Mass Forces Defeated In Major Manchuria Battle
Japanese forces push Chinese troops back in Manchuria at Tsitsihar and Anganchi as heavy casualties are reported on both sides. Dispatches describe Honjo breaking Chinese lines and entering Tsitsihar, raising fears of Soviet involvement and prompting a private League session in Paris.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Manchuria
Tsitsihar
Russia
Paris
League of Nations Council
United States
Dawes
Mukden
China
Tsugihar
Honjo
Anganchi
Tsitsikar
Arctic
Siberia
Manchurian
Mah Chan-Shan
Band Director Fatally Hurt When Hit By Auto
John Fingerhut band director of the Gentry Bros Shows was fatally injured after being struck by an auto on Broad Street in Lake Charles. Fellow showman William Moore was also struck and severely bruised. Both men were crossing and returned into the car’s path and died or were injured in the same incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
John Fingerhut
Gentry Bros
Broad Street
Eman
Patrick
About the Town highlights and local curiosities
In Monroe and Ouachita Parish a library is called a university of public learning as residents ask about Empress Eugenie’s husband and other topics. A traveler’s mishap ends with a push home after an empty gas tank on a trip to Columbia highlighting early paving and local humor.
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Eugenie
Ouachita Parish
Jadwin
Lillian Herron Mitchell
Columbia
South Side
Texas
Corey
No Man’s Land
Riverview Burial Park
Monroe Ward
Monroe
Public Officials Blamed for Dry Law Laxity in New Jersey
Camden residents hear Commander Pennington blame officials for poor enforcement of prohibition laws. He cites Camden as example of intemperance, contrasts with Philadelphia, and accuses attorneys and public figures of aiding traffickers. He says residents send about 100 letters monthly urging action, while noting the federal government won’t police on the ground.
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Camden
N. J
John D. Pennington
Prohibition District
New Jersey
Citizens’ Federation of New
Pennington
Walter Bacon
Benjamin Golder
Philadelphia
Schofield
Public Safety
Methodists Open 86th Louisiana Conference in Shreveport
The eighty six annual Louisiana Methodist Conference began at First Methodist Church with Bishop Hoyt M. Dobbs presiding and over 300 delegates in attendance. The meeting appointed committees to study salary sharing among pastors and to consider funding Centenary College debt within two years.
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First Methodist Church
Hoyt M. Dobbs
Shreveport
Dobbs
Centenary College
F. L. Wells
Educational Committee
Baby Boy Born to Gene Tunney and Wife Polly Lauder
New York Nov 18 A son was born at 9 am today at Sloane hospital Columbia Univ center to former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney and his wife Polly Lauder Tunney. Both mother and child are reported doing nicely. The couple married in Italy in 1928 after Tunney's retirement which sparked much talk in boxing circles.
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New York
Gene Tunney
Polly Lauder
Greenwich
Conn
Sloane Hospital
Columbia University’s
Medical Center
Tunney
Connecticut
Italy
Miss Lauder
George Lauder, Jr
Ford foresees real prosperity beyond recovery in coming decade
Henry Ford tells United Press that real prosperity will replace feverish, speculative gains and be sustainable beyond a future panic. He opposes tariffs, urges work over miracles, and predicts 10 years of real prosperity that makes past gains look small. Local Detroit report from November 18, 1931.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Santa Claus
America
Tennessee senators push cotton acreage limit proposal
The Tennessee Senate adopted a resolution urging Governor Horton to issue a supplementary call for an extraordinary session to consider cotton reduction legislation. Supporters seek a Texas style plan to raise raw cotton sales prices in line with other farm products amid farm income concerns. A separate tax on electric power energy was introduced and postponed.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Senate
Henry H. Horton
West Tennessee
Marshall Priest
South
Tennessee
Grover C. Ault
Bledsoe County
Morticians Discuss Plan to Form North Louisiana Society
North Louisiana morticians met at Hotel Frances to consider forming a regional funeral directors association. The informal gathering drew representatives from many towns and a possible future meeting was planned. A luncheon followed the talks.
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Morticians
North Louisiana
Hotel Frances
Funeral Directors’ Association
Hammond to Return to Aldermanic Government
Hammond voters approved a switch from commission to aldermanic government in a special election. The change takes effect in 1933. The commission form was retained by 653 votes to 163 in a separate question. R. O. Wilcombe won the finance commissioner post with 539 votes over Jack T. Mashburn's 307.
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Hammond
R. O. Wilcombe
John E. Wilcombe
Wilcombe
Jack T. Mashburn
Kiwanis Officers Elected At Monroe Luncheon
Monroe Kiwanis Club chose its 1932 officers at a noon meeting in the Hotel Monroe dining room. Rabbi F. K. Hirsch was elected president by acclamation, succeeding Dr. A. J. Emerson. Other officers include Fred Williamson as first vice president H. F. Madison Jr. as second vice president Louis Hullum as district trustee and nine directors. The new slate will be installed in January.
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Monroe Kiwanis Club
Hotel Monroe
F. K. Hirsch
A. J. Emerson
Rabbi Hirsch
Monroe
Kiwanis Organization
Sumter
S. C
Kiwanis Club
Fred Williamson
H. F. Madison, Jr
Louis Hullum
T. O. Brown
J. E. Doughtie
John Breard
Albert Marx
Jack Hayes
H. Masur
Parish
Man Killed in Pennsylvanian Freight Wreck near Newark
A westbound freight train derailed at Black Run, 15 miles east of Newark Ohio, leaving one dead, six missing and two seriously injured while others were reported missing. In Washington Navy section President Hoover and Foreign Minister Grandi held a two hour conference. results not yet released.
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Newark
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Black Run
Grandi
Hoover
Washington
Navy
Fatal freight boarding death in Tallulah Negro farmer killed
John Simpson, a black tenant farmer from A. F. Graves’s plantation five miles south of Tallulah, was killed at 9:30 AM while trying to board a westbound Illinois Central freight at the Tallulah depot. The body was found mutilated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallulah
John Simpson
Illinois Central
A. F. Graves
Oil firms hit with attachment writs in Texas suits
Dallas County Sheriff Hood received two writs from Travis County to attach property and holdings up to 1,021,500 tied to Standard Oil of New York and Shell Union Oil in Dallas subsidiaries Magnolia Petroleum and Shell Petroleum. Hearings set for January 4 in Austin. An attorney general letter directs verifying share counts and par value before seizure.
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Dallas
Tex
Hal Hood
Dallas County
Travis County
Austin
Standard Oil Company of New York
Shell Union Oil Corporation
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Shell Petroleum Company
Horuff Urges Parish Voters To Cast Ballots
Albert Horuff vice president of the Central Savings Bank and Trust Company urged all parish voters to participate in the November 24 election on a proposed one cent gasoline tax. He argued the tax would relieve destitution in Monroe and urged supporters to ensure high turnout to secure a safe margin.
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Twin Cities
Albert Horuff
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Mr. Horuff
Monroe
Lindbergh Flees Fog For Miami Flight
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh left Mitchel Field as fog broken, heading for Miami. He had waited at the Aviation Country Club in Hicksville for a southbound departure to escort Italian Foreign Minister Dino Grandi to Washington, but weather delayed the trip and the giant clipper’s first Caribbean voyage.
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Mitchel Field
N. Y
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miami
Lindbergh
Aviation Country Club
Hicksville
South
Dino Grandi
Italy
Washington
Caribbean
Judge Dismisses Dr Cyr Ouster Suit Against Huey Long
Judge T F Bell in Caddo District Court at Shreveport today sustained Governor Huey P Long’s claim of no cause of action and dismissed the ouster suit filed by Dr Paul Cyr.
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Long
T. F. Bell
Caddo District Court
Shreveport
Paul Cyr
Huey P. Long
Smoot backs higher income taxes and sales tax
Senator Smoot of the Senate Finance Committee urged increases in income taxes and a selective sales tax. He proposed raising rates across the board with a 40 percent surtax on incomes over 100000, aiming to raise about 1.2 billion dollars, with Finance Committee statements made after a Treasury visit.
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Washington
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Tulane Tennessee Postseason Charity Game Sought
Birmingham civic groups seek a post season charity football game at Legion Field pitting Tulane and Tennessee. The News notes the Chamber of Commerce would underwrite expenses with all proceeds to Knoxville and New Orleans charities, and hotels offer free player accommodations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Tulane
Tennessee
Legion Field
Chamber of Commerce
Knoxville
New Orleans
Suit to oust Huey Long from Louisiana governorship dismissed
Dr Paul N Cyr former lieutenant governor filed suit seeking to oust Huey P Long from the Louisiana governor’s chair. Judge T F Bell dismissed for lack of a right of action finding Senate jurisdiction questions remain to be resolved. Cyr indicated an appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court.
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Shreveport
Paul N. Cyr
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Caddo District Court
T. F. Bell
Long
Cyr
Dr. Cyr
Louisiana Supreme Court
United States Senate
Senate
Bell
Ratione Materiae
Senate of the
United States
Unemployment Tied to Crime Rise in U S Says Official
Ouachita Parish juvenile officer E L Wright reports a discussion on the economic crisis linking unemployment to rising crime across the country. Charles L. Chute of the National Probation Association argues hard times bring more crime and longer court cases. He urges probation as humane justice for repeat offenders, noting job placement and family relief challenges for officers. Continued on Page Two.
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E. L. Wright
Ouachita Parish
United States
Charles L. Chute
National Probation Association
Association
Mr. Chute
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Riverton
Red Cross
Methodists
Mrs
Eugene Tunney
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Wees
Memphis
Helena
Arkansas City
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Arkansas
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Red
Fulton Peeeweee
Shreveport Wrens
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Ford
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Horton
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Shell and
Standard
Horuff
Supreme Court of Louisiana
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