Alleged Slayer Sheriff to Bring Roy for Turners Slaying
Rufus L. Roy held in Memphis for the December 8 slayings of Aurelius B. Turner and his wife at Cleveland Mississippi will be moved to Greenwood for questioning. Sheriff E R McLean said Roy may be turned over to a veterans hospital for treatment as he asserts his innocence.
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Memphis, Tenn
E. R. McLean
Bolivar County
Miss
R. L. Roy
Aurelius B. Turner
Cleveland
Roy
Greenwood
Rufus L. Roy
Memphis
United States
Terans Hospital
Mc. 3
Turner
Window Loots Hit New Orleans Stores
Thieves used a brick and a hammer to break two display windows in New Orleans. A grocery store window was smashed and cigarettes valued at 16.90 along with 15 dollars in cash were stolen. At an oil filling station a window was broken and a radio was taken.
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New Orleans
Looming Battles Seen in U S Congress This Session
An upcoming session faces three main battles as lawmakers debate veto risks and potential compromises. The senate opens January 3 with Pittman returning as pro tempore and Burns likely to be speaker in the house. A January 16 conference aims to align a currency expansion program amidst party blocs.
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U. S
Congress
Senate
Pittman
Nevada
House
Representative Burns
Tennessee
Robinson
Arkansas
Man Found Dead Outside New Orleans Grocery Store
A 65-year-old former seaman, Louis Bjelke, was found dead in front of a Tchoupitoulas street groc ery store. Police say he was robbed of his shoes, a factor likely contributing to death by exposure. Also notes on copal resin and an Aberdeen Scotland wedding anniversary where the king and queen sent congratulations to Mr and Mrs Edward F Mowatt.
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New Orleans
Louis Bjelke
Tchoupitoulas Street
Aberdeen
Scotland
Edward F. Mowatt
Sit-1-Cide Parasitic Itch Remedy Advertised
A new preparation Sit-1-Cide claims to penetrate skin and destroy all parasites causing scabies within thirty minutes. Sold by druggists for 60 cents or mailed on receipt of price by Suicide Co., Inc., Commerce, Ga.
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Suicide Co., Inc
Commerce, Ga
Arctic Weather Fury Continues Across Nation
Arctic storm spreads freezing conditions from the Midwest to the South and Atlantic. Fatalities climb with icy highways and blizzards. Niagra Falls, Chicago, Minnesota, Iowa, and western Canada report deaths and missing persons while fires add to the danger. Temperatures dip to subzero levels in Minnesota and Wisconsin with bitter readings across many cities including Louisville Nashville and Chicago.
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Niagara Falls
New York State
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Eveleth
Iowa
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Wisconsin
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Mayo
B. C
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Tenn
Little Rock
Memphis
Chattanooga
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Knoxville
Birmingham
Montgomery
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Jacksonville
Fla
Miami
Mixed reaction to vast valley program and power expansion
Discussion of 500 dams and a unified transport plan draws mixed reactions. Wilson expects some recommendations to pass Congress, possibly altered. White House considers expanding appliance sales via federal financing and private interests under an electric home and farm authority model. Rankin pushes river authorities with rural electricity access, while Norris and Bankhead support extending power lines to farms.
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White House
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Rankin
Mississippi
Columbia
Colorado
St. Lawrence
Missouri
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Norris
Nebraska
Bankhead
Alabama
Office of Shreveport Newspaper Burglarized
SHREVEPORT La Dec 27 A burglary hit the Shreveport Journal building as detectives investigated a battered safe missing 300 to 400 dollars including 100 belonging to a young employee Several money orders were also taken Entry gained through a window and anti fingerprint powder used to mask tracks.
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Shreveport
Shreveport Journal of the Police Department
Journal
Pope Grants Audience to Bishop Desmond in Alexandria
In Vatican City on December 27 Pope Pius granted an audience to Bishop Daniel Desmond of Alexandria Louisiana. The brief meeting acknowledged Desmond’s service and his role in the local diocese.
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Vatican City
Pius
Daniel Desmond
Alexandria
Long completes plan for Pennsylvania Avenue in Baton Rouge
Senator Huey P. Long says plans for a Pennsylvania avenue from the business district to his statehouse are nearly finished with details pending. Church street will be widened four feet on each side to become a wide driveway. He will move brick school buildings to allow a straight route through the school grounds to the statehouse and has abolished the city commissioner of streets and parks to appoint a state coordinator.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Pennsylvania Avenue
District of Columbia
Statehouse
National Capital
Church Street
Fifth Street
Long
Brothers of A Catholic
Wreck blamed on brakeman Lynch in Dundas siding collision
Toronto dispatch reports that E S Lynch forward brakeman of the London Toronto passenger special caused the Dundas siding crash by unlocking a switch to the siding as Detroit Toronto express approached. Kingsland of Canadian National Railway confirmed the brakes, signals, and track were in order.
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Toronto
W. A. Kingsland
Central Region
Canadian National Railways
E. S. Lynch
Dundas Siding
Phelps
Bayview
Lynch
Dundas Station
Hamilton
Lundas Station
New Orleans Posts 52 Degree Drop As Cold Wave Spreads
The city escaped the deepest freeze but still saw a 52 degree low today. Temperatures elsewhere reached colder levels in Nashville and Little Rock as a frigid blast moved southward.
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New Orleans
Nashville
Tenn
Lite Te Rock
Ark
Man narrowly escapes after car bursts into flames on St Charles
Police say the driver Leslie O Perkins escaped injury when his car, after hitting a parked vehicle on St Charles Avenue, burst into flames. The motorist reported he manages a Canal Street rental firm.
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New Orleans
Leslie O. Perkins
St. Charles Avenue
Canal Street
Positive Relief For Itchy Skin Ointment Trial Offer
A cooling ointment melts on the skin and quickly relieves itching and rashes including tetter eczema and foot itch. Money back if the first jar fails.
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