Victory Seen for Democrats in Tuesday Vote
Washington, Nov 5. The off year campaign nears close with observers predicting Democratic victory. The election involves 33 states, 466 House seats, 34 Senate seats, and 274 state offices. Roosevelt seeks support for liberal policies as Republicans fear divided future in 1936.
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House of Congress
Roosevelt
Seventy-Fourth Congress
House
Hale
Maine
Florida
Idaho
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
West Virginia
Wyoming
Upton Sinclair
California
Frank F. Merriam
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Robert Moses
Hyde Park
Lehman
Cope
Upton Sinclair Threatens Pardon and Prison Swap Message
California governor hopeful Upton Sinclair warned that if elected he would pardon Tom Mooney, life-term convict linked to the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing. He pledged to jail employers if they intimidated workers who voted against him, as campaign close nears and McAdoo shows tentative backing.
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San Francisco
California
Upton Sinclair
Tom Mooney
Mooney
Ocean Park
Labor Disputes Brought To End
Conflict gave way to cooperation as employers and employees move toward settlement. United Textile Workers offer to aid Cotton Textile Institute in new markets once federal mediators resolve post strike differences. Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company workers return to 300 Cleveland stores as truce prompts reopening plans. United Anthracite Miners clash with United Mine Workers near Wilkes Barre as efforts to close collieries continue.
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Associated Press
United Textile Workers of America
Cotton Textile Institute, Manufacturers’ Organization
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Cleveland
United Anthracite
Wilkes-Barre
The
United Mine Workers of
Governor Allen Returns After Month-Long Rest
Gov. O. K. Allen resumed duties in Baton Rouge today following a month away with Mrs. Allen in Hot Springs Arkansas. Officials described his health as materially improved after the vacation which included some fishing.
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O. K. Allen
Huey Long Faces Libel Trial After Supreme Court Ruling
Supreme Court rejects Huey Long immunity claim and rules he must stand trial in a $500,000 libel suit filed by Samuel T. Ansell. Ansell alleges Long's February 1933 senate speech defamed him, challenging immunity for members of Congress and detailing prior army conduct. Trial set in the District of Columbia.
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Huey P. Long
Senate
Supreme Court
Couness
Samuel T. Ansell
Army
Ansell
John H. Overton
Louisiana
Long
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Congress
Trial Court
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
British flier completes 7000 mile Pacific flight to California
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, the Australian aviation pioneer, ends a 7000 mile Pacific crossing by landing the Lady Southern Cross at Oakland CA after a Hawaii to California leg. He retraced his 1928 route from Brisbane to Hawaii, clocking 14 hours 59 minutes from Honolulu to Oakland. Captioned as an epoch making flight, he credits navigator Captain P G Taylor for the feat.
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Los Angeles
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
Brisbane
Australia
California
Oakland
Calif
Honolulu
Lady Southern Cross
Sir Charles
Hawaiian Islands
United States
P. G. Taylor
Four Killed in Clinton Mass Train Crash
Four men were killed and two injured when a double-header freight train and a single locomotive collided on the Boston and Maine mainline in Clinton Massachusetts. Fireman Charles Winslow Joseph Perry flagman Mason and engineer Mason were identified among the dead with one unnamed victim still in wreckage. Engineer Carl Flagg was dying at Clinton hospital.
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Clinton
Mass
Boston and Maine Railroad
Joseph Perry
Perry
Charles Winslow
Lowell
Mason
West Boyleston
Carl Flagg
West Boyton
Clinton Hospital
Louisiana voters face 14 constitutional amendments this Tuesday
A Louisiana newspaper urges defeat of amendments 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 as dangerous to progress. It condemns poll tax repeal and warns of tax shifts and reduced road funds. It endorses no net gain for schools or residents, urging readers to vote against most proposals.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Louisiana Tax Commission
New Orleans
Crescent City
South
Jinky awards spread joy with weekly cash and prizes
The Jinky weekly contest announced in the Sunday World lists 40 dollars in cash prizes from 15 to 2, plus 16 merchandise prizes for week four. Many readers saw their names and potential winnings. Local firms in Monroe are listed as Jinky merchants including Iron Mountain Bakery, West Monroe Hardware, Sur-Wa Stores, Central Savings Bank, and more.
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Monroe
Iron Mountain Bakery, Inc
Griffin Studio
Johnnie S. Elbert
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
West Monroe
W. Rogers
Eureka Grocery
Lee- Rogers Chevrolet Co., Inc
R. and A. Jewelry
Central
Circle
Standard Office Supply Co
Collens Pharmacy, Inc
E. Jack Selig, Inc
Monroe Furniture Co
Monroe Hardware (Furniture) Co
Sandman’s Pharmacy
Bella Scherck Davidson
Alice Henry
Long-termer is killed during prison break at Angola camp
Blazing gunfire from guards ends a breakout by about 15 convicts at Camp E of Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. One leader, James C. Bird, killed. four others shot, two seriously. Wounded include Pat Duggan John Arnold Walter Henderson and Lucas Badeau alias Pollywog Jones. The breakout followed workers in an Irish potato field.
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Camp E
Louisiana State Penitentiary
James C. Bird
Orleans Parish
Bird
Pat Duggan
John Arnold
Walter Henderson
Caddo Parish
Lucas Badeau
Pollywog
Jones
Calcasieu Parish
Red Hat
Construction in South Sees Big Rise in 1934
Baltimore November 5 A 57 percent rise in construction awards in the 16 southern states during the first ten months of 1934 over the same period in 1933 was reported by Manufacturers Record. Totaling $422,157,000, roads, streets and paving led with $162,082,000 though road work lags under the new federal program. plans for near‑term settings and awards suggest solid road work volumes could begin in spring 1935. October awards stood at $38,472,000, up 3 percent from September but down nearly 30 percent from October 1933.
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Baltimore
Manufacturers
Japanese Freighter Goes Ashore on Pacific Coast
Seattle, Nov 5. The Japanese motor freighter Nichio Maru, 5,500 net tons, went ashore near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island’s west coast in a heavy gale. Owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, she sails Yokohama to New York and the Pacific coast and departed Los Angeles Nov 1 for British Columbia ports to load for Japan.
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Harbor Radio
Port Albernie
B. C
Vancouver Island
Kawasaki Kisen Fensha
Yokohama
New York
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
British Columbia
Japan
Insull Ends Defense Testimony in Mail Fraud Trial
Samuel Insull finished his testimony as a defense witness in a mail fraud case in federal court before Judge James H. Wilerson. Prosecutor Leslie E. Salter questioned him about six questions while his attorney asked three as Insull concluded a long deposition after days on the stand.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
James H. Wilerson
Leslie E. Salter
Insull
Floyd E. Thompson
Warm Weather Rules Country Across United States
Warm weather dominated the nation with temperatures mainly in the forties and fifties, easing the late week cold snap. Cincinnati logged 35, New York 53 under wind and rain, while many cities ranged from the mid 40s to 60 in New Orleans. Jacksonville hit 67 as clear skies prevailed nationwide.
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Associated Press
United States
Cincinnati
New York
Chattanooga
Tenn
Sault Ste. Marie
Columbus
Ohio
Green Bay
Wis
Grand Rapids
Mich
Louisville
Knoxville
Birmingham
Ala
Chicago
Indianapolis
Nashville
Prominent Monroe resident dies in two car crash
Briscoe A Trousdale Sr 65 head of Trousdale Printing and longtime Monroe newspaper figure dies after his auto collides with a car driven by Walter Willis 22. Willis is in custody as investigators sort fault and sequence of the single wreck at Texas and South Second streets. Trousdale founded the Monroe Daily Star prior to forming the Trousdale Printing company with his son Briscoe Jr. The crash leaves a prominent local business leader slain and prompts coroner and police action.
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Briscoe A. Trousdale, Sr
Trousdale Printing Company
Monroe
Texas
South Second Streets
Walter Willis
Trousdale
Willis
Benny Grayson
Second Street
Jimmie Willis
West Monroe
St. Francis
C. L. Mengis
Daily Star
News- Star
Briscoe A. Trousdale, Jr
Mr. Trousdale
More= house parish
David Brigham Trousdale
Union Parish
B. A. Trousdale
W. H. Gayle
P. M. Gayle
Monroe “Bulletin
Kingsford Smith completes famed flight lands in California
Santa Monica report notes Sir Kingsford-Smith finished his remarkable flight with superb piloting and navigation. The arrival distracts from the election mood, as Americans celebrate the achievement and acknowledge the aircraft's significance in history.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Kingsford-Smith
America
California
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