Two Negroes On Warpath Kill One And Wound Two
Two suspects described as violent assailants shot and beat residents during the weekend. Frank P. Nesbit died after a grocery store shooting. Robert L. Powell remained in grave condition with neck wound and lung injury. Dempsey Pace was critically beaten at home. Eight suspects held as investigators pursue leads at St. Francis sanitarium.
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St. Francis Sanitarium
Frank P. Nesbit
Dick Taylor and
McEnery
Robert L. Powell
Breard Street
Nesbit
Sanitarion
Powell
Dempsey Pace
Pace
Sterling Road
Lamkin
France demands international control over arms for Spain
Paris February 15 France’s foreign office signals readiness to press for international control of men and arms bound for Spain by February 28 with or without Portugal. Premier Blum cites violations of European neutrality as a reason. Morocco police probe possible deserters aiding Franco’s forces. France warns Italy and Germany against intervention as Corbin renews neutrality talks in London.
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Paris
France
Spain
Portugal
Leon Blum
Morocco
French Foreign Legion
Francisco Franco
Rabat
Spanish
Europe
Italy
Germany
Charles Corbin
London
Corbin
Pope Overjoyed At Steps Toward Walking Again
Pope Pius XI, boosted by brief progress in walking, plans to reclaim use of his legs amid cautious medical advice. Doctors restrict exertion to protect his weakened heart while attendants note lingering doubt over full recovery.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Amanti Milani
Holy Father
Milani
Tall Fish Tales Come In Fast for Ocean Club
Washington reports Charles E. Jackson head of the Hook Line and Sinker club says fishermen nationwide respond to an American anthology of piscatorial fables. He shows letters including Bow of Casper Wyoming and Tobin of Helena Montana describing comic river tales and astonished fish.
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Washington
Charles E. Jackson
Jackson
Bureau of Fisheries
Charles E. Bow
Casper
Wyo
Powder River
Bow
H. W. Tobin
Helena
Mont
Blackfoot
Tobin
State troops move to patrol Mississippi levees
An officer and 24 enlisted men of Company G 156th infantry Louisiana National Guard from Monroe left at noon on army trucks for Camp Beauregard near Alexandria to patrol Mississippi river levees. Captain Louis F Rolleigh said assignment location will be decided after arrival.
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156Th Infantry
Louisiana National Guard
Monroe
Camp Beauregard
Alexandria
Mississippi River
Louis F. Rolleigh
Weather Synopsis for Louisiana and Arkansas Tonight to Tuesday
Partly cloudy conditions prevail in Louisiana with a slight chill in the west and warmer air along the extreme southeast coast. Fresh south and southwest winds will shift to northerly late tonight or Tuesday. Arkansas mirrors partly cloudy skies with colder conditions, especially in the south and east, and a continued cool trend into Tuesday.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
75000 Return to motor jobs after strike
Detroit February 15 1946 factory whistles called about 75000 GM employees back to work as plants reopen nationwide following a six week strike. GM expects to have all 135000 idle at the peak back at their benches and desks within a few days.
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Detroit
General Motors
Bandits Open Fire in Roadhouse Massacre
In Heflin Alabama two masked gunmen opened fire in a Muscadine area roadhouse, killing proprietor Burt Austin and Herbert Clayton. A 20 year old woman Ruth Jean McDaniel was critically wounded with abdominal injuries, and a man named Mr. Bell of Tallapoosa, Ga, suffered a broken arm. Sheriff Prestridge labeled it not a holdup and predicted arrests within days amid jealousy motives.
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Heflin
Ala
Muscadine
W. T. Prestridge
Alabama-Georgia Line
Cleburne County
Burt Austin
Herbert Clayton
Ruth Jean McDaniel
Comely
Anniston
Mr. Bell
Tallapoosa
Prestridge
Georgia
800 Chinese Die in Theater Fire
Antung Manchukuo February 15 800 Chinese burned to death in a theater fire. Every available carpenter and lumberjack in the border town were pressed into service to hew coffins for the victims.
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Antung
Manchukuo
Japan
Manchuria
SLAIN GROCER BURIED MONDAY IN MONROE
F P Nesbit age 52 of 407 McEnery street was shot Saturday night by an unidentified man and buried Monday at 2 30 p m at Multhearn funeral home with Rev E F Hayward and Rev J J Brooks officiating He leaves a widow a daughter Miss Sue Nesbit and a brother J F Nesbit of Mullins S C
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F. P. Nesbit
McEnery Street
Monroe
McEnery
Dick Taylor
Miss Sue Nesbit
Ouachita Parish
J F. Nesbit
Mullins, S. C
Mulhearn Funeral Home
E. F. Hayward
Grace Episcopal Church
J. J. Brooks
Flood refugees die of pneumonia in Birmingham camp
Arkansas flood refugees housed at Bayview camp in Birmingham total deaths reach ten with three pneumonia fatalities yesterday. Ches ter A. Williams eight month old, Hogan Howard fourteen, and James McMahan eight, all from Arkansas towns, were among the new deaths as cases rise among evacuees from the Mississippi river floods. Previously seven refugees had died from illness at the camp infirmary or Birmingham hospitals.
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Birmingham
Ala
Arkansas
Bayview
Chester A. Williams
Josie Williams
Keiser
Ark
Hogan Howard
Joe Howard
Lepanto
James McMahan
Luxora
Missisippi
Camp Infirmary
Lindberghs Fly to Cairo from Alexandria
Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife flew from Alexandria to Cairo this afternoon on a United States tour. The notable aviator continues state visits and is met by local officials upon arrival.
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Cairo
Charles A. Lindberghs
Alexandria
Cummings Seeks Moderate Constitutional Court Plan
Attorney General Cummings announced a nationwide effort to sell a Roosevelt court plan as moderate and constitutional. He argued the judiciary is a coequal branch and dismissed claims the proposal would create dictatorship, urging public figures to speak up in intervals to shape opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Cummings
Minton
Indiana
Farley
Roosevelt
Jefferson
Marshall
Jackson
Lincoln
W L Stevens Dies After Weeks of Illness at 73
W L Stevens 73 longtime secretary of the Peoples Homestead association died at his home on WH Wood street Monday after a lengthy illness. Funeral at First Baptist church Tuesday at 1 am with Rev L T Hastings officiating. Interment Riverview Burial Park. A West Monroe resident since 1893 he was active in business, civic and church affairs before retiring. He was born near Learned Mississippi January 6 1864 and later worked in Raymond Jackson and returned to Raymond to run a mercantile partnership.
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W. L. Stevens
People’s Homestead Association
Wood Street
First Baptist Church
L. T. Hastings
Riverview Burial Park
Stevens
Learned
Miss
Raymond
Jackson
West Monroe
W. L Morris Company
Senator Fisher's Son Carl Fisher Dies in New Orleans
Carl A Fisher 28 of Metairie Rindge son of State Senator Jules G Fisher died at Touro Infirmary from complications of an illness about three months. A Tulane graduate and Louisiana bar member he is survived by his widow Miss Sarah Goodma and an eight year old son.
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New Orleans
Carl A.fisher
Metairie Rindge
Jules G. Fisher
Touro Infirmary
Fisher
Tulane University
Louisiana
Sarah Goodma
Flood Crest Slows as Mississippi Drifts Toward Gulf
Mississippi River flood crest flattens near Vicksburg slowing downstream advance toward the Gulf. Meteorologist J T Lindley says the easing will not raise levee strain though lower valley towns await word from engineers. A 50 square mile inundated area northeast of Vicksburg remains unsettled as Red Cross and state agencies aid camps. Governor Seeley reports continued Gulf-bound relief efforts.
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Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Gulf of Mexico
J. T. Lindley
Costa
Crly
Marler B. Feepason
Mimissipp
Comumiszien
Natchez
Vicksturg
Berriers
Vicksurg
Aiil
Red Cross
Tennesseg Liste
Gulf
Aledt
Baton Rouge
Richard
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