Conservation Agent Charged in Slaying of Ilbert Samson
Pointe Coupee parish grand jury indicted John Beech state conservation agent and former bodyguard of Huey P Long, and William Pinsonat for murder in the February 22 killing of J Ibert Samson. Trial set for April 23. Witnesses testified of a family dispute over a woman identified as Miss Carpenter of New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilbert Samson
New Roads
Pointe Coupee Parish
John Beech
Huey P. Long
William Pinsonat
J. Ibert Samson
Pinsonat
Samson
Lamartine Bouanchaud
Miss Carpenter
New Orleans
Pinsonet
Beech
Babies Are People and Play in Child Guidance
Olive Roberts Barton explains that infants start with self amusement and learning through play, not by adult entertainment. She notes a child learns to play by exploring objects, using toys to develop imagination, coordination, and problem solving, while parents should provide varied, appropriate playthings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Roberts Barton
The
News-Star
Baby
Johnny
Carbon Co executive pledges aid to Monroe West Monroe Chamber
H H Reardon of Columbian Carbon writes to Joe E Marx pledging support for the Monroe West Monroe Chamber of Commerce. He says the organization represents coordinated community effort and is a permanent body ready to advance local interests. The letter is dated April 22 1937 and released by Marx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
West Monroe
Joe E. Marx
H. H. Reardon
Columbian Carbon Company
Reardon
Marx
Mr. Marx
Mosquitoes Bite Worse From Saliva Says Doctor
Dr. Robert L. Benson of Portland Ore tells the American College of Physicians that mosquitoes worsen bites by spitting in the wound. He cites the saliva as the cause of swelling and itching due to human allergy to the insect protein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Robert L. Benson
Portland
Ore
American College of Physicians
Theory victim took own life under attack by prosecutor
In New Castle Kentucky on April 23 the commonwealth said tests after the death of Mrs Verna Garr Taylor showed Brigadier General Henry H Denhardt fired a pistol and there were blood spots on his coat while tests on the widow’s hands were negative. Prosecutor H B Kinsolving argued the 40 year old widow was not melancholic and did not kill herself though Denhardt had claimed fear she had done so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
The
Commonwealth
Verna Garr Taylor
Henry H. Denhardt
H. B. Kinsolving
Kinsolving
Denhardt
G-Men Chief Pays Respects to Publishers
James S Stahlman named president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association at the ABA convention in New York. William J Hoover praised publishers and urged front page crime status coverage before the ANPA advertising bureau meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G-Men
New York
James
Stahlman
Nashville (Tennessee
American Newspaper Publishers Association Today
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Hoover
Federal Bureau
Woman Still Claims Gable Father in Mail Fraud Trial
In Los Angeles on April 23, Mrs. Violet Wells Norton, 47, testified she believes Clark Gable is the father of her 13 year old daughter Gwendoline, insisting she knows him as Frank Billings and that the child was born of their illegitimate relationship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Gable
Los Angeles
Gwendoline Norton
Violet Wells Norton
Gwendoline
Gable
Frank Billings
England
Norton
George Cosgrave
Two-Headed Baby Born In New Orleans
A two headed baby weighing 7 12 pounds was born at Charity hospital in New Orleans to Mrs Eva Verneurl wife of J Francis Verneurl a strawberry farmer from Ponchatoula but died shortly after birth. Doctors called the case unique noting symmetrical placement of heads and normal other features. X ray suggested twins but the infant was a boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Charity Hospital
Eva Verneurl
J. Francis Verneurl
Martial Law Requested to Halt Dust Bowl Erosion
In Guymon Oklahoma on April 23 a group of thirty businessmen and farmers from Texas Oklahoma panhandle and southern Kansas telegraphed President Roosevelt urging martial law to enforce soil practices and declare an emergency to stop the black blizzards sweeping the five state dust bowl. Page 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guymon
Okla
Dust Bowl
Roosevelt
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
New pneumonia treatment claims cut death rate three quarters
A protein injection treatment for pneumonia reduced deaths in 1500 cases at Louisiana State University Medical Center. The protein deutero protease allegedly lowered total pneumonia deaths to 10 percent versus 39 percent with standard care, nine percent in broncho pneumonia versus 32 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Louisiana State University
Clyde Brooks
M.D
Brooks
Insurgent Advance Into Spain Amid Bilbao Siege
Report from Hendaye and Bilbao describes Italian infantry joining the assault on San Sebastian and a British relief convoy breaking the Bilbao blockade. Three cargo ships Mac Gregor Hamsterley Stanbrook carried 6.15 tons of food, aided by Basque shore batteries, amid cheering crowds at Nervion river docks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
France
San Sebastian
Spain
Bilbao
MacGregor
Hamsterley
Stanbrook
Opening Ball Game Played At Casino Park
City and parish offices closed early Friday for Monroe Twins versus Vicksburg Hill Billies at Casino Park. Mayor Bernstein announced several fifth district mayors would attend as Hizzoner threw out the first ball. Intermittent rain ceased. crowds and buses aided fan access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Twins
Vicksburg Hill Billies
Casino Park
Arnold Bernstein
Fifth
Twin Cities
DeSiard Street
Three Colleges Share Debating Honors in South Finals
In Nashville Tennessee on April 23 three colleges shared top honors as the best debating teams in the South. The University of Florida Louisiana State Normal and Oklahoma State Teachers College all won first place in the Mid South debating tournament finals. Louisiana State University and Furman were eliminated. Thirty colleges competed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
University of Florida
Louisiana State Normal
Oklahoma State Teachers College
South
Louisiana State University and
Furman
State board of commerce created in Louisiana
Governor Leche appoints twelve business leaders to the Louisiana State Board of Commerce and Industry to promote civic, industrial and commercial interests and attract new industries. Appointees include E H Williams, D T Cushing, M J Rathborne, C P Couch, Julius Dupont, and others from Shreveport Bogalusa Baton Rouge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leche
E H. Williams
Shreveport
State Federation of Labor
D. T. Cushing
Bogalusa
Great Southern Lumber Company
M. J. Rathborne
Baton Rouge
Standard Oo Company of
Louisiana
C. P. Couch
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
Julius Dupont
Ship Owners Seek Exoneration in Seantic Fire Case
April 2 in New Orleans the owners of Seantic filed for exoneration or limitation of liability after a fire aboard the steamship while docked at Almers, La. The American Scantie Line, Inc. claims torches used by Todd-Johnson Dry Docks employees caused the blaze. One $40,000 death claim has been filed. maximum liability cited is $285,973. Judge Wavee G. Borah stayed prosecutions and ordered Admiralty Commissioner R. H. Carter, Sr. to hear damage claims before June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Almers
Wavee G. Borah
United States Admiralty
R. H. Carter, Sr
American Scantie Line, Inc
New York
Todd-Johnson Dry Docks, Inc
Weather summary for Louisiana and Arkansas
Louisiana shows scattered showers with cooler conditions on Saturday, stronger in the extreme west with fresh southerly winds along the coast. Arkansas reports scattered showers, cooler in the west, and mostly cloudy weather in the east Saturday.
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Louisiana
Arkansare
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Pinson
Joe Marx
Chamber of Commerce of
Monroe, Louisiana
Carbon CO
By Howard W. Blakeslee
Promaree
Creme
M'Donald
State Board OF Commerce
Baton Rouge. la
State Board of Commerce and Industry
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