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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1936
Page
1
Madrid reports a near miss as Socialist leader Francisco Largo Caballero dodged a rebel bombardment that wounded the front line campaign plans. Generalissimo Franco’s forces threaten decisive action while Spain’s government teeters amid international neutrality tensions.
A photo from President Roosevelt and Lord Tweedsmuir shows a rare cheerful moment amid talks on the vast 3,000 mile border between the United States and Canada. Smiles replace the usual grave mood of international conferences.
Hollywood reporters note how guests and visitors mispronounce actor names during summer studio invasions. Adolphe Menjou and others recount wrong forms while correcting speakers. Sonja Heine’s name pronunciation also causes confusion among fans and reporters.
Athens awoke to martial law as Premier Metaxas ousted parliament and dissolved elected bodies. Soldiers surrounded public buildings, censorship tightened and many suspected Communists or Liberals were arrested in the surprise coup. Police reportedly mistreated some detainees.
Midlothian Texas residents mark both Texas centennial and W W Hart’s violin bicentennial. The instrument bears an inscription Joseps Guamerius fecit Cremonae anno 1736 I H S and remains in good condition as Hart plays it often.
Jun eau Alaska Aug 7 Reports that Eskimos were facing starvation in northern Alaska prompted a rush order for food supplies Acting territorial Governor F W Griffin wirelessed Seattle officials to load provisions aboard the steamer Yukon which sails Sunday He said if the situation grew acute he would order supplies flown to Berrow northernmost settlement in Alaska
A set of automobile keys was found Friday morning in Hasley cemetery West Monroe following the funeral of Pat Hamilton. The finder or owner may contact Mrs J R Swiney at the cemetery to claim them.
Officials questioned pilot Zier and co-pilot Russel Moss and six passengers including Vernon Omlie W S Bartlett B R McDavitt C B Wright George Grieshader Arthur Holt. Most victims were ejected from seats and killed instantly. Investigators sought why Zier turned back toward the airport after takeoff from Chicago.
The Commerce Department considers early approval of transpacific passenger air service. Inspectors Ray Quick and E C Yurovich travel Alameda to Manila aboard a Pan American clipper to assess safety and feasibility for passenger use alongside mail service. The round trip covers about 16000 miles as Rex Martin notes the three clippers may gain passenger approval.
A Monroe contest invites entrants to propose a name reflecting cooperation for using electric appliances. A $10 prize awaits the best name while aiding the city’s electric power and light plant efforts. The new low rates from the utilities commissioner support this objective.
Dr. Thurman P. Rice of the Indiana division of public health questions health food fads and urges eating naturally. He asks why torture yourself with spinach carrots and cod liver oil and says we can choose equally healthy foods. The best rule is to forget most health rules and live naturally.
In Blackwell Oklahoma on August 7 young Max Hawkins broke his arm after falling from a porch. He admitted he did it to get into the hospital where his sister Mary Ellouise was undergoing a tonsillectomy. Parents Mr and Mrs Max Hawkins remained unable to visit.
Julian C. Cannon, 29, a pipeline worker, died from injuries after a pole used as a lever on a pump slipped, striking his jaw at a tank farm south of Lake Charles. His body will be shipped to Acy for burial.
The Association of American Railroads reported August 1 freight car loadings at 747,551, the largest weekly total since October 17, 1931. This shows a rise of 16,489 cars, 2.3 percent, from the prior week, a 25.6 percent year over year increase, and a 22.0 percent rise versus two years ago.
Alcoa plant workers in Alcoa Tennessee receive a three cent an hour wage increase. Regional manager A D Huddleston notes the new raise plus the December 1935 increase lift average pay about 11 percent above 1929 levels.
Ruberoid Co and subsidiaries, makers of construction materials, announce quarterly net profit of 252 438 dollars without tax provision, compared with 282 342 dollars or 2 13 dollars a share in the same period last year.
Mrs Herbert Bayard Swope of New York opened an auction bid of 160 dollars today for a red white and blue Democratic quilt made by South Carolina women. The fundraiser aims to raise 50 000 dollars for the Democratic national campaign fund with the quilt auction set for August 12 directed by Susie Hartness Grist of Sharon D C.
A PIA robber forced a girl clerk to open the safe at the Shelburne Shirt company plant in Fall River Massachusetts today and seized a payroll of 9500 dollars. He escaped in an automobile with two companions.
Pravda claims German experts are constructing new airfields for Finland along the Soviet frontier and says a Berlin-Finnish airline project has prime military significance. In Lake Charles two instructors saved girls at a camp after they cried for help as they swam.
The city council of Greenville Mississippi has ordered a special election to decide a proposed 35.0 bond issue to fund a city park and swimming pool.
Sam F. Franklin said Sinclair Lewis and Mrs Dorothy Thompson Lewis will visit the Sherwood cooperative farm in August. They will be joined by David L. Cohn of Greenville. Also, Slim Boutwell fell 50 feet while painting a chimney but caught a rope 10 feet from the ground.
Mary Louise Garner Pittman now 17 settles the dispute over her parentage. She will live with the John Warners in Macon while visiting the Atlanta Pittmans. The name changes to Mary Louise Garner Pittman. Blood tests are not pursued. Doctors in New York say hospital baby mix-ups are extremely unlikely.
The Dionne quintuplets will start their second film soon with director Norman Taurog departing for their Ontario nursery. Irene King will coordinate, and a technical crew will follow. Rochelle Hudson replaces June Lang as ingenue in the cast.
In Los Angeles on August 7 a complaint by Mrs. Charlotte Shelby mother of actress Mary Miles Minter, charged Mrs. Fillmore sister of the star with long term drinking and mental instability. The 36 year old woman sobbed at a county hospital psychopathic ward where she was taken, saying she was shocked and humiliated by the action.
Three of six Black Legion members were found guilty of false imprisonment in Detroit after a week long trial. Thomas Cox Earl Angstadt and Frederick Gulley were convicted. Charles King Wilbur Robinson and Harold Lawrence were acquitted. The case involved forcing Robert Fenland to an open air flogging for missing meetings.
Readings and vocal selections by Mrs J Norman Coon will anchor the regular Sunday afternoon Vesper hour at the First Baptist church. The recreation department band directed by Charles Gaushell will perform several selections, with trombone duets by Truman McCrea and Mr Gaushell.
A small handbag found by N. B. Bernadae Friday morning in the 2500 block of DeSiard Street was turned in at police headquarters. Officers believe it was probably lost by a passing motorist.
John Monroe, secretary of the Chinchubs Institution for deafmutes, said residents will be moved from St. Tammany parish to the old St Joseph's orphanage in New Orleans. Archibishop Joseph Bin Ten directed the action. Residents of the institute’s_quinn in St Tammany parish.
The first bale of 1996 cotton in the Caldwell area was ginned here Thursday by the Bridger Gin Company. Raised by Bush and Graves, it weighed 535 pounds and was to be auctioned Friday in front of the Caldwell bank in Columbia.
Water cools from 39.5 degrees Fahrenheit to 32 degrees, expanding about one eleventh of its volume as it freezes.
The crash near Crossett, Arkansas killed Russ Denman and Suttle, injuring others. Suttle's body was sent by Illinois Central train to Black Mountain, North Carolina, for interment Sunday. Denman leaves a wife and two children. details of funeral not yet set.
An advertisement claims instant relief from foot itch ringworm eczema and rashes with a colorless odorless tablet product. It promotes no bandaging and says the parasite-killing tablets are available at druggists or by post from Ring Bout Inc Dept A New Orleans.
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