Bank Robbery and Jewelry Store Heist in New Orleans
Two unmasked men held up the Claiborne circle branch of Canal Bank and Trust, escaping in a car with about $3,000. In the same 24 hour wave of robberies in New Orleans, a daylight holdup at George A Nam jewelry store on Decatur Street left Elkin Blumenthal wounded but loot escaped.
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New Orleans
Claiborne Circle
Canal Bank and Trust Company
Navy
George A. Nami
Decatur Street
Elkin Blumenthal
Blumenthal
Aged merchant shot to death near Alexandria
Nick Rini, a 70-year-old Mooreland merchant nine miles south of Alexandria on the Jefferson highway, was slain in his store last night. His wife heard a car stop and a shot after which she found him dead with lights out. An unidentified assailant fled and a voice was heard saying, "throw your hands up."
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Alexandria
Nick Rini
Mooreland
Jefferson Highway
Father Charged in Brutal Attack on Three Boys
Richard C. Frost a naval petty officer faced a warrant for assault with intent to commit great bodily harm after allegedly giving poisoned candy to his three sons then beating them in a muddy lot during a heavy rain. The incident began Saturday night in Long Beach after Frost traveled from San Diego to his brother in law Frank McGuire’s home.
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Long Beach
Cal
Richard C. Frost
San Diego
Frank McGuire
Frost
Congress to Act on Interstate Machinations Next Month
News briefs report Representative Woodruff of Michigan will seek congressional action against interstate machinations of the lawless next month. Senator Capper of Kansas says Congress may favor a plan to use 50 million bushels of the farm board wheat holdings to feed the unemployed. Also, Bert Pidcoke and mechanic Jack Lewis were killed in a plane crash near the Houston main street airport.
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Washington, Navy
Woodruff
Michigan
Washington
Senator Capper
Kansas
Congress
Farm Board
Houston
Texas
Bert Pidcoke
Texas Company Airplane Division
Jack Lewis
New Orleans
Main Street
Christmas Fund Urgently Needed to Aid Destitute Family
With Christmas nearing, locals are urged to donate to the Goodfellows Fund after a visit to a destitute family. The unemployed father, exhausted mother, and three small children live in two bare rooms lacking furnishings. The plea stresses that outside help may prevent Santa from visiting every home.
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Goodfellows Fund
Santa Claus
Santa
Defense rests in baby slaying case as witnesses testify
Defense for Peter Rodosta rested after calling six character witnesses from Iberville and White Castle to attest to his peaceful conduct and reputation. The state had spent two days presenting testimony about conflicting statements by Rodosta and others ahead of a jury verdict expected today.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Peter Rodosta
Rodosta
C. J. Joseph
White Castle
Iberville ‘Parish
Thomas C. Whaley
Iberville
Louis Hebert
Susie D. Fosse
Philip Rodosta
W. Goudeau
Red Cross appoints Calhoun drive committee
Mrs. W. C. Holstein and Miss Fannie Wexler organize a Calhoun Red Cross drive committee led by Mrs. J. E. Bryant. West Monroe and Monroe teams push canvassing as the parish targets a 5,000 member quota with final week rounds and junior group efforts planned.
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Red Cross
Calhoun
W. C. Holstein
Fannie Wexler
Monroe
J. E. Bryant
Little Village
Bryant
Holstein
West Monroe
Alfred Jenkins
Boardman
Three Arrested For Robbery Of Freight Truck
Deputy U S marshals in New Orleans arrested Harvey Piejon John Centennial and Jack Clayton for stealing canned seafoods from a freight line truck near Waveland Mississippi. They belong to an alleged interstate gang with eight robberies in three months. A 15 year old Biloxi girl Fay Manual and Mary Alice McDonald were taken into custody for investigation at a Camp Street address.
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New Orleans
United States
Waveland
Miss
California
Federal Department of Justice
United States Marshal's Office
Harvey Piejon
John Centennial
Jack Clayton
Fay Manual
Biloxi
Mary Alice McDonald
Million Dollar Liquor Seizure Off Maine Coast
Coast guard captures two liquor laden barges the Edith and the Eagle Hill and the tug Murrell off the Maine coast. Government agents seize liquor valued at about one million dollars in what was described as a major Prohibition enforcement record. Nineteen crew members were arrested, and the vessels were brought to Boston.
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Boston
Navy
William Munter
Coast Guard
Edith
Eagle Hill
Murrell
New York
Jackson
Maine
Stock Exchange Seat Sells For 231000 In New York
An Associated Press report notes the sale of a New York Stock Exchange membership for 231000, up 5000 from the prior sale. In Lafayette Dudley J LeBlanc Public Service Commissioner said final action on complaints against B and M Transfer of Crowley and Franklin Brothers Transfer of Lake Charles for truck line rule violations is delayed 15 days.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Lafayette
Public Service
Dudley J. LeBlanc
B. and M. Transfer Company
Crowley
Franklin Brothers Transfer Company
Lake Charles
State Public Service Commission
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley
A humorous column in dialect featuring Hambone and the speaker, musing on business wit, gossip, and everyday hustles. The piece sketches street talk and social scene with playful observations and regional character.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
LSU Yell Words Scrutinized by Missionary Union
The Judson Baptist Association's women's Missionary Union, meeting in Slaughter, calls on LSU authorities to curb colorful football yells. Resolutions urge protest to university leaders and cheerleader, aiming for less flamboyant enthusiasm. Speakers declined to repeat the objectionable words.
Sheriff Seizes Cargo of Choice Liquors in Louisiana
In Franklin on November 21, Sheriff Charles Pecot seized a freight car holding about 30 900 dollars worth of liquor, mostly champagne, shipped from Morgan City to Chicago. The cargo was hidden behind lumber to avoid detection as a liquor shipment. A crowd watched as three trucks carried away the contraband at night. The sheriff seeks the identity of a stranger who paid cash for lumber used in the concealment.
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Franklin
St. Mary Parish
Morgan City
Charles Pecot
Chicago
Louisiana
Pecot
Southern Pacific Railroad
Bath High School French Teacher Shot and Killed
Miss Elizabeth Refinot a 24 year old French teacher at Bath high school was shot and killed early today. Lawrence Guimey 23 was taken to a hospital with a bullet wound near his heart in a condition described as critical. The shooting happened at the cottage of Herbert Kleckler 22 near Lake Salubria one mile outside Bath. Sheriff Frank Bartlett said jealousy was believed to be the motive.
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Bath
N. Y
Elizabeth Refinot
Lawrence Guimey
Herbert Kleckler
Lake Salubria
Kleckler
Frank Bartlett
Orleans Man Who Shot Self Dies In Hospital
Errol Childress aged 21 died in Charity hospital after a self inflicted gunshot wound suffered days earlier. Police say the act followed his wife’s failure to pay homestead notes. the coroner reported the wound self inflicted.
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Orleans
Self
New Orleans
Errol Childress
Charity Hospital
Childress
Louisiana Teachers Meet Sets 1931 Convention in Alexandria
The Louisiana Teachers association plans its 1931 convention with bids from Monroe Alexandria Shreveport and possibly New Orleans. Jack Hayes Oua chita Parish High is elected president and will be installed. E E Wilson Welsh High is vice president and resolutions, a key agenda item, will be adopted.
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Louisiana Teachers’ Association
Alexandria
Monroe
Shreveport
New Orleans
Rapides Parish
Jack Hayes
Ouachita Parish
E. E. Wilson
Welsh High
V. V. Lamkin
J. W. Bolton
West Side Man Returns After Disappearance
B L Craghead 28 returns to West Monroe after leaving November 3 for a Texas job search. Police say he traveled to Farmerville then Shreveport before heading into Texas in search of work and plans to contact family once employed. He was not harmed.
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West Monroe
B. L. Craghead
West Side
Craghead
Texas
J. M. Hammons
Farmerville
Hammons
Monroe
Shreveport
Separated by 1300 Miles, Couple Wed by Phone
Thelma Passwaters of Los Angeles and Gordon S. White of Kinsley Kansas were married by telephone 1300 miles apart. The ceremony occurred during the grandparents golden wedding anniversary celebration for the bride.
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Los Angeles
Thelma Passwaters
Gordon S. White
Kinsley
Kas
Aviator Charles A Levine Denies Forgery Charges
American aviation enthusiast Charles A Levine denied charges raised by Vienna police who arrested him on suspicions of forgery. He called the arrest ridiculous and demanded clarification of the accusations.
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Charles A. Levine
Vienna
Pageant and Revue Featured in West Monroe Tonight
The Miss West Monroe pageant and revue are set for 8 pm at Crosley School auditorium under the West Monroe Welfare association. About a hundred contestants, led by Evelyn Hill 16 and Eunice Evans 15, were highlighted as Miss West Monroe Sr and Miss West Monroe Jr respectively. The event, directed by Joe Frankel, promises top entertainment on the West Side.
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West Monroe
Crosley School
Evelyn Hill
C. H. Hill
North Third Street
Eunice Evans
I. L. Evans
Natchitoches Street
Joe Frankel
Elderly Orleans Woman Is Killed By Automobile
In New Orleans on November 21 John Flynn was charged with man slaughter after the death of 60 year old Mrs. Mary Dorr who was struck by an automobile while walking with her sister Mrs. Christina Fricke 55. Both women were struck as they stepped in front of a street car and Mrs. Fricke remained hospitalized with injuries.
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Orleans
New Orleans
John Flynn
Mary Dorr
Christina Fricke
Dorr
St Tammany Planter Taken by Armed Gang
St Tammany parish authorities search for Oscar Stogner farmer of Sun neighborhood after he was seized from his home by seven or eight men in a car at 10 last night beaten and carried off in an automobile. Relatives have heard nothing since. Neighbors had warned him to behave after hogs were shot. Stogner had been arrested on a hog shooting charge.
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Covington
St. Tammany Parish
Oscar Stogner
Sun
Stogner
Three Elderly Sisters Drown in Suicide Pact
Los Angeles report details two bodies found in Santa Monica bay with a suicide pact by Ada McKeon 65 and Anna Miller 63, tied to $200 000 in real estate. A third sister Jessie Miller 60 is missing as a search continues and a letter to Ralph Miller the Hollywood artist reveals no funds to meet living expenses.
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Los Angeles
Santa Monica Bay
Ralph Miller
Hollywood
Ada McKeon
Anna Miller
Miller
Jessie Miller
Thesir Miller
Kids to See Amos n Andy At Old Clothes Benefit
Paramount theater manager Harry Rice announces a Saturday morning 9 o'clock matinee showing Amos n Andy to benefit needy families. Children not over 15 can attend free by donating an old clothing item, with no cash admission.
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Amos
Andy
Harry Rice
Paramount Theater
Harry
Paramount Ter
Mornsas Weald and
Wall Saa
Ads
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