Trial in LaRue murder case begins in court
J W LaRue 28 accused in West Monroe murder case pleads not Guilty as jury panel is drawn. The case involves self defense and a disputed loan of a pistol. Evidence shows LaRue and the victim S M aid were oil field workers sharing a West Monroe boarding house. The defense motion for continuance due to key witness illness was overruled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Baku
Criminal District Court
Percy Sanel
Art
LaRue
Rial
Luther Johnson
Wayne
R. C. Camp
West Monroe
S. Maid
Pth
Ward 9
David
Argent
Mayor’s Duty Is to Keep Everything Hotsy Totsy
New York naturalization hearing reveals Mrs. Samuel Photzinoff, sister of violinist Jascha Heifetz, and wife of a music critic, became a citizen. She quips that a mayor’s duty is “to see that everything is kept hotsy-totsy” as the Heifetz family fled Russia in 1917.
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New York
Wele
Ife
Samuel Photzinoff
Xaminer
Jascha Heifeitz
Scrub Bull to Face Trial in Lincoln Parish
Lincoln Parish Farm Council ordered a strong indictment against the scrub bull and planned a speedy trial. The Agricultural committee of the Chamber of Commerce will handle preparations and invite the district court machinery to assist at the John Brown Tabernacle. District Attorney Hammons is expected to lead prosecution with strong private counsel.
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News-Star
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
John Brown Tabernacle
Hammons
Memphis Ballot Fight Deepens After Negro Church Bombing
Memphis voters went to the polls amid a charged campaign over taxes and the black vote. Mayor Nowlette Paine faced Watkins Overton with Ed Crump backing Overton. A bomb exploded at a negro church where a vote instruction class was underway, adjourning the session and prompting security actions.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Nowlette Paine
Watkins Overton
Shelby County
Ed Crump
Overton
Page
Rged
Old Daw Cupid Makes a Flying Tackle
Harold D. Cothran led his Lafayette football team against Georgetown last Saturday. The same day he met Peggy Tackett, freshman at George Washington University. They were married Monday.
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Poem Press
Washington
Cupid
Harold D. Cothran
Lafayette
Georgetown
Peggy Tackett
George Washington University
Plan for Permanent Overhead Crossings in Mo P Intersections
The Enita Parish Police Jury approves steps to install permanent overhead crossings at the Missouri Pacific main line grade crossings in Sicard and Monroe Winnsboro routes. President Theo F. Terzia authorized to secure surveys, with the Louisiana Highway Commission asked to conduct immediate surveys and arrange construction. Continued on page two.
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Enita Parish
Presi
Theo. F. Terzia
Erland
Sicard
Monroe-Winnsboro
Monroe
Head
Collens
Chita Parish
Erty
Monroe-Sicard
Missouri Pacific
Underground Detroit liquor plant uncovers vast operation
Federal agents locate a subterranean brewery near Woodward Avenue sprawling over a city block. They seize beer vats and whiskey, plus extensive equipment including 11 5,000 gallon vats, 3 25,000 gallon vats, dozens of barrels and a large refrigerating plant as patrons fled. Dan Vacarelli calls it a main source of Detroit’s blind pig supply.
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Detroit
Prohibition
Woodward Avenue
Dan Vacarelli
Vacarelli
Shortstop Cissel Hit by Felony Indictment on Road to Big Leagues
Chalmer Cissell, ex army soldier and standout shortstop, was arrested in St. Louis after a Des Moines suburb woman accused him of seduction. He posted a 2500 dollar bond. Cissell had moved from Fort Des Moines to Portland in the Pacific Coast League for 10000 dollars and multiple players, then Chicago White Sox bought his contract for 123000 dollars. The grand jury in Des Moines handed down the indictment alleging he failed to marry the woman.
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ST. Louis
Chalmer Cissel
Des Moines
Cissell
Fort Des Moines
Portland
Chicago White Sox
Waner and Waner Again to Board Pirate Craft
Pittsburgh November 10 1927 Paul and Lloyd Waner star Pirate outfielders signed for 1928 in vaudeville after a talk with owner Barney Dreyfuss. Advances over last season were given though terms remain undisclosed.
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Pittsburgh
Waner
Paul
Lloyd Waner
Barney Dreyfuss
Dreyfuss
Euch
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley
A snippet depicts a worker at a snuff factory refusing a clock, calling himself a whistle listener in a dialect tone. The piece preserves a regional voice with vivid slang and humorous social observation.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Students Celebrate Hair Cuts Riot in Streets
Baton Rouge reports list about 310 LSU freshmen on a delinquency sheet after a hair cutting celebration turned disorderly. About 250 face dismissal for violating the honor system by refusing to pay cafeteria checks and around 60 charged with a riot in the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Armistice Day Parade Planned for Monroe Friday Events
Legion leaders map 8:45 assembly on Grand Street for a long city parade in Monroe. Units include Police, National Guard, 156th Infantry, Red Cross, veterans groups, schools, bands, and floats ending at Saenger theater for 10:30 program with a 21 gun salute and a candlelight-like remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
J. E. Lockwood
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Grand Street
Police
Grand Marshall and Staff
National Guard
156Th Infantry
Red Cross
Ouachita Tuberculosis Association
L. B. Faulk
Bastrop Legion
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
Ladies of the
D. A. R. City
Parish High
St. Matthew's
Georgia Tucker
Barkdul
Faulk
Lyda Benton
West Monroe
Rodriguez
Frank Pettit
Frank Cline
George Breece
R. J. Goza
P. C. Clark
Camp Fire
J. W. Worthington
Boy Scouts
J. J. Keith
G. E., Slade
Regent
C. W. Walker
Monroe
Saenger Theater
Legion Men
Louisiana Training Institute
David Garrett
Saenger
Sousa
Don Brietenmoser
A. R. Christovich
American Legion
Thomas Jefferson
Charles H. Brough
Arkansas
Vernon Proffitt
Warn Northern Gunmen to Stay Out of Texas
Dallas report states northern bank robber gangs were blamed for a dozen Texas heists this fall. A reward ranging from 5000 to 8000 dollars is posted for dead bandits only, to be paid from available funds when a bandit is killed. William A. Philpott Jr. confirms the measure and says it remains in effect until further notice.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
William A. Philpott
State Bankers’ Association
North
Dakotan Plan to End Floods Hears Hearing on Drainage
The House Flood Control Committee heard witnesses detailing flood remedies for the Illinois River and upper Mississippi. Gov. A G Sorlie touted diverting Missouri River headwaters to Hudson Bay via Devils Lake to reduce floods and aid irrigation and power.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mlinois River
Mississippi
House Flood Control Committee
Missouri River
Hudson Bay
Missouri
Devils Lake
N. D
Cheyenne River
Red River
Minnesota
A. G. Sorlie
North Dakota
Sorlie
8. W. Thompson
Dakotas
Illinois River
J. P. Kerr
Versailles
Ilinois Valley
Charles Lathrop Pack
American Tree Association
Reforestation urged to curb floods in runoff report
Chas Lathrop Pack, president of the American Tree Association, told the house flood control committee that denudation of forests worsens floods in the Mississippi valley and New England. He proposed reforesting idle acres at headwaters to reduce flood surge, noting large idle lands in New Hampshire Maine Massachusetts and Vermont.
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Washington
Mississippi Valley
New England
Chas. Lathrop Pack
American Tree Association
House Flood Control Committee
Pack
New Hampshire
Maine
Massachusetts
Vermont
Marines in Shanghai Observe 152nd Marine Corps Anniversary
The fourth regiment of United States Marines in Shanghai held a parade this morning to mark the 152nd anniversary of the Marine Corps. An assembly followed with officers outlining the branch’s history and development.
River stage changes and readings across several rivers
Reported stage readings show Mississippi rising 1.0 feet with New Orleans at 2.8 feet while Ohio and Ouachita also display small shifts. Other stations like Monroe and Vicki Percy show unchanged levels with minor variations noted in scattered measurements.
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Mississippi
Dotnet Assis
Vise
Ex Immigrant Benjamin Winter Secured Insurance of 3.1 Million
New York reports Benjamin Winter a 26 year old former Polish immigrant and realty operator now insured for 3.1 million dollars. The notice notes his background as a penniless immigrant and his current insured status.
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New York
Benjamin Winter
Poland
Fruit company chief shot in St. Louis feud
Charles Palmisano 49 president of the M. Longo Fruit Company was killed on Commission Row in the wholesale district when three men in a car fired on him. Police suspect a renewed feud between factions of the Italian gang.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Charles Palmisano
M. Longo Fruit Company
Commission Row
Palmisano
Johnson Found Guilty Without Death Penalty
The trial jury found Luther Johnson guilty of murder of J. M. Simpson with no capital punishment. Johnson admitted shooting in the Missouri Pacific depot waiting room where Simpson was killed, while defense argued unwritten law. The defense called most witnesses but Johnson testified, detailing the events from start to finish.
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Luther Johnson
J. M. Simpson
Simpson
Missouri Pacific
Johnson
Fondale
Memorial for Alex Benoit Former Shreveport Building Inspector
Alex Benoit, once a Monroe resident and later Shreveport building inspector since 1926, died after a brief illness in Shreveport. Funeral plans pending word from Texas. survived by wife Willie Newman, daughter Mrs. H. C. Bellows, and two sons Roy and Joseph. Nearby relatives include Mrs. W. N. Bird of Dallas and H. H. Benoit of Monroe.
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Alex Benoit
Shreveport
Texas
Benoit
Monroe
Vicksburg
Congress
Ouachita Parish
Willie Newman
H. C. Bellows
Roy
Joseph
Dallas
W. N. Bird
H. H. Benoit
H. C. Downes
City
Jewelry store hold up ends in gun battle
W M Smith of Wilmot Arkansas was shot four times during an attempted robbery of his jewelry store. Sheriff John C Riley pursued two suspects, captured one after a gun fight, the other wounded, bloodhounds on the trail, and the captured man expected to die from his wounds. The car used in the getaway was a stolen Ford roadster.
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W. M. Smith
J. A. Ginn
Wilmot
Smith
Riley
Hamburg
Electrocution of ex-waiter for assault on girl
Herman Coggins, a former Nashville waiter, was electrocuted this morning for criminally assaulting a 10-year-old girl in January. The current was applied at 5 32 a m.
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Nashville
Herman Coggins
Ruth Elder May Seek Screen Career in Canal Zone
S S Aquitana November 10 report Ruth Elder may abandon housekeeping for cinema work in the Canal Zone. Producer Joseph M. Schenck has discussed a film contract with her and says she is highly interested and could screen well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Aquitanta
Ruth Elder
Housekeeping
Canal Zone
Joseph M. Schenck
Chicago Gamblers Openly Bet After Raids
Chicago gamblers, forced to close by Chief Michael Hughes, were seen making hit and run bets on street corners while awaiting the city’s response to a blanket gambling order. A raid exposed a bookmaking office near city hall shortly after Hughes returned from a Washington trip.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Michael Hughes
Hughes
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Congress Committee
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Fruit Company
Hold-Up
Mr. Smith
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