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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1933
Page
8
The readable fragments reference songs and voices, the sea, air, and a church or religious context. Mentions of sanctic and pon ships appear, with uncertain dates or participants. The piece resembles a partial column or verse notes rather than a cohesive event, lacking clear people places or actions.
National Guardsmen were mobilized in Tuscaloosa to shield Elmore Clark who fled a lynching party that killed two co defendants in the Miss Maddox slaying. Clark was found wounded in a shed near Vance and held for grand jury inquiry as Sheriff Shamblin faced threats during jail confinement.
The Rev Joseph Murphy vice rector of St Augustine's Mission college Bay St Louis Miss was appointed rector of the Catholic university at Peiping in a decree issued by the congregation for the propagation of the faith. Father Murphy a Chicago native takes effect next scholastic year.
An advertisement touts Blue Star Ointment as a fast absorbing remedy for itching rashes including ringworm eczema and foot itch. It claims tested medicines melt in quickly to kill germs and offers a money back guarantee if it fails.
Work worn women are urged to take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for inner strength and vitality. The ad touts iron and tasteless quinine to purify blood, restore appetite, energy, and youthfulness, claiming three days show results and 40 years of safe use. It urges readers to buy at any store.
Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler star in a scene from Tugboat Annie adapted from the Saturday Evening Post. The film, a comedy about a wife and her bumbling husband, is coming to the Paramount theater for Saturday Sunday and Monday.
The newspaper outlines guidelines for public interest letters including length limits of under 300 words and preference for shorter pieces. It requires original content without fibet or personal abuse, with the author’s real name and city or town and street address known to the editor. Anonymous letters are discarded and no correspondence will follow.
Editorial urged Monroe residents to craft a liquor regulation plan after repeal of the 18th Amendment. It warned against entrusting self-serving politicians and lamented social ills from red light districts, urging moral revival, civic responsibility, and investment in safer, stronger communities.
Phillip Capra told police he was abducted in Kansas City by three men who forced him to reveal the whereabouts of John Lazzia. He said he was held three days at a farm, beaten, then released naked on a Memphis street after his clothes were torn off during transfer to a car. Police express skepticism about Capra’s tale and questioned Tony Benitetto, who said Capra once worked for him.
Dust covered missing persons files in a year old New Hampshire case. An unidentified woman's nude, dismembered remains were found in a roadside thicket off Cock Hill road near Hampton Falls. A Boston store slipper, a ring inscribed L. D. to L. P. B, and a green leather bag were clues guiding investigators from Boston to Exeter and Concord as medical examiners weighed cause and timing of death. The body, about 30, with false teeth and a bob, lay for a year with head severed and limbs removed. Sheriff Spinney suggested the body was dumped piece by piece from a car.
Federal Judge Rufus E. Foster reports five highway projects in Louisiana totaling 1.4 million dollars and employing 650 workers. The plan includes a 1,214,000 dollar bridge across the Bonnet Carre spillway in St. Charles parish and a 32,000 dollar Ouachita parish project for 30 men, plus 137,000 for Orleans parish with 170 workers and 10,000 for Richland parish with 140 workers. A 7,000 dollar St. Charles parish project also was approved, adding to employment.
Revival services continue at Old Antioch Church Cadeville with Rev J I Brooks preaching and R L Mercer directing singing. Special daily and nightly song services invite young people to attend.
A ball game replaces the regular Y's Men's club meeting at Forsythe Park Wednesday at 7 45 pm. Members are split into two teams captained by Joe Blanton and Fillmore Meadows for recreation and practice under the lights amid friendly rivalry.
Police here received a report Monday of a burglary of a residence near Ruston Sunday night. They were asked to be on the lookout for the burglar as it was thought he might try to dispose of stolen property locally. Loot included a single barrel shotgun a pistol a blue coat with the initials E B inside pocket white trousers and an old-time open-face silver watch with the crystal broken out.
The ad argues Goodyear tires provide greater safety from skidding and blowouts for the price, citing tests where Goodyears outperformed competitors by up to 77 percent on wet pavement. It cites Supertwist Cord construction across all plies and claims durability tested on large bus fleets, urging readers to compare grip and recovery against ordinary tires.
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