Two Louisiana teachers hurt in auto plunge on curve
Miss Gladys King 23 of Ruston a Choudrant High School teacher sustained a fractured collar bone. Miss Carrie Shelby 22 of Simsboro a Vienna teacher suffered a dislocated elbow and contusions. Five others escaped injury as their car left the highway near Melville Port Allen and demolished itself. All were brought to the post hospital and reported improving.
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Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Melville
Port Allen
Gladys King
Ruston
Choudrant High School
Carrie Shelby
Simsboro
Vienna
Carvelia Johnson
Jack Wade
Myrtis Saint
Hilly
Wade
Miss Shelby
Bell Shelby
Miss King
H. S. King
Louisiana Tech
Hoover aide to deliver speech in Baton Rouge
Administrative assistant to President Hoover George Hastings spoke at the closing sessions of the Louisiana child welfare conference and the Louisiana Teachers Association convention in Baton Rouge. Dr Elam C Potter of Trenton and Dr Harriet Daggett of the L S A law faculty discussed the merged program as officers were installed and Daggett chaired the welfare resolutions committee. Miss Martha Van Rensselaer urged parental child education for home life security joined by T H Harris state superintendent and other educators from Chicago and Atlanta.
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Baton Rouge
George Hastings
Hoover
Elam C. Potter
Trenton
N. J
Harriet Daggett
L. S. VA
Louisiana Child Welfare Conference
Louisiana Teachers’ Association
Daggett
Child Welfare Resolutions Committee
Teachers’ Association
Martha van Rensselaer
Cornell University
T. H. Harris
William J. Bogan
Chicago
Anne S. Davis
Paul W. Chapman
Atlanta
Miss Grower to Sing for Bible Class
Miss Margaret Grower a renowned soloist will perform at the First Presbyterian Men's Bible Class meeting tomorrow morning. The session in Hotel Frances Hotel Frances private dining room second floor will feature a lesson by Fred Williamson with all men of the city invited.
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Margaret Grower
First Presbyterian
Hotel Frances
Fred Williamson
Ouachita Voter Registrar Leads Local News Roundup
Long column notes Lillian Collins Ouachita Parish Registrar of Voters meeting every voter in the parish. The piece lists local figures in Monroe West Monroe and Crosley School events, plus anecdotes on candidates, a bridge naming suggestion, and a six week yacht trip by Capt. G B Cooley. Includes names Jim Bennett J W Smith Allan Sholars O G Elliott Morris Haas H C Mize L V Tarver Fagan Cox Will Atkinson Milling Bernstein.
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Ouachita Parish
Lillian Collins
Longs
Crosley
Julius
Earl K. Pa Long
Monroe
Jim Bennett
J. W. Smith
Allan Sholars
O. G. Elliott
Morris Haas
H. C. Mize
L. V. Tarver
Fagan Cox
Will Atkinson
Milling Bernstein
Roll Call Drives Red Cross Anniversary Appeal in Parish
A. B. Clarkson leads Ouachita Parish Roll Call urging citizens to support the 50th anniversary effort. The Monroe and West Monroe canvass reports eager reception, with some homes earmarking funds for multiple memberships and early booth activity in downtown hotels.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
A. B. Clarkson
Ouachita Parish
Clarkson
Good Samaritan
America
Roll Call
Monroe
West Monroe
Lake Charles seeks rate change before interstate panel
The Port of Lake Charles asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant a more favorable cotton rate basis than New Orleans to boost near port traffic. C D Arnold testified for the Lake Charles harbor district as the hearing before Examiner Mattingly continued, linking state actions to the national case.
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New Orleans
Lake Charles
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gulf Terminal
Calcasieu
Lake Charles Harbor
Louisiana Public Services Commission
New Air Line Announces Kansas City to New Orleans Service
American Airways revealed daily passenger and mail service from Kansas City to New Orleans starting tomorrow. The trip will take eight hours and 47 minutes with connections in Memphis to Little Rock Dallas Texarkana and Fort Worth.
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NEW Air Line
Kansas City
American Airways
New Orleans
Memphis
Little Rock
Texarkana
Dallas
Fort Worth
Actress Weds Francis A Gudger in Yuma Marriage
Marjorie Rambeau, stage and screen actress, married Francis A. Gudger, a retired businessman of Sebring Florida, in Yuma Arizona. It was her third marriage.
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Marjorie Rambeau
Yuma
Ariz
Francis A. Gudger
Sebring, Fla
Hyde leads nationwide effort to protect farm land values
Secretary Hyde and the Association of Land Grant Colleges convene a land utilization conference in Chicago from November 19 to 21 to reform land use and curb overproduction. The session signals a broader federal role in retirements of unprofitable farms and shaping forthcoming state and national policy.
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Chicago
United States
Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities
New England
Great Lakes
Man's Body Identified After Theater Death
The body of 53 year old F. J. Seymour LeBlanc of Bay St. Louis and former New Orleans resident was identified in New Orleans after dying Wednesday at Loew's State Theater. The coroner cited heart and kidney diseases. Identification was made by Louis L. Torre, a former employer. LeBlanc leaves a widow and four children.
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New Orleans
Loew
Gas Pipeline To Chicago Is In Operation
A new Texas Panhandle to Chicago gas line, 100 million feet tube, has been completed and gas has flowed for a month. The pipeline joins 3,320 miles of distributing lines as West coast and California lines rise under conservation laws amid rising gas rates.
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Chicago
Texas Panhandle
Lake Michigan
California
California Supreme Court
Associated Press
Frederick E. Williamson
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
New York Central Lines
Patrick E. Crowley
Ralph Budd
Great Northern
Williamson
Burlington Line
Crowley
Hughes Appointed to Louisiana Tax Commission
State Senator Henry Lester Hughes of Natchitoches was appointed to the Louisiana tax commission by Governor Huey Long to replace F. W. Raggio of De Ridder who resigned. The appointment follows Hughes declining a Second Circuit Court of Appeals offer due to his senator status. Raggio said he was returning home to support the campaign and offer his time gratis to the administration.
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Baton Rouge
Henry Lester Hughes
Natchitoches
State Tax Commission
Huey Long
F. W. Raggio
de Ridder
Hughes
Tax Commission
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Long
R. D. Webb
State Administration
Monroe Day Promise Looms for Twin Cities Bargain Bonanza
Merchants of the Twin Cities plan a November 18 buying day titled Monroe Day with deep discounts across stores. Railroads offer reduced round trip fares and bus lines join in with special rates to attract shoppers. The event mirrors sales efforts in large cities and aims to revive prosperity through strong consumer demand.
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Twin Cities
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Division
Illinois Central
Missouri Pacific
Tri-State
Monroe
Louisiana
New Compressor Plant Near Alto Costs Half A Million
The Richland Field Compressor Station north of Alto, built by the Ford Bacon and Davis Co. at an estimated cost of $500,000, nears completion. Tests of engines begin Monday, with painting and grounds work remaining. Construction started September 7 and finished ahead of schedule with 120 workers.
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Richland Field
Alto
Ford, Bacon and Davis Company
C. C. Whittelsey
New York
Mr. Whittelsey
Richland
Whittelsey
New York City
Jack Clark case to be tried in Ouachita Parish court
The Ouachita Parish District Court will try Jack Clark, Ward Nine farmer, for murder in the fatal shooting of Charles Bailey. Clark admitted killing Bailey claiming Bailey mistreated his daughter. Trial set for next Wednesday after delays from November 9 and 18.
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Ouachita Parish
Jack Clark
Ward Nine
Farmer
Charles Bailey
Clark
Bailey
Laurence Head
Clyde Harris
Will Turner
Frank Bennett
McNeal
Ivy B. Thompson
Hoover proposes nationwide string of home loan banks
President Hoover announced a plan to create a dozen federal home loan discount banks with about 150 million capital each, capable of mobilizing 1.8 billion to aid small mortgage lenders. He aims to revive home building, ease bank strain, and promote home ownership while meeting bankers and real estate groups ahead of December White House talks.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Bankers
Real Estate and Building and Loan Association
White House
National Credit Corporation
Recall Election Set for Palmetto Officers
Governor Huey Long issued a proclamation naming January 12 1932 as the recall election date for Palmetto Mayor W H McAdams and Councilmen Muse Keller and B M Anderson in St Landry Parish.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
W. H. McAdams
Muse Keller
B. M. Anderson
Palmetto
St. Landry Parish
Evacuation Ordered in Chinese City Amid Manchurian Clash
Reports from Washington say Ambassador Debuchi promised no Japanese offensives while Chinese forces faced new ultimatums to evacuate Tsitsihar by November 25. Fresh Japanese brigade moves from Tokyo and heavy fighting near Kaiyuan warn of escalation. rumors place Henry Pu-Yi headed to Harbin under Japanese protection.
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Associated Press
Honjo
Manchuria
Mah Chan-Shan
Tsitsihar
Japan
Kaiyuan
Nanni
Tokyo
Henry Pu-Yi
China
Harbin
Mukden
Moscow
Siberia
Russia
U S Envoy to Visit Manchuria as Observer Attache
Colonel James G McIlroy United States embassy military attaché authorized to visit Manchuria as observer with British French and Russian attaches. He departs Tokyo November 19 joining fellow officers attending Japan's war maneuvers. They are to stay as long as needed and the trip is not linked to League of Nations observer plan.
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Tokyo
United States
James G. Mcllroy
Manchuria
Mcllroy
Great Britain
France
Russia
Japan
League of Nations
Powers Enters Not Guilty Plea At Arraignment
Harry F. Powers, indicted for killing Mrs. Asta Buick Eicher and three children, and Mrs. Dorothy Pressler Lemke, pleaded not guilty to the charge of killing Mrs. Lemke. December 7 set for trial. Five indictments, one for each killing, were returned by the Grand Jury.
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Clarksburg
W. V
Harry F. Powers
Asta Buick Eicher
Park Ridge
Ils
Dorothy Pressler Lemke
Worcester
Mass
Lemke
Powers
Ouachita Parish Cotton Ginnings Exceed 1930 Levels
Cotton ginnings in Ouachita Parish total 15,592 bales through November 1, surpassing 1930's year to date figure of 10,049 bales. This season there are 14 ginning locations in the parish, compared with 15 last year.
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Ouachita Parish
California Rainstorm Floods San Francisco Areas
A Pacific coast rainstorm swept in with a cold wind, causing heavy downpours in San Francisco. Lower city sewers were overtaxed leading to flooding of numerous buildings and damage to a variety of property.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
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