Tropical storm threatens New Orleans coast and ships
A tropical storm moving toward the Louisiana coast endangers Gulf shipping. The freighter Cranford with a crew of 42 is grounded north of Pass a Loutre while the dredge Windham, cast loose from the Chippewa, drifts 30 miles south of Southwest Pass amid heavy seas and high winds.
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Cnosst Guard
Gulfport
Pascagoula
Gulf Coast
Morgan City
Carerabelle
Fla
United States Weather Bureau
R. A. Dyke
Jimison
Cranford
Tampa
Fis
W. KE. Ducease
Standard Dredging Company
Saal
Coast Guard
Niki
Adler
Dueemse
Mace
Charles J. Denechaud
Washington
Power firms plan expansion amid private utility deal talks
In Washington, a $112,000,000 private utility expansion program was announced as Roosevelt and power leaders edge toward a truce. Floyd L. Carlisle of Consolidated Edison and Niagara Power outlined two years of investment to spur new projects, with Willkie open to a prudent investment basis for rate setting.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Floyd L. Carlisle
Consolidated Edison
Niagara Electrc Power Company
Carlisle
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Train Robbers Slay Passenger as They Are Caught
Two bandits halted Southern Pacific No. 11 at Mt. Riley New Mexico and fatally wounded W. L. Smith a yardman from El Paso. Passengers and crew overpowered the robbers and turned them over to sheriff's deputies at Deming New Mexico.
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el Paso
Mt. Riley
Dim Welsh
Welsh
Smith
K. C. Moon
Switchman
Former Purple Gangman slain in Detroit shooting
Harry Millman, once tied to the Purple gang, was shot dead in an uptown Detroit restaurant and bar invasion by gunmen. Four other men were wounded as 20 or more shots rang out. victims Abe Berensky, 42, a linoleum salesman, and Harry Gross, 27, a Detroit hoodlum, were among those identified.
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Detroit
Harry Millman
Abe Berensky
Harry Gross
Harry
Thanksgiving Observance Brightens Monroe Holiday
Sunny Thanksgiving day features in Monroe and West Monroe with church services at multiple congregations and a Union service at First Methodist. The Ouachita Parish Lions clash Bolton Bears at Brownfield drew many spectators as residents celebrated with family reunions and a morning sermon by Rev. Ernest Duncan on a theme of gratitude.
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Brownfield
Monroe
West Monroe
First Baptist Church
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Grace Episcopal Church
First Methodist Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Ouachita Parish High School Lions
Bolton Bears
Ernest Duncan
First Presbyrian Church
Observance of Today Differs From 1621
Thanksgiving 1941 observed by millions with feasting and prayers, but less praying than the Pilgrims. A compulsory crop control bill loomed in Congress as Roosevelt urged gratitude for abundant harvests and stable employment.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
White House
France holds suspects in revolt plot in Paris raid
Government agents questioned retired aviation general Edouard Duseigneur for hours as Paris and provinces probes expand into a thwarted movement to crown a royal dictatorship. They report Jacques Correze, 28, a furniture salesman, as a ringleader of the Secret Committee for Revolutionary Action and note Algerian recruiting officers are under arrest.
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Paris
France
Jacques Correze
Furniture Sasesman
Secret
Committee For Revolutionary Action
Csar
Comite Secret D'Action Revolutionaire
Edouard Duseigneur
Joseph le Maresquier
Cheron
Les Cagoulards
Correze
Eugene Delloncle
Derouen criticizes rice penalty as too low in farm bill
Rep Rene L. DeRouen of Ville Platte La says the house farm bill's quarter of a cent penalty for exceeding rice quotas is too low it would ease regulation and favors the senate line of a half cent penalty He notes growers could still receive soil conservation payments though the bill omits a senate provision to pay half a cent to growers from soil funds He expects action in the regular session to fund additional soil conservation payments or grower benefits.
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Washington
Rene L. DeRouen
Ville Platte
DeRouen
House Agriculture Committee
Treasury
New Charges Brought Against Two Women Over Camp Death
Philadelphia mayor says new charges will be filed against Mary K. O Connors and Mrs Marie Kibler Phillips related to an incident at a children's summer camp. O Connor is held without bail for the death of five year old Nancy Glenn. Phillips is a material witness held on $500 bail ahead of a deferred hearing. Coroner Charles H Hersch provided details.
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Philadelphia
S. Davis Wilson
Nancy Glenn
Mary K. O'Connor
Marie Kibler Phillips
Miss O'Connor
Wilson
Miss O Connor
Phillips
Charles H. Hersch
Channel Deepening Report Ordered for Mississippi River
Washington nov 25 the house rivers and harbors committee directed army engineers to survey deepening the Mississippi river channel to 46 feet from baton rouge louisiana to the gulf of mexico. Representative Rene L Derouen of ville Platte said the move would ease tanker traffic to a baton rouge refinery and noted a proposed widening from 200 to 3 0 feet.
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Washington
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Army Engineers
Mississippi River
Baton Rouge
Gulf of Mexico
Rene L. DeRouen
Ville Platte
Louisiana
Turkey Day Dinner Free To Poor Man At Mother Greenstein’s
Ruth Cowan reports in Chicago that Mother Greenstein’s restaurant at Seventh and State Streets offered a free Thanksgiving meal from 1 to 5 pm or until food ran out for anyone without money. Ma Greenstein died last December. Pa Greenstein continued the tradition aiding forgotten men women and children, with as many as 2000 guests in prior years.
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Ruth Cowan
Chicago
Thanksgiving Tragedy Strikes Green Family in Knoxville
In Knoxville Tennessee George Green faces loss from meningitis and pneumonia within two weeks. Ten year old Annie Bunn Green dies while son George Vester, 19, dies after seeking aid in rain. Seven year old Mary Green fights for life as doctors warn. Mother and three daughters hospitalized under observation while father and son isolate at home. Red Cross provided support as family endures quarantine and a sparse Thanksgiving.
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Knoxville
Tenn
George Green
Annie Bunn Green
George Vester
Mary Green
Green
Red Cross
Hope for Quick Vote on Profits Levy Reform
Washington reports indicate congressmen push for an early vote on corporate tax revisions at the special session. President Roosevelt may not block prompt action after talks suggesting willingness to adjust corporate surplus and capital gains taxes. Treasury doubts linger over revenue from the substitute measure proposed by a House subcommittee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Howse
New Trick Tries Gate Crasher At Speakers Lobby
Washington on November 2 4 Robert Menaugh long in charge of stopping gate crashers to the speakers lobby says a new trick was tried on him. He stopped a man who flashed a security tag claiming credentials were in order, and Menaugh had difficulty verifying them.
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Washington
Robert Menaugh
House Chamber
Menaugh
Goeral
Mobs and hunger shake Shanghai rice shops
Mobs of starving Chinese storm Shanghai rice shops on Thanksgiving day as 2,000,000 refugees suffer in cold weather. Guards with bayonets protect docks and rice trucks while officials seek food amid ongoing Japanese military actions and blocked transport to the interior.
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Shanghai Volunteer Corps
Ume
Nanking
Wusih-Kiangyin
Lake Tai
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