Noe Tackles Indictment Plotters in Louisiana Governor Race
James A. Noe campaigns in Bastrop accusing fixers and influential figures of seeking federal indictment against him. He touts kraft paper and pulpwood growth as key industries and promotes reforestation and conservation to revive coveer lands. Sam Jones at Monroe backs financial disclosure for incoming governors and criticizes Morrison and Peluer.
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New Orleans
James A. Noe
Bastrop
Washington
Noe
Sam Jones
Monroe
James H. Morrison
American Progress
Administration
Morrisons
Negro on Trial in Three Deaths
Arnold Williams a Negro truck driver faced trial on three counts of involuntary homicide for the deaths of Woodrow Brewer Don Evans and Homer Hughes in a wreck seven miles west of Monroe on the Dixie Overland highway. The truck owner was W G Burford of Minden. A separate case saw Charley Perkins plead guilty to breaking and entering a dwelling and receive 12 months in state penitentiary. Another man Justo Villanueva pleaded guilty to breaking and entering Holloway Pharmacy and was remanded for sentence after fingerprint checks. he said he came to Monroe on a freight train from Beaumont Texas and is 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Williams
David J. Garrett
Willams
Woodrow W. Brewer
Don) Evans
Homer Hughes
Bastrop
Monroe
W. G. Burford
Minden
W. B. Mangham
J. C. Dollar
Jack Selig
O. A. Ramsey
G. E. Spencer
Charley Perkins
State Penitentiary
Justo Villanueva
Holloway
Vaughan-Wright-Bendel
Villaneuva
Beaumont
Tex
Do Your Shopping Now Tomorrow May Be Christmas
In Kokomo Indiana a storekeeper worries about Roosevelt shifting Thanksgiving, displaying a sign that says Do your shopping now Who knows tomorrow may be Christmas as retailers anticipate Yuletide rush.
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Kokomo, Ind
Roosevelt
Crater disappearance prompt mentions of June Brice in probe
Attorney Emil K. Ellis suggests June Brice Jabove former Broadway show girl now a patient in a Long Island hospital could reveal what happened to Justice Joseph Force Crater in the renewed investigation. Ellis says Brice has no stated connection to the disappearance.
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Joseph Force Crater
New York
June Brice Jabove
Long Island
Emil K. Ellis
Supreme Court
Miss Brice
Justice Crater
Dies committee opens New Orleans hearing on communism
The Dies committee set to begin hearings in New Orleans at the Roosevelt hotel accusing riverfront influence in the city. Chairman Martin Dies will arrive from Washington to oversee testimony from six of 15 summoned witnesses. A related murder charge against William McCuistion of the National Maritime Union will also be examined.
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New Orleans
Dies Committee
South
Robert Stripling
House
Martin Dies
Democrat
Texas
Washington
Orange
Tex
Roosevelt Hotel
Dies
William McCuistion
National Maritime Union
MecCuistion
Philip Carey
C. S O
Chalkley Reelected Louisiana Farm Bureau Leader
Harry L. Chalkley Jr. of Lake Charles was reelected president at the Louisiana Farm Bureau federation annual meeting in Baton Rouge. W R Walton Simsboro Dowling and Tainter named vice presidents and an executive committee includes Hanks Gayle Sentel Bailey Farwell Bernard Dougherty Bateman. Resolutions backed the agricultural adjustment act parity payments and reducing cotton stocks by loan withdrawal at 30 points under market.
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Baton Rouge
Harry L. Chalkley, Jr
Lake Charles
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
W. R. Walton
Killona
J. C. Dowling
Simsboro
M. C. Tainter
W. E. Hanks
Arthur Gayle
J. M. Sentel
Dixie
Atkins Bailey
Homer
Charles Farwell
Hahnville
Ren. Bernard
Thibodaux
Malcolm Dougherty
Lindsay
Will M. Bateman
Franklinton
Congress
Low bids posted for parish road work in Concordia Acadia
Louisiana highway commission received a low bid of 40 687 dollars from Robinson and Wilds of Wildsville for grading and surfacing routes in Concordia parish. Roy M. Lilly of Baton Rouge submitted the low bid of 25 862 dollars for grading and surfacing 4 099 miles on routes in Acadia parish.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Robinson and Wilds
Wildsville
Concordia Parish
Roy M. Lilly
Acadia Parish
Premier says chance slight for peace now
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain declares Germany speaks only force and predicts unlikely progress on peace proposals from Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold. He vows to keep arms until Europe is freed from long standing threats, noting U S neutrality repeal opens vast supplies for the Allies.
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London
Chamberlain
Germany
Wilhelmina
Leopold
John Simon
Netherlands
Belgium
Great Britain
Europe
Chest Donation Drive Gains Momentum in Twin City Campaign
A second annual Twin City Community Chest drive shows rising donations at Chest headquarters in Hotel Virginia. Negro solicitors, led by the Colored Welfare mission board, report strong contributions with several local businesses and organizations pledging support and full participation from staff.
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Chest
Hotel Virginia
Twin City Community Chest
The
Colored Welfare Mission
R. O Pierce
H. H. Marble
P. J. Cassy
Emmett Davis
M. J. Foster
P. C. Keal
Ella Adams
John Beckwith
Kate Carroll
J. C. Roy
Gertrude Amman
Barkdull Faulk Post
American Legion
Walgreen Drug Company
Mulhearn Protective Insurance Company
Monroe
Polk insanity plea to be considered by court
Shreveport district court will weigh the insanity plea of Walter L. Polk 64 former city employee charged with the October 3 shotgun killing of E H Cramner water works engineer and E J Davis who was stabbed but has recovered If Polk is found insane a sanity commission will be appointed for evaluation
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Shreveport
Walter L. Polk
E. H. Cramner
E. J. “Grits
Davis
Cramner
Polk
Nazi charges in bomb blast called absurd
The piece argues Nazi accusations blaming British agents for the Munich bombing are unlikely and politically motivated. It suggests Nazi leadership may have staged or exploited the event for propaganda and notes British officials dismiss such claims as mere rhetoric.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Herr Hitler
Munich
Reichstag
Hitler
Neither Party Gains Enough To Crow About In Election Night
Washington reports note Mississippi elected a Democratic governor while Philadelphia chose a Republican mayor. Virginia Republicans gained three legislative seats from a district long Republican, near Slemp earlier GOP leadership. California and Ohio rejected pension measures by wide margins.
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Washington
Mississippi
Philadelphia
Wood Uninaugurated New Mayor of Little Chicago
The Aristocrats of West Monroe sweep the fictitious Little Chicago election with 10 000 ballots cast. Simme Wood leads with 4159 votes over Gus Kokinos 3367 as C P Brogan Autocrat trails. Voters are paid with merchandise after polls close. Jack Zoll protests alleged exclusion.
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Wood
Little Chicago
Simme Wood
Chicago
West Monroe
Dooley Davis
Sarah Jane Wall
Little
Crats
Monroe
Ouachita River
Johnny
Red) Williams
Little Chicago Park
I. C
Eighth
DeSiard
Gus
Gandhi presses demand for immediate Indian freedom
Gandhi issued a forceful call for India to win freedom now, arguing dominion status should follow and minorities be protected. He urged suspending further talks if no agreement is possible, while Lord Linlithgow offered cabinet posts to opposing factions but was met with refusals as unrest grows.
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Bombay
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Britain
Wardha
Gandhi
Lord Linlithgow
all-India Congress Party
Linlithgow
Fiesta floats to be shown for north Louisiana Christmas fiesta
At a Chamber of Commerce mass meeting in Hotel Virginia H M Phipps presented motion pictures of floats for the planned Christmas fiesta. Five decorated floats will depict seasonal scenes and 15 queen floats will honor 15 high school girls with attendants. NYA members will handle decorations. floats will be built at a North Fourth Street building after Ouachita Valley Fair plans changed.
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Retail Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Virginia
H. M. Phipps
Louisiana
NYA
Ouachita Valley Fair Association
North Fourth Street
Postoffice to Open Normal Hours on Armistice Day
Postmaster J R Wooten announces Monroe office will observe usual Saturday hours on Armistice Day November 11 open 8:00 am to 12:00 noon. City carriers will run as usual. no rural delivery will be made.
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J. R. Wooten
Monroe Postoffice
Many Efforts Made To Kill Herr Hitler
A historical digest notes repeated reports of plots against Adolf Hitler from 1923 to 1933. It cites the Beer Hall Putsch aftermath, arrests of alleged plotters in Munich, protective measures around Reichstag openings, and the arrest of Paul Orlowsky among others as authorities thwarted several assassination attempts.
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Herr Hitler
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Munich
Arco Valley
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul Orlowsky
WPA Active in Road Building in Louisiana
WPA reports strong progress in Louisiana with new fish hatchery work, reforestation, and expansion of secondary roads. Eighty miles of farm to market roads started or soon to start, totaling about 1,700 miles in state. Crews completed 32 miles in Caddo parish at $204,000 with 277 workers. five miles near Starks in Calcasieu parish linked projects.
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New Orleans
WPA
James H. Crutcher
Louisiana
Bienville
Bossier
Caddo
Calcasieu
Catahoula
Concordia
East Carroll
Lasalle
Red River
Ouachita
Rapides
Sabine
Union
Vernon
West Carroll
Webster
Vermilion
St. Martin
Plaquemines
Caddo Parish
Starks
Calcasieu Parish
Senator Thomas Wingate Dies After Illness at 73
Shreveport Louisiana November 9 Senator Thomas C Wingate 73 of Leesville veteran Louisiana legislator and former acting lieutenant governor died after a two week illness at a local hospital The body will be taken to Leesville for final rites and interment Friday Surviving are three daughters Mrs Margaret White Mrs Charles Cox both of Shreveport Mrs Helen Allen of Leesville a son Robert Wingate of Freeport Texas and several grandchildren and great grandchildren Wingate born October 10 1866 was a longtime Vernon Parish official and senate member since 1920 including terms as sheriff tax assessor and president pro tempore acting lieutenant governor.
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Shreveport
Thomas C. Wingate
Leesville
Louisiana
Wingate
State Senate
Vernon-Sabine
Vernon Parish
John B Fournet
State Supreme Court
Margaret W. White
Charles Cox
Helen Allen
Robert Wingate
Freeport
Texas
Senator Wingate
Beoyang of
Bee
Germans Brand British Secret Service and Jews in Plot
Berlin reports Hitler viewed photos of a failed assassination as police hunted guilty parties after a Munich beer hall blast that killed seven followers and wounded 63. The British secret service and Jews were accused, though officials saw no direct links. Rewards rose to 600,000 marks with an anonymous add-on.
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Melvin K. Whitefeather
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Munich
Fuehrer
Buergerbrau
Hitler
Secret Service
Great Britain
Paris
Germany
Soviet Russia
Anehalter Station
Field Marshal
Heremann Wilhelm Goering
Hang Heinrich Lammers
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Sixtt
Willis Allen
Extreme Left
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G. H. McLain
Harvey Bedford
Virginia
C. Bascom Slemp
Coolidge
Tennessee
North Carolina
Kentucky
Frankford
Ohio
North Louisiana
Thomas Wingate
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