Easter services planned across Monroe churches today
Elaborate Easter programs unfold in Monroe and West Monroe churches with cantatas high masses and enlarged choirs. Grace Episcopal offers mass at 10 45 a m while Grace St Cecilia music and church choirs are featured. St Matthew’s Catholic holds 6 30 8 and 10 a m masses including a high mass with several participants. Knights Templar Masonic service at First Christian follows, with Rev R T Watson delivering the sermon. Public invited to all services as Roosevelt attendance noted in national observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
West Monroe
Grace Episcopal Church
First Methodist Church
Clyde Sanders
Christ the Victor
First Baptist Church
Life
Dallas Goss
St. Cecilia
Roger Frisbie
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
First Christian Church
Masonic Temple
DeSiard
North Fourth Streets
R. T. Watson
Twin Cities
Dirck Roosevelt At Center Of Transit Station Brawl
A free-for-all fight erupted at Pennsylvania Station as Dirck Roosevelt and Groton schoolmate Henry Distler arrived from Baltimore. Distler’s chauffeur swung at Dirck’s bodyguard Kehoe, cops separated the rivals, Distler fainted, and both boys were escorted away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dirck Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Station
Roosevelt
Groton School
Henry W. Distler
Distler
James Kehoe
Dirck
Kermit Roosevelt
Young Dirck
Kehoe
Dirck Roosevelts
Stamford
Panama Canal Ditch Diggers Call for Pensions
Aging veterans who dug the Panama Canal petition Congress for pensions. The article recalls roughneck Gringos who labored at Bas Obispo and Culebra Cut, noting only about 2,000 remain and urging Uncle Sam to honor past promises before they pass away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Panama Canal
Congress
Bas Obispo
Culebra
Uncle Sam
Sam
Panama
Hodge Plans Bib Traffic Meeting
Hodge reports three day traffic conference to be hosted by Southern Advance Bag and Paper in Hodge from April 19. About 150 traffic managers and executives from major eastern and central western firms will attend. Guests will travel from Philadelphia Boston New York Washington Chicago Minneapolis Kansas City and Dallas for entertainment and discussions of transportation issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Southern Advance Bag and Paper Company
Charles Kelly
Com
Regional federal music head appointed for 11 states
New Orleans musician Rene Salomon, Louisiana State director of WPA music projects, was named regional federal director of music for 11 southern states. The action follows a request by Dr. Nikolai Sokoloff and was announced by Malcolm Miller. Salomon will oversee Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Rene Salomon
Louisiana
WPA Music Projects
Nikolai Sokoloff
Federal Music Project
Malcolm Miller
WPA
Salomon
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Tupelo Labor Leader Beaten During Abduction
Charles F. Cox, 27, Tupelo strike leader, was abducted by a band of men who beat him with belts after stripping him. Cox, nursing injuries, said about a dozen assailants tied a rope to his neck and dragged him, then beat his bare back over a log. Local and federal officials investigated the incident amid ongoing Tupelo labor strife following the cotton mill sit down strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tupelo
Miss
Charles F
Jimmy) Cox
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lee County
Cox
Department of Justice
Washington
Ida Sledge
Memphis
International Ladies Garment Workers
Baltimore
Tupplo B
Sarah Potter
Youth Dies After Toe Splinter Blood Poisoning
Charles A. Jordan aged 18 died in a local sanitarium from blood poisoning after a splinter in his toe while working on a farm near Bosco. He was hospitalized a week with a critical condition requiring a blood transfusion from Louisiana Training Institute boys, but died Friday night. Funeral Saturday at 3 p.m. at Corry Funeral Home with Rev. Huntsberry officiating. Interment in Smith cemetery. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Jordan of Bosco and a brother and sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Jordan
Bosco
Louisiana Training Institute
Corry Funeral Home
FE. E. Huntsberry
First Baptist Church
West Monroe
Smith Cemetery
Walter J. Jordan
Evans convicted of murder to hang May 20 in Mississippi
Pearlie Evans 34 year old Smith county farmer and father of eight was convicted at Raleigh for the murder of K. C. Jones over a $10 truck payment. A Hinds county jail inmate tonight after verdict of guilty as charged and a Smith county jury set the execution for May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Pearlie Evans
Smith County
Hinds County
Raleigh
K. C. Jones
Evans
Italy Britain sign accord to ease European power balance
Italy and Britain sign a pact paving a four or five power peace line up in Europe. It includes Italy’s withdrawal from Spain and a pledge to avoid propaganda while renewing naval and border accords in the Mediterranean region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Great Britain
Europe
Benito Mussolini
Neville Chamberlain
Spain
Chigi Palace
Galeazzo Ciano
Earl of Perth
Britain
League of Nations
Ethiopia
United States
France
Libya
Suez Canal
Lake Tsana
Blue Nile
Egypt
Mediterranean
Arabian
Red Sea
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Saudi Arabia
Gulf of Aden
Sudan
Easter Hunt at Forsythe Park Postponed to Sunday
Heavy rainfall made Forsythe Park unsuitable for the Monroe fire department Easter egg hunt. Captain H E Roberts announced the event will be held next Sunday with the same elaborate plan and more than 200 prizes including merchant gifts, a diamond ring, $7.50 cash, and a large artificial Easter rabbit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forsythe Park
Monroe
Roberts
West Monroe
Leaders Refuse To Admit Failure Of Llano Colony
Leesville La April 16 Despite a court order for liquidation of their properties spokesmen in the Llano colony refused to concede failure of their cooperative effort. George T Pickett former manager said The colony hasn t failed yet We ll either reorganize here or some other place The colony started in 1917 at Newelano near Leesville and grew into a saw mill rice farm and more but declined as younger members left and ranks disintegrated The group operated on a cooperative basis with members paying 1000 stock certificates and no salaries except credits for stock payments Jobe Harriman led the colonists into Louisiana to found the settlement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesville
Llano
William H. Ponder
Vernon Parish
George T. Pickett
Pickett
Newelano
Jobe Harriman
Insurgents Open New Offensive Near Barcelona Front
Spanish insurgents launched a fresh eastward drive around Balaguer to widen the gap toward Tortosa and split government forces. Aragon troops moved about 70 miles NW of Barcelona while government units redeployed toward Tortosa, with reports of several government setbacks and depots seized.
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Hendaye
France
Balaguer
Barcelona
Aragon
Red and
Gold
Tortosa
Spain
Camarasa
Lerida
Vallfogona
Ouachita Parish Opposes Dual Administrative Areas in Farm Program
The Ouachita parish police jury, in a special session, voted against creating two administrative areas for the 1938 cotton allotment program. The body urged handling all parish affairs under one area and recommended appointing J. L. Sanders of Monroe or Paul Reed of Union parish as agri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quachita Parish
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita
J. L. Sanders
Monroe
Paul Reed
Union Parish
Drowned Man at Orleans Identified
Police identified the drowned man as Urban Charles Koen, 42, whose clothes were found on the dock. A. F. Fink, fishing nearby, heard the man call for help three times before he disappeared into the Mississippi River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Charles Koen
Mississippi River
Urban Charles Koen
A. F. Fink
Republicans Rally Against Pump Priming in Congress
Washington April 16 Republicans vow to fight further federal spending on a 4.5 billion program while Democratic critics align for limits. Roosevelt opponents push to curb presidential authority as hearings are set. Ickes moves ahead with public works plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Republican National Committee
John Hamilton
Columbia
Vandenberg
Michigan
Ickes
Public Works
Collector acquires rare Poe volume Tamerlane
New York April 16 A newly found copy of Edgar Allan Poe s Tamerlane and Other Poems has been bought by W T H Howe of New York and Cincinnati a noted Poe collector The volume one of about a dozen known to exist was found by Andrew McCance a veteran Boston book dealer and sold through Alfred F Goldsmith The price was not disclosed The pamphlet printed in 1827 is Poe s first work and was issued anonymously as by a Bostonian The market for such copies has ranged from one shilling to 20000 in past decades
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New York
America
Edgar Allan Poe
W. T. H. Howe
Cincinnati
Poe
Andrew McCance
Boston
Mr. Howe
Alfred F. Goldsmith
Howe
American Book Company
Tamerlane
Impetus From Recovery Drive Spurs Wall Street Rally
Wall Street firms saw dollars move into jobs and securities as Roosevelt's $4.5 billion spending plan and credit measures were outlined. Government bonds rose, industrial stocks gained $1 to $5 a share, and corporate bonds rose in sympathy as markets closed for Easter. Foreign markets stayed shut until Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Washington
United States
Sprint
Federal Securities
Roosevelt
Congress
Arson Suspects Held After Brown Mattress Fire
J. G. Brown and Clarence Brown, owners of the Brown Mattress plant in West Monroe, and James Price, 20, an employee, were jailed on arson charges after a March 14 fire that destroyed the factory. Bonds set at 1000 each for the Browns. Price held awaiting charges with bond not yet fixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Brown
Clarence Brown
Brown Mattress
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
James Price
Price
Milton Coverdale
Coverdale
Prisoner Shot and Killed During Escape Attempt at Parchman
Victor Odell Hadley, 31, held on an 11 year term for a May wartime Jackson grocery holdup, was shot and killed today by a prison trusty near Pardman as he tried to break through a pursuing posse after escaping from the proom camp at Parchman State Penitentiary in Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Hinds County
Parchman
Victor Odell Hadley
Dale
Hadley
Pardman
Proom
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Associated Press
Hodge
Charles F. Jimmy
Chamberlain
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Duce
Susan “Hayward
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Llano Colony
Orleans
Madrid
Ben Rubin Kails
Bronx
N. Y
G. C. Pto
Wall
U. S
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