Ickes frees 1.8 million for New Orleans sewer and water
Secretary Ickes released 1.8 million dollars to the New Orleans sewage and water board to resume PWA projects halted since March amid disputes with the Long administration. Louisiana AG Porterie’s opinion supported carrying out the projects, while PWA officials had argued laws blocked federal involvement.
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Washington
Ickes
New Orleans
PWA
Louisiana
Ickies
Eberhard Deutsch
State Bar of Louisiana to Convene in Baton Rouge
Louisiana state bar members gather in Baton Rouge for a two day session starting Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Attorney General Gaston Porter ie will be principal speaker. Herman Moyse delivers welcoming remarks and Leon O Quin provides the response. John T. Tucker Jr. will speak Thursday afternoon.
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Baton Rouge
State Bar of Louisiana
Gaston L. Porterie
Louisiana Bar Association
Harman Moyse
Leon O'Quin
Shreveport
John T. Tucker, Jr
Price heads Louisiana Nurses group for second term
Miss Margaret A. Price of New Orleans was chosen to serve a second term as president of the Louisiana State Nurses association. The convention will be held next year at Lake Charles and officers re-elected include Cornelia Gravel Alexandria vice president Jennie O'Donnell Monroe secretary Jane Martin New Orleans treasurer Della Myers Baton Rouge and Ina Spiller Lake Charles named to the board of directors to succeed Maude Reid Lake Charles. Board members re-elected include Geneva Peters Shreveport and Anna Barr New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Margaret A. Price
Louisiana State Nurses’ Association
Lake Charles
Cornelia A. Gravel
Alexandria
Jennie C. O'Donnell
Monroe
Jane E. Martin
Della E. Myers
Baton Rouge
Ina Spiller
Maude Reid
Geneva Peters
Anna Barr
New Or
U S May Take Steps to Halt Profit in War
Washington observers speculate on new government actions to curb war profits as President Roosevelt warned the nation to monitor shipments destined for Italy and Ethiopia. The administration presses harder on efforts to discourage trade with the belligerents amid Roosevelt's comments on war profits.
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U. S
Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
Ethiopia
Jimmy Walker Returns Home From Europe
James J. Walker former New York mayor returns from almost three years in Europe aboard the S. S. Manhattan. He arrives at Quarantine New York with wife Betty Compton as welcoming flotilla greets the liner with banners and cheers.
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Manhattan
New York
James J. Walker
Associated Press
S. S. Manha'itan
James J
Jimmy” Walker
Europe
Walker
Betty Compton
Ambrose Light
Jimmy
Ambrose
Pine Association Opposes National Lumber Code
The Southern Pine Association at its New Orleans annual meeting voiced unqualified disapproval of the national industrial recovery act. The board of directors adopted a resolution to oppose any code for the lumber industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Southern Pine Association
Board of Directors
Expenditures in 1936 to be made campaign issue
Washington reports President Roosevelt faces a pivotal decision on 1936 relief spending as budget talks begin. Officials anticipate similar normal outlays to 1935 and a possible drop for emergency aid, while critics urge a policy change to curb future spending.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hollywood Mourns Gordon Westcott Actor Dies in Polo Accident
Hollywood pays last respects to Gordon Westcott 31 after a polo pony accident caused a fatal concussion. Mae Marsh, listed in critical condition after appendix rupture complications, also remains under care in Santa Monica hospital. Westcott's birth name was Myrthus Hickman son of a church leader from Utah.
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Hollywood
Calif
Hollywood Film Colony
Gordon Westcott
Mae Marsh
Santa Monica Hospital
Russell Sands
Westcott
Myrthus Hickman
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Utah
New York
Salt Lake City
Explosions Mark Crash Of United Planes Test Flight
A United Airlines 13 passenger airliner on a test flight crashed on a knoll near Cheyenne Wyoming killing four airmen. Investigators face questions over the midair explosion and subsequent fire as they examine the molten wreckage and the cause of the crash.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Here
United Airlines
M. T. Arnold
United Airline
Hanley G. Cohn
Wyoming Air Service
Denver
Sheridan
Edward Yanks
Catholic Leader Dies in Monroe
Michael J. Cosgrove age 67 senior member of Cosgrove Ritter Auto Parts died after a brief illness in a local hospital Thursday morning. He had been in good health until a few days before, and last Sunday helped dedicate the new Catholic church in Lake Providence. He fell ill from a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. Funeral plans were incomplete Thursday noon.
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Michael J. Cosgrove
Cosgrove-Ritter Auto Parts Company
Lake Providence
Three in Mississippi Killed in Auto Crash
Three people died in a collision one mile south of Carrollton Alabama today. The victims were Tom Smith 26 a CCC camp member from Crystal Springs Mississippi Jimmie Martin 28 Aliceville Alabama filling station operator and Heck Killingsworth Aliceville farmer. James Lee escaped unharmed. The automobile occupants were traveling to Carrollton to testify in a murder trial in Pickens county circuit court.
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Columbus
Miss
Carrollton
Ala
Tom Smith
CCC
Crystal Springs
Jimmie Martin
Aliceville
Heck Killingsworth
James Lee
Pickens County
Smith
Killingsworth
Martin
Deaths in Mobile dock strike raise toll to six
In Mobile Alabama violence sharpens as police declare war on ILA pickets after a gunfight leaves Officer Ed DeFord critically wounded and one attacker dead. The toll in gulf ports reaches six with the prior night’s death, while Lake Charles port closes by governor’s order. Police round up about 100 ILA members and a few whites amidst ongoing ship traffic.
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Warren Burch
Gulf Ports
Lake Charles
O. K. Allen
Ernest Dukes
Mobile
Ed DeFord
Miami Plans to Oust Gangsters
Miami officials vow open warfare against gangs as state attorney G A Worley warns gangsters cannot stay in Miami. County Solicitor Robert R Taylor backs hard line after campaign pledge.
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Miami
Fla
Fra
G. A. Worley
Robert R. Taylor
Accidental Shooting Fatal Near Bastrop
Paul Johnson aged 16 died after an emergency operation following an accidental gunshot while hunting near his Bastrop home. The teenager’s firearm discharged as it fell from a stump, the bullet piercing his abdomen.
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Bastrop
Paul Johnson
Government cotton pool will not sell before 1935 crop
Oscar Johnston manager of the pool said no cotton from the pool will be placed on the market until producers have had a chance to market the 1935 crop. He dismissed rumors that pool cotton would be sold soon noting there is no foundation to such reports.
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Greenville
Miss
Government Cotton Pool
Oscar Johnston
Scott, Miss
Four Die From Cold as Northwest Storm Spreads
Icy gales swept from the Pacific northwest into the plains as four deaths were blamed on the cold. An airliner en route between Helena Montana and Spokane Washington encountered heavy snow and lost its way in a storm.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Middle America
Northwest
Helena
Mont
Spokane
Negro Fatally Shot by Officer Near Crowley
In Crowley Louisiana on October 31 Deputy Sheriff P L Bellard said John Temple a 27 year old Baton Rouge man armed with a pistol resisted arrest nine miles south of Crowley on the Kaplan Crowley road and was shot dead after he fired through a screen door at a house where he had stopped for food.
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Crowley
Baton Rouge
John Temple
P. L. Bellard
Bellard
Temple
Maurice Boudreaux
Kaplan-Crowley
Halloween Origin Traced To Antiquity By Drudic Roots
Washington dispatch notes Halloween origins lie in ages before Christianity. Druids shaped earliest rites with witches goblins and sprites. The Irish Oidhche Shamhna or Vigil of Saman survives in parts of Ireland, later mingling with Pomona festival traits.
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Washington
Saman
Old Ireland
Ireland
Pomona
Kidnap Mystery Referred to Divorce Court in Detroit
Police handed the Detroit kidnapping case over to divorce courts. Dorothy Hess McGraw 33 denied abduction amid claims of filing divorce from her husband a Windsor chiropodist. Andrew Elsigin of Miami was detained with her after McGraw reported a stolen car in front of a hotel.
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Detroit
Dorothy Hess McGraw
Andrew Elsigin
Miami
Fla
McGraw
Windsor
Ont
Elsigin
Mrs Blanche La Du Heads American Prison Association
Mrs Blanche L La Du of Minneapolis who pioneered beauty parlors in hospitals for the insane was elected president of the American Prison Association, becoming the first woman to hold the post. Sauk Center observers noted her career achievements while convention leaders praised her influence in the field.
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Atlanta
Blanche L. la du
Minneapolis
American Prison Association
Association
la du
Home Rule Leaders to Speak in Baton Rouge Rally
The home rule ticket headed by Gov. candidate Cleveland H. Dear and Senate candidate John N. Sandlin will address a 7:30 p.m. rally at the community pavilion in Baton Rouge as part of a statewide tour opposing the state administration. Congressman J. Y. Sanders Jr. seeks re election and will also speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Cleveland H. Dear
John N. Sandlin
Senate
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
Mussolini S Spokesman Says Nation Willing To Negotiate
A Mussolini spokesman asserts Italy is ready to negotiate amid rising boycott pressure. The official statement emphasizes openness to talks while defending national interests.
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Mussolini
Italy Signals Widening Gate For Peace Talks With Ethiopia
Fascist Italy offered to negotiate ending the East African conflict as the League of Nations 52-nation sanctions body met in Geneva to set a deadline for a comprehensive embargo. British protests over anti Britain editorials and broadcasts were also reported as pressure on Mussolini intensified.
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Associated Press
Italy
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Geneva
League of Nations
League
Britain
London
Eric Drummond
Il Duce
Eric
Bids on 16 WPA Roads Opened in Louisiana
Louisiana highway commission received bids for 16 WPA road projects and awarded contracts for eight others. Low bidders include A A Puller Merryville for 9.262 miles, Nelson Bros Baton Rouge for 6.041 miles, and Reynolds and Sutton Tyler Texas for 1.17 miles. Some parishes had no bids, and one route saw no submission for grading and surfacing.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Works Progress Administration
Tensas Parish
Beauregard
Merryville
Starks
A. A. Puller
Concordia
Acme
Armagh
Nelson Bros
Avoyelles
Yellow Bayou
Odenberg
Louisiana Materials Company
New Orleans
Tensas
Franklin
Liddieville
Ft. Necessity
Martin and Nichols
Alexandria
Acadia
St. Landry
Eunice
Frey
Reynolds and Sutton
Tyler
Texas
West Carroll
Forest
Bayou Macon
Barber Bros., Contracting Company
DeSoto
Belle Row
Francisville
Forcum-James
Dyersburg
Tenn
Webster
Two Seriously Wounded In Rayville Shooting
J G Dumas of Rayville and J G Crocker of Archibald were seriously wounded in a farm shooting near Rayville on Wednesday. Dumas is in critical condition at Charity Hospital while Crocker is in less serious condition. A man is held in the Rayville jail awaiting Crocker's condition.
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Shreveport
J. G. Dumas
Rayville
J. G. Crocker
Archibald
Harrison Dumas
Charity Hospital
Crocker
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Hull
Jimmy Walker
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American Liberty League
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M. J. Cosgrove
Memphis
Mississippi
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Hallowe’en
International Longshoremen's Association
North
Sauk Center
Minn
R H. Hippelheuser
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