Monroe voters weigh 1.6 million bond for city improvements
Monroe residents will vote July 8 on a 1 600 000 bond issue to fund sewerage expansion power and light plant upgrades water supply improvements and transportation electrification The commission council endorses the plan noting it requires no tax increase and will be repaid over forty years from generated savings The advocacy stresses public health growth and modernization while urging citizens to choose progress over regression
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Monroe
Commission Council
Bayou DeSiard
Rhyme and Reason Poet Reveals Hidden Grief
A 1937 verse presents a woman concealing deep unhappiness behind a smiling voice. The speaker notes her pride and scorn for external displays of trouble while alone she mourns a secret grief that none in her world can see.
League failure spurs calls for stronger international oversight
The author argues that the Spain crisis shows the League of Nations is essential despite flaws. European powers allowed the league to decay, enabling German and Italian involvement and a dangerous rebellion. He urges a fearless, broader international organization to prevent Europe from sliding into war.
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Europe
Deutschland-Almeria
League of Nations
Spain
League
Central America
England
France
Japan
Italy
Germany
Dust Clouds and Despair in The Tree Falls South
A harsh portrait of Dust Bowl life in western Kansas. Wellington Roe’s novel follows hard working Americans as a long drought turns crops to powder and dust fills homes. A failed protest ends in riot, death, and jail, leaving a region slipping toward ruin. The book remains moving despite its literary flaws.
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Wellington Roe
Mr. Roe
Kansas
Roe
Quotes and quips from readers and notables
A collection of brief remarks from various individuals including Arthur Flagler Fultz on music and life, Mrs Genevieve Johnson on alimony, Frank Wallace on Mae West, Governor Earle on presidents, a Norwegian prince with a beer mug, and Roger Babson on prosperity built on wooden posts.
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Arthur Flagler Fultz
Boston
Genevieve Johnson
Longmont
Colo
Roger Babson
Barbs and Bits From the World This Week
A collage of quips on Japan cameras trout color vision and a one way road to death. Rural Electrification jokes about shocking wheat while English crowds prefer cash crowns. France buys sulphur in Italy for arms making and Il Duce faces unpaid brimstone with charges.
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France
Italy
Il Duce
Today's Bible Thought Brightens Dark Paths With Peaceful Light
A devotional note quotes Luke 1 79 and Jacobi on shining grace making souls beautiful and guiding feet into the way of peace. The message emphasizes illumination for those in darkness and the world renewed by divine presence.
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God
Jacobi
Illustrators clash with New York city tax on art sales
The New York City sales tax targets illustrators like Howard Chandler Christy and Dean Cornwell, treating them as tradesmen rather than service providers. They argue art is a service to magazines, not a sale of tangible property, and launch a Workers Arise campaign to organize against the four percent net income tax.
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New York
West 67Th Street
Howard Chandler Christy
Dean Cornwell
Arthur William Brown
Bradshaw Crandell
Lyendecker
Will Hays Office
Actors Equity
Dramatists’ Guild
Behind the scenes in Washington cooperatives rise
In Washington hundreds of small consumer cooperatives emerge without an official government push. Groups include federal employees linked to cooperative projects, Rochdale Restaurant forms with stock shares, and a Washington Consumer's Club promoting discounts, library services, and cooperative retail.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
United States
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Rochdale Restaurant, Inc
Jacob S. Baker
State Department
Interior Department
WPA
PWA
SEC
Social Security Board
Rochdale Cooperative
Washington Consumer's Club
New York
RFC
Farm Credit Administration
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Consumers’ Project
Rural Electrification Administration
Resettlement Administration
AAA Consumer Counsel
TVA
Tennessee Valley
NEA Service, Inc
Vets Bureau Manager Explains Third Five Year Policy Renewal
New Orleans veteran affairs chief B C Moore says a June 1 law lets holders of government term insurance renew for a third five year period without medical exam. Applications must be filed within five months from June 1 1937 for policies with premiums paid through the current five year period.
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New Orleans
B. C
Ibore
Veterans’ Administration
Moore
Highway Safety Slogan Winners Identified in Parish Contest
In Rayville and Start High schools during commencement week the Richland parish safety slogan contest awarded Erby Williams of Start High school first prize three dollars for Follow Highway Laws and Prevent Accidents and Lem McCoy of Rayville High school second prize two dollars for Safety Aims for Everyone This Year. Evelyn Griffin of Start High school received honorable mention for Drive 40 and Live 60. The contest was sponsored by the Richland parish accident prevention committee and the Rayville Literary club.
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Rayville
Richland Parish
Assemblies of the
Start High
Erby Williams
Start High School
Lem McCoy
Rayville High School
Evelyn Griffin
Richland Parish Accident Prevention Committee
Rayville Literary Club
Understanding Chronic Arthritis and Its Causes
The article reviews chronic arthritis or osteoarthritis, noting many names for the condition and its progression to multiple joints. It discusses possible causes including infection, metabolism, digestion, and mechanical wear, with age 40 as a common onset and higher knee involvement in women, hips in men.
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Journal of the
American Medical Association
Health Magazine
United States
Polar
Tropics
Stamps and Airmail Proposals Prompt Congressional Action
Representatives and senators propose changes to mail transport and postage including allowing private carriers on flights, lowering airmail rates to 5 cents per half ounce, 3 cent letter grams, and 2 cent postal cards. Foreign philatelic agencies discuss Washington offices, with only Philippines, and current commemoratives remaining on sale alongside Texas Oregon and Susan Anthony issues.
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Copeland
New York
San Diego
Arkansas
Philatelic Agency
Washington
Texas
Oregon
Susan Anthony
LaSalle Sheriff Ends First Year in Office
Jena Louisiana June 5 Special After completing his first year as sheriff of LaSalle Barlow Thompson said two grand jury sessions were held with few true bills of no major importance. He noted federal prisoner feeding cost at 100.10 dollars for the year due to few arrests and bond. Eight arrests and eight convictions followed parish liquor law violations. Thompson took office in June 1936 after being elected January 1936.
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Jena
LaSalle
Barlow Thompson
Thompson
Farmerville Methodist Church Plans Revival
Rev. H. M. Johnson from Ave cadia will conduct a revival at Farmerville First Methodist starting Sunday and running through the next Sunday. Rev. A. A. Collins of Farmerville invites the public to attend the services.
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Farmerville
H. M. Johnson
First Methodist Church
Avecadia
A. A. Collins
Britain Plans $750000 Embassy Building At Nanking
Britain will construct a new embassy in Nanking China at a cost of 750000 dollars. The project signals strengthened diplomatic ties with China and room for expanded official functions in the capital.
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Britain
Nanking
China
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O. McIntyre
Janet Gaynor
Mary Pickford
Miss Gaynor
Dorothy Parker
Jack Donahue
Sonny
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April Oursler
Fulton Oursler
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Tom Mix
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