Governor appoints C. R. Tidwell Monroe streets and parks commissioner
Governor Richard W. Leche signed and appointed C. R. Tidwell to fill the unexpired term as Monroe commissioner of streets and parks. Tidwell, formerly police superintendent since last June, will lead the department during Mayor Bernstein's illness with praise from the governor for his public service.
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Richard W. Leche
C. R. Tidwell
Monroe
R. D. Swayze
News-Star
New Orleans
Arnold Bernstein
City Hall
Leche
Tidwell
City of
Bernstein
Mother Ryals the Shelterer Dies at Home in Monroe
The widow known as Mother Ryals who ran a boarding house at 305 South Third Street for 21 years, a refuge for hobos and the penniless, has died. She fed and sheltered countless itinerants, stating life is a reception room before eternity and that all belongs to the Lord.
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Aasthland
souLion
Ryals
Monroe
Maine
California
Great Lakes
Gulf
Weather Synopsis for Louisiana and Arkansas
Northern Louisiana sees colder air and light rain in the south and east tonight with a look to Tuesday cloud cover and more rain in the southeast. Fresh coastal southerly winds shift to the north Tuesday. Arkansas faces a hard freeze in the northwest with freezing temperatures in the north and central regions tonight and a colder Tuesday with cloudy skies in the east and extreme south portions.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
January newspaper ads rise 46 percent over 1936
Advertising Age reports retail newspaper advertising from January 1 to January 30 rose 46 percent compared with the same span in 1936. In 73 major cities newspapers carried 74,427,328 lines in 30 days, and for the week ending January 30 total lines reached 15,775,156, up 5.8 percent from the prior year.
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Chicago
Advertising Age
Too Much Booze Ends Skylight Burglar’s Night Tumble
The elusive skylight burglar known as Roy Warren was injured after a fall from a shed roof while fleeing a burglary in West Monroe. He had earlier entered Van Browning's saloon at 221 Trenton Street after forcing a rear door, and spent six pint bottles of stolen liquor before his fall near S. H. Heard's meat market at 219 Trenton Street. He was found on the sidewalk shed and taken to St. Francis sanitarium for treatment with back injuries and other pains.
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State Penitentiary
Alalin
S. H. Heard
Trenton Street
West Monroe
Roy Warren
St. Francis Sanitarium
van Browning
Five youths held on murder charges in Genevieve Legnon death
In Donaldsonville Louisiana five companions of Genevieve Legnon aged 16 were arrested on murder charges after her skull fracture led to her death at a clinic. The suspects Cleo Miller Simo Melancon Lorenzo Milano Ralph Falsetto and Louise Wilson remain incommunicado in Baton Rouge parish prison as officials withhold details pending a preliminary hearing.
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Donaldsonville
Genevieve Legnon
Legnon
Baton Rouge
Etienne Legnon
New Iberia
Carpenter
Cleo Miller
Simo Melancon
Lorenzo Milano
Ralph Falsetto
Louise Wilson
Genevieve
Lester Gonzales
Ascension Parish
Dowell T. Martin
Roads Closed By Water Near Here
The road to Famerville via state highway 80 is closed due to high water from Bayou D Arbonne. Traffic to Farmer ville rerouted via Sterlington and Marion. route closure possible. Other open routes include Calhoun Choudrant or Ruston. White s Ferry road via North Seventh Street West Monroe also closed. Drivers urged to use the Arkansas road past Camp Ki-Ro-Li and Dr Catlett s plantation.
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Famerville
State Highway Department
Bayou D’arbonne
Farmerville
Sterlington
Marion
Calhoun
Choudrant
Ruston
White's Ferry
North Seventh Street
West Monroe
Arkansas
Camp Ki-Ro-Li
Dr. Catlett
Twelve face trial in death from third degree
Somerset Pa February 8 12 men including seven law officers stand charged in the death of Frank C Monaghan an elderly hotel operator in Uniontown The state attorney general personally prosecutes alleging brutal third degree questioning led to Monaghans death during a drunken driving arrest and a detective was involved in the car incident with his throat later slit
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Somerset
Supreme Court
Somerset County
George W. Maxey
Frank C. Monaghan
Fayette County
Uniontown
Charles J. Margiotti
Monaghan
Charlotte policemen recount Louisville flood horrors
Five Charlotte officers who patrolled flood struck Louisville for 11 days describe bullet fire from a guardsman, families driven to tragedy, a mother and father found dead while a baby clung to a chandelier, and widespread despair as survivors, some mentally unhinged, seek help.
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Charlotte
N. C
Louisville
National
Brown
Court Reform Debated As White House Meeting Held
Washington February 8 Senate and House leaders guiding the president's court reorganization bill met at the White House to discuss the plan. Senator Ashurst and Representative Sumners joined judiciary chairmen for the talks as the Supreme Court, refraining from comment, stayed aloof from the controversy over possible increases in its membership.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
White House
Ashurst
Arizona
Sumners
Texas
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Investigation at Hot Springs Moves Rapidly
Attorney John R. Thompson predicted sensational developments tonight before the Arkansas House committee probing alleged lawlessness in Hot Springs. Three reformitory inmates testified about abuse and immoral conditions at the city jail, prompting Circuit Judge Earl Witt to invite them to appear before the grand jury. Mayor Leo P. McLaughlin remained. no date set for the jury session.
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Little Rock
Ark
John R. Thompson
Arkansas House of Representatives
Hot Springs
State Reformatory For Women
Earl Witt
18Th Judicial District
Charles Gaslee
Witt
Leo P. McLaugh
Motive Sought in Shreveport Killing
J. Graham a Texas and Pacific railroad worker was found dead with five bullets in his back in a box car bunk room at Cut-Off Junction near Shreveport. H. V. Henderson, 27, surrendered and claimed years of enmity, saying he acted when Graham attacked him.
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Shreveport
Mcaddo Parish
Graham
Texas and Pacific Railroad
H. V. Henderson
Jefferson
Tex
Hin
Cut-Off Junction
Wills P Butler
Parish
Henderson
Ari
Nick Carter Found Dead in Rodessa
Nick Carter about 45 was found dead in Rodessa Louisiana after a gas flare incident. An autopsy of his stomach contents is ordered by coroner Dr. Willis P. Butler to determine the cause of death. Police say he likely slept near the torch with an empty bottle nearby.
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Shreveport
Nick Carter
Rodessa Ofl
Carter
Willis P. Butler
Coast Guard Radio Units Arrive as Flood Emergency Aid
Four Coast Guard radio crewmen arrived in Monroe from Paducah Kentucky to serve as an emergency unit along the lower Mississippi valley. They brought two fully equipped radio trucks and will operate here for several days to aid flood response if waters threaten nearby towns. Haines and Kirk hail from Mobile while Mulholland and Patten are from New York. Patten recalled Paducah being submerged with the Irving Cobb hotel partly underwater and main streets flooded.
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M. Haines
N. H. Kirk
X. Mulholland
W. W. Patten
United States Coast Guard Service
Monroe
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Coast Guardsmen
Haines and
Kirk
Mobile
Mulholland and Patten
New York Coast Guard
Paducah
Louisville
Ohio River
Coast
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