Tragic Death Casts Gloom Over City High School
Sadness grips grid stars as Alden Woodward, popular City high school player and foster son of Dr. Catherine Woodward, dies from injuries sustained in a recent football game. The Bastrop high school game was canceled as families mourn. Thanksgiving crowds note fine weather and holiday activities across Monroe.
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Bandits Stop Pie Plant Heist in Chicago
Six bandits blew the Case and Martin Pie company safe and escaped with over 5000 dollars. They herded and bound workers into the basement during the early morning shift as they looted pumpkin and mince pies production in Chicago on November 28.
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McElroy Delivers Sermon At Union Church Service
The annual Thanksgiving service gathered congregations from the First Methodist First Baptist and First Christian churches at the First Presbyterian church at 10 a m. The crowded auditorium required chairs in the aisles. Music by the choir included participants from other churches with Mrs. John Scholars at the organ. Rev. D W McElroy of the First Christian church delivered the sermon.
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Bones Found in Ashes Tied to Franklin Murder
Bones found in ashes identified as a male remains to be used in prosecutions of five men charged with torturing and burning Connie Franklin, a deaf farm hand, and attacking his 16 year old sweetheart. Prosecutor Williamson says the victim was near the scene last March, aiming to stop the couple's marriage.
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Connie Franklin
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Williamson
Aged Woman Struck, Dies After Thanksgiving Attempt
Margaret McDonald, 65, left home for a Thanksgiving meal and was struck at a street intersection. Nurses at Cook County Hospital note a fractured skull with little chance of recovery. An envelope bearing her name contained her last dollar.
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Chicago
Margaret McDonald
Cook County
Boone
Iowa
Two Daring Girl Fliers Eat Holiday Turk in Air
Elinor Smith and Robbie Trout fly 21 hours 59 minutes at Metropolitan Airport Los Angeles to set a world endurance record for women. They refueled twice and planned to eat Thanksgiving dinner 1500 feet above the San Fernando Valley while pursuing a longer flight than 420 hours 21 minutes 58 seconds set by Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine.
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Opposition to Jadwin fuse plug hearing set for next week
Memphis dispatch reports objections to the Jadwin fuse plug flood control plan will be heard next Wednesday as delegates from southeast Arkansas appear before the Mississippi river commission aboard the government steamer Mississippi. Brig. Gen. T. H. Jackson, president of the commission, will preside during the low water inspection tour from St. Louis to New Orleans. Delegations from Cairo to Vicksburg invited to attend. Arkansas group will argue the fuse plug would inundate thousands of acres of farmland in southeast Arkansas and northeast Louisiana during floods.
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Benjamin Yoakum Dies at 70 in New York Home
Benjamin Franklin Yoakum, once a railroad magnate who shaped western and southwestern transportation, died at his Fifth Avenue home at age 70. He retired from active management but remained a director of the Seaboard Air Line, the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway, the Western Power Corporation and served as chairman of his firms.
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Manchuria to Return Railway to the Soviets
A report states Manchuria will return control of its railway to Soviet authorities. The move signals shifting logistics and regional power dynamics amid postwar adjustments.
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Russo-Chinese talks pave way to railway settlement
Moscow reports the Manchurian government accepts Soviet conditions to settle the Russo-Chinese conflict over the Chinese Eastern railway. General Chang Hsueh-Liang agrees to restore the railway to joint Russo-Chinese control and to reinstate Manager Emehanoff and Assistant Manager Eismont, ousted after last July’s seizure.
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Keyhole Shown as Evidence in British Divorce Case
In London a divorce trial featured a keyhole as evidence. The keyhole was attached to a drawing room door, and Justice Hill allowed the entire door into the record so jurors could judge what could be seen through it.
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Ku Klux Klan Blamed in Colorado Prison Riot
Former Colorado penitentiary warden Thomas J. Tynan testified before Gov. William H. Adams' commission that an organized Klan within the prison plotted against administration, undermining discipline and fueling the October 3 riot in which 13 people died. He accused a former governor of fomenting the troubles.
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Auto theft ring exposed in Pensacola arrests
An interstate auto theft ring allegedly headed by L and N railway conductor G W Grimsley and including wife Ada Weir and others has been exposed in Escambia County. Four suspects were arrested and jailed, with Grimsley identified as the ring leader and implicated in driving stolen cars from various cities.
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Escambia County
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Winter Haven
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G. W. Grimsley, Jr
Wambgre 5 Meditations P Alley Readers Debate
A brief note in the column questions the meaning and value of five meditations attributed to P Alley. Readers respond with mixed views on interpretation and personal impact.
Man Slain in Quarrel Over Holiday Plans
In Carrier Mills Illinois Leslie Lightfoot a 35 year old school district director and teacher was shot and killed by Dwight Organ 26 a teacher who was later jailed in Saline county for the slaying Organ and Lightfoot clashed over timing of a Thanksgiving program prompting a Tuesday night meeting and a fatal confrontation when Lightfoot allegedly struck Organ and he fired twice.
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Bandits Hush Talk Hints at Bank Heist Suspects
An accidental overheard phone call in New Orleans provides police with a lead in identifying three masked bandits who robbed the Algiers branch of the Carnal Bank and Trust Company of 15000 dollars. A witness quotes two unknown men planning to rush to the streets for money and referencing a gang member.
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Early Grid Returns and Final Scores Across Colleges
Final scores show Colgate 32 over Brown 0 and Western Reserve 27 over Case 6. Hillsdale 20 defeats Adrian, Pitt 6 tops Penn State 7, Cornell 7 ties Penn, Columbia 0 ties Syracuse 0, Western Reserve 27 over Case Second, Carnegie Tech 14 over New York US 6. Bethlehem 0 Allentown 0. Professional Chicago Cardinals 40 over Chicago Bears 4. Gettysburg 6 over F M D Fleet. North Carolina 21 over Virginia second. Clemson 7 over Furman 0. W J 0 over West Virginia 0. Davis Elkins 6 over Salem 6. Frank Marsh 0 over Gettysburg Second Albright 0 Ursinus 0. Davidson 7 over Duke 6.
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Nine Billions Pledged for Construction and Expansion
United Press reports Thanksgiving pledges exceed 9 billion dollars for building and expansion. The piece notes cheaper money from the Federal Reserve advisory council, agreement to maintain wage levels, and support from over 500 industry leaders for steady production and consumer buying.
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Murdered recluse known as Possum John found near DeRidder
The body of aged recluse Possum John Sullivan was found in front of his shack outside DeRidder by a local boy. The skull was crushed and his watch and about 50 in cash were missing, suggesting a struggle. Sullivan, a Russian national, did not work but had funds for subsistence.
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John” Sullivan
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Fatal traffic death toll climbs in Memphis as driver unidentified
Mrs. Frances Miller, 63, died from injuries after being struck by a car on November 22. The driver’s identity remains undisclosed. This marks the 53rd traffic fatality in Memphis for the year.
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Forty Deaf Negro Children Rescued From Dormitory Fire
In Little Rock Arkansas on November 28 forty deaf African American children were rescued from a 61 year old dormitory building during a fire at the state school for the deaf. Fire crews battled the flames, saving the youths as the second floor burned and water damage spread throughout the structure.
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State School of the Deaf
Governor Arrives Capital Fresh Parade Through Bald Glory
A wave of traffic accidents in Baton Rouge left Eunice Denham an 18 year old LSU freshman dead and two others seriously hurt as thousands filled the city for the LSU Tulane game. Parades by LSU and Tulane supporters flooded main streets amid police oversight and occasional clashes.
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Editorial Department Adds Second Telephone Line
The News Star and Morning Post announce an extra telephone line for editorial rooms to handle more calls. The present number 219 remains in use and a new number 202 is now available. Call either line if one is busy.
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