Mississippi legislators weigh sales tax division in 1938 session
A Associated Press poll of 40 Mississippi lawmakers shows a split yet strong interest in dividing the state sales tax with counties or cities. Majorities back completing the priority road system, a uniform drivers license law, and continuing industrial and advertising commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Associated Press
Mississippi
State Land Office
State Highway Patrol
Continuing Advertising Commission
Woman confesses poisoning three neighbors in Montana
In Great Falls Montana a 45 year old ranch woman Rose Krippen signed a statement admitting she poisoned three neighbors by putting insect poison in flour. Physicians reported the victims Mr Roe Ogden Mrs Roe Ogden and their son Cecil 20 survived from the dose. Greenan says she did not intend to kill only to sicken. She was pronounced safe June 21 and jailed awaiting a sanity hearing.
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Great Falls
Mont
Dec. C
Phil Greenan
Roe Ogden
Cecil
Greenan
Rose Krippen
Licensed trafficking of women persists in Tokyo
A report notes that the buying and selling of girls and women remains legally licensed in Tokyo under local regulations. Authorities and reform advocates debate the policy’s ethics and enforceability while victims seek protection and justice.
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Tokyo
Creomulsion Ad Promise Quick Cough Relief
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a potent cure for lingering coughs, chest colds, and bronchial irritation. It claims fast relief and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied from the first bottle, urging readers to ask for the genuine product.
Marion lad shot when gun discharged crawling through fence
Allen Brown a 15 year old Marion boy will spend his first birthday in St Francis sanitarium after a accidental discharge of a .410 shotgun while crawling through a fence. The left arm was severely wounded and a bone operation may follow after recovery. Parents are Mr and Mrs George Brown.
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Allen Brown
Marion
St. Francis Sanitarium
J. G. Mike
Anderson Roberts
Young Brown
Brown
George Brown
Hollywood Studio Visit Reveals Private Production Tour
L. A. Moss, Missouri Pacific freight agent, and Mrs. Ross completed a two week trip visiting their Hollywood daughter. A highlight was a tour through Werner Brothers studio by special arrangement, witnessing scenes for Robin Hood a two million dollar production. En route home they stopped in El Paso Texas and visited Juarez Mexico.
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L. A. Moss
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Ross
Hollywood
Calif
Moss
Werner Brothers
el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Old Mexico
Sand-drying house damaged by fire on Jackson Street
Firefighters extinguished a Wednesday night blaze in a small sand-drying shed behind the municipal street car barn on Jackson Street. Overheating in a furnace started the fire, charring the building’s wooden skeleton. sand used for anti skid on rails was stored inside. The England dates note refers to a 1752 sunless period from September 2 to September 14.
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Municipal Street
Jackson Street
Glue From Sweet Potatoes May Build New Farm Labs
Senator Bilbo predicts sweet potatoes could yield glue for stamps and textiles, with starch and alcohol from Laurel Mississippi experiments. He cites rising sweet potato starch outputs, costs drop from 14 to 3 cents a pound, and notes potential dairy feed after extractions. Four regional labs would test farm commodities for new uses.
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Bilbo
Laurel
Miss
Uncle Sam
India
United States
Laure Station
House
Senate
Death Notices From Quitman and Tullos Regions
Death notices report Mrs. Dennie Thomas 77 of Quitman died in a Ruston sanitarium of pneumonia and was buried at Antioch Cemetery. Survived by two sons A. J. Thomas and Sam Thomas and two daughters Mrs. John Owens and Mrs. Maggie Clary. Also LeRoy Day 41 of Rosefield funeral held in Tullos with Rev. Cas sels officiating. Survived by wife one daughter parents and siblings J H Day and Rev E W Day.
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Quitman
Dennie Thomas
Ruston
Antioch Cemetery
Tullos
LeRoy Day
Rosefield
C. V. Cassels
Columbia
L. E. Conn Monroe
J. H. Day
E. W. Day
Methodist
Rochelle and
Pneumonia Stricken Mallette In Critical Condition
Suffering pneumonia Earl C Mallette 48 an employee of the Brown Paper mill was reported in critical condition Thursday at St Francis sanitarium He resides at 305 North Fourth Street West Monroe and was not placed in an oxygen tent as of early afternoon
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Earl C. Mallette
Brown
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mallette
North Fourth Street
West Monroe
Wild rabbit head with horns displayed in Monroe
Edwin Shamburger Jr reports a horned wild rabbit head found near his home six miles west of Monroe on the Dixie-Overland highway. The head is well formed and may be mounted by a taxidermist. it is displayed at 319 Trenton Street, West Monroe for interested observers.
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Edwin Shamburger, Jr
Monroe
News-Star
Trenton Street
West Monroe
College Gym Opens to Public in Monroe Area
The gymnasium at Northeast Center of Louisiana State University will be open to men and boys of Monroe and West Monroe starting Monday. Hours are daily from 5 to 9 p.m. except Saturdays and Sundays. Dean C. C. Calvert announced the plan with A. S. Huffman, college physical director, in charge and tailoring exercises to ages and conditions.
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Northeast Center
Louisiana State University
Monroe
West Monroe
C. C. Calvert
A. S. Huffman
Birth announced for Grantham son at Riverside sanitarium
A son was born December 22 at Riverside sanitarium to Mr and Mrs Bobby Grantham of 102 Johnson Street.
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Riverside Sanitarium
Bobby Grantham
Johnson Street
Navy shipbuilding would boost employment report
Advocates of a bigger navy argue new warship construction would directly create jobs in shipyards and allied industries. President Roosevelt has proposed a budget including two battleships eight destroyers and six submarines totaling up to 20 000 jobs over four years.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Navy
Navy Department
Britain
Japan
Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Reunion of Brothers Lightens Christmas at Ouachita
After twenty years apart, R. L. Baird a veteran Illinois Central station agent visited Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Baird at 111 Ouachita avenue with his daughter Evelyn Baird. The reunion brought a joyful Christmas to both Baird families.
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R. L. Baird
Illinois Central Station
City
J. H. Baird
Ouachita Avenue
Evelyn Baird
Baird
Mrs Roosevelt Hurries Westward 3 Held in Old Gold Theft
New Orleans police say three men Nickola LaBanca 57 Percy LaBanca 32 and Schuyler Branch 47 were detained for federal authorities over the alleged theft of 1200 in old gold from the U S mails. The father and son face charges of possessing stolen property. Branch had worked in parcel post.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
New Orleans
United States
Nickola LaBanca
Percy LaBanca
Schuyler Branch
Post Office
Coast Guard hunts Japanese purse seiner Three Star
Coast Guard cutters searched southern California waters for the Japanese owned purse seiner Three Star to seize the vessel for evading customs duties. United States Attorney Benjamin Harrison disclosed the $45,000 84 foot vessel built for Los Angeles and San Francisco Japanese slipped into Los Angeles harbor refueled and fled. Customs officials say Japanese vessels fly the United States flag while owned by aliens and face more than 1 million dollars in unpaid duties.
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Los Angeles
Dee
Coast Guard
California
Three Star
Benjamin Harrison
United States
San Francisco
Nancy Hanks
Harrison
Extension Classes Meet Next Week
Dr. C. C. Calvert announces extension study classes in general and abnormal psychology at Tallulah courthouse Tuesday 2 p.m. and at Northeast Center Monroe Thursday 2 p.m. Open to additional enrollments with university credits offered upon satisfactory completion.
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Tallulah
Northeast Center
Monroe
C. C. Calvert
Four Couples Married on Christmas Day in Homer
Four couples wed Christmas day at the Methodist parsonage in Homer. The pairs were Lois Tomkins and Barney Lay of Homer, Ruby Mae Pine and Joe L. Sanders of Houston, Clara Malone and J. T. Corry of Arizona, and Elvie Carter and Vern Beck of Lisbon.
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Homer
Methodist Parsonage
B. C. Taylor
Lois Tomkins
Barney Lay
Ruby Mae Pine
Joe L. Sanders
Houston
Tex
Clara Malone
J. T. Corry
Arizona
Elvie Carter
Vern Beck
Lisbon
Northwest Coast Warned of Gales
Gale warnings spread along the Oregon and Washington coasts as four days of storms bring heavy rains snows and floods. Six lives lost and wide property damage reported. British Columbia alone estimates losses between 200000 and 400000 dollars. Crews in Washington Oregon Idaho and the province work to clear major arteries.
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Seattle
Oregon
Washington
Pacific Northwest
British Columbia
Idaho
Notice of Lost Gulf Auto Policy 778492
Gulf Insurance Company policy 778492 has been lost or destroyed and is null. Doughty Insurance Agency and Gulf Insurance Company are not liable for any claims under the policy. Anyone with information should contact Gulf Insurance Company, Dallas, Texas, or Doughty Insurance Agency.
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Gulf Insurance Company
Doughty Insurance Agency
Dallas
Texas
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Judy Garland
Paramount
Paramount Theater
Mickey Rooney
Ronald Sinclair
Sophie Tucker
C. Aubrey Smith
Marion Lad
England
Gibson
Gibson Disteling CO
Aladdin
New York City
Strauss & Son
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mrs. Thomas Rites
College
John Boettiger
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Boettiger
Buffalo
Messina’s Food Store
DeSiard St
Ade
Monroe, la
Schenley
Schewley
Schenleys
Russia
Caucasus
America
Galiona
Martin
Schenley’s
Coer 7 Inc
S. Finch
Americas
Strauss
Louisiana
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