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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1933
Page
2
Arthur Brisbane reports on renewed attention to California coast and Pacific issues, tying themes of journalism with university groups like Alpha Phi Gamma as observers note the ocean’s vast influence on public life and policy.
In Santa Barbara the author extols the coastal scenery and mountains, compares local beauty to Greek legends, and invites readers to visit. Interlude describes a talk with Alpha Phi Gamma at Salba's fish restaurant where students invite the writer to join the journalism honor fraternity. The piece praises American youth and urges travel and national pride.
The gunboat Isabel of the Asiatic fleet reports Lieutenant junior grade R. S. Hall Jr. of Hattiesburg Mississippi lost overboard during the night while en route from Hong Kong to Manila. A court of inquiry will be ordered to investigate.
Baton Rouge December 2. Senator Huey P. Long champions a plan to deliver a vote in the sixth district despite stubborn opposition. The maneuver faces strong fronts as ballot boxes and political moves collide in a tense political scene.
In Baton Rouge the sixth district hosts an anti-Long campaign to boycott Tuesday's election for Mrs Bolivar E Kemp widow of the late representative. The district committee backed Kemp in New Orleans last Monday, blocking a primary. After fiery rhetoric and ballot burning in two parishes, leaders vow all legal actions to thwart the vote.
Citizens clash with authorities as efforts to name widow of late Representative Kemp to the congressional seat meet court orders ballot box seizures and mass meetings. In Tangipahoa parish a court official refuses to surrender boxes while eight other parishes seek relief. Police juries threaten pay cuts for election commissioners as the citizens primary is set for December 27.
In Ripley Mississippi four men beat elderly farmer Allen Hodges and his wife to force disclosure of a hidden cash stash. Hodges, 58, said the intruders woke him at 1 a.m. and threatened death after he refused to reveal the $3,000. Deputy Sheriff J D Bryant hunted the suspects in Memphis.
Denver pharmacist Carl W Wickman remains in custody in Albuquerque as authorities probe the deaths of his three former wives. An autopsy may take a week, with Boston officers asked to verify Wickman’s eastern ties. He admits two wives died suddenly but claims innocence, while his first wife Mina Moore Wickman is said to live in Edmond.
Colonel Charles Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh, touring since July 9 from the Arctic to Africa, prepared for a 14 hour dash across the south Atlantic from Bathurst to Natal. The flight, aided by a German steamer Westfalen and Pan American wireless stations, marks his third transatlantic crossing.
Domestic distilleries rush to boost output and imports load fast boats as Roosevelt readies proclamation upon 36th state ratifying the 21st Amendment. Acting Secretary Phillips asks Ohio Pennsylvania and Utah governors for repeal results as 33 states have already ratified.
Mrs. William Brockman a 28 year old Hardin county farmer's wife left home to exchange baby shoes near Kountze and was found shot and burned beside her light truck. A posse scoured nearby woods after workers reported a negro seen with a shotgun. County Attorney Bryant Coe suggested the killing occurred in the truck before the blaze. Three Army conservation workers described seeing a negro with a shotgun depart the road into the woods.
President Roosevelt wants amendments to the securities act to ease restrictions and boost legitimate business capital. Senate Banking Chair Fletcher said the president conveyed views via Henry Morgenthau Jr. and stressed protecting investors while avoiding weakening safeguards. Fletcher endorsed some government supervision of exchanges through margin controls.
William Randolph Hearst denounces President Roosevelt for seeking to move the nation from blood money of the Shylocks and from hard money arguments. He also criticizes Alfred E. Smith as all wet for favoring a return to the gold standard in San Simeon California.
Mrs. Audrey Smith Clark, once a Broadway dancer, inherits more than 50,000 from husband Sheldon A. Clark Jr. after his slaying. The Gloucester county grand jury did not indict her. his will is probated and she gains the Paulsboro home. She plans to move with the children to Brighton Beach New York.
A man aged 30 to 35, about five feet eight, missing papers, was recovered Saturday around 9 am by W M McGee of the West Monroe fire department after a boatman spotted a body near the parish courthouse. Officials ruled drowning after investigation, with fingerprints taken for identification. The body showed three to five days in water and no signs of foul play.
The Mauna Loa volcano on the island of Hawaii erupted with columns of vapor and smoke rising about a mile as seismic shocks shook the island. Seismographs indicated lava flowing within the base of the island. two hours later no lava had escaped the crater. Volcano expert Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar predicted eruption and rushed toward the summit amid calm local reactions.
Paris December 2 4 The Chamber of Deputies passed two confidence motions for Premier Camille Chautemps after he stated there would be no separate France Germany agreement.
A state official accuses the bank department of nepotism and political manipulation under the Long-Allen regime. He cites overmanning, overpaying, and lack of public access, naming several relatives in the payroll and positions tied to the department and related banks.
President Roosevelt winds up a two week stay at Warm Springs Georgia as he plans to reach Washington Monday with a complete machine to regulate the liquor industry from repeal. The liquor import code sets a minimum base of four million gallons annually with federal control discretion for additional imports. Roosevelt says monetary policy remains unchanged and he does not plan a monetary speech before the Federal Council of Churches.
Two men suffering burns from a gas explosion near Fairbanks Saturday morning were being treated at the Clinic Saturday night. C Burkholder of Swartz and K R Huskey of Cardas sustained burns to hands and faces, considered painful but not serious. They worked under H W Engstrom of United Carbon repairing a gas line regulator and could not explain the blast.
Washington December 2 Henry Ford nears code compliance as a Bethesda Maryland dealer is awarded a possible 700 truck contract for the CCC Secretary Wallace announced the award after approval by NRA chief Hugh S Johnson pending review of whether the bid met minimum price standards.
Beverly Hills columnist argues staying on the gold standard requires universal adoption. He notes France’s grip on gold and how daily shipments influence public opinion and policy, urging collective commitment rather than solo action.
The Ontario supreme court granted Cook county Illinois the extradition of Martin J. Insull to face charges linked to the Insull utilities collapse. Bail set at 10,000. habeas corpus motions postponed to December 8 as Insull awaits the hearing in Orillia. The charges include embezzlement and larceny involving over 400,000 dollars.
Decatur Alabama December 2 Surprise witnesses and new turns in the evidence disrupted the steady recital of testimony as Clarence Norris, second of seven defendants in the Scottsboro case, faced a jury on charges of attacking two white women. The state called two men who did not testify in Heywood Patterson’s trial, while the defense used math to expose contradictions in witnesses’ statements.
New Orleans December hearings of the senate committee on Overton's election concluded with indications the panel will not recommend unseating him based on the present record. The committee signaled no decisions on Huey Long, focused instead on campaign expenditures and patronage, and kept the record open for further affidavits.
In Hope Arkansas two cousins, Hanan Jack Turner 34 and Elbert Seymour 40 farmers from near Fulton, shot each other after a dance quarrel. Turner died in a hospital from thigh and chest wounds while Seymour died instantly from a heart shot. Turner was reportedly the shooter and their father B A Turner was arrested on an accessory murder charge.
The government keeps the official gold price at 34.01 dollars per ounce for a second day after earlier rapid increases this week. RFC purchased newly mined domestic gold holding steady despite weekly shifts in price.
Less than fifty dollars has been raised for the Good Fellows Fund with only three weeks until Christmas. A West Monroe family of a father and six children, mother dead, lacks food and proper clothing. the Veterans of Foreign Wars has begun aid efforts. The piece urges citizens to respond and help alleviate local destitution evident among many families in the Twin Cities.
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