Senate committee backs repeal of Prohibition
The Senate judiciary sub committee voted four to one in favor of a repeal resolution proposing to amend the Constitution to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. Blaine led support with Borah reserving opposition on the floor. The plan includes protections for dry states and authority for Congress to act against a return to prohibition.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Jon
Cee
Blaine
Wisconsin
Congress
Borah
Idaho
Dty
Hebert
Rhode Island
Walsh
Montana
Dill
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
United States
Trail of Zwolle Bank Bandit Now Believed Lost
Many Louisiana January 5. Sheriff E L Edwards says the trail of Rutland Carter, sought for robbing the Bank of Zwolle, has gone cold after clues failed to yield leads. Buren Slim Pruitt confessed and named Carter as the robber. Pruitt is jailed in Many on accessory charges. a grand jury will convene in February. Deputy Sam Russell was wounded in an exchange of shots with Carter and identified him as the robber.
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Many
Rutland Carter
Zwolle
E. L. Edwards
Buren
Slim) Pruitt
Pruitt
Carter
Horace Tompkins
Sam Russell
Russell
Rambling about the town in hard times and gas-saving hopes
In a column by H. H. B. residents travel from Monroe to St Joseph noting a car scarcity and many wagons. Reported scenes include poultry trade near a downtown hotel, a one-day poultry feed convention, and a joke about a missing gas theft. Businessman Harvey Couch suggests inventory and readjustment for better 1933 prospects.
Police Pressing Inquiry In Bandmaster's Slaying
Chicago police pressed a complex inquiry into the bandmaster murder Capt. Edwin O Schildhauer. They cited Carl Bradberry a jailed former deputy who said he would tell all but did not claim the killing. New disclosures by Miss Charlotte Holland niece of the insurer seller tied to $30 000 in life payout and a dance where Bradberry was present with Schildhauer and his wife.
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Chicago
Edwin O. Schildhauer
Carl Bradberry
Schildhauer
Bradberry
Charlotte Holland
Miss Holland
Levee Breaches Prompt Mass Evacuations in Missouri Arkansas
Floods from four levee breaks along the St Francis river force dozens of families from homes near Kennett Missouri and Bertig Arkansas. Guardsmen assist marooned residents as livestock perish but no lives are lost. Crevasse at the state line threatens 35 square miles in Arkansas. Continuous breaks shift water across 40 000 acres of lowlands.
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Memphis, Tenn
St. Francis River
Missouri
Arkansas
Kennett, Mo
Missouri National Guardsmen
State Line
Bertig Ark
Kennett
Consecration Held Today for Next Bishop in Boston
A telegraphic dispatch from Boston reports the consecration of Rev Daniel F Desmond priest of the Boston diocese World War chaplain and Catholic charities administrator as bishop of Alexandria Louisiana The ceremony at Holy Cross cathedral Boston lasted about ninety minutes before an audience of 2500 Cardinal William O Connell presided Con secrator was Rt Rev John B Peterson bishop of Manchester New Hampshire with assistants Rt Rev Francis J Spellman auxiliary bishop of Boston and Rt Rev Edward F McCarthy bishop of Portland Maine Continued on Ninth Page
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Mass
Daniel F. Desmond
Catholic Charities
Alexandria
Holy Cross Cathedral
William Cardinal O'Connell
Catholic Hierarchy
America
John B. Peterson
Manchester
N. H
Francis J. Spellman
Edward F. McCarthy
Portland
Japan Faces Chinese Demands Over Shanhaikwan Battle
China served a demand through its Nanking min ister for Japanese troop withdrawal from Shanhaikwan and punishment of attacking officers with guarantees against repeats. Indemnity rights are reserved. Shanhaikwan remains under Japanese control as refugees report 1200 to 1500 Chinese dead and 1200 Japanese casualties with 98 wounded.
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Associated Press
China
Nanking
Shanhaikwan
Peiping
Two-year-old Wooley child dies in accidental shooting
OVERTON Tex Jan 5 A two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs A F Wooley near Sexton City was accidentally killed last night when a gun held during a children's play was discharged in a scuffle as the mother attempted to retrieve it.
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Overton
Tex
A. F. Wooley
Sexton City
Senate Committee Urges $30 Million Government Savings Plan
The special economy committee told the Senate appropriations panel that federal cost cuts could reach 30 million dollars beyond existing savings. A 10 percent pay cut would apply to federal workers and armed services personnel, with $1,000 minimums and a 10 percent pension reduction for veterans.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Special Economy Committee
Bingham
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Hoover
Iowa farmers seek wartime style mortgage moratorium plan
Recalcitrant farmers in LeMars hobbled by foreclosures held Judge C W Pitts in Plymouth county court house and pressed for a moratorium on farm mortgages. He urged enacting a Kentucky style statute to bar courts from signing foreclosure decrees on farm property when cash judgments are sought. He notified Gov Elect Clyde L Herring and called for Iowa legislators to convene Monday to consider the measure after a protest by about 500 farmers at the courthouse. The effort aimed to halt a foreclosure sale of John A Johnsons farm to New York Life Insurance Co with a bid for 30000 less than the mortgage balance.
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Lemars
C. W. Pitts
Plymouth County
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
John A. Johnson
New York Life Insurance Company
Sixteen Indicted for Perjury in Day Law Trial
New Orleans January 5 The federal grand jury indicted sixteen persons on perjury charges linked to affidavits used as alibis for Arthur Masson the Mobile Alabama prohibition case convict. Indicted include Masson and his wife Dizzy Jack Crosby.
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Federal Grand Jury
Arthur Masson
Mobile
Ala
Federal
Masson
Dizzy Jack” Crosby
Mande
A R T h u r J. T a t u m Dies Here
Arthur J. Tatum 80, longtime Monroe police and deputy sheriff veteran, died early today at cousin R S Lawler home 10 miles from the city on the Ruston road after a brief illness. Widower, funeral tomorrow at 10 at his residence with Rev L T Hastings officiating. interment in the old city cemetery.
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R. S. Lawler
Ruston Road
Mr. Tatum
Monroe
City Hall
Tatum
Forsythe
Lawler
Sallie Ruffin
L. T. Hastings
First Baptist Church
Old City
Democrats Meet Roosevelt: Leaders Depart for Budget Talks
Eleven Democratic congressional leaders leave Washington for New York to confer with President elect Roosevelt on balancing the budget and cutting expenses. They seek guidance on revenue raising legislation, amid opposition to a sales levy and possible revisions to tax laws to cover a $307 million deficit. House Ways and Means delays cancelled pending the conference and focus turns to farm relief legislation.
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Washington
Treasury
New York City
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosvelt
Sun Up Final Rehearsal Tonight at Ouachita JC
Ouachita parish junior college auditorium hosts the final rehearsal of Sun Up at 7 pm tonight in preparation for a second performance tomorrow at 8 pm at the same venue. The public is urged to be seated before the first act ends, as no seating will occur after it begins. The Monroe Little Theater hit last Thursday prompted this repeat showing.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe Little Theater
Vote Fraud Case Reopening Seen in Jury Action
New Orleans January session hints at possible reopening of the grand jury probe into alleged election frauds from the last general election. Bank presidents asked about bond sales were not commenting, and grand jury members gave no statement on actions taken. District Attorney Stanley had begun the probe but Attorney General Porterie halted it citing state bond sale concerns.
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New Orleans
Grand Jury
Eugene Stanley
Gaston L. Porterie
Stanley
Freud
Millions Loaned To Provide Work For Unemployed
Washington January 5 The Reconstruction Finance Corporation has lent millions of dollars in the last ten days to fund jobs on major construction projects nationwide. In the final days of 1932 disbursements reached 15.38 million dollars for bridges waterworks and similar works, with total self liquidating loan disbursements at 15.74 million from an authorizations total of 146.54 million. New outlays included seven million to Louisiana and six million to the New Orleans Belt Line railroad with two million to other programs.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
State of
Louisiana
New Orleans
Film Firms Sued Over Chain Gang Film Defamation
Two $1,000,000 damage suits filed in Atlanta city court accuse Warner Brothers Pictures and Vitagraph of libel over I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang. Plaintiffs J Harold Hardy and Paul Phillips, wardens of Troup and Campbell counties, contend the Burns book and film misstate events and malign the wardens and their chain gangs.
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Atlanta
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc
Vitagraph, Inc
Robert Elliott Burns
Georgia
J. Harold Hardy
Troup County
Burns
Paul Phillips
Campbell County
Two Firemen Hurt in Nacogdoches Area Fire
In Cushing, about 20 miles northwest of Nacogdoches, two firemen were injured as a brick building housing a drug company and a grocery store collapsed during a blaze last night. The fire caused about 15 000 dollars in damage.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Cushing
Lincoln Parish Opposes Regional Credit Bank Loan Method
Farmers in Lincoln parish reject the Jackson Mississippi bank set up by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for 1933 credit saying it cannot meet local needs. A chamber of commerce meeting with officials from the police jury and school board heard letters from the bank that it cannot make loans with only a crop pledge as security. Harrington Hilzim, VP and GM, stated they are not authorized to make such loans.
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Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Jackson, Miss
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jackson Institution
Chamber of Commerce
Parish School Board
Fields Calls Meeting of Louisiana Public Service Commission
Harvey G. Fields, chairman, called a meeting of the Louisiana public service commission to be held in the senate chamber in Baton Rouge on January 20. He plans to announce committee members from each of the four districts to discuss ending the policy of granting exclusive franchises to passenger and freight vehicles on designated state routes.
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Farmerville
Harvey G. Fields
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Senate Chamber
Baton Rouge
Fields
Public Service Commission
Famous G. O. P. Leader Calvin Coolidge Found Dead
Ex-president Calvin Coolidge is found dead at his Northampton home likely from heart disease. Secretary Harry Ross says Coolidge appeared well and left for his office before returning and dying upstairs. wife discovered him about noon.
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Calvin Coolidge
United States
Northampton
Mass
Associated Press
Coolidge
Harry Ross
Mr. Coolidge
Ross
Hoover said to be terribly shocked by Coolidge death
Washington reports President Hoover was terribly shocked at news of Calvin Coolidge’s death delivered at a luncheon. Secretaries conveyed the AP bulletin as lawmakers across both chambers prepared to adjourn in respect, with knots of legislators gathering in the Capitol.
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Washington
Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Associated Press
Congress
Senate
House
New Orleans Body Seeks Lower City Phone Rates
Gabe J. Mouledoux president of the New Orleans board of trade said a conference will be held next week to study lower local telephone rates. Officials from the board and committee will meet Charles A. Stair manager of Southern Bell to review rate changes discussed with New York officials. The board had earlier called for an investigation into possible reduced rates and opposed Dudley LeBlanc's attempt to force hearings, due to potential litigation.
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New Orleans
Gabe J. Mouledoux
Foremer State Public Service
Dudley LeBlanc
Allendale Woman Killed In Train Auto Crash
Mrs. J. F. Osborn, 36, of Allendale was killed at a grade crossing near Allendale when her automobile collided with a train. She had dropped her two children at Pascadena school and was alone in the car.
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Houston
J. F. Osborn
Allendale
Repudiation of Hoover Book By Writer in Court
John Hamill repudiates his book Strange Career of Mr Hoover Under Two Flags in Supreme Court records. He testifies that while facts were true the slant and interpretations were false and he regrets writing it. The suit by James R. O Brien seeks profits and an accounting.
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New York
John Hamill
Hoover
Supreme Court
Hamill
Charles P. Kramer
James R. O’brien
William Faro, Inc
O’brien
O'Brien
Democratic National
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