Life Term Imposed on E C Lohr for Wife Murder
Jackson Mississippi November 25 E C Lohr former army officer and Indiana native was found guilty of murdering his wife aged 26 and sentenced to life imprisonment after the jury could not agree on punishment. He had been indicted for murdering his mother-in-law Hanse Nixon senior but faced only the wife killing charge. His defense claimed insanity at the time of shooting.
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Jackson
Miss
E. C. Lohr
United Army
Indiana
Hanse Nixon
Toraent
Wiley H. Potter
Texas oil industry curtailed for sixty days
The state oil commission ordered a production curtailment for sixty days based on an allowable output of 630 238 barrels. Purchasers were authorized to agree or exchange oil to align supplies, while common carriers feared legal action against such agreements. The measure aims to curb discrimination and prevent pipelines from diverting crude from North Texas markets. Effective November 27.
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Associated Press
Tex
State Commission Today
North Texas
Thanksgiving Dinner Cheapest In 10 Years
A steaming dinner for six with turkey and all the embellishments can be had in Chicago this Thanksgiving for 5.26 dollars, the cheapest in a decade as agreed by local grocers.
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Pease
Chicago
Card Index File Details Beatrice Physter Divorce
Mrs Beatrice Physter testified in her divorce suit that her husband kept a 50 card index file of women friends rating them from one to three stars with remarks like Jesica gold seal drinks smokes heavy petter 18 years old size 16 weight 199. Judge Henry Lewis granted the divorce.
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Chicago
Beatrice Physter
Melisa
Marie
Henry Lewis
Bailey honored by appointment to Louisiana Legion flag committee
John B. Bailey, first vice commander of the Lake Charles post, was named fifth district representative on the Louisiana Legion flag etiquette committee effective immediately. State Commander Sam Jones announced the honor in a letter to Bailey.
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John B. Bailey
L. Barkdull Faulk American Legion
Louisiana Legion
Lake Charles
Sam Jones
Monroe Legionnaire
Bailey
State Department of Louisiana
Commander Jones
Edward Her
Painter Kisses Wife Goodbye Then Dies in Suicide
In New Orleans on November 25 George Auer Sr., 42, a painter, kissed his wife farewell at breakfast and retired to his room where a bullet wound to the head killed him. Police noted the act followed bouts of despondency over his mother’s illness with no clear motive.
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New Orleans
George Auer, Sr
Aver
Armadillo Killed by West Monroe Youths
West Monroe youths Bullock 20 Guy Gray 16 and McCormick 18 hunted an armadillo on Horsebend branch near Strozier property. After dogs alerted them the animal burrowed and the trio pursued it with heavy blows. The incident occurred last night as they hunted for supper.
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Rmadillo
West Side Youths
West Monroe
Bullock
Guy Gray
McCormick
Strozier's
Louisiana
Monroe
Texas
Horsebend
Strozier
Armadillo
Engineers Arrive in Monroe for Parish Road Surveys
A party of state highway engineers arrived in Monroe to survey highways under the 75 million dollar road and bridge program. They will be here 30 to 60 days, with work led by A M Mason, and include surveys from Bastrop to Sterlington and other projects in Ouachita parish, including paved and gravel roads.
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Monroe
Ivy McNealy
State Highway Department
Ouachita Parish
A. M. Mason
Columbia
Caldwell Parish
Bastrop
Sterlington
Farmerville
Bastre
Rural folk need clothing badly says Lions club
Lion Barney Oakland told the Lions at a weekly luncheon that many families in rural Ouachita parish lack adequate clothing and bedding. He outlined conditions of cold, dilapidated shacks and noted more than 100 families have appealed to the Red Cross for shoes and clothing for children.
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Monroe
Lions Club
Lion Barney Oakland
Ouachita
The
Red Cross
Oakland
Mystery man identified after dismembered remains found
New York detectives pursued the fate of a man whose dismembered legs and torso appeared on opposite sides of Manhattan. The legs were in an old suitcase on a Houston Street doorway and the torso was recovered from a trunk in the Hudson River. The head remained missing.
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New York
Manhattan
Houston Street
Hudson River
West Monroe Adds New Policeman To Force
Chief J. M. Hammons adds D. J. Whitlock to the West Monroe force. Whitlock will serve as a temporary bank sentinel at West Monroe State Bank, from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., with plans for later patrol duty on the block housing two banks. Three arrests followed Monday night’s police activity including whiskey possession and fighting.
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J. M. Hammons
West Monroe
D. J. Whitlock
Caldwell Parish
Breece Lumber Company
Monroe
Hammons
Fred Thompson
R. R. Leachman
T. P. Collins
Edward C. McGee Dies in Texas City
Edward C. McGee 45, Monroe resident and longtime engineer in the Northeast Louisiana gas field, died Monday in El Paso after several months ill health. A pioneer director of major pipeline projects, he came to Monroe 14 years ago and built an engineering office. He later joined Ford Bacon and Davis as a supervisor, contributing to pipeline developments radiating from the Monroe gas area.
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Edward C. McGee
Monroe
Louisiana
el Paso
Texas
McGee
University of Nebraska
Monroe Gas
Ford Bacon and Davis
Travis Oliver Heads Louisiana Delegation to Dallas Aviation Conference
Travis Oliver of Central Savings Bank and Trust leads Louisiana’s aviation delegates to a regional traffic and aviation conference in Dallas under the U S Chamber of Commerce. Others named by A H Henderson include Thomas H Taylor Allen S Hackett Harry P Williams J T Amiss John D Ewing J L Henning and Clarence Kellan.
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Travis Oliver
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Monroe
Louisiana
Dallas
Texas
United States Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
A. H. Henderson
Ruston
State Chamber
Aeronautics Committee
Thomas H. Taylor
New
Six Robbers Threaten Citizens in Gratis Bank Heist
Six masked robbers cut all village wires at Gratis Ohio and dynamited the Gratis State Bank to steal about $5,000. They threatened to kill residents and shouted from outside the bank as townsfolk watched, while three robbers stood guard with shotguns. No one was injured.
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Associated Press
Hamilton
Gratis
William Guntle
Bank hold up suspect to face murder charge in New Orleans
Austin Hart, among four arrested for the Canal Bank and Trust branch raid, faces a probable murder charge after ballistic expert Maurice B. O’Neil linked the fatal shot of grocer Raymond Rizzo to a pistol found with Hart. District Attorney Eugene Stanley says he will seek murder charges for Hart and may file the same against Donald Ryan, George O’Day and Ito Jacobs.
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New Orleans
Austin Hart
Canal Bank and Trust Company
Raymond Rizzo
Maurice B. O'Neil
Hart
Eugene Stanley
Donald Ryan
George O'Day
Ito Jacobs
H. B. Myers
Percy Saint
Pardon Board
Archduke Leopold Cleared in Necklace Case
Leopold Hapsburg once archduke of Austria was acquitted of conspiring to sell the Napoleon necklace for 60,000. He faces grand larceny and receiving stolen goods indictments and remains on 7,500 bail as he vows to pursue charges against unnamed persons. He praised American justice in a statement.
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New York
Leopold Hapsburg
Austria
Franz Joseph
Aimee Semple McPherson Illness Reported In Isolation
Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, is seriously ill and confined to isolation at her Angelus Temple home. F C Winters, temple business manager, said she was unconscious during the New York to Los Angeles trip and was carried on a stretcher. Minnie Kennedy, her mother, disputed the statement and called it hooey, demanding a Christian showdown.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
F. C. Winters
Temple
McPherson
New York
Winters
Minnie Kennedy
Weather Warms Upto Monroe After Cold Wave
Weather bureaus forecast warmer conditions for Monroe tonight following a cold snap that dropped temperatures to 27 in Monroe and West Monroe Monday night. Reports across the country noted freezing conditions with frosts and light snow in parts, while winds continued from the north and temperatures were expected to fall further.
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Monroe
Union
West Monroe
Associated Press
Florida
California
Montgomery
Ala
Grosch Named Chief Of Orleans Detectives
NEW ORLEANS November 25 Captain John F Grosch who headed police in weekend bandit captures was elevated to chief of detectives The appointment was announced by H B Myers superintendent of police Captain Grosch had been acting chief briefly
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New Orleans
John F. Grosch
H. B. Myers
Grosch
Mother Jones Said Near Death at Maryland Home
In Silver Spring Maryland on November 25 mother Jones the veteran labor figure is reported dying at a farm house where she has been bedridden for about a year The physician Dr H H Howlett says only her heart remains alive while the body declines
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Silver Spring
Mother Jones
H. H. Howlett
Bids Opened on Louisiana Highway and Bridge Projects
Baton Rouge window opens bids on five million dollar highway and bridge projects as part of a statewide hard surface program. The event marks start of a 3000 mile system over four years funded by a 75 million bond issue and the 100 million public improvement drive led by Gov Huey P Long. A larger bidding cycle is planned for January 1931.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
South
Louisiana Highway Commission
Huey P. Long
Jealous man shoots two foster sisters then kills self
Francisco Masone, 35, killed Mrs. Dorothy Foster 27 and Miss Mary O Connor 45 in Yonkers New York then fatally shot himself. Police say he acted from jealousy toward Foster who he claimed was his sweetheart. A letter found in Masone accuses Foster of infidelity. Foster and O Connor were foster sisters from the O Connor family. Foster had a daughter aged eight living with a Long Island grandmother.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Francisco Masone
Dorothy Foster
Mary O'Connor
Masone
Mrs. Foster
Miss O'Connor
O'Connor
Harry Foster
New York City
Long Island
Goodfellows Fund Near Low as Christmas Comes
The Monroe shopping season grows as Christmas nears with crowded streets, shoppers bearing gifts, and a rising Yule spirit. Yet the Goodfellows Fund remains low, awaiting donations to aid those in need during the holidays.
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Goodfellows
Monroe
Panhandlers
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Cal
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Bell Syndicate
Leal
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Archduke Leopold
Aimee
Orleans
Citizens’ Highway Advisory Board
Goodfellows All Goodfellows’ Fund
Monroe Pan-Hellenic Assn
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