Flood recedes from Marks as levee goes out
Mississippi flood toll climbs with at least 25 dead and 18 000 marooned across Tate Tunica Panola and Quitman counties. Levee breach southeast of Marks drives floodwaters back from town while danger moves toward Tallahatchie basin. Red Cross aids refugees and scouts relief needs as trains carry food clothing and medical supplies to camps along the railroad.
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Spyright
Associated Press
Marks
Miss
Coldwater
Quitman
Arky
Red Cross
Tunica
Tallahatchie River
Illinois Central Railroad
Delta
Matobia
Tate
Panola
Npw
Bec
Jes' Ramblin' About the Town Ducks Club Dinner
The Yoohoo Bayou Duck Hunters association held its annual dinner with live members Merl Padgett Roy Cole King Stubbs and Harry Quinn. Aribella and Henry Quinn absent chairs empty. King Stubbs elected president promising to carry on traditions. Guests included Doc Collens John Bailey and Walter Veech. The menu featured wild game prepared by Merl Padgett and R Q Cole amid local curiosity about goat meat availability. Jess Ramblin invites market reports on kid meat.
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Yoohoo Bayou
Duck Hunters Association
la Fourche Swamp
Merl Padgett
Roy Cole
King Stubbs
Harry Quinn
Aribella
Henry Quinn
Doc Collens
John Bailey
Walter Veech
R. Q. Cole
Wilder
Glass workers strike may halt auto industry
A nationwide walkout by 8,000 glass workers starts at midnight, led by Glen W. McCabe of Columbus. Union members leave negotiations with Pittsburgh Plate Glass and Libby Owens Ford, signaling production disruption at plants in Creighton and Ford City Pennsylvania, Crystal City Missouri, Toledo Ohio, Ottawa Illinois, and Shreveport Louisiana.
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Cleveland
Glen W. McCabe
Columbus
Federation of
Fiat Glass Workers
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Libby-Owens-Fordlass Company
Pittsburgh
Creighton
Ford City
Crystal City
Libbey-Owens-Ford
Toledo
Ottawa
Ill
Shreveport
Death toll rises as blizzard eases along Atlantic coast
The storm's death list climbs with at least 25 deaths in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas, 170 total nationwide from floods, fires, and exposure. About 18,000 homeless. New York reports 30,000 workers aiding 17.5 inch snow cleanup as ships collide off New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Red Cross
New England
Middle-West
New York
Delaware Capes
Pattie Morrisette
Ward Line
Talisman
Wilhelmsen Line
New Jersey
Michigan
Indiana
Oklahoma
Washington
Oregon
Texas
Montana
Ohio
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
Connecticut
Iowa
Injunction Halts New State Industrial Pension Law
A three judge federal court in New Orleans granted a preliminary restraining order stopping Attorney General Gaston L Porterie from enforcing the industrial pension act. The suit by Standard Oil Company of Louisiana and Standard Pipeline seeks to block the law amid Huey Long era measures. The court will hear merits before a permanent ruling.
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New Orleans
Gaston L. Porterie
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Standard Pipeline Company
Huey Long
Wayne G. Borah
Continued Cold Weather Forecast For Louisiana
Dr. J. M. Cline predicts ongoing cold in Louisiana and surrounding areas tonight and Saturday with lows of 28 to 36 degrees in south Louisiana and 32 degrees in New Orleans. North Louisiana expected fair and not as cold. Mississippi also forecast cooler but improving, with interior south temperatures 22 to 24 degrees and coastal 24 to 28 tonight. New Orleans reports a 32 degree minimum this morning along with 28 in Shreveport and other readings across the state.
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New Orleans
J. M. Cline
United States
Cline
South
Louisiana
Fair
Mississippi
Shreveport
Alexandria
Baton
Monroe
Morgan City
Two Parish Governments Battle Over Missing Records
East Baton Rouge parish endures dual police juries and rival appointees as books vanish and cash dwindles to about thirty dollars. Nine anti Long elected members face off against Long aligned jurors and plan to sue to block take over. Banks refuse to honor opposing checks amid looming borrowing.
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Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge Parish
Huey P. Long
L. Paul Amiss
Long
Barber Returns To Work Friday In Monroe
Barber Bryan Boone, arrested Thursday by state barber inspector J D Burt on license charges, returned to work Friday after receiving authorization from J B Frances of the state board. He mailed his license fee Tuesday and had credentials en route to Monroe for April examinations.
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J.D. Burt
North Louisiana
Bryan Boone
J. B. Frances
State Board of Barber Examiners
Baton Rouge
Boone
Monroe
Solons Busy With Relief and World Court
Washington reports the aged world court issue and treasury financing as the administration launches a 4.88 billion relief plan. Senate and house committees juggle Roosevelt social security measures with the Ways and Means group receiving figures on the child problem from Edwin E. Witte. Seven million four hundred thousand children under 15 on relief last year are described as likely the worst victims of the economic downturn.
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Washington
Treasury
Capitol
Senate
House
Roosevelt
House Ways and Means
Edwin E. Witte
Barges and Tug Disappear in Atlantic Storm
Four barges and a tug are missing after a fierce Atlantic storm off Delaware breakwater. The Norfolk Coast Guard confirmed two barges lost, Pattie Morrissett and steel barge No. 2 of Eastern Transportation. The tug T. J. Hooper and two other barges are feared lost, with search by cutters Sebago and Mendota ongoing.
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Norfolk Division
Coast Guard
Pattie Morrissett
Eastern Transportation Company
T. J. Hooper
Delaware
Sebago
Mendota
Andrew MacDonald
Barrelhouse John Identified As West Monroe Man Found Dead
The elderly man found frozen in a box car on a spur track in West Monroe Tuesday was nicknamed Barrelhouse John and buried at Hasley cemetery Thursday. He considered Shreveport home. funeral director W. B. Corry reported the nickname and efforts to learn his name continue with possible contact of former associates.
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West Monroe
Hasley Cemetery
W. B. Corry
Barrelhouse John
Shreveport
DeSiard Street
Orville Elmore Paroled From State Pen After Tuberculosis
Orville Elmore 23 was paroled from the state penitentiary after serving six months of a 10 to 15 year sentence for the killing of Ted Reiser at a Plum street garage apartment in August 1932. His father F P Elmore confirmed the release and said the couple are living with relatives in Los Angeles.
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State Penitentiary
Ted Reiser
Latters
Plum Street
Elmore
F. P. Elmore
Young Elmore
Los Angeles
Calif
Japanese Air Raids Increase Chinese Death Toll
Chinese sources report renewed Japanese bombing in Chahar province with 54 Chinese killed. Bombs fell on Tungchetze and Tuhsikou, two cities heavily struck in recent fighting.
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Peiping
Chahar Province
Tungchetze
Tuhsikou
Second Victim Dies In New Orleans Shooting
Mrs. Mae Kelly, 49, died in a New Orleans hospital today as the second fatality from a shooting last week. Her daughter Eunice Kelly, 26, improved from wounds. Four people were shot in an argument over a small loan. Minnie Jackson was killed instantly and Hugh Cannon wounded himself.
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New Orleans
Mae Kelly
Eunice Kelly
Hugh Cannon
Minnie Jackson
Cannon
Collision Off New Jersey Involving Mohawk and Talisman
The liner Mohawk collided with the freighter Talisman near Sea Girt New Jersey causing 47 possible deaths. Of 163 aboard the Mohawk 2 known dead 45 missing 116 rescued, with the Algonquin Coast Guard ship aiding. An inquiry by the Steamboat Inspection Service was planned for the following day.
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Associated Press
New York
Mohawk
Ward Line
Morro Castle
Havana
Talisman
South America
Sendy Hook
J. E. Wood
Jersey
Tulane Alumni Banquet Plans With Monroe Visit
Charles Rucker of New Orleans, Tulane Alumni Association general manager, arrived in Monroe to assist the Fifth District executive committee in preparations for the annual banquet at Hotel Virginia Saturday night. He met with Dr W L Bendel and committee members to organize a planning session.
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Charles Rucker
New Orleans
Tulane Alumni Association
Monroe
Fifth District
Hotel Virginia
Rucker
W. L. Bendel
Fifth District Association
License sought by Violet Hilton of Siamese twins
Violet Hilton right half of the Siamese twins applied in Maryland for a license to wed Maurice Lambert of Keyser West Virginia. Courts debated whether a license could be issued to a married person who is physically joined to a sister. The Maryland attorney general agreed to rule on the issue.
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Eleto
Violet Hilton
Maurice Lambert
Keyser
W. Va
New York
New Jersey
Violet
Daisy
Maryland
Gretna Green
Walter E. Buck
E. D. E. Rollins
Herbert R. O’conor
Baltimore
O’conor
Hauptmann denies kidnapping Lindbergh baby in courtroom
In Flemington New Jersey on January B Hauptmann testified he neither entered Hopewell nor saw baby Lindbergh. He claimed Isador Fisch owned the ransom money later found in his Bronx garage and recounted discovering the money in a damp box in a kitchen broom closet.
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Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Lindbergh Estate
Hopewell
Isador Fisch
Bronx
Edward J. Reilly
Colonel Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh, Jr
Baby Lindbergh
Reilly
Fisch
Europe
Hauptmann
Rogers Has His Say On Cattlemen And Elections
In Albuquerque on January 25 a correspondent quotes Rogers stating cattle men feel better, noting no rain and political talk. He criticizes the senate and suggests the public is disinterested in Europe, imagining a vote would favor a Republican candidate.
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N. M
Amarillo
Texas
Daily News
Senate
Europe
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Jes’ Ramblin
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