Winter Battles Rain Across Southern Manchuria
In Mukden and Chinchow areas Japanese and Chinese forces clash along the Liao river as Japan moves to rout bandits and protect lines. Chinese artillery disrupts river ice ahead of potential crossings while Japanese columns press westward near gas bands. Air attacks hit the Kowpangtze Yingkow railway near Chenchia with a section destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mukden
Manchuria
Liao
Chinchow
Tientchuangta
Kowpangtze-Yingkow
Chenchia
Chenchiatun
Liao River District
Light Sentence Given Bank Robbery Suspect Vincent Campbell
Hammond December 25 A three month sentence was imposed on Vincent Campbell of Natchez Mississippi for his part in last summers Bank of Kentwood robbery. The light term reflects his cooperation as a state’s witness. Two co-defendants were granted new trials by the State Supreme Court and released on bond while two others face nine to 14 year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Vincent Campbell
Natchez, Miss
Bank of Kentwood
Kentwood
State Supreme Court
Christmas Tree Lights Brighten Ouachita Town
A column notes extensive holiday lighting across Ouachita Parish with Sheriff Milton Coverdale and Dr. J. T. French among the standout displays. It mentions a Trenton Street contest winners and local figures including Miss Lillian Collins, Judge McReynolds, and the firehouse dog Jiggs.
Department of Commerce Moves Into New Building In Washington
Workmen begin a 24 hour shift to move the bulk of Commerce Department activities into a new seven story building near the Washington monument. The structure covers nearly eight acres with 1,605,066 square feet of floor space and houses offices from the secretary to the bureau of mines and navigation. Page two continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Washington
Sam
Washington Monument
Department
Bureau of Standards
Temple of Business
Congress
Secretary's Office
Aeronautics Branch
Bureau of Census
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Bureau of Fisheries
Bureau of Lighthouses, Coast and Geodetic Survey
Bureau of Navigation
Steamboat Inspection Service
Patent Office
Bureau of Mines
Commerce
Capitol
Hoover
Jones fights wage cuts in U S Bureau
Senate appropriations chair Senator Wesley Jones challenges proposals to cut federal wages and personnel. He backs White House stance and could block curtailment, arguing a 10 percent government wage cut is unfair and warning of broader industry responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Appropriations Committee
Wesley Jones
Jones
Congress
White House
Hoover
Borah
Glancing Bullet Shatters Glass On Parker Home
A random pistol shot during a wild Christmas celebration grazed a window at 101 South Sixth Street, striking Mrs. Parker and shattering the glass near her sleeping baby. Mrs. Parker cut her hand. the baby was unharmed. Rufus Parker was away. he found the flat bullet on the floor when he returned.
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Rufus Parker
Appointment of Woman to Arms Delegation Hailed
Madrid reports Clara Campoamor praises Dr. Mary Woolley for her appointment to the U S delegation to the world disarmament conference. Campoamor says the action shows global support for women in national and international affairs and commends President Hoover and Woolley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Clara Campoamor
Chamber of Deputies
Spain
Mary Wooley
United States
Hoover
Miss Woolley
Widow Mabel Domergue Dies From Self-Administered Poison
Jackson Mississippi December 25 police say Mrs Mabel Domergue 28 died from self administered poison. She had been married only six months and formerly lived in Patterson Louisiana. A brother Ralph W Loveland of Baton Rouge survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mabel Domergue
Woman Hurt In Wreck Near Dallas
W. F. Dement 38 of Gulfport Mississippi suffered severe head injuries when his car wrecked near Dallas last night. Mrs Dement and Miss Ida Mae Cobb 22 of Gulfport were bruised in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
W. F. Dement
Gulfport
Miss
Here
Congress Hears Relief Bills On Unemployment Aid
Senate hearings set to begin on two federal relief proposals to aid the jobless this winter and next. Costigan seeks 375 million dollars, LaFollette 250 million, defying Hoover policy against direct unemployment relief. Witnesses from social work groups and the Russell Sage Foundation to testify on unemployment. 6 to 7 million jobless expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Manufacturers Committee
Costigan
Colorado
Hoover
New York
Philadelphia
Russell Sage Foundation
Walter S. Gifford
Senate
Arthur Woods
Rail freight rates to rise January 4 for most goods
Washington December 2 Freight rates on all but agricultural commodities will increase January 4 to help railroads earn bond interest. The temporary surcharges vary by class, end by March 31 1933, and can be applied with five days notice. Roads will post rates December 30 and proceeds will back loans for the neediest lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Credit Corporation
Rockefeller Sends All World His Good Wishes
John D. Rockefeller, staying at The Casements in Ormond Beach Florida, wished a happy Christmas for everybody in the world. He planned a round of golf and greetings for friends visiting the winter home, maintaining his daily routine despite holiday bustling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Ormond Beach
Fla
John D. Rockefeller
Casements
John
Proposals Sought for Black Bayou Fish Hatchery Work
Bids due January 12 by Robert S. Maestri Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation for excavation and related work at the Black Bayou Fish Hatchery Monroe. Plans available for $5 nonrefundable. $350 bid deposit required. 100 percent performance bond. Separate bids requested for light and water plant and for a double acting system with automatic control. quantities include 24700 cubic yards excavation, levee work, roads, fencing, gates, and pump structures.
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Robert S. Maestri
Louisi Department of Conservation
Orleans Court Building
New Orleans
Black Bayou
Monroe
Commissioner of Conservation
S. ©. Huey
Missionary Held Prisoner By Bandits In China
Miss Harriet Halverstadt a missionary from Wellington Kansas is held by bandits with ten Chinese captives in Foochew China. Police located her location and report she is being treated kindly as authorities negotiate over exorbitant taxes. Miss Julia Onafield sails to aid and supply essentials as military officials press civil officials to resolve the tax dispute and secure release.
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Foochow
China
Harriet Halverstadt
Wellington
Kas
Miss Halverstadt
Julia Onafield
Bobbed-Haired Bandit Released After Seven Years In State Prison
New York on December 25 reports Cecilia Cooney once termed the bobbed haired bandit has left prison after seven years and plans a quiet Christmas. Her husband, jailed with her for Brooklyn chain store holdups, is also released after seven years. He received $12,000 from a court for a hand injury and they hope to buy a cottage and raise chickens near New York.
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New York
Cecilia Cooney
Brooklyn
Cooney
Court of Claims
Actress Estelle Taylor Hurt in Hollywood Car Crash
Hollywood. screen actress Estelle Taylor former wife of Jack Dempsey was badly injured when her car was forced off a boulevard by another vehicle and crashed into a palm tree. She suffered a scalp laceration, hip bruise, and cut tongue, and was treated at a hospital before returning home.
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Hollywood
Estelle Taylor
Jack Dempsey
Miss Taylor
Herbert Dasse
Frank Joyce
Joyce
Noel Scott
Evelyn Brent
Harry D. Edwards
Miss Brent
Christmas Cheer Brings Aid to Monroe West Monroe Families
Several hundred families in Monroe and West Monroe received Christmas help through the Goodfellows Fund totaling 477.21 plus toys food and clothing from a benefit matinee at the Paramount Theater and 55 food baskets from Sur-Wa Stores. The Monroe Welfare Association distributed gifts locally and aided Negro children via shoes, while the West Monroe Welfare Association oversaw their city’s program.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Goodfellows
Goodfellows’ Fund
Harry Rice
Paramount Theater
Sur-Wa
Monrose Welfare Association
Colored Welfare Association of
Welfare Association
Santa Claus
Convicts and Citizens Rebuild Levees as Flood Crisis Eases
In Sumner Mississippi, convicts from Parchman and local citizens aided repairs on the weak Bayou Cassidy levee amid mud and four foot depths of water. Superintendent Jin Williamson oversaw Glendora levee reinforcement as rescue crews evacuated marooned families in the Tallahatchie Quitman area. Reports of drownings circulated but could not be confirmed due to widespread flooding.
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Sumner, Miss
Bayou Cassidy
Tallahatchie River
Sumner
State Penitentiary
Glendora
Jin Williamson
State Penal System
Parchman
Bayou
Tallahatchie-Quitman
Senate to Hold Hearings on Wet Proposals Soon
Washington December 25 Early in the new year Senate committees will hold hearings on prohibition law changes A group led by Senator Metcalf Rhode Island will hear a bill by Senator Bingham Connecticut to legalize beer by raising the Volstead act limit from 0 5 to 4 percent The second inquiry will probe repeal measures with Senator Norris Nebraska to appoint a committee including Senators Cutting New Mexico and Sheppard Texas
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Washington
Senate
Metecalf
Rhode Island
Bingham
Connecticut
Metcalf
Judiciary Group
Norris
Nebraska
Cutting
New Mexico
Sheppard
Texas
Christmas Day Mildness Brightens Twin Cities
Several weeks of rains gave way to a bright Christmas in Monroe and West Monroe as springlike warmth and good will mark the day. Grace Episcopal Church hosts a midnight service, St Matthew’s held an early mass with Millard’s mass, and Grace Church plans a 9 o’clock service. Families gathered around decorated trees and opened presents as Santa’s deliveries arrived. A 2:50 football game is scheduled for this afternoon at For (Vontinued om Page Two).
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Herman McGuire
Lillian Collins
Ouachita Parish
B. M. McKain
S. M. McReynolds
Junior
West Point
Monroe
West Monroe
Christ
Bethlehem
Grace Episcopal Church
Grace Church
St. Matthew’s Church
Millard
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Mbo
Nippon
Kentwood Bank
Jes’ Ramblin
Milton Coverdale
St. John Street
J. T. French
Roselawn
Trenton Street
Fred G. Thatcher
C. E. Murphy
J. T. Chappell
Tom Hicks
Orgy
Kansas
U.S
Appropriations Committee
Teo
Mother
LaFollette
Wisconsin
LCC
Mississippi Bayou
Tallahatchie Sector
Twin Cities
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