Soldiers guard Acai Prison delivery at Dartmoor
A force of 100 steel-helmeted infantrymen with machine guns and rifles reinforced the Dartmoor prison guard at Princeton England amid reports of a planned outside attack. Barricades blocked roads, police screened approaching cars, and extra guards from London and Devon towns arrived as an inquiry into Sundays disturbance proceeds. The report also notes talks of possible prison abandonment and concerns over food service changes and a chaplain describing porridge as not fit to eat.
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Princetown
England
Dartmoor Prison
Plymouth
London
Devon
Jason Gridley Survives Gorge Trek Across Pellucidar
Jason Gridley battles a torrent and climbs toward Zoram in Pellucidar. After a storm, he regains resolve, finds eggs to eat, and robs no one but loses his clothes to a thief. He fashions makeshift garments and sandals from available materials as he continues northward toward a hoped for greener land.
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Jason Gridley
Tarzan
Jason
Jana
Pellucidar
Gridley
Levees Strain as Delta Rivers Flood Reach Records
White River and St Francis threaten lowlands in Arkansas and Missouri high water tests levee strength. Kennett Missouri reports river just above flood stage with expected rises. Relief efforts continue in the Tallahatchie Valley aiding thousands as Mississippi Health Department plans typhoid clinics in refugee centers.
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Arkansas
St. Francis
Kennett Mo
Ark
Tallahatchie
Mississippi Health Department
Mississippi
Name the actress and win cash in Hollywood contest
A Hollywood publicity drive offers $750 in cash for the best proposed stage name for film actress Helen Mann. Entries must be mailed and postmarked by January 31 1932 with a $250 bonus if postmarked timely. Send to E A Williams Studio AA 371 1023 N Sycamore Ave Hollywood California.
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Hollywood
Helen Mann
Licity
E. A. Williams
Studio AA
Sycamore Ave
California
Quickest cough relief in a colorless liquid HOKE note
Fragmentary reader anecdote describes a cough remedy in a colorless liquid named HOKE. The speaker recalls taking a single dose before bed and sleeping through the night with no cough disturbance, mentioning Mentodene and an apparent relief. References are unclear and the details are partially garbled.
Connor to lead United States Military Academy at West Point
Maj. Gen. William O D Connor, commandant of the Army War College, will succeed Maj. Gen. William R. Smith as superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point on May 1.
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Associated Press
William 0D
Connor
Army War College
William R. Smith
United States Military Academy
West Point
Red Cross Relief Active as Waters Spread
The Red Cross chapter lists monetary donations led by a $267 contribution from an Interstate Natural Gas Company employee in Monroe. Other gifts include $25 from F H Lerch and items of food and supplies such as 478 cans, 151 jars of jelly, 120 bags of beans, 260 beef cans, and about 1,960 garments ready for relief distribution.
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Red Cross
Monroe
Interstate Natural Gas Company
F. H. Lerch
G. B. Anderson
Con File
C. B. Ponder
E. A. Penn
Safari Grocer Company
J. A. Perry
Grayson Guthrie
River Waters Rise Threatening City Levees
The rising river floods South Grand Street as sandbag levees strain to hold back water. About 500 men under Fred Hill battled a near break near Bosco while pumps and cofferdams reinforced dams and a new levee, with warnings and evacuations ongoing in Ransom Addition Brownville and Baucomville.
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South Grand Street
Arnold Bernstein
Bernstein
Wilson
Tidwell
Parish
Fred M. Hill
Bosco
Hill
Enly
S. M. Collins
Columbia
Forest Avenue
Iana Training Institute
Lee Avenue
Gordon Avenue
Jackson Street
Black Bayou
Sinois Central Railroad
Ransom
Brownville
Baucomville
Red Cross
West Monroe
Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Grand Ecore
Red River
Shreveport
Alexandria
Jonesboro
Monroe
Fulton
Ark
Mrs May Lovette Credits Dr Pierce Prescription
In Poor Health Mrs May Lovette of 309 North Standard Street West Monroe Louisiana recalls reading ads about Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and reports feeling improvement after a small trial of the remedy. She notes the product is available as fluid or tablets from druggists and invites others to request a free trial package by writing to Dr Pierce's Clinic in Buffalo New York.
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West Monroe
Dr. Pierce
May Lovette
Mississippi River flood forecast near Vicksburg and Atchafalaya
The river levels near Vicksburg and the Atchafalaya are expected to rise for several days. Forecasts show Natchez at 45.5 feet, Simmesport 40 feet, Melville 38 feet with changes into February, and the Atchafalaya at St Martin Parish around 23.8 feet. The Red River at Shreveport stands at 30.6 feet with flood stage at 39 feet.
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Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Atchafalaya
Natchez
Simmesport
Melville
Aatchafalaya
St. Martin Parish
Red River
Shreveport
Col Breece Visits Monroe Amid Albuquerque Observation
Col Breece toured Monroe noting economic strain from vacancy and tubercular impacts in Albuquerque where 65 percent of residents are affected. He suggested Speaker Garner as a likely Democratic presidential nominee and said he would cut the visit short to return to New Mexico.
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Monroe
Albuquerque
Garner
Relief parties rush to Wall Lake to aid marooned families
Two relief parties departed by boat to assist families stranded by floods at Wall's Lake north of town and near the H. and Hatchery on Sterlington Road. The Wall's Lake group aimed to move 18 families, with J. L. Croft leading a yacht and the party sailing from here.
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Wall Lake
Wall's Lake
H. & H. Hatchery
Sterlington Road
J. L. Croft
Relief Workers Plan Moves for Flood Families
Relief workers sought higher ground for flood families as shelter was scarce. Captain Boyce and a team including Ray Sisson and Fred Mitchell would move families nearer safety, with a second party ready to relocate households near Sterlington road led by Clyde McGill and others.
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Captain Boyce
Ray Sisson
Fred Mitchell
Paul Witt
Paul Spence
Rodney Mouton
Victor, Fox
Sterlington Road
Clyde McGill
Frank Thompson
Lester Tombs
John
Fire Po” Howze
C. E. Moore
How Doctors Treat Colds and Coughs
Medical writers note that relieving nasal and throat congestion is key to cold treatment to prevent complications. Calotabs, once standard calomel, now safer and widely used, claims rapid relief with one or two tablets at bedtime and no need for salts. A family package with directions costs thirty five cents, trial size ten cents, at drug stores.
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Owasso
Atc
F. L. McWethy
Michigan Ave
Marshall Michigan
U. S
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