Cold Wave Floods Mississippi Towns Prompt Rescue Plea
Hundreds of families in Quitman and Panola counties are marooned on rooftops and in depots as the Coldwater river floods the Tallahatchie basin. Mayor H G Prysock says 1,000 marooned. Red Cross mobilizes boats, blankets, fuel. Crenshaw, Sledge and Tunica relief efforts expand with multiple boats and a soup kitchen.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tallahatchie Basin
North Mississippi
Quitman
Panola
Sledge
H. G. Prysock
Prysock
Red Cross
Weather Bureau
Tennessee
Mississippi
Tallahatchie
Crenshaw
Mollie Hodges Nicholson
Tunica
Lambert
Pritchard
Lost Lake
Sarah
Dubbs
C. R. Terry
Dyersburg
Jackson
Wood Expert Testifies Against Hauptmann Ends Life
George H. McGee 46 president and manager of McGee Warehouse and Storage killed himself at his Shreveport home by a 45 Colt pistol to the temple. Officers said the bullet exited the left head side and lodged in a pillow. He was found unconscious and died en route to a sanitarium.
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Shreveport
George H. McGee
McGee Warehouse and Storage Company
Smith and Russell
McGee
Memories of Monroe Pastimes and People Gathered in One Lore
A nostalgic tour through Monroe scenes from the old era. Barber shop front doors and collar lines, Five Points smells, Smooley at parish fairs, Layton Castle and Lovers Lane, open air street cars to games, Endoms’ livery stable, city market crowds, Sugar's theater, lyceum nights, Company D at the Mexican border and World War I, Uncle Tom Flournoy in his garden, Judge Schultz’s cabbages, the Picture Garden, Tex Conditt nicknamed Reg Pardon, Florent Hammonds rescuing a raincoat, and a courthouse rain night remembered with gratitude.
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Forsythe Park
Grand Street
Layton Castle
Lovers Lane
Endoms
DeSiard Street
Old City
Sugar's Theater
City High School
Company D
Tom Flournoy
Charles Schultz
Picture Garden
DeSiard
Gayle Monroe
Parker Place
Conditt
Reg Pardon
Detroit
Monroe
Florent Hammonds
Hammonds
Cryptic letter sent to mass Richmond prison
Officials at the Virginia state penitentiary sought to decipher a cryptic note sent to Robert Mais, Philadelphia gangster, who faces execution on February 2. Mais and Walter Legenza, convicted in a bank truck holdup murder, escaped Richmond jail last September before capture in New York. The letter, postmarked Philadelphia January 19, arrived January 23. The handwriting may read Shorty or Shultz. The letter’s authenticity remains uncertain. Mais and Legenza are slated to be executed between sunrise and sunset on February 2, the earliest possible under Virginia law.
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Richmond
State Penitentiary
Robert Mais
Philadelphia
Walter Legenza
E. M. Huband
New York
Federal Department of Justice
Rice M. Youell
Bob
Shorty
Shultz
Youell
Mais
Legenza
New Cold Wave Sweeps Monroe Area After Snow Storm
A severe blizzard blanketed Monroe with a ten inch snow, causing two deaths and disrupted transport. Reports note an elderly derelict died from cold in a West Monroe boxcar, and funeral services were held for Mrs. Lottie Lawn who died aiding a car radiator during the storm. Temperatures may dip again as a new cold wave looms tonight.
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Monroe
New
Gulf
West Monroe
Lottie Pearl Lawn
Department of Streets
Stanley Resists Move to Remove Him from Case
District Attorney Eugene Stanley prepares to resist the state attorney general effort to supersede him in prosecuting A. J. Major for bearing a loaded revolver. Stanley argues the act is unconstitutional and challenges a court action to displace him. The incident arose when Major appeared to bail in a case involving an assault on Robert Bernhard.
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Orleans
Eugene Stanley
Stanley
James O'Connor
A. J. Major
Robert Bernhard
Senator McAdoo backs a stronger American navy
RCME reports Senator William Gibbs McAdoo returning from the far east saying Japan’s denunciation of the 1922 Washington naval treaty will let the United States build a stronger navy. He opposed the treaty for years, arguing it placed bonds on the U S and urged maximal naval strength to deter aggression based on his travel observations.
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RCME
William Gibbs McAdoo
Far East
Japan
United States
California
Bandit quartet robs mail truck near Fall River
Four armed bandits hold up a United States mail truck in Fall River Massachusetts force driver Herbert Reid 43 into a sedan and flee with about 129000 in banknotes and silver. Police say multiple cars involved and authorities widen dragnet across southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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Fall River
Mass
United States
Boston
Federal Reserve Bank
Herbert B. Reid
Taunton River
Swansea
Reid
Postal Department
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Long Bars Special Session As Oil Tax Rift Deepens
Senator Huey P. Long said no special session would be called to ratify a rebate deal with Standard Oil of Louisiana on the refined oil tax. He announced after distributing a joint statement with J. C. Hilton that the dispute between refineries and state authorities is resolved and he was in Baton Rouge trying to calm a revolt.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Long
J. C. Hilton
Louisiana
Washington
Japanese and Manchukuan Attack Two Chahar Towns
Chinese dispatches from Kalgan report 2000 Japanese and Manchoukuan troops attacked two towns in eastern Chahar province. Tuhsikou near the Chahar Jehol border was bombed from the air and shelled, with other assaults on Kuyuan and Tungcetze described as places in Chahar province.
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Shanghai
Kalgan
Chahar Province
Tuhsikou
Chahar-Jehol
Kuyuan
Tungcetze
Roosevelt relief bill debate reaches compromise on allocations
On January 23 in Washington the fight over a 4.88 billion relief and works bill ends with a caucus backed plan to pass the measure in a lump sum. The agreement limits the presidents discretion by opening three sections to floor amendments while allowing broad power elsewhere.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Widow of late Representative dies in Monroe
Amanda Cason Newton 76 widow of Congressman C Newton died at 9 30 am at her sons home 210 Roselawn Monroe after months of illness Survived by three sons Major Newton stationed in Panama one granddaughter Margaret Newton two sisters six nieces and two nephews Funeral at residence Thursday at 1 30 pm Rev W C Scott officiating interment Bastrop cemetery Pallbearers C H McHenry Joe B Dawkins Reynolds McWilliams D Armand Breard B Waelder B B Handy
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Congressman C. Newton
Cleveland Administration
Thomas C. Newton
Sterling M. Newton
Roselawn
Newton
United States Army
Panama
Canal Zone
Margaret Newton
Boston
Fred C. Newton
J. C. Sadler
Monroe
Bradley Waelder
Louise and
Byrnie Cason
H. H. Hannal
Memphis
Tenn
Georgia House Won't Hear Huey Long Speech
Georgia lawmakers tabled a resolution inviting United States Senator Huey Long of Louisiana to address the General Assembly. Proponents touted his “share the wealth” plan while noting Long’s “New school of thought” in government, with Georgia cited as a progressive state.
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Atlanta
Georgia House of Representatives
United States
Huey Long
Louisiana
General Assembly
T. W. Williams
Coffee
W. K. Barrett
Richmond
C. A. Williams
Bacon
Williams
House Temperance Committee
Kingfish
Long
Georgia
Wood expert ties Lindbergh ladder to Hauptmann home
Government expert Arthur J. Koehler testified that wood from Hauptmann's Bronx attic, from which the ladder upright was sawn, matched the ladder piece. Defense objected, claiming no such wood expert exists, but the judge allowed cross examination. Luncheon recess interrupted proceedings in the trial at Flemington NJ.
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Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Lindbergh
Bruno Rchard Hauptmann
Arthur J. Koehler
Madison
Wis
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Alexander A. Pope
Thomas W. Trenchard
Koehler
Lewis Bornmann
New
Karpsis and Campbell Evade Police In Midwest Chase
Alvin KarPis and Harry Campbell slipped from a Michigan search into hiding with federal agents. Police at Monroe and Port Huron kept roadblocks and monitored highways as a nationwide alert remained active. Authorities said clues were scarce and a crossing into Canada was not ruled out.
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Detroit
Alvin Karpis
Harry Campbell
Michigan
Monroe
Allentown
Port Huron
Phil Walter
Ontario
Windsor
Ont
Canada
Karpis
Campbell
William J. Collins
Three Robbers Snatch Gems in Sioux City Shootout
A New York jewelry salesman, Sol Roseman, was attacked in front of a Sioux City hotel as three robbers grabbed a case containing gems valued at 125000 dollars. Police exchanged fire over a fifteen block pursuit before the trio fled in a car with Illinois plates. The jewels were insured.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Sol Roseman
Roseman
New York
Illinois
Cedar Rapids
President Roosevelts opposition to Norris two thirds world court vote
President Franklin D. Roosevelt voiced flat opposition to Senator Norris Nebraska proposing a two thirds senate vote on any world court proposition. He said the plan limits presidential constitutional prerogatives and noted two constitutional checks on foreign affairs require congressional approval on funded settlements and two thirds senate consent for treaties.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Identification Not Expected In Old Man's Death
Authorities doubt identification will be possible for a man about 65 to 70 found dead from exposure in a boxcar on a West Monroe spur. Coroner Dr. C L Mengis noted he likely died within 24 hours and fingerprints offered little help. The body, held at W B Corry Funeral Home, was found by youths near the Illinois Central spur and reported to J L Warren, police juror.
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West Monroe
C. L. Mengis
Parish
W. B. Corry
Clayton Avenue
Illinois Central Railroad
J. L. Warren
Pan-American Petroleum Corporation
South Fifth Street
Warren
Man in woman's disguise eyed in Winnsboro car
A. R. Ward of the South Carolina highway patrol said he suspects Thomas H. Robinson Jr. 26 of Tennessee in a Winnsboro sighting with a machine gun and a female passenger. Marion Stevenson reported two machine guns in a ditch pulled from a car with two garbed passengers. Ward advised vigilance for a blue sedan matching the description.
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Columbia
S. C
A. R. Ward
Winnsboro
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
Marion Stevenson
Fairfield County
Young Stevenson
Ed Stevenson
Ward
Highway Patrol
Stoll
Robinson
Stevenson
Fatalities Rise Nationwide As Weather Pressures Increase
Severe weather tightens across the nation with floods snow and fog driving casualties as temperatures plunge to as low as 42 below zero in Minnesota. Affected areas report disrupted travel and emergency responses amid continuing storms and cold.
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Minnesota
Cold Wave Sweeps South Amid Fatalities And Flood Threats
A north to south cold blast triggers record lows and multiple deaths across the Midwest and Deep South. Flooding hits Mississippi Delta, with guards aiding rescues. western Washington floods threaten life and property as new snow falls from Florida to New York City.
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Tate
Tunica
Quitman
Mississippi
Delta
Mississippi National Guardsmen
Washington
Florida
Deep South
Louisiana
Alabama
Manitoba
Canada
Maryland
Texas
St. Louis
Kentucky
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Pennsylvania
New York City
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Illinois
Minnesota
Georgia
Macon
Atlanta
Nashville
Tenn
Chattanooga
Rogers Has His Say on Historic Austin Trip
In Austin on January 23, the speaker recalls a snowbound start from Cincinnati, noting American Airlines’ perseverance. He praises Dallas? no, reads of Texas romance, mentions Jack Garner’s early career stepping stone and a Roosevelt endorsement. He frames the moment as part of Texas history.
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Texas
Cincinnati
American Airways
St. Louis
Jack Garner
Roosevelt
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