louis of
Monaco
Paris
Marques
Monacasques
Bandits Lock Three In Bank Vault In Crawford County Robbery
Three bandits robbed Crawford County State Bank in English Ind locking two employees and a customer in a vault with $2,500 stolen. Police and citizens pursued the robbers north toward Paoli. the captives were released by a customer.
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Ind
Crawford County
Paoli
WAMBONE'S RECITATIONS By J P Alley
A playful market scene centers on Ole Tom and his brood of children as a teller recounts a rural tall tale in dialect. The piece blends humor with local color and a folksy rhythm highlighting everyday life and character.
Two Masked Bandits Rob Office Safe
Two hooded bandits robbed the Messler System Auto office on Canal Street in New Orleans, beating the safe and cash register and escaping with 300 dollars in a car driven by a third man. Police traced a stolen license number after a pursuit with two other occupants.
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New Orleans
Messler System Auto Company
Canal Street
Lloyd Frick
Frick
Harold Giruso
Dmitry Saik
Two Men Rob Bank in Seminary Mississippi
In Seminary Mississippi two men held up and robbed a local bank during business hours. Police launched a search for suspects as witnesses described the masked robbers and fled with an undetermined amount of cash.
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Seminary
Miss
Roger Calvert Dies in Washington Car Crash
Roger L. Calvert thirty, formerly of Ouachita parish high school, was killed instantly in an automobile accident in Washington D C. He had lived with his uncle Dr E G Calvert in West Monroe, left Meridian Miss where he was secretary to the Mobile and Ohio railroad and later to United States Senator John Sharpe Williams. He married with two children and is survived by his Mississippi parents. Funeral services likely in Meridian.
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E. G. Calvert
West Monroe
Roger L. Calvert
Ouachita Parish
Washington, D. C
Meridian
Miss
Calvert
Monroe
Roger
Dr. Calvert
Business
Tyler
Texas
Meridian Y. M. C. A
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
United States
John Sharpe Williams
Mississippi
Washington
Capitol
Houston
Santa Claus Brings Hope To Monroe Welfare Families
The Goodfellows fund organized with the Monroe Welfare association to provide for undernourished children. Began Monday as families gathered at the city hall to receive aid and gifts, lifting the mood of parents and youngsters who had faced hardship. Citizens flocked to the second floor as the trio of Goodfellows Welfare and Santa prepared to distribute cheer.
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the Goodfellows’ Fund
Monroe Welfare Association
Santa Claus
City Hall
Goodfellows, Welfare Association
Santa
Four Die As Car Drowns In Vinton Ditch
A car plunged into a waterfilled ditch near Vinton killing three men and a woman. Victims include Leonard A. La Petina superintendent at a Beaumont Texas paint plant George Deiffenbach of New York and Lee V. McNealy of Beaumont employee of the same company Elizabeth Stafford of Beaumont. Bodies sent to Orange Texas for burial. Also reports count Merapi eruption deaths at 300 to 400 in Java.
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Orange
Texas
Senator Cutting Demands 6 0 P repudiation of Lucas
Senator Cutting of New Mexico Republican independent urged immediate repudiation of Robert H. Lucas executive director of the Republican National Committee. He warned that failure to repudiate would mean the national Republican organization had ceased to exist and accused Lucas of calling on Republicans to eject Senator Norris for his stance on national issues linking it to Lincoln era ideals.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Cutting
New Mexico
Robert H. Lucas
Norris
Lucas
Republican National Committee
Cutting
Lincoln
Christmas Fire at Pickwick Club Shuts Canal Street
Christmas shoppers halted traffic on Canal Street as New Orleans firemen battled a small blaze in the Pickwick club building. Origin undetermined, damage described as slight. The four story Pickwick, valued at $250000, is a hub for Mardi Gras carnival activities.
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New Orleans
Canal Street
Pickwick Club
Poison trial ends verdict favors life for Major Shepard
A federal jury in Kansas City found Major Charles A. Shepard guilty of murdering his wife Ze nana Shepard by poison. The verdict recommends life imprisonment and rejects capital punishment. Shepard, 59, had planned to return to army medical corps duty in Denver.
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Kansas City
Kan
Federal District Court
Charles A. Shepard
Zenana Shepard
Kas
Army Medical Corps
Denver
Fitzsimmons Hospital
Grace Brandon
Christmas Spirit Brightens Monroe Downtown
The downtown district of Monroe glows with festive decorations as holiday lights and holly brighten business façades. Ouachita National Bank showcases an artistic foyer with Yuletide greenery and small trees, while the Bernhardt building entrance is outlined for the season.
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Monroe
Ouachita National Bank
Bank
Bernhardt
Largest Donation Yet Made to Goodfellows Fund
The Goodfellows fund tally climbs to 1920.10 after a $349 check from the KMLB staged musical benefit. Monroe donors and audiences supported the appeal with many gifts including a $2.50 memorial from Mrs. F P Duffy for her late son, John Russell Dooner.
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KMLB
Goodfellows’ Fund
Sur-Way
Monroe and
John Russell Dooner
F. P. Duffy
Collinsville
Okla
Monroe
Fea
Is the Goodfellows
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Wambone
J. P. Alley
Tom
Chilluns
Roger Calvert
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Ouachita Parish High School
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Ouachita
Camden Reveaway
Monroe Pecastoane
Evey Child
Care News-Star
London
Merapi
Java
Daily Mail
Rotterdam
Christmas Spirit
W. B. Moore
Itvaen Collens & Thompson
Martha Gray Thompson
Sale Drug Co
Monroe Wholesale Drug Co
Ebert Miller
G. A. Schlosser
Bobby George
Louise Moore
John
Ww. C. Rainey
J. W. Moore, Jr
Virginia Lynch School of Dancing
Oo Ios
Uerveden
Katherine Alice George
Darline Moore
United Gas System
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