Escape drives chase as fugitive Earl Swanson recaptured
Lauderdale County reports Earl Swanson, 32, escaped from officers returning him to Louisiana to finish a 10 year burglary sentence. He leaped from a slow moving train at Ripley Tennessee, with deputies seeking to recapture him amid the Angola prison break fallout including several killed and multiple captures.
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Ripley
Tenr
Earl
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Chicago
H. B. Holbrook
Swanson
Lauderdale County
Earl Swanson
Tenn
Louisiana State Penitentiary
State Penal Farm
Angola
Cleveland Owen
New Orleans
Addis
Here
Carl Holbrook
Beauregard
State Board of Pardons
Rafor
Tallulah Youth Shot and Killed Accidentally
Melton Ray an 18 year old Tallulah Louisiana youth was accidentally shot while hunting near his hometown. He died after being brought to Vicksburg Mississippi for treatment from wounds to his abdomen and legs inflicted by Alton McCready a member of the union party.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Melton Ray
Tallulah
Ray
Alton McCready
Union Party
Thanksgiving Day Ducking Goes Wrong at Black Bayou
Charles Thomas and Lloyd Thompson had a memorable Thanksgiving on Black Bayou when their skiff hit a tree and capsized. Thompson climbed a tree to safety while Ramblin and another hunter bailed the boat. They were helped ashore by passing hunters.
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Charles Thomas
Lloyd Thompson
Black Bayou
Thomas
Riot Ends Paris Disarmament Meet as Speakers Booed
At a Paris assembly on the International disarmament conference last night several foreign participants faced heckling and punches. Former US ambassador Alanson B. Houghton and ex Premier Edouard Herriot were silenced as police moved in. A rival nationalist rally continued quietly in a separate hall as the meeting was suspended.
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Paris
International
Ent
Alanson B. Houghton
United States
Edouard Herriot
William E. Borah
Houghton
M. Herriot
Milo
Louise Weiss
Laval
Joseph
Saint Sends New Warning to Gamblers in Parish
Attorney General Percy Saint warns St Bernard Parish sheriffs to close gambling venues after filing four affidavits against operators. He cites clergy and families harmed by gambling and seeks court action to prosecute continued operations. Walter Lessup is named in an affidavit tied to the St Claude Inn.
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New Orleans
St. Bernard Parish
Percy Saint
L. A. Meraux
E. R. Schowalter
Saint
Walter Lessup
St. Claude Inn
State forces build graveled road to White's Ferry in North Louisiana
State forces are gravelling a new 11 to 12 mile road from West Monroe through Traveler's Rest to White's Ferry and on toward the Union Parish line. A 60 foot right of way will be obtained along the entire route with many property owners already giving deeds. Some sections widen the road and others require full control of the right of way.
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West Monroe
White's Ferry
Union Parish
Seventh Street
Traveler's Rest Plantation
White’s Ferry
Plan to Balance Tennessee Budget Submitted to Finance Panel
Nashville Nov 28 A plan to balance the Tennessee state budget and cover a $12 million biennial deficit with a $250,000 surplus was presented to the Legislature Joint Finance Committee by Chairman Hugh Anderson. The proposal forecasts $8,430,000 in new yield plus expense cuts, totaling $12,324,309.78, $256,306.28 above the deficit estimate.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Legislature Joint Finance Committee
Hugk Anderson
Anderson
Countess Sita De Sambuy Earns Wings as Air Pilot
In Rome the youthful Countess Sita De Sambuy completed 15 hours of practice and flew five neat figure eights around a pylon. The impressed judges awarded her aviation wings.
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Rome
Sita de Sambuy
Machine For Picking Cotton Perfected By Mechanical Experts
The Labor Department announced the practical perfection of a mechanical cotton picker. The device strips four rows at once under one operator and could replace about 83.5 percent of workers. A sled-based development enables one man to harvest 44 acres in a 12 hour day versus 77 man-hours for hand picking. The new method does not destroy cotton value.
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Agriculture Department
Bomber pleads guilty in Arkansas murder case
Walter Nelson 34, building contractor, admitted to murdering J. D. Downs 27, after dynamiting a downtown novelty store in Hot Springs. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and indicted for Downs death. Charles Weaver, owner, and Mrs Weaver had been target of the alleged plot. Weaver was injured but survived. The couple reconciled with authorities.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Walter Nelson
J. D. Downs
Nelson
Earl Witt
Charles Weaver
Night Burglars Steal Tobacco From Winnsboro Warehouse
Burglars raided the Winnsboro Wholesale Grocery Company warehouse at Wisner, taking a truckload of cigarettes and tobacco worth an estimated 600 to 1000 dollars. R. A. Brown of Wisner reported the theft to Monroe police. A $100 reward was offered for the capture and conviction of the offenders. The intruders used a Ford or Chevrolet truck and entered by cutting a hole in the sheet iron wall. A similar robbery occurred about two years ago with arrests and convictions in Monroe.
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Winnsboro Wholesale Grocery Company
Wisner
Monroe
R. A. Brown
Mr. Brown
Brown
Salesman Shot By Young Bandit Dies From Wounds
A 52 year old traveling salesman M T Collier died from bullet wounds after a youthful hitchhiker shot him twice below the heart when money was demanded. The assailant fled with $45 after the attack near Shelby Mississippi.
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Shelby
Miss
M. T. Collier
Cleveland
Collier
Improved U S Trade Seen, Recovery Still Slow
Washington reports a cautious optimism for 1932 as business leaders across centers from coast to Kansas City expect a gradual upturn. They foresee no boom, aiming for steady growth and a sounder prosperity, with Henry Ford predicting a decade of sustained improvement.
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United Press
Washington
Kansas City
Henry Ford
America
Mrs Windham Receives Prohi Sentence in Parish Court
Mrs Ance Windham was sentenced by Judge J T Shell to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine or ten months additional for a whiskey charge. This marks her third prior whiskey conviction in Quachita Parish. Brady Cheeks, her daughter, faces 60 days and a $100 fine or 60 days more.
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Quachita Parish
Ance Windham
J. T. Shell
Windham
Brady Cheeks
Clarence Ralls
Elsworth Osborne
Shell
Ralls
Osborne
Buford Wininger
Worcester man fined after polite cops raid invitation
In Worcester Massachusetts Homer Marsoli felt embarrassed when police arrived unannounced without a warrant. He sent the police chief a written invitation to raid his place of business. The raid occurred. liquor was seized and Marsoli’s fine was cut in half for his politeness.
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Worcester
Mass
Homer Marsoli
Homer
Judge Dupre Delays Hearing In New Orleans Murder Case
Judge Gilbert L. Dupre, 72, held on murder charge in the Thanksgiving slaying of Charles Dejean, 38, as District Judge B. H. Pavy is away. A preliminary hearing likely cannot occur until next week when Dupre returns to Opelousas. Local attorney L. Austin Fontenot represents Dupre. District Attorney R. Lee Garland will decide bond, while questions of recusal remain unresolved.
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Opelousas
Charles Dejean
Gilbert L. Dupre
House of Representatives
B. H. Pavy
Ville Platte
L. Austin Fontenot
Dupre
R. Lee Garland
James A. Dejean
Authorities to Probe Death of New York Actor
New York November 28 autopsy on Robert Ames stage and screen star found dead yesterday ordered toxicologists to test for poison or alcohol. Doctors cited internal hemorrhage from a kidney ailment but the medical examiner seeks autopsy confirmation. A maid found Ames dead in his Park Avenue hotel suite and police will investigate possible overdose of sleeping powder.
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New York
Robert Ames
Ames
Park Avenue
Tokyo protest over remarks cited on Chinchow attack threat
Secretary Stimson says dispatches claiming a Japanese army plan to strike at Chinchow are untrustworthy and that Japan has assured no hostile operations toward Chinchow. Ambassador DeBucci reports Japan does not expect a Chin Chow assault.
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Washington
DeBuci
Japan
Stimson
Chinchow
Manchuria
Tokyo
Baron Shidehara
China
Forbes
Tulane Places Two Men on Newspaper All America Team
Notre Dame Tulane and Northwestern placed two players each on the New York Evening Post All America team. Tulane captain end Jerry Dalrymple and half back Don Zimmerman were Green Wave selections alongside Notre Dame picks Marchmont Schwartz and Joe Kurth and Northwestern honorees Dallas Marvis and Ernest Rentner.
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New York
Notre Dame
Tulane
Northwestern
New York Evening Post
Post Sports Writers
Jerry Dalrymple
Don Zimmerman
Green Wave
Marchmont Schwartz
Joe Kurth
Dallas Marvis
Ernest Rentner
Ouachita Parish Red Cross Drive Seeks Food Donations
Humanity cries for aid as the Red Cross prosecutes a drive to gather food for urgent relief. Farmers unable to subscribe financially are urged to contribute canned vegetables, sweet potatoes, syrup, and corn meal raised with seed provided by the Red Cross. This appeal follows years of Red Cross aid to Ouachita Parish, including seed, clothing, medicine, and flood relief.
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Humanity
Red Cross
Ouachita Parish
Quachita Parish
The
Red
Paramount Theatre
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