Lindberghs Reach Liverpool Dock Amid Guarded Arrival
The Lindbergh family arrived aboard the American Importer off Gladstone dock Liverpool after a tense sea voyage. Police guarded all entries to the dock as crowds cheered Lindy’s name while authorities arranged entry into England for the safety of the family.
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Ee Lindbergh
Liverpool
Minto
Bers
Col
Ty Ims
Bindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Gladstone
Mersey River
Lindberghs
Lindy
Davis
Jon
New York
Cobh
Kiwanis Officers Assume Duties At North Center Meeting
New president Bernard Ann accepted office as others including J B Johnson and Dr J E arth joined the board. Drayton Brooks delivered remarks, medals and tokens were awarded, and a mock radio reception featured leaders Mussolini Hitler Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Johnson
J. Earth
Lawrence Pettit
W. S
Guy Campbell
Dale Law
Hugh Wallace
Henry Whitfield
Bernard Ann
C. C. Calvert
North Center
Phiwanis
Is International
Monroe
Fred Williamson
North Lou
Drayton
Brooks
Benito Mussolini
Adolph Hitler
Haile Selassie
Presiat Roosevelt
Harper Gatton
Kiwanis International
R. J. Goza
Goza
Kansas Judge Holds Guffey Law Invalid
Federal District Judge L Reeves ruled the Guffey coal law invalid under taxing powers. He found the tax burden so heavy it would destroy business and blocked collection pending further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Mansas City
L. Reeves
Reeves
Missouri
Congress
Officials plan to welcome new year at homes
Cabinet members plan light New Year’s Eve at home while lawmakers across parties anticipate quiet plans. Senator Dickinson says he has no resolution and will bed by 10. Senator Vandenberg jokes about resolutions in the Senate. Mrs Garner notes the vice president will sleep early. Other senators describe modest or family centered plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickinson
Iowa
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Couzens
Gospel Boat Plans River Mission On Mississippi
Mr Mellichampe leads a six man crew to enlarge and repair a 35 foot Gospel Boat. The vessel will tow a barge and serve spiritual and physical needs to river communities with a gas engine loud speaker and organ for services. Provisions medical supplies hymnals and sleeping quarters will be carried. Maiden Memphis trip ended with few onlookers but promise of return.
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Ater
Mellichampe
Byrns Says Steering Group To Weigh Bonus Plan
House leaders Patman and Byrns discuss a potential bonus plan. Byrns notes no specific bonus discussion occurred and that a steering committee meeting set for Thursday will guide any general considerations and possible compromise. He says no administration-backed measure was canvassed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrns
Floors Re varnished at Northeast Center LSU
During the holiday break the Northeast Center of Louisiana State University re varnishes all classroom floors and performs minor repairs to ready the building for reopening on January 6. Dean C C Calvert adjusts his schedule to oversee the work and maintain office hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana State University
C. C. Calvert
Y's Men to Skip Meeting This Week for New Year Break
The Y's Men's club will not hold a meeting this week because New Year's is a holiday. The group will reconvene on January 8.
Obituary Notices for Roquemore and Hopgood Families
Mrs. Mary C. Roquemore, 80, mother of J. P. Roquemore, died Monday at a local hospital. Survived by three sons, two daughters, a brother, four grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Remains shipped to Palestine for funeral Wednesday at 4 p.m. Arma Dean Hopgood, 16 months, child of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hopgood, died Sunday. Services held at Fondale with Rev. E L Tanner. interment there. Survived by mother and father and several siblings.
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Mary C. Roquemore
J. P. Roquemore
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Monroe
Christian Church
Palestine
Texas
J. P. Iagremore
Walter Roquemore
Tex
Henry Roquemore
Hollywood
Calif
L. E. Temple
W. H. Daly
Jim Meyers
Whitehouse
Ilinois Central Railroad
Arma Dean Hopgood
J. R. Hopgood
Winnsboro Road
Fondale
E. L. Tanner
Assembly of God
West Monroe
Funeral for Mrs. Alice Henley Held in Swartz Cemetery
The funeral of Mrs. Alice Henley aged 83, who died Monday at her home 410 Wilson Street, was held Tuesday afternoon at a Swartz cemetery where she was interred. She leaves two sons and five daughters.
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Alice Henley
Wilson Street
Swartz
Funeral services held for L. E. Smith near Marion
Funeral services were held Sunday at Union church six miles north of Marion for L. E. Smith 78 who died at home nearby. Born in Union county Arkansas he moved to Union parish as a young man and lived near here. Survived by six children including Mrs. E. N. Talliferro Mrs. George Cole Wilber Smith Jewel Smith Paul Smith and Mrs. Wyatt Burgess plus two brothers and a sister. Rev G C Dennis conducted the services.
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Marion
Union Church
L. E. Smith
Union County
Ark
Union Parish
E. N. Talliferro
George Cole
Wilber Smith
Jewel Smith
Litroe
Paul Smith
Mississippi
Funeral for Mrs. M. E. Gunn in Mount Vernon Church
Mrs. M. E. Gunn 90 died Sunday at her daughter’s home in Columbia Louisiana. Funeral held Monday at Mount Vernon church ten miles west of Monroe with Rev J D Kitchingham officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by three daughters Mrs S T Howell Abbeville Mrs T Woods Columbia and Mrs C M Murphy Columbia plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mrs. Gunn lived in Caldwell parish the last 20 years splitting time with daughters.
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Columbia
M. E. Gunn
T. Woods
Mount Vernon Church
Monroe
J. D. Kitchingham
Columbia Baptist Church
Grandma Gunn
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Wilhite in Union parish
Mrs. Mattie Wilhite aged 65 died suddenly of heart failure at her daughter H H Haggard’s Greenwood residence. Funeral Monday at Wilhite Methodist church Union parish with interment in a nearby cemetery. Survived by sons Benton Wilhite Arcadia and Archie Wilhite. she was known as Aunt Mattie and active in church work.
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Mattie Wilhite
H. H. Haggard
Greenwood
Wilhite Methodist Church
Union Parish
Wilhite
J. W. Brantley
Farmerville
Wilhite Church
Supreme Court hears challenge to newspaper tax
Louisiana 1921 tax on press cited as violation of First and Fourteenth Amendments. Brief argues press duty is to gather and disseminate news and ads, with circulation and advertising as two revenue streams. Publishers claim framers knew restraint tactics including taxation and censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mary Joyce Carries Mail To Far North
Mary Joyce travels a long solo sled route from Burwash Landing and Tanana crossing to Fairbanks. She carries food camping gear and the mail including a letter from Gov. John W. Troy to Fairbanks mayor E. C. Collins. Joyce owns Twin Glaciers lodge on the Taku river.
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Burwash Landing
Tanana Crossing
Fairbanks
Yukon
John W. Troy
E. C. Collins
Joyce
Twin Glaciers Lodge
Taku River
Francis Williams to Speak on Radio From Ouachita Parish
Francis Williams, secretary of state candidate on the Home Rule ticket, will broadcast on Station KMLB at 7 PM Wednesday. Voters in Ouachita parish and West Monroe requested the address after a December 23 meeting was disrupted by hoodlums. Williams will discuss old age pensions auto license tax relief and farm and home tax exemptions among campaign issues.
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Francis Williams
Home Rule
KMLB
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Williams
Thumb as fashionable ring finger in 15th and 16th centuries
The thumb was considered the fashionable ring finger during the 15th and 16th centuries. This note highlights how cultural norms shifted regarding finger symbolism and adornment in historical Europe.
Wilhite family listed with numerous relatives
The obituary references six daughters including Mrs. H. H. Haggard and Miss Rosa Wilhite of Greenwood, Mrs. J. W. Brantley of Farmerville, Mrs. N. J. Sloane of Crowley, Mrs. J. S. Aswell and Mrs. Henry Lenard of West Monroe, three stepsons A. M. Wilhite, Tobin Wilhite and Billy Wilhite, and one stepdaughter Lottie Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhite
H. H. Haggard
Rosa Wilhite
Greenwood
J. W. Brantley
Farmerville
N. J. Sloane
Crowley
J. S. Aswell
Henry Lenard
West Monroe
A. M. Wilhite
Tobin Wilhite
Billy Wilhite
Lottie Richardson
Landscape Gardening Preparations For Home Grounds
The article advises timely landscape work including transplanting shrubs and trees and redoing flower beds with proper drainage. It notes lime use rules, avoiding lime with manure, and a two week gap between applications. It warns against pruning broad leaf evergreens until after flowering and outlines scale spray guidance using lime and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel McQuiller
Parish
Al Smith Eyed For Attitude On 1936 Candidacy
Ely stated he did not know if Smith would run but offered support if he did. Democratic leaders withheld comment while Smith supporters from 1932 were scarce. Some observers doubt Smith will enter the race, others suggest the hint signals anti-Roosevelt considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Ely
Smith
Roosevelt
Hollywood Stars Sink From Sudden Deaths In 1930s
A string of celebrity passings is recapped including Mack Swain dies in August after an earlier comedienne death, writer Carl Erickson takes his own life, and actor David Landau along with Sam Hardy and Gordon Westcott die in various incidents. Mrs Ross Alexander commits suicide in December and Miss Todd, a blonde comedienne, is found dead in her car on December 16.
Chamber Of Commerce Ballots Due In Monroe West Monroe Election
S H McClary secretary says all ballots for the Monroe and West Monroe Chamber of Commerce election must be received by 5 p m January 1. Ballots have been arriving steadily. The vote will decide personnel of the junior and senior boards, which will then elect officers for the year.
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Chamber of Commerce of
Monroe
West Monroe
S. H. McClary
Patient Improving After Operation at Local Clinic
Mrs. E. J. Brown of Monroe is reported improving after an operation at the Vaughan-Wright Bendel clinic with condition continuing satisfactory Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Brown
Monroe
Vaughan-Wright- Bendel Clinic
Equal representation pledged by parish boards in Louisiana telegrams
Various parish boards and officials including Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, and West Carroll promise equal representation at polls for factions and candidates. A January 21, 1936 primary election prompts boards to collect candidate lists and select commissioners and alternates from qualified names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Henry C. Sevier
Madison Parish
Morehouse C. M. Calhoun
Morehouse Parish
Lillian E. Collins
Ouachita Parish
E. R. McDonald
Tensas Parish
Union
M. R. Tugwell
Resident Union Parish Board
O. K. Allen
West Carroll
W. D. Dark
West Carroll Parish
Pauline Mattis
Silence cloaks Prignano murder in Chicago ward
Police pursue killers of State Representative Albert J. Prignano in Chicago's old Bloody Twentieth Ward as silence from key suspects hinders progress. Investigators trace a car tied to Angelo Lazzia and question Mike Russo while ballistics test a revolver matching the crime caliber.
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Chicago
Albert J. Prignano
Twentieth” Ward
Angelo Lazzia
John Norton
Daniel Mulcahy
Lazzia
Joe Monica
Sam Lapicola
Lapiscola
Prignano
Mike Russo
Russo
Prompt Payment Requested For Christmas Seals
The Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health Association urges residents of the Twin Cities and Ouachita parish to mail payments for Christmas seals. It asks those not yet paid to send at their earliest convenience and to buy what they can if funds are limited.
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Twin Cities
Ouachita Parish
Births in Lake Providence and Arcadia families
A son named James Earl was born on Christmas Eve to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Isaac of Wilman Spur. A daughter named Doris Anne arrived December 22 at St Francis Sanitarium to Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Carter of 804 South Third Street. Mrs. Carter is Frances McKenzie of Arcadia by birth.
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Lake Providence
Clarence Isaac
Wilman Spur
James Earl
Doris Anne
St. Francis Sanitarium
Charles H. Carter
South Third Street
Caldwell election supervisors to meet in Columbia
Caldwell parish board of election supervisors will meet at the registrar of voters office to select commissioners and deputies for the January 21 primary election. Mrs Annie Wear hosts the meeting Wednesday in Columbia Louisiana.
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Columbia
Caldwell Parish Board of Election Supervisors
Annie Wear
Registrar of Voters
Ugly Weather in Orleans Affects New Year Festivities
United States weather bureau forecaster W R Stevens warned of an ugly weather pattern for New Orleans New Year's Eve with temperatures in the 40s and rain across Louisiana. The disturbance off west Texas was blamed for strong winds and a storm warning as the Sugar Bowl between LSU and TCU loomed. In Atlanta residents endured a lengthy freeze as warm rain was forecast to melt the ice coating that paralyzed utilities.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
R. Stevens
United States Weather Bureau
Louisiana State University
Texas Christian University
Gulf of Mexico
West Texas
Weather Bureau
Morgan City
Carrabelle
Fla
Texas
Atlanta
Hunters Use Grass Fire To Flush Rabbits
Firemen were summoned to Smootfield late Monday to extinguish a grass fire started by hunters to flush rabbits from hiding places. The blaze was extinguished in about thirty minutes with a hose line from a truck tank.
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Smootfield
Federal men to study registrations and ensure fair polls
Federal investigators plan to study alleged fraudulent registrations and open an office in the area with a committee representative. Wilcox reports boards of election supervisors largely favor equal representation for both factions, while some remain unsure. The committee may return in ten days to two weeks for further hearings and fact gathering.
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Wilcox
Parish Boards of Supervisors
Boards of Election Supervisors
Louisiana
Local City Court Punishes Drunk and Disorderly Detainees
City court yesterday handed fines and short sentences for a lineup of offenses. Stewart Youngblood and Alice Whitney were fined seven dollars fifty cents each for drunk and disorderly conduct, suspended. Others include Nurse Walker and Curtis Chappell serving 30 days, Norma Newton fined one hundred dollars with seventy five suspended for possession of untaxed liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Youngblood
Alice Whitney
R. P. Webb, Jr
Buster Crosby
Pete Curry
Curtis Chappell
J. A. Hollis
Talmadge Walker
Hippopotamus Declared Largest Living Non Ruminating Mammal
The statement notes the hippopotamus as the largest living non ruminating, even toed mammal. It emphasizes its size among non ruminant hoofed mammals.
Meeting of law body closes amid heated remarks and Long reference
The report notes a closed meeting by law scholars including Professor George Gleason Bogert and Dean Rufus C. Harris. Dr James J Morrison of Tulane warned of fascist tendencies in the United States traced to the national industrial recovery act and cited Louisiana as an example with the Huey P Long shooting in the state house last September.
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Jee
George Gleason Bogert
University of Chicago
Rufus C. Harris
Tulane University
School of Law
James J. Morrison
United States
National Industrial Recovery Act
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Louisiana State House
Aspironal Quick Relief for a Cold Advertisement
An old advertisement touts Aspironal as rapid cold relief. It claims warming effects, nasal and eye relief, gentle bowel movement aiding recovery, and a money back offer. Sold by druggists with a family size bottle for fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drugo Gist’s
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Charles Schweizer
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Supreme Court
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Richland
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