Aaffe Yacht Tragedy: Six Survive After Offshore Incident
In Los Angeles the yacht Aaffe, once owned by Cliff Durant, is reported off course after a heavy blow. Body and six survivors are ashore. nurse Miss Elsie Berdan and Los Angeles photographer Robert Horne are named among those aboard. Faulding arranged the trip with a man calling himself Jack Morgan, naval reserve ensign, though no record appears in coast guard passenger lists.
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Los Angeles
Elsie Berdan
Robert Horne
George Spernak
Aaffe
Faulding
Jack Morgan
Naval Reserve
Coast Guard
Naval Flier
Turner
Cliff Durant
Etta Burnett
Santa Barbara
Giant anteater shown as formidable fighter in rough encounters
The giant anteater proves capable in fights with cogs, cats, and even inexper ienced men. Its strong legs and sharp claws evolved for tearing tree stumps to find ants serve as effective weapons in confrontations.
Ship subsidies to persist in plans for year start
Subsidies for 17 lines totaling about $16.0 million for six months end January 1 are listed. The commission seeks $15 to $20 million yearly to ensure parity with competitors as talks with the Dollar line near completion. Individual line allocations include American Mail, Grace, United States, Oceanic, and others in the six month period.
Ouachita Rivers Rise Further As Heavy Rain Falls
The Ouachita and related creeks climbed with Arkansas rains causing high water. A gauge stood at 243 feet, up 1.5 feet in 24 hours. Highway 79 between Camden and Louisiana border nearly impassable, while Highway 24 west of Camden was reported in poor condition.
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Arkansas
Highway 79
Camden
Louisiana
Jae
Stolen Yellow Cab Recovered in West Monroe
A taxi stolen from the Yellow Cab company of Shreveport was found abandoned in front of the West Monroe First Baptist church around 5 a.m. Thursday. Officers Jack Russell and Gers Hattaway of the West Monroe police department took custody until the cab was returned to Shreveport by a company representative who arrived later by bus.
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Yellow Cab Company
Shreveport
West Monroe First Baptist Church
Flice
Jack Russell
Gers Hattaway
West Monroe
Titanic survivor again cheats sea close call
In Conway Wales Commander H G Lowe who survived the Titanic disaster 25 years ago slid from a row boat into the river Conway when a gust of wind capsized him. A companion grabbed him by the coat collar and hauled him ashore as his knee boots filled with water and threatened to pull him under.
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Conway
Wales
H. G. Lowe
MARY MIMS DOUBTS CONGRESS RUN PLANS
Dr. Mary Mims, state sociologist, declines to confirm rumors of a congressional bid from the fourth district. She says she has not given the matter much thought while noting friends have discussed it. She is spending holidays with her mother in Minden.
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Shreveport
Mary Mims
Fourth Congressional District
T. Overton Brooks
United States
John Overton
Miss Mims
Minden
Robbery at Residence as Felix Attacked by Bandits
A salesman named Felix was assaulted at his home 622 Rochelle Ave around 6 45 on Wednesday night. Two men grabbed cash and checks from him in the garage then fled to an alley and drove off in a car. Police detained two suspects but released them after checking alibis.
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Felix
Rochelle Avenue
Ther
Wall Street Wonder Dies in Pek After Parole Violations
The former Wall Street runner known as a shoe string to 11 million dollars pleaded guilty in 1930 to larceny of 452 dollars used to purchase stocks. He received three to ten years, paroled after two years and three months, rearrested last October, admitted parole violation, and pled guilty to defrauding 83 investors of 200000 dollars, with a sentence of five to ten years plus completion of his prior term.
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Wall Street
Serse
Merchants Group Sets New Year Holiday and Eve Hours
The Monroe and West Monroe Chamber of Commerce retail merchants division approves New Year’s Day as a holiday and fixes Friday’s closing hour at the initial time. J G Durrett chairs the group and notes the resolution aligns with prior action. A 1901 USPS use of a gasoline automobile is mentioned.
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Retail Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce of
Monroe
West Monroe
J.G. Durrett
Yule Lighting Prize Route Map Described
A detailed tour route through Monroe lists streets and landmarks from DeSiard street bridge to various avenues and intersections. The account traces a long loop past Jackson street Ridgewood road Lovers lane and multiple streets ending at the bridge at Louisville avenue.
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DeSiard Street
Bridge
Grand Street
Lovers Lane
Filer Street
Hawes Street
Pargoud Street
Louisiana Training Institute
Jackson Street
Ridgewood Road
Monroe Nursery
Jackson
Thomas Street
Gordon Avenue
Jack McEnery
Mulberry
St. John
DeSiard
Catalpa
Grammont
Ouachita Avenue
South Fifth Street
Layton Avenue
Sherrouse Avenue
Harrison Street
Harrison
DeSiard Road
McCabe
Shepard's
Louisville Avenue
Louisville
Enghith Street
Hudson Lane
North Sixth Street
Bree
North Second
Stubbs
Riverfront
Park Avenue
Hawthorne
Fairview
Rebels Claim Progress in Teruel Drive
Rebels report progress in Teruel as civilians in a convent and the civil governors palace endure constant shellfire. The government aims to seize the provincial capital held by insurgents for 17 months amid heavy casualties and renewed pressure.
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Teruel Drive
Japanese Boycott Grows in East Liverpool Pottery Trade
Pottery union headquarters report hundreds of pledges from housewives to boycott Nipponese products. The campaign, led by the National Brotherhood of Operative Posters AFL affiliate, targets all Japanese made merchandise and has 15 000 pledges printed plus thousands of posters calling Japan a menace.
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East Liverpool
National Brotherhood of Operative Posters
American Federation of Labor
Japan
Astronomers Use Sun Distance To Predict Eclipses
Astronomers rely on the known distance to the sun when predicting eclipse times, among many methods that show humanity’s definite knowledge of solar distances.
Pictures Show Fate of Panay
The Panay sails from Nanking with American refugees amid Japanese air attack. Aboard, sailors rush to machine guns as bombardment hits the ship and water erupts from near misses. The Panay sinks while wounded men are shown being carried ashore and a grim retreat begins as the crew struggles through debris and fear.
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Associated Press
Panay
Nanking
Ailey
Yangire
Alley
J. J. Hughes
Hughes
John Lane
Refugees evacuate Hong Kong under Japanese protection
U S refugees numbering 219 and other foreigners depart Hankow for Hongkong amid assurances of safe passage. Chinese resistance delays Japanese advance on Tsngtan but locals pursue scorched earth tactics. They blow telegraph offices and set off explosions along waterfront as foreign residents organize vigilance.
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Hankow
Hongkong
Tsngtan
Sax
North China
Tsingtan
Taiietas
Roosevelt 10 Make Address Criticizes Monopoly Profiteers
President Roosevelt denounced private socialism and monopoly profits while urging a broader social program. He criticized concentration of wealth and warned that labor bears no direct gains from corporate price hikes. A congressional probe targets unemployment and budget balancing amid plans to cut federal expenditures.
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Jackson
Norris
Independent
Nebraska
American Political Science Association
Sam
Politeal Soralatn
Rossevelt
Senate
Willan S. Knudsen
General Motors
Gatomobile Company
Kuisen
Detroit
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
Southern economy blog plans action in Washington
A group of 10 Southern Democrat representatives plans to push a coordinated push in Washington on economic policy. The imperfect draft notes outline a strategy to leverage press attention and legislative maneuvering to advance regional priorities.
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Southern Economy
Washington
Six States to Hold Planning Parley in Atlanta
Six states will participate in the third southeastern planning conference in Atlanta on January 11 and 12. Officials anticipate larger attendance than the 1935 and 1936 meetings at Savannah and Jacksonville. Seven leaders in the field of planning are named as outstanding.
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Atlanta
Savariall
Jacksonville
Apply This Once and Kill the Itch
An advertisement touts a squid-based preparation to cure scabies by killing all itch mites within 30 minutes. It claims availability at druggists or by mail for 60 cents from Death by Own Action Co. of Commerce, Georgia.
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Suicide Co
Commerce
Nebular theories outline planet formation in early cosmos
The passage notes a Chamberlin theory describing a massive nebular mass that condensed to form the sun, with planets ejected as knotted spirals due to gravitational forces from passing stars, mentioning the conference states Mississippi Tennessee Alabama Georgia Florida and South Carolina.
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Mississippi
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Chamberlin
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