Human Angle Tops 1939 Mississippi News Picks
Mississippi editors crown human interest stories as the year’s top news moments. Highlights include a deadly Clear Creek bridge washout near Edwards, a governor candidate touting help for the average citizen, a teen admits to patricide, raids on liquor and gambling, a fatal scaffold execution, a ptomaine poisoned shrine gathering, a stolen plane stunt, a railroad merger, and a crash killing Memphis newsmen and a mayor’s son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Creek Bridge
Edwards
WPA
Yazoo County
Bond
National Guardsmen
Rankin County
Gold Coast
Lackout
Pearlie Evans
Supreme Court
Evans
Jackson
Gulf, Mobile and Northern
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mississippi
New Consolidated System
Texas Woman Injured When Car Overturned in Marshall
Mrs. Henderson Brown of Marshall Texas was injured when the automobile her son drove overturned into a ditch at DeSiard street and Sherrouse avenue. She had a badly cut lip a broken tooth an injured jaw and contusions. She was taken to St Francis sanitarium for a 48 hour observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSiard Street
Sherrouse Avenue
Henderson Brown
Marshall
Tex
St. Francis Sanitarium
Brown
N. J. Brown
Lou Reich
Crawford
Guard on death row beaten to death in prison escape bid
In Raleigh North Carolina two condemned men Clarence Rogers and William Young bound gagged and fatally beat a prison guard during an attempted escape. The guard was found dead around 1am Superintendent Oscar Pitts said both prisoners admitted the attack. Young faced impending gas chamber death for murder and burglary in Hoke County. Rogers awaited Supreme Court action on a Durham County murder conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Oscar Pitts
Clarence Rogers
William Young
J. S Chesser
Fredom
Chesser
Young
Hoke County
Rogers
Supreme Court
Durham County
Deaths and Funerals in Rayville and Tallulah
Funeral services for Emma Curl 68 at Smith Cemetery near West Monroe describe pallbearers and survivors including husband Robert E. Lee Curl two sons C S Curl W B Curl and three daughters Gracie Ann Brooks Rosie Lee Carrington Lessie Denison read across Rayville Cory Dixie Funeral Home. James H Moberley 82 prominent planter dies in Vicksburg sanitarium survived by son D L Moberley daughter Hazel Jeanne Moberley four grandchildren two brothers and a sister funeral at Tallulah Methodist Church Friday at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Curl
Rayville
Smith Cemetery
West Monroe
Gus Roberts
George Hardsow
Phil Humphries
J. A. Brooks
Noah Sharbano
Franklin
Tallulah
James H. Moberley
Vicksburg Sanitarium
Ilinois
D. L. Moberley
Hazel Jeanne Moberley
Fred
Shelbyville
Ill
John
Mattoon
Tom Shaffer
Chattanooga
Oklo
Methodist Church
D. W. Poole
Mule Smugglers Conviction Upheld in Two Cases
The Fifth Circuit affirmed judgments in two cases from the Southern District of Texas. Ymacio Sanchez of Laredo was denied a new trial after a 13 month sentence for smuggling four men from Mexico. In a collision case the court upheld a $30,000 damages award to F. W. Heldenfels, owner of the tug Andrew, against Anglo-Saxon Petroleum for a 1939 Houston Ship Channel crash with the motor vessel Standeila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
United States
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Court
Southern Texas District
Ymacio Sanchez
Laredo
Tex
Mexico
Sanchez
Standeila
Andrew
Houston
F. W. Heldenfels
Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company
Petroleum Company
Counterfeiting of American Passports Found
The state department found counterfeiting of American passports in Greece during screening of 37,000 passports taken from Americans returning from Europe after the war outbreak. The Greek government arrested a group in Athens and the state department turned over information to justice and labor for possible action against those who entered the United States on false papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Greece
State Department
Europe
Athens
Justice and Labor Departments
Woodring Urges Army in Being in U S Defense
Secretary of War Woodring, in his annual report, calls for an army in being complete in men and weapons and trained to 19 per cent efficiency. He argues modern weapons and world conditions require defense beyond money or manpower. The report notes tires with reinforced cords as a new patent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Woodring
Louisiana tops six crops in national rankings in 1939
Louisiana reports total crop value of $325.4 million with 4.19 million acres harvested. The state led the nation in six crops including sugar cane and rice, saw higher yields in most principal crops, and produced large volumes of cotton, corn, sweet potatoes, sugar, and strawberries compared with 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Grand jury resumes probe of Louisiana Normal college construction
Natchitoches parish grand jury restarts its investigation into construction work at Louisiana Normal College. A two hour site inspection followed testimony from Caldwell Brothers and Hart contractors Horace R Brown and Willie Ennis engineers and college officials including Raymond Whitehead J B Lancaster and T H Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natchitoches
Natchitoches Parish
Louwiana Normal College
Summa Caldwell
Caldwell Brothers and Hart
Normal College
Horace R. Brown
State Board of Education
William D. Ennis
Raymond Whitehead
Jack Boydston
Weiss, Dreyfous and Seiferth
G. J. Shehane
N. T Chatelain
Tom Caldwell
Richard W. Leche
Four Crash Victims Still In Hospital Near Rayville
Four crash victims from the bus auto collision near Rayville on December 17 remained in local hospitals Thursday morning. Ethel Hereford of Rayville Anna Belle Grier of Portland Ore Edgar Adams a bus porter remained at St Francis Sanitarium Maggie Tyson of Tallulah stayed at Riverside Sanitarium Eva Newberry discharged from Riverside returned home Ananias Williams of Tallulah and Ruby Dorsey of Minden were dismissed from St Francis hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayville
Ethel Hereford
Anna Belle Grier
Portland
Ore
Edgar Adams
St. Francis Sanitarium
Maggie Tyson
Tallulah
Riverside Sanitarium
Riverside
Eva Newberry
Ananias Williams
Ruby Dorsey
Minden
St. Francis
Army Air Corps Cancels Exhibitions War Show Planned
Washington December 28 The army air corps will not participate in 1940 national air races at Cleveland or the American Legion convention citing busy training and testing. An air show at Bolling Field Washington is planned for January 2021 mainly for congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Air Corps
Louis Johnson
Air Corps
Cleveland
Army
Bollingfield
Congress
Births for Mee Rouge couple announce daughter
Mr and Mrs W S Laing of Mee Rouge announce the birth of a daughter on Wednesday at St Francis sanitarium.
Parish Committee Named to Oversee 1940 AAA Program
Delegates from Ouachita parish elected a six district parish committee to supervise the 1940 AAA program. T. T. Jones was named chairman with I. E. Lucas as parish administrator and R. L. Moore as vice chairman. Alternate members were N. W. McHenry and G. F. Owens. Delegates selecting the agricultural committee were Moore, McHenry, Donald, Garland, Noble, and Owens across six communities and wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
T. T. Jones
I. E. Lucas
R. L. Moore
Marvin H. Foster
W. McHenry
G. F. Owens
N. W. Mc Henry
Percy N. Donald
J. R. Garland
Joe Noble
Ponchatoula Boy Dies After Accidental Shot
Eight year old Walter Hendry of Ponchatoula La died in Charity hospital after being hit by buckshot while playing cowboy on saw dust. Willie Bovin an 18 year old Ponchatoula youth firing a shotgun in play thought it empty and snapped it toward the boy. Police say the shooting was accidental and took no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Walter Hendry
Ponchatoula
Charity Hospital
Willie Bovin
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E. H. Crump
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Third St
Ouachita Candy Company
Monroe
Louisiana
Mrs, Emma Curl
Army-Navy
Liney Faition
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AAA
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