Pilot of Air Mail Plane Killed in Mountain Crash
Airmail pilot Russell S. Riggs perished when his Lockheed Orion monoplane crashed on Big Pilot mountain near Sunbright Tennessee as he carried Christmas gifts from Louisville toward Cleveland and Fort Worth. Wreckage found after hours. authorities prepared to recover Riggs and await funeral plans.
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Sunbright
Tenn
Russell S. Riggs
Riggs
American Airlines
Cleveland
Fort Worth
Texas
Louisville
Nashville
Big Pilot Mountain
Here
Kermit
Theodore Freels
Kermit Freels
H. C. Byrge
Morgan County
Freels Brothers
Post Office
Gardiner Shanks
Louis Schubert
Hugh L. Smith
Old Santa Wins Race With Death
Five year old Donna Mavis Shaw of Muskegon Michigan dies after a three year battle with a malignant growth. Surrounded by gifts she received from across the nation she enjoyed a final Christmas aided by Santa Claus and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Funeral services are expected Wednesday.
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Muskegon
Mich
Donna Mavis Shaw
Santa Claus
Donna
St. Nicholas
J. Warner Shaw
Santa
Christmas mooching and toy drive hews through town
A local figure known as a moocher, Captain A. S. Johnson of the fire department, led honorary toy-making efforts with the Monroe Council of Social Agencies. Firemen collected paint supplies and organized a central station toy display. Babies at St Francis sanitarium will remember their first Christmas tree on the third floor.
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A. S. Johnson
Fire Department
Monroe Council of Social Agencies
Captain Johnson
H. W. “Sparky” Lane
George Lambert
Gus Toombs
Joe Polk
Central Station
Tom Dupree
J. W. Faler
P. A. Snyder
L. H. Patrick
W. M. Smith
B. T. Wilson
St. Francis Sanitarium
Leo Ticheli
George Breard
Central Savings Bank
Bunny Kennedy
Jack Knowles
Glass Denounces Fed Usurpation. Eccles Denies Charge
Senator Carter Glass accuses the Federal Reserve Board and FDIC of exceeding authority in a rate cut. Marriner S Eccles, new Fed chair, replies that the board acted within its legal rights. He criticizes New Deal brain trusters and defends the action against charges of overreach. Continued on third page.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Marriner S. Eccles
New Dealer
New Deal
Virginia
Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Glass
Charles S. Hamlin
Reserve Board
Leo Crowley
FDIC
U S Government Sold Munitions Across Borders Says Senate
Senate investigators report evidence the United States government has engaged in the international munitions business by selling arms to foreign nations, underbidding private firms. They cite a 1929 rifle and ammunition sale to Mexico despite Winchester’s protest, and plan January hearings.
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Washington
Senate
United States
War Department
Mexico
Winchester Army Company
Nye
Winners Collect Prizes In Local Jinky Contest
Winners of the eleventh week of the Jinky contest received forty dollars in cash and nine special merchandise prizes. The World and News-Star had announced the winners yesterday. With ten days left and 180 dollars in cash plus prizes, more Jinkys will be awarded. Free Jinkys available from local businesses listed.
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World and News-Star
Iron Mountain Bakery, Inc
Studio, Johnnies
Elbert
New jury panel sought in Hauptmann trial case
In Flemington New Jersey prosecutors and defense eyed a fresh jury panel for Bruno Hauptmann’s trial for the Lindbergh baby murder after charges of tampering with the 150 jurors surfaced. Prosecutor Anthony Hauck said a satirical pamphlet mailed to jurors spurred the move while defense lawyer C Lloyd Fisher also signaled a demand for a new panel.
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Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Anthony M. Hauck
Hauptmann
Mary Belle Spencer
Chicago
Hauck
New Jersey
C. Lloyd Fisher
Rogers Has His Say Memoir Wars Across Nations
Beverly Hills dispatch notes a column contrasting international conflicts with domestic battles over memoirs. The piece cites Richberg versus Johnson and hypothetical truths and lies, suggesting how public statements fuel disputes and affect reputations.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Russia
Japan
Donald Richberg
Hugh Johnson
Manchuria
Richberg
Johnson
Saturday Evening Post
Robbery victim Vaughan critically injured in Monroe
Edward D. Vaughan 37 of Monroe remained in serious condition at St Francis sanitarium after a Sunday morning assault. A negro robber attacked him near Mississippi Street and Bernstein Park, fracturing Vaughan's skull while his companion woman was unharmed. The assailant behaved as though demented.
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Edward D. Vaughan
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mississippi Street
Bernstein Park
Vaughan
Improvement Seen in Trade in Report by Roper
Secretary Roper told President Roosevelt in the commerce department annual report that fiscal year ended last June showed definite improvement in domestic and foreign trade and a return to work for many, but the capital goods industry remained low in spirits, private construction was weak, unemployment remained high, relief demands strained the budget, and bank loans stayed at a low level.
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Washington
Roper
Roosevelt
Commerce Department
LSU Names Bernie Moore New Head Football Coach
LSU freshman football mentor Bernie Moore was appointed head coach following Captain Lawrence Jones resignation after a dispute with Senator Huey Long. Moore, long linked to LSU track teams and the program’s chief grid scout, accepted the post and was praised as the popular choice.
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Baton Rouge
Bernie Moore
Louisiana State University
Tigers
Lawrence “Biff” Jones
Huey Long
James M. Smith
Smith
Moore
Jones
Louisiana State
Winchester
Tenn
University
Two Men Die and Woman Shot in White River Clash
In Dewitt Arkansas a gun battle on a shanty boat on White River left Leonard Bisswanger 55 and Van Livingston 20 dead. Mrs Bisswanger was shot in the throat and treated at Ethel Arkansas. Clark Martindale 23 faces a first degree murder charge in the incident tied to a suspected robbery attempt.
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Dewitt
Ark
Clark Martindale
White River
Here
C. C. McCallister
Leonard Bisswanger
van Livingston
Ethel
McCallister
Bisswanger
Good Fellows' Fund Boost From City Entertainments
Proceeds from a booster dance and a Paramount Theater entertainment plus an individual gift raised the Good Fellows' club cash total to 854.50 by Monday. The Missouri Pacific Booster club and Missouri Pacific Women's club aided the effort with Joe Sanders in charge and a strong theater attendance noted.
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Good Fellows’ Fund
Mary Helen Walker
Missouri Pacific
Missouri Pacific Booster Club
Paramount Theater
Good Fellows’ Club
Booster Club
Good Fellows
Missouri Pacific Women’s Club
Joe Sanders
Tragedy Strikes Dempsey Family in Christmas Shootings
In Pittsburgh a nurse Mrs Kathryn Schoch 37 fatally shot Walter Dempsey his wife and five children at their Dunkirk Ohio home after a son's death drove her to madness. She then killed her sister Ruth Dempsey Hughes and died by poison.
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Pittsburgh
Walter Dempsey
Dempsey
Kathryn Schoch
Dunkirk
David
Dempseys
Mrs. Schoch
George W. Murren
Alleghany County
Mrs. Dempsey
Dixie Christmas Warm Across Much Of South
The Associated Press reports warmer conditions prevail in the deep south for Christmas while northern areas face cold and unsettled skies. Temperatures ranged from subzero in Green Bay to the 70s in parts of Florida, with widespread cloudiness and little change expected tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Deep South
Green Bay
Wis
Chicago
United States
Milwaukee
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Des Moines
Miami
New Orleans
Memphis
Little Rock
Chattasnooga
Nashville
Knoxville
Tenn
Atelanta
Augusta
Birmingham
Ala
Macon
Savannah
Montgomery
Denver
S& J
Kansas City
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Eccles
U.S
E. Jack Selig, Inc
Monroe Furniture Co
Monroe Hardware (Furniture) Co
Sandman’s Pharmacy
E. R. Kiper Hardware and Supply Co
Hemp’s
Ouachita Baking Co
Ford Levi Stationery Co
North Side Pharmacy
Marie Dionne
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Ont
NEA Service, Inc
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Rogers
McNaught Syndicate
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