Ban on Arms Becomes Law in US Spain Embargo
A resolution embargoing munitions shipments to Spain became law with President Roosevelt's signature. It carries a ten thousand dollar fine or five years’ imprisonment for exports to Spain or other countries for transshipment to Spain. The embargo lasts until the president deems conditions permit. Customs collectors are ordered to enforce the act.
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Washington
Spain
Roosevelt
White House
Garner
Senate
United States
Bastrop Forms Third Ouachita Valley Cub Scout Pack
Bastrop organizes its third Boy Scout cub pack in the Ouachita Valley council with John Eldridge as cub master and L D Whitworth as assistant. Sponsored by Bastrop Methodist church Le land Howard Sunday school class, the charter list includes Billy Cree Biggs George Ernest Biggs and other local boys. Pack No. 3 joins Pack No. 1 at Tallulah and Pack No. 2 at Monroe.
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Ouachita Valley Council
Bastrop
Olan H. Black
Leland Howard
Bastrop Methodist Church
Allen W. Pomeroy
John Eldridge
L. D. Whitworth
James B. Tisdale, Jr
Warren E. Stevenson
Sherwood Nesbit
Billy Cree Biggs
George Ernest Biggs
Robert Davis
A. J. Flint
Charles Flint
Leo Kern
Paul Allen Pomeroy
Thomas Causey
Carl Turpin
George Daniels
Lloyd Krueger
Dan McDuff
Charles McDuff
Robert Barr Todd
Tallulah
Monroe
March and September Toughest Months in 1936
Baton Rouge health department reveals 1936 totals with March and September showing more deaths than births. Despite the two months deficit, yearly totals show births outnumbering deaths by 66.
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Baton Rouge
Health Department
Fireman Dies in Louisiana Train Accident
In Mer Rouge Louisiana H D Zappe 38 a Missouri Pacific fireman was fatally injured when a piece of pulp wood rolled from a passing flat car and struck him while he sat in a locomotive cab awaiting a southbound train to pass Coroner R B Leavell ruled the death accidental and Zappe's body was held as officials awaited his wife’s arrival.
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McGhee
Ark
R. B. Leavell
Zappe
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
Monroe
Louisiana Civil Code Origins Studied for Clarity
Governor Leche appoints Attorney-General Porterie, John H. Tucker Jr., and Judge William H. Byrnes Jr. to study the 1825 projet and the 1870 revisions. They will reprint French and English texts of the draft to explain provisions, aid lawyers, and illuminate authors' intent. Reprints funded by the state printing board for lawyer access.
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Bar
Richard W. Leche
Gaston L. Porterie
John H. Tucker, Jr
Shreveport
William H. Byrnes, Jr
New Orleans
Edward Livingston
Moreau Lislet
Pierre Derbigny
Porterie
Tucker
Congressional
Henry P. Dart
State Printing Board
Secretary of the State
Leche Orders Three Special Elections in Louisiana
Governor Richard W. Leche directs three special elections in Louisiana to fill a state senate seat for St Tammany and Washington parishes, the Bogalusa mayoralty, and East Carroll Parish sheriff. Local Democratic committees will set the primaries.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
H. C. Richardson
Senate
St. Tammany
Washington Parishes
Richardson
United States
Louisiana
B. R. Cassidy
Bogalusa
Cummings Rites Outline Life of Lumber Executive
W F Cummings died after illness. funeral plans include night train to Memphis. He built a timber and gas legacy with J B White and James D Lacey, handled 1 million acre tract via Tensas Delta Land, and served Grace Episcopal, Masonry, Shrine, and Knights Templar. Survived by widow Katherine Hall Cummings, son Gordon, daughter Mrs John Peters, and five grandchildren.
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Missouri Pacific
Memphis
Tenn
Clarence Oakley
C. Prentice Gray, Jr
Milling Bernstein
William Potts Clark
Fred G. Hudson, Jr
Reynolds McWilliams
Cummings
Viroqua
Wis
Katherine Hall
Chippewa Falls
J. B. White Company
Missouri
Mobile
Ala
Monroe
James D. Lacey and Company
Michigan
Tensas Delta Land Company
Morehouse
Ouachita
Ouachita National Bank
Grace Episcopal Church
Shrine
Knights Templar
Gordon Cummings
Gregg and McKenzie
John Peters
Winnfield
Swimming Costs Man and Woman in Miami Beach Losses
A New Yorker James Lehrer said a $1,490 diamond ring slipped from his finger and was lost in the ocean while swimming in Miami Beach. Barbara Robinson reported thieves entered her apartment during her swim and stole $255 in cash and $1,200 in jewelry.
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Miami Beach
Fla
James Lehrer
New York
Barbara Robinson
Real neutrality act urged to cover instruments of war
The speaker argues for a specific neutrality act covering war tools. He notes exports in 1935-36 totaling $16,000,000, mostly aviation equipment, would be classified as instruments of war under a broad definition. He cites the growing linkage of small brokers to larger military ship development.
Two Sing Sing Prisoners Die in Electrocution
At Sing Sing Prison in Ossining New York on January 8 two condemned men were executed by electric chair for a subway hold up killing transit worker Edwin Esposito. Theodore Didonne 31 and Joseph Bolognia 24 died after the timing of their sentences. Salvatore Scata 19 had his sentence commuted to life by Governor Lehman hours before execution and four others were spared or delayed due to an influenza outbreak.
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Salvatore Scata
Herbert H. Lehman
Hartford
Sam Kimmel
Dominick Zizzo
Eugene Bruno
Scata
Didonne
Bolognia
Licensing Board for General Contractors Formed in Louisiana
Baton Rouge January 8 The state licensing board for general contractors created by the 1936 legislature to examine qualifications was appointed by Governor Richard Leche. Members named Frank Barber Baton Rouge five year term Edward F Neild Shreveport four W R Aldrich Baton Rouge three Lionel Favret New Orleans two R S Wilds Jr Vidalia one year term Assistant district attorneys named E M Conzelmann Gretna 24th district Wayne Stovall Jonesboro second district Edward Meaux Lafayette 15th district.
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Baton Rouge
Athe State Licensing Board
Richard Lewhe
Frank Barber
Edward F. Neild
Shreveport
W. R. Aldrich
Lionel Favret
New Orleans
R. S. Wilds, Jr
Vidalia
Senator Adams Backs Constitutional Amendment On Federal Power
In a Colorado senate debate a Democrat senator urged enlarging federal power via a constitutional amendment. He attacked fellow lawmakers for clashing with courts and called Congress to change the rules of the game during a forum sponsored by the independent legislature bureau.
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Gress
Adams Democrat
Colorado
Independent Legislature Bureau
Congress
Kelly Improving Convalesces at Home
Vance M. Kelly a winds central switchman is convalescing satisfactorily at his residence 505 South Fifth street after influenza treatment.
Burglary at Dixie Service Station on DeSiard Street
Police report thief broke a front door lock at the Dixie automotive service station 1325 DeSiard Street and stole three rebuilt batteries and 12 quarts of oil. J A Gulledge reported theft of automotive tools from his car at 3612 Gordon Avenue during the night.
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Dixie Automobile
DeSiard Street
J. A. Gulledge
Gordon Avenue
No Justices Over 60 Roosevelt Sets Supreme Court Rule
Roosevelt will not appoint any justice over age 60, a rule he says he will stick to. Reports had named Senators Robinson Cummings and Johnson as potential nominees, but the president reiterates the age limit. Other notes mention political maneuvering and forthcoming discussions on court appointments. A separate item from Clarks, La reports a son born December 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Knight, named Lloyd Godfrey Knight.
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Roosevelt
Joe Robinson
Homer S. Cummings
Hiram Johnson
California
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Robinson
Cummings
Johnson
George Norris
Nebraska
Norris
Supreme Court
Arkansas
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard Law School
Donald Riehberg
Gat Richberg
Washington
Russia
Joe Davies
NEA Service, Inc
Clarks, la
Lloyd Knight
Lloyd Godfrey Knight
Louisiana Honors Jackson Birthday in State Holiday
New Orleans observes Andrew Jackson's birthday as a legal holiday with state and city offices, courts, banks, and exchanges closed. Schools stay open with historical programs honoring Old Hickory and his defense against the British at Chalmette.
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New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Chalmette
Louisiana
Doctor saves unborn infant in Oakland shooting
In Oakland on January 8 a 19 year old mother Elsie Randall was fatally shot. Surgeons delivered a seven pound boy by Caesarean section before she died. Police say Ray Randall fired the shots after an alleged reconciliation dispute. The infant, healthy and strong, will survive.
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Oakland
Calif
Elsie Randall
Alameda County Hospital
Randall
Bodie Wallman
Amelia Hohnaus
Ray Randall
Hohnaus
A. L. Randall
Alameda
Clarence de Puy
Bullet ends man's Dr Jeryl life in Pasadena
In Pasadena on January 8, Harry Linton Butter, a real estate broker and former bank robber, was shot dead when he drew a pistol as police approached outside a Bank of America branch. Detectives note his fingerprints linked to a bank robbery last March involving $4118.
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Pasadena
Calif
Harry Linton Butter
Harry Linton
B. Sullivan
Butler
The
Robert O'Rourke
Bank of America
Rourke
Macaroni Spaghetti Egg Noodles Recipe and Coupon
Superior quality pasta promotes tissue building and energy. The package features a recipe and a coupon for customers.
Grasse to discuss styles at Louisiana Tech college
W G Grasse of The Palace department store will discuss spring styles for women at 6 30 p m Monday January 11 in the Wigwam Tech auditorium Ruston Louisiana. The talk precedes a dinner and will be before a joint session of the Tech dormitory girls organization and the K O A with about 300 members plus other women students and guests invited by Miss Alma Burk dean of women.
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Miss Burk
Grasse
Tech
Parish Plans New Election Commissioners For February Vote
Ouachita parish board of election supervisors prepared a tentative list of new commissioners led by parish registrar Miss Lillian Collins. The final roster will be announced in the News-Star next Thursday as candidates race for the clerk's office closes. The February 16 general election will fill the clerk position after Pat S. Hamilton's death. Norris A. Huse dies in New York after long illness. he was 34 and served as executive assistant to AP's general manager.
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Sioners
Ouachita Parish
Pat S. Hamilton
Norris Huse
New York
Norris A. Huse
Manaver
Associated Press
Thetoe
Wire Photo Services
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