Winter Weather Grips Deep South With Freezing Temperatures
A cold front pushed into Monroe and the Deep South driving residents into heavy clothing as thermometers fell to 29 degrees. Forecasters predicted a colder snap with 24 to 28 degrees coming, while Texas and Arkansas faced sub freezing readings and winter storms.
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Monroe
North
Louisiana
Government Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Deep South
Texas
Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Eureka Springs
D. J. West
First National Bank
Berryville
W. L. Sneed
Fort Smith
Typhoon in Japan Leaves 58 Dead and 250 Missing
Tokyo reports say 58 dead and 250 to 300 missing after a central Japan typhoon. Six prefectures suffer extensive damage to houses and coastal shipping. two freighters Genchu Maru and Unkai Maru foundered with dozens missing or saved.
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Tokyo
Japan
Izu
Oshiba
Chiba
Kanagawa
Shizuoka
Fukushima
Ibaraki
Home Office
Monroe Week Brings Lectures Conventions And Monroes Day
All eyes on Monroe as lectures by E. G. Wilson and John Lawrence Monroe plus Y M C A leaders fill the week. Women’s Benefit association hosts a two day convention with 100 attendees while Monroe Day draws shoppers. Louisiana Teachers’ association meets Thursday through Saturday with four general and 22 departmental sessions attracting thousands and stretching hotels.
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Monroe
E. G. Wilson
The
National Council
Atlanta
H. M. Street
John Lawrence Monroe
Henry George
Women's Benefit Association
Louisiana Teachers’ Association
Congress Eyes Final Action on Sales Tax and Beer
Outgoing Congress may vote on a manufacturers sales tax and beer before March 4. Leaders expect a treasury recommendation to raise revenue amid a mounting deficit and weak tax returns. A vote to modify the Volstead Act to legalize beer for revenue is also anticipated amid party divisions.
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Congress
Washington
Treasury
Collier
House
Ways and Means
Mills
The
Reed
Pennsylvania
Wine galore expected if dry statute repeal passes
California wine industry foresees a revival if prohibition ends with ten million gallons bonded and another ten million in progress. Vinters cite aged quality and new crush as factors. Rossi of the grape growers league cites glut in the east as a trigger and notes continued coverage on the third page.
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San Francisco
California
France
Italy
Germany
Emund A. Rossi
Grape Growers League of California
Teachers Arrive for 40th Louisiana Teachers Meet
Teachers from across Louisiana began arriving for the 40th annual Louisiana Teachers association convention opening Thursday morning. About 3000 members are expected for sessions through Saturday, with Ouachita parish and Monroe participants prominent in general sessions and department meetings. Jack Hayes leads as vice president and executive council member. local groups provide music for sessions, including the Boys Municipal Band and the Ouachita Parish High School Glee Club. Music numbers also come from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute and the Ouachita Parish Junior College conservatory under Roger Frisbie.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Teachers’ Association
G. O. Houston
Ouachita Parish
Monroe City
Jack Hayes
Hayes
Ouachita Parish High School Glee Club
George Moffett
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute Music Department
Ouachita Parish Junior College Music Conservatory
Roger C. Frisbie
Ouachita Parish High School
Two Hunters Die in Separate Louisiana Accidents
In Baton Rouge two hunting deaths were reported. Emile Delanoix, 44, of Plaquemine, died after his gun discharged in a boat on Grand Lake. Joseph H. Templer, 24, of Port Allen, was shot in the hip when his gun struck a tree. Both men were married with children. funerals held.
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Baton Rouge
Emile Delanoix
Grand Lake
Plaquemine
Joseph H. Templer
Port Allen
Philadelphia socialites bound by burglars in Chestnut Hill heist
Mr and Mrs G Harrison Frazier Jr and maid Elizabeth Catlin were bound and gagged in their Chestnut Hill home as two burglars robbed the house of 9000 dollars in jewelry and cash. After two and a half hours Mrs Frazier freed them by burning her bonds. The attackers threatened to burn them if valuables were not disclosed. The victims include G Harrison Frazier Jr son of sugar industry figure G Harrison Frazier and descendant of George L Harrison founder of a family fortune.
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Philadelphia
G. Harrison Frazier, Jr
Permit decent men guns urge crime experts in New Orleans
In New Orleans on November 16 the international convention of identification experts heard speakers defend arming the law abiding and extending lie detector use. Colonel Calvin Goddard of Northwestern University laboratory argued crooks lack respect for law while decent men carry guns for protection.
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New Orleans
International Convention of Identification Experts
Calvin Goddard
Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory
Northwestern University
Bootleggers Hold Confab in New Orleans
Rumors say a meeting of bootleggers from Alabama Mississippi Texas and Louisiana was held to discuss price cutting and legalized beer. They reportedly agreed to raise liquor prices December 1 while noting federal enforcement remains active after Louisiana's repeal last week.
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New Orleans
U.P
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Louisiana
Three Educators Host Louisiana Teachers Association Meet
Three parish educators top the host list for the fiarieth annual Louisiana Teachers Association convention in Ouachita. T O Brown E L Neville and Jack Hayes lead the event with Brown notable for 33 years in education and 27 years as parish superintendent overseeing a system that grew from 4 teachers and 70 pupils to 22 white and 42 colored schools with 5192 white students and 160 teachers.
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Louisiana Teachers Association
T. O. Brown
Ouachita Parish
E. L. Neville
Jack Hayes
Teachers’ Association
Supt
Monroe
South
Calhoun
Okaloosa
Roosevelt hastens with New York affairs before departure
Albany date notes Franklin D. Roosevelt recovering from influenza and sorting official business ahead of a White House visit. He plans to focus on the state budget before meeting President Hoover, likely postponing discussion of the broader wartime debt matters to a later informal talk.
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Albany
N. Y
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Capone Seeks Freedom From Atlanta Prison
Al Capone seeks release from federal prison in Atlanta via habeas corpus writ arguing statute of limitations. Assistant district attorney Hal Lindsay moves to dismiss the petition after the hearing opens in court. Capone, serving six months for income tax evasion, arrives with Warden A C Aderholt and guards.
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Atlanta
Hal Lindsay
al Capone
Chicago
Lindsay
Supreme Court
Capone
Federal
A. C. Aderholt
Federal Building
Leonid Meteor Shower Observed From Harvard Observatory
Cambridge Massachusetts November 16 Observers at the Harvard University observatory reported in one minute intervals the Leonid shower and noted an unusually large meteor streaking past the Big Dipper leaving a light trail for about one minute and ten seconds. Conditions grew less favorable toward dawn as haze spread east.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University Observatory
Willard James Fisher
Officials Forget Election Then Appoint New Village Officials
Goldonna Louisiana residents failed to elect village officials as election day passed. Governor Q. O. K. Allen appointed a full slate including R. E. Easley as mayor S. S. Whitner A. H. Plummer and Jessie Quarles as aldermen and E. W. Bryant as marshal to save election costs.
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Baton Rouge
Goldonna
Natchitoches Parish
QO. K. Allen
R. E. Easley
S. S. Whitner
A. H. Plummer
Jessie Quarles
E. W. Bryant
Witnesses Numerous in Miss Merrill Case as Jurors Hear Testimony
Special counsel may join prosecutors if grand jury indictments come this week in the August 4 stay of Miss Jane Sargent Merrill of Glenburney. The grand jury studied testimony from Sheriff C P Roberts and deputies plus witnesses from both races, inclining toward further action. Richard Dana and Octavia Dockery faced murder charges but were released for lack of evidence.
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Natchez
Miss
Jane Sarget Merrill
Glenburney
Grand Jury
C. P. Roberts
Duncan G. Minor
Miss Merrill
Minor
Merrill
Richard
Dick) Dana
Octavia Dockery
Glenwood
Mr. Minor
Insurance Man Injured In Auto Crash Between Monroe And Rayville
A. W. Crowell local insurance agent sustained painful injuries when his car hit a parked truck on the Dixie-Overland highway midway between Monroe and Rayville. Several ribs were fractured and his face lacerated. He was treated by a local physician after the collision in a heavy rainstorm.
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M. J. Bulger
Missouri Pacific
Monroe
New Orleans
John
A. W. Crowell
Rayville
Mr. Crowell
Woman Flier Crosses Sahara in Cape Town Bid
Britons daring flyer Amy Johnson has successfully crossed the Sahara en route from London to Cape Town. She landed at Gao on the upper Niger and prepared to fly to Douala on the Gulf of Guinea amid her husband’s record attempt.
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Dakar
Senegal
French West Africa
Amy Johnson
Brittan
London
Cape Town
Sahara Desert
Gao
Niger
Douala
Gulf of Guinea
Seven Witnesses Testify in Elmore Murder Trial
Prosecution calls seven witnesses in district court as Orville Elmore faces murder charges tied to the shooting of Ted Reiser at Reiser’s Plum Street home. Testimony outlines alleged liquor business links and planned robbery involving Frank Manley and Roy Smith.
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Orville Elmore
Ted Reiser
Elmore
Rey Smith
Frank Manley
Reiser
Elsie Haydon
Gar Rage
Hateton
Haydon
F. S. Pettit
A. P. Crowser
H. T. Ward
L Causey
R. J. Goza
Timber fires in Texas: widespread blazes quelled after rain
Rainfall across east Texas cooled major timber fires as grounds dampened and spread slowed. In Angelina county a large fire at Attoyac remained active though limited by farming area with little timber value. Fire crews from the Texas forest service and farmers pressed the containment effort across several counties. full damage assessment pending.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Texas
Lufkin
Angelina County
Attoyac
Here
Texas Forest Service
Monroe Day Draws Big Crowds to Local Stores
Despite an Arctic chill, Monroe Day drew large crowds to DeSiard Street and surrounding shopping areas. Merchants offered unusual bargains with goods priced lower than prewar levels as shoppers from Columbia, Winnsboro, Rayville and nearby towns browsed aisles and sought early mas purchases amid extra clerks assisting customers.
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Monroe
DeSiard Street
Columbia
Winnsboro
Rayville
Twin Cities
Themi
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H. M. James
Rastus
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T. C. Brown
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GrifFin Prin
Parish High School
Goddard
St. Louis
Memphis
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Cairo Eater
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Little Rock
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Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
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Roosevelt
Harvard
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