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29 Dec 1928
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Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1928
Page
1
Tragic Burn Death Of Two-Year-Old Sehon Child
Howard Clifford Sehon aged two and a half son of FE W Sehon Missouri Pacific station agent at Bosco died after his clothing caught fire while playing near a grass burn yesterday afternoon. He died at Riverside sanitarium in Monroe at 7 PM after being rushed there from the scene. Final services will be in Huttig Arkansas with grandmother Mrs W T Sehon of Monroe listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Clifford Sehon
FE. W. Sehon
Missouri Pacific
Bosco
Riverside Sanitarium
Howard
Monroe
Sehon
Huttig
Ark
W. T. Sehon
Georgia Street
Little Howard Sehon
Mother Kills Self and Two Children in Gas Tragedy
In Cicero suburb near Chicago a mother Mary Zahradnik aged 30 turned on gas in her home and killed herself with her two children Joseph Jr aged 4 and Otto aged 1. The father left for work and returned to discover the bodies. A prior beating of Joseph is noted as a possible indirect factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self
Chicago
Sec
Cicero
Mary Zahradnik
Joseph, Jr
Otto
Little Joseph
Black prisoner slashes throat of New Jersey trooper
State police with bloodhounds hunted for a black suspect after Trooper Peter Gladges 22 was found slain in his car on the Robbinsville Windsor highway. Keaton, nursing concerns, was in the rear seat as the assailant escaped with the trooper’s pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Robbinsville
Peter Gladges
Robbinsville-Windsor
Gladges
Hightstown
David Ware
Pansy Keaton
Keaton
Gladys
Ware
Tom Mix Ordered to Court Over Child Support Arrears
Los Angeles reports cowboy star Tom Mix must appear January 4 in superior court to show cause why he should not be cited for contempt for failing to pay $225 in back support for his daughter Ruth Mix. The sum covers one month of arrears as part of an escalation from $50 monthly payments to $225 if the child is not in school and $4,800 if she attends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Tom Mix
Ruth Mix
Mix
Olive Stokes Mix
Woman Offers Life For Slayer of Husband in Wisconsin
In La Crosse Wisconsin a woman offers to serve life in prison to free John Beier who sits in a life sentence for the 193? slaying of Nick Biesen. Beier, imprisoned eight years, sought clemency from Governor Zimmerman and confronted Mrs Helen Bartovich Biesen, widow, who killed her husband according to Beier’s claim. He alleged a past infatuation and an affair with Mrs Biesen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lacrosse
Wis
John Beier
Nick Biesen
Zimmerman
Helen Bartovich
Beier
Abduction of Bertha Couste by Two Youths in New Orleans
Miss Bertha Couste a 17 year old girl was dragged from her home by two youths one named Emlie and the other Leon She staggered home saying the abductors attacked her while her father Franke Couste watched as police hunted the pair The incident occurred in front of the house and the car fled with the girl in the rear seat toward a nearby field then the assailants separated leaving one to walk back to the home vicinity
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Bertha Couste
Emlie
Leon
Franke Couste
Ten Gallons of Whiskey Seized in Downtown Arrest
Jack Daugherty and Ed Moore were arrested after 10 gallons of whiskey were seized from a vehicle in a downtown alley behind the Willard Hotel on DeLiard Street at 3 30 a m. Police Captain F E Clower and Officer V W Cummings led the arrest as the men were drinking coffee in a nearby restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Daugherty
Ed Moore
Willard Hotel
DeLiard Street
North Second
North Third Streets
B. Clower
V. W. Cummings
Last Day to Pay Ouachita Parish Poll Tax Ends
Monday marks the final day to pay the current year poll tax in Ouachita parish. Taxes paid by close of business stay in good standing. after this date assessments become delinquent and a 10 percent annual penalty on the state portion applies. Deputies in the tax collector's office will process the updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
President Coolidge Meets Senator Schall and His Dog Lux
President Coolidge invited Lux the guide dog to the White House after learning how Thomas Schall of Minnesota, a blind senator, is guided by his pet. The gesture underscored support for the visually impaired and their access to national leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Coolidge
Thomas Schall
Minnesota
Lux
White House
Missing Church Worker and Girl Found Safe
Peter Wise a 61 year old unordained minister and Annie Shields 20 were found in a cabin between Dillsburg and East Berlin after fox hunters spotted a light. Wise held on theft charges for $12 from Salem Methodist church where he preached. Shields returned to her Hogestown area parents awaiting notes of relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dillsburg
Peter Wise
Annie Shields
Hogestown
East Berlin
Wise
Miss Shields
Justice of the Peace of
Mechanicsburg
Salem Methodist Church
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley
A humorous piece by J. P. Alley features Hambone reflecting on responsibility and social expectations with a folksy, playful tone. The prose captures dialect and character as Hambone muses about knowing what responsibility means and resisting seamless conformity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hambone
Meditations
J. P. Alley
Mass Meeting Demands Justice in Hattiesburg Lynching
In Hattiesburg Mississippi a mass meeting organized by the Chamber of Commerce urged swift justice for the lynching of Emanuel McCallum a 20 year old Black automobile mechanic. Rewards have been posted for arrests and convictions as investigators pursue unknown assailants amid a crowded indignation gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Miss
Mississippi
Emanuel MecCallum
McCallum
Eight Deaths Around Monroe During Holiday Week
A five day span around Monroe recorded eight violent deaths. Slayings include Julian Bryant 22 of Calhoun. one death by self harm. another from poisoned liquor. two automobile crashes. and a burn from an outdoor fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Julian Bryant
Calhoun
Christ
Slightly More Hope Shown In King's Case
Two newer bulletins on King George's condition offered modest encouragement after previously troubling reports. Public anxiety remained high as officials noted a restful day and night, with only a very slight improvement claimed. A possible blood transfusion was rumored but denied by doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
George
Thieves Batter Monroe International Safe. $114 Stolen
Thugs used a master key to break into the Monroe International office at 2006 DeSiard street and escape with $114 in cash. The safe was pried open. no documents or smaller coins were touched. Police have no leads on the culprits as the entrance doors were found intact. The seized bills included three twenty dollar notes, four ones, and the rest tens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin City
Monroe International Company
DeSiard Street
Yeggs
Birmingham Teacher Recovers After Nine stories Fall
New Orleans December 29 physicians said James B. Orr a Birmingham schoolteacher who leaped nine stories from a hotel could leave the hospital today. A fractured hip was his only serious injury and doctors called the escape miraculous though he struck glass and wire netting over the palm room. His brother planned to take him home to Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
James B. Orr
Birmingham
Mississippi Requisitions For Three Honored By Moody
Governor Moody issued requisitions for the return of Homer Hodge James H Reese and E N Reese to Mississippi. They are said to be under arrest at Honey Grove charged with obtaining property under false pretenses in West Point Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Moody
Mississippi
Honey Grove
Homer Hodge
James H. Reese
E. N. Reese
West Point
Miss
Black convict kidnaps daughter and flees from prison farm
Miss Ruth Duvall 18 said Cherley Shepherd, a negro convict, kidnapped her at gunpoint from the Mississippi state prison farm. She found the body of her murdered father in the dining room and reported threats of retreat if she tried to escape. She reappeared at prison camp number 9 after wandering in the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Preece Parchman
Ruth Duvall
Cherley Shepherd
Miss Duvall
Belgium faces mass evacuation over Scheldt flood
Brussels Dec 29 The government weighs removing 8000 residents from Scheldt flood districts as fuel and water cutoffs hamper isolated villages. Epidemic danger lingers after waters recede, with six feet of water in some areas and road rail traffic halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scheldt
Long Beach Captain Kills Wife Then Commits Suicide
In Long Beach harbor Captain H E Farrer of the steamer S A Perkins fatally shot his wife Leila Farrer and then shot himself, his body sinking into the harbor after the act. Separate dispatches report a Bolivian accusation of Paraguayan incursions near Fort Van Guardia and an ensuing search for a Negro slayer of state trooper Veter Gladges in Trenton New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated P'ress
Long Beach
Cal
Leila Farrer
H. E. Farrer
S. A. Perkins
Long Beach Harbor
Trenton
N. J
Lakehurst
Veter Gladges
Woman recounts assault by a man on family property
The witness describes waking to a rifle threatening incident at about 2 a.m. She says Charley Shepherd forced her to dress, allowed a water request, and she fled to the porch shouting as the assailant fled.
Bilbo Boosts Reward For Shepherd Capture
Governor Bilbo added 350 dollars to the reward for Charley Shepherd the escaped convict sought in the slaying of J. D. Duvall. The total now includes 350 dollars plus the 300 dollars offered by Supt. L. T. Fox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Charley Shepherd
J. D. Duvall
Bilbo
Shepherd
L. T. Fox
Silent Threat in Dining Room Abruptly Ends Escape
A man recounts being forced by a gunman to walk barefoot through a home toward the dining room where his father lay dead. The assailant threatened the witness with a rifle and warned of a similar fate if he attempted to flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Two Hundred Thousand Miners in Wales and England Out of Work
Miners across Wales and England, about 200000 men, face unemployment with little prospect of work. The crash follows reduced coal demand due to hydro power, oil fuel for ships, and shifts in energy use. Many live on meagre relief as savings vanish and destitution grows. Stories of hardship emerge from the mining districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hambleton
Merthyr Tydfil
South Wales
England
Wales
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sedon
Associated Ross
Madeline Gibson
New York
United States
Lifer
J. K. Shields
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Py Assiwiated Press
Monroe Mar
Veggs
D'Siard
Belgium
Brussels
Washington
Fort van Guardia
St. Lagan
Memphis A
Vicksburg
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