Slaying at undeveloped Massapequa site shocks Long Island
Mary Helen O Connor, 15, vanished after leaving for an overnight visit. Police find her body in a bare real estate site near Massapequa, with torn clothing and bruises suggesting struggle though no clear criminal attack yet. A ransom note for 1000 dollars appeared at her home. A workman discovered the scene while clearing brush.
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Mineola
N. Y
Mary Helen O'Connor
James O'Connor
Massapequa
Mary Helen
Elvin Edwards
O'Connor
Bennett Johnson Beats Up Bandit On Highway
Bennett Johnson of Shreveport, brother of Mrs. Fred Fudickar, had a near fatal hold up while driving to Monroe for Col Frank P. Stubbs funeral. A stranger riding with him drew a gun near Arcadia. Johnson halted the car and struck the robber, rendering him unconscious, then continued to Monroe at daybreak.
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Bennett Johnson
Shreveport
Fred Fudickar
Monroe
Frank P. Stubbs
Johnson
West Monroe
Arcadia
Groundhog Day Debates and Young Artist Promises
A groundhog forecast divides locals with quotes from Harry Prophit and others, while eight year old Yvonne Cargile inspires Monroe with paintings shown downtown. Ouachita parish junior college seniors train as temporary teachers, bringing college lessons into city grammar schools.
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Monroe
Yvonne Cargile
Stella Vinson
McGehee
Ark
Barkdull Faulh School
Farm relief sought by Ouachita valley committee
The Ouachita Valley Farm Relief committee asks Governor O K Allen to back a farm mortgage moratorium and petitions Congress to support a nationwide foreclosure pause for one to three years. It would let landowners remain on property one to three years post sale. The group represents about 8,000 Northeast Louisiana farmers tied to the Federal Land Bank.
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Ouachita Valley Farm Relief Committee
Monroe
O. K. Allen
Louisiana
Congress
Harvey G. Fields
Union Parish
Francis Brown
C. L. Clark
Morehouse
W. W. McDonald
R. L. Moore
Ouachita
J. M. Hinton
Union
Federal Land Bank
Clark
Unruly Throng at Murder Trial of Young Welshman
In Long Beach California crowds pressed for admission to the murder trial of William J. Guy a young Welshman charged with killing Captain Walter Vanderwell famed globe trotter The state plans to call Vanderwell s widow Alpha Vanderwell as a witness as prosecutors note two disputes between the victim and Guy Wanderwell expedition ties mentioned Guy admits quarrel but denies the killing Jurors may tour the Carma yacht scene under guard to study evidence
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Long Beach
Cal
Robert Kenny
William J. Guy
Walter Vanderwell
Globe Trotter
Alpha Vanderwell
Guy
Wanderwell
Carma
Vanderwell
Three Charged With Kidnapping in Center Tex
Center Texas reported three men charged with kidnaping and related offenses after a Wednesday incident in Tenaha. Jack Peddy L P Wood and Robert Stewart were captured in Deadwood eighteen miles east of Carthage. Peddy and Wood escaped from Huntsville prison in November using forged clemency papers. Caswell Gunter McGuire and Parker kidnapped four victims including Caswell.
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Carthage
Peddy
Wood
State Penitentiary
Huntsville
Stewart
Caswell
Alvin Gunter
Lawrence McGuire
L. Parker
Parker
Logansport
State Admin Maintains Silence On Motor Tag Extension
New Orleans Feb. 3 The state administration remains silent on requests for a moratorium or extension of 1933 automobile license payments. Henry J. Olmott said his office would stay open Sunday Feb. 5 to handle late purchasers before delinquent penalties. After Sunday penalties apply. George W. Stern urged Gov. Allen for extra grace days, but no word was received. Attorneys for the Southern Truckmen's Protective Association plan to file suit to block collection of 1933 truck licenses, calling them a heavy burden.
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New Orleans
Henry J. Olnott
George W. Stern
The
Automotive Trades Association
O. K. Allen
Motor League of Louisiana
Southern Truckmen's Protective Association
Fugitive Negro Captured Near Louisiana Arkansas Line
Sandy Shelton a 26 year old fugitive sought by Louisiana and Arkansas authorities for months was captured early Friday in McGinty near the Arkansas line. He shot a Bastrop police chief in the hand days earlier and had evaded a road gang arrest. Sheriff Carpenter and Chief Higginbotham led a watch surrounding a house until Shelton appeared and fled, ending a coordinated manhunt.
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Bastrop
McGinty
Arkansas State Line
Sheriff's Department
Bastrop Police
Sandy Shelton
McGehee
Ark
Louisiana
Arkansas
J. D. Higginbotham
Higginbotham
J. Fred Carpenter
Carpenter
Ambushers Kill Raiding Officers in Stevenson Alabama
Two deputies, Deputy Sheriff Fred Jackson and Special Deputy J H Holland, were ambushed and shot to death while driving a wagon after raiding a still at Sand Mountain. A man named Lucian Brown was jailed on liquor charges, while warrants were sought for two others who escaped. The mule was hit by shotgun blasts, and the bodies were found by J D Wheeler after hearing gunfire.
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Jackson
Holland
Lucian Brown
Stevenson
Scottsboro
House Committee Cuts Supply Bill By Millions
The House appropriations committee said the legislative establishment can be run for 2,123,463 less in the next fiscal year. It cut 4,760,030 from legislative branch budget estimates and reported a supply bill of 16,588,878 versus 18,712,341 this year. Salary reductions from the economy act remain, with members allotted 9,000 each in the bill.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Legislative Establishment
Legislative Branch
Sandino Seeks Peace After Six Years of Revolt
Managua Feb 3 General Augusto Sandino, returning from his mountain base, surprised the nation by meeting with President Sacasa and pledging peace after six years of revolt against the U S backed government. He declared peace a fact and noted the departure of U S Marines marked a new era for Nicaragua.
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Sandino
Associated Press
Managua
Nicaragua
Augusto Sandino
United States
Advance Dixie Man for Cabinet
Southern agricultural workers at their annual convention in New Orleans sent a telegram to President-elect Roosevelt urging a southern man be named secretary of agriculture. No specific name was given. C. A. Cobb of Atlanta, a Mississippi native, was mentioned as a possibility.
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New Orleans
Southern Agricultural Workers
Sign of the Times
Roosevelt
C. A. Cobb
Atlanta
Mississippi
Charles W. Pipkin
Louisiana
Rogers Has His Say
Beverly Hills column by Rogers criticizes lawmakers for focusing on debts paid until June while unemployment and hunger persist. He argues many problems are temporary and measures ahead do not solve immediate needs. The piece reflects 1933 era concerns about economic hardship.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
England
Nine Patients Burn In Sanitarium Blaze
Nine women at Ridgecliff sanitarium in Wickliffe died in a dormitory fire that destroyed the building. Nurse efforts to save them were unsuccessful as the blaze, deemed incendiary by Dr William Glendenning, led to a farmer being named for arrest amid past disputes.
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Cleveland
Ridgecliff Sanitarium
Wickliffe
William Glendenning
Sanitarium
Scout Leaders Appointed by Ouachita Valley Council President
Judge W. M. Harper announces committee appointments after election as council president. Names include A. V. Miller Monroe as court of honor chair, B. Oakland Monroe camping, Dr. F. P. Rizzo Monroe health and safety, Sam Davis Monroe finance, Fred Williamson Monroe publicity, T. E. Williams Tallulah civic service, C. A. Barnett Ruston sea scouting, H. L. Campbell Ruston leadership training, Dr. Joseph Whitaker St. Joseph reading, F. X. Shaughnessy Monroe organization. District chairs: Miller Monroe, Snyder Morehouse, Cotton Rayville, Tucker Tallulah, Ed Frenz Lake Providence, Austin Hagle Concordia, Whitaker Tensas, Rev. Dana Terry Winnsboro, Truett L. Sere Ruston, Rundell Jonesboro, A. L. Allen Winnfield. Truitt L. Scarbrough of Ruston named national council delegate. Executive board subcommittee includes Judge Harper president, Herman Masur treasurer, Sam Davis.
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W. M. Harper
Ouachita Valley Boy Scout Council
A. V. Miller
Monroe
Court of Honor
B. Oakland
F. P. Rizzo
Sam Davis
Fred Williamson
T. E. Williams
Tallulah
Civic Service
C. A. Barnett
Ruston
Miss M. C. Potts Dies After Lengthy Illness
Miss Mary O Potts age 73 a famed northeast Louisiana pioneer relative to a U S president died after a lingering illness. Funeral at Grace Episcopal church at 2 30 Friday with interment in Christ Church cemetery Bastrop. Pallbearers named Murray Hudson Fred Hudson Paul Fudikar T C Roland Ned Leigh and Dr E R Yancey. She was born in Jackson parish near Jonesboro in 1859, daughter of J J Potts and Mary Polk Potts.
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Mary O. Potts
Louisiana
Grace Episcopal Church
Christ Church
Bastrop
Murray Hudson
Fred Hudson
Paul Fudikar
T. C. Roland
Ned Leigh
E. R. Yancey
Miss Potts
Jackson Parish
Jonesboro
J. J. Potts
Mary Polk Potts
United States
Debate on Tariff Faced by Senate
Washington Feb 3 The Senate opened debate on the tariff and took up the Johnson amendment to the treasury post office appropriation bill. The amendment would require the government to use strictly American materials and supplies in all public construction and repair. Indications were that the proposal would be adopted.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
California
Treasury-Post Office
Bennett Clark Becomes Missouri Senator in 1921
Washington February 3 Ben nett Champ Clark son of the late speaker of the house and former house parliamentarian was sworn Friday as senator from Missouri, succeeding Harry B Hawes who resigned. He was escorted to the dais by Senator Robinson of Arkansas and administered the oath by Senator Moses of New Hampshire. Hawes yielded the seat for Clark to be appointed by Gov Guy B Park and begin a six year term March 4.
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Harry Prophit
Santa Claus
Mr. Prophit
Kansas City
Anti-superstition Club
L. W. Mobley
J. W. Smith
H. M. Venable
Jim Wooten
F. L. Jones
Jones
Washington
Bennett Champ Clark
House
Missouri
Harry B. Hawes
Clark
Robinson
Arkansas
Moses
New Hampshire
Hawes
Guy B. Park
Embezzlement Charged Against Postal Clerk
G C Clayton a railway postal clerk at Union station in Shreveport was jailed Friday charged with embezzling a letter from the post office He had pleaded guilty the day before before U S Commissioner Rovian D Hendrick and is held on 500 bond
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Shreveport
G. C. Clayton
Union Station
Clayton
U. S
Rovian D. Hendrick
Louisianians Named To Inaugural Group
Washington February 3 Rear Admiral Cary T Grayson announces Louisiana state inaugural committee selections nominated by Huey P Long The list includes Col Seymour Weiss Col Robert Maestri Abe Shushan Dr Joseph A OHara and several other New Orleans Baton Rouge and Tallulah residents including Alice Lee Grojean and Lucille Mae Grace.
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Washington
Cary T. Grayson
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Col
Seymour Weiss
Robert Maestri
Abe Shushan
Joseph A. O'Hara
New Orleans
Earle J. Christenberry
Washington, D. C
T. Semmes Walmsley
Jeff B. Snyder
Tallulah
Senate ballot probe opens in New Orleans hearing
In New Orleans a Senate committee hearing on fraud charges in the September Democratic primary opened in a small room at the custom house. Senator Huey P. Long objected to records and layout as spectators jeered and clapped. The chair ruled any material shedding light on the matter could be entered.
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New Orleans
Senate
Robert B. Howell
Nebraska
Huey P. Long
John H. Overton
United States Senate
Senator Long
Representative Overton
O. K. Allen
Seymour Weiss
Long
S. T. Ansell
Overton
Howell
George Wallace
Ansell
Girl Sought in Bank Robbery Case in Liberty Texas
Liberty Texas February 3 A 17yearold girl one of two sisters indicted as accessories to a Cleveland bank robbery was sought by officers as they pursued two robberies of the First National Bank of Cleveland Texas Sheriff L V Hightower said Estelle Davis 17 and her sister Dorothy 23 had been indicted in connection with one robbery Dorothy was held in Liberty Nine persons had been indicted including the Davis sisters and seven men Caesar Wells 19 of Alexandria Louisiana wounded in a Houston hospital and held on charges of robbery by firearms in the January 6 holdup He denied complicity Others named in the cases include George Hubbard Travis Moody Paul Turner Dan T Davis Gerald Cramer Ivy Morgan and Earl Joiner in the separate September 14 1705 robbery
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Liberty
Tex
First National Bank of
Cleveland
L. V. Hightower
Estelle Davis
Dorothy Davis
Davis Sisters
Hightower
Caesar Wells
Alexandria
Houston
George Hubbard
Travis Moody
Paul Turner
Dan T. Davis
Gerald Cramer
Roosevelt Prepares for Inauguration and New Deal Plan
President-Elect Roosevelt has fixed policies and chosen aides as he nears inauguration. He plans a vacation before taking office and signals a bold program including farm relief, budget balancing, economies, and a government reorganization. He may call an extra session if Congress stalls, with cabinet announcements around March 2 and March 4. A major proposal involves using the Tennessee watershed for reforestation, reclamation, hydro power, and inland agricultural development.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Seas
United States
New York
Sion
Congress
Tennessee
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