Legion Conducts Funeral in Columbia for Robert Meredith
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Columbia for Robert F. Meredith 36 a planter and merchant who died after shooting himself Saturday morning He had been treated at Monroe hospital and died at 9 15 Sunday His death remains under stigma of unknown reasons The American Legion post led the grave service at Columbia cemetery Rev L H Harrell officiated and he also served as post chaplain Surviving are wife five children Josephine Robert Jr William Paul and Pauline plus two brothers A E Meredith Shreveport and Sam Meredith Columbia and Mrs Dorothy Jackson all of Columbia
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Methodist
Columbia
Robert F. Meredith
Monroe Hos
Meredith
Columbia Post
American Legion
Corpse of Young Girl Identified in Addison Road Tragedy
Morning near Addison, Miss Modrow identified as the victim found on the road. Neighbors recall a quiet girl who worked as a maid in Oak Park after graduating from a suburban high school in 1931. Police located her sister in Oak Park and noted a single man sized foot track beside the body.
Rockefeller Hosts Traditional Christmas Day Dinner
Rockefeller welcomed friends after church and exchanged greetings on Christmas Day. He planned a walk or golf and will host his annual party at The Casements with 150 guests, featuring carols, gifts, and a final hymn.
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Rockefeller
Casements
Santa Claus
Man Held In Jail After Fatal Shooting Saturday
Henry Berthelot, 45, is jailed in Springville awaiting investigation into the fatal shooting of Moise Gregoir, 40, on Saturday. Berthelot says Gregoir threatened his daughter and attempted to attack him with friends after she refused to drink whiskey.
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Denham Springs
Henry Berthelot
Springville
Moise Gregoir
Berthelot
Gregoir
Party Planned For Tuesday Night At First Baptist Church
A gathering is set for 7 o clock tomorrow night at the First Baptist Church for all members of the state department led by Superintendent Jack Morrison. Attendees are urged to attend and have a good time anticipated.
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First Baptist Church
State Department
Jack Morrison
Miners Trapped After Explosion in North Wing Mine
Debris filled tunnels slow rescue as 24 miners remain entombed. Bodies recovered include a father and sixteen of his children. many victims were union members. Relief aid arrives with a $1000 donation from John L. Lewis and local officials list ward precincts and deputies assisting.
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John Millhouse
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Progressive Miners Union
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Tipple
Primary Plans For Ward and Precinct Commissioners Listed
A lengthy listing of names for Ward 2 through Ward 5 precincts shows who is designated as commissioners and deputy sheriffs. The document enumerates candidates and officials across multiple wards and precincts.
Two Men Die by Their Own Hands in Caddo on Christmas
Shreveport reports two suicides on Christmas Day. Leslie Gill, 27, assistant laundry manager, shot himself as his wife prepared breakfast amid financial worries. F. C. Andrews, 41, a lumberman, slashed his throat near Cross Lake. ill health cited as motive. Coroner Dr. Willis P. Butler returned death by own action verdicts.
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Shreveport
Leslie Gill
F. C. Andrews
Cross Lake
Willis P. Butler
Caddo Parish
Christmas Weather Brings Warm Holiday in Twin Cities
Ideal conditions yesterday as residents enjoyed Christmas with bright sun and a 74 degree high. The day opened cooler at 45 degrees and this morning dropped to 42. skies were overcast with a hint of rain. The Ouachita River at Monroe measured 15 feet, up 0.1 foot per state weather observer Kate Key.
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Twin Cities
Ouachita
Monroe
Kate Key
Loyola Wolves to meet Spring Hill Badgers October 20
Loyola University announces a renewal of a longtime gridiron feud as the Loyola Wolves clash with the Spring Hill Badgers on October 20 in New Orleans. The planned date and venue were disclosed in a Loyola authors note.
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New Orleans
U.P
Loyola Wolves
Spring Hill Badgers
Loyola
Toll of death climbs across the south weekend
A weekend toll across the South includes 42 deaths from auto and related accidents. Killed are Robert Hillard and Bernard E. Gaylord in South Carolina playmate gun incident, Rosalind Crooks in a South Carolina car crash, J. C. Anderson of Langley S C in a Southern motor crash, and others in Tennessee Florida Georgia and Alabama incidents.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Robert Hillard
Bernard E. Gaylord
South Carolina
Rosalind Crooks
J. C. Anderson
Langley
William Crowe
Memphis
Tenn
Vernon Rogers
Hickman
James Talley
Southwestern
Union City
Agnes James White
Nashville
Jack King
Chicago
Eustis
Fla
Laura Miller
Tampa
Lamar Oliver Keller
Miami
Fort Lauderdale
Douglas Taylor
Elrod
Ala
Sam Hillin
Birmingham
New Orleans
Shreveport
Regar Dickerson
Chatham
Claude Bolling
Owen Bolling
Wayne Bolling
Flat Gap
Pound
Mary Anne Buckley
Staunton
Lippmin Resting in Caddo Hospital After Crash
Freeman Lippmin and his brother suffered injuries in a car accident about 12 miles from Shreveport. Freeman, the more seriously hurt, was expected to recover. initial fears of a fractured skull were ruled out, but possible hip and collarbone fractures remained. Both brothers rested well in a Shreveport hospital.
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Shreveport
Freeman Lippmin
Senate body to fast track Norris farm relief bill in January
Senate committee plans hearings by the ways and means starting January 4 to gauge fiscal needs for a farm relief bill. Garrett stated the budget must be balanced and Secretary Mills of the treasury will testify first.
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Garner
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
the Treasury
Feud Resumes as Wolves Face Badgers in New Orleans
In New Orleans football circles the long dormant Wolves and Badgers rivalry is renewed today. The anticipated clash marks a popular return to a historic series with both teams eager to prove supremacy.
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Wolves
Badgers
New Orleans
Institutions of Monroe Observe Christmas Sunday
Two Monroe institutions marked the holiday with gifts and trees. Louisiana Baptist Children's Home erected large trees in cottages filled with fruit nuts and presents for each inmate. At Louisiana Training Institute influenza limited trees but nuts candy and fruit were given to all boys. Six boys paroled and two discharged. 18 ill with flu, four in serious condition, now improving.
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Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Louisiana Training Institute
Charles Schulze
Norman E Mack Dies at Buffalo Democrat Leader
Norman E Mack long time Democratic chief in western New York died in Buffalo after a period of illness. He helped secure a Mack candidate for Buffalo port customs, backed Roosevelt in 1932, and suffered a rough defeat in 1928 against Alfred E. Smith. Survived by widow Harriet Taggert Mack and two daughters Norma Mack Metz and Stuart Cary Welch.
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Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
New York
William H. Fitzpatrick
Mack
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Pacific Coast
Harriet Taggert Mack
Norma Mack Metz
Stuart Cary Welch
Obituary of J. C. Ingram El Dorado child dies
The body of four year old J. C. Ingram son of Mr and Mrs Claude Ingram of El Dorado Ark arrived here after noon today Death occurred from pneumonia late last night at that city A short funeral service was held at Peters funeral chapel at 3 pm and the interment followed at Riverview Burial park The Ingram family prior to removal to El Dorado lived in Bastrop and Mer Rouge Mrs S J Willensky of this city is an aunt of the deceased
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J. C. Ingram
Claude Ingram
el Dorado
Ark
Peters’ Funeral Chapel
Riverview
Roosevelts Hyde Park Home Hosts Christmas Observance
President elect Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Roosevelt family spent Christmas at Krum Elbow Hyde Park attending Saint James Episcopal chapel and greeting friends. Advisors discuss plans to gather first hand information on European debts disarmament and the world economic conference before inauguration. Davis plans New York trip to consult experts Edmund Day and J H Williams before returning to Europe this week.
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Krum Elbow
Davis
New York
Europe
Edmund E. Day
Rockefeller Foundation
J. H. Williams
Harvard
Roosevelts
Saint James’ Episcopal Chapel
Hyde Park Village
Hudson Valley
South Trimble
House of Representatives
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Roosevelt Mansion
Louis McHenry Howe
Hoover Heads South on Fishing Trip in 1929
President Hoover travels south from Ossabaw Island returning to the White House after a luckless fishing session. The party sails through the Florida passage then lands at Sapelo Island hosted by How ard Coffin. They listen to Sapelo Island spiritual singers on the veranda of Coffin's Sapelo big house.
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White House
Hoover
Qossabaw Island
Sapelo Island
Howard Coffin
Florida Passage
Bear River
Mud River
New Teakettle Creek
Sapelo Big House
Funeral rites for prominent Shreveport planter Hiram Forbing
Funeral services will be held tomorrow in Shreveport for Hiram Forbing a 89 year old prominent Caddo parish planter who died suddenly at his home yesterday.
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Shreveport
Hiram Forbing
Caddo Parish
Car Stolen From Downtown Parking Place In Downsville
A 1927 Chevrolet roadster owned by W. W. Terry of Downsville was stolen late last night after being parked near Hotel Alvis. The blue vehicle had a broken windshield on the right top and left bottom, a missing front bumper, and a cracked rear glass.
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W. W. Terry
Downsville
Hotel Alvis
Gordon Cummings
Lee-Rogers Chevrolet Company
D. J. Bedsole
L. G. Parker
Cole Addition
Santa Claus Tickets Visit At Salvation Army Tonight
Santa Claus will visit the Salvation Army at 122 South Grand Street tonight at 7 o clock. Captain W L Workman announces a special program for the public with Milton Coverdale Jr and his orchestra Leon Hammonds at the piano Prof Marcello violin Miss Gladys Hughes song of angels and a Robert Courtney solo plus additional features.
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Santa Claus
Salvation Army
South Grand Street
W. L. Workman
Milton Coverdale, Jr
Leon Hammonds
Prof
Marcello
Song of Angels
Gladys Hughes
Robert Courtney
Two Houses Destroyed In Sunday Fires In Monroe Area
A Monroe home at 104 Fairview Avenue belonging to Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hayden Jr. burned last night causing an estimated 5 000 to 6 000 dollars in damage. A West Monroe residence at 102 Claiborne Avenue owned by Mrs. Henry Chisholm was also destroyed, about 2 500 dollars loss. Fire crews battled blazes after hose line failures and several trash fires at 1013 North Sixth Street and 613 Pine Street were extinguished.
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Monroe
West Monroe
L. E. Hayden, Jr
Fairview Avenue
Henry Chisholm
Claiborne Avenue
Bride asks about cake in old style dialogue
A humorous exchange quotes a bride asking how her cake is and the husband replying with a proverb about cakes his father and grandmother baked, attributed to Kolnische Seitung.
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Kolnische Seitung
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Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc
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H. A. McDonald
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C. S. Dunn
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J. J. Mooney
Ellis McRainey
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E. B. Harrell
A. G. Pace
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F. M. Gates
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H. D. Haile
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John A. Baker
Prentiss Boyd
Robert Watson
J. O. Grant
O. G. Hamilton
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G. L. Hubbard
C. A. McCain
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E. V. Beard
J. H. Cowan
Sander Berry
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J. R. Murphy
B. W. Allen
Luther Peacock
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O. A. Falk
Reece Major
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I. L. Summerall
F. B. Chase
Louis Goldman
D. T. Miles
W. K. Abbington
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L. N. Collier
Frank McCormick
Ed Haas
H. E. Dickard
G. E. Davis
We, Leigh
I. O. Hart
E. S. Hilburn
J. R. Littlepage
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Walker Glenn, Sr
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B. A. McDonald
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R. W. Germany
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G. N. Mills
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J. W. Blanchard
R. L. Pritchard
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U. J. Page
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Leon Cohn
J. R. Burns
R. R. Cann
H. M. Allen
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Wilds H. Ross
L. W. Paillett
C. V. Sanders
J. B. Filhoil
C. A. Kincaid
C. S. McDonald
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R. F. Adams
Sheri
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W. G. Haynes
Jimmie McCormick
H. A. Brownlee
J. L. Cummins
PE. Pilcher
Phil S. Smith
Clifford Benson
T. L. Tippitt
R. M. Browning
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Betty Jean Rape
George Rape
Clayton Avenue
E. E. Huntsberry
R. W. Watson
Calhoun
W. E. Rape
Eros
W. P. Sims
Delhi
Mr. Sims
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Cary Grant
Charlie Roggles
BP Schulberg Oooucctia Gouna
Capitol
Richard Cromwell
Dorothy Jordan
Mae Marsh
Strand
Jean Harlow
FORD
John M. Munholland
Morehouse
United States
David I. Garrett
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