Disappearance Case Weighs Evidence in McCain Probe
Columbus detectives report human blood on McCain belongings found in a garage and on parts of his car. They tie stains to the missing Henderson attorney and former North Carolina senator, with a suspect named Dr. M. E. Yergin in Roanoke, Virginia, as authorities pursue leads and a buried body in Maryland chatter.
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Henderson, N. C
Irvin Watkins
M. E. Yergin
Roanoke
R. S. McCain
Henderson
Columbus
Ohio
N. C
Thomas Scully
Toy
James A. Beer
McCain
North Carolina
Hagerstown
Scully
Couzens Proposes Army Camps To Help Youths
Senator Couzens of Michigan proposes opening army posts and facilities to care for unemployed youths. He plans legislation to have them cared for and fed by the army, after discussions with President Hoover and Red Cross officials. He cites 300,000 to 400,000 boys under 21 as wanderers seeking work.
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Washington
America
Couzens
Michigan
Hoover
Red Cross
Congress
Mayor OBrien Sworn in New York at City Hall
Surrogate John P. O'Brien was sworn in as New York City's 43rd mayor at 1 p.m. in the hall of records courtroom. Judge Irving Lehman of the court of appeals administered the oath. Lehman is the brother of Governor-elect Herbert H. Lehman.
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New York
John P. O’brien
Hall of Records
Irving Lehman
Court of Appeals
Herbert H. Lehman
Sun Up! stage mishap ends in dreamlike chaos
The town note recalls a farcical Little Theater scene where sheriff’s wife, flapper wannabe, and a rowdy audience collide with ice skaters and a cardboard reindeer. A shouting boy, syrup stick misread, and a dramatic curtain exit cap this humorous dreamlike episodic recap.
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Santa Claus
Emmy
Myxs
Cagle
Pap Todd
Bud
Roosevelt to confer with party leaders in New York
President elect Roosevelt plans a Thursday night meeting in New York with a large group of party leaders. Attending are Speaker Garner, Senate leaders Robinson Byrnes Harrison, Rainey, Collier, Burns, Sumners, McDuffie, plus other senators and House members. Discussions will cover the Democratic program including budget balancing taxes and farm relief.
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Roosevelt
New York
Rainey
Illinois
Albany
Congress
Biltmore
Garner
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Representative Rainey
Byrnes
South Carolina
Harrison
Mississippi
Collier
House
Ways and Means Committee
Burns
House Appropriations Committee
McDuffie
Alabama
Sumners
Judiciary Committee
Mississippi Democrat
Treasury
Auto accident kills Mrs E V Bearden on Eros road
Mrs E V Bearden 29 died instantly when her car skidded in the rain near Cheniere three miles from home. Her husband survived as coroner’s report confirmed fracture of a skull. She leaves three children and mother in law Mrs Jim Hammond. Funeral was at the Bearden residence with burial at McCormick cemetery.
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E. V. Bearden
Eros
Cheniere
Beardens
Local Priests to Travel to Boston for Services
Rev. B A Scallan of St. Matthew's departs New Orleans for Boston to attend consecration ceremonies on January 5 for Rev. Daniel Desmond the bishop elect of Alexandria Louisiana. Rev. N F Vandegaer plans to join tomorrow night for the exercises with other state Catholic clergy. Desmond will be installed February 1 with Archbishop Shaw likely officiating and a reception planned that evening. Local priests will meet with the new bishop before and after the consecration.
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St. Matthew's Church
New Orleans
Boston
Mass
Daniel Desmond
Alexandria
Louisiana
N. F. Vandegaer
St. Matthew's
Father Desmond
Archbishop Shaw
Louisiana Woman Receives Inheritance Tax Credit
Harrisburg PA December 31 state tax refunds include a 1064 inheritance tax credit for the estate of Mary J Noyes of Louisiana.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Mary J. Noyes
Louisiana
Tennessee floods drive hundreds from homes in South
Floods across the south force 400 families from Chattanooga and 140 from Rome as Tennessee rivers crest and rainfall eases. Officials warn of lingering danger with crests passing and improvements expected in coming days.
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Atlanta
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
Carolinas
Mississippi Valley
Rome
Geor
Gia
Etowah
Oostanaula
Coosa
Arkansas
Ouachita
Ounchita Valley
Arkadelphia
Sumner
Mississippi
Cassidy Bayou
Chattahoochee
West Point
Fugitive Charge Against Blonde Actress Dropped
Mary Nolan the blonde actress once known as Imogene Wilson was freed in Harlem court. The magistrate dismissed the fugitive from justice charge after a telegram confirmed a worthless check charge from a Minneapolis hotel manager had been withdrawn.
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New York
Mary Nolan
Imogene Wilson
Harlem
Guy van Amringe
Minneapolis, Minn
Alimony Proposal Seeks Wives Payments to Husbands
Illinois lawmakers will be asked to consider a bill requiring wives to pay alimony to husbands when financial need justifies it. The push stems from the divorce case of Fred and Elizabeth Zilinski, where the wife earned more but no alimony was awarded.
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Chicago
U.P
Illinois
Fred Zilinski
Elizabeth
Zilinski
W. W. O'Brien
O’brien
Rites Held for Rev Camp at Church Here
The funeral of Rev. Herbert Franklin Camp 35 pastor of the Church of the Nazarene was conducted at Richmond and Thomas streets church with Rev G M Aken Alexandria district superintendent officiating Active pallbearers were church stewards S P Quigley R M Gocenour W B Hicks Luke Brown Edgar Hoskins and Earl Colton After services the body was moved to Webster parish for burial in the Camp family plot near Minden The death of Rev Camp occurred in St
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Church of the Nazarine
Richmond
Thomas Streets
G. M. Aken
Alexandria
S. P. Quigley
R. M. Gocenour
W. B. Hicks
Luke Brown
Edgar Hoskins
Earl Colton
Webster Parish
Camp Family
Minden
Rev. Camp
Tax Reminder for 1932 State and Parish Dues
A notice urges timely payment of the 1932 state and parish taxes while paying poll tax. It warns non payment will begin January 1.
Roosevelt and Garner Decline Role in Speaker Selection
Washington dec 31 The definite statement that neither President elect Roosevelt nor Garner would influence the speaker choice in the next house was issued by Speaker Garner He said there is nothing to rumors of favoritism and that the matter is for the Democratic majority to decide He will leave the house March 4 to become vice president and presiding officer in the senate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Garner
New House
House
Texan
Senate
Holiday Observed January 2 by Banks and Courts
Monday will be a legal holiday for banks and courts as New Year’s falls on Sunday. Monroe post office will do city mail but skip rural deliveries and close windows all day. Parish and city schools reopen. St Matthew’s reopens. Ouachita junior college waits until Tuesday January 3. Merchants vote to keep stores open Monday.
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Monroe
St. Matthew's
Ouachita Parish
Arizona Pardons Board Silent on Judd Case
Arizona officials remain silent on whether to act after the Maricopa county grand jury recommended commuting Winnie Ruth Judd from death to life imprisonment. Lumberman and sportsman John J Halloran was indicted as accessory to murder, accused of knowing of the killings and harboring Judd. Halloran called the charge false and posted bond for a preliminary hearing, while the grand jury said the Judd recommendation was unrelated to his indictment.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Maricopa
Halloran
Judd
Florence
Agnes Anne LeRoi
Hedvig Samuelson
Los Angeles
Frank O. Smith
Dalloran
Tobacco Fortune Heir to wed Winston-Salem socialite
Richard Joshua Reynolds Jr the tobacco fortune heir will marry Miss Elizabeth McCaw Dillard in a quiet ceremony in Winston-Salem on Sunday afternoon. The engagement was announced by the Dillards last week. Reynolds's brother Smith died from a pistol wound last July after he had married Libby Holman. a murder charge against Holman was dismissed.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Richard Joshua Reynolds
Elizabeth McCaw Dillard
Libby Holman
Man Held After Slaying Of Welfare Worker In Cleveland
Cleveland police took a man into custody for questioning in the murder of Ruth Steese, a welfare worker and bookkeeper for the Society for the Blind. Steese was kidnapped and killed in minutes, her body found in a car on a city highway. about $200 stolen. The suspect, a former Society employee, was discharged for fits of rage and had beaten a blind child.
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Cleveland
Ruth Steese
The
Society For the Blind
Steese
Society
Violent insanity theory advanced in Army slayings
Fort Huachuca report cites violent insanity as the only plausible motive for a soldier’s rampage that killed Captains Joseph R. Wesley and David Palmer and their wives, and wounded Lt. Harvie W. Matthews. The shooter, James A. Abernathy, was killed by Corporal Hardley Jr. after a 36 hour probe found no discipline breach.
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Fort Huachuca
Ariz
James A. Abernathy
Hardley, Jr
Army
Abernathy
Joseph R. Weseley
David Palmer
Harvie W. Matthews
Monroe Rings In 1933 With Midnight Shows And Dances
Monroe eyes a noisy New Year with a 10:50 p m midnight film at the Paramount Farewell to Arms and a 10 p m Cherokee terrace ball at Hotel Frances led by Chili Morris orchestra. Churches plan evening services and Sunday schools await Sunday programs amid private dances and special menus across the Twin Cities.
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Monroe
Paramount Theater
Hotel Frances
Cherokee Terrace
Chili Morris’ Orchestra
Twin Cities
Wilt
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