Japan Halts Advance On Chinchow Amidst Tense Maneuvers
Reports say Japanese detachments near Chinchow withdraw toward the South Manchuria railway, leaving a battalion at Tienchuang tai and forces east of Liaochang. Tokyo notes warn against foreign interference as Honjo's headquarters stay silent on the shift in Manchuria operations.
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Chinchow
South Manchuria
Mukden
Tienchuangtai
Liaochang
Shigeru Honjo
Tokyo
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
Great Wall
Sandao Araki
Tulane Announces 15 Court Games Schedule
Tulane University released a 15 game basketball schedule opening next month with 14 nonconference and Southern Conference opponents. The slate lists Alabama at Tuscaloosa January 8 9 Mississippi A&M January 15 16 Sewanee January 18 18 New Orleans Athletic Club January 22 Mississippi A&M January 28 30 Auburn February 5 6 LSU February 12 13 LSU February 19 20 at home.
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New Orleans
Tulane University Today
Alabama Et Tuscaloosa
Mississippi A. & M
Sewanee
New Orleens Athletic Club
Mississippi A
Auburn
Louisiana State
Baton Rouge
Andersons Home Damaged By Morning Fire On Moore Street
Two rear rooms of A. Andersons residence at 1 Moore Street were badly burned in a morning fire of unknown origin at 1 30. Firemen used hose lines to extinguish the flames. The Andersons were away at the time. Mr Anderson, a barber shop operator, and his wife had moved from Monroe to Lake Charles months ago. West Monroe firemen also responded to a curtain fire at W W Buce 204 Lazarre Avenue caused by a gas heater. the blaze was out upon arrival.
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A. ©. Anderson
Moore Street
Mr. Anderson
Monroe
Lake Charles
West Monroe
W. W. Buce
Lazarre Avenue
Wright Attends Louisiana Children’s Code Committee Meet
L Wright juvenile officer received invitation to attend the Children’s Code Committee of the Louisiana State Conference for Social Betterment in New Orleans January 4. He is a member of the committee and will decide on his attendance. The committee, formed July 1930, meets for the first time since its creation. Mrs Harriet Deggett of Baton Rouge chairs the group with Dr George Sexton of Shreveport as conference president.
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L. Wright
Louisiana State Conference For Social Betterment
New Orleans
Harriet Deggett
Baton Rouge
George Sexton
Shreveport
Conference For Social Betterment
Brazil Lifts Censorship On Rio De Janeiro Press
Rio de Janeiro news outlets won partial freedom as censorship ended today though limits remained on foreign content. The move aligns with Brazil’s path toward constitutional government and broader press liberties on the eve of political transition.
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Children Celebrate Merry Christmas at Louisiana Baptist Home
Santa Claus and five cottage trees hosted 175 children at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home for Christmas. Toys fruit candy and nuts were distributed with a noon dinner. Churches societies and local businesses donated gifts and goods including candy boxes fowl dinners and fruit. The Louisiana Training Institute boys will hold a 4 PM party with Santa Claus presenting gifts.
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Santa Claus
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Baptist
Women's Missionary Societies
Ouachita Candy Company, Inc
Monroe
Governments Exchange Views On Debt Parley
In Paris representatives of France and Great Britain discuss an international reparations conference at The Hague set for January 18 as part of the Young plan. The French cabinet awaits other nations’ reactions before an official move and a Basel report meeting was postponed.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
the Hague
United States
Two Society Women Lose Bracelets in Taxicabs
In New York on December 2 a mystery led to a police search after two society women reported bracelets valued at $19,000 missing from taxis. Mrs Katherine Kent Erhart and Mrs Leonora Haberle Warner claimed their bracelets vanished while traveling from theaters to home, with a cab driver promising return but not appearing.
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New York
Katherine Kent Erhart
The
Isle
William R. Grace
Countess of
Doenoughmore
Leonora Haberle Warner
Eight Red Shirts Killed by British Troops in India Riot
In Peshawar near Kohat cantonment 500 demonstrators clashed with police and soldiers. Eight men described as red shirts were killed and 50 wounded when troops opened fire after police used lathis to charge the crowd.
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India
Peshawar
Red Shirts
Kohat Cantonment
Police Seek Light Blue Vehicle Stolen in Vicksburg
Monroe police were alerted by Vicksburg Mississippi police to watch for a light blue car with a bullet hole under the left door. The Mississippi license 230-631 was reported. The vehicle was stolen in Vicksburg.
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Monroe
Vicksburg
Miss
Ruston Couple Celebrates 50 Years of Marriage on Christmas Day
Ruston Louisiana honors Zachary Taylor Goyne and Anna Elizabeth Covington Goyne as they mark their fiftieth wedding anniversary at home on West Arizona Avenue with four children and several grandchildren. Their son Mayor C C Goyne, Ollie Goyne, Mrs Thomas A Green, and Mrs A J Thigpen celebrate with family.
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Ruston
Arizona Avenue
Daddy
Goyne
Zachary Taylor Goyne
Charles C. Goyne
Zach” Gayne
Farmerville
Gayne
Anna Elizabeth Covington
Covington
Russell County
Alabama
C. C. Goyne
Ollie Goyne
Thomas A. Green
A. J. Thigpen
Sheriff Thigpen
Czech Diplomat in Moscow Linked to Soviet Plot
A Czecho Slovakian diplomat named Vanek, left Moscow, identified as Citizen G, was charged with plotting an attack on the Japanese ambassador. Recalled by his government after trying to persuade a Soviet official to strike the ambassador, the plot aimed to involve Russia in Manchurian trouble. He expressed contrition and said his intent was not to kill but to fire at the ambassador’s automobile.
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Moscow
Vanek
Russia
Six More Added by Governor to Clemency List
The number of penitentiary convicts and other law offenders benefiting from Governor Huey P. Long's holi day season clemency stood today at 8 following the signing of six additional pardons, three sentence commutations, and two citizenship restorations by the governor Christmas Day. Four pardoned convicts, George and Milton Thornberg, larceny, Tangila hoa, J. D. Marcus, breaking and entering. Beauregard, and J. D Morris, robbery, Washington, were freed yesterday. They were to have been released with 22 others on Christmas Eve, but the pardon board recommendations did not arrive in time. Other clemency orders by the governor Christmas Day in conformity with pardon board recommendations were: S. B. ReCoulley, in Ouachita Parish jail for assault by wilfully shooting at, pardon, Tony Covington, on parole from a sentence for highway robbery, Livingston, pardon, Walter Calhoun, larceny, Red River, commuted to 12 to 18 months, Anthony J. Scafidi, shooting at with intent to murder, Orleans, to 15 months, Sloan A. Emerson, intoxicated driving, to $1,000 fine and 72 days in jail, of which 60 days is suspended, M. H. Bosley, Jr. Red River, burglary, and Charles E. Feldner, Orleans, citizenship restored on completion of terms.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
George and
Milton Thornberg
Tangilahoa
J. D. Marcus
Beauregard
J. D Morris
Washington
Pardon Board
S. B. ReCoulley
Ouachita Parish
Tony Covington
Livingston
Walter Calhoun
Red River
Anthony J. Scafidi
Orleans
Sloan A. Emerson
M. H. Bosley, Jr
Charles E. Feldner
Duke and Actress Bride Sail Toward Honeymoon in Cuba
William Angus Drogo Montagu Duke of Manchester sails from New York with his bride Kathleen Dawes for a four month honeymoon in Cuba aboard the Virginia. The couple wed December 17 at Greenwich Connecticut after a delay and the Duke has property in Cuba.
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Duke
Actress Bride
Cuba
New York
William Angus Drogo-Montagu
Duke of Manchester
Virginia
Havana
Kathleen Dawes
London
Greenwich
Conn
Consuelo
Duchess of Manchester
Island
Nash Sedan Stolen Last Night Found
A Nash sedan stolen from 115 Wood Street in West Jackson was found this morning. Robert Layton notified police that the car was located on a road off to the south beyond Spanish City, east of Monroe, after being stolen and abandoned.
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Nash
West Jackson
Wood Street
Robert Layton
Spanish City
Monroe
Rabid Police Dog Attacks in City, Victims Named
A half breed police dog owned by Paul Johnson at 1016 South First Street went mad while in care of Mrs. R. FE. Fuqua at 1022 South First Street. The dog bit several people including Louie Ballard and was shot after examination. The head was sent to the state laboratory where rabies evidence was found. The dog had roamed near Fifth and Glenmar Streets and may have bitten other dogs and people before capture by Dr. H. H. Baur.
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Paul Johnson
South First Street
Johnson
R. FE. Fuqua
Fifth
Glenmar Streets
Baur
Hold Lad Here Await Word From Father
Herman Cole a 15 year old lad, son of J. 5. Cole of Gadsden, is held in the parish jail awaiting word from his family. He was found passing through on a freight train and said he had no destination and would be glad to return home. Juvenile officer E. L. Wright has asked the father to send railroad fare for the boy's return.
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Herman Cole
J. 5. Cole
Gadsden
E. L. Wright
Deputy Sheriff Hosts Relatives From Away
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Banister of New Orleans and Ray Banister, former LSU student now at Tulane, visit Monroe for Christmas with relatives and friends. Dr. Banister is a cousin of Deputy Sheriff W. H. Banister, and Ray is his son.
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Charles Banister
New Orleans
Ray Banister
Louisiana State University
Tulane University
Monroe
Dr. Banister
W. H. Banister
Condition of W. J. Stulce Improves Today
W. J. Dad Stulce, father of L. A. Stulce educational director of the First Baptist Church, who has been seriously ill at his son's home on South Grand Street, is much improved. His physician is hopeful of a complete recovery.
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W. J
Dad) Stulce
L. A. Stulcce
First Baptist Church
South Grand Street
Catholic Daughters Attend 6:30 Mass at St Matthew's
The Catholic Daughters of America will attend the 6:30 a m mass at St Matthew's Church tomorrow morning urging full member presence at the service.
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Catholic Daughters of America
St. Matthew's Church
Poultry Prices in Chicago Market Report
Chicago poultry prices listed for alive fowls and poultry products. Rates cover 13-16 week old fowls, springs, roosters, young hens and toms, heavy white and covered ducks, small ducks, and geese with varied per unit charges.
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Chicago
Funeral services for R. W. Bryan in Calhoun
Funeral services for 69 year old R. W. Bryan of Calhoun were held at the Calhoun Methodist Church with Rev. W. C. Scott officiating. Burial followed near Calhoun. He died at a sanitarium after a 10 day paralytic stroke. Survived by wife and multiple children including W. J. Bryan of the Monroe Fire Department and others in Calhoun, Monroe and Ft Worth. Pallbearers were Monroe Fire Department members.
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R. W. Bryan
Calhoun
Calhoun Methodist Church
W. C. Scott
Monroe First
Arthur T. Bryan
C. Grady Bryan
Monroe
O. R. Bryan
Ft Worth
Texas
C. R. Wilder
Jonesboro Road
Claud K. Bryan
Nora Thurston
Altha Myers
Indian Village
C. B. Bryan
Monroe Fire Department
A. S. Johnson
J. W. Faler
J. B. Ryals
Thomas Wilson
J. L. Griffin
E. D. Otwell
D. N. Brown
Ll. F. Cummings
Foreign Exchange Rates Steady Across Major Currencies
New York markets report steady foreign exchange with Great Britain at 3.43 1 4 dollars and 60-day bills at 3.38. Other quotations include France 3.93, Italy 5.19 demand, Belgium 13.92, Germany 23.78, Norway 18.80, Sweden 18.15, Spain 848, Argentina 25.73, Brazil 63 1 2, Tokyo 40.45, Montreal 81.75, Mexico City 40.25. Note says demand rates are nominal.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Austria
Rumania
Argentina
Brazil
Tokyo
Shanghai
Montreal
Mexico City
Butter and Eggs Prices Drizzle Through Chicago Market
Chicago markets report mixed dairy faults with butter at 7.00 per pound and creamery specials around 30 1 2 to 29 1 2 for extras. Eggs totaled 2 785 shipments with unsettled extra firsts ranging 24 to 25 and current receipts 20 to 22.
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Chicago
New Light Baptist Services Held in Schoolhouse
After the New Light Baptist Church burned, services move to the nearby schoolhouse tomorrow. Sunday School is at 10, preaching at 11, B Y P U at 6 and preaching at 7. Rev. G E Goodman reports the plan.
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New Light
G. E. Goodman
Cinema Close-Ups at the Capitol and Paramount
Ken Maynard retrieves the horse Tarzan for Branded Men at the Capitol as a bargain purchase from a Mexican seller. Lew Ayres stars in Heaven on Earth at the Paramount, praised as his best since All Quiet with a riverboat setting and a climax of high excitement.
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Capitol
Ken Maynard
Tiffany Productions
Capitol Theater
Tarzan
Ken
Paramount
Lew Ayres
Universal
Heaven On Earth
Paramount Ter
Lew
Mississippi River
Ayres
Pope Pius Calls for Church Union in Encyclical
The pope outlines that Jesus has two natures in one person and discusses scripture and tradition as proof. He notes two persons in Christ are not spoken of and announces a new mass honoring Mary to mark the anniversary of Ephesus.
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Jesus Christ
Mary
Ephesus
First Frost Seen In City As Temperature Drops
Monroe saw the first frost in days with a 39 degree morning low. Miss Kate Key, weather recorder, notes river levels rose slightly then may begin falling within a day or two as skies stay clear.
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Monroe
Kate Key
Government Weather Recorder
Miss Key
Willie Coleman Not In West Monroe Fight
W L Coleman of 84 North Fourth Street West Monroe says he is not the Coleman in the Thursday night fight with Phink Wainwright at Pine and Fifth Streets. Willie Coleman and Wainwright suffered knife wounds but neither was seriously hurt and both were treated at local hospitals and returned home.
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W. L. Coleman
North Fourth Street
West Monroe
News- Star-World
Coleman
Phink Wainwright
Pine and
Fifth Streets
Willie Coleman
Wainwright
Mrs Teflas Placed in Local Sanitarium After Disturbance
Mrs Kotchilos Teflas wife of a hot dog stand operator at 215 DeSiard Street became hysterical during a dispute with her husband at the business and was removed to St Francis Sanitarium. En route she spoke loudly and physicians gave a hypodermic to calm her before she rested in a room. The Teflas are of Greek extraction.
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Kotchilos Teflas
DeSiard Street
St Francis Sanitarium
Held on Prohi Charge Carl Bonnett Arrested for Whiskey
Carl Bonnett was arrested today by sheriff’s deputies on a Prohi charge and jailed. Four half gallon fruit jars of whiskey were seized during the arrest at the time of custody.
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Carl Bonnett
Sheriffs Department
Bonnett
Flood danger in Delta increases as levees fail
Convicts withdrawn from Glendora and Sumner are providing labor to reinforce levees while Williamson keeps extra crews ready. Sumner and western outskirts flood after a private Jennings plantation levee breach sends water toward the town. The Sumner school basement flooded but pumped out and not believed damaged. post office and Baptist Church remain flooded with no new rises.
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Glendora
Sumner
Williamson
Jennings
Drowned man and son reported in Mississippi flood area
A Black man named Henderson and his six year old son were said to have drowned while crossing a levee into the Tallahatchie River near Mimms Mississippi. Rescue efforts continued for Pope Whitten and his four children missing since fleeing Stone earlier in the week.
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Batesville
Miss
Henderson
Mimms
Tallahatchie
Reachers
Pope Whitten
Stone
Federal Reserve Probed Over Securities Loans During 1929 Panic
A Senate banking inquiry details that most security loans by banks funded securities trading rather than business needs. The report notes Fed credit restrictions mostly hit brokers and dealers, with little effect on loans to other customers. It also highlights brokers loans as mischievous during the stock market inflation and cites no prior actions to curb them before the current investigation.
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Federal Reserve Authorities
Federal Reserve
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
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