Mystery Deepens in McCain Case as Holdup Suspects Sought
Columbus detectives report that a man died at the hands of holdup men who drove his car toward the city. A separate lead links McCain to Christmas Eve in a nearby town, with a photo likeness aiding the investigation. Truck drivers claim to have seen McCain’s body in a Richmond area car on December 23, but police and Richmond officials dispute the tale.
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McCain
McCoin
Scully
North Carolina
MT. Ranier
Robert M. Rogers
Carl Hansen
Eugene B. Plummer
R. S. McCain
Henderson
Richmond
Petersburg Turnpike
Plummer
Rogers
Petersburg Road
Chiefs of Party to Confer With President-Elect
Democratic leaders plan a conference with President-Elect Roosevelt focusing on revenue measures for the short session. They aim to balance the budget in the first year and seek new revenue sources while awaiting Senate action on the beer bill and the proposed repeal plank. House leaders push the domestic allotment farm relief bill, pending President Hoover’s reaction if sent by the Senate.
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Roosevelt
Senate
House
Hoover
White House
Los Angeles Evangelist Denies Divorce Rumors
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton denies split rumors with husband David L. Hutton Jr. Though ill and bedbound, she proclaims love for him and vows no divorce. She announced plans for a world tour starting February with only her nurse accompanying.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
David L. Hutton, Jr
Gas Conservation Order Aims Big Panhandle Savings
The Texas railroad commission issued a gas conservation order for the panhandle field. It is expected to reduce gas wastage by about 200,000,000 cubic feet.
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Austin
The
Texas Railroad Commission Today
Panhandle
Deputy Sheriff D L Roper III Confined at Home
Deputy Sheriff D L Roper III is confined to his home at 2802 South Grand Street due to illness.
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D. L. Roper III
D. L. Roper
South Grand Street
Rites Held For Rev Camp At Church Here
Rev Camp dies after a three week illness in Monroe Louisiana. He was born in Webster Parish and educated at Ashbury College Wilmore Kentucky. He served at Gordon Avenue Community Church later Nazarene church forming growth and obtaining a tabernacle at Richmond and Thomas streets. He married Ruth Jewel Lanier of Dallas and is survived by his wife, father, and several siblings and in laws.
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Francis
Camp
Webster Parish
Ashbury College
Wilmore
Monroe
Louisiana Training Institute
Gordon Avenue
Dixie Street
South End
Ruth Jewel Lanier
Dallas
Minden
M. E. Camp, Jr
Jackson
Miss
Joe
Hayden
Marion
Mery] Camp
Daisy Cleveland
Magnolia
Ark
Felix Madry
Judgment Winnie Ruth Judd Case Sparks Pardon Board Silence
The Arizona pardon board remains silent on Winnie Ruth Judd as grand jurors acknowledge self defense claims and urge commutation to life imprisonment. County officials expect no action until the new pardon board takes office next week.
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Arizona Pardon Board
Judd
Grand Jury
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Winnie Ruth Judd
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Monroe Starts New Year With Big Local Projects
Monroe begins the new year with a year end sale before goods arrive and two large construction efforts set for completion in the coming year. The Jackson post office on Grammont streets and the Ouachita river traffic bridge are expected to open by summer or fall, at a combined cost near one million dollars. Levee projects in Monroe and West Monroe are also under way and will continue into the new year.
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Monroe
Jackson and
Grammont Streets
Ouachita River
West Monroe
Scholar Henry Southwick Dies at 70 in Boston
Henry Lawrence Southwick 70 president of Emerson College of Oratory and noted Shakespearian scholar died at his Boston home after a heart attack during his forty-ninth annual tour. He had led Emerson College for 24 years and served with the institution 38 years.
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Boston
Henry Lawrence Southwick
Emerson College of Oratory
South
Emerson College
Suspects Released After Bank Robbery Probe
Five men including Charles Miller I L Sutherland E L Major Don Mozzy and L P Kimbrough were picked up as Bank of Winnfield robbery suspects in Shreveport La. They were released from custody after officers failed to identify them.
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Shreveport
Charles Miller
I. L. Sutherland
E. L. Major
Don Mozzy
L. P. Kimbrough
Bank of Winnfield
Railroad Official Hugh Neill Dies After Heart Attacks
Hugh Neill secretary and vice president of Southern Pacific and its subsidiaries died in a hospital after two heart attacks. A 56 year old bachelor, he joined the company in 1902 and became VP and secretary in 1925. He resided at 77 Park Avenue and is survived by brothers Robert and Ernest and sisters Mrs. Samuel R. Phillips and Eleanor and Esther Neill. Born April 17, 1876 in Batesville Arkansas.
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New York
Hugh Neill
Southern Pacific Company
Neill
Broad Street
Park Avenue
Robert Neill
St. Louis
Ernest Neill
Batesville
Ark
Samuel R. Phillips
Newport
Eleanor and
Esther Neill
Princes Fired In Siam Budget Move To Cut Deficit
United States minister David E. Kaufman reports Siam dismissed several hundred royal princes from government payrolls to reduce a $20,000,000 deficit. He predicts the action could help Siam recover quickly and avoid tax increases.
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San Francisco
U.P
Siam
David E. Kaufman
United States
Kaufman
Paramount Amusements Spotlight Hayes In A Farewell to Arms
Helen Hayes stars with Gary Cooper in A Farewell to Arms at the Paramount as the Catherine Barkley role. The Cap itol features Tim McCoy a famed Indian- sign language expert promoting The Covered Wagon and Fighting for Justice. Strand screens Cornered with a strong Western cast led by McCoy.
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Paramount
Helen Hayes
Gary Cooper
Ernest Hemingway
Paramount Theater
Miss Hayes
Charles McArthur
France
Helen
Charlie
Cannes
Gloria Swanson
Catherine Barkley
Cooper
Adolphe Menjou
Capitol
Tim McCoy
Hugh L. Scott
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
Hollywood
Big Horn
Owl Creek
Thermopolis
31Th Regiment
United States Cavalry
Joan Crawford
Dorothy Sebastian
Raquel Torres
Capitol Theater
Strand
West Monroe
Columbia
Strand Theater
Shirley Grey
Niles Welch
Noah Beery
Raymond Hatton
Walter Long
Hoover sails for open sea fishing off Palm Beach
President Hoover launches a dawn to dusk fishing expedition from Palm Beach aboard the U S Sequoia with hopes to beat yesterday’s sail fish haul. Senator Austin joins a similar outing with Mark Sullivan Dr Joel T Boone. Justice Stone and Lawrence Richey accompany Hoover under Captain Herman Gray. A quiet New Year’s Eve aboard the Sequoia is planned.
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THE
Sailfish Club
Palm Beach
Fla
Hoover
Senator Austin
Vermont
Mark Sullivan
Joel T. Boone
Justice Stone
Supreme Court
Lawrence Richey
Herman Gray
Palm Beach Harbor
Louisianian Wins $16,385 in California Railway Suit
Nellie Bly Lake of Lake Charles Louisiana won a damage verdict from the Los Angeles Railway company for hip injuries she says occurred in August 1930 when a car started abruptly as she was alighting. The award was $16,385. Lake is widow of Dr. O K Lake and daughter in law of the surgeon once linked with Mayo Clinic.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Nellie Bly Lake
Lake Charles
Los Angeles Railway Company
Lake
O. K. Lake
Mystery slaying near bank leaves ring and watch behind
Police refuse to comment as investigators pursue leads after a woman is slain in a busy east side district. The body was found 14 miles from where she was last seen, with a diamond ring and watch left on the victim and more than five dollars in her purse. Relatives could not explain the crime.
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Herbert E. Steese
Franklin Gillmore
Tennessee River Flood Reaches North Alabama Areas
Floodwaters from the Tennessee River drive residents from homes near Montgomery and threaten white residences. The Alabama River runs 15 feet above flood stage at Miller's Ferry with extensive farmland submerged. The Coosa at Wetumpka remains near still, but basements in business districts flood.
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Lumbus
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Miller's Ferry
Selma
Coosa
Wetumpka
Reeves Named Democratic Nominee for Seventh District
Vidalia La December 31 R R Reeves of Harrisonburg La was declared Democratic nominee by the seventh Louisiana district judicial committee to succeed Judge R M Taliaferro as judge of the seventh district Concordia and Catahoula parishes comprise the district Judge Taliaferro was elected to the circuit court of appeal in the same region
400 Men Pay to View Nude Dance Prompted by Promoter
About 400 local business men paid to see a nude dance advertised as a small seaweed act in Kansas City. The promoter vanished as the hall filled and the crowd waited for the show to start, with the ticket taker also gone.
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Kansas City
U.R
Roosevelt Seeks Endorsement Amid Democratic Candidacy Talk
Discussion notes show James A. Farley pushing influences within the Democratic national committee over possible Roosevelt preferences for House leadership posts. Rainey confirms a letter and Farley’s intent to influence, while Burns McDuffie and Rainey dispute clear Roosevelt support for any specific candidate. Other potential contenders include Raskin and Crosser amid Garner succession talk.
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James A. Farley
Rainey
Illinois
Robert Jackson
National Committee
Roo
John McDuffie
Alabama
Farley
Roosevelt
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