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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1929
Page
1
Police examine a blood stained iron bar as two alleged assailants are named in connection with an assault incident. Authorities investigate motive and identify suspects, with details limited by report.
Alabama Attorney General Charlie C. McCall upheld the state Democratic executive committee’s decision to bar from the 1930 party primary those who did not back the Hoover ticket while allowing them to vote. He said the law lets party governing bodies set broader voter qualifications than for candidates, affecting Heflin and Locke who seek independent campaigns.
Peter Delerio a 34 year old vagabond artist dies after a mysterious Sunday night assault in New Orleans. Police seek attackers while Delerio repudiates earlier statements about the motive and his attackers. Investigators question three companions and inspect a blood stained iron bar and a cheap watch found at the soft drink stand.
Greenwood Mississippi police hunt for burglars who broke into a cafe, stole a safe worth about $300, and left the door torn off. The safe was found near Money ten miles north of Greenwood with contents gone.
Pilgrims from many lands arrive in Bethlehem to worship as in ancient times. They travel from Jerusalem along the road to the Church of the Nativity, passing sacred sites like the well of the Magi and Rachel’s tomb. The scene captures a multinational Christian observance on Christmas Eve.
A Cleveland man and a Waco woman wed last night by long distance telephone. Homer Eakin in Cleveland and Miss Bethel Pharr in Waco had six minutes of ceremony conducted by Justice Andrey Mor tis with witnesses on extension lines. The $8.50 phone bill was deemed cheaper than rail travel.
Homer Eakin 22 of Cleveland and Miss Rethe Pharr of Waco Texas wed by long distance phone. He plans to leave January 2 to meet his bride in St Louis. Meanwhile a second wedding dinner with eight friends was held in Cleveland as the bride party celebrated in Waco.
Grace Episcopal church will host an 11 45 p m midnight mass with a 30 voice choir performing Mozart mass. A 8 a m Christmas morning service follows. St Matthew's Catholic church will also hold its usual midnight mass with high mass by Father Vanlegaer and sermon by Father Marek, with music led by Mrs Livaudais. Two masses at 6 30 and 9 30 a m on Christmas Day. Camp Fire Girls gathering later tonight.
Debanach family faces a grim Christmas as 7 month old Virginia dies from malnutrition and lack of care. Her father earned only $22 since her birth and could not afford a funeral. Coroner Grundman and undertaker Wendler arranged burial after the family’s dire poverty.
Washington report notes Mrs Ruth Hanna McCormick hangs stockings on Christmas Eve while Mrs Dolly Gann hides gifts and Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen sings carols in an apartment. The piece cites holiday customs among congressional figures and mentions a carol crowd of fourteen children in the representative's party.
Clarksdale Mississippi deputies and police hunt two black men accused of killing fellow African Americans. Joe Manuel known as Snow is suspected in the death of Slim Christian, a truck driver for Bobo Brothers company, with his body found showing a crushed head and knife wounds. Simpson Smith, also black, was shot and killed at the Hurst place. Henry Davis is believed to be the killer and is being pursued.
In Benton Tennessee on December 14, Fred Carroll, 28, plunged into the icy Hiwasse River to swim to his bride rather than walk two miles. After 200 feet from shore he went under as floods swelled the water. A search for his body was under way.
The Good Fellows fund for 1929 reaches 1123.63 by noon with late donations expected to push toward 1200. Welfare workers say the effort will meet Twin Cities needs as volunteers visit homes today and tomorrow with wood, food and warm clothing. Seven hundred twelve donors are listed with sums including Lennon Motor Co employees 35.65 and Monroe Hardware Co 60.00, total 31,123.58 to date.
Leroy Percy aged 69 of Greenville Mississippi a planter and lawyer and former United States Senator died in a Memphis hospital shortly before 9 am. His death followed complications after an operation. His son W A Percy was at his bedside. Percy owned extensive delta land and was appointed to the Senate in 1910 to fill the term of A J McLain. He served until 1913 when defeated by James K Vardaman. He returned home and never sought office again though honored by others.
Austrian chemist Heinrich Weber arrives in New York penniless and unable to speak English staying with relatives near Coney Island. He clings to a claimed million dollar formula while facing a bleak Christmas. his two former friends, Moses Rosenthal and another companion, shared his financial ruin.
In Nome Alaska on December 24 two passengers and pilot Phil Graham vanished after taking off for Elephant Point last Tuesday. Frank Dorbandt and mechanic Pope joined searchers in the effort to locate the missing Wiers Carl Ben Eielson Earl Borland while R B Julien and W B Miller were aboard the ill‑fated flight.
Stolen cash and notes totaling about 4 000 were taken from a store in Durglers gal i ndred notes. The thieves forced entry by breaking a window and found the safe closed but not locked. Sheriff Thigpen and Deputy Frazier investigated with aid from the state fingerprint bureau which photographed prints found at the scene.
The News Star will not publish on Christmas Day to give employees a holiday. The newspaper office will be closed for the holiday.
Two flyers H. E. Hightower and Edward Truman became stranded for two days in a Mississippi cotton field after forced landing in Columbus. They were en route from Kansas City to Tallahassee and finally took off again toward Montgomery, Alabama as rescue crews cleared the bad gasoline issue.
Four students fled a dormitory fire at David Lipscomb College in Nashville early today, leaping from second and third story windows after alarms rang. Jeff Bringham of Clarksville and Carl Holt woke their roommate and alerted others, while James Rogers and James Richardson jumped from a second story window. Richardson, who missed a mattress, escaped unharmed in the snow. B. B. Copeland and David Neal also escaped from the third story.
In Memphis Tennessee on December 24 16 year old F Clark Jr was killed and 20 year old Hugh Montbath and 16 year old George Seldon were severely injured in a downtown collision returning from a church Christmas exercise. J W McClure 19 student at Washington and Lee University escaped injury and was arrested on a charge of manslaughter.
Mild conditions and a 18 degree reading at city hall temper expectations for a snowy holiday. Snow drifts disrupt northeast travel as shoppers rush to finish preparations. Damage totals run into the hundreds of thousands with no local fatalities reported.
Atlanta dispatch reports a bitter cold spell that claimed a dozen lives and left the south with snow patches. Temperatures rising are expected to ease conditions this afternoon though no broad relief was seen yet as ice coated many areas.
New York on Christmas Eve sees former governor Al Smith dressed as Santa visiting sick children in a hospital. He gives Louis Babakidis a tin airplane and Gertrude Acquina roller skates, recalling his City Hall Park skating days. Amid holiday bustle, relief efforts and carols spread cheer across the city.
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