French Army Might and Mobilization Claims Probe
Cologne illustrated weekly asserts France could deploy 46 infantry divisions five cavalry and four air divisions within a week without parliamentary authorization. It claims a camouflaged armament budget a strong long term naval program and an expansive air fleet radius beyond Europe. The piece argues French policy aims at military hegemony and a Europe dominated by alliances.
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France
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Channel
England
Turin
Milan
Europe
Armistice Night Local Notes Include Letters and Laughs
Armistice night at the Neville vs Rayville game sparks small town chatter about a third base mystery. W W Boxley and others are referenced, with social notes on Barr Corry, Marguerite Ross, L A Sullivan, Deputy Sheriff Fred Carpenter, and Dean Selig. Cotton movement and election buzz follow, plus a campus burlesque football skit ends in a hairpin mishap and a humorous mock game where both sides use personal footballs.
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Neville High
Rayville
Lee Avenue
W. W. Boxley
Barr Corry
New Orleans
Crescent City
Saint Francis Sanitarium
Marguerite Ross
Epps
Missouri Pacific
L. A
Dean Selig
DeSiard Street
Vast cosmos revealed with 300 trillion stars and tiny pendulum
Ann Arbor reports a NAS symposium detailing an immense universe with 76,000 galaxies seen by a 24 inch Harvard telescope and a predicted 300,000 galaxies as sky mapping continues. Also described is a pendulum so delicate it responds to gas molecule impacts and a mechanical brain modeling Einstein relativity.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
National Academy of Sciences
Harlow Shapley
Harvard Astronomical Observatory
Harvard
Earth
Shapley
Eighteen Convicts Granted Clemency by Governor Allen
Governor O K Allen signed ten pardons and eight sentence commutations today. Eighteen area inmates received clemency, bringing total approvals in ten days to fifty as the pardon board backed about one hundred requests in New Orleans.
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Baton Rouge
O. K. Allen
State Pardon Board
New Orleans
Erdis Beddison
Ouachita
Morgan Crenshaw
Louis Goree
East Baton Rouge
Alton Parker
Orleans
Ward Holt
Madison
Clyde Park
Nobile B. Barron
William Barron
Richland
J. O. Thomas
Bienville
Tanzy Lachenaye
Avoyelles
Monroe Day price slashing set for next Wednesday
City stores prepare unusual midweek sales on Monroe Day with deep discounts unseen since before the World War. A large list of participating shops from Winnsboro, Columbia, Ruston, Bastrop and Rayville will publish details in the News Star and Morning World as Christmas approaches. Shoppers can outfit homes at bargain prices and many out of town visitors are expected to attend.
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News-Star
Morning World
Winnsboro
Columbia
Ruston
Bastrop
Rayville
Monroe
Two Children Sought After Kidnapping Fear Looms
Jacksonville, November 14. An intensive search is underway led by Mayor John T. Alsop Jr. for two missing children, Jane Sutton 13 and Billy Jim Finley 12, who vanished during Sunday activities after leaving with an auto and failing to return.
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Jacksonville
Fla
John T. Alsop, Jr
Jane Sutton
Billy Jim Finley
West Monroe motorists vote on 85000 bond for flood control
West Monroe voters will decide tomorrow on an 85000 bond issue to fund flood gates pumps sewer and drainage work and moving water mains. The election is at West Monroe city hall for drainage district No 1 with qualified electors owning 1931 assessed real movable and personal property. Proceeds will be supervised by the drainage district board T L Hood Sam Humphries J P Norris J W Wheelis and D C Metcalf.
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West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
H. D. Montgomery
J. P. Norris
J. W. Wheelis
D. C. Metcalf
Idaho Senator-Elect J P Pope Found Louisiana Native
James Pinkney Pope, Idaho’s senator-elect, is a Louisiana native from Jackson parish near Jonesboro. He attended Louisiana Tech and the University of Chicago as a football player and debater, later practicing law in Boise and serving as Boise’s mayor at age 48.
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Alexandria
James Pinkney Pope
United States
Idaho
Louisiana
Pope
Jackson Parish
Jonesboro
Jesse Pope
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Tech
University of Chicago
Boise
Robira Maintains Liquor Law Status After Referendum
Lake Charles Louisiana District Attorney John J. Robira challenges Attorney General Porterie, saying Louisiana liquor prohibition remains unchanged after last Tuesday's Hood act repeal referendum. He argues the constitution reserves repeal power to the legislature, not voters. The 14th district includes Allen Beauregard Calcasieu Cameron and Jeff Davis parishes.
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Lake Charles
John J. Robira
14Th Judicial District
Louisiana
Gaston Porterie
Robira
14Th District
Allen, Beauregard
Calcasieu
Cameron
Jeff Davis Parishes
Porterie
Five Hurt In Orleans Auto Crash
Five persons were injured in a New Orleans crash at a street intersection. Mrs. Mary Schorr suffered a fractured skull and was hospitalized. Passenger Joseph Morales 32 had lacerations. Willie Johnson and two others were hurt. Johnson faced charges of reckless driving and causing injury.
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New Orleans
Mary Schorr
Joseph Morales
Willie Johnson
Johnson
City Revenue Ordinance Updated by City Council
The city revises its annual revenue ordinance, drawn by B. E. Tucker and approved by P. A. Poag. It adds three license classes for rent office buildings parking spaces and out of state farm produce peddlers and changes licensure amounts especially affecting insurance businesses.
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P. A. Poag
Pong
Thanksgiving car load for Ruston Orphanage donations urged
The Ruston Methodist Home charity drive calls for nonperishable foods to fill a loaded car in West Monroe on Wednesday. Joe Durrett oversees at the West Monroe Hardware and Furniture store with support from the Women's Methodist Auxiliary and sponsors. consignments marked Ruston Orphanage must arrive by the deadline, aided by W. J. Tremaine and the Simonton Grain Co. last year two cars were shipped. organizers seek a similar response this year due to greater needs.
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Ruston
West Monroe
W. J. Tremaine
Illinois Central
Simonton Grain Company
France Drafts Mutual Aid Plan for Geneva Talks
Paris reports an official summary of a new French disarmament plan prepared for Geneva. It proposes halting economic and financial ties with aggressors, a mutual military assistance system, commissions to identify aggressors, a general arbitration act, and League of Nations backing for enforcement. It also mentions a first aid international force.
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Paris
Geneva
Stimson
Europe
League of Nations Council
Roberts Pleads Guilty in Local District Court
O H Roberts pleaded guilty in district court to cutting with intent to kill and was sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary with the sentence suspended. The case grew out of an attack on D C Metcalf at Brown Paper mill. A five man jury heard testimony to aid a possible suspended sentence recommendation. Judge J T Shell noted suspensions require jury recommendation. Metcalf urged the suspension. Continued on Truth Page.
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O. H. Roberts
State
D. C. Metcalf
Brown Paper Mill
Roberts
J. T. Shell
Metcalf
Roosevelt prepares reply to Hoover on war debt plan
President-Elect Roosevelt works on a reply to President Hoover’s invitation for a White House conference on the war debt. He aims to meet Monday or Tuesday next week and will publish the text in tomorrow morning papers. Roosevelt, with a cold, remains in seclusion at the executive mansion in Albany as plans proceed.
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Executive
Albany
Roosevelt
Hoover
White House
New York
Mr. Hoover
England
France
Mr. Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Stimson
Washington
Hyde Park
Warm Springs
United States
Lausanne
Great Britain
Germany
Red Cross Roll Call Launches Fund Drive in Ouachita Parish
Nearly 100 volunteers met at the Virginia hotel for a breakfast to plan a winter relief appeal by the American Red Cross. A separate West Monroe meeting with about 30 leaders set district canvassing as the two cities begin their drive for a $20,000 quota.
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Red Cross
Virginia
Ouachita Parish
American Red Cross
West Side
Simmie
West Monroe
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