School boards urged to wipe debt by end of term
Baton Rouge Louisiana January 27 State Superintendent T H Harris urged parish school officials to eliminate indebtedness from current revenues by end of the present session even if it cuts school terms Some parishes can finance nine months while others cannot and should set terms to fit revenue He proposed shifting school tax burden from parishes to the state and payment by the state board of education president H H White presided The meeting noted financial stress from general business stagnation and tax load distribution (Continued on Fourth Page)
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Baton Rouge
T. H. Harris
Harris
House of Representatives Chamber
State House
State Education Department
JO. K. Allen
J. 5. Ve
H. H. White
De Valera party leads in Irish Free State seats
Dublin Jan 27 Fianna Fail has a clear majority in Ireland’s Dail with 60 seats, Cumann Na Ngaed 1, Independents 7, Labour 7, Centre 8 and Independent Labour 1. With 35 seats undecided, questions remain if De Valera can govern without labor party aid.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fail
A Fail
Cumann Na Ngaed
Cosgrave
Independents
Labor
Centre
de Valera
Former chieftain of Germany is 74
Doorn Holland Jan 27 Wilhelm Hohenzollern former Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany celebrated his birthday Friday. The observance included a service at the chapel of Doorn house his exile since his flight from Germany May 10 1918. It was conducted by Schneller his pastor. There was a family luncheon and a dinner Friday evening with several Dutch friends invited after lunch a patriotic film was to be shown.
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Doorn
Holland
Ilhelm Hohenzollern
Kaiser Ilhelm II
Germany
Doorn House
Schneller
Dream Treasures Restored In Snow Sheen Mystery
A famous woman whose home burned five years ago recovered jewels and heirlooms from the ruins after a dream showed the exact spot. A Guinea gold chain and a ruby-set locket emerged intact though diamonds were ruined. Nearby heirlooms were also found, confirming belief in dreams.
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Guinea
New Deal Unfolds With Central Government Directorate
President elect Roosevelt outlines a new New Deal move to unify sea air and land transportation under a single national directorate. The plan aims at economy and efficiency by consolidating railroads inland waterways aviation shipping and motor bus traffic. He discussed the transportation reorganization with William H. Woodin as Henry Morgenthau Jr arrives to advise on farm relief. James A. Farley and other leaders plan to join Roosevelt for his 51st birthday.
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Arm Springs
Roosevelt
William H. Woodin
Mew
York
Ames An
Columbia University Law School
William J. Donovan
George Z. Medalie
New York
Brooklyn Confessed Killer Details Six-Year-Old Death
In New York a 22-year-old Lloyd Price confessed to the murder of six-year-old Helen Sterler after detectives questioned him for hours. He claimed he strangled her in a Brooklyn cellar, insisting he wanted to clear his conscience. A striped pencil tied to the case was cited as evidence.
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New York
Helen Sterler
Brooklyn
Lloyd Price
Cap'n
Post office construction advances in clear weather
Progress on the Jackson and Grammont post office building continues with good weather. The first limestone car from Bloomington Indiana arrived Friday and Llano Texas granite earlier. The three story steel frame is nearly complete and granite placement will start soon under Cliff Meier of the Henry Meier company San Antonio Texas, the granite subcontractor.
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Jackson and
Grammont Streets
Bloomington
Ind
Llano
Texas
Cliff Meier
Henry Meier
Autopsy Planned After Death of Louisiana Planter Nowles
In New Orleans a report states the stomach of John A. Nowles a 60 year old planter from Tensas parish Louisiana was sent for examination by the state board of health after he died suddenly on Wednesday. An autopsy by two physicians followed and Sheriff John Hughes of Tensas parish led the investigation. His widow said he drank a glass of milk before feeling ill. The Nowles family resides near Clayton Louisiana.
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New Orleans
Natchez
Miss
John A. Nowles
Tensas Parish
Louisiana
State Board of Health
Nowles
John Hughes
Clayton
Three Arrested for Murder in Arkansas Town
Hot Springs Arkansas January 27 George McLaughlin 33 city police clerk and brother of Mayor Leo A McLaughlin and two other men were held in jail charged with murder in the death of Sidney Long 37 a taxicab driver who died at Army and Navy General hospital Thursday night from head injuries allegedly inflicted by McLaughlin Saturday night Frank L Clark 55 and Dick Gladdis 42 were arrested and held without bond pending further action
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Hot Springs
Ark
George McLaughlin
Leo A. McLaughlin
Sidney Long
Army and Navy General Hospital
McLaughlin
Frank L. Clark
Dick Gladdis
Saenger Theaters In Receivership In Five States
Saenger Theaters Inc owner of motion picture houses in Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Florida and Cuba was placed in receivership in federal court. Judge Wayne G Borah appointed Ernest V Richards a Saenger executive as receiver on a $25 000 bond after Publix Theaters of New York petitioned alleging Saenger owed $6 000. The company faced a debt totaling about $1 550 000 secured.
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New Orleans
Saenger Theaters, Inc
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Cuba
Federal District Court
Wayne G. Borah
Ernest V. Richards
Saenger
Publix Theaters of
New York
Farm Bride Murdered by Robbers Near Dadeville
In Dadeville Alabama a farm bride of three months Mrs Ira B Marable was found hacked to death with an axe in her home eight miles from the town. Authorities, after finding the mutilated body and trunk contents scattered, sent bloodhounds to Kilby prison to pursue a robber theory while the husband was away with his step children.
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Dadeville
Ala
Kilby
Ira B. Marable
Slaying Motive Sought In Death at Paris Tex
Paris Texas January 27 officers sought a motive for the apparent slaying of Prudie Reed seventy found in bed with a crushed skull A coroner verdict of death from wounds inflicted by a blunt instrument in the hands of an unknown person was returned Reed seventy four told officers he was aroused by a noise in the adjoining room where his wife slept and said he investigated
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Paris
Tex
Prudie Reed
A L. Reed
Man in Custody Believed to Be Monroe Robber
A Benton Arkansas jail inmate, Burlin Bledsoe, is held on robbery and kidnapping charges and is believed by Monroe police to be part of a trio behind multiple hold ups. He was captured in Malvern after escaping Benton jail, and confessed involvement in several robberies since escape. He did not implicate others in the Hope kidnapping or DeQueen theft.
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Benton
Ark
L. V. Tarver
Monroe
Burlin Bledsoe
Malvern
Bledsoe
Hope
DeQueen
Pyre Murder of Woman Baffles Local Authorities
In Spring Valley New York on January 27 authorities probed the murder of an auburn haired woman whose body was found aflame near Spook Rock. Investigators sought missing-woman matches and hunted a man whose truck was mired near the scene about half an hour earlier as wisps of smoke rose from the snow covered peach and apple country.
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Spring Valley
N. Y
Spook Rock
Apple Country
Alonzo Osborn
Probation Trouble Is Now Upon Trial
State proration of production in the east Texas oil field goes on trial before a three judge federal court in Houston. Fifty eight new cases challenge the Texas railroad commission production restriction orders and other regulations, with 17 old cases revived by amended pleadings. The court moves to consolidate these into a single omnibus proceeding.
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Houston
Tex
East Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Commission
Deputy Is Killed in Home Texas Barbershop Office
Joe Brown a 47 year old deputy sheriff and barber was shot to death in his office in Home Texas at noon Friday. He had arrested three suspects who fled in a car with a machine gun in the back. Police pursuit and details were incomplete in the fragment.
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Tex
Joe Brown
Barber
Eorth Wortha
Strong Chinese force fails to dislodge enemy near Chiumenkow
Japanese troops hold Chiumenkow after a Friday assault by a large Chinese force. Japan also seized Heiho, the last key town on the Siberian border linked to Manchukuo, while air raids over Jehol disrupted Chinese concentrations. More than 30,000 Chinese troops prepare for a clash in northeast Jehol as Tokyo reports ongoing border actions. The Russian government denies rumored secret talks with China.
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Associated Press
Chiumenkow
Great Wall of China
China
Jehol
Kaili
Tokyo
Heiho
Siberian
Manchuria
Plants Idle as Walkout Halts Ford Bodies
Detroit Jan 27 Ford Motor plants nationwide were idle due to labor trouble in Detroit area Briggs Manufacturing workers walked out this week halting body supply for Ford. Officials cited two Briggs plants closing and stated production of unannounced new models could not proceed without bodies, with Murray Corporation of America president Clarence W. Avery commenting.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford Company
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Briggs Company
Clarence W. Avery
Murray Corporation of America
Senator Glass Denies Accepting Treasury Post
Senator Glass of Virginia, once treasury secretary, said there is not a word of truth to reports he accepted the post in the Roosevelt administration. He suggested he might reject a cabinet offer if extended, noting his prior tenure as secretary during Wilson’s term.
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Washington
Glass
Virginia
Treasury
Roosevelt
Wilson
Glass banking bill passes senate in climate of debate
ROGERS HAS HIS SAY. In Santa Monica, California, January 27, the Glass banking bill cleared the senate as argument over it raged. Critics printed Huey finances while the bill’s text was overlooked. Carter Glass remains the authoritative voice on money, and Republicans failed to sway him. France seeks a debt settlement, but under the new plan we are to begin payments while they contribute nothing.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Glass
Senate
Huey
Carter Glass
France
Night club romance ends in double tragedy in New Orleans
Lester Renaudin, 21, master of ceremonies at Club Plantation, shoots his wife Mary Lee Robert, 19, at Club Avalon then kills himself in a car in Metairie Ridge. Attendants heard shots and a horn outside the club. both died before hospital arrival. The couple had been sweethearts.
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New Orleans
Lester Renaudin
Renaudin
House Appropriations Reports Bigger Veterans Budget
Washington Jan 27 The house appropriations committee approved an 18 039 000 increase in veterans expenditures for the 1934 fiscal year and urged action on farm board reforms by December. The independent offices supply bill would authorize 1 002 890 000 for these offices, 1 657 000 below the budget request. The vets budget of 945 988 000 was allowed in full despite talks of a 10 percent cut.
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Washington
Farm Board
House Appropriations Committee
House
Veterans Administration
Fire destroys Trinity bottling plant at $15000 loss
In Trinity Texas on January 27 a fire believed caused by spontaneous combustion from painting work early Friday gutted a bottling works plant. The blaze was beyond control before an alarm was sounded, with losses estimated at fifteen thousand dollars.
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Trinity
Texas
Prohibition Funds Targeted in House Debate
Anti prohibitionists in the House moved to strike the 9 120 000 enforcement funds for 1934 from the justice department supply bill. OConnor of New York proposed eliminating all funds. Griffin of New York sought a 7 199 986 reduction. Tinkham of Massachusetts urged bans on wire tapping and paid informers. Tarver of Georgia offered a substitute ending funds for intoxicants and related pay. Schafer of Wisconsin claimed about 80 members had signed a petition for another repeal vote this session.
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O'Connor
New York
Griffin
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Appropriations Committee
Departments of State, Justice, Commerce and Labor
Tarver
Georgia
Schafer
Wisconsin
Williams denies opposing Lake Charles dock rates
Francis Williams, a Louisiana public service commission member, issued a denial regarding public opposition to the Lake Charles dock board's salt cake preferential freight rates. He asserted the case was taken up on January 12, submitted and closed that day, in response to criticisms from C. D. Arold, traffic manager of the Lake Charles board.
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New Orleans
Francis Williams
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Lake Charles
Two youths jailed in alleged assault near Shreveport
In Caddo jail, Phillip Leon and Frank Malaza, 18, white youths, face charges of attempted attack on a young white woman seven miles south of Shreveport on the Hart's Island highway. A fisherman rescued the girl after she fought off her attackers. Police said the pair admitted guilt and blamed intoxication.
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Shreveport
Phillip Leon
Frank Malaza
Caddo
Shrevesport
Hart's Island
New Jersey Reckons Loss Caused by Wind and Sea
New Jersey officials and citizens assess flood and wind damage along the coast after a heavy storm. Mayors and crews tally wrecked bulkheads, washed-out tracks, and inundated streets while coast guardsmen search for three missing apprentice pilots from the Black Diamond line.
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Newark
N. J
Long Beach
Dorman McFadden
Long Branch
West End
South City Line
Atlantic
M High
Ocean Avenue
Monmouth Beach
Sea Bright
Highlands
Highland
Shrewsbury
Hugh A. McIntyre
Jersey City
Albert Strandberg
Staten Island
Charles M. Peterson
Brooklyn
Black Diamond Line
New York Harbor
Ambrose Chans
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Jess Ramblin
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Steerer
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Weer
RED
Alexandria
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Baruch
Bernard M. Baruch
Warm Springs
Saenger Company
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Rock
Great Wall
Body Company
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Sen. Glass
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