Mad Ruth Judd Recaptured in Phoenix Arizona
Ruth Judd, the infamous trunk killer, was recaptured near Phoenix after six days of freedom. She appeared disheveled with worn shoes and bruises, admitted hiding near the hospital grounds and in a duplex, and bore her initials WRJ and the date 10/29/39 on a window sill.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Uiet
Arizonatate
Obtai
Judd
Agnes Ann le Roi
Hedvig Samuelson
Los Angeles
Louis J. Saxe
Lon Jordan
H. J. Meinnel
Jordan
Orange Grove
WRJ
Tempe
Three Candidates Promise Reforms in Louisiana Governor Race
New Orleans date Oct 3 4 ree candidates pledged to seek federal wildlife funds and curb sugar interests while offering a square deal. James A Noe cited affidavits and investigations into Louisiana affairs and accused the administration of political trickery. Sam Jones urged removing the fish and game commission from politics and warned voters of a corruption wave ahead of the January 16 election. Morrison spoke at New Iberia with a promise of governing if elected.
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New Orleans
James A. Noe
Homer
Arcadia
Louisiana
Noe
Sam Jones
Lake Charles
State Fish and Game Commission
Jones
James H. Morrison
New Iberia
Cold soars as Monroe records 29.5 degree low
The mayor and residents face a frigid Tuesday as Monroe sees a 29.5 degree low at 6:30 am the coldest of the season so far. The previous low was 32 degrees on Sunday marking the first freeze.
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Monroe
Twin City Community Chest Hits $12 000 in Drive
The second annual campaign reported at Hotel Virginia that donations reached $12,000 by Tuesday noon as workers from the sheriff's department and various firms pledged 100 percent. The drive aims for $29,500 to support 11 welfare and character-building agencies in Monroe and West Monroe before ending Saturday.
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Hotel Virginia
Twin City Community Chest
Sheriff's Department
Dan Cohen Company
Monroe Wholesale Drug Company
Bella Scherck Davidson
McHen
Interurban Transfer Company
F. Strauss and Son
Mulbearn Funeral Home
Monroe Steam Laundry
Monroe
West Monroe
Halloween Night Safety Alert From Monroe Police
The Monroe police urge a safe and sane Halloween with warnings of unusual nightly activities and odd sights. They advise securing gates and outbuildings and keeping pets safe while noting harmless fun remains welcome. Local church services mark All Saints Day on November 1 at St Matthew's Catholic and Grace Episcopal.
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Monroe
St. Matthew's Catholic
Grace Episcopal
German Hunters Will Try To Keep Starvation Away
Field Marshal Hermann Goering leads a planned mobilization of hunters to bolster Germany's food supply amid the English blockade. The piece casts Goering as Nazi economic dictator and notes his Berchtesgaden preserve as part of a broader war effort under fogbound sea aggression.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Germany
West Prussia
Hitler
Hermann Goering
Goering
Berchtesgaden
Bavarian Alps
Reich
England
English Channel
North Sea
City of Flint crew faces blockade risks in North Sea
The United States urged Britain and Germany to avoid actions risking the City of Flint crew. A German prize crew sails toward a German haven, with fears of a blowup or sinking if intercepted by British warships while the US-owned freighter makes a perilous, dusk-light voyage via Norway.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Germany
North Sea
Berlin
City of Flint
Norway
Tromsoe
Roosevelt Proclaims Thanksgiving Day for 1933
President Roosevelt designates November 23 as Thanksgiving in a move up from the last Thursday for business reasons. He urges thanks for hope of world peace and notes progress in democracy, addressing unemployment and agricultural distress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pletch Faces Murder Charge In Mid Air Killing
Macon Missouri reports Prosecuting Attorney Vincent Moody says Earnest Pletch 29 a Brookfield farmhand with a passion for airplanes admitted shooting Carl Bivens a Brookfield flying instructor at 5000 feet during an argument Pletch said he borrowed the plane to prove inventions and fled Indiana after the arrest Moody said the murder charge will be filed today in Macon County courts
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Macon
Carl Bivens
Brookfield
Vincent S. Moody
Earnest
Larry) Pletch
Bivens
Moody
Pletch
Frenkfort
Ind
Indiana
Mexico
Macon County
Two Twins Die In Jonesboro House Fire
In Jonesboro Louisiana on October 31 Robert and Bailey Garrett two year old twin sons of Mr and Mrs Cecil Garrett perished in a fire that destroyed their grandfather J H Jones Sr dairyman and police jury member home. The blaze started in the room where the twins slept while parents and grandfather were out milking. Grandmother and two other Garrett children Manette seven and Charles five could not reach the room before the house collapsed. Funeral services were set for 3 oclock Tuesday at the Methodist church.
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Jonesboro
Robert
Bailey Garrett
Cecil Garrett
J. H. Jones
Garrett
Manette
Charles
Methodist Church
Steel demand boosts factory jobs and payroll in steel industry
Pittsburgh reports a rapid rise in steel production adding about 75,000 workers and over 12 million dollars monthly to payroll in three months. September employment reached 502,000 with payrolls near 70 million. October output could push employment to about 530,000, while labor leaders blame labor-saving mills for missing jobs.
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Pittsburgh
American Iron and Steel Institute
Steel Mills
C. I. O. Steel Workers Organizing Committee
United States Steel Corporation
Britain Readies for Major North Sea Clash
London reports heavy British naval and air build up along the east coast as tactical experts say a large North Sea battle is likely. German threats in Volkischer Beobachter and observed raids are seen as tests for bigger operations.
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London
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
North Sea
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
England
Scapa Flow
Firth of Forth
Britain
Little Chicago Carnival Sets Fifth Election Week in Monroe
Monroe and West Monroe prepare for the fifth annual Little Chicago carnival of impractical politics on November 7 and 8. Vying gubernatorial candidates plan to attend for vote tactics while a queen will preside over the November 8 ball. Local merchants sponsor a song-title window display contest with prizes, and a feverish vote counting will conclude the festivities at the Missouri Pacific Boosters club lot.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Chicago
Jack Allen
Louisiana
Twin Cities
Missouri Pacific Boosters’ Club
Quachita Avenue
Paramount Theater
Gus Kokinas
German Envoy to Rome Goes Home Sudden
European observers watched Rome Berlin axis tensions rise as German ambassador von Mackensen departed suddenly and Mussolini reshuffled seven cabinet posts and top military officers. Molotov rejected Poland restoration and urged an end to the war. Italy’s shifts sparked debate over neutrality versus cooperation with Germany and plans in the Balkans.
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Rome
Associated Press
Mussolini
Rome-Berlin
von Mackensen
Poland
Germany
France
Britain
Achille Starace
Dino Alfieri
Rodolfo Graziani
Alberto Pariani
Wilhelm Keitel
Haly
Europe
Balkans
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
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Phoenix, Ariz
Orleans
I'Cuistion
City OF
Flint
Dies Committee
Husky William McCuistion
McCuistion
Philip Carey
National Maritime Union
Capitol
Horace Lineburg
Washington Detective Bureau
Department of Justice
Committee
Dies
Texas
Union
Lineburg
Justice Department
Communist Party
Clyde Schlieper
Wes Carroll
Long Beach
Calif
Soviet
Russia
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
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