Christmas pardons open prison gates for many
Louisiana reports a wave of clemency actions with various commutations reprieves and restorations amid year end al limits. Notable cases include Henry Fieldeman from New Orleans and others across parishes receiving time served or restored citizenship. Florida Cuba and the Philippines show broader pardon activity in parallel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Clem- Henry Fieldeman
New Orleans
O. K. Allen
Mike Eskew
Union Parish
Joe Manuel
Evange Parish
R. T. Farrar
Webster Parish
Dave Bradshaw
Ouachita Parish
Jena
Carl Ryland
Avoyelles Parish
John Occhiputi
New Jeans
Edward Roussilon
Wesley LeBleu
Tony Monticello
Calcasieu Parish
War Hero Dies in Mississippi
The fallen hero suffered seven shrapnel wounds from a jack knife and had his right thigh knee and vertebra damaged by machine gun fire in the Cham pagne sector. He endured six hours under shell and gunfire and a stretcher escape after being dropped three times. Despite courageous service he received only the Purple Heart and Oak Leaf cluster, not the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Wilson and Hamilton Announce Candidacies in Fifth District Races
Riley J. Wilson of Ruston seeks reelection to Congress in the Fifth District, subject to the Democratic Primary on January 21, 1936. Pat S. Hamilton runs for Clerk of Court of Ouachita Parish, also facing the January 21 1936 Democratic Primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley J. Wilson
Ruston
Pat S. Hamilton
Ouachita Parish
Notice to Candidates for Parish and Municipal Election
Candidates for District Parish Municipal or Ward offices in the Democratic Primary on January 21 1936 must submit in writing one qualified Democratic elector per precinct to help the Ouachita Parish Board of Election Supervisors appoint election officers. File with Miss Lillian Collins Parish Registrar of Voters by January 2 1936 on the second floor Ouachita Parish Court House. Chairman Ouachita Parish Board of Election Supervisors.
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Board of Supervisors of Election
Ouachita Parish
Board of Supervisors
Lillian Collins
Parish Registrar of Voters
Board of Election Supervisors
Ouachita Parish Court House
Towit
Wilcox to Discuss Louisiana Election Setup with Allen
Representative Wilcox a member of the special house campaign expenditures committee said he would discuss the Louisiana election setup with Governor Allen in Baton Rouge. He will talk about how election commissioners will be selected as national complaints claim state control of polling places. Both have studied Louisiana election problems amid intense anti and pro Long campaigns.
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Washington
Wilcox
Florida
Special
House
Louisiana
O. K. Allen
Baton Rouge
Granfield
Massachusetts
Allen
Huey P. Long
Pope Pius says peace hope unfulfilled at Christmas
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XII telling 34 Cardinals that the hoped for Christmas peace remains unrealized. He warns of dark days and bloodshed while urging clergy to be healthily modern and to embrace true science in service of faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius
LANDOWNERS TO OFFER COMPENSATION PROPOSAL FOR RIGHTS OF WAY
Senator Robinson endorsed the Markham plan and said suits would drop if congress acts. He prefers landowners to agree on just compensation but will seek a solution himself. The original proposal set compensation at 1.5 times assessed value, with inspections at the river sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Congress
Arkansas
United States
Mississippi
Ethiopia Says Adi Quala Taken In War News
Anthony Eden, new foreign minister, urged league members to back armed support to avert war. Italy’s northern army pressed slowly through the western Tembien sector as drums sounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cies
Anthony Eden
League
Italy
Tembien
Old, New Loves of Thelma Todd Probed in Death Case
Thelma Todd death case explores romances with her ex-husband Pasquale Di Cicco and film star Lupino and a San Francisco visitor. Autopsy cites carbon monoxide poisoning between 6 and 8 am Sunday, while party guest schedules and a vacant chair at the event raise questions for investigators. Margaret Lindsay testified she and Di Cicco had been dating. Lupino recalled tense exchanges about a party guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lupino
San Francisco
Miss Todd
Miss Lupino
di Cicco
Margaret Lindsay
George Johnson
Lindbergh Critics Discuss Threat Letters
Dr. Hoffman, a psychologist, notes many anonymous threats to prominent people originate from asylum-bound or mentally ill individuals. He cites the shock and emotional toll on targets, calling the anonymous intimidation a greater mental torture than the threatened crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman
Home Rule tickets face scrutiny amid Italian ties and gambling links
The speaker attacks Home Rule candidates saying an Italian on their slate altered his name Baldoni to Coco and criticizes Philo Coco for aiming at attorney general. He cites gamblers like Walton Templain of Gonzales as part of the ticket's alleged backing and questions state senate ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huey
Philo Coco
Baldoni
Coco
Philco
Walton Templain
Gonzales
Ascension Parish
State Senate
Derailed Illinois Central freight cars disrupt Brown Paper mill spur
Two freight cars of the Illinois Central railroad derailed Tuesday morning on the spur track to the Brown Paper mill. A wrecker was dispatched from the railroad yards to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad
Coat Stolen From Car On Sterlington Road
G. S. Mann of Swartz reported a coat stolen from his parked car on Sterlington road. Police were informed Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. S. Mann
Swartz
Sterlington Road
Aspironal quick relief for a cold advertised
An advertisement touts Aspironal as fast cold relief that warms and eases runny nose and eyes. It promises gentle bowel movement to aid recovery and a money back offer, claiming suitability for children and adults at fifty cents for a family bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aspironal
Texan Facing Murder Charge Is Suffocated
B R Harrell a 36 year old Grapevine farmer charged with the August murder of Miss Gladys Rodden was found suffocated under his burning mattress in the Fort Worth county jail death cell. Jail attendants noted he had hallucinations of being followed and was kept isolated as a danger to others. He reportedly hid under the mattress and died when the mattress burned. Rodden 24 was shot fatally at a rooming house through a screen door on the front porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
B. R. Harrell
Gladys Rodden
Harrell
Miss Rodden
Thousands of Shanghai students protest North China autonomy
Thousands of singing students converged on the north railway station in Shanghai, forced entry through barbed wire, and massed to demand central government action over North China autonomy. Police avoided violence as rioters clashed briefly on Nanking road and some 1,000 protesters seized the station to press for troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
North China
Nanking
Nanking Road
Associated Press
Ethiopia
Yules Light Could Dim the Moon With a Beacon Beam
The Lindbergh air beacon in Chicago could, with harnessed reflectors, project a beam that dimmed the moon at 1 375 000 miles and reached readers 1 250 000 miles away. The institute notes such use costs about 25 000 dollars per hour at five cents per kilowatt hour, but none of it is likely to happen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Institute
Bus Crash Hits Christmas Plans in Grim Winter Tragedy
Laura Davis of Meredithville and Ruth Goodwin of Cary North Carolina are identified among 14 killed when a bus plunged through a guard rail at a closed drawbridge. Alma Parham of New York and Samerton North Carolina was en route to surprise her son for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura “Honey” Davis
Meredithsville
Gunn
Greensboro
Laura Davis
Ruth Perline Goodwin
Cary
N. C
Kermit Goodwin
New York
Alma Parham
Samerton
Delta Plane at Birmingham Wrecked in Fall
An early morning Delta Airlines mail plane crashed while approaching Birmingham. A search began after the aircraft failed to arrive and officials from Delta and the commerce department moved to investigate the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DELTA
Birmingham
Delta Airlines
Department of Commerce
Bethlehem Christmas Fest: Pilgrims and Hymns by Candlelight
Thousands gather in Bethlehem for Christmas observances as priests swing censers before a curtained transept niche revealing an effigy of the holy child. Bells ring on Christmas Day while worshippers kneel in the grotto near the site of Jesus birth amid bonfires and carols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Shepherds’ Field
Bethlehem
Judea
Dear Declares Leche Took Fee In Tax Relief Case
The petition alleges Leche received 6027.18 as balance for 9372.58 in tax reduction work for Canal Bank & Trust properties in liquidation. He was paid 3986.41 as special counsel before liquidation for 1932 tax reductions. Congressman Dear spoke in Breaux Bridge and Opelousas commenting on Tugwell and state relief politics, defending Home Rule and denying shakedown claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal Bank & Trust Company
Leche
Opelousas
Congressman Dear
Breaux Bridge
St. Martinville
St. Martin Parish
Dear
A. P. Tugwell
Louisiana Highway Commission
State
Baton Rouge
Tugwell
Earl Long
Dick Leche
Abe Shushan
Bonus Measure Outlook Mentioned By Speaker
The speaker who dined with President Roosevelt last Saturday says he would be disappointed if only routine matters arise. He cannot tell if the president would veto any bonus bill. he believes the president may wait to see Congress's choice. Democrats are formulating a bill to gain administration support as Byrns agrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
Byrns
Tie Up Of Freighters Certain For 48 Hours
Peace talks delayed until after Christmas locking in a 48 hour freighter tie up on the Pacific coast. Hearings of two labor relations boards adjourned to December 26. Crews lost over work day length in disputes while ships like Eureka, Horace X Baxter idle and Maui Diamond Head stay wharfbound due to crew refusals to perform non crew tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Eureka
San Pedro
Horace X. Baxter
Alameda
Winc
Maui
Diamond Head
Infant Joy Ann Mork dies. rites in Riverview Cemetery
Infant Joy Ann Monk, daughter of Harbie and wife, died Monday in a local hospital. Interment followed at Riverview Cemetery with Rev. Scott officiating. Also listed are Mrs. W. R. Hodge who died in Monroe Hospital with funeral at Hasley Cemetery. Homer Courson Jr. four months died after surgery. services in Crossett, Ark. Interment there. Surviving relatives include parents, siblings, and extended family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Ann
Harbie Monk
Riverview Cemetery
W. ©. Scott
First Methodist Church
W. R. Hodge
Drew
Monroe Hospital
Hasley Cemetery
Mulhearn
Louis
J. F
Charles
Louise Hodge
J. T. Ingram
Herman
Howard Ingram
L. C. Garrett
R. H. Redding
Marlin Attaway
S. H. Stanson
E. Green
W. S. Upton
Homer Courson, JR
Homer Courson
Crossett
Ark
Bob
J. B. Courson
Funeral services for B. F. Huffman held in Tallulah
B. F. Huffman 55 died of pneumonia at home in Tallulah Sunday. Funeral in Tallulah Baptist church with Rev. L A Materne officiating. Interment Silver Cross cemetery. Survived by widow six daughters two sons and mother. Huffman had worked on a WPA project and recently moved from Meadville Mississippi to Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallulah
B. F. Huffman
L. A. Materne
Tallulah Baptist Church
Silver Cross
Huffman
The
Baptist Church
Meadville
Miss
Louisiana
Eunice Lundy
Sybil Louise
Mildred Huffman
Lee Wooten
Oak Grove
E. C. Foster
Monroe
John Kincade
Levi
Natchez
Carl
Mary Huffman
Henderson, la
Skirts Rule Ends in Oak Park as New Jail Planned
Oak Park mayor describes post election finances and town policing struggles in a city of 291 residents in 1930. She notes low marshals pay, revenue gaps from prisoners, and the need for a new jail after a fire. Ada Thompson may resign. Guther Powell Jr. to become mayor. four men named to the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Thompson
Guther Powell, Jr
Youmans
Roosevelt Christmas at White House and Yale visit planned
President Roosevelt and the family prepare for a Christmas party for poor children at a theater followed by a White House reception for staff. The first lady distributes Salvation Army food baskets and the executive staff are invited. The family will light an outdoor tree at 5 p.m. ET and the president will broadcast. The family includes Mrs. James Roosevelt and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
J. R. Roosevelt
Food aid aids over 150 families by Good Fellows
The Good Fellows distributed more than 150 Christmas baskets and food gifts. The count reflects families assisted, not individuals, who received timely help through the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Good Fellows
Auto Stolen From Catalpa Street Home
A 1932 Chevrolet coach owned by Elmer Anderson of 118 Vernon Street was stolen from the 200 block of Catalpa street overnight before 8 30. Anderson reported the theft to the police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Anderson
Vernon Street
Catalpa Street
Anderson
Community Christmas Tree Planned At Clarks Baptist Church
In Clarks Louisiana a community Christmas tree was scheduled for today at the Clarks Baptist church with local residents invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarks
Clarks Baptist Church
Liquidation sale of Richland Operating Company assets at Monroe courthouse
Liquidator Hatcher announces sale of Richland Operating Company property including Cooper No. 1 and Godfrey No. 2 gas wells in Richland parish. Sale at Monroe courthouse at noon on December 30 1935 subject to Century Carbon/United Carbon rights and lessors. Sheriff sale for Ouachita parish lot 2 square 10 Bryant's South Highland subdivision to be held December 28 1935 with cash terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Operating Company, Inc
Monroe
Louisiana
Richland Parish
Century Carbon Company
United Carbon Company
Lessors. Co
P. Hatcher
People’s Homestead & Savings Association
Alexander
State of Louisiana
Parish of Ouachita
Fourth District Court
Fourth Judicial District Court
Parish
Ouachita
Bryant
South Highland
Ouachita Parish
Gibraltar Life Insurance Company formation in Monroe Louisiana
Public notice states the incorporation of The Gibraltar Life Insurance Company in Monroe Ouachita Parish Louisiana. Articles cover corporate name objects duration domicile capital stock board of directors officers and liquidation terms with dates of filing and notarization. The document lists initial directors and officers including Kilpatrick Burgess Sherrouse Wimberly McCaleb and officers Kilpatrick Bell McCaleb Burgess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Petty
Ouachita
State of Louisiana
United States of America
State of
Louisiana
Gibraltar Life Insurance Company
Property seizure notice in Ouachita Parish court
The Fourth District Court in Ouachita Parish Louisiana directs sale of Lot 12 and 5 feet off the west side of Lot 11, Block 16, Austin & Eby’s addition to West Monroe. Sale in legal hours on dates November 26 and December 4 11 18 24 1935, with costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Homestead & Savings Association
Birch Williams Bell
State of Louisiana
Parish of Ouachita
Fourth District Court
Fourth Judicial District Court
Parish
Ouachita
Monroe
Louisiana
Austin & Eby
West Monroe
the People's Homestead & Savings Association
J. C Toombs
Sheriff’s Sale in Monroe Louisiana Block 4 Parcel
A public sale notice for a parcel in Hudson's River side addition to Monroe Louisiana. The lot fronts 60 feet along Fifth Street and 100 feet between parallel lines in square 4. Sale dates listed December 24 1935 and January 2 8 18 23 1936.
Property bid notice in Ouachita Parish Louisiana
The People studies Homestead Association vs No 25066 involves a parcel in Monroe La in Breard addition. The case describes a lot starting 40 feet from the intersection of Twelfth street and Pine street and running 40 feet along Pine then 89 feet back between parallel lines with bids scheduled December 24 1935 and January 2 8 18 23 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People's Homestead & Savings Association
Harris
State of Louisiana
Parish of Ouachita
Fourth District Court
Fourth Judicial District Court
Ouachita
Monroe
Louisiana
Hudson
Riverside
Fifth Street
Lot Three
People's Homestead & Parties Association
Nep Whitley
D. A
Property description in Monroe La. court notice
Public notice by W H Fair Jr of Ouachita Parish state of Louisiana describing property in D A Breard Jr home addition Monroe bounded Rochelle Avenue Third Street Rochelle Avenue to Rochelle Avenue alley between parallel lines measuring 50 feet by 144.90 feet with exact lot and plat references dated November December 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Homestead & Savings Association
W. H. Fair, Jr
State of Louisiana
Parish of Ouachita
D. A. Breard, Jr
Monroe
Rochelle Avenue
Third Street
Toombs Estate Collected Case in Ouachita Parish Court
The Fourth District Court of Ouachita Parish Louisiana handles the Est of J C Toombs in a probate matter. Court records show no 246813 as the case designation and the matter involves state and parish probate procedures.
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Thelma Todd
Lindbergh
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Yule
Mork Infant
Oak Park
YALE
Milton Coverdale
D. A. Breard, Sr’s
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Plagner
City of
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Office Journal
A. K. Kilpatrick
J. Porter Burgess
B. Sherrouse
L. M. Wimberly
J. V. McCale
Board of Directors
Cc. C. Bell
J. V. McCaleb
J.D. Petty
Notary Publia
Sheriff’s Base
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