Woman in jail after Christmas Eve shooting at Campbell mansion
Missie Campbell 28 awaited call from authorities as inquest opened into the fatal Christmas Eve shooting of her mother in law Cordelia Campbell 55 at the Campbell mansion north of Youngstown Ohio. Detective Luarde questioned servants and guests. prosecutors noted Miss Campbell drank before the shooting. No charges filed.
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Aren, O
Missie Campbell
Ohio
Cordelia Campbell
James A. Campbell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Campbell
Youngstown
Trumbull
Joseph Luarde
J. C. Henshaw
Luarde
Marie Ravelli
England
Mahoning Valley
Man Offered Blood Before Death in Canada
Weston W. Fletcher aged 28 died at Grace Hospital Windsor after thousands in the United States and Canada offered blood transfusions in a bid against a streptococcus viridans infection. Donor appeals mounted a month earlier but strict type four blood and recovery from the infection limited volunteers. five transfusions were reported.
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Windsor
Ont
Weston W. Fletcher
United States
Canada
Grace Hospital
Fletcher
Good Fellows Fund Acknowledges Christmas Basket Help
The Good Fellows Fund of the News Star and Morning World finalizes receipts and praises gifts totaling 1 279 19 plus in kind donations worth about 400. The drive funded nearly 450 baskets for families in Monroe and West Monroe, sharing Christmas cheer. Special donation of 2 was given to targeted individuals via the sponsors.
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Good Fellows Fund
News-Star and Morning World
Monroe
West Monroe
Bernstein
Sallie Ruffin
Millie
Austin
Aioe
Saudia
Paige
Irwin Not Likely To Stand Trial In NY Slayings
The New York Times reports Robert Irwin may plead guilty to a lesser charge for a life sentence rather than face first degree murder trials. Irwin, 29, a sculptor, killed Ronnie Gedeon, her mother Mary Gedeon, and boarder Frank Byrnes, and is described as a dementia praecox case with paranoid tendencies.
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New York
New York Times
Robert Irwin
Ronnie Gedeon
Mary Gedeon
Frank Byrnes
Thomas E. Dewey
Irwin
Byrnes
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Dewey
Americans Face Death Penalty Under Japanese Law in China
Reports from Shanghai say a Japanese decree in conquered Chinese areas imposes military law with death for crimes against Japan's armed forces, extending to foreigners including Americans. The move prompts questions on treaty rights and could affect reopening of embassies in Nanking as Japan advances in northern China near Tsinan and across the Yellow River.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Japan
China
Soochow Creek
Nanking
United States
Yellow River
Tsinan
Shantung Province
Mayor Benoit assumes post after mayor's death
Monroe officials report Mayor Harvey H. Benoit begins serving the unexpired term of Mayor Arnold Bernstein who died of a heart attack Tuesday. Benoit greets supporters at a city hall reception and expresses gratitude for governor Leche’s appointment and public cooperation.
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Harvey H. Benoit
Monroe
Arnold Bernstein
Benoit
City Hall
Leche
Six priests elevated to domestic prelature in New Orleans
Archbishop Joseph F. Rummel announced that six priests of the New Orleans archdiocese were raised to the rank of domestic prelate. The new Right Reverend Monsignors are Rev. August Bruenig, Charles P. Greco and George Andree of New Orleans, Rev. Jean M Eyraud of Reserve, Rev. Auguste Ravoire of Thibodaux, and Rev Celestine M. Chambon of Donaldsonville.
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New Orleans
Joseph F. Rummel
Archdiocese of
August Bruenig
Charles P. Greco
George Andree
Jean M Eyraud
Reserve
Auguste Ravoire
Thibodaux
Celestine M. Chambon
Donaldsonville
Former State Senator Hood Found Safe After West Monroe Search
Dr. T. L. Hood a former state senator and longtime West Monroe figure was found alive Monday at 8:30 am waist high in the Ouachita River near Lazarre's point. He had been missing since Saturday afternoon and was taken to Vaughan-Wright-Bendel clinic in fair condition with exposure. A posse of about 100 people scoured the area and he offered no coherent account of his movements.
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Ouachita River
Lazarre’s Point
T. L. Hood
West Monroe
Three Tax Groups Proposed for Corporations by House Subcommittee
Washington December 27 members of a house subcommittee announced a plan to split corporations into three tax groups by income size. Small firms would face normal income tax rates around 12 to 16 percent with no undistributed profits tax. Large firms would pay an undistributed profits tax of 16 to 20 percent. Intermediate firms would enter a notch with taxes between the two regimes.
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Washington
House
Profiteering sparks nation wide anti trust debate
Washington December 27 Robert P Jackson assistant attorney general drew sharp fire over monopolistic profiteering as a prelude to a broad administration anti trust drive. Roosevelt may back new legislation and possible congressional probes. Jackson urged government restraint to curb monopolies and protect workers and consumers. Continued on third page.
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Washington
Robert P. Jackson
Roosevelt
Jackson
Lammot du Pont
Mysterious new chemical heals terrific burns
A watery by product from injured yeast cells heals severe burns rapidly with fresh skin and no scars. Reported by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Developed at Divi Thomas Institute Cincinnati by Sperry Sperrs Loofbourow Fardon Cueto Cook. Treatment tested at St Marys Hospital Cincinnati for about a year.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Indianapolis
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Divi Thomas
Cincinnati
George Sperry Sperrs
John
R. Loofbourow
John C. Fardon
Andre Cueto
Elton Cook
St. Mary's Hospital
Preacher urges yearly marriage for couples in New Year plan
The Rev. George J. Houtain of Clinton Heights Congregational Church, Albany, urges couples to remarry each January 2 as a New Year resolution. He says reviving wedlock yearly will strengthen American democracy by reinforcing the home and family as a sacred institution.
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Albany
N. Y
George J. Houtain
Clinton Heights Community
Funeral Held for Mrs. Louise Filhiol in Monroe
Mrs. Louise Ferrand Filhiol widow of Hardy H. Filhiol and descendant of city founder Don Juan Filhiol died at 91 Jackson Street two days after her 7th birthday. Service began at Peters Funeral Chapel then St Matthew's Church with Rev. N F Van degaer. Interment in Catholic cemetery. Active and honorary pallbearers listed. Born on Sante Fe plantation in Caldwell Parish.
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Louise Ferrand Filhiol
Hardy H. Filhiol
Don Juan Filhiol
City of
Monroe
Jackson Street
Peters Funeral Chapel
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
N. F. Vandegaer
Tom Easterling
O. W. Cosby
Robert Breard
O. A. Hill
N. W. McHenry
L. F. Ralleigh
S. J. Riveire
Sig Haas
F. W. Handy
R. W. Faulk
Mose Hoffman
R. W. O'Donnell
A. G. McHenry
James A. Noe
Charles Schulze
Dan Armand Breard
Fred Hanna
Austin Green
J. Q. Graves
George Gunby
T. Lamkin
Thomas E. Breard
W. A. Breard
G. F. Breard
Horace Cann
J. M. Bennett
Mussolini's Eldest Son Becomes Father Again in Rome
In Rome on December 27 Vittorio Mussolini welcomed a son named Guido marking the second grandson born to Il Duce in ten days. Earlier Count Galeazzo Ciano’s wife Edda Mussolini Ciano gave birth to her third son Marzio, reported from the Italian capital.
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Rome
Mussolini
Vittorio
Guido
Il Duce
Edda Mussolini Ciano
Galeazzo Ciano
Marzio
Pardon Granted for Mrs Root Christmas Gift of Freedom
In Memphis on December 27 Governor Gordon Browning pardoned Daisy Alexander Root, released after 19 months for the murder of her husband. The governor said he found her not guilty in his view and commuted the prior sentence before granting full clemency.
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Memphis
Tenn
Gordon Browning
Daisy Alexander Root
Nashville
Chicago
R. L. Roberts
Roots
George
King Carol Leads Romania's Political Crisis in Bucharest
In Bucharest on December 27 King Carol I took direct control of Romania's tangled politics after Liberal Premier Tatarescu failed to secure a parliamentary majority. He summoned Octavian Goga of the National Christian Party to seek coalition support, aiming to bridge anti semitic and pro German-Italian factions with the liberal government aligned to France's Entente.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Carol
National Christian Party
Goga
Tatarescu
Germany
Italy
Romania
France
Ententa
Loss of Life in Louisiana Within Period Mounts 1013
A historic year end report tallies nationwide fatalities from a string of Christmas events. Traffic crashes dominate the toll, with state totals led by Illinois 50 and Pennsylvania 41, while Louisiana records 13 deaths amid varied causes from gunfire to accidents and suicides.
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Mnlinois
Pennsylvania
Ohi
California
Kentucky
Texas
Chinquapin
N. C
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kenaucky
Maine
Maryeland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Iseland
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Sheriff Prepares Poll Rush by Splitting Ouachita Books
The Ouachita parish sheriff divides poll books between two offices to speed voting as 4715 voters had obtained poll receipts by Monday afternoon. Ward 1 4 and 10 use the courthouse office. wards 5 6 7 8 9 use Joe Hanna's tax assessor office. West Monroe and Monroe residents follow respective ward lines.
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Ouachita Parish
Sheriff's Office
Sheriffs Office
Joe Hanna
West Monroe
Mr. Hanna
Letter Y Clue Tightens Kidnapping Case in Tacoma
FBI agents in Olympia sift through records chasing a single letter Y as the sole clue in the year-old kidnapping murder of Charles Mattson. His nude body was found December 17, 1936 near Everett after ransom payments failed. hundreds were questioned with no charges filed.
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Tacoma
Wash
Dee
United States
Charles Mattson
Olympia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles
Everett
W. W. Mattson
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