Tennessee Governor Calls Extra Session After Accident
Seven highway commission workers were injured when a truck and timber trailer overturned on Farmerville Road near Monrée. While none were fatally hurt, injuries included fractures and dislocations to workers such as John Smith and J. 8. Day. Drivers Poulan Cathey and Bill Glover escaped harm. Smith, brother of LSU President Dr. James M. Smith, was hospitalized with arm injuries. Continues on page two.
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Tennessee
State Highway Commission
Farmerville Road
Monrée
John Smith
Pine Street
West Monroe
Smith
James M. Smith
Louisiana State University
Floyd Bennett
Bennett
Bastrop Road
J. 8. Day
Pear Street
Frank Savana
Jackson Street
J. A. Bacher
Plum Street
J. P. Shackleford
Shackleford
Sixth Street
Ras Portman
Washington Street
Tom Poulan
J. A. Cathey
Bill Glover
Smith and Bennett
Day
Highway Commission
Fechet Urges More Officers for Air Corps Power
General Fechet in the air corps annual report recommends increasing officer strength. He notes five year limits could reach only 1,450, while Congress requires 1,650 by the next fiscal year. He cites few transfers from other arms and low cadet flying training hopes from the 1931 class.
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Washington
Air Corps
James E. Fechet
Congress
Fechet
Military Academy
Armistice Day Notes Highlight Local Life and Rodeo
Lawrence J. Fox, an instructor from Ruston, refereed a local Armistice Day football game. A rodeo scene featured John Bailey ducking a steer ride while sponsors praised his Legion post. The piece also mentions parade participants C. O. Clark and Mrs Hamp Faust, and a pool hall misadventure with a mistaken ambulance call.
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Lawrence J. Fox
Ruston
Louisiana Tech
John Bailey
John
Barkdull Faulk
American Legion
Hoover submits Navy budget with $343 million for 1933
President Hoover proposes a 1933 Navy budget of 343 million dollars, 59 million less than the department's request and 15 million below last Congress's bill. He says no yards are abandoned no ships decommissioned and personnel remain unchanged. The plan preserves treaty ships except six destroyers and aims to keep naval employment steady while increasing construction.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Department
United States
Constance Bennett Plans Wedlock to Gloria Swanson’s Ex
Hollywood reports Constance Bennett intends to wed Henry James La Nailly De La Falaise De La Coudray known as Hank, a French marquis and film director, after Bennett finishes her current movie. Swanson, previously married to the marquis, recently divorced and remarried, clearing the way for the Bennett ceremony. Bennett, 25, and Hank, 33, have been seen together for months. this would be Bennett’s third marriage, following prior unions in 1929 and a canceled one ten years earlier.
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Hollywood
Cal
Constance Bennett
Henry James la Nailly de la Falaise de la Coudray
Hank
Hollywood Boulevard
Miss Bennett
Marquis
Gloria Swanson
Miss Swanson
Michael Farract
Yuma
Aziz
Farmer
France
Philip Norton Plant
Long Island
N.Y
Chester H. Moorehead
University of Virginia
Brown Mill Pays Over 500 Daily For Wood Supply
The Brown Paper Mill buys about 500 daily in pulp wood from farmers and timber owners, averaging $500 per day and about $180000 yearly. The mill, employing over 500 people, has operated 30 days in October amid improving business. It owns extensive woodland in the parish and nearby areas with a plan for continual reforestation replacing trees removed for pulp wood.
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Brown Mill
Burglars Enter Decatur County Bank in Night Theft
In Decaturville Tennessee robbers used acetylene torches to break into the vault of the Decatur County Bank during the night. They took about 2400 dollars in cash and several thousand dollars in bonds mostly non negotiable. The loss is insured and was discovered when the bank opened this morning.
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Decaturville
Tenn
Decatur County
New Orleans Grocery Bandit Flees With $20 Note
A customer at a Magazine Street Piggly Wiggly turned bandit when a $20 bill was flashed by an accomplice who entered with a gun. They escaped with the money after the attempted theft.
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New Orleans
Tulane Green Wave Arrives In Athens For Georgia Tilt
Tulane arrives in Athens ahead of the Tulane Georgia game with green bunting in store windows and a large Georgia pep gathering planned. Athens police say no drinking will be tolerated at the stadium and will station officers at entrances with federal agents also on duty.
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Tulane
Green Wave
Athens
Georgia
Tulane University
University of Georgia
Greenies
Sanford Stadium
X-Club
H. W. Beusse
Macon
Huge Rankin County gasser defies Jackson drilling crews
A giant Rankin County natural gas well, East Alexander-Washburn No. 1, 24 hours into uncontrolled flow, roars as crews attempt to kill it with mud and drill stem work. Steam power aids operations while about 2,000 feet of pipe are trapped and risk escalation looms.
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Jackson
Miss
Rankin County
Alexander-Washburn No
J. E. Granstaff
Fire at Specialty Candy Company in New Orleans
A blaze on November 13 at 417 Lafayette Street damaged the second floor of the Specialty Candy Company. Damage estimated at 10 000 dollars. About 50 workers were temporarily laid off though some may gain work with another firm. Several adjacent fence buildings suffered minor damage.
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New Orleans
Specialty
Lafayette Street
Grand Jury of St. Bernard to Probe Gambling
District Attorney L H Perez instructed the St Bernard Parish Grand Jury to meet tomorrow and hear evidence on open gambling charged by State's Attorney General Percy Saint in St Bernard and Jefferson Parishes. Saint warned DAs would intervene under state gambling laws if doors stayed open. Perez invited Saint to provide witnesses or facts for the Grand Jury.
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New Orleans
L. H. Perez
St. Bernard Parish
Percy Saint
St. Bernard
Jefferson Parishes
Saint
Perez
John Fleury
Jefferson Parish
Mrs. H. G. Baker Dies After Car Crash
Mrs. H. G. Baker aged 21 wife of a construction engineer died at Winnfield hospital from a skull fracture after a sedan driven by her husband overturned near Winnfield. He escaped with minor injuries. She leaves husband parents Mr and Mrs L I Moore of Spring Hill and a sister. Funeral will be held tomorrow at 11 a m at her parents residence in Spring Hill.
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H. G. Baker
Winnfield
Baker
Planters Club meets Tallulah on agricultural talks
B T Abbott Illinois Central Railroad colonization agent addressed Madison Parish Planters Club at the Methodist Church on The Agricultural Possibilities of Madison Parish. H M Lentz spoke on Refrigeration. Supper and round table followed on cover crops and truck varieties for the region.
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Tallulah
B. T. Abbott
Illinois Central Railroad
Madison Parish
Chinese Hold Tsitsihar Against Nippon Force
Chinese commander Mah Chan-Shan in Northern Manchuria reports he is still holding Tsitsihar against Japanese troops. He ignores an evacuation ultimatum as Japanese counterclaims say their right wing is surrounded. Reports also link reinforcements from Blagoveshensk and mention Henry Pu-Yi’s movements amid speculation.
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Mah Chan-Shan
Manchuria
Tsitsihar
Mah
Soviet Russia
Blagoveschensk
Henry Pu-Yi
China
Tientsin
Mukden
Japanese Intelligence Reports Large Action in Mukden
The Japanese Military Intelligence Bureau reported that a large operation was underway in Mukden Manchuria with details not fully disclosed. The disclosure followed November 13 releases from the wartime intelligence apparatus.
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Associated Press
Mukden
Manchuria
Japanese Military Intelligence Bureau
Three alleged Reds beaten by mob in Pontiac Michigan
In Pontiac Michigan three men said to be Communist sympathizers were severely beaten by a mob after an unemployment rally. Victims Walter Hardin Clarence Sherman and Leo Fortin showed clear injuries and described hooded assailants. One man heard a woman scream during the beating. Police deny departmental involvement and say on duty officers were not used.
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Pontiac
Mich
Walter Hardin
Clarence Sherman
Leo Fortin
Hardin
Mike Stykoff
Sherman
Fire Insurance Rates In State To Be Probed
Louisiana Insurance Commission ordered a general survey of fire insurance rate structure in the state. The rating and fire prevention bureau will review current rates after complaints of inconsistencies in force.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Insurance Commission
State Rating and Fire Prevention Bureau
Louisiana
Hoover kin arrest highlights Santa Monica liquor case
C Van Ness Leavitt, brother-in-law of President Hoover, was arrested in Santa Monica California on a charge of possessing 19 pints of liquor. He was released on bond.
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C. van Ness Leavitt
Hoover
Santa Monica
Cal
Millsaps Tackle C V Smith Dies After Stetson Game
C V Smith Millsaps College tackle dies in Deland Florida after suffering a fractured neck vertebrae in Armistice Day game with Stetson Millsaps won 10 to 7. His body to be sent to Philadelphia Mississippi. funeral plans handled by Millsaps president D M Key.
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Deland
Fla
Stetson
C. V. Smith
Millsaps College
M. C. Smith
Philadelphia
Miss
D. M. Key
Smith
Millsaps
Rollins Colleges
Winter Park
T. L. Gaddy
B. O. van Hook
W. B. Hathorne
Maurice Easterling
van Hook
Jack McDowell
Rollins
Mississippi
Hathorne
Tennessee Legislature Called for Extraordinary Session
Governor Horton summoned the Tennessee Legislature to meet in an extraordinary session Monday to ease financial strain. Proposed measures include borrowing by the Funding Board to operate government, allowing counties to levy local property taxes, and raising the maximum interest rate on a $5 million unsold bond issue to attract buyers.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
Tennessee
General Assembly
Fenner and Beane and Ungerleider Merge in New York
Consolidation of Fenner and Beane with Samuel Ungerleider and Company announced with merger due around December 1. The combined firm will run a wire system second only to E A Pierce, with Fenner and Beane carrying 39 offices across the South, Middle West and Southwest including New Orleans New York Memphis Tulsa Paris and many other cities.
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New York
Stock and Cotton Commission
Fenner and Beane
Samuel Ungerleider and Company
South
Middlewest
Southwest
Wall Street
E. A. Pierce & Co
New Orleans
Memphis
Tulsa
Paris
Asheville
Atlanta
Beaumont
Birmingham
Charlotte
Chattanooga
Columbus
Dallas
Fort Worth
Galveston
Hot Springs
Houston
Little Rock
Con
Meridian
Miss
Mobile
Monroe
Montgomery
Nashville
Norfolk
Oklahoma
Richmond
San
Madison Red Cross Drive Proceeds Satisfactorily
Madison Parish Chapter reports strong results from the American Red Cross roll call. Zone two chairman C. E. Wixson announces 100 percent membership, while zone three leaders R. R. Taylor and H. W. Whitfield expect their quota met. About 1,500 members are enrolled and $2,500 is anticipated from contributing members.
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Tallulah
Madison Parish
American Red Cross
C. E. Wixson
R. R. Taylor
H. W. Whitfield
Health problems of Louisiana children discussed in Baton Rouge
Health insurance for Louisiana children from prenatal to maturity was discussed by leading physicians and teachers in Baton Rouge during the joint sessions of the Louisiana conference on child health and protection and the Louisiana Teachers Association. The program featured talks on prenatal care tuberculosis in children and other child welfare topics with participation by officials from Emory Tulane Oklahoma City and Shreveport.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana Conference On Child Health and Protection
Louisiana Teachers’ Association
James R. McCord
Emory University
Atlanta
E. L. King
Tulane University
L. J. Moorman
Oklahoma City
Cecil Lorio
R. T. Lucas
Shreveport
J. W. Caraway
Logansport
C. E. LaBorde
Marksville
Paul W. Chapman
P. L. Guilbeau
White House
Louisiana State University
Ray Lyman Wilbur
the Interior
Stanford University
Huey P. Long
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Virginia
Virgin Hotel
Bill Potts
C. O. Clark
Hamp Faust
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Curtis
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De-Siard
Smoke-Um
No. 2
Joshua Rhodes
S. Gardner (Sweet) Young
Brown Paper
Hotel Monroe Pool Hall
L. E. Stevenson
Guy Smith
Abe Marx
R. C. Shaw
S. M. McReynolds
A. G. Treadgold
W. B. Clarke
Methodist Church
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Cumberland
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Carrottre
Tennessee— Chattanooga
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Enews
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Peete
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Orleans
Grand Jury OF
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Planter’s Club
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