Moscow Sees Extension of Battle Zone Grave Situation
Izvestia accuses Japanese militarists of inventing a fable of Soviet interference in Manchuria to justify extending occupation northward at least until Nov 16. The piece says Tokyo aims to weaken imperialist powers by threatening conflict with the Soviet Union and criticizes Paris and U.S. officials for echoing rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Izvestia
Manchuria
League of Nations Council
Soviet Union
Europe
Japan
Chang Sueh Liang
League of Nations
Russia
China
Mah
Paris
Karakhan
le Temps
Tokyo
Britten
American Congress
Ramblings From Town Lively Oddities And Local News
Humorous notes on local life include Jes Ramblin featuring Bill Bynum with a cane, a Ouachita Parish Junior College coed cutting yet not cutting her hair, and a glass globe mishap on DeSiard Jackson street. Nonnie the dog’s paper-fetching feats recalled else. A fig tree grows from a wall near West Monroe traffic bridge. City workers vary in days off. wedding plans loom for February. Residents speculate on naming the new bridge after former Mayor Endom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Bynum
Ouachita Parish
Endom
Rocky Mountain Business Activity Sees Renewed Growth
In Colorado and neighboring states a revival in mining, agriculture, and transport boosts regional demand. Gold mining revives in Cripple Creek and nearby districts, sugar beet production rises, onion prices leap, and oil, dairy, poultry, and road projects expand across Montana Wyoming and Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Rockies
Colorado
Wyoming
Tana
Great Western Sugar Company
Montana
Cripple Creek
Boulder
San Juan
Clear Creek
Gilpin Counties
Bank Heist Near Jackson Mississippi Sees Two Bandits Escape
Two youthful masked bandits robbed the Bank of Pocahontas in Mississippi taking $600 to $800. Assistant cashier J M Smallwood and farmer J L Middleton freed themselves from a vault and alerted authorities after the robbers fled in a green sedan toward Clinton. Police warned Jackson to watch for entry to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Miss
Bank of
Clinton
McRaven
McRaven-Clinton
Jackson
Smallwood
Middleton
Merger Formed For Richland Parish Scout Districts
A Rayville Boy Scout meeting approved reorganizing the district for 1932. Delhi and Rayville district units merge to form Richland Parish District with new officers to take effect January 1. Aaron Cook and Pope Sorey named scoutmasters for troops 44 and 43 respectively. financing drive set for December 15 with a 62 percent quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayville
Boy Scouts of America
E. E. Keebler
C. G. Ellis
W. D. Cotton
W. A. Cooper
Court of Honor
George Franklin
G. D. Cain
E. L. O'Neal
Rev. Tucker
Rev. Weaver
R. A. Wallank
C. C. Thompson
Frank Mays
Edward Hixon
Mangham
Marshal Hanna
Delhi
Howard Alexander
Alto
Richland Parish
Aaron Cook
Pope Sorey
Young Men's Bible
First Baptist Church
Chamber of Commerce of
Death Ends Career of Robert Williams Stage and Screen Star
Hollywood notes the death of Robert Williams a renowned stage and screen actor. He died in a hospital from peritonitis after an appendix rupture. Born September 15 1898 on a North Carolina farm he ran away at 11 to join a tent show and later pursued theater across Jackson Mississippi Chicago Pittsburgh and New York acting alongside Alice Brady Ann Harding Hope Williams and Elsie Ferguson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Cal
Robert Williams
Morganton
N. C
Williams
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York
Alice Brady
Ann Harding
Hope Williams
Elsie Ferguson
Convict Killed as Jail Farm Flee Attempt Occurs
A convict was shot and killed as six prisoners tried to flee the Caledonia state prison farm. In Snow Hill Maryland a man and woman linked to a family case were rescued from a mob after being ordered to leave town. In Hammond a pilot sustained injuries when his plane made a forced landing at the air field and was taken to Baton Rouge for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Caledonia
Snow Hill
Bernard Ades
Yuel Lee
Regro
Maryland
Ades
Hammond
Hammond Air Field
Baton Rouge
New Orleans Mayor seeks quash of grand jury charges
Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley and four city commissioners were served notice to appear before the Parish Grand Jury. Walmsley's counsel asked the Criminal District Court to quash two indictments accusing improper investment of city trust funds and failing to keep records. The motions claim the indictments are invalid and the city trust fund ordinance unconstitutional. Judge A C O'Donnell set the hearing for next Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
District Attorney's Office
T. Semmes Walmsley
Parish Grand Jury
Criminal District Court
Walmsley
Louisiana
Quash
Warren Doyle
A. C. O'Donnell
Paper Company Robbed on Tuesday Night for About 45
Burglary at Louisiana Paper Company on Jefferson Street yields around 45 in cash from a small drawer. Officials say the intruder hid inside after closing, exited via a rear door left open, and searched only for money, leaving other items undisturbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Paper Company
Jefferson Street
Democratic Party Wins Big Victory Seizes 8th Michigan
Democratic gains widen after elections in Kentucky and New Jersey with Governor races and assembly seats, while the 8th Michigan District backs Democrats. In New York, Republicans hold the state legislature despite some Democratic mayors and gains elsewhere. Roosevelt’s personal influence noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Michigan
New Jersey
New York State
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Scout Official to Visit Monroe
H. F. Pete national director of personnel for the Boy Scouts of America arrives in Monroe tomorrow at 8 35 am for conferences with scout executives across the South. He travels with Harold W. Lewman and will meet J Noble White and Morehouse district committee in Bastrop at 10 am. They plan luncheon with Ouachita Valley council at 12 15 pm at the Hotel Frances. Pete tours Birmingham Memphis Houston and Monroe en route to South, arranged by J Lester White president of the Ouachita Valley council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Pete
Boy Scouts of America
New York City
Monroe
South
Harold W. Lewman
Memphis
Bastrop
Ouachita Valley
Blaze Destroys Warehouse and Cotton in Bonita
A midnight fire in Bonita destroyed a cotton warehouse and loading platform, over 500 bales of cotton, four Missouri Pacific freight cars, and damaged contents valued over $20,000. The warehouse owner was J. D. Shackelford. the cotton belonged to local farmers. Only 56 bales were saved. a nearby cotton gin also owned by Shackelford was saved by firefighters.
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Bonita
Missouri Pacific
J. D. Shackleford
Therloss
Shackelford
Standard Oil Raises Crude Prices in Louisiana Fields
Shreveport reports a fifteen cent rise in crude prices in the North Louisiana and Arkansas district with Smackover lifted ten cents to fifty five cents effective 7 a m. Buyers are expected to follow. New quotes apply to gravities forty and above at eighty five cents across Caddo El Dorado Homer Haynesville Bull Bayou Sabine Zwolle Crichton Desoto Sarepta and Cartersville with a two cent differential per degree down to below 25 gravity at fifty three cents. Previously the lowest gravity below 29 was 46 cents.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Arkansas
Smackover
Standard One
Caddo
el Dorado
Ark
Homer
Haynesville
Bull Bayou
Sabine
Zwolle
Crichton
Desoto
Sarepta
Cartersville
Clark Withdraws From Race For State Office
Alexander B. Clark of Algiers has withdrawn from the race for secretary of state and now resides in Atlanta where he is employed as a manager of a mercantile concern. T. A. Edwards, Louisiana Democratic Committee chairman, noted a record number of candidates this year and the secretary of state received $3,600 from candidates.
Cyr Long Case Argued Before District Judge
The Louisiana governorship dispute was presented before Judge T F Bell in Shreveport. Dr Paul N Cyr, who swore in as governor claiming Huey P Long vacated the office, faces a ruling after the sides were given five days to file briefs.
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Cyr-Long
Shreveport
Louisiana
Paul N. Cyr
Huey P. Long
United States Senate
T. F. Bell
Caddo Parish
Governor Long
Widow in Orleans Shoots Herself to Death
New Orleans report says Marie Callier a 30 year old widow killed herself with a pistol in a hotel store room. She left a note to her mother and asked to be buried in her lace dress. The body was found on the hotel’s second floor after hours of search with three bullet wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Marie Callier
Anne Cosse
Plain citizen sues to oust New Orleans police chief
George Rouquette a local taxpayer files in Civil District Court alleging Col. H B Myers lacks ten year New Orleans residence required by state law and asks the court to declare the office vacant Myers a Memphis native and U S Army veteran appointed as police chief in May 1930 after Mayor Walmsley's election says he moved to New Orleans in 1925 and believes he meets amended residency rules
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Col. H. B. Myers
Civil District Court
George Rouquette
Myers
Memphis
Tenn
United States Army
Rouquette
New Oreleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Shreveport Man Drowns During Bayou Hunt
Louis Cain a 45 year old plumber of Shreveport drowned in Quaspew Bayou about a mile north of Cross Lake while hunting. He crossed the bayou on a log to retrieve a duck, slipped into 20 feet deep water and drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Louis Cain
Quaspew Bayou
Cross Lake
Cain
D. H. Eames
Old Regulars to Elect Successor to O'Keefe
The Old Regular organization caucus will meet tomorrow afternoon to elect a chairman to replace former Mayor Arthur J. O'Keefe who resigned and to reorganize ward leadership after resignations. James B. Humphreys of the 1st ward is a prominent candidate for the chairmanship. O'Keefe said he resigned due to a merger between the Old Regulars and Governor Long's forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Regular
Arthur J. O'Keefe
Jamesb. Humphreys
Lith
O'Keefe
Long
U S Investment Abroad to Be Considered by Bankers
New York reports that the investment bankers association plans to focus on Americas 15 billion dollars in foreign investments at its White Sulphur Springs convention November 7 to 11. Col Allen M Pope will lead talks on foreign securities with a Latin America focus and a committee report is expected to offer clarifications.
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New York
America
Investment Bankers’ Association
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Association
Institute of International Finance
Allen M. Pope
First National Old Colony Corporation of New York
Latin America
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Jes’ Ramblin
DeSiard
B. G. Wilams
Nonnie
Daily News
Daily Star
Dr. Williams
Ripley
West Monroe
Tony Danna
Charlie Zagone
Rocky Mountain Section
Yeggs
Orleans
Paper Company
Democratic Party
Louisville
Ruby Laffoon
Madisonville
William B. Harrison
Laffoon
Harrison
Associated Press
H. F. Pote
Floog
St. Louis
Ettensaes
Sears
Arkansas City
Angola Soneeeetaee
Cumberland Nashville
Ohio
Cairo
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Fort Smith
Russell T. Sherwood
James J. Walker
San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
Sherwood
Walker
Standard Oil
Clark
Caddo Court
Plain Citizen
Col. Myers
Bayou
O’keefe
U. S
United States
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