McClanahan Demands Cox Resign at Louisiana Penitentiary
Warden J E McClanahan requests state prison chaplain Rev F L Cox resign by January 1 1930 later set for February 1 effective. He cites lack of cooperation and urging prisoners toward punishment, warning agitation has caused rebellion and discipline problems at the Angola farm and receiving station. Cox appointed by Gov Huey P Long a year earlier.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
J. E. McClanahan
Louisiana State Penitentiary
F. L. Cox
McClanahan
Otter
Cox
Huey P. Long
H. L. Johns
Angola
Forecast Promises Bright Christmas Weather Across Regions
Washington dispatch notes no rain or snow for Christmas Day in most eastern and southeastern states with moderate temperatures. Snow and slush were present in the capital while western Pennsylvania and nearby areas faced rain and wintry mix, with possible precipitation Christmas afternoon in Ohio New York and Pennsylvania. Congress recesses and the president plan for a quiet holiday season.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Congress
Christmas clemency extended to 41 Louisiana prisoners
Baton Rouge December 23 The Louisiana governor Huey P Long extended Christmas clemency to 41 prisoners at the state penitentiary granting 17 pardons and 24 commutations and restoring citizenship. Papers were delivered to Clay Dugas the penitentiary general manager so released prisoners could be informed before Christmas Eve.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Huey P. Long
Secretary of State
Clay Dugas
Widow of Congressman Robertson Dies in Baton Rouge
Mrs. Samuel Mathews Robertson widow of the late congressman Sam Robertson who represented the sixth Louisiana district in Washington for more than 20 years died here last night in Baton Rouge.
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Baton, Rouge
Samuel Mathews Robertson
Sam Robertson
Louisiana
Washington
Railway Merger Plan Faces Doubt Without Carrier Cooperation
The Interstate Commerce Commission proposes a voluntary consolidation of 19 transportation units with five eastern trunk lines and major routes such as the Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, New York Central and Wabash. Without railroads’ cooperation, Congress may need new legislation to implement the plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Washington Today
Interstate Commerce Commisssion
Commission
Congress
New England
Nhe
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
Wabash
Boston
Maine
New Haven
Atlantic
Maniac Tries to Slay All In Building
A maniac plugged the apartment house chimney with newspapers causing deadly coal gas to seep into units. One woman Mrs Anna Blinder age 54 died. seven others were unconscious but 50 residents were saved by timely gas detection. Police suspect a grudge motive.
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United Press
New York
Anna Blinder
Finance Wizard Arrested in Wisconsin Town
Elmer S Huckins, famed finance wizard alleged to pay investors 26 to 52 percent, surrendered to Waushara county authorities in Wautoma Wisconsin. He was arraigned on a fugitive from justice warrant and released on 5000 bond. Iowa warrants accuse him of obtaining money under false pretenses with extradition likely. George Huckins remains hospitalized in Missouri as authorities pursue civil and criminal actions.
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Wautoma
Wis
Elmer S. Huckins
Wizard of Finance
Waushara County
Gad Jones
Huckins
Waushar
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Jones
Towa
George Huckins
Excelsior Springs
Motorist Fires On Two In Snowstorm Near Shreveport
Officers investigate a Sunday shooting near Shreveport injuring carnival trooper Fred Baker and auto salesman James White. Both reported their cars ran off a snowbound highway and a passing motorist fired twice then fled.
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Shreveport
Here
Fred Baker
Carnival
James White
Baker
White
Snow Cleared After Eight Inch Snowfall in Twin Cities
Twin Cities emerge from eight inch snowfall the heaviest since 1898. Sun quickened melting as 36 prisoners aided sidewalk clearing under R. E. Heap W. B. Stevens and Fred Pettit. Oua chita river bridge cleared to prevent danger from ice and weight.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
West Monroe
Ounchia Parish
Kate Key
R. E. Heap
W. B. Stevens
Fred Pettit
Ouachita River
One Day Left to Give as Good Fellows Help Santa Fund
With one day remaining the Good Fellows fund in the Twin Cities rose from 776.38 to 950.08 as heavy snow and cold increase need. The News-Star collects donations to aid destitute families, urging urgent gifts before Christmas Eve, listing numerous contributors and totals.
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Santa Claus
Twin Cities
News-Star
Stage wedding turns real as couple jailed after show
In Jersey City, Robert Gerald and former Miss Teddy Menzer, who wed on a theatre stage during a local talent show, face lewdness indictments. The pair and others await trial while honeymooning in jail after a hotel visit prompted police involvement.
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Jersey City
N. J
Robert Gerald
Teddy Menzer
Gerald
Movie Man Dies as Plane Falls in Heavy Storm
A transcontinental airliner crashed in a snowbound Indianapolis field during a fierce storm killing D. C. Law of Philadelphia and injuring eight others including Miss Mary Fearnow of Washington DC and C M Kline of Philadelphia. Pilot D W Burford reported a gust tipped the craft on landing.
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Indianapolis
D. C. Law
Philadelphia
Warner Brothers Motion Picture Corporation
Mary Fearnow
Washington
D. C
C M. Kline
D. W. Burford
Girl Reaches El Dorado An Hour Late
Lois Mary Lang, 13, arrived in El Dorado to spend Christmas and learned her father Albert S. Lang 38, a News Times Publishing company official, had died an hour earlier from a gas explosion at his home caused by a leaky bathroom gas connection and a cigarette.
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United Press
EL Dorado
Ark
Lois Mary Lang
Albert S. Lang
Lang
News- Times Publishing Company
Lane
Lois
Des Moines
Shopping Peak in Chicago Sets Holiday Sales Record
Merchants in Chicago report record Christmas shopping with one department store exceeding 1 million dollars in a single day. Loop stores say Saturday marked merchandising highs, while the post office operated to handle a blizzard surge with 7 000 clerks on duty and 20 000 000 first class pieces plus 1 800 tons parcel post.
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News-Star
Chicago
Two Children Die in Memphis Weekend Fires
Two black children were fatally burned when their home burned Saturday night in Memphis Tennessee. One man, W F Stone, was injured when a heater blowtorch used to thaw his car exploded. The Arnold Brothers and Stubbe Furniture Co building suffered about 100000 in damage as the week end fires became the most destructive in recent months.
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Memphis
Tenn
WF. Stone
Arnold Brothers & Stubbe Furniture Company
May Link Machine Gun With Chicago Massacre
Major Calvin G. Goddard testified that cartridges fired from a machine gun owned by Fred Burke resembled those used in the St. Valentine’s Day massacre. The inquest resumed under Coroner Herman Bundesen to probe the killings.
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Chicago
Calvin G. Goddard
Fred Burke
St. Valentine's Day
Goddard
Herman Bundesen
Two Deaths As Winter Grasp Holds In South
Winter's icy train blankets the south from Texas to the Carolinas with snow and ice. Two deaths from the cold mark the week end. Sleet and freezing rain interrupt telegraph and phone lines, straining electric service in several towns. Southern Bell reports 500 in damages across nine states, mainly North Louisiana and near Macon to the Florida line. Knoxville revives an ordinance to bar toboggan slides after five inches of snow. Chattanooga records over eight inches, Atlanta endures its heaviest snow in 12 years.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
South
Texas
Virginia
Caralinas
Gulf
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Louisiana
Macons
Florida
New York
Knoxville
Tenn
Chattanooga
Two Aviators Reach Area Where Plane Is Supposed to Be Lost
Two pilots reached the area where Carl Ben Eielson and his mechanic were believed lost as three more planes and crews moved toward the search anchor Chelan. Joe Crosson and Harold Gillam braved poor conditions to reach Nanuk near North Cape, Siberia and establish a base for flights seeking the missing aviators. They launched from Teller, Alaska, on Friday.
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Carl Ben Eijelson
Alaska Airways
Coast Guard
Chelan
Joe Crosson
Harold Gillam
Nanuk
North Cape
Siberia
Fielson
Earl Borland
Crosson
Gillam
Teller
Alaska
Train Collision Kills Fireman Near New Orleans
Two passenger trains, Southern Pacific No. 2 and Texas and Pacific, collided at Avondale 10 miles above New Orleans. Fireman Ben Pittman died crushed beneath his engine. engineer Mike Foster suffered severe burns and is in critical condition. Officials investigate signals and blamezure while both crews, injuries, and passengers are attended.
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Southern Pacific
Texas and Pacific
Avondale
Ben Pittman
Mike Foster
Hospi
Pittman
Engineer Fosster
Touro
Tragic Underworld Sweetheart Dies in Minnesota
Tohanna Bruce, linked to Frank Devers, died in a St Paul hospital after visiting Devers in a federal prison. Coroner says death caused by cerebral hemorrhage from an epileptic episode, ending a sordid romance tied to a Minneapolis diamond theft and past gunman orgy.
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Minn
Tohanna Bruce
Frank
Gus Nichols
Devers
State Penitentiary
Minneapolis
A. Ingerson
Ramsey County
Milas Bruce
Leavenworth
Mias Bruce
Memphis
Nichols
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