Man testifies he killed Bailey after alleged assault on daughter
In a dramatic defense, 54 year old farmer Jack Clark testified he shot Charlie Bailey after Bailey allegedly ravished his daughter. The Okaloosa resident said Bailey moved toward his hip pocket before the shooting as the district attorney pressed for a motive. The jury could hear closing arguments later this afternoon as the case nears a potential verdict.
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Charlie Bailey
Jack Clark
Farmer
Okaloosa
Bailey
David L Garrett
Clark
Charles Bailey
Percy Sandel
J. B. Thornhill
Sandel
Ronald Lee Davis
R. L
Lula Mae
Psychology class staged shooting shocks Monroe crowd
An explained classroom drill in which a professor is shot during a staged incident left Monroe residents buzzing. The event tested students' powers of observation while later described by C. C. Calvert. Separate notes mention local tales, a bunion misunderstanding at a barber, and a hardwork ethic in the Eros well drill crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Calvert
Lindy Flies Pan Am Clipper On Caribbean Route
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh led the American Clipper from Miami at 11 13 a m EST with 33 passengers, five crew, and 234 pounds of mail on a new Caribbean route via Cienfuegos Kingston Barranquilla Cristobal. Igor Storsky, designer of the craft, was aboard for the leg south to Colombia.
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Charles A. Lindbergh
Florida Straits
Cienfuegos
Cuba
South America
Central America
Kingston
Jamaica
Barranquilla
Colombia
Col. Lindbergh
Basil Rowe
Biscayne Bay
Tropics
Igor Storsky
Reelected Dr Turner Leads Louisiana Methodist Conference
The annual conference at First Methodist Church approved a new judicial council to handle constitutional matters. Dr A W Turner was reappointed as legislative director of the Louisiana Legislative Prohibition League. Speakers urged stronger prohibition efforts and four young ministers were admitted to the conference on trial.
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Louisiana Methodist Conference
First Methodist Church
Board of Temperance and Social Service
A. W. Turner
Louisiana Legislative Prohibition League
Ark
Western Methodist Assembly
Alexandria
Henry A. Rickey
Jolly Harper
John Fletcher
Hoyt M. Dobbs
Shreveport
M. W. Beadle
H. B. Hysell
Willie D. Milton
Major General Brown to Visit Monroe for Flood Control Talks
Major General Lytle Brown chief of the army engineers will arrive in Monroe within days to inspect the Boeuf Basin and meet locals about flood control plans. The visit follows an editorial urging the chief to mingle with residents and learn firsthand opinions. Local officials expect broader outreach in Atchafalaya efforts as well.
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Lytle Brown
Army Engineering Corps
Monroe
Boeuf Basin
News-Star-World
Riley J. Wilson
Atchafalaya
the World
Washington
New Orleans
General Brown
Engin
Arnold Bernstein
Hiccough Victim Faces Surgery in Mansfield
Ira A. King who has hiccoughed for 13 days will undergo an operation after doctors found an infectious abdominal condition on X ray. He improved slightly overnight and regained nourishment after hospitalization while strength returns before surgery is performed.
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Mansfield
Ira A. King
Heavier Golf Ball Adopted by U S G A
New York nov 20 the United States Golf Association announced the executive committee adopted a heavier golf ball effective January 1 1932. The ball must be at least 1.68 inches in diameter and weigh no more than 1.62 ounces avoirdupois restoring the weight to the old ball while retaining the current size. The balloon ball weighing 1.55 ounces faced wide complaints it did not hold true in wind.
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New York
H. H. Ramsay
United States Golf Association
Storm Rips Through Parish. Two Hurt Near Monroe
A brief cyclone struck near the Dixie Overland Highway six miles west of Monroe between 1 and 1:30 am injuring Mr and Mrs John Stephens. Two residences a filling station and outbuildings were torn up and scattered for a quarter mile. Warren’s home was lifted 40 feet and destroyed. another house owned by Mr Tipton was moved four feet.
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Monroe
John Stephens
Ray Warren
Warren
John Dun
Strong
el Dorado Road
Joe
Sam Turbeville
Everett Turbeville
Sheriff Missing Prompts State Audit in Avoyelles
Dr S Denux coroner of Avoyelles Parish has taken charge of the Marksville sheriff's office replacing J Ben Gremillion who is reported missing Gov Huey P Long ordered an audit of the office as an investigator reviews the sheriff's affairs Gremillion left Marksville for New Orleans on business and has not returned awaiting word for the family Loyola student son instructed to come home
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S. C. Wilson
Eros
Thomas A. Edison
Alexandria
S. Denux
Avoyelles Parish
Marksville
J. Ben Gremillion
Huey P. Long
State Accounting Department
Gremillion
New Orleans
Jung Hotel
Loyola
Italian Foreign Minister Dino Grandi Welcomed in New York
Dino Grandi arrived in New York from Washington and was greeted by a crowd at the Battery and a city hall ceremony where Mayor James J. Walker presented a city medal. He said Italy and the United States share a cause for world peace and left for Philadelphia two hours later to meet his wife Signora Grandi.
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New York
Italy
America
Dino Grandi
Washington
Hoover
Grandi
Battery
Jersey
Macom
Broadway
City Hall
James J. Walker
City of
United States
Philadelphia
Signora Grandi
Carbon Tax Case Reset for December 18 in New Orleans
The Century Carbon Company of Monroe seeks to strike down Louisiana's carbon black occupational tax of one half percent per pound. A three judge federal panel will review the injunction against Ouachita and Richland Parish tax collection, with December 18 set for hearing. Judges Rufus E. Foster Wayne G. Borah and Ben C. Dawkins preside.
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New Orleans
Century Carbon Company
Monroe
Carbon Company
Ouachita and
Richland Parish
Louisiana
Rufus E. Foster
Wayne G. Borah
Ben C. Dawkins
Tennessee Legislature to Convene for Extra Session in January
Governor Horton promised a call for an extraordinary session to balance the Tennessee budget. He met with delegations from both the Senate and House finance committees to set expectations for the upcoming session.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Henry H. Horton
Horton
Finance, Ways and Means Committee
Moorman elected president of Southern Medical Association
Late News Flashes report Dr. Lewis J. Moorman of Oklahoma City chosen unanimously as president of the Southern Medical Association. Dr. C. P. Loranz won another term as secretary-manager and Dr. M. Y. Dabney was reappointed editor of the Southern Medical Journal with Mrs. Eugenia B. Dabney as assistant editor.
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New Orleans
Lewis J. Moorman
Oklahoma City
School of Medicine
University of Oklahoma
Southern Medical Association
Felix J. Underwood
Jackson
Miss
C. P. Loranz
Birmingham
Ala
Association
M. Y. Dabney
Southern Medical Journal
Eugenia B. Dabney
Frederick L. Fenno
Charles H. Cocke
Asheville
N. C
C. C. Bass
Homer Dupuy
Deposed King of Spain Outlawed by Own Country
Madrid November 2. Don Alfonso de Bourbon, former King Alfonso XIII, was declared outlawed and banished by the constituent assembly. He is in voluntary exile in France as deputies moved to prosecute him for treason in a dramatic session.
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Madrid
Alfonso de Bourbon
Alfonso XIII
Spain
Alfonso
France
Count de Romanones
Escorial Palace
Julian Besteiro
Cortes
Count de Romances
Louisiana Men Injured in Freight Hold Up Near Jackson
Two Louisiana farmers riding a freight train home were wounded when three robbers staged a hold up of 12 hoboes on an Illinois Central freight south of Jackson. Alden Smith, 17, of Oak Grove, La., was shot in the left arm, and Leonard Smith, 25, of Kilbourne, La., suffered a head contusion from a pistol butt.
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Jackson
Miss
Louisiana
Illinois Central
Alden Smith
Oak Grove
Leonard Smith
Kilbourne
Fire destroys 6000 bales at Federal Compress in Como
Fire swept the Federal Compress Company plant in Como last night destroying 6000 bales of cotton and half the building. Officials estimated losses at 250000 dollars, with some insurance coverage. Cause not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Como
Miss
Federal Compress Company
Nations Approve Armistice Plan in Principle
Paris dispatch reports Japan and China agreeing in principle to an armistice framework for Manchuria. An international commission would investigate the situation while Allied observers prepare to assess conditions in the region. Casualties and fighting at Mukden and Tsitsihar are noted amid martial law in Tientsin.
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Paris
Japan
China
Tientsin
Tsitsihar
Taonan
Nanni River
Mukden
Anganchi
Washington
Mah Chan-Shan
Tokyo
Manchuria
Mah Chan- Shan
Rail traffic decline and future of transportation raise alarms
Monroe's Traffic Bureau reports a tough year for railroads with 35 percent less business than 1929 and risk of many lines failing to cover operating costs. It cites shifting traffic to highways and waterways and calls for careful Congress action to stabilize transportation amid ongoing depression. A bureau meeting Friday at 3 p.m. will review year’s achievements and discuss reorganizing.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
H. J. Fernandez
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