Armistice Day Observances Mark 22nd Anniversary
Twin City parade and church services marked the 22nd Armistice anniversary with local units of veterans groups leading floats and bands along a route through Monroe and West Monroe. Roosevelt warned dictators threaten democracy in a Arlington speech and cited the war’s enduring impact. Local banks and offices closed.
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Twin City
United States
Europe
Monroe
West Monroe
National Guard
L. B. Faulk
American Legion
Rodney J. Hobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Burnett- Downs
West
E. F. Hayward
Grace Episcopal Church
R. T. Watson
First Christian Church
F. K. Hirsch
C. B. Braun
A. M. Freeman
First Methodist Church
Washington
Roosevelt
Arlington National Cemetery
Birth records reveal twins most common among multiple births
Census Bureau data from 1915 to 1928 show 44 113 147 births with 500 175 twin pairs and 72 quadruplets. Triplets total 5 005 sets while overall births split into 22 656 861 boys and 21 456 286 girls with near equal distribution across combinations.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Child missing in Georgia woods unsettles town
In Cartersville Georgia a two year old boy Murray Upshaw Jr. remained missing as rain drenched woods. A small white dog that vanished with the child returned to the Upshaw farmyard with a dry coat prompting Safety Commissioner Lon Sullivan to invoke a broader car search by state patrols for vehicles that might have been near the home.
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Cartersville
Murray Upshaw
Upshaw
Lon Sullivan
Center Meal Sickness Claims Six U S Social Center Died
Pittsburgh report states six residents of a social service center died and 45 others fell ill while eating breakfast at the center today.
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Pittsburgh
Explosion ruled accidental at plant blast in Bound Brook
Somerset County detective Charles Allegar said the blast at American Cyanamid Company's three story acid factory was accidental. The explosion killed a plant superintendent and injured three workers amid chemical manufacturing for munition components at the plant.
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Bound Brook
N. J
Charles Allegar
Somerset County
American Cyanamid Corporation
Devastating Romanian Earthquake Kills Thousands
The Nov 11 report describes Romania's strongest quake in history killing 1,000 to 2,000, devastating a 5,000 square mile area, with Bucharest struck by fires, collapsed buildings, and massive damage. New tremors and fires hinder rescue as provinces report fatalities and rescue workers are entombed.
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Robert St. John
Bucharest
Rumania
Romania
Iron Guard
New Destroyer Ludlow Launched At Bath
The Ludlow, newest destroyer for the navy, was launched at Bath Iron Works with few guests present. Sponsor Miss Frances N. Chrystie Rye, a descendant of Lieutenant Augustus C. Ludlow, after whom the ship is named, attended amid navy restrictions and secrecy on size and armament. Ludlow died as a prisoner in the 1812 Chesapeake Shannon battle.
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Bath
Ludlow
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Frances N. Chrystie
Rye
Chrystie
Augustus C. Ludlow
U. S. S. Chesapeake
Hi. M. S. Shannon
Halifax
N. S
Ambulance Driver Marries Couple At Home in Meridian
In Meridian Mississippi on November 11 an ambulance operator and best man Rex Allman drove a groom and bride to the minister Dr J W Stone for a wedding at the home. Allman said he transferred them from a car because he thought the groom was nervous.
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Meridian
Miss
J. W. Stone
Rex Allman
Familiar Faces Are Ousted From Sugar Battle Of 41
Washington reports that the 1941 sugar legislation scene loses key bloc figures. Colorado's Fred Cummings, Utah’s King, and Louisiana’s Mouton exit, with replacements Murdoch and others rising. South Florida reps push for reshuffle or end of quotas as Coffee and Nebraskans eyed for sugar bloc chair.
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Sugar
Washington
Colorado
Fred Cummings
Congressional
Cummings
Cuba
King
Utah
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
United States
King’s Place
Murdock
Senate
Mouton
Louisiana
de Rouen
Maloney
Fernandez
South Florida
Representative Coffee
Nebraska
Memorials Mourn Neville Chamberlain and Key Pittman
News from London says plans for a public memorial service for Neville Chamberlain are under way possibly at Westminster Abbey after his death at his Hampshire estate. In Washington, the death of Senator Key Pittman shifts the Senate Foreign Relations chairmanship race with Senator George predicted as likely successor amid Roosevelt administration tensions.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Munich
Germany
Norway
Hampshire
H. R. P. Tringham
Chamberlain
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Winston Church
Washington
Key Pittman
Nevada
George
Georgia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Klondike Bourdough
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Hull
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Congress
Ferry Collision Near Newfoundland Leaves 28 Feared Dead
In Conception Bay a snowstorm collision between a ferryboat and a motorboat left 28 feared dead. The Golden Dawn救 rescued four survivors, while a search fleet found one man and a woman’s bodies. The Garland sank with about 17 aboard.
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ST. Johns
Newfoundland
Conception Bay
Golden Dawn
Garland
Bell Island
First Dance Date Ends in Tragedy in New Orleans
Joyce Zimmerman age 16 died from injuries after a Saturday night first date dance accident on the Airline Highway near Norco. Three companions and the truck driver sustained only minor injuries.
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New Orleans
Joyce Zimmerman
Noreo
Monroe seeks rooms for Louisiana teachers convention
All Monroe residents with spare rooms urged to contact Miss Beverly Russell of the Chamber of Commerce as hotels are full and private-home rooms are in high demand for the Louisiana State Teachers convention opening Sunday. Hundreds of teachers are expected and early cooperation is requested.
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Monroe
Beverly Russell
Chamber of Commerce and Convention
Miss Russell
Romanian Quake Slaughter Grows as Death Toll Surges
Reports from Bucharest detail a new series of tremors killing dozens and triggering massive fires in oil fields. In the Balkans Greek forces claim the Alpine Cen taur division was annihilated as they sweep the front. The London air raid sirens sound again with German bombers attacking as Britain memorializes the 1914 18 war anniversary.
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Associated Press
Romania
Italy
Alpine Centaur
Bucharest
Iron Guard
Rumania
Germany
Britain
Channel
London
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Tornado Hurts 29 Near Greenville Wires Down
A November storm battered Louisiana and Mississippi with rain wind and tornadoes injuring 29 people and downing power lines. In Acadia parish Jennings oil field saw derricks destroyed as storms disrupted oil operations and utilities across multiple towns.
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News-Star
Monroe
Hall
Oak Streets
Greenville
Lake Charles
Jennings
Here
Acadia Parish
Louisiana
Willkie Sets Radio Speech Tonight From New York
Wendell Willkie plans a nationwide radio address from 9 30 to 10 pm CST on networks of three major companies. He will outline post election views and future plans as supporters seek guidance for the Roosevelt era. The Willkies may depart for Rushville Indiana midweek.
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New York
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Willkie
Rushville
Ind
Nero's Circus Wall Piece Unearthed Beneath Church
Workmen at St. Peter's uncover a wall strip from Nero's circus during digs under the basilica. The find includes a Pagan sarcophagus fragment, mosaic floor pieces from the first church, sacristy entrance, old pillars, lime slaked in Michelangelo era, 400 year old inscriptions, and a worker's skeleton.
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Nero
Vatican City
Associated Press
St. Peter's Church
Nero's Circus
Rome
Michelangelo
St. Peter's
the Apostle
Vatican Hill
Nicholas V
Open Campaign of Red Cross Opens Roll Call
Workers of the Ouachita Parish Red Cross launch the annual Roll Call to run through November 30 with a 3200 membership quota set by E C Gibson. The large gifts division, led by Cli Ford M Strauss, begins Tuesday.
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Quachita Parish
American Red Cross
Ouachita Parish
E. C. Gibson
East Side
West Side
America
Mississippi Power and Light executive dies in Jackson
Jackson Mississippi November 11 William Alvin Moore 51 year old vice president and sales manager of the Mississippi Power and Light company died today after a two week illness. A native of Atlanta Ga and honor graduate of Georgia Tech he contributed to the companys growth and development in the state through his industrial sales leadership.
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Jackson
Miss
William Alvin Moore
Mississippi Power and Light Company
Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Missiazippi
Win the Power Company
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