Lincoln Parish Solon Death To Be Probed
Lincoln Parish legislator and Louisiana Tech official T Ash ley Wright 52 died after a pistol shot in his Ruston office. A coroner's jury will probe the death with a funeral planned for Wright at his home. Survivors include his widow a son a daughter and siblings. The shooting occurred in the Tech engineering building early Saturday morning.
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Ruston
T. Ashley Wright
Lincoln Parish
Lousiana Tech
J. J. Bennett
Wright
Ruston Hospital
Tech
Greenwood
Lucille Barrett Wright
Thomas, Jr
Homer
Dorothy
Elmo
New York
Leonora Sanderson
el Dorado
Ark
John Triay
Washington
Tech Engineering
20 High Schools Invited To Northeast Fiesta Parade
Chamber committees will visit 20 northeast Louwiana high schools on Wednesday to invite bands and queen candidates for a Christmas fiesta on December 2. The event begins at 10 30 am with floats and a later Neville High versus Jonesboro High football game. A concert will be held during halftime.
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Chamber of Commerce
Louwiana
Chamber
Neville High School
Jonesboro High School
E. E. Pritchett
W. R. Hatchell
Henry Calvert
Paul Rising
H. R. Saenger
Dave Silverstein
Herbert Fink
H. C. Clark
E. Jack Selig
George Lofton
D. L. Davidson
H. B. Cannon
H. R. Hodges
H. L. Patterson
J. O. Mayo
Joe Durrett
George D. Holland
Bernard Levi
M. G. Moore
Joe Ramey
A. M. Jones
Mike John, Jr
J. W. Keene
E. R. Whitaker
Right to examine books granted in Louisiana audit case
Orleans court of appeal orders Ernest S. Clements to permit examination and copying of Louisiana conservation department records. Writs of mandamus require access, reversing a lower judge who held records were under Frank S. Shattuck. Case stems from political scandal audit involving George T. Wogan and C. Layton Meritt.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Department of Conservation
Orleans Parish Court of Appeal
High Court
Ernest S. Clements
Harold A. Moise
Frank S. Shattuck
Court of Appeal
Conservation Department
George T. Wogan
C. Layton Merritt
Clements
Three Die In Air Crash After Football Trip
A light airplane crash near Farmhaven Mississippi killed three men returning from a football trip. Victims were Pilot Sydnor Hall 32 West Memphis Arkansas public utility executive H P Thompson 33 Los Angeles California businessman and Elkins Crawford 32 West Memphis insurance broker. The crash occurred as the plane circled low before exploding and diving to the ground. A three aircraft party departed Memphis Saturday for the Alabama Tulane game in New Orleans and returned with the other planes landing in Jackson Mississippi and Memphis after poor conditions.
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Farmhaven
Miss
Sydnor Hall
West Memphis
Ark
H. P. Thompson
Los Angeles
Calif
Elkins Crawford
G. S. Summerlin
Memphis
New Orleans
Fred Lanier
Jackson
James Fannin
University of Tennessee Medical School At
Louisiana Baptist convention to open in West Monroe
More than 2 000 people from cities and towns statewide attend a three day Louisiana Baptist convention at First Baptist Church West Monroe beginning Tuesday at 2 p m Rev L T Hastings convention president presides The opening program includes welcome by Dr A E Prince and response by Rev B F Goodwin Dr Hastings will file the president's annual report Dr M E Dodd of Shreveport will give the state missions report and has held leadership roles in the Southern Baptist convention
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Twin Cities
Louisiana Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
West Monroe
L. T. Hastings
A. E. Prince
B. F. Goodwin
Jena
M. E. Dodd
Shreveport
United States
Dr. Dodd
Southern Baptist Convention
District of Columbia
South America
Dedicates $200000 Radio Transmitting Plant
The KWKH station unveils a new transmitting plant valued at $200000 as Louisiana political tensions mount. Governor Earl K Long defends wartime service amid sharp attacks from rivals including James A Noe Sam Jones Vincent Moseley James H Morrison and others during campaign events across Hammond New Roads Port Allen and Lake Providence.
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James A. Noe
Monroe
Earl K. Long
Hammond
New Roads
Sam Jones
Lake Charles
Port Alen
Long
Vincent Moseley
Opelousas
New Orleans
Louisiana
James H. Morrison
Lake Providence
Noe
Governor Long
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Port Allen
Shreveport
California
Jones
Calcasieu Parish
Calcasieu
John T. Hood
C. V. Pattison
Mother seeks blood donor for 8 year old leukemia patient
A Philadelphia mother, Catherine Felt, pleads for a donor whose blood could save her 8-year-old daughter with acute lymphatic leukemia. After 15 transfusions failed, doctors say only a recovered patient from the disease may help. The appeal aired on a nationwide program.
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Philadelphia
Catherine
Charles Felt
KWKH Dedicates 50 000 Watt Transmitter Plant in Shreveport
Civic leaders join in congratulatory programs as KWKH unveils a 50 000 watt transmitting plant near Dixie in a $200 000 project. John D. Ewing delivers the day’s keynote broadcast at 2 30 pm while Dr James M Owens and A L Wedgeworth address the audience. Mayor Caldwell sends a letter of tribute.
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Shreveport
KWKH
Dixie
John D. Ewing
Shreveport Times
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
James M. Owens
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
A. L. Wedgeworth
Chamber of Commerce
Sam S. Caldwell
Deputy Sheriff Selden Spencer Found Dead in Courthouse
The 61 year old deputy Selden Spencer was found with a bullet wound near his desk in the Tallulah courthouse shortly after 7 am Monday. A 32 caliber revolver lay nearby as physicians ruled life extinct. Spencer, long employed at the courthouse, had recently been in poor health and was unmarried. He lived with his nephew Mason Spencer and left three sisters and other nephews and nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallulah
Selden Spencer
A. J. Sevier
W. S. Holmes
Spencer
Mason Spencer
Louisiana
E. B. Compton
Little Rock
Ark
Gilbert Daigre
Alexandria
C. Haworth
Boyd, la
Snow Cruiser Rolled Into Boston Ahead of South Pole Voyage
The United States Antarctic expedition’s 27 ton snow cruiser arrived safely at the Boston Army Base. It moved through early morning traffic after an overnight stop in Framingham and was set to load aboard the North Star for the trek to the polar wastes.
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Boston
Navy
United States Antarctic Expedition
Boston Army Base
North Star
South
Framingham
Heaviest Northwest Earthquake Shakes Pacific Coast
An earthquake felt across Oregon Washington and British Columbia caused minor damage in Seattle and other cities with no injuries. The shock lasted about a minute and was the heaviest on record for the area with multiple jolts across Portland Tacoma Seattle Vancouver and Olympia.
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Seattle
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
University of Washington
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Tacoma
Vancouver
B. C
National Bank of Washington
State Capitol
Olympia
N. M. Breck
Capitol
Longview
Aberdeen
Grays Harbor
Everett
Spokane
Howard A. Coombs
Coast Guard Rescues Naked Couple Near Alcatraz
A man John Wright and woman Mrs. Leonora Everett were plucked from San Francisco Bay after their picnic yacht went disabled near Alcatraz. They swam bare to survive and were rescued by a coast guard boat while the yacht and owner Jack O'Donnell were later found and towed to Paradise Cove.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Coast Guardsmen
Leonora Everett
John Wright
Alcatraz Island
Jack O'Donnell
Wright
O'Donnell
Coast Guard
Anchorage
Paradise Cove
Restoration of Three Nations Demands War Aims
Dispatches from The Hague London Berlin Paris Helsinki Moscow Tokyo outline British and French insistence on restoring Poland Czecho Slovakia and Austria as prewar borders. Reports note mediation failure prospects as Britain France call for redress of injustices to three nations while Hitler rejects restoration.
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Associated Press
Hague
Netherlands
London
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Austria
Berlin
Paris
Helsinki
Moscow
Tokyo
Britain
France
China
Germany
Czecho- Slovakia
Wilhelmina
Leopold
Adolf Hitler
Ber
Flashes In The News: Arson Charge In Home Explosion
NEW YORK Thomas J Henehan age 26 a house painter held on an arson charge after an explosion wrecked his fathers home Police said Henehan admitted blasting the house when he learned his brother and sister in law planned to move in INDIANAPOLIS A thief who broke into Mrs Helen Hughes automobile left with a 15 cent measuring tape but kept a good topcoat DALLAS Assistant District Attorney Frank Ivey charged himself with vagrancy miswrote the name on the complaint then corrected it DENVER Police chased a truck driver as hay shifted off the load he thanked them and left A L Atwood later found his truck and hay gone MILWAUKEE Federal alcohol tax agents report deer ran in front of a car while two men spoke of the incident near Rice Lake Wis
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New York
Thomas J. Henehan
Henehan
Indianapolis
Helen Hughes
Dallas
Frank Ivey
Frank Zaby
Ivey
Denver
A. L. Atwood
Vern Kutz
Milwaukee
Uncle Sam
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Lane Maloney
Highway 53
Rice Lake
Wis
Smith
Dewey J. Sanchey
Canada
Ford Smith
Owen Waller Ware
Louisiana
Federal Penitentiary
Bridge Collapse Drowns Nine at Rio Grande Ford
Nine people fell into the Rio Grande when the Nickel Plated Road to Hell bridge at McAllen Texas Reynosа Mexico collapsed. Francisco Delgado is missing. two cars plunged into water as cables snapped. Toll collector Ramiro Rodriguez heroically saved two men and a bystander before Mexican boats reached the scene.
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M'Allen
Tex
Rio Grande
Francisco Delgado
Edinburg
Reynosa
Mexico
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Abundino Amador
Hargill
Anastacio Espinosa
Delgado
Ramiro Rodriguez
Eusebio Lucio
Rodriguez
Brad Smith
Arraignments in 6 Scandal Cases Delayed
Federal Judge Wayne G Borah postponed six major scandal indictments involving Louisiana State University to January 4. Arraignments move to New Orleans with exceptions and motions to be heard there, and trials may occur in early April. Named defendants include George Caldwell Dr Clarence Lorio Eugene Barksdale Edgar N Jackson H J Albert Carl R Deen and American Heating Company Archibald A Marx previously shifted to January 4.
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Baton Rouge
Wayne G. Borah
Louisiana State University
New Orleans
Borah
George Caldwell
Clarence Lorio
Eugene Barksdale
Caldwell
Edgar N. Jackson
H. J. Albert
Carl R. Deen
American Heating Company, Inc
Archibald A. Marx
Woman charged in New Roads killing in Louisiana
In New Roads Louisiana Sheriff L Buanchaud says Mrs Warren Dunkley 56 Torras La is jailed in Baton Rouge on shooting with intent to kill charge now to be murder over the fatal gunshot of Melvin A Fenley 54 of Torras. Fenley died at a hospital in Alexandria from a pistol wound to the abdomen. coroner rules death from the shooting. The two had a business breakup and Dunkley operated a Torras boarding house. Funeral services for Fenley are set in Pollock Texas after his body is sent to his brother in Larkin Texas.
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New Roads
L. Buanchaud
Pointe Coupee Parish
Warren Dunkley
Torras
Baton Rouge
Melvin A. Fenley
Torras Merchant
Alexandria
Buanchaud
Rapides Parish
Fenley
J. M. Fenley
Larkin
Tex
Pollock
Louisiana ex-president James Smith pleads guilty to embezzlement
Dr. James Monroe Smith former LSU president pleads guilty to four state embezzlement and forgery charges in Baton Rouge court. Judge Holcombe imposes five to 15 years in state prison. He already pled guilty to federal mail fraud and tax evasion and faces a 30 month federal sentence.
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Baton Rouge
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University Presiden
Charles A. Holcombe
United States
Orleans Parish
Brotherhood Meetings Plan Louisiana Baptist Conference
The Louisiana Baptist Brotherhood conference brings a two day program at First Baptist West Monroe starting Monday December 13. Key events include song services and district associations recognition plus demonstrations from Pineville and Shreveport, with messages by Hugh Latimer Shirley Briggs and others.
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Louisiana Baptist Brotherhood Conference
First Baptist Church
West Monroe
Bill Faircloth
Ingleside Church
Shreveport
Pineville
Brotherhood
Hugh Latimer
The
South
D. C
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