Farm Board Conference Seeks Plan to Aid Cotton
In New Orleans bankers from the South, the Federal Farm Board, and the American Cotton Cooperative Association met in secrecy to craft a plan to bolster the cotton industry. Officials indicated a formal statement might be issued later, with a subcommittee smoothing disagreements during lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
South
Federal Farm Board
American Cotton Cooperative Association
American Cotton Cooperative
John W. Slaughter
Columbus National Bank
Columbus
Miss
Mississippi Bankers’ Association
State Bankers’ Executive Committee
James C. Stone
Carl Williams
Stanley Reed
Nathan Adams
Dallas
Capone Bodyguard Held Without Bail On Weapon Charge
Philip D Andrea Capone bodyguard was ordered held without bail at a federal court in Chicago after bringing a pistol into the courtroom during Al Capone's income tax trial. Judge James H Wilkerson warned the armed defendant the court need not tolerate an armed presence. D Andrea sought days to prepare but accepted imminent bail decision.
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Federal Building
Chicago
Philip D'Andrea
Capone
Scarface al" Capone
James H. Wilkerson
D'Andrea
State Senator J S Settoon In Critical Condition At Home
Hammond Oct 12 Sen J S Settoon of Springfield in critical condition at his home after declining to run for another term due to ill health. He served under six governors and was regarded as a business leader and up builder in Livingston Parish.
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Hammond
J. S. Settoon
Springfield
Livingston Parish
West Monroe Tales and Town Notes from Jes' Ramblin
In West Monroe on October 18 1931 Jes Ramblin remarks on luck with the number nine including a local letter carrier and route nine and a long sequence of nine related facts. A DeSiard Street cafe waitress performs a near disaster stacking cups and is praised as potential Orpheum act. A St Louis game question ends with a humorous misfire about travel miles. Willis Anders plans Christmas shopping early. Teachers note girls with boys names at junior college and David Carter browses Vogue at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
Jes’ Ramblin
Mercantile Building
Dallas
R. E. Rushing
DeSiard Street
Orpheum
Jess Ramblin
St. Louis
Jes
Ramblin
George Dooley
George
David Carter
Vogue
Uhler Plans to Sue Priest for Damages in Rights Fight
Prof. John Earl Uhler announces he will sue Father F. J. Gassler of Baton Rouge for damages with aid from the Civil Liberties Union. He claims Gassler’s attack led to his dismissal from Louisiana State University over his book Cane Juice and defends his portrayal of Catholic imagery as not sacrilegious.
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New Orleans
John Earl Uhler
Civil Liberties Union
F. J. Gassler
Baton Rouge
Father Gassler
William J. Castell
President Hoover condemns glorification of gangsters
President Hoover urged a shift in public sentiment from criminals to police as a means to curb crime. Speaking from the White House to the International Association of Chiefs of Police, he urged glorifying policemen for their courage and public protection. He noted police bear ongoing duties beyond street safety, in dealing with crime nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Washington
International Association of Chiefs of Police
St. Petersburg
Fla
White House
United States
Clayton no-cotton bill faces adverse senate committee vote
In Jackson Mississippi the senate agricultural committee rejected the Clayton no-cotton bill by 5 to 1 with Chairman Sample abstaining. The measure moves to the floor despite the House already killing a similar proposal. Senator Bradshaw backed the bill in committee as a courtesy to the author but will oppose it on final passage. Governor Bilbo to address pending extra session acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Senate Agricultural Committee
Senate
Sample
Clayton
Bilbo
Carnera Sharkey fight notes big weight advantage at Ebbets Field
New York reports Prime Carnera weighing 261 pounds to meet Jack Sharkey at 2024 for a 15 round bout tonight at Ebbets Field. In Indiana Perry Swank 15 changes plea to guilty and is sentenced to life in prison for killing an elderly filling station attendant, detailing his motive and loot.
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New York
Carnera
Ebbets Field
Jack Sharkey
Sharkey
Swank
Crown Point
Ind
Perry S Wank
Martin L. Smith
Lake County Criminal Court
Eugene Duckworth
Court Denies Review of Indiana Chain Store Ruling
The Supreme Court refused to review its five to four decision upholding Indiana's chain store tax. Lafayette A. Jackson, Indianapolis, argued the statute unconstitutional, saying it favored chains over independents. Justices Roberts and the majority defended legislative classification of businesses as reasonable and nonarbitrary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Indiana
Lafayette A. Jackson
Indianapolis
North Carolina
Roberts
Hughes
Holmes
Justice Brandeis
Justice Stone
Sutherland
McReynolds
van Devanter
Butler
Grass fire原因 traced to children playing with matches
Children playing with matches caused a grass fire yesterday in the 600 block of North Fifth Street West Monroe. Firefighters extinguished the blaze with no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Fifth Street
West
Monroe
Four Men Break Out of Jail at Rayville
Four prisoners fled Richland Parish jail between 1 and 6 am with Gerald Cramer among escapees. Oscar Neal Chester Blackman and J E Nobles also escaped. Neal remains at large as of morning. Cramer, a recent burglary defendant, eyed for recapture. others face robbery and liquor charges.
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Rayville
Gerald Cramer
Richland Parish
Oscar T. Neal
Chester Blackman
J. E. Nobles
Roy Binion
News-Star
Neal
Oak Ridge
Cramer
State
Noble
Blackman
New Orleans
New Orleans City
F. N. Boykin
Edward Hodges
Columbus Day Observed in Monroe City Services
Columbus Day marked as a 439th anniversary of discovery with closed banks and courts as a state holiday. Masses at St Matthew's Church were led by Rev A B Scallon and Rev N F Vandegaer with children singing. Knights of Columbus attended and will cruise on Ouachita River aboard James A Noe's yacht followed by a meeting about a new lodge hall. Public offices and stores stayed open. Columbus Social Club hosts an 8 pm ball on DeSiard Street for members and families.
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Monroe
America
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
St. Matthew's School
A. B. Scallon
N. F. Vandegaer
Ouachita River
James A. Noe
Columbus Social Club
DeSiard Street
Sharkey-Camera Fight Broadcast Tonight in Monroe
The World-News-Star will televise blow-by-blow coverage of the Sharkey-Camera bout tonight between 8 30 and 9 o clock Monroe time. Fight fans from Monroe and Northeast Louisiana may attend a party on North Second Street in front of the newspaper building. Returns come via Associated Press wires from Ebbetts Field New York. Monroe Furniture Company supplies the broadcast amplifier.
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World—News-Star
Monroe
West Monroe
Louisiana
North Second Street
Associated Press
Ebbets Field
New York
Monroe Furniture Company
Canadians Lose Bid for U.S. Citizenship Oath Case
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider the rule that an applicant must take an oath to fight if needed for the United States. Yale professor Douglas C. MacIntosh and former war nurse Marie Averil Bland failed to gain naturalization without bearing arms. Justice Sutherland led the majority. Chief Justice Hughes dissented. Bland nursed U.S. soldiers in Brest. MacIntosh served overseas but sought war-justification before bearing arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Douglas C. MacIntosh
Yale
Marie Averil Bland
Hughes
Holmes
Rosika Schwimmer
Sutherland
Miss Schwimmer
MacIntosh
Miss Bland
New York
Brest
Seed loan office in Memphis sees rapid repayments
J H Lynch administrator in charge of the federal farm seed loan office reports repayments from drouth areas of Tennessee Mississippi Arkansas Alabama and Louisiana are rising fast. A night shift is added to credit borrowers who have already planted crops. Repayments exceed 1 million dollars and are expected to reach 1 million weekly within days. Over 21 million dollars was loaned to farmers in Lynch territory.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. H. Lynch
Federal Farm Seed Loan Office
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
Louisiana
Lynch
Cottonseed Meeting Postponed in Memphis
C O Moser, vice-president of the American Cotton Cooperative Association, said the planned meeting between cotton seed crushers and farmers representatives in Memphis is postponed until early November due to conflicts of agricultural commissioners. A new date will be announced later.
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New Orleans
C. O. Moser
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Memphis
Hoover plan to release frozen assets opposed
Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas told Senator Glass he supports credit and revival but will not approve any plan to unload frozen securities on Federal Reserve Banks. He said no definite measure has been framed and any legislation must be prudentially safeguarded to avoid encouraging speculative transactions.
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Little Rock
Ark
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
Senator Glass
Virginia
Federal Reserve Banks
Glass
Hoover
Federal Reserve
Robinson
War Department approves five Intercoastal bridges in Louisiana
The War Department approved the Louisiana Highway Commission plans for five bridges across the Intercoastal Waterway at First Street La rose Ninth Street Lockport Fourth Street Harvey Main Street Houma and near the Houma intersection. It also approved the Missouri Pacific Railway bridge across Little River at Rochelle.
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Washington
War Department
Louisiana Highway Commission
First Street
Larose
Ninth Street
Lockport
Fourth Street
Harvey
Houma
Missouri Pacific Railway
Little River
Rochelle
U S Eyes End of Manchurian Conflict and War Threat
The United States weighs invoking war penalties under Kellogg Briand and Nine Power treaties after Chiang Kai Shek warns of war if the League fails to secure a just settlement with Japan. State Department monitors Geneva talks and weighs independent action.
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Washington
State Department
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
Council of the
League of Nations
Japan
Geneva
Stimson
Castle
Stanley Horn
Beck
Far Eastern
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
Fonseca Named White Sox Manager Succeeding Bush
Lou Fonseca was named manager of the Chicago White Sox for two years, succeeding Donie Bush who resigned. Fonseca came to the team in 1931 from Cleveland in a trade for Willie Kamm and had been noted as a strong hitter, having won the American League batting crown in 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lou Foneseca
White Sox
Fonseca
Cleveland
Willie Kamm
Donie Bush
Parishes Represented At Rural Recreation School Session
Representatives from Ouachita and surrounding parishes attended the four day extension recreational school at Barkdull Faulk School directed by W P Jackson of the Recreation Association of America. Sessions run 10 to 12 and 2 to 4 daily through Thursday with leaders from Louisiana State University and 4 H involvement. Line and relay games folk dancing and other non equipment activities form the curriculum along with city play concepts taught for rural communities.
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Ouachita
Barkdull Faulk School
W. P. Jackson
Recreation Association of America
G. L. Burleson
Louisiana State University
Jackson
Baton Rouge
Monroe
Natchitoches
Lafayette
E. R. Strahan
Jewell Quiller
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Orient
Orleans
Stone
Southern
Willis Anders
Uhler
Priest
Mississippi St. Louis
Helena
Arkansas City
Angola
Cumberland Nashville
OHIO
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Peter Ee
Cairoener
Esevenee
Tennessee Chattanooga
Fort Smith
RED Fulton Sneer
Shreveport
Alexandria Widens
Ouachita Camden
Monroe Orpeteeces
Frances Hotel
Masonic Temple
DeSiard
North Fourth Streets
Mirtha Grotto Band
Teflis Grotto Band
North Fourth Street
Temple
Rufus Goza
Ouachita Parish High School
Teflis Grotto
Mirtha Grotto
Ceremonia
M’cormick
Ganna
Harold F. McCormick
Harvester
Ganna Walska
McCormick
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
U. S
Memphis Seed Loan Office
U.S
Manchuria
Far East
League
Bush
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