Central Depot Opens to Distribute Flood Relief Goods
The Allied Charities of Monroe and West Monroe together with the Chamber of Commerce opened a central relief depot at 328 Harrison Street to receive and disburse food clothing and other necessities. The effort will coordinate with charities to aid flood refugees and distressed residents. The committee has sent 187 letters to wholesalers and retailers seeking donations and calls for public support with pickup or conveyance arranged by calling 1357 or 3064.
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Allied Charities of
Monroe
West Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Harrison Street
Conttal Committee
Reserve Officers to Have School Tuesday Session
The Reserve Officers' School will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in the Federal Court room on the post office building’s second floor. Captain John S. Moore will conduct the session on Combat Orders due to Captain J C Johnson’s injury. All officers and enlisted men are urged to attend, and the public is invited.
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Reserve Officers' School
Federal Court Room
Post Office
Frank V. Reitzell
Reserve Officers’ Corps
J. C. Johnson
John S. Moore
Infantry
Tarzan Encounters Cave Bear Guarding a Boy
Tarzan treks from rugged gorge toward Pellucidar forests and discovers a cave bear blocking a trail. A boy stands at the cave mouth as the bear roars and advances, prompting Tarzan to spring into action.
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Tarzan
Flood Crisis Spreads as Levees Fail in Quitman County
Water covers 30,000 acres in eastern and southeastern Quitman County adding to 325,000 under water as backwaters threaten Lambert Marks and Belzoni. Convicts assist levee work. Yazoo River flood crest may be near.
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Coldwater River
Lambert
Black Bayou
Quiver
Sunflower County
Ruleville
Drew
Parchman State Prison
Marks
Quitman County
Longstreet
Chancey
Mikoma
Highlands
Quitman
Belzoni
Yazoo River
Tippo
Democrats Seek Spending Cuts Across Federal Agencies
The measure trims agency budgets this year including the Secretaries office at 13.076 million, Weather Bureau at 34.136 million, Animal Industry Bureau at 12.282 million, Forest Service at 12.313 million, Entomology and Biology surveys, and Chemistry and Soils. It also reduces food and drug administration and cuts agricultural credits by 900 million to 2 billion in loans for farmers, noting 53.743 million loaned from last year's farm relief.
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Hyde
Weather Bureau
Animal Industry Bureau
Forest Service
Entomology Bureau
Biological Survey
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Food and Drug Administration
Hie
Drouth
Congress
Agriculture Department
Department
Meat Cutting Demonstration Planned on Columbia Road
A meat cutting and curing demonstration is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at the home of W. W. Mae-Donald on the Columbia Road. LSU extension animal husbandman W. T. Cobb will assist E. R. Strahan in conducting the event. Hogs will be killed the day before and processed at a Monroe ice plant.
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W. W. Mae-Donald
Columbia Road
W. T. Cobb
Louisiana State University
E. R. Strahan
Monroe
Fragmented financial figures from association balance sheet
The text lists dues from members for interest and taxes and insurance with figures like 4,634.67 and 68,535.12. It mentions advanced office funding for furniture and fixtures and various cash and asset totals including 153,169.73 and 79,986.44, ending with 85,686.44 and other unclear items.
Election Returns Setup In Ouachita Parish Courthouse
Deputies install a special telephone in the criminal district court room to announce late returns. Bulletin boards display candidates and precinct vote totals while a radio links state returns from Shreveport. Precincts and polling places are adjusted due to high water across Ouachita Parish.
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Sheriff's Office
Criminal District Court Room
St. John Electric Company
Sheriffs Office
Shreveport
Shreveport Times
Tidwell
Phillips Print Shop
Apple Street
Leon
Erevereny
Hot Springs Mayor Proposes Champagne Cure for Hiccups
Hot Springs Mayor Leo P. McLaughlin offers two bottles of champagne to Edith Cantrell of Humphrey Arkansas to treat a 24 day hiccup spell. He says iced champagne in moderate doses can cure by the wine gas acting against stomach gases causing hiccups. Cantrell was moved to Stuttgart Hospital for X rays and rested well last night.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Leo P. McLaughlin
Hot Springs
Edith Cantrell
Humphrey
Here
McLaughlin
Governor race heats up as voters prepare tomorrow
The Teche region reports fierce campaigning among Allen Long and LeBlanc with predictions of sweeping victories. Guion pledges highway program continuity while Long touts free school books, a new mansion, and ongoing infrastructure projects.
Nine Die Six Wounded In Family Feud Violence
The text reports multiple homicides and injuries tied to family feuds. Hayden McFarlin killed his wife Zedna McFarlin, wounded his brother in law Harry Gregory, and killed himself at Franklin. Burchell, a guard at the state reformatory at Frankfort, involved in the incident. Jack Warren, Bowling Green roadhouse owner, faced charges for a shotgun slaying amid a street argument in Helmier Pike County where Noah Johnson and Willie May Adkins were shot. Johnson was seriously wounded.
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Burchell
State Reformatory
Frankfort
Hayden McFarlin
Zedna McFarlin
Harry Gregory
Franklin
McFarlin
Bowling Green
Jack Warren
Gud Beckham
Warren
Beckham
Noah Johnson
Willie May Adkins
Hellier
Pike County
Johnson
Funeral set for W. H. Thornhill in West Monroe
Funeral services for W. H. Thornhill who died yesterday will be held at 3 p m this afternoon from the late home 111 Filhoil West Monroe. Thornhill age 17 was born near Columbia and is survived by a wife three sons Arthur and John of Columbia Conley of West Monroe a daughter Mrs Hattie Rushing and two brothers C M Thornhill Columbia S M Thornhill Arcadia Honorary pallbearers include Dr J E Walsworth W S Heard C T Tredell A N Landrum C D Ballard W W McDonald active pallbearers Jake Brooks Pete Brooks W A Kirkpatrick N E Wax D C Metcalf and C C Scharf Services will be conducted by Rev L T Hastings assisted by Rev E E Huntsberry and Rev Louis Hoff Paulr
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W. H. Thornhill
Filhoil
West Monroe
Mr. Thornhill
Columbia
Arthur
John
Conley Thornhill
Hattie Rushing
C. M. Thornhill
S. M. Thornhill
Arcadia
J. E. Walsworth
W. S. Heard
C. T. Tredell
A. N. Landrum
C. D. Ballard
W. W. McDonald
Jake Brooks
Pete Brooks
W. A. Kirkpatrick
D. C Metcalf
C. C. Scharf
L. T. Hastings
E. E. Huntsberry
Louis Hoff- Paulr
River flood worries as rising water tightens across West Monroe
Rising water threatens areas north of West Monroe and southwest sections as crews operate two pumps at Black Bayou and Illinois Central to divert up to 34 000 gallons per minute. Forecasts predict river stages near Monroe between 47.1 and 47.4 feet by January 21 22 with relief hoped in three to four days. evacuees increase as residents along Riverside Drive and Riverton-Columbia areas seek higher ground.
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Brownville
Ransome Aadition
Black Bayou
Illinois Central Railroad
West Monroe
Monroe
New Orleans
R. A. Dyke
Red River
Alexandria
Quachita
Louisiana
Black River
Jonesy Me
Shreveport
Grand Ecore
Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Atchafalaya
Natchez
St. Martin Parish
Veterans of Foreign Wars
M. BE. Dupont
Ransom Addition
E. G. Courtney
Riverside Drive
Linois Central Railroad
Riverton
Columbia
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Rail Officials Pass Through City Tonight
PH Joyce president of the Chicago and Great Western Railway and W L Ross president of the Nickel Plate Railway will pass through Shawneetown in a private car over the Missouri Pacific tonight on their way to New Orleans.
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Joyce
Cheazy and Great Western Railway
W.L. Ross
Nickel Plate Railway
Throwers Shire City
Missouri Pacific
New Orleans
Flood Scenes In Review Sunday By Monroe Autoists
Thousands of Monroe and Northeast Louisiana residents toured flood scenes Sunday in autos. They viewed the Ouachita River overflow along Riverfront Street in West Monroe and water covering the West Monroe bath houses and the Monroe municipal natatorium.
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Monroe
Louisiana
West Monroe
Ouachita
Chinese oppose Japan in war with heavy casualties reported
Reports detail multiple clashes in Yingkow Yingkan and Yenti with Chinese losses and Japanese casualties. Battles involved machine guns artillery and air power near coal center Yenti, with 900 Chinese dead reported in one village and 1900 looting elsewhere. Warlord Chang Hai Peng arrives amid formation talks as Harbin governor Chang Ching Hui is expected.
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Yingkow
Yingkan
Yenti
Here
Tungliao
Shinshi
Chinchow
Chang Hai-Peng
Ma Chan-Shan
Tsitsihar
Jiro Tamon
Chang Ching-Hui
Harbin
LeBlanc Draws Record Lafayette Crowd
A vast Lafayette turnout heard Mr LeBlanc speak for half an hour in French and English about his plan to restore the state to prosperity. He denied Huey Long’s charge of lying and noted the day’s crowd, claiming about 60 000 attendees against a 40 000 forecast. He pledged to establish a charity hospital in Lafayette if elected.
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Lafayette
LeBlanc Candidate Claims Large Lead In Governor Race
The speaker praised a plan to aid the sick and aged and promote free school books. He boasted of being the first to introduce a free book measure, defeated by Huey P Long allies, and urged economical administration of school funds and highways. Afterward he returned to Abbeville amid claims opponents damaged bridges to disrupt attendance.
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Endea
Aso
Huey P. Long
Abbeville
LeBlanc
Bohne
McKeown Bill Support Discussed by Murray in Coffee Break
Murray obtained permission to discuss the McKeown bill while seated, describing England's central and Scotch bank systems and the U S Federal Reserve. Harry the janitor, a longtime Ways and Means helper, served coffee as Murray poured himself a full cup.
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Murray
McKeown
Mellon
Central
England
Federal Reserve Banking
United States
Harry
Bilbao in turmoil as general strike follows deadly clash
Police and troops patrolled Bilbao as a general strike spread after a clash between Catholics and non Catholics left four dead and fifteen wounded including three civil guards. Banks were heavily guarded by troops in the city.
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Bilbao
Spain
New Orleans to Bury Captain Olaf Larsen
The body of Captain Olaf Larsen 48 master of the United Fruit Company's steamship Coppername will be brought to New Orleans. He was killed by a swinging three ton piling at Cristobal docks in Colon, Panama yesterday.
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New Orleans
Olaf Larsen
United Fruit Company
Steamship Coppername
Colon
Panama
Cristobal Docks
Baby’s Colds Are Dangerous Too Adv Calls Teethina
An old advertisement warns that infant colds can lead to dangerous infections and promotes Teethina as a safe laxative and intestinal antiseptic for babies. It claims Teethina regulates the liver and cleanses bile and mucus, costs 30 cents, and is available at drugstores.
Three Minute Relief From Periodical Pains
A periodical pain remedy named B C promises relief within three minutes. Marketed as prepared by a registered pharmacist, it combines several ingredients used by physicians to ease pains, colds, headaches, neuralgia, and nervous distress without habit forming drugs. Available in 10c and 25c packages.
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B.C
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Allied Charities
Harrison St
Quinine
Garamount
Miriam Hopkins
Phillips Holmes Wynne Groton, Stuart Frain
Irving Pichel
Joy Charley Chase
the Tobasco Kid
Paul Lukas
Dorothy Jordan
Charley Ruggles
Capitol News
Pellucidar
Tallahatchie
Greenwood
Miss
Yazoo
Parchman
Peoples Homestead and Savings Association
Parish of
State Bank
Homestead and Building and Loan Association
Strate Eee
Parish of Ouachita
Frank Mashing
Jonas Selig
P. W. Bordeaux
H. D. Montgomery
Ouachita Parish
Democratic Executive Committee
Perry Harper's
D. Y. Smith's
Brooks Brothers
Parish Court House
Peters Furniture Company
Stone Avenue
Tidwell & Sons
South Grand
Phillips
Jackson and Lee Avenue
Parlor City Lumber Company
Roy’s Chicker Garden
Louisiana Training Institute
W. J. Lowe
City Hall
West Monrer
Calvert’s
Fillingames
Haile’s
Leon Johnson
C. E. Feazel
Masonic Hall
Cadeville
Hendricks
Legion Home
Georgia Tucker School
North Side Pharmacy
Louisville Ave
Monroe Auto & Supply Company
Milner Motor Company
Sheppards
Magenta’s
DeSiard St
L. N. Larche
Teche
Allen
Long
Cuion
Senate
Guion
Grand
Japan
L’blanc
Pace
Orleans
Bennett
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