Four Jurors Secured Morning Session In Elmore Murder Trial
In Venice a murder trial for Orville Elmore began with four jurors selected W L Morris Jr Carl Foster J A Lovette and Peter T Brooks as the 30 possible jurors were exhausted A list of 50 more names was drawn and 1 30 pm voir dire resumed Many prospective jurors cited opposition to capital punishment or fixed opinions Six peremptory challenges were used by the defense and one by the state Mrs Manley and Roy Smith face separate trials with Elmore Indictments accuse all three in the fatal August shooting of Ted Reiser at a Plum Street garage.
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Orville Elmore
Ted Reiser
Plum Street
W. L. Morris, Jr
Carl Foster
J. A. Lovette
Peter T. Brooks
Sheriff's Department
Elmore
Frank Manley
Roy Smith
Reiser
Smith
Alabama Senator Arrested on Bribery Charge in Gadsden
Senator E. D. Jordan of Etowah was arrested on a Montgomery county capias for demanding or accepting a bribe during the recent Alabama legislature session. He posted 2500 bond and resigned Nov 2 amid a probe that followed a theater manager's claim he sought 250 dollars in expense money for sponsoring a Sunday amusements bill. The senate condemned his conduct as reprehensible.
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Gadsden
Ala
E. D. Jordan
Montgomery County
Alabama
Etowah
Grand Jury
Senate
Senate Rules Committee
Jordan
Ouachita junior college tour leads to small town chatter
On a football visit the Ouachita parish junior college team met Senator elect John H. Overton. A player asked about Huey Long, joking that Long makes everything start up, then asked for help starting a Chevrolet.
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Ouachita Parish
John H. Overton
Tony Lewis
Huey P. Long
Long
Lewis
Celestial Show Returns To Dazzle Sky Watchers
New York reports a 33 year wait ends as the Leonids meteor shower returns before daybreak. The display runs 3 to 5 am EST Wednesday and Thursday with Jupiter and clouds possible spoilers. Astronomer Clyde Fisher notes eastern skies offer maximum firework-like streaks.
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New York
Clyde Fisher
American Museum of Na
Nations Discuss War Debts As Belgium Joins Dialogue
Belgium joins the United States in debt discussions as European notes press for an extended moratorium and review. Hoover’s return anchors plans, with Belgium owing 400.68 million and 52.19 million already paid. December 15 payment of 2.125 million due.
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Washington
United States
State Department
America
Hoover
Roosevelt
West
New York
Belgium
Government says export of cotton mounts this year
Washington reports a rise of 411000 bales in cotton exports from August to October versus last year. First quarter exports reach 2194000 bales valued at 89613000 dollars, up from 1783000 bales worth 72918000 dollars. Strong gains stem from France Germany the United Kingdom and Italy with higher shipments across all four markets.
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Washington
Textile Division
Commerce Department
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Italy
Everything Is Set to Go Monroe Day Is Popular
Merchants of Monroe prepare for the biggest trading day yet with plans for large crowds from 25 to 50 miles away. Dealers anticipate unprecedented bargains and maximum buying power as World War II era shoppers flock to seize Christmas season deals on Monroe Day.
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Griffin
Arnold Bernstein
Herbert Fink
Retail Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce
W. K. Anders
Mr. Anders
Sam Davis
Morris Haas
Monroe
West Monroe approves flood bond with 87 early votes
In West Monroe the $85,000 flood bond election drew 87 votes by noon at a single precinct in the police chief's office. Polls opened at 7 am and were to close at 6 pm with strong support for the measure to fund flood gates, pumping units, and sewerage alterations.
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West Monroe
Brakeman Emmett Delcore Dies After Fall Near Clarks
Emmett Delcore 35 a brakeman for Ouachita and Northwestern railroad died at a local hospital from injuries after last Friday s fall from a box car near Standard. A Clarks resident he leaves a widow and four children and is mourned by relatives including his parents and several siblings with funeral planned in Clarks tomorrow.
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Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad
Clarks
Standard
Knights of Pythias
Lodge of Maccabees
Paul Jones
Bethel Cemetery
Charles Billie
James Emmett
Maccie Sue
Bobby Ray
Charles Delcore
Millard Delcore
Houston Delcore
Ivy Williams
Glenmore
Alma Black
Ina Delcore
Maloy Nowlin
Typhoon strikes Japan leaving hundreds dead or missing
A 12 hour typhoon battered Tokyo and surrounding prefectures with torrential rain and 100 mile winds. More than 100 feared dead or missing, 1,637 houses destroyed, 4,413 seriously damaged, and 40,000 Tokyo homes flooded. A freighter ran aground near Oshima island with 22 crew unaccounted for.
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Fukushima Prefecture
Oshima
Tokyo Bay
Home Office
Chiba
Kanagawa
Shizuoka
Fukushima
Yokohama
Yokosuka
Cotton consumption and stocks rise in October
The census bureau reports October cotton consumption at 502,244 bales of lint and 57,955 of linters, up from September counts and above October last year. On hand totals at month end show 1,266,816 lint and 266,866 linters in consuming establishments, with public storage and compresses holding 9,826,875 lint and 52,364 linters, compared with prior month and prior year figures.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Plot to Kidnap Frank Lloyd Wright Disclosed
Madison police seek author of a threatening letter delivered to Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin near Spring Green on November 5. Wright was in New York and planned to return. students at his school kept an armed guard and a bodyguard was to accompany him. The note, postmarked Madison on November 4, demanded a cash payoff.
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Wis
Frank Lloyd Wright
Wright
Spring Green
New School
Taliesin
New York
Prince of Wales to be guarded on Belfast visit
Belfast crowds Expected protection for the Prince of Wales as he arrives to dedicate the Stormont Parliament Buildings. More than 12,000 guards include 4,000 armed troops and 8,000 Orangemen plus 2,000 Ulster policemen and a Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers guard of honor on Parliament steps.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Prince of Wales
Stormont
Royal Innskilling Fusiliers
Guard of Honor
Reyer Refuses to Rescind Dry Law Order
New Orleans police chief George Reyer refuses to lift his order halting liquor-arrest activity after last week’s repeal referendum. Rev. Leon W. Sloan of the Anti Saloon League denounces the move as a grandiloquent concession to bootleggers. Sloan asserts only the state legislature can repeal the liquor law and criticizes enforcement actions by the city.
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New Orleans
George Reyer
Leon W. Sloan
Anti- Saloon League of Louisiana
Sloan
Reyer
Timber Fires Rage Across Three Texas Counties
High winds drove timber fires to jump as much as a half mile. A ten by twenty mile area in Nacogdoches County faced losses including a 1,600 acre tract half burned and damage to young timber, fences, and pasturage. Fire crossed the Nacogdoches Southeastern Railroad. Shelby, San Augustine and Angelina counties also affected as rangers and farmers battled the flames.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Nacogdoches County
Shelby
San Augustine
Angelina Counties
Murder charges dropped against Libby Reynolds and Ab Walker
In Forsyth county North Carolina the state moved to nonsuit Libby Holman Reynolds and Ab Walker in the July slaying of her husband Smith Reynolds. Judge A M Stack approved the motion directing dismissal and release of bonds as prosecutors cited insufficient evidence to proceed to trial.
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Winston Salem
N. C
Libby Holman Reynolds
Broadway
Higgins
Stack
Transon Scott
Erle McMichael
Revolt Ignites In Honduras as Federals and Liberals Clash
In Honduras a fresh revolt raged after a presidential election defeat. Liberals seized Nacaome and San Pedro, federal forces counterattacked with heavy casualties reported. Fighting spread toward Comayagua and Puerto Cortes as General Tiburcio Carias Andino was declared winner.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Nacaome
San Pedro
Comayagua
Puerto Cortes
Tiburcio Carias Andino
Angel Zuniga Huete
Horrible Death of a Child Sparks City Aid
In New York a 12 day old girl, Joséphine Giacinto, died from a rat bite amid dire poverty. Doctors could do little. the city hospital sent a telegram for the bereaved family who could not afford the 27 cent fee, aided by neighbors. The child lay in a silk lined coffin, white, her brief life marked by hunger and ragged clothes.
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New York
Josephine
Giacinto
Silvio Giacinto
Giacintos
East Twelfth Street
Giacinto Bambina
Silvio
Bambina
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