PUPILS TEN GET INSTRUCTION IN DRIVING AUTOS
Baton Rouge Louisiana will launch a driver education campaign starting Monday. Sixty five state high school teachers will attend a week long course at Louisiana State University to learn safe driving and then teach pupils for 16 weeks toward graduation. Col Roy leads the program with support from automobile dealers who donate dual control cars. Bradley Polytechnic Institute’s C M Hewitt will attend.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana State University
E. P. Roy
Roy
State Department of Education
C. M. Hewitt
Department of Automobiles and Aeronautics
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Peoria
Ill
Liquid Tablets Salve Nose Drops Headache Remedy
An old time patent medicine card promotes Liquid, Tablets Salve and Nose Drops to relieve headache within about 30 minutes. It suggests rubbing in for quick relief and markets under the slogan Rub My Tism as a world’s best liniment option.
Farmer Clarence Harrison Shot Dead in Toccapola Porch
In Pontotoc Mississippi a 35 year old farmer Clarence Harrison was found shot on his Toccapola front porch with a shotgun beside him. An inquest ruled death from shotgun wounds and labeled it as related to personal safety. The piece then oddly shifts to a note about Beau Brummel spending four hours daily dressing.
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Pontotoc
Miss
Clarence Harrison
Toccapola
Francis Farr
Harrison
French Crisis Grows Louder As Strikes Persist
Paris reports intensified labor unrest as Communist deputies back strikers amid stay-in actions. 2000 Goodrich plant workers remain inside and deliverymen strike. Army trucks and mobile guards intervene to maintain markets and newspaper distribution as strikes extend to Toulouse.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Popular Front
Camille Chautemps
Goodrich Company
Chamber
Goodrich
Toulouse
Robbery Involving Delivery Boy At Pierce Drug Store
Two armed men robbed Willie Mays 15 delivery boy for Pierce drug store at Tenth and De Siard streets. They took 2.50 in cash and a quart of whisky after luring him with a whisky order to 1104 Calypso Street. The incident occurred Thursday night as the boy approached his bicycle.
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Willie Mays
Pierce Drug Store
Tenth and
DeSiard Streets
Monroe
Calypso Street
Convicted Slayer Held After Downtown Fight in Memphis
Stanley Puryear 42, recently convicted for the 1932 axe slaying of his wife and given a 20 year term, was held without charge after a downtown hotel brawl in which a man was slashed with a knife. A man named John Phillips and two women were detained for questioning.
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Memphis
Tenn
Stanley Puryear
Liberty
Ben Camferdam
Camterdam
John Phillips
Puryear
Supreme Court
Aurelia
Bat with taped eyes still catches insects in flight
A bat wearing taped eyes can still detect and catch flying insects, showing it relies on senses beyond sight to navigate and hunt.
Two Black Women Sentenced In Jail Theft Case
Mamie Anderson, a negro woman, was sentenced to 30 days by Judge W. M. Harper for stealing four pounds of beans from the city jail kitchen. Kath Erine Crosley received 60 days for aiding in the theft. Anderson, a trusty, had been due for an 11 day Vagrancy term, and was caught by trailer Joe Anders as she left, implicating Crosley, who is serving 100 days for drawing and displaying a dangerous weapon. Melvin Williams and Edward Carter were each jailed 15 days for vagrancy and fingerprinted. Thirteen traffic violators paid a total of 26 dollars and 59 cents, while three defendants paid 7 dollars 50 cents each for drunkenness.
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Mamie Anderson
W. M. Harper
Katherine Crosley
Anderson
Joe Anders
Crosley
Melvin Williams
Edward Carter
Light Company Christmas Trees Celebrate in Louisiana
Monroe and West Monroe workers of Louisiana Power and Light held their annual Christmas tree and dance at Lakeside Country Club Thursday night with about 130 attendees. A large lit tree held gifts for the children before a dance. Sterlington employees will host their tree and program Friday at 8 p.m. at the community house with gifts and a music and talks program.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Lakeside Country Club
Sterlington
Cities frown on Yale fireworks in the south
Southern cities restrict firework sales and use while enforcing ordinances variably. Memphis reports fewer accidents as Chief Will D. Lee vows strict enforcement. New Orleans bans torpedoes and cannon crackers, permits minor explosions. Atlanta tightens curbs and vendors rush to meet demand.
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Atlanta
Memphis
Will D. Lee
Jacksonville
Burke
Knoxville
Chicago to legalize bookies for off track betting
Chicago voters may see licensed bookies by January five as Mayor Edward J. Kelly plans to sign an ordinance legalizing off track wagering. The measure allows brokers to relay bets to tracks nationwide with annual downtown licenses at five thousand dollars and lower fees elsewhere. Critics call the plan unworkable and costly, jeopardizing profits.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Barnet Hodes
Hawthorne
California
Political clash over betting law stalls tracks funding
Governor Horner denounces the measure as illegal while the mayor pushes the ordinance to cover overhead at the tracks. State's attorney Courtney abstains from comment pending review of the proposal.
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Henry Horner
Thomas J. Courtney
Injured Boy Returns Home for Christmas Visit
Robert Dunaway six year old son of Mr and Mrs J L Dunaway of 107 Thomas street left Riverside sanitarium where he had been treated for a slight skull fracture and shock after being struck by a car while watching a grass fire He will spend Christmas at home and asked nurses if Santa would know he was laid up at the hospital The nurses reassured him that Santa would not forget him
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Robert Dunaway
J. L. Dunaway
Thomas Street
Riverside Sanitarium
Hobert
Santa Claus
Santa
Robert
Riverside patient returns home after accident ordeal
Friday morning doctors said Robert was well enough to leave Riverside sanitarium and go home. The starry-eyed boy planned for Santa to visit at his home on Christmas Eve, resuming preparations that had been paused after the incident.
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Riverside Sanitarium
Robert
Santa
Santa Claus
Wisconsin Rail Network Size Report
A statewide tally states Wisconsin contains 6,904 miles of railroad lines within its borders, detailing the extent of the rail network across towns and rural areas.
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Wisconsin
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