Severe cold grips nation as death toll reaches two hundred
Across the country the cold spell intensifies with the Ohio river region hit hard. Fatal accidents occur from Kentucky to Michigan as zero and subzero temperatures cripple daily life. Firefighting injuries, hospital cases of frostbite rise, and relief agencies report heavy demand while forecasts hint at continued frigid conditions.
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C. W. Roberts
Bismarck
N. C
Lexington
Vanceburg
Ohio River
Henry Ford
Milton Raymond
New York Central
Adrian
Mich
Detroit
Washington, D. C
Coldest Weather of Season Grips Louisiana and Mississippi
A brutal cold wave swept the region with New Orleans recording 28 degrees the coldest day of the season and Monroe at 21 degrees. Baton Rouge reached 22 while Morgan City reported similar frigid readings as forecasts called for nights near 34 to 37 degrees and partly cloudy skies. Louisiana and most of Mississippi sat in freezing conditions with the extreme southeast spared.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Morgan City
Frosty Louisiana Night Doom Ice and Freezes Across State
Temperatures dipped across Louisiana Mississippi and Florida with frost in Monroe and West Monroe and reports of frozen pipes and auto radiators. Vicksburg reported 24 degrees Meridian 18 Tampa 30 Mobile 24 and a coast wide freeze predicted with interior lows 22 to 26. Radiators and pipes thawing. Forsythe park lily pond coated in ice as weather remained unsettled into Saturday.
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Louisiana Sugar Belt
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Vicksburg
Miss
Meridian
Tampa
Fla
Mobile
Mississippi
Monroe
West Monroe
Forsythe Park
Monroe Records Coldest Temperature This Season
The coldest weather in Monroe this season occurred early Friday with the temperature dropping to 21 degrees. Miss Katie Key, the official weather observer, notes this was one degree below the prior 24 hour low.
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Monroe
Katie Key
Morgan to Testify Early in Arms Probe
The article notes J P Morgan will testify early in the arms loan inquiry before the US entered World War I. Nye and committee members say the loans steered US neutrality, while Morgan and associates deny any influence on pushing US into war.
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Morgan
United States
Nye
Morgan and Company
England
Tragic burn death of seven year old girl on Wood Street
Geraldine Williams dies in hospital from burns after her dress caught fire from a gas stove at home on Wood Street. The incident occurred Thursday with the fatal injury reported Friday morning.
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Geraldine Williams
Wood Street
The Man Who Knows If Your Remedy Is Safe
A health advice note urges readers to consult their doctor about headaches neuralgia or rheumatic pains. The message stresses doctor knowledge on remedy safety. It emphasizes professional guidance and personal medical oversight.
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B. B. Moeur
Arizona
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
Washington
Max Baer
Joe Louis
New York
Bobby Jones
William Powell
Roosevelt
Bayer Aspirin Endorsement for Headache Relief
An advertisement urges readers to consult doctors before trying other headache remedies and promotes Genuine Bayer Aspirin as a safe, fast relief for headaches and pains. It notes aspirin’s safer history since its discovery and advises asking for Bayer by name when purchasing at drug stores.
Peeves of Public Figures and Notables Aired
A roundup lists various figures from governors to entertainers who despise common irritations. It cites Alabama Governor Bibb Graves deploring the word gimme, Texas Governor Allred’s wife’s shoes, and Arizona Governor Moeur resisting talk of old age pensions, among others.
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Bibb Graves
Alabama
South Carolina
James V. Allred
Texas
Weiss Re-Elected President of New Orleans Dock Board
Seymour Weiss was reelected president of the New Orleans dock board at a year end meeting. L. J. Vaccaro was named vice president I. B. Bennyson secretary and A. Sidney Nunez treasurer. Thomas J. Hill became finance committee chairman. The board adopted a resolution praising the late Senator Huey P. Long.
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New Orleans
Seymour Weiss
Huey P. Long
Obituary for W. L. Anding of West Monroe
W. L. Anding, 66, died at his residence south of West Monroe in the early hours of Friday. Funeral arrangements were not yet completed by Friday noon. Survived by sons Lee Jim Jesse Orton and daughters Miss Louella and Miss Johnnie May, all of West Monroe. Two brothers survive J. H. Anding of Grayson and S. W. Anding of Columbia.
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W. L. Anding
West Monroe
Lee
Jim
Jesse
Orton
Louella
Johnnie May Anding
J. H. Anding
Grayson
S. W. Anding
Columbia
Bar Admission Exams Planned for Loyola University
Shreveport La December 27 examination of applicants for admission to the Louisiana bar will be held at Loyola university New Orleans on March 9 10 and 11 announced George T Mc Sween secretary of the supreme court examining committee and member of the board of governors of the state bar yesterday
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Shreveport
Louisiana Bar
Loyola University
New Orleans
George T. McSween
Supreme Court
State Bar
Local visits and family notes in Monroe and Sterlington
Good Pine residents Mr. and Mrs. Otto Williams visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Summers visited in the home of Mrs. Margrette Clay. Miss Marie Stein called on Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Ballard. Volie Warren and family were summoned to Sterlington due to the death of Mr. Warren's father.
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Otto Williams
Monroe
Cliff Williams
Bob Summers
Castor
Margrette Clay
Marie Stein
Mrs. L. C. Ballard
Mr. Volie Warren
Sterlington
Mr. Warren
Oak Grove Tea Honors Norma Jean Crawley in Jackson
Mrs. Luther Edmonson hosted a tea party honoring her niece Norma Jean Crawley of Jackson Mississippi. Attendees included Matty Jay Mitchiner Patsy Hudson Dee Marcus Marge Keller and Huey Gene Ragus of Pioneer.
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Norma Jean Crawley
Jackson
Miss
Luther Edmonson
Matty Jay Mitchiner
Patsy Hudson
Dee Marcus
Marge Keller
Huey Gene Ragus
Pioneer
Norris Proposes Giant Mississippi Project With TVA Style
Senator Norris unveils a large plan to guide navigation irrigation hydro power soil conservation and reforestation in Mississippi. It would mimic TVA with a three member directorate and would absorb Army Engineers flood control work, funding annual congressional appropriation as projects progress. The 74 year old veteran dodges retirement timing and hints others could push the bill.
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Army Engineers
TVA
Congress
Senate
Ys Men's Club Redirects Dinner Funds to Charity
The Y s Men's club skipped two planned meeting dates and donated the funds from the dinners to the Christmas tree and entertainment fund for underprivileged children.
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Y's Men's
First Cotton Subsidy Payments Scheduled for January 15
Washington officials said first payments to farmers under the 1935 cotton subsidy will be issued January 15. The AAA will pay adjustment contract signers the difference between 12 cents a pound and the average market price on sale day, not exceeding two cents. Mailing of initial checks was delayed to December 15 for technical reasons.
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Washington
AAA
Wilcox urges funding for new air bases and air armada
Wilcox advocates new air bases and expanded ground crews to improve national security. He estimates 75 million dollars necessary to fund six new centers and upgrades at existing fields, proposing two bases built annually for three years to strengthen the air armada.
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Wilcox
New Trial Ordered In Municipal Power Suits
The District of Columbia supreme court ordered a retrial in four lawsuits challenging the Public Works Administration financing of municipal power plants. The cases involve PWA allotments for projects in Alabama towns Hartsell Russellville Guntersville Tuscumbia Decatur Sheffield Florence and Texas towns Plainview Huntsville and aim to test the constitutionality of a new loan and grant procedure for power projects.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
District of Columbia Supreme Court
PWA
Hartsell
Russellville
Guntersville
Tuscumbia
Decatur
Sheffield
Florence
Alabama
Plainview
Huntsville
Texas
Morning blaze damages pharmacy in downtown fire
Seven fire companies fought a major downtown blaze that damaged a pharmacy and smoke and heat caused most of the damage. The fire diverted other units to protect the city as the year neared its low loss total, with losses more than doubling the year’s fire toll by Friday.
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South Bend
Ind
South
Florida
Cumberland
Washington, D. C
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minn
Lincoln
Neb
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Y Se
Abduction of Miss Marjorie Boggs Ends Peacefully
Miss Marjorie Boggs an 18 year old waitress from Lexington Neb was abducted early today by two gunmen who robbed her companion. She was released near Elm Creek Neb this morning and is unharmed.
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Kearney
Neb
Marjorie Boggs
Lexington
Elm Creek
Home Rule Plan to Control Ballot Prompted in Parish
St Landry parish supervisors debated equal representation at polling places as guards to honest voting. McKinney, removed by the governor, had agreed to balance representation to avoid clashes. The piece notes Mrs. Weiss tied to Senator Long’s killer and local political alignments with Cleveland Dear and Judge Leche as gubernatorial choices.
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St. Landry Parish
E. A. McKinney
Board of Supervisors
Weiss
Senator Long
H. Pavy
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Bayer Aspirin
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University of Rochester
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Paramount
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Tolstoy
Anna Karenina
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May Robson
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Reginald Owen
Norris
Julius Kessler
Essler’s
Julius Kessler Distilling Co., Inc
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