Storm Hurt Cuba and Jamaica Dead and Damaged
A week-old tropical hurricane swept toward the Bahamas after killing at least ten in Cuba and Jamaica. It damaged banana plantations in Jamaica and Jamaica and Cuba reports note widespread destruction. A PHEMIUS freighter and Ingola tramp reported damage and drift but sought no assistance as the storm neared the Bahamas.
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Associated Press
Bahamas
Cuba
Jamaica
Phemius
Nicaragua
Ingola
Montreal
Montevideo
Virgin Islands
Colombia
Nassau
United States
Cuban hurricane lashes eastern provinces
A tropical hurricane scourged Cuba’s three easternmost provinces today, leaving hundreds of casualties with at least 10 dead and causing extensive property damage. The storm cut off communications and continued toward Havana as officials assessed the aftermath.
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Cuba
Havana
California shifts to Democratic wins in 1932 election
California refused its electoral vote for Hoover and backed Franklin D. Roosevelt for president. The state elected a Democratic senator, McAdoo, over Shortridge, Tubbs won the Republican nomination, and the 20th district race in San Diego hung on about 1,800 absentee ballots. Wright act repealed and a racing legalization measure failed.
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San Francisco
California
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Gibbs McAdoo
Miss Chronel Simmons Red Hair At Winnfield Sanitarium
We note Chronel Simmons of Winnfield as the only red headed student nurse at St. Francis sanitarium with other red heads listed. The piece wanders through local personalities and a reflections on politics and optimism after the election. A Salvation Army gift basket is praised and a child quips about schooling while an old book is discovered dating to 1692.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronel Simmons
Winnfield
St. Francis Sanitarium
Sanitarium
Yvonne Jackson
West Monroe
Bobbie George Hall
Texas
Zola Cook
Collinston
Lois Smith
Chatham
Beryl Lynn Mathis
Columbia
W. L. Workman
Salvation Army
St. Louis
Monroe Salvation Army
June Evelyn
J. E. Griffin
Mama
Parish Returns From Election Complete in Ouachita Parish
Complete tabulation by the Ouachita parish general election committee shows Roosevelt with 5 963 votes Hoover 422 and Socialist candidate Norman J Thomas 12. Prohibition referendums carried. amendments Nos 3 5 6 7 12 14 defeated. Nos 1 2 4 8 9 10 11 13 15 carried. Hood act repeal and petition to repeal the eighteenth amendment passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
General Election Committee
Roosevelt
Hoover
Norman J. Thomas
Thomas
Louisiana
Eight Commutations And Eight Pardons Are Given
Governor O K Allen approves sixteen clemency actions eight pardons and eight commutations all in line with pard on board recommendations boosting this weeks total to 22 pardons and 20 commutations Kennedy Kem ble K pardoned in connection with The Whangdoodle on the LSU campus received a 12 month jail term to be served with potential reprieves previous years four years less than the maximum. Other pardons include Dewey Mizell W Earl Bankston Sidney Boehn Bruno Florer Aurestile DeLaune and Zach Griffith all detailing offenses and sentence ranges.
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Baton Rouge
O. K. Allen
Kemble K. Kennedy
Whangdoodle
Kennedy
East
Dewey Mizell
Washington
W. Earl Bankston
Sidney Boehn
St. Tammany
Bruno Florer
Sabine
Aurestile DeLaune
LaFourche
Zach Griffith
Calcasieu
Relief Office to Open in Rayville for Parish Aid
Rayville Louisiana November 10 Special Office quarters are arranged and personnel set for the Richland parish unemployment relief committee. Parish Chairman George B Franklin says relief work starts Friday November 11 through the Rayville headquarters with temporary ward registration offices to follow. C B Cunningham disbursing officer will head about twenty staff serving as clerks record keepers and contact agents in the new Rayville office located in the former Rayville Motor Company building on Bene Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayville
Unemployment Relief Committee
Richland Parish
George B. Franklin
C. B. Cunningham
Holly Ridge
Rayville Motor Company
Bene
Who's Looney Now Is Question By Roosevelt
President elect Roosevelt was asked about British reports he might visit London before taking office and about potential war debt terms with England. He cryptically replied Who's looney now to a secretary posing the question for reporters after waking from sleep. He has not traveled abroad since his Paris trip in 19%.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
London
England
Looney
Paris
Armistice Day to Be Observed in Twin Cities
Mayor Arnold Bernstein calls for Armistice Day events with a parade and Paramount auditorium program at 10 30 a m led by principal speaker Thomas W Robertson Shreveport attorney and veteran affairs leader The Louisiana Legion plans a large parade tomorrow but no afternoon events to avoid a football clash at Brown Stadium Neville High and Rayville High fields
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Arnold Bernstein
American Legion
John Bailey
Thomas W. Robertson
Robertson
Shreveport
Louisiana Department of the American Legion
Fourth District
Louisiana Department of the Legion
Paramount Theater
Ouachita Parish Junior College
Louisiana State University
Brown Stadium
Neville High
Rayville High
Cotton Crop of Texas Is Smaller This Year
The 1932 Texas cotton crop was estimated at 4,225,000 bales, 500-pound gross weight, by the federal state crop and livestock reporting service. Last year’s production was 5,320,000 bales with an estimated yield per acre of 146 pounds compared with 165 in 1931. The report noted improvement in northwest, west and west central districts due to ideal weather, with the northwest area expected to supply about 31 percent of the state total. western districts showed bumper yields while other regions remained below average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Federal-State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Northwest
West
West Central
Beer at Short Session Seen by Wet Forces
Wet forces in Washington react to Tuesday election results as Democratic leaders Robinson and Harrison push for a December beer session and a repeal of constitutional prohibition and Volstead Act modification, signaling renewed momentum for repeal support amid likely party gains.
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Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
Seniors of L. S. U. Name Sam Marquart President
Louisiana State University senior class elected Sam Marquart of Lake Arthur as president. William Bruchaus of Elton was named secretary and Miss Cerrien Memory of New Orleans treasurer. Class student council representatives include Jake Menefee Newsgrave L. Martin Poland Stephens Coushatta Angelina Bergeron Reserve.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Marquart
Lake Arthur
Louisiana State University
William Bruchaus
Elton
Cerrien Memory
New Orleans
Jake Menefee
Newsgrave L. Martin
Poland Stephens
Coushatta
Angelina Bergeron
Sudden death of Carbon plant timekeeper in Sterlington
V L Simpson 43 timekeeper at Imperial Oil and Gas Products Sterlington died at his home shortly after 6 am. Coroner says natural causes. Survived by widow mother Mrs J C Simpson and children Sidney and J C Simpson. Siblings include Sidney Los Angeles Schley Ford Harvey Thomas Beulah Antley Janie Stegner D Panhard. Funeral 5 pm with burial in Colton cemetery near Sterlington.
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V. L. Simpson
Imperial Oil & Gas Products Company
Sterlington
C. L. Mengis
J. C. Simpson
Sidney
Sidney Simpson
Los Angeles
Schley Simpson
Ford Simpson
Harvey Thomas
Beulah Antley
Perryville
Janie Stegner
Fowler
D. Panhard
Stores Close Doors On Armistice Day In Twin Cities
Stores operated by city merchants will stay closed all day for Armistice Day. Leading grocery outlets close until 1 p.m. The parish school and St Matthew's hold Saturday classes to makeup for Friday. City schools observe a half day with no afternoon classes. Banks close all day. post office remains open and mail deliveries continue as usual.
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Retail Merchants’ Division of
Chamber of Commerce
Twin Cities
Parish
St. Matthew’s
Roosevelt Sweeps to White House With Historic House Lead
Democratic gains rise as late returns favor Roosevelt in a landslide in the House exceeding 200 seats and Senate at 59 to 36 with one farmer labor seat. Hoover era ends as Roosevelt calls the mandate a national expression of liberal thought and vows to guide the government with a clear mandate.
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Washington
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Congress
House
Senate
Hoover
New Jersey
Barbour
Farmer-Labor
Associated Press
America
Roosevelt
West Monroe Organized for Next Roll Call Meeting
West Monroe organizes for the Red Cross Roll Call with a large turnout of citizens and civic workers. Representative W C Feazel chairs the session at Prentiss O Clark's offices to enlist broader public support and complete the local roll call structure.
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West Monroe
Red Cross
W. C. Feazel
Prentiss O. Clark
C. Feazel
E. S. Eby
H Guire
City of Peace Bloodshed Falls in Geneva Clash
In Geneva a crowd clashed with troops at an anti socialist meeting. Machine guns killed 11 and wounded 70 as gendarmes moved to restore order. One soldier and a child died as the death toll rose to 12 by morning. Socialist leaders Nicole and Dicker blamed by some newspapers.
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Geneva
Comm
Bes
Lausanne
Bleshed
Cra
Leon Nicole
Jacques Dicker
Moscow
Nicole
Dicker
Fighting intensifies in Chaco front as Paraguayans push forts
Buenos Aires Nov 10 Reports from the Chaco front say Paraguayan troops pressed their assault in the Munoz sector to seize Bolivian forts Saavedra Aguarica and Munoz. The Bolivian defense faced heavy air attacks while rains inundated routes toward Munoz.
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Buenos Aires
Chaco
Munoz
Paraguay
Platanillos
Bolivar
Soa Jayacuba
Saavedra
Aguarica
Muno
Bolivie
Pilco Mayo
la Paz
Nobel Prize in Literature Awarded to John Galsworthy
Stockholm reports the 1932 Nobel prize in literature awarded to John Galsworthy, British novelist of The Forsyte Saga. The ceremony notes his long career and earlier acclaim including Island of Pharisees and early pseudonym work.
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Stockholm
Sweden
John Galsworthy
Erik A. Karlfeldt
Sinclair Lewis
Es- Lewe
Alfred Nobel
Jocelyn
John Sin
John
Forsyte
America
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Winnsboro
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E. W. Sehon
Sehon’s Chapel
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Terry
Ouachita
Hyde Park
Elliott Roosevelt
Ween Eeee
Memphis
Helena
Ween Een
Eees
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Eee Tenes
Natchez
Angola Teen Eens
CUMB
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OHIO
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
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Tennessee— Chattanooga
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Alexandria
Reese
Monroe
Colton Cemetery
New Yorker
Chaco Section
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