Battle Opens on New Front in Manchuria
News from Manchuria reports fighting began on a new front southwest of Mukden along the Peiping Mukden Railway. Japanese and Chinese forces clashed near Kantai shan as Japanese reinforcements moved from Mukden. Authorities note uncertainty over the Chinese units involved and report about 400 Chinese troops near Hsinmintan moving toward the clash. Continued on Page Two.
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Manchuria
Associated Press
Mukden
Peiping
Chuliuho
Kantaishan
Hsinmintan
High Command
Great Wall of China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Great Wall
Hunter Drowns When Boat Sinks On Caddo Lake
F. J Foresterling of Detroit drowned on Caddo Lake near Mooringsport after a duck hunting boat leaked and sank. Three companions, H W Brown of Dallas and C P Lofton and H B McKane of Shreveport, swam to a piling and were rescued. the boat struck a snag and began taking on water as the party neared a dock blind.
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Shreveport
F. J Foresterling
Detroit
Mich
Caddo Lake
Mooringsport
Foresterling
H. W. Brown
Dallas
Tex
C. P. Lofton
H. B. McKane
Shreve
Brown
Lofton
McKane
Duck hunters plan Thanksgiving trip to South Louisiana
A party of three hunters with "Frenchie" Mouton will depart for South Louisiana to pursue ducks over the Thanksgiving holiday. The group includes Mike Easterling, Pewee Thompson, and Albert Teaubeneaux. In town news a milk ad in a South Grand grocer’s window sparks chatter about supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frenchie” Mouton
South Louisiana
History of Farm Board Is Revealed in Annual Report
The Farm Board releases its second annual report to Congress detailing two years of efforts to aid farmers. It cites large stabilization purchases in wheat and cotton, with the Grain Stabilization Corporation holding 189.7 million bushels of wheat and 1.31 million bales of cotton, and notes an eventual recoinage of losses. It warns that stabilizing prices is not sustainable and plans to balance supports with returns to farmers as prices rise.
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Washington
Farm Board
Congress
Senate Agricultural Committee
Stone
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Cotton Stabilization Corporation
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Central Cooperative
Parish votes on gas tax in Ouachita Parish
Voters in Ouachita Parish cast ballots today on a one cent per gallon gas tax to fund winter unemployment relief. Early tallies show low turnout in Monroe while West Monroe precincts report heavier participation. total two ward vote was 543 with reports incomplete from rural areas. Proponents hoped for a comfortable majority despite light turnout.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
West Monroe
Preakack
Lilodsky Nedasnanesshdneuir
Canbate
Ss- Anesecceses
Aisbahabecesk Arvana Ae Pere
West
Mee
Basebistabasbes
Poress
Becn Acesavars
RAD
Le Blanc to Speak Tonight at Parish High School
Dudley J. LeBlanc the gubernatorial candidate will speak at 8 p m tonight at the Parish High School Auditorium along with Rovian D Hendrick for lieutenant governor and E H Fisher for state superintendent of education. The campaign stop follows a statewide whirlwind tour drawing large crowds and strong electoral expectations with notable female participation anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley le Blanc
Dudley J. LeBlanc
New Parish
Rovian D. Hendrick
E. H. Fisher
LeBlanc
Hiccough Victim Now On The Road to Recovery
Ira A. King, after a gall bladder operation Sunday, has not hiccoughed since and is reported to be in good condition at Mansfield General Hospital. The report came from Mansfield, Ohio, on Tuesday after the procedure.
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Hiccough
Mansfield, O
Ira A. King
Mansfield General Hospital
King
O'Brien Named Head of U S Tariff Commission
President Hoover named Robert Lincoln O'Brien of Boston as chairman of the tariff commission to succeed Henry Fletcher on November 30. O'Brien, longtime Boston Herald editor and Republican leader, previously ran the Boston Publishing Co and headed the Middlesex club. The tariff issue follows British import levies, with limited impact on American goods.
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Boston
Hoover
Henry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Washington
Robert Lincoln O’brien
Tariff Commission
O’brien
Green Castle
Boston Herald
Middlesex Club
New England
O'Brien
Boston Publishing
Oil Refinery in South Louisiana to be Reopened
The Sinclair Oil Refinery at Meraux will reopen March 1 under Tex York Utilities of New York. Count Ivan L. Leschinsky announced 1,000 will be employed, with a $10,000,000 buildout planned including a 20,000 barrel unit to raise capacity from 30,000 to 50,000 barrels daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Sinclair Oil
Meraux
Tex-York Utilities of
New York
Ivan L. Leschinsky
Courtland Palmer Company
Tex-York
Count Leschinsky
Fox-York
Sinclair Oil Company of Louisiana
Mississippi River
Lake Borgne
Sinclair Navigation Company
Harry Sinclair Connelly
Sinclair Refining Company of Louisiana
East Texas
Uniform Cotton Acreage Cut in South Planned
Southern states moved to reduce cotton plantings for 1932 and 1933 with 50 percent cuts over two years and federal incentives. Governors Bilbo Parnell led a southwide conference urging enactment before January 20 and convening legislatures to act. Governor Russell of Georgia signaled caution before convening.
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Jackson
Miss
Theo G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Harvey Parnell
Arkansas
Louisiana
Russell
Georgia
If the Gas Tax Is Defeated What Then Editorial
An Ouachita Parish editorial urges voters in Monroe and West Monroe to approve a one cent gas tax to fund public works and relieve jobless families. It warns defeat would be a disgrace and highlights hunger, welfare needs, and the record high expected turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Monroe
The
Morning World
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Welfare Association
Death claims well known local lawyer
Henry Bernstein longtime member of Hudson Potts Bernstein and Scholars died from a stroke at his home 1706 Riverside. Born December 8 1863 in Grant Parish he studied at Tulane and joined the Winn Parish bar before moving to this city in 1897 joining Potts Hudson now Hudson Potts Bernstein and Scholars. Funeral Wednesday.
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Henry Bernstein
Hudson, Potts, Bernstein and Scholars
Arnold Bernstein
Riverside
Mr. Bernstein
Grant Parish
J. J. Potts
Salvation Army drive opens December 1 with $5280 goal
The Salvation Army finance campaign here shifts to December 1 for five days. General chairman W L Ethridge announces the goal of 5280 dollars to fund services as demand grows. The advance gift committee led by R Downes Jr begins work soon with members Rosenhein Cobb Weaks Biedenharn Isaacman Masur Cooley Millsaps Breard Sugar Rogers Potts Vaughn McHenry Bynum Davis and Downes.
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Salvation Army
W. L. Ethridge
General Campaign Force
R. Downes, Jr
Herbert Rosenhein
J. M. Cobb
George Weaks
Joe Biedenharn
Joe Isaacman
Sig Masur
G. B. Cooley
Fred Millsaps
John Breard
Leon Sugar
Jack Rogers
John Potts
J. B. Vaughn
C. H. Mc
Sheriff Admits to Selling Liquor at Trial in Alabama
Sheriff R J Flanders of Calhoun County Florida testified in a Federal Court trial on conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. He said he had sold liquor two or three years ago and could have sold more to Dan Jenner a Phenix City dealer. The government alleges Jenner distributed liquor carried to Phenix City.
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Opelika
Ala
R. J. Flanders
Calhoun County
Florida
Dan Dozier Jenner
Phenix City
Flanders
Jennett
Pensacola
Fla
Youth fatally hurt after fall from freight train in Houston
Norman Austin Tucker, 19, of Warren Arkansas, was injured in a fall from a moving freight train while en route to Houston to visit relatives. He died shortly after at a local hospital and gave hospital staff his father's name William V. Tucker of Warren before passing.
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Houston
Norman Austin Tucker
Warren
Ark
William V. Tucker
Taken by Death: Henry Bernstein Sr. Dies at Riverside Home
Prominent local attorney Henry Bernstein Sr. and brother of Mayor Arnold Bernstein died early this morning at his Riverside home. The prominent lawyer and community figure passed away in his residence.
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Henry Bernstein Sr
Henry Bernstein
Arnold Bernstein
Riverside
Congress Urged to Issue Bonds for Inland Waterway
The Mississippi Valley Association backing a federal bond issue to finish the inland waterway system urged Congress to authorize 400 to 500 million dollars. Delegates faced strong Missouri River opposition in a stormy session. The group highlighted erosion losses of soil and silt washed to the Gulf of Mexico as justification for the project.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi Valley Association
United States
Association
Congress
Mississippi River
C. G. Bates
Lake States Forest
Gulf of Mexico
Bates
Gul
Wedell Aims for West East Plane Speed Record
New Orleans air racer Jimmy Wedell heads out to attempt a Thanksgiving Day record run from Burbank to Newark covering Colorado Springs and Peoria. He seeks 11 hours 15 minutes at an average 225 mph in the "44" racing plane, which placed second in Cleveland trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Jimmy Wedell
Wedell
Jimmy Doolittle
Burbank
Cal
Colorado Springs
Colo
Peoria
Ill
Newark
Cleveland
Store Owner Shot During Pine Island Grocery Hold Up
Two masked bandits robbed the Bonham Mercantile Company at Pine Island in Caddo Parish. Proprietor Charlie Jones 25 was shot in the abdomen while rescuing employee C H Browery. Browery was tied, struck, and injured but survived. bandits fled and were not caught. Pine Island lies in the north Caddo oil field near Oil City and Gilliam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Bonham Mercantile Company
Pine Island
Caddo Parish
Charlie Jones
Jones
C. H. Browery
Browery
Browry
North Caddo Oil Field
Oil City
Gilliam
United Airlines Pilot Found Dead in Wrecked Plane
Norman W. Potter United Air Lines mail pilot was found dead today in his wrecked airplane about eight miles west of Salt Lake airport. D. B. Colyer and Dr. Mazel Sheffield reached the scene after Lieutenant Hugh Barker sighted the wreckage.
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Salt Lake City
Norman W. Potter
United Air Lines Mail
Salt Lake Airport
D. B. Colyer
United Air Lines
Mazel Sheffield
329Th
Hugh Barker
Army Air Reserve
Maupin Transferred to Second New Orleans Engineer District
Vicksburg Mississippi November 24 Major T B Larkin district engineer announces the transfer of Edgar S Maupin senior engineer to the Second New Orleans engineer district The move places Maupin in charge of the second field area with headquarters in Baton Rouge Louisiana
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Vicksburg
Miss
T. B. Larkin
Edgar S. Maupin
New Orleans
Cold Wave Grips West as Roses Bloom in East
Weather across the nation during Thanksgiving week 1931 shows a clash of seasons. New highs in the East contrast with heavy rain in the Middle West and snow in the West as Californians endure freezing temperatures and smudge pot fires.
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California
East
Kansas City
Middle West
Cleveland
Citrus
Mary Snow
Carter County
Mont
Rochester
N. Y
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Iowa
Black Hills
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Texas
Bucks Station
Feather River Canyon
San Francisco
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Council
China
Far East
Hunter
Jes’ Ramblin
South Grand
City Hall
Drew
James Young
Louis Peters
Sam Orchard
Peters
M. Z. Worley
Dixie Overland
L. J. Hart
S. J. Struben
F. H. Lerch, Jr
Mr. Hart
Mr. Struben
Robert L. O’brien
Bar Ass’n
Ethridge
Mississippi Valley Group
Maupin
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