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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1933

Page

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Hitler Names Cabinet As Germany Chooses New Regime

Adolf Hitler, chancellor and head of the Nazi party, forms a cabinet with centrists and Bavarian allies. Key posts include von Neurath foreign minister and Goering as minister without portfolio. Justice unfilled, aviation and Prussian interior to be assigned. Parliament may be dissolved if cabinet rejected.

Adolf Hitler Socialist Party Germany Presius von Hindenburg Iancellor Hitler Franz von Konstantinath Lutz Schwerinick William Frick Werner von Hstag Goering National Socialists Ichswehr Army Cops Seldte Steel Hel Hindenburg National Socialist Party Paul von Hindenburg

Unclear fragment hints at political reshuffle and cabinet links

The fragment suggests an anticipated elevation to chancellorship in Washington and a cabinet arrangement affecting the supreme court line of succession, but the text is incomplete and its precise details are obscured.

Ian Adolf Washington Supreme Court

NOW SOUGHT SLAYING CASE

Hornbeck Louisiana residents search for a slaying suspect in the death of Verelle Brown a 25 year old and pipeline worker who died Sunday from stab wounds. Officers say the suspect died January 12 at a church door and Brown allegedly participated. He was treated at a hospital for a punctured lung wounds to the leg hip and back and died after transfusions. Funeral services were arranged in Florida.

Atlas Brown Hornbeck Verelle Rce Brown Flora

Island de Liard Wheat and West Monroe Tales

A fragment from 1806 notes excellent wheat on Island de Liard and census figures for Ouachita parish, with 1646 whites and 808 slaves in 1806. It recounts a West Monroe barber shop ad offering penny shoe shines and a co ed’s class absence pun, plus remarks on three life stimulants and a Lake Beulah sea gull sighting explained by riverboats.

John Davis Duvallon Louisiana Floridas Island de Liard Ouachita Parish Quachita Parish Boeuf River Ox River Little River Arkansas

Exorbitant House Expense Report Reveals Mundane Costs

SHINGTON Jan 30 The clerk's report lists daily items from brushes to headache pills and ash trays used to run the house of representatives. Total salaries and expenses reach 3 238 000 for 1931 32 with telegraph and telephone costs, ice, towels, newspapers and car allowances noted. big payroll shows 86 members drawing money under the same surname as their own.

Shington Garner

Jenkins Death Probed After West Monroe Found Dead

Sheriff and West Monroe police investigate the death of Frank Jenkins a West Monroe junk dealer found on a pile of sacks at his business. An inquest by Dr. M B Pearce ruled alcohol and exposure as the likely cause though bruises prompted a further look.

West Monroe Sheriff's Department Frank Jenkins M. B. Pearce Hasley

Snowbound Thousands Stranded as California Blizzard Hits

A severe Pacific coast storm traps more than 2,000 people in the San Bernardino mountains as a weeklong blizzard continues. Long Beach reports 50 flood-threatened families awaiting relief. Los Angeles sees record rain. Reno loses power from Sierra outages while Yosemite records a 148 inch season total. Oregon gale subsides. Washington remains stormed. Continued on Fourth Page.

San Francisco San Bernardino California Pacific Coast Long Beach Calif Los Angeles Reno Nev Sierra Nevada Mountains Yosemite National Park Oregon Coast Washington

Child, 10, Saves Three Brothers in Fire

New York January 30. Eileen Murphy aged 10 woke to smoke from a fire under the floor, carried her brothers Edmund 2, Edward unknown, John 6 and James 5 out to safety from a second story veranda. Firemen helped down ladders. John suffered serious leg injuries.

New York Eileen Murphy Eileen John J. Murphy Edmund Murphy Edward John James Tomes

Report Seeks Bert Hinkler Found Alive In Alps

London January 30 A report that Bert Hinkler missing British flyer had been found alive in the Alps was received by the search committee after three weeks of effort. Hinkler left Feltham airdrome on January 7 for a solo flight to Australia and disappeared after takeoff. Bad weather hampered the rescue work.

London Bert Hinkler Alps Hinkler Feltham Airdrome Australia

Confession From Benton Robbery Suspect Links Trio

Burlin Bledsoe admits being one of three bandits who held up victims in Monroe on January 21. Sheriff Milton Coverdale and Monroe police Superintendent L V Tarver secured the confession in Benton jail after victims Hargus and Purce identified him. The stolen car traced to Hargus was recovered at Hope and returned to Monroe. Bledsoe named two accomplices as from Texas and Minnesota but refused to name them. Victims included Hargus, Purce, Fred Young, and others who accompanied them.

Monroe Burlin Bledsoe Milton Coverdale L. V. Tarver Benton, Ark George Hargus Robert Purce Texas Minnesota Hargus Purce Fred Young

Blaze destroys Monroe lumber firm structure

Night watchman G D Harrington raised the alarm as a fast spreading fire destroyed the Monroe Parlor City Lumber mill building. The mill, 150 by 150 feet, erected in 1925, was insured though the loss amount remains undetermined. investigators will continue to assess the scene.

Parlor City Lumber Company G. D. Harrington F. A. Terzia Terzia

Poison Victim's Funeral Held in Delhi Baptist Church

The funeral for Miss Jeanie C. Downer, 68, of 211 Hudson Lane, who died Saturday from accidental poisoning, was conducted at the Delhi Baptist Church by Rev. Almand. Interment followed in Delhi cemetery. Downer had eaten cornbread made from rat-poisoned meal by Jane, a Ouachita junior college student, after which her cousin G. E. Gowan and his children Earl and Jane became ill. Downer died about five hours after the meal. the others remained ill but improving.

Jeanie C. Downer Hudson Jane Baptist Church Delhi Almand Miss Downer G. E. Gowan Epps Earl Jane Ouachita Junior College Gowan

Neville student Edith Gregory dies after brief illness

Edith Gregory 15 daughter of Dr and Mrs A B Gregory of 406 Auburn Avenue died Sunday morning in a local hospital after a brief illness. Funeral Monday at 2 at home with Rev L T Hastings officiating. Interment River View Burial Park. Survived by parents, brother and sister Jane 13 and A B Jr 1. Pallbearers were James Crow Ralph Stovall John Stewart Tom Hayes Anthony Aioldi Bowman Cudd Johnny Holmes Ira Portis.

Edith Gregory A. B. Gregory Auburn Avenue L. T. Hastings First Baptist Church Riverview Burial Park Miss Gregory Neville High School Jane A. B. Jr James Crow Ralph Stovall John Stewart Tom Hayes Anthony Airoldi Bowman Cudd Johnny Holmes Ira Portis

Widow Silent on Tensas Poison Case

Mrs Orpha Crowder Nowell of Waterproof was questioned in Ouachita parish jail about the death of her husband James A Nowell 62 a Tensas parish planter and lumber man. She and her daughters Ruby 18 and Helen 16 are charged with murder as detectives study a New Orleans chemist report on Nowells stomach contents.

Ouachita Parish Orpha Crowder Nowell Waterproof James A. Nowell Tensas Parish Nowell New Orleans

Woman jailed in West Monroe assault case

Mrs. Janice Lofton, 26, white, was arrested Sunday night by West Monroe police on assault with intent to kill charges and placed in parish jail. W. C. Emory, accused as an accessory, also jailed. Husband Tom Lofton, victim, was treated at St Francis sanitarium for knife wounds and later released. The attack happened at the Lofton home in Heard addition.

Janice Lofton West Monroe W. C. Emory Tom Lofton St. Francis Sanitarium Lofton Heard Addition West Man

Southerners Die in Mishaps Across the South

Eleven people died in weekend accidents across the south with nine auto deaths, one by poison, and one by a fall. Arkansas and Tennessee each reported three fatalities, Louisiana two, and Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi one each. J P Akridge and W R England, Arkansas school superintendents, were killed in an automobile crash.

Atlanta South Arkansas Tennessee Louisiana Georgia Florida Mississippi J. P. Akridge White County W. R. England Cleburne County

Rogers Has His Say on Government Spending

In Santa Monica January 30 the British ambassador is praised as a popular guest of the senate and president while the French ambassador is criticized as still in the dog house. Senator Tydings proposed a bill to restrict government spending to current revenue, provoking strong Senate opposition and claims it strips lawmakers of the power to appropriate funds.

Santa Monica Cal Senate Tydings

Four Fires Reported by Monroe Fire Dept Sunday

The Monroe fire department battled four fires on Sunday. A Parlor City Lumber mill blaze at the plant was a total loss. A Crescent Bend grass fire at 9:20 a.m. was extinguished with no damage. A 3:50 p.m. house fire at 107 Spruce Street damaged the building $500 and contents $75, quickly mitigated by neighbors and firefighters. Ivy C Wallace residence on the Dixie-Overland highway burned completely at 7:09 p.m. with unknown cause.

Monroe Parlor City Lumber Company Crescent Bend Spruce Street E. F E. Logan J. Y. Covington

Chicago widow pleads guilty in children's slaying

Mrs. Inez Steed Carrell, 29, Chicago widow, confessed slayer of her three children, June 11, Robert 7, and Mary Ellen 5. She pleaded guilty to one indictment and was sentenced to from one to fourteen years in the reformatory for women.

Charleston Inez Steed Carrell Chicago June Robert Mary Ellen Reformatory For Women

Hospital bombed in Paraguayan hospital attack

Asuncion Paraguay January 30 the war office said a Bolivian plane bombarded a hospital on Isla pos Sunday morning killing seven patients and wounding eight seriously four others slightly hurt the report notes the hospital attack amid ongoing regional hostilities and gravity of casualties.

Asuncion Paraguay Paraguayan War Office Islapos

No Changes by Group of Upper House in Beer Tax Debate

Washington January 30 The Senate Finance Committee sent the Collier Blaine 3.05 per cent beer and wine bill back to the Senate with a favorable report. The Volstead modification bill passed 12 to 5 after executive session. Smoot will submit the committee report Monday, keeping hearings off and focusing on revenue features. The bill retains a $5 per barrel tax, estimated to raise 125.1 to 150.0 million dollars, higher than any other tax level. The vote included 12 in favor and 5 against. Borah's excess profit tax amendment was rejected without a record vote and a higher $6 rate was defeated.

Washington Senate Finance Committee Senate Smoot Senate Judiciary Committee Mills Treasury Watson Indiana Reed Pennsylvania Shortridge California Bingham Connecticut LaFolette Wisconsin Hastings Delaware Harrison Mississippi King Utah George Georgia Walsh Massachusetts Barkley Kentucky Hull Tennessee Keyes New Hampshire Conally Texas Gore Oklahoma Costigan Colorado Borah Idaho

Teasdale Death Investigated in New York

In New York on January 30, the death of lyric poet Sara Teasdale is being investigated after she was found in her Fifth Avenue apartment. An autopsy is pending to determine whether drowning or a heart attack caused the death. Her friends plan to scatter her ashes at sea Wednesday.

Lake Beulah Forsythe Park R. D. Swayze New Orleans Monroe New York Sara Teasdale Miss Teasdale Fifth Avenue

Police May Have Saved Gangsters With Arrest

In New York on January 30, police arrested Salvatore Spitale and Irving Bitz on a homicide charge after an anonymous tip led to a restaurant seizure. The pair, linked to underworld activity and tied to a Lindbergh baby scheme, faced firearms and unsolved murder charges, while detectives weighed whether the arrest prevented further bloodshed or served a provocation.

New York Salvatore Spitale Irving Bitz Red Devil Bitz Spitale Antonio Fentiano Babes Newborn

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Coad Ler Ancellor Papen Ssian Jes’ Ramblin C. E. Harvey Harvey Edward Elliott Winnsboro Road D. E. Elliott Eddie Jenkins Golden State West Coast Flood St. Louis Memphis Helena Arkansas City Alexandria Quachita Camden Erhneneee Iene Monroe Lumber Firm Neville Tensas Ruby Shreve Man Rogers Fire Department Teasdale
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