New Orleans Reporter Confesses Identity in Liberty Bond Theft
A Times-Picayune reporter arrested on embezzlement charges from Los Angeles admits he is James O Neil formerly of the First National Bank of Los Angeles, wanted for $175000 in Liberty bonds. He had used the alias Kenneth O Hara and will consider extradition.
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New Orleans
Los Angeles
Today
Kenneth O'Hara
James 3B
O'Neil
First National Bank of
Slain Youths Case Ties Ice Cream Parlor to Den
An 18 year old William Adamaytis was killed in Chicago by the proprietor of an ice cream parlor accused by police of running a gambling and drinking den for high school youths. The shooting followed a crap game fracas.
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William Adamaytis
Chicago
Harri
Cotton output projected for Louisiana and U.S. crop
New Orleans reports November 1 indications show Louisiana may yield 660000 bales of lint from 172 pounds per acre with 1886000 acres planted. Nationwide forecast rises to 14133000 bales, up about 1 percent from last month, aided by favorable weather.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Louisiana
Lionel L. Jones
United States
Census Bureau
New Orleans Reporter Held in Liberty Bond Embezzlement Case
A Times-Picayune cub reporter was arrested on a fugitive charge amid claims he is Kenneth O Hara, not James B O Neil, tied to the 176000 Liberty bond embezzlement from the First National Bank of Los Angeles in 1926. Police seized photos, plan fingerprinting, and note a man who once lived as O Neil in LA.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Times- Picayune
First National Bank of
Los Angeles
James B. O'Neil
California
Kenneth O'Hara
Reme
O'Hara
O’hara
Kentucky
Aieh
O'Neil
West
Atlantic
W. H. Frost
Treasury Department
Louisiana to pave 250 miles with concrete in 1929 road plan
Louisi ana highways will be paved with concrete under a 1929 program announced by O K Allen chairman of the Louisiana highway commission after an inspection tour. Initial work will cover the Old Spanish Trail New Orleans Hammond road the Jefferson highway and the Dixie Overland system with actual construction starting next March.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Louisiana
O. K. Allen
Louisiana Highway Commission
Illinois
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Rosetta Annett Hero of Farmhouse Fire in Alberta
Rosetta Annett nine years old rescued eight children by guiding them to safety from a burning farmhouse while the parents were away in Vermilion Alberta on November 21.
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Vermilion
Alberta
Rosetta Annett
Chicago Attacks Joints Selling Students Booze
Federal and city police sweep Chicago school neighborhoods to shut down liquor dens selling to youth. Agents raided five high school areas including Harrison Lane Technical Lakeview Carl Schurz and University High Schools uncovering sub rosa bars and slot machines near campuses.
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Lane Technical
Lakeview
Carl Schurz
University
EF. C. Yellowley
Prohibition
Chicago
Sheridan Club
Sheridan Road
Barbecue Inn
North Clark Street
Russell
John Benco
Maine Governor Lays Plan For Labor Slump Aid
Governor Brewster outlines a plan to bolster Maine's economy during a labor downturn. The proposal focuses on creating reserves to weather unemployment and support workers.
Governors propose 3.9 billion construction reserve plan
Gov Ralph O Brewster of Maine outlined to a conference of governors a nation wide construction reserve of 3.9 billion to be released during unemployment. The plan calls for public authorities to store two years of normal construction expenditure and release funds to stabilize prosperity with federal state and municipal cooperation.
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New Orleans
Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
Herbert Hoover
Brewster
Conference of Governors
United States
Hoover
Condition of Johnson Not Much Altered
The condition of J. E. Johnson, attorney, wounded Sunday by bullets fired by Doctor C. H. Mosele, remains about the same this afternoon. Physicians say the next two days are crisis period with possible complications. if he withstands them, he may live indefinitely.
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J. E. Johnson
C. H. Mosele
Twin City Spirit Ushers Scout Drive Toward Goal
Twin City workers kicked off a Boy Scout fund drive at a 7:30 a m breakfast, aiming for 11 000 and raising 5 857 50 so far including 3 717 in advance donations. Volunteers plan a whirlwind drive today, with contributions encouraged by The News Star and Scout executive L R Simpson.
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Twin City Spirit
Cameo
Virginia
Twin Cities
Twin City
News-Star
L. R. Simpson
Scout
Court House
Live Wire Entangles Car and Family After Street Wire Breaks
A live trolley wire broke near Barkdull Faulk school trapping a car driven by Clayton Taylor and his three year old son. The wire wrapped around the radiator and toppled poles as bystanders urged them to stay still. Both occupants were unharmed and the scene ended with city crews restoring the pole damage before night.
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Clayton Taylor
Grayling Lane
Taylor
Jackson Avenue
Barkdull Faulk School
J. R. Duke
M. B. Cottingham
Jackson
Col
R. A. Young
Monroe
Hambone's Meditations On Miss Lucy In The Graveyard
In this humorous dialect piece J P Alley recalls Miss Lucy Low Dem Hants in the grave with a sentiment that angels should be there yet the speaker says it makes no difference and he does not want any of them to look upon him
Three Robberies at Quitman Yield Little Loot
Three break ins occurred Sunday night at Quitman. Thieves cracked the W. R. Guess store safe but failed to open the door. four razors were stolen. The post office and another store were also targeted with minimal loot found.
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Quitman
Yeggs
W. R. Guess
Yerg
Car Upset Injures C. C. Barron Near Monroe
C C Barron age 29 of Shreveport was injured when the car he rode in toward Monroe turned over at 1 am. He was pinned but no bones were broken though he suffered painful crushing and bruising. The driver Valleny, a gas field worker, lost control. Five people rode. Baker was also hurt but not seriously.
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C. C. Barron
Monroe
Stovall Drilling Company
North Fifth Street
Shreveport
Valleny
Baker
Stock Exchange Seat Price Breaks Record
In New York on November 21 a New York Stock Exchange seat sold for more than half a million dollars for the first time. The day’s sale reached 25 000 dollars, up 30 000 from the previous record.
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Stock Exchange
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Oil and Gas Operators Plan Flood Control Cooperation
In a morning session at Hotel Virginia Joseph Flam announces a full and complete cooperative effort between the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association and the Texas Basin Flood Control Association. C J Hoff named general chairman to form committees from major companies in Northeast Louisiana to study losses and damages under the Jadwin flood central plan. Mayor Arnold Bernstein and W E Wilson attend the meeting.
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Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Tensas Basin
Joseph Flam
Association
Shreveport
Flood Control Association
Arnold Bernstein
W. E
Ned) Wilson
C. J. Hoff
Palmer Interests
Louisiana
Railroad Man's Wife May Solve Rothstein Case
The blonde wife of a Chicago brake man, Mrs. Ruth Keres, aided by two detectives, told police she met a man named Jack in Park Central hotel room 349 hours before Arnold Rothstein’s murder. She said the second man’s identity was hazy due to drinking. she is not under arrest.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Ruth Keres
District Attorney’s Office
Arnold Rothstein
Jack
Park Central Hotel
Rothstein
George McManus
McManus
Floyd
Walker
Keys
Student Center to Be Completed for Easter by Episcopal Church
Baton Rouge reports the Louisiana diocese of the Episcopal Church will begin construction of a student center on LSU campus to be finished by Easter. The three unit plan includes chapel auditorium and recreation room with apartments for the rector and students, under St James church oversight.
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Episcopal Church
Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana State University
Louisiana Diocese of the
C. V. Porter
St. James Episcopal Church
St. James Church
Malcolm W. Lockhart
A. T. Prescott
Jailed for Postoffice Safe Theft Murder Suspect Identified
Harry V. Roof alias J C Stevens held in Bienville parish jail after finger print lead. Identification card and photos confirm the suspect in the Fred Stahl murder at Red Oak Iowa. Governor issues $250 reward as authorities press for capture.
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J. A. Baker
Red Oak
Coverdale
Roof
Harry V. Roof
J. C. Stevens
Bienville Parish
Fred Stahl
Milton Coverdale
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Washington, D.C
Iowa
Happenings from Ouachita Register of January 28 1851
A long submerged edition of The Ouachita Register printed in Monroe by William Shannon is unearthed. It notes river levels and weather, railroad progress with miles completed and costs, and political composition of the New York legislature with Whigs and Democrats tallies.
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Ouachita Register
Monroe
William Shannon
News- Star
Hardee
New York
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