Plans for Short Session Laid by Democratic Chiefs
Democratic leaders announce a brief December session plan focused on beer to balance the budget and farm relief. President Elect Roosevelt prioritizes budget balancing and tax avoidance through legalized beer and cut government spending, with farm legislation as a key aim. The party seeks to push aligned measures to prevent an extra session and notes debt talks with Hoover and Roosevelt are closed for now.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Treasury
Hoover
Radio Station Engineer Dies In Electrocution At KTBS
D. R. Simmons a 43 year old chief engineer for Tri State Broadcasting died after contacting a 5200 volt power wire at KTBS Shreveport while supervising transmission A short circuit started a fire and assistant engineer C H Maddox extinguished the blaze Simmons had previously survived a 2000 volt shock a year earlier He had just finished wiring a new amplifier when the accident occurred
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Shreveport
D. R. Simmons
KTBS
Simmons
Tri- State Broadcasting Company
C. H. Maddox
Thanksgiving reflections and local notes from Jackson parish
The article blends a Thanksgiving meditation with local happenings. It highlights James Pinkney Pope winning a U S Senate seat from Idaho, notes ties to Jonesboro and Ruston, recalls LSU figures, and mentions Monroe Little Theater activities led by Alma Summer Potts with production Sun Up directed by Mrs Harberson and star Blanche Oliver.
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Jackson Parish
Washington
D. C
Senate
United States
James Pinkney Pope
U. S
Idaho
Pope
Boise
Jesse Pope
Jonesboro
Ruston Tech
Louisiana Industrial Institute
University of Chicago
James Monroe Smith
C. A. Ives
State Department of Education
O. M. Grisham
D. I. Hirsch
Monroe Little Theater
Alma Summer Potts
Quirky arrest ends six hour siege of farmer by trick
A 72 year old farmer in Ross Kentucky, Fred Henzimeier, barricaded his home and repelled six county officers with machine guns and tear gas bombs for more than six hours before a neighbor used a corn deal to lure him out. Henzimeier was captured after Leopold pretended to buy corn as officers retreated. One officer was wounded.
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Ross
Fred Henzimeier
John Leopold
Leopold
Henzimeier
William Straus
Straus
New York Woman Leaps to Death from Eleventh Floor in New Orleans
Harriet L. Hall of New York City killed herself by leaping from an eleventh story window at the Roosevelt hotel in New Orleans. Notes left behind cite low mood and depleted savings, with instructions for cremation and no services. Evidence included a bloodied glass and water glass found nearby.
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N. Y
New Orleans
Harriet L. Hall
New York City
Roosevelt Hotel
Give Thanks In All Things Sermon at First Presbyterian
The First Presbyterian church filled for a 10 o clock Thanksgiving service led by Rev. L T Hastings from the First Baptist church. He preached from Thessalonians 5 18 urging gratitude in all circumstances and warned against ingratitude while underscoring duty to God and family.
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First Presbyterian Church
L. T. Hastings
First Baptist Church
Thessalonians
Jesus
Shakespeare
Christ
Trio Reunites With Parents After 32 Year Gap
In Ferriday Mr and Mrs Jess Jinks held a family reunion with seven children present. The three eldest, E K Jinks Artie Jinks and C N Jinks learned they had not died but were separated from their parents for 32 years. They had wandered from Arkansas to Canada the Dakotas Oklahoma New Mexico and Old Mexico before finally locating each other and their parents.
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Ferriday
Jess Jinks
C. N. Jinks
Monroe
Camden
Ark
E. K. Jinks
Artie Jinks
Myself
Canada
Dakotas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Old Mexico
Teenager shot herself examining pistol in Alexandria
Maxine Buskin, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Buskin of Elizabeth Louisiana, accidentally discharged her father's pistol while checking it early today in Alexandria. The steel jacket bullet entered her chest and lodged near the back, leaving her in critical condition at a local hospital after she told her parents they were away.
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Alexandria
Maxine Buskin
Ed Buskin
Elizabeth
Neville High Tigers Triumph In Rainy 32–2 Victory
Neville High School dominated Bastrop High School in a rain soaked game at Forsythe Park. George Manteris starred with four touchdowns including an 83 yard sprint as the Tigers rolled to a 32 to 2 win with about 100 spectators watching. Fife of Bastrop featured on a standout punt return.
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Neville High School
Forsythe Park
Bastrop High School
George Manteris
Tigers
Fife
Bastrop
Boy Found Safe After Auto Theft Incident
Dallas Texas listed Paul Tanner aged two was stolen in his mother s automobile last night and located today returned to his parents Mr and Mrs J B Tanner apparently unharmed through the quick work of local authorities and good fortune
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Dallas
Tex
Paul Tanner
J. B. Tanner
Mayors Proclaim Christmas Seal Sale Campaign
Proclamations issued by the Twin Cities mayors announce the start of the campaign for Christmas seal sales. The text cites holiday joy, nationwide sales to aid medical and charitable groups, and the ongoing fight against tuberculosis with continued fundraising.
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Twin Cities
Gas Suit Heard in U S Court in Monroe Today
A federal suit before Judge Ben C Dawkins involves United Gas Public Service Co. and gas landowners in Richland parish led by Dr. C G Pardue alleging improper contract terms for gas purchases. Mc Gowen, president of United Gas, testified as plaintiffs claim gas was bought at reduced prices.
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Ben C. Dawkins
United Gas Public Service Company
C. G. Pardue
Richland Parish
United Gas
Hudson, Potts, Bernstein and Sholars
Madison & Madison
Wilkerson
Lewis & Wilkerson
Shreveport
Tobin R. Hodge
Roosevelt Views War Debts Warn Against Debt Commission
President elect Franklin D. Roosevelt said that resolving war debts should occur through diplomatic channels and not via a new debt commission. He urged debtor nations and creditors to present facts directly, aligning with Hoover on the four principal aspects while en route to Warm Springs for conferences with congressional leaders.
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Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Erict
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Europe
Lynchburg
Hoover
Congress
End of chase for Floyd aide George Birdwell in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma hunt for George Birdwell, Floyds lieutenant known as brains of the gang, ended with his death in a gun battle at Bo le y Oklahoma after a failed Farmers and Merchants bank robbery. Birdwell was identified after he was slain. another robber and a bank president were wounded or killed.
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Tulsa
Okla
Charles
Pretty Boy
Boley
George Birdwell
Charles “Pretty Boy
Floyd
Birdwell
Okemah
Farmers and Merchants Bank
C. A. Burns
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
C. C. Patterson
Hindenburg withdraws offer of chancellorship to Hitler
President von Hindenburg today withdrew his offer of the German chancellorship to Adolf Hitler as Hitler could not secure a Reichstag majority. The president will consider a different candidate for the position.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Man amputates own arm to save life in corn picker
Archie Smith of Mendota Illinois used a pocketknife to sever his left arm after a gear caught in a corn picker. He walked a mile for help, then telephoned his wife and was treated at a hospital where doctors said he performed the self amputation skillfully and could return to work soon.
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Mendota
Ill
U.P
Archie Smith
Smith
Thanksgiving Observed Across Twin Cities With Aid
A drizzly Thanksgiving day saw many groups in the Twin Cities sharing groceries and goods with those in need. Church services were held at St Matthew's Catholic Grace Episcopal and others while a downtown union service occurred at First Presbyterian with Rev L Hastings presiding. Two football games were on the program at Forsythe Park with Neville high facing Bastrop high at 10 am and another at 2 pm featuring Ouachita.
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St. Matthew’s Catholic
Grace Episcopal
Christian Science
First Presbyterian Church
L. T. Hastings
First Baptist Church
Forsythe Park
Neville High
Bastrop High
Ouachita
Famous Attorney Robert E Olds Dies in Paris
Paris reports the sudden death of Col Robert E Olds 57 former assistant secretary of state and noted attorney. He left his Rue de L Universite home to walk to his office collapsed near his apartment and died minutes later from apoplexy after medical aid arrived.
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Paris
Robert E. Olds
United States
Olds
Frank B. Kellogg
Rue de L'Universite
Hoover proposal for debt commission blocked by Congress
Washington reports indicate Hoover backed plan to form a debt review agency will not proceed as Congress resists. President elect Roosevelt signals reliance on existing diplomatic channels for Europe’s pleas, effectively ending an American run moratorium review. Secretary Stimson delivers formal replies denying extensions to Britain France and Belgium on the December 15 payments.
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Washington
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Congress
Roosevelt
Europe
Ini
Stimson
Labor insurgents fail to crash AFL convention doors
In Cincinnati 26 insurgent labor leaders headed by Louis Weinstock were barred from the AFL gathering as they demanded immediate unemployment insurance hunger march plans and salary cuts for officials. Weinstock vowed to return next year while William Green called the group irresponsible as delegates adjourned for Thanksgiving.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Louis Weinstock
Painters’ Union of New York
Weinstock
Federation
Washington
William Green
Families Gather in Dixie To Observe Thanksgiving
Montgomery describes a sunlit Thanksgiving as families return from church to share a feast of turkey, cranberries, chestnut dressing, and yam pie. The article emphasizes communal values, baskets of food, and neighborly charity, noting the tradition as a rural family pow wow.
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Dixie
Montgomery
Ala
South
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