Roosevelt Praise At Monroe Mass Meeting
A New Year community thanksgiving service at Capitol theater in Monroe drew a large audience. M. C. Thompson praised Franklin D Roosevelt for economic recovery efforts and resolutions pledged fealty and unified support to the president in the new year. The event, sponsored by local civic groups, featured multiple speakers and musical performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Theater
M. C. Thompson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
West Monroe
Leon Hammonds
F. K. Hirsch
America
T. O. Bancroft
Rotary Club
Thos. F. Jett
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce and Recovery
H. Flood Madison, Jr
Morris Haas
Merchants’ Division
Fagan Cox
NRA
Fred Williamson
Kiwanis Club
D. X. Ellett
First Christian Church
Louisiana
Reveler Killed in New Orleans New Year Clash
In New Orleans on New Year’s Eve a 24 year old man, Paul Henry Chaison, was shot and killed when his party’s two cars clashed with a group of four negroes blocking the road. Chaison’s wife was among the bruised party. Ferdinand Coplin, 21, was arrested as a participant. The incident marked the city’s loudest New Year welcome in 14 years with additional injuries from accidents and fireworks.
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New Orleans
Paul Henry Chaison
Chaison
Ferdinand Coplin
Duelling feud leaves two men dead near Kentwood
In Kentwood Louisiana on Monday Bob Travis 24 and his bodyguard Bill Mixon 35 were found shot dead near a bridge linking the Travis and Bridges feud. Travis had faced bond for a previous slaying and others in the feud are charged or sought.
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Kentwood
Bob Travis
Bill Mixon
Welcome 1934 a Look Back at Turbulent Year of 1933
The piece reflects on 1933 as a pivotal year with events from the assassination of Mayor Cermak to the repeal of prohibition and the New Deal's birth. It notes hopes for recovery in 1934 and cites a bright South Grand Street Christmas tree with colored lights drawing crowds.
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Cermak
Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Akron
California
America
United States
Grand Street
Man Is Critically Shot By Deputy Town Marshal
E D Stinson 29 of a prominent Bossier parish family was critically wounded by Deputy Town Marshal L G Bumgardner in Bossier City early today. The officer says Stinson resisted arrest and reached for a gun. Stinson says he was arrested with hands up and plans to file charges. The deputy tried to arrest him for allegedly breaking a cigarette vending machine in a Bossier City cafe.
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Man
Shreveport
E. D. Stinson
Bossier Parish
L. G. Bumgardner
Bossier City
Stinson
Bumgardner
Silver Coinage Becomes Major Issue in Congress
Congressional leaders agree a silver coinage pledge by nearly a third of the Senate elevates silver to the session’s central issue. President Roosevelt plans White House talks with Democratic leaders to chart plans as inflation worries push the money question ahead of taxes and recovery debates. Some foresee smooth action. others expect trouble as the session opens.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
White House
House
Rainey
Associated Press
Year 1934 Opens Amid Severe U S Weather Across America
The Associated Press reports varied conditions as 1934 began with heavy Southern California rain flooding Los Angeles area and threatening the Tournament of Roses event. A Los Angeles River rescue saved some from a wrecked bridge collapse. Meanwhile, North Dakota and western Minnesota plunged to 16 degrees below zero as a broad winter storm disrupted the central states.
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Associated Press
California
Los Angeles-Glendale
Los Angeles
la Crescenta
Calif
Culver City
Topanga Canyon
Malibu Beach
Pasadena
North Dakota
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Middle West
Birmingham man dies after auto train collision
Louis B. Sweet, 22, of Birmingham Alabama, died in Oshkosh Wisconsin from head injuries after his car was struck by a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train late yesterday. He and his wife were visiting his brother in Oshkosh.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Louis B. Sweet
Birmingham
Ala
Chicago and Northwestern
Sweet
Hopeful New Year Celebrations Marked by Prohibition Relaxation
The nation welcomes 1934 with renewed optimism and legal beer in many states after years of Prohibition. Times Square hosts a festive New Year as crowds celebrate the repeal era and look for continued improvement in prosperity and happiness.
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Associated Press
New York
Times Square
Pasadena Rose Parade Keeps Pace With Record Rainfall
Pasadena faces refusal fears as rain hammers Southern California with washed roads and several communities isolated. Col George S Parker predicts a home sponsored Rose Parade and football game if players balk, while the Tournament of Roses fights to proceed under the tough conditions.
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Col
George S. Parker
Tournament of Roses Association
California
NRA Leader On Hunting Trip In South Carolina
Georgetown South Carolina January 1 General Hugh S Johnson NRA administrator spent New Year’s Day hunting ducks and quail at Bernard Baruch’s winter estate and hunting preserve near Georgetown He planned to remain for several days before returning to Washington Wednesday
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NRA
South Carolina
Georgetown
S. C
Hugh S. Johnson
Bernard M. Baruch
Washington
NRA Sets Goal for Regulation Across More Fields
Washington Jan. 1 The NRA aims to regulate wages and hours in industries employing four to six million workers by end of January. Recovery administration reports 4,000,000 workers back to work and wage gains across 18 to 20 million workers. Blue Eagle codes cover major industries. remaining codes focus on smaller groups. Many blue eagles remain on display after the re employment pact expired. Roosevelt invites those not covered to stay with voluntary terms until May.
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Washington
NRA
Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
Laguardia Takes Oath as New York Mayor
Fiorello H Laguardia was sworn in as mayor of New York just after midnight and planned a busy first day. He will swear in Police Commissioner John F O'Ryan, hold conferences, greet officials, address the aldermen, and hold a 4 p.m. press conference.
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New York
Fiorello H. Laguardia
Tammany
John F. O'Ryan
Board of Aldermen
Mississippi high court upholds death sentence for Thurman Ticks
The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and death sentence for Thurman Ticks of Neshoba County for the slaying of Noah Savell, a white man, and set February 2 as the execution date.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi Supreme Court
Thurman Ticks
Neshoba County
Noah Savell
Floods and rains plunge Southern California into disaster
Torrential storms flood rivers and creeks around Los Angeles leaving dozens dead or missing, hundreds homeless, and infrastructure wrecked. Communities within fifty miles of LA are isolated as high water washes out highways and rail lines amid a mounting list of missing persons.
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Los Angeles
California
Virginia Pullian
Wendell Farr
Carolyn Ellis
Jerry McDonald
Larry McDonald
Phyllis Brooks
Glendale
Virginia
New Year Welcome Echoes Through Monroe Community
The city and nearby West Monroe ushered in 1934 with fireworks dances and all night revels at hotels and private homes. Public gatherings followed by thanksgiving services at Capitol theater and churches as stores, banks, and post offices closed for New Year’s Day.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Frances
Virginia
Paramount Theater
Ouachita Parish
Brothers Arrested In Slaying Of Young Woman In Carolina
Blaine Norman 26 and his 20 year old brother Taft were arrested in North Carolina on charges of killing Leota Childress 18 near Elkin. Childress, foster daughter of Wilkes county residents, was shot as she tried to telephone for help. The brothers were captured after Sheriff Somers identified them. one located in High Point and the other in Lexington. They are held without bail. Police records tie the Normans to the area. Sheriff Somers had said two men who shot the girl and took 650 dollars and papers from the Til ley home were identified.
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High Point
N. C
Blaine Norman
Taft
Leota Childress
Elkin
Warwick W. Tilley
Wilkes County
Norman Brothers
W. B. Somers
Bisine Norman
Lexington
Normans
Tilley
Somers
Wilkesboro
Long regime attacked at Louisiana mass meeting
In New Iberia Louisiana a mass meeting of third district citizens adopted resolutions to back the movement to end the Long Allen dictatorship. They urged Congress to reject Mrs Bolivar E Kemp seated in the sixth district and endorsed J Y Sanders Jr for the seat after a December 27 citizens election.
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New Iberia
Third Congressional District
Ellis Theater
Louisiana
Congress
Bolivar E. Kemp
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
Citizens
Kemp
Democratic Executive Committee
Sanders
T. M. Callahan
Lafayette Daily Advertiser
Huey P. Long
Long
Callahan
Nat B. Tycer
Hammond
Washington
House of Representatives
Attempt on Life of ABC Secret Leader in Havana
A bomb exploded at the Havana home of Jorge Man ach, a leader of the ABC secret political society, causing no casualties. The incident occurred during New Year celebrations as President Ramon Grau San Martin prepared to receive guests in the palace.
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Havana
Jorge Manach
ABC
Ramon Grau San Martin
Ane
Caffery
Pressentvelt
Morgenthau Sworn In as Secretary of the Treasury
President Roosevelt accepted William H. Woodin’s resignation due to ill health and named Henry Morgenthau Jr. as acting and now sworn in secretary. Morgenthau, a Dutchess County New York resident and Cornel graduate, has led farm credit efforts and served as governor of the farm credit administration. The letters exchange disclosed Woodin’s departure, with the president’s reply stressing urgency of the health issue and continued policy aims.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William H. Woodin
the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Woodin
Morgenthau
White House
Oval Room
Henry Morgenthau
Dutchess County
New York
Cornel University
Farm Credit Administration
Ul Health
Treasury
Tucson
Ariz
F. A. Birgfeld
Wooden
H. Woodin
Death Probe Begins Into Youth’s Knife Wounding Near Rayville
Roy MacIntosh 21 died from a knife wound after a dance at Bill Hendricks home. Suspect Lee Hollins 19 is jailed in Richland parish awaiting investigation. Funeral held at Stevenson cemetery north of Rayville. MacIntosh survived by parents and four siblings.
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Roy MacIntosh
Rayville
St. Francis Sanitarium
Bill Hendricks
Richland Parish
Lee Hollins
MacIntosh
Holling
Hollins
Stevenson Cemetery
Rayeville
W. S. MacIntosh
Ovie
Truman
R. Hatfield
West Monroe
R. Fatheree
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Reveler
Orleans
Travis
Claude Bridges
Amite
Bridges
Henry Bridges
Reid Birch
Jes’ Ramblin
OLD and New Treasury
Hope
U. S
ROSE
California City
Pasadenas
L’guardia
West Coast
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Grace Episcopal Church
Carolina
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