Mayors Assured Recovery Moves Bearing Fruit
Roosevelt told the United States conference of mayors that recovery efforts have yielded substantial results and that the next Congress would consider extending job making relief projects. He emphasized teamwork among government units and pledged cooperative action on unemployment relief public works and housing. Mayor LaGuardia read the message. T Semmes Walmsley urged tax system reform and defended local liberty to pursue experiments without central control.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Congress
Annual Assembly of the
United States Conference of Mayors
F. H. LaGuardia
New York City
New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Walmsley
America
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Detroit
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Seattle
Montana
Utah
New Hampshire
Idaho
Arizona
New Mexico
Vermont
Delaware
Wyoming
Nevada
Wart cure and town ribbing in Jes Ramblin
A reader offers warm water and zinc oxide as a wart remedy, while nostalgia recalls the old pebble method. Two local residents who won Junky prizes face ongoing ribbing in coffee shops and at the Bernhardt building elevators as townspeople debate pranksters and pride.
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Jes
Bernhardt
Man Critically Wounded in Woods Near Rayville
Clifford Turker of Lilly Louisiana, about 35, was shot in the head by a .22 rifle in a woods near Rayville while with friend Willie Walker. The bullet entered near the left temple, and Turker was in critical condition at Dr. C. H. Mosely's clinic. Walker, unaware the gun was loaded, reportedly fired by accident.
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Rayville
Clifford Turker
Lilly
C. H. Mosely
Tucker
Willie Walker
Walker
Monroe
Spike Believed Death Weapon In Dorothy Distelhurst Murder
Nashville detectives examined an iron spike with hair strands and possible bloodstains found near the victim. James Doris, 18, turned over the spike hours after the child’s clothes and lunchbox were found. investigators search for fingerprints on the lunchbox or milk bottle as a lead. Police question two men, one an ex-convict, as they pursue whether the spike relates to the hammer-like skull fractures seen in the girl's body.
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Nashville
Tenn
Dorothy Ann Distelhurst
James Doris
Doris
Joe Dixon
Dorothy Ann
J. Carlton Loser
Delay Seen In Bringing Long Suit To Trial
Samuel T. Ansell sues Huey P. Long for 500000 dollars alleging libel from a senate floor attack on Ansell’s work as counsel for a committee investigating Overton. Supreme Court denied immunity defense, sending case back to DC supreme court to answer petition. trial not expected before next year.
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Washington
Samuel T. Ansell
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Long
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Court of Origin
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Ansell
John H. Overton
Congressional
Congress
Shotgun Ends Marital Rift in Mississippi
In Meridian Mississippi a divorced couple Walter Edmonds and Gladys Lockley met at Edmonds mother’s home and fought. Edmonds seized a gun and fatally wounded Lockley then shot himself. He died later in Electric Mills hospital. Lockley had remarried to Joseph Lockley and has two daughters.
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Meridian
Miss
Walter Edmonds
Wahalak
Gladys Lockley
Edmonds
Electric Mills
Joseph Lockley
Lockley
Red Cross drive nears goal with 1000 members enrolled
Ouachita chapter reports almost 1000 members enrolled in the annual Red Cross drive. About $1 contributed per enrollment and roughly $3,200 pledged for next year’s budget, totaling around $4,250. Campaign chair Joe Isaacman urges broader support to fund relief work in Ouachita parish during the coming winter. Donations stay in parish for local aid.
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Ouachita
American Red Cross
Joe Isaacman
Red Cross
Ouachita Parish
Storm toll and flood hit six states with heavy damage
Record rains and fierce gales battered Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi. Memphis logged over 10 inches of rain, while Fulton Kentucky flooded as Harris Fork Creek overflowed. One death and numerous injuries reported. damage ran into thousands. Coast guard sent boats to rescue 45 men aboard the S S Benhard after grounding near Panama City Florida. A yawl party from Biloxi to Pensacola was missing. Lower temperatures followed a torrid spell as ships, crops, and buildings suffered across the Gulf region.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
Gulf Coast
United States Engineer Department
S. S. Benguard
Panama City
Fla
Coast Guard
Horn Island Pass
Pascagoula
Miss
Biloxi
Pensacola
Fulton, Ky
Harris Fork Creek
30 Cents Hour Minimum Lifted on Work Relief
The relief administration dropped the 30 cents per hour minimum for work relief. Wages will be set by local rates where the work is done, under a new order from Harry L. Hopkins. Local committees of labor business and relief administration will determine pay, likely increasing participation.
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Washington
Relief Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Jacob Baker
Time For Entering Jinkys Goes Through Thursday
Jinky day extended through today so you can still enter the seventh week Jinky contest. Sun day’s News-Star-World will announce winners and a $100 grand prize goes to the best Jinky sets. weekly prizes include $40 cash and merchandise. Free Jinkys supplied by local firms listed including Iron Mountain Bakery Griffin Studio Central Savings Bank West Monroe Hardware Sur-Wa Stores Holloway Thompson Natural Gas Thompson's Pharmacy Monroe area merchants and more.
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News-Star—World
Iron Mountain Bakery, Inc
Griffin Studio
Johnnie S. Elbert
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
West
Trip may clear up mystery of bodies on Mar chena island
Los Angeles explorer Captain G Allan Hancock will sail to Mar chena island to inspect two marooned bodies found last week by Captain Manuel Rodriguez. Descriptions sent from 3,000 miles away suggest the deceased are Arthur Rudolph Lorenz and a Norwegian sailor Nuggergood, linked to a colonial venture on Charles Island once led by Baroness Eloise Bousquet de Wagner.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Galapagos Islands
G. Allan Hancock
Marchena Island
Manuel Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Captain Hancock
Arthur Rudolph Lorenz
Paris
Nuggergood
Lorenz
Eloise Bousquet de Wagner
Charles Island
Officers named at U D C meet
New York Nov 22 Mrs William E Massey of Hot Springs Arkansas was reelected president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at their first northern convention. New officers include Mrs John C Abernathy Chicago second vice president general Mrs Walter D Lamar Macon Ga historian general and Mrs Norris Harris Baltimore registrar general. Georgia won the Alexander Faris trophy for most new members aged 18 to 25 for the fourth year. Virginia won for best historical work and North Carolina for best historical work.
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New York
William E. Massey
Hot Springs
Ark
United Daughters of the Confederacy
North
John C. Abernathy
Chicago
Walter D. Lamar
Macon
Norris Harris
Baltimore
Georgia
Alexander Faris
Roy W. McKinney
Paducah
Virginia
North Carolina
44 Bills Passed By Legislature Signed
Baton Rouge Louisiana November 22 Gov. Co K Allen announced that all 44 bills from last week’s special session have been signed and become effective December 6, twenty days after adjournment, including the two year debt moratorium measure.
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Baton Rouge
Co. K. Allen
Potential Steel Labor Board Election At Carnegie Plant
Washington reports a breakdown in talks between United States Steel and the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. The steel board may order an election at Carnegie Steel's Duquesne plant, with payrolls needed for voting lists, while payroll subpoenas could prompt court action.
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Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Labor Board
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Steel Board
Amalgamated
Carnegie Steel Company
Duquesne, Pa
Carnegie Steel
United States Steel
Walter P. Stacy
Stacy
Farm bloc urged by Oscar Johnston at Washington
Oscar Johnston AAA official calls for a large farm bloc uniting the middle west and south to press for drastic remedial legislation. He urges equal footing for industry and agriculture, ending dual land policy, and insisting agriculture gains weight in trade treaties amid export declines.
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Washington
Middlewest
South
Oscar Johnston
AAA
Mississippi
America
Johnston
Man Freed In Death Of Blind Cat Woman
In New Orleans district court on November 22 the manslaughter charges against 20 year old John Cantrell were dismissed for lack of evidence in the July 25 incident that killed Mrs Mamie Marsh the woman known as the blind cat woman. Marsh guided herself with an iron cane through the streets while caring for many felines at her home.
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New Orleans
John Cantrell
Mamie Marsh
Possibility of withdrawal of PWA funds seen
Washington officials say the Public Works administration is reviewing Louisiana allotments in light of a Huey Long led state legislature session. A $4,000,000 New Orleans housing plan was not rejected, and no final action has been taken. Federal developments outside PWA loans are unaffected.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
PWA
New Orleans
Federal move cancels Huey Long housing plan in New Orleans
Washington Post reports the federal government blocked a 4 million dollar low cost housing project in New Orleans linked to Huey Long. A public works board vote halted slum clearance after surveys, citing no stated reason and amid secrecy. The paper links the decision to broader actions against Long’s influence and a nearby 2.5 million PWA hold on the New Orleans sewerage and water board.
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Washington
Washington Post
Huey Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
the Post
Long
Public Works Board
PWA
Slaying of King Before Council
Geneva Nov 22. Yugoslavia formally complains to the League of Nations Council to investigate the assassinations of King Alexander of Yugoslavia and Foreign Minister Louis Barthou of France. Yugoslav delegate Fotich asks that the matter be placed on the council agenda. He alleges the Marseille killings were planned on Hungarian soil by international terrorists.
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Geneva
Yugoslavia
Hungary
League of Nations Council
Alexander
Louis Barthou
France
M. Fotich
League
J. A C. Avenol
Council
Marseille
Butler's job offer sparks bold Wall Street cavalry plan
Beverly Hills dispatch quotes Smedley Butler as rivals debate marching on Pennsylvania Avenue led by Wall Street forces. A speaker declares having a grey horse ready, arguing decades of U S exposure and quiet patriotism while noting local tragedy over sensational headlines.
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Cal
Smedley Butler
Pennsylvania
Wall Street
Hie Revere
McNaucht Syndicate
Lea
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