Rancher Drummond Says Turkey Nap Led to Money Belt Theft
Tulsa rancher Jack Drummond told police he tucked away a money belt holding about $91,000 after a Thanksgiving meal and nap at the Sherman hotel. Authorities questioned the claim as possible swindle and noted he previously carried at least $37,500. He planned a Pittsburgh deal and had connections with a Tulsa bank.
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Chicago
Jack) Drummond
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Drummond
Sherman Hotel
Elmorson
Exchange National Bank
Osage County
Pittsburgh
Kansas City
Hindenburg delays pick for new Reich chancellor
President von Hindenburg met with advisers in Berlin and postponed naming a new Reich chancellor for days. He seeks to gauge Reichstag reaction to a presidential cabinet and hopes for toleration or a working agreement from pivotal parties or Nazis. The Papen government remains temporary as uncertainty continues.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Reich
Hindenburg
Reichstag
Junker
Franz von Papen
Adolf Hitler
von Papen
Otto Meissner
Kurt von Schleicher
Town Page Notes and Local Tidbits From Shreveport
Congratulations to W I Neel city engineer and to Sam Turner on birthdays. Local theater features Jack Hayes in Ned McCobb's Daughter in Shreveport. A local hunter fails to shoot after a rough swamp trip near Black Bayou. Sallie Blanche Calhoun arrives weighing 6 pounds. J Cameron strolls DeSiard Street with his three year old son as he plans a future telegraph operator or banker.
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W. I. Neel
Sam Turner
Jack Hayes
Shreveport
Ned McCobb
Caddo Parish
Jack
Black Bayou
Sallie Blanche Calhoun
J. —. Cameron
DeSiard Street
Hoboes of World Head Toward Their Big Confab
Hoboes from Russia to Brazil converge on Chicago for their annual convention at Hobo College on West Madison Street. Delegates from France Romania Panama and several South American nations have arrived. The main issue is how to treat the low mood stiff while upholding hoboe ethics and sign language customs.
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Chicago
Russia
Brazil
Hobo College
West Madison Street
Jack McBeth
France
Roumania
Panama
Beth
Speeding Auto Hits Family Killing Wife Injures Daughter
Mrs Myrtle Fannin 33 of San Angelo Texas was fatally injured near Holly Ridge when a speeding Buick with a Louisiana plate struck her and her daughter Corrie 12, who also suffered a fractured knee. The driver fled, awaiting plate checks for identity as the Fannin party halted to inspect a breakdown en route to Montgomery Alabama.
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Myrtle Fannin
D. M. Fannin
San Angelo
Texas
Holly Ridge
Corrie
Louisiana
Montgomery
Ala
Fannin
Daugh
Cold Wave Forecast For Louisiana and Mississippi
After two days of precipitation, the region faces a cold wave with temperatures dropping tonight. Miss Kate Key records 50 to 53 degrees in the last 24 hours, while the New Orleans weather bureau predicts 26 to 32 degrees in Monroe and northeast Louisiana as the cold snap continues.
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Kate Key
Miss Key
Monroe
Louisiana
New Orleans
Mississippi
Tax Sale At City Hall Sees Few Bidders After 11 O Clock
Tax sale of city and parish properties began shortly after 11 AM at the eastern door of city hall, with Deputy Sheriff C D Meredith in charge. Bidding was light as descriptions were read. a recent AG ruling limits redemption to one year for current sales and three years after December 10.
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C. D. Meredith
Court House
Gaston Porterie
Louisiana
Educator Dr Francis L Patton Dies in Bermuda
Dr Francis L Patton former president of Princeton University died after a short illness at King Edward VII Hospital Bermuda. He would have turned ninety in January.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Francis L. Patton
Princeton University
King Edward VII Hospital
England Hopes for Extension on December 15 Payment
London reports the British government banking on a possible extension to cover the December 15 debt installment to the United States. A new note to Washington is being prepared after Secretary Stimpson’s immediate reply to a prior suspension request of 95 million dollars. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Chancellor Neville Chamberlain voiced cautious goodwill amid ongoing discussions.
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London
United States
Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Ramsay MacDonald
Neville Chamberlain
Jap Delegates Told to Attend Confab Over Manchurian Issue
Tokyo reports government instructions to Geneva delegates to participate in the League of Nations assembly if Manchuria is moved there. They oppose article 15 reference, urge council to finish the Lytton report, and warn transfer would abandon the council’s central duty.
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Tokyo
Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Council of the League
Assembly
Japan
Lytton
League
Garner Moves To Repeal 18th Amendment On First Day
Speaker John N Garner announced he would recognize a motion to suspend the rules for a vote on repealing the 18th amendment on the first day of the new Congress. He said both parties demand a vote on December 5. Senator McNary urged early action. Glass offered a substitute resolution in the Senate for possible debate and action.
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Washington
John N. Garner
Congress
Senate
Capitol
McNary
Oregon
House
Glass
Virginia
Judiciary Committee
Reynolds kinsperson wounds self at home mystery remains.
Robert C. Critz, 35, a aviation enthusiast and nephew of R. J. Reynolds, was shot in the bath room of his Winston-Salem home and critically wounded. Relatives report the gun belonged to Critz's father and cannot confirm whether the wound was accidental or intentional amid prior Reynolds family killings and pending legal actions.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
R. J. Reynolds
Robert C. Critz
Critz
Smith Reynolds
Smith
Libby Holman Reynolds
Albert Walker
Supreme Court Reviews Robba Appeal in DeRidder Arson Indictments
The Louisiana State Supreme Court considered the appeal of John J. Robba Beauregard parish district attorney from a lower court ruling that quashed arson indictments against Dr. H. R. Officer Ben Singleton and Wilmer Atkinson of DeRidder Louisiana.
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New Orleans
State Supreme Court
John J. Robba
Beauregard Parish
H. R. Officer
Ben Singleton
Wilmer Atkinson
de- Ridder
Hoover backs war debts commission amid congressional opposition
Secretary Stimson’s notes to Britain France and Belgium say President Hoover would back a commission to review war debts but Congress rejects a new moratorium. Capitol Hill voices oppose the proposal with Senator Borah urging debts tied to broader postwar economic fixes.
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Washington
America
Hoover
Stimson
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Congress
Capitol Hill
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mystery surrounds missing Joe Donnelly in Little Rock car
Police find a late model Ford with Arkansas plates abandoned on DeSiard Street Monroe. Joe Donnelly, 26, meat market operator from Little Rock, rented the car Thanksgiving night and vanished after saying he would use it for about five hours. The car’s owner and Monroe authorities pursue leads as his family awaits news.
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Joe Donnelly
Little Rock
Ark
DeSiard Street
Noted Jurist Percy Sandel Claimed in Death
Judge Percy Sandel of the fourth judicial district died at 2:40 p.m. Friday after emergency amputation of his left leg failed to halt postoperative complications. The funeral will be Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at his Spanish City home with Rev. E F Hayward officiating. interment in the family plot at the old City Cemetery.
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Percy Sandel
Fourth Judicial District Court
Spanish City
E. F. Hayward
Grace Church
Old City
Judge Sandel
Monroe
William Sandel
Adelia Sandel
St. Hyacinth’s Acad
New Orleans Vote Fraud Inquiry Dropped
Nov 26 the Louisiana Attorney General Gaston Porterie halted charges of fraud in New Orleans votes on the November 8 constitutional amendments after notifying District Attorney Eugene Stanley to drop the case. Porterie said grand juries or civil suits could act, that he supervises all state legal matters, and that the bond sale tied to amendments might be affected.
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New Orleans
Gaston L. Porterie
Eugene Stanley
Mr. Stanley
Grand Jury
Stanley
Porterie
Louisiana State University
Jobless husband kills wife and son then takes own life
In Nashville area a 32 year old man Forrest Dyer shot his wife age 28 and their four year old son Joe before killing himself. An inquest was ordered as authorities blamed unemployment and a family tragedy for the triple killing in a five room cottage three miles from Nashville. Mrs Dyer’s father and brother and her 83 year old grandmother were at home. the grandmother heard two shots and found the room.
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Nashville
Tenn
Bob Tarkington
Walter Craddock
Forrest Dyer
Joe
Another Strike In Biloxi Shrimp Plant
In Biloxi Mississippi 200 packers at Antichich Packing walked out amid discord over shrimp sourcing. Police patrolled but no violence. Demonstrations yesterday involved hundreds of fishermen and two company leaders injured. The strike follows a prior 10 week dispute settled with federal labor help.
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Biloxi
Miss
Antichich Packing Company
Alabama
John Mayer
John, Jr
Mississippi Sound
Department of Labor
Who Will Be First Good Fellow to Add to Fund
The Monroe News-Star asks for donations to the Good Fellows Fund to help the youngsters of Monroe and West Monroe have a brighter Christmas. A $25 contribution from News-Star-World Publishing Co. is noted, and readers are urged to join in this community effort with their gifts mailed to the Good Fellows Editor care News-Star.
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Monroe News-Star
Good Fellows
Care News-Star
Monroe
Good Fellows Fund
News- Star
West Monroe
News-Star—World Publishing Company
Allo
Phi Bach
St. Nicholas
Hival
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