Two Men Held In Stabbing At Volunteers of America Home
Police say two men Carrol Lewis 28 Birmingham Alabama and Virgil Finley 36 are held in connection with the stabbing of Melvin Nelson 52 at the Volunteers of America home. Nelson was stabbed seven times in the back and remained in critical condition at Charity Hospital.
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New Orleans
James E. Cripps
Melvin Nelson
Cripps
Carrol Lewis
Birmingham
Ala
Virgil Finley
Nelson
Volunteers of America
Charity Hospital
All Saints Day Observance In New Orleans Remains Strong
Residents decorated graves with flowers marking All Saints Day following Halloween revelry. Thousands visited cemeteries as banks, state and city offices, and many schools observed the holiday. The New Orleans Stock Exchange closed while cotton exchanges stayed open.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Eden Warns U S Must Lead War Parley
Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that the United States is expected to assume leadership in the upcoming war parley and that America must call a meeting to shape Allied strategy. He stressed allied unity and the need for consolidated effort.
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United States
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
America
Udon
Com- MM
Brussels
Melirs Eden
Italy
Asummons
Mayor’s Race in New York Leads Interest in 1941 State Elections
News from Washington notes New York City mayoral contest between Fiorello LaGuardia and Jeremiah Mahoney dominates off year voting. Tammany Hall fights to regain prestige as Dewey backs Manhattan district attorney race. Virginia and New Jersey polls also hold significance with several gubernatorial races.
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Washington
New York City
Tammany
New York County
LaGuardia
Fusion
American Labor Party
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
New York Supreme Court
James A. Farley
Robert F. Wagner
Roosevelt
Manhattan
Harold Hastings
Thomas E. Dewey
New Jersey
A. Harry Moore
Lester H. Clee
Newark
Virginia
James H. Price
Monroe and Warren Chamber Names George Holl as Secretary
George Holl uty named secre tary of the Chi of Commerce of Monroe and Waroe arriving Saturday with his family. He will assume duties Monday at the chamber offices in Hotel Virginia. Holl is an A and M graduate with ten years in Texas chambers, noted for civic involvement and strong leadership. The outlook for the chamber under his term is described as promising a productive year for the local business community.
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George Holl
Chi of Commerce
Monroe
Waroe
City
Virginia
Holland
Camden
Her of Commerce
Holland Sudwy McClary
Texas
Amden
Ming
Chamber of
Arkansas Oa
West Monrill
Cife of
Ransom Bill Case Tangles Chicago In Odd Timeline
Federal agents traced a ransom bill tied to a mystery involving a years old retired man and a shoe salesman at a south side hotel. T. J. Cook took the bill from Williams who claimed it in a pay envelope. authorities note several similar notes have surfaced since late September.
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Chicago
Federal
Charlies
T. J. Cook
South Side
Cook
Williams
Ross
Cook's
First year of Roosevelt's second term nears end
Washington reports the first anniversary of President Roosevelt's re election marks rising internal party tensions. The Democrats face a potential split while Republicans organize for a new fight amid economic downturn and a looming special congressional session.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Democratic Party
Congress
Eccles Joins Roosevelt Budget Conferees
Marriner S. Eccles head of the Federal Reserve was added to President Roosevelt's list of conferees on budgetary matters. Eccles, a close adviser to business and finance, flew to Hyde Park to confer with the president alongside Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and budget director Daniel W. Bell.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve System
Roosevelt
Eccles
Busness
Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Daniel W. Bell
Hell
Train Victim Identified as Floyd Harris
Floyd W. Harris fifty year old WPA worker of Terminal Heights was identified as the man killed near the Thomas street crossing by a Missouri Pacific train. Brother in law T O Mills concluded Harris was not a rider and was on his way to work. Harris survived by his wife and five children and several relatives.
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Missouri-Pacifice
Thomas Street Crossing
Floyd W. Harris
WPA
Terminal Heights Addition
T. O. Mills
Gordon Avenue
Harris
Mills
Irving J. Wolff
Lloyd
Frank
Carroll
Buster
Grace Harris
J. W. Harris
Georgetown
Ivy Harris
Crossett
Ark
Monroe
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Wolff
Street Car Kills Woman in Orleans
Mrs W R Mouton aged 52 died from injuries after a street car struck her in front of her home in New Orleans. Richard Simmons 24 had a left leg amputated after a street car crush while asleep with his limb on the tracks. Mrs Ethel Cowart 28 of Bogalusa La is in serious condition after a Saturday auto crash on the Rigolets bridge involving Earl Peyton 41 of New Orleans.
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New Orleans
W. R. Mouton
Lafayette
Charity Hospital
Richard Simmons
Ethel Cowart
Bogaltsa
Rigolets Bridge
Mrs Lawes Dies in Fatal Fall Near Bear Mountain
Mrs Kathryn Stanley Lawes widow of Warden Lewis E Lawes died from shock and blood loss after a compound leg fracture suffered when her heel caught in a boardwalk near Bear Mountain ridge causing a fall. The tragedy occurred in Ossining New York on a Saturday early report.
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Ossining
N. Y
Kathryn Stanley Lawes
Lewis E. Lawes
Bear Mountain Ridge
One-Fifth Of All Women In IS Employed
The women's bureau reports that more than 20 percent of US women are gainfully employed, with over one third of 10,752,000 working women also homemakers. About one tenth support families of two or more, often alongside others. Wages for women lag behind men in identical industries.
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Washington
Women's Bureau
United States
Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon
Bureau
International Labor Office
Geneva
Labor groups to meet again to seek unity
The American Federation of Labor and the C I O plan one more week of talks to form a single powerful labor federation. Observers expect little progress after three days of wrangling, with both sides pursuing independent paths during an eight day pause. The CIO proposed becoming a self ruling part of the AFL.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
C. I. QO
Alleged Embezzler Taken In Orleans
Harry Francis Boyce 39 general manager of a Chicago department store was arrested in New Orleans on a charge of embezzling 9800 from his employers. Detective Captain Fred Williams said Boyce confessed writing that he took the payroll on October 23. Police found 6170 in a locker when they searched his room after noting he spent heavily in the French Quarter.
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New Orleans
Harry Francis Boyce
Chicago
Fred Williams
Boyce
Williams
Lord's Prayer Engraver Held in Death Case
Shreveport report says Anthony Sapienza, engraving the Lord's Prayer on pennies at a fair, was arrested as a suspect in the August 22 Grant Park Chicago murder of Herbert W. Lee. Sapienza signed a waiver to face charges of complicity, denied participation, while Chicago prosecutors say two other men, Leonard Doxey and Albert Minella, already admitted involvement.
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Shreveport
Grant Park
Chicago
A. M. Bishop
Anthony Sapienza
Herbert W. Lee
Robert F. Burns
Sapienza
Thomas Kelly
Cook County
Dan Kenny
Lee
Daniel Gilbert
Leonard Doxey
Albert Minella
Illinois City
Doctor in Wreck Attacked by Negro in Minden
Dr. R D Webb 70, a Minden physician, was attacked at the scene of an automobile crash by a man identified as O D Evans. Evans was shot twice and wounded while fleeing, and Officer Troupe Toadvin said a witness and the officer fired. Miss Mary Walton Harris was in the other car.
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Minden
R D. Webb
Webb
O. D. Evans
Troupe Toadvin
Evans
Dr. Webb
Mary Walton Harris
Tri-Parish
Winnfield
Four Irish Soldiers Killed By Mis-Directed Shells
Shanghai reports a clash near Soochow creek as Japanese forces attacked Chinese positions while attempting to push toward Shanghai. A Chinese junk was seized and a protest from U S Marines led to an apology from Admiral Hasegawa. British commander Telfer-Smollett refused withdrawal.
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Soochow Creek
Shanghai
Chapei
Japan
Chiang
Sun Yuan-Liang
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
United States Marine
International Settlement
John C. Beauemont
Hasegawa
Amnesia victim reunites with family after 15 months
Oswald Rudolph, 79, emerges from amnesia after July 1936 accident in New York. Believed to be at Bellevue then Pilgrim State Hospital, he failed to recognize kin until his daughter and son found him in Brentwood. A reunion follows a long search by Mrs. William Mattis and Fred Rudolph.
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William Matti
Fred
Jersey City
Brentwood
150000 May See Corn Husking Event Becomes National
Henry A Wallace sparked a local Iowa husking contest that grew into a national agricultural sporting event. Preparations at the Weber farm near Marshall Missouri aim to attract over 150000 attendees for the Thursday contest as Missourians anticipate a large crowd and statewide interest.
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Associated Press Farm
Marshall
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
Weber Farm
Mary Celeste Babin dies in New Orleans widow of planter
Mrs. Mary Celeste Babin aged 72, wife of Joseph D. Babin a LaFourche parish planter, died in New Orleans yesterday. Six sons were chosen pallbearers for her funeral today. she had lived in the city for 20 years.
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New Orleans
Mary Celeste Babin
Joseph D. Babin
LaFourche Parih
Changes for Quintuplets Discussed After Callander Visit
Biologists and educators at a Toronto conference on the Dionne quintuplets debated future schooling and public viewing. They considered building a nearby school, expanding the nursery grounds, and eventually housing the Dionne family under one roof, though no date is set.
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Mary Elizabeth Plummer Callander
Dionne
Callander
Toronto
Alien R. Dafoe
Quits
Dione
Dun
Seven Killed In Halloween Plunge Near Huntsville
A Halloween day car crash near Huntsville Alabama killed seven people aged 18 to 28 including Miss Viva Efiedge Mack Gray Irene Frances Gray Leland Preston C Liseborne and Charles Slayton. Authorities cited a blow out as the probable cause as the car plunged 200 feet into a ravine and struck a boulder.
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Huntsville
Ala
L— Py
Viva Efiedge
Mack Gray
Irene
Frances Gray
Leland Preston
C. Liseborne
Charles Slayton
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