Dixie Battles Freezing Blast With Record Cold
A brutal cold blast swept the Dixie region and the Northeast over the weekend, with Boston hitting a record low for November 27 at 8 above and Mount Washington registering 21 below zero. Sub-freezing readings spread to Asheville, Richmond, Birmingham, Little Rock, and Memphis while gales hampered shipping. Two hunters died in Maryland’s Cambridge marshes as frost and wind battered the area.
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King Winter
New England
Boston
Mount Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Dixie
Asheville
Richmond
Birmingham
Little Rock
Memphis
Fernandina
Fla
Cambridge
New York City
Mississippi Basin
San Antonio
Tex
Denver
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Oakland
Calif
Newsboys Strike in Monroe 1909 Ends After Three Days
A worn 1909 News-Star note reveals a Monroe newsboys strike over pay. The fund request, three day truce, and manager C. E. Faulk’s reply halted the walkout. Local lore recalls streetcar delays and civic figures amid the town’s old paper days.
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Monroe
News-Star
C. E. Faulk
Manager News-Star
Ivy Faulk
Fred Hill
James Keith
Boomer Myatt
Melville Dixon
Northeaster Rakes South Georgia Coast Habitatsand Ships
A northeaster storm battered the Southeast coast from South Georgia to Northeast Florida with high tides and record seas. The Augusta and Hilton lumber schooner, 320 feet, broke from a bar at Fernandina and was floated at high tide amid wrecked ships and damaged seaside structures yesterday.
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Jacksonville
Fla
South Georgia
Florida
Augustus & Hilton
Fernandina
Hopewell Quiet Again After Lindbergh Kidnapping Fever
Delos Smith recalls Hopewell New Jersey returning to normal after the Lindbergh baby kidnapping frenzy. The town once buzzed with reporters and security as Charles Lindbergh Jr was found later, leaving Hopewell to resume its everyday routines.
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Delos Smith
United Press
Hopewell
Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Dwight Morrow
House of Morgan
Huge Loans by R F C to Aid Better Times
The reconstruction finance corporation reported authorized October loans totaling 194.923 million dollars with 24 million to regional agricultural credits and 59.023 million to financial institutions. Banks in Arkansas and Louisiana received detailed allocations including Jonesboro State Bank 54 thousand and Calcasieu National Bank 250 thousand.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation Today
Congress
Banks and Trust Companies
Arkansas—Hot Springs
Arkansas National Bank of Hot Springs
Hot Springs
Community Bank and Trust Company
Judsonia
Bank of Judsonia
Rison
Bank of Rison
Louisiana
Amite City
Amite Bank and Trust Company
Denham Springs
Livingston Bank
Glenmora
Bank of Glenmora
Gretna
Gretna Trust and Savings Bank
Gueydon
Bank of Gueyden
Hammond
Hammond State Bank and Trust Company
Jonesboro
Jonesboro State Bank
Lake Charles
Calcasieu National Bank
Oberlin
First Na
Henry Ford Hospitalized in Detroit After Emergency Surgery
Henry Ford, 69, is reportedly resting after an operation for strangulated femoral hernia and appendectomy at his namesake Detroit hospital. Bulletins from the sick room say he is making satisfactory progress though experts warn the crisis window may come about 48 hours post op.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Old-Time Charley Ross Kidnap Mystery Near Resolution
New York reporters note the 58 year mystery of Charley Ross may near closure as a Catskill woman links a derelict William Bromson to Ross. Detectives question the claimant while missing persons officers weigh the evidence amid decades of claims.
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New York
Charley Ross
Germantown
Emma Kleinhertz
Catskill
N. Y
Bowery
William Bromson
Missing Persons Bureau
Kleinhertz
Bromson
Ross
Sur-Wa Store Burglary Report on Lee Avenue
Police say a burglary at the Sur-Wa store on Lee Avenue and Dixie Street occurred after a front plate glass window was smashed and merchandise stolen. J R Strickland, 3009 Lee Avenue, was arrested at 1 30 am and jailed. Loot valued at 61 10 included cigarettes tobacco hams and bacon with a small cash amount. officers found a file hammer and screw on Strickland.
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Sur-Wa
Lee Avenue
Dixie Street
J. R. Strickland
B. B. Martin
Monroe
West Monroe
Special Legion Post Meeting Tonight At Legion Home
L. B. Faulk post of the American Legion holds a special meeting tonight at 8 o clock at the legion home called by post commander Sam Newsom. Important matters will be discussed and full attendance is requested. Refreshments will be served.
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L. B. Faulk Post
American Legion
Legion
Sam Newsom
M E PASTORS APPOINTMENTS FOR TWIN CITIES DISTRICT
The Louisiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South announced pastor appointments for the coming year. Bishop Hoyt M. Dobbs read the list covering districts including Alexandria and Baton Rouge with multiple assignments and supplies for towns such as Boyce Eunice Glenmore Melville Natchitoches and Oakdale.
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Ruston
Louisiana
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Hoyt M. Dobbs
Alexandria
Briscoe Carter
Alto
A. H. Baggett
Supply
N. E. Joyner
Boyce
L. C. Wilson
Bunkie
J. J. Rassmussen
Colfax
Montgomery
J. W. Lee
Elizabeth
Alonzo Early
Eunice
J. A. Knight
Glenmore
L. R. Nease, Jr
Holloway
Lecompte
L. N. Hoffpaul
Lottie
G. A. Lagrange
Marksville
A. J. Martin
Melcher
C. B. Powell
Melville
T. D. Lipscomb
Montrose
J. B. Harper
Natchitoches
B. C. Taylor
Oakdale
G. W. Pomeroy
Opelousas
Selfe
Pineville and Veterans Hospital
D. B. Boddie
Pleasant Hill
H. E. Profast
A. K. McLellan
Baton Rouge
K. W. Dodson
Presiding Elder
Amite
R. S. Walton
Angie
A. A. McKnight
Baker
B. W. Waltman
First Church
R. H. Harper
Istrouma
O. L. Tucker
Keener
Executed by gas in Nevada for 1931 Las Vegas murder
Everett Mull alias John Hall of Morganton North Carolina was executed in Nevada gas chamber at dawn after being convicted of the June 15 1931 murder of John C O Brein in Las Vegas. He waved to 41 witnesses before the sentence was carried out at 6 28 a m PST and he died within ten minutes.
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Carson City
Everett T. Mull
John Hall
Morganton
N. C
Nevada
Las Vegas
John C. O'Brein
Britain Delays War Debt Payment Stampede in Washington
London reports a new British note to the United States pressing for a December 95 million installment but warning of world financial repercussions if payment occurs. Prime Minister MacDonald and officials plan to send the note after cabinet talks and seek rapid replies. The aim is united action with Labour and other groups.
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London
U.P
United States
Daily Mail
Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Sir John Simon
Treasury
Britain
MacDonald
Downing Street
Washington
Baldwin
George Lansbury
Labor Party
House of Commons
Herbert Samuel
Balancing population and budgets urged at agriculture convention
Chicago November 28. Harry D Wilson Louisiana commissioner of agriculture urged balancing population by moving eight to ten million people from towns back to the land and restoring government to a cash basis. He called for tariff protection, elimination of the property tax, lower transportation rates, better farm product distribution, and less emphasis on large crop education. Quarantines for livestock and plants also discussed as the convention of state agriculture heads closes Thursday.
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Chicago
Harry D. Wilson
Louisiana
National Association of Commissioners, Secretaries
Departments of Agriculture
Wilson
Sam
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Trade Commission
State Departments of Agriculture
Musical Coterie Postpones Monday Program
The Musical Coterie postpones its planned Monday program due to illness among several members. Mrs. William Rodriguez announces the event may be rescheduled at a later date, though no timetable is set.
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Musical Coterie
William Rodriguez
Argentina Gentle Inculcation Of Better Manners
Buenos Aires signs in street cars and subways do not ban smoking or spitting. They state only the rule that spitting on the floor shows poor education. Parks and streets lack strict commands. Inside matchboxes, National Council of Education messages urge kindness to animals and protecting trees for posterity.
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Hopewell
Charles Williamson
Gebhardt
Lindbergh
Sourland Mountain
Lindbergh House
Harry Erickson
Buenos Aires
Argentina
National Council of Education
Death of Judge creates vacancy on court bench
Louisiana law requires a special election within 60 days after the death of District Judge Percy Sandel. Gov фикс must set the date. The vacancy triggers a likely January election for Ouachita and Morehouse parishes. Pending seats, a special judge from another district will serve as needed.
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Louisiana
Percy Sandel
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Fourth Judicial District
Ouachita
Morehouse
Supreme Court
Sandel
J. T. Shell
David I. Garrett
W. B. Clarke
Shell
Thomas v. Newton
Monroe
Fire Destroys Cell Block At Alabama State Prison
A frame cell block building at the Alabama state penitentiary in Speigner burned Monday morning. Firefighters evacuated 815 convicts who were safely moved from the structure. The origin of the fire was undetermined.
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Alabama State Prison
Speigner
Ala
Roosevelt Opens Second Phase of Farm Relief Drive
President-Elect Roosevelt moves into the second phase of his emergency farm relief program at Warm Springs Georgia. He will meet with farm leaders including Henry A. Wallace and Henry Morgenthau Jr. and confer with congressional leaders on relief measures. Also scheduled are talks with Representative Carl Vinson and officials from the Democratic national committee and senators Wheeler Byrnes Robinson.
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Warm Springs
U.P
Roosevelt
National Grange
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
Farm Journal
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
New York
H. L. Wilson
State Agricultural College
Bozeman
Montana
White House
Georgia
Congress
House Agricultural Committee
Carl Vinson
House
Naval Affairs Committee
James A. Farley
Farley
Frank C. Walker
Democratic National Committee
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Burton K. Wheeler
James Byrnes
South Carolina
Why Not Charity Football Game
New Orleans editorial proposes a charity football game at Tulane Stadium between Centenary and Tulane with gate receipts split four ways among the two teams and Shreveport and New Orleans charities. The piece invites thousands to see Centenary and Zimmerman and his teammates one last time as football careers wind down.
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New Orleans
Centenary
Tulane
Shreveport
Tulane Stadium
Zimmerman
Gifts to Good Fellows Fund Next Possible Contributors
The News Star notes the first gift to the Good Fellows Fund from R. E. Heap of Monroe and urges broader giving as winter tightens. It warns of rising social welfare needs and asks casual givers to rise to the occasion, pledging temporary sacrifices to aid those near hardship in Monroe and West Monroe.
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Good Fellows
News-Star
R. E. Heap
South Third Street
Monroe
Mr. Heap
West Monroe
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