Thanksgiving Cheer Spreads to Hospitals Jails and Jobless
President Roosevelt hosts guests at Warm Springs inviting infantile paralysis patients. Major cities sponsor thousands of banquets for the needy offering poultry and desserts. In Kentucky 2000 orphans are guests at dinners as part of nationwide observances.
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Plymouth
Mass
Army and Navy
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Pine Mountain
Warm Springs Foundation
San Francisco
Col. E. R. Bradley
Sportsman
Bank clearings deliver broad gains across 22 cities
New York led with 3.52 billion in weekly clearings, up 34.4 percent from last year. The 22 leading U.S. cities posted 5.47 billion, up 31 percent year over year, with large increases across eastern and western centers and continued gains in Philadelphia Pittsburgh Cleveland and Detroit.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
United States
New York City
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Detroit
Boston
Baltimore
Buffalo
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
Minneapolis
Omaha
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Thanksgiving Day Blonde Della Carroll Recalls Cruise With Clark Gable
New York Nov 28 Miss Della Carroll showgirl described her Tropic Pan-America cruise with Clark Gable as the most marvelous two weeks of her life. She said she is fond of him but would not elaborate on their friendship. In Monroe and West Monroe Thanksgiving day featured clear skies mild temperatures sunrise breakfasts and church services followed by football between Ouachita Parish High and Bolton High at Brown Stadium.
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New York
Della Carroll
Clark Gable
Gable
Miss Carroll
Pan-America
Monroe
West Monroe
Brown Stadium
Lions
Ouachita Parish
Bears
Bolton High School
First Baptist
First Presbyterian
First Methodist
President Roosevelt Leads Nation at Warm Springs Thanksgiving
President Roosevelt led the nation in Thanksgiving at Warm Springs Georgia as two gifted turkeys from Salt Lake City and Brady Texas prepared to be sacrificed. The birds joined a dozen others at the Thanksgiving dinner for more than 400 guests including infantile paralysis patients and their families at the Warm Springs foundation. Mrs Roosevelt and the president's eldest son attended as preparations for a Friday address in Atlanta continued.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Salt Lake City
Brady
Texas
White House
Pine Mountain
Atlanta
Warm Springs Foundation
Exchanges Closed All Markets on Thanksgiving Day
New York November 28 all financial and commodity exchanges in the United States were closed for Thanksgiving Day.
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New York
United States
Porkers Tattooed to Combat Pork Theft in Alabama
In Dothan Alabama November 28 1944 pig thefts have led to tattooing hogs for identification. H men promote the practice amid skepticism from hog raisers as veterinarians apply initials with indelible ink. Ear mutilation has been the southern norm but tattoos offer a stronger mark.
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Dothan
Ala
Alabama
Louisiana Faces January Test On Long Dictatorship Survival
Louisiana politics loom with the post Huey Long order facing a January 21 primary. Anti Long forces led by John N. Sandlin and Cleveland Dear push a home rule platform while Long loyalists rally behind Oscar K. Allen and allied figures like Leche Ellender and Earl Long. Robert Maestri shapes administration plans as battles lines firm up ahead of the decisive vote.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Long
Congress
John N. Sandlin
Cleveland Dear
United States Senate
Oscar K. Allen
Richard Leche
Allen J. Ellender
United States
Earl Long
Robert S. Maestri
Senator Long
Orleans Man Killed in Bed by PWA Worker
Louis Sapp, 42, a PWA laborer six feet seven inches, was jailed on murder charges in the hospital ward killing of Harold E. Bourg, 39, who died after being shot in a Illinois Central hospital room. District Attorney Byrne quoted Sapp admitting the motive as vengeance for a broken home. Two inmates witnessed the shooting. Bourg's wife of four months was present.
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New Orleans
Louis Sapp
PWA
Harold E. Bourg
Illinois Central Hospital
Charles A. Byrne
Sapp
Bourg
Good Fellows Fund Receives Broad Local Support
Thanksgiving giving pushes the Good Fellows Fund toward sixty dollars as Monroe and West Monroe residents donate cash and goods. Notable gifts include the Underprivileged Children's committee of the Monroe Kiwanis and the World News-Star Salesmen's club, aiding five orphaned or financially strained children and their struggling household.
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Good Fellows Fund
Kiwanis Club Saedea
A. B. Clarkson
E. M. Hudson
News-Star—World Salesmen’s Club
Monroe
West Monroe
Monroe Kiwanis Club
World and
News-Star Salesmen’s Club
Good Fellows
Mississippi House Rejects Two Highway Proposals
Mississippi legislators recessed for Thanksgiving after voting down two trunk-line highway bills. The House rejected the Citizens Highway association measure 70 to 21 and then defeated the highway financing committee’s substitute 65 to 59, effectively shelving the sharp political issue.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Citizens Highway Association
House
Tenth Confession In Police Burglary Ring
Seattle news reports police chief W. B. Kirtley confirming a tenth confession from Paul Latimer 37 a farmer arrested last night. Latimer admits involvement in multiple burglaries attributed to seven policemen a national guard sergeant and a county road employee.
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Seattle
W. B. Kirtley
Paul Latimer
National Guard
R. C. McWade
Fred
Hibernation Ends as Turkey Call Breaks Season
WATERTOWN Wis Nov 28 The fragrance of turkey roasting ends the annual hibernation of Arthur Gehrke a tavern keeper who has lied in bed nearly 1300 hours this season He craves white meat and dark meat and notes he has slept through winter for 20 years to ease cold related pain.
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Watertown
Wis
Arthur Gehrke
Gehrke
Contracts for good number of roads awarded by state
The Louisiana highway commission awarded many road projects with low bids announced. Franklin parish had 0.2 miles of concrete in Winnsboro to T. L. James and Co. for 31,491 dollars. Avoyelles and Rapides: 9.303 miles Echo to Latamer to A. C. Campbell Construction Co. for 205,795 dollars. Claiborne: 1.86 miles Homer to Antioch to William F. Rodgers of Little Rock for 52,826 dollars. Richland: 4.1 miles Caldwell parish line farmer road to Caldwell Con.
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Baton Rouge
State Highway Commission
Franklin
Winnsboro
T. L. James and Co
Ruston
Avoyelles
Rapides
Echo
Latamer
A. C. Campbell Construction Co
Shreveport
Claiborne
Homer
Antioch
William F. Rodgers
Little Rock
Ark
Jackson and
Lincoln
Choudrant
Cartwright
Delony and Tatum
Dubach
Richland
Farmer Road
Caldwell Parish
Caldwell
Slayer of 3 in Oklahoma Dies
Oklahoma City tale reports the death of Chester Comer 25 itinerant oil field worker linked to the disappearances of three victims. His earlier confession suggested multiple killings and hidden bodies. Comer died after pneumonia and a gunshot wound from an officer in Blanchard. The fate of Ray Evans remains unresolved as search efforts pause for Thanksgiving.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Chester Comer
Comer
Blanchard
Ray Evans
Gabriel LeBoeuf Dies Here at 84 in Monroe
Gabriel LeBoeuf, 84, a well known local violinist and Monroe resident, died at St. Francis sanitarium Thursday morning after years of declining health. He had been critically ill for two weeks. Surviving relatives include two nieces and four nephews. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at noon.
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Gabriel LeBoeuf
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
LeBoeuf
Great Economic Gains Among Farmers Reported
A report notes strong economic gains among farmers, with country customers in the South most active in America. The piece highlights a surge in farm incomes and widespread market activity across rural areas.
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South
America
Auto Gain Is Heavy In Two Regions
New passenger car registrations in the south rose 205 per cent in the first half of 1935 versus 1932, part of broad regional gains. Southern increases in rural merchandise sales, private building, and bank deposits reflect improving demand, lower farmer debt, and stronger finances across eight cotton belt states.
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Federal Reserve
Atlanta
Dallas
Richmond
Atlantic
South
Commutation Granted To Mississippi Slayer
Tom Maddox, condemned slayer of Lawrence Neece, received a life sentence after Governor Sennett Conner commuted his death penalty. Maddox stabbed Neece during a dispute over the return of Maddox’s sister Florida. The commutation followed a 15 day reprieve to study the case.
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Jackson
Miss
Tom Maddox
Lawrence Neece
Sennett Conner
C. P. Roberts
Adams County
Maddox
Conner
Neece
Florida
Mississippi Supreme Court
Tom
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Peter de Florez
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Blonde
Clark G. Sle
Orleans
Turkey
Cully A. Cobb
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Washington
Department of Commerce
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