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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1937
Page
1
The House backed a Roosevelt plan to stimulate private housing with a large scale program. The measure, approved 267 to 3 in the Senate and 325 to 23 on roll call, seeks to cut financing costs and insure mortgages for multi family dwellings to spur 600 000 to 800 900 dwelling units yearly at 12 to 16 billion dollars over five years.
Justice department agents, unsure if Ralph Roe and Theodore Cole escaped, intensified the hunt at Alcatraz. They investigated a lifeboat fragment found near Yacht Harbor and a mysterious launch near Richmond, while divers reviewed new clues as the case unfolds.
Washington Dec 18 The nation's railroads gained authority to raise freight rates on hundreds of commodities with five exceptions. Officials estimate the extra revenue to total about 15.6 to 20 million dollars annually as the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the tariffs into effect. The new increases add to prior boosts authorized October 18 for the heavy loading class categories.
Edwin C Hill presents a human angle on daily events with thoughtful observations and a focus on people behind the headlines. The column blends social context with personal perspectives to illuminate broader issues.
The American Woman's Association honors sculptor Miss Malvina Hoffman for lifelong work on race portraits. Notables like Pearl Buck and Ida Tarbell praised her as she completed a Field Museum commission to sculpt life size bronzes of world peoples. Her work spanned Siberia to Sumatra with four million visitors viewing the Hall of Man.
Seven McRae residents including Mayor G M Bennet and cotton buyer J T Lyon were arrested by federal agents in White County on charges of defrauding the government via false claims for Commodity Credit Corporation cotton loans. Bonds ranged from 500 to 5,000 dollars.
Edgar William George Hulsebus of Canton Missouri died from bomb fragment injuries suffered in the Panay attack. The Augusta will remain in Shanghai indefinitely due to tensions at Tsingtao, delaying Manila-bound plans. The Marblehead and Pope moved toward Tsingtao as 30 Americans were reported in the area.
In Cleveland Mississippi on December 18 trial of Claude Vance a Shaw druggist accused of killing Night Marshal E C Harrington recessed until 9 am Monday. Prosecution spent the day tying the shooting to three bullets found at Vances drug store including one under Harringtons body. Deputy Elmo East testified to the bullets and their locations inside the store.
Two confessed armed robbers pleaded guilty in Tallahassee to hold up charges, receiving 20 year terms and immediate transfer to Raiford penitentiary. They were identified as Ronald C Hodson and Arthur J Manning, linked to robberies near the city and previously to a Panama City incident involving British naval sub lieutenants. Sheriff Scott said they may be held for trial on additional charges after current sentences.
Robert Worth Bingham, United States ambassador to Great Britain, dies at 66 in Johns Hopkins Hospital after an operation reveals a rare and obscure abdominal Hodgkins. He built Louisville's Courier Journal and Times, led New Deal diplomacy, and was a prominent legal figure and former Louisville mayor.
Frank Chabina, 19, a Louisiana farmer at Charity hospital, shows his donated cornea eye from John Amos the 68 year old donor. After two weeks post op he can distinguish objects with the transplanted eye though final reaction rests with nature. Amos travels to New York for a radio appearance.
Senator Overton said Rural Electrification Administration funds will pay for a generating plant to electrify St. Tammany and Washington parishes in Louisiana. The plant would cost between 50 000 and 80 000 dollars and Carmody pledged prompt allocation.
The Federal Communications Commission ordered NBC to submit a transcript and contracts for Mae West's Adam and Eve broadcast after protests calling the skit profane and indecent. FCC Chairman McNinch said the commission will review the material and has not pre judged the issue. Representative Moltke urged action as a filth complaint.
Local page lists donations from Good Fellows and various groups including Missouri Pacific Women and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. Items include groceries, cash gifts, clothing, and produce from community volunteers and businesses such as Ritchie Grocery Co and Cal Station.
Chicago December dispatch notes Ruth Cowan surveys 1951 wedding front pages from nine-year-old brides to Hollywood figures. The Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield married in June at a French chateau, while Mary Pickford wed Charles Buddy Rogers in Hollywood in July. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. is listed among the notable nuptials.
The Biste committee named Ernest M. Sutter and Robert D. Calhoun Jr to represent Louisiana in the Gulf States Rhodes division. Sutter, a Tulane senior and national intercollegiate tennis champion, and Calhoun, LSU graduate student, will face rivals from Mississippi Texas Arkansas Oklahoma and Alabama for four final awards.
A Ross Brothers grocery hold-up on Thomas and Lee avenues ended with the robber fatally shot after warning customers to lie on the floor. J. H. Fleming, 4 Monroe railroad fireman, died at St Francis sanitarium from a head wound after Adams and Ross exchanged shots from the rear of the store. Seven people were inside, and the assailant was wounded in the knee.
Jena Louisiana December 18 Special L U Manchester 39 president of the LaSalle parish police jury was reported in serious condition at the Olla clinic after being struck by a truck tire rim that sprang from a wheel while he tried to remove a tire near Aimoch at about 7 am His left eye was knocked out and his skull fractured authorities said the air remaining in the tire caused the rim to spring free Manchester was rushed to the clinic at Olla
Mrs. Claude Walker a 15 year old bride of two weeks was struck by a truck at the town edge Saturday at 10 pm She was taken to the Delhi clinic in an unconscious state with concussion fractured jaw and broken collar bone Doctors said her recovery looked doubtful The truck was driven by John Brown McIntosh who tried to stop but could not after a second car blinded her vision Witnesses called the crash unavoidable.
Countess Ciano, Benito Mussolini's daughter, gave birth to her third son named Marzio. The news was delivered to Premier Mussolini by Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italy's foreign minister, confirming a proud family event amid Italy's wartime leadership.
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