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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1933
Page
3
W L Workman of Sal t in Monroe is reassigned to remain for another year after protests halted a potential transfer. Revival services begin at 7 30 in a tent at North and Breard streets with seats and music provided. Public invited to attend as revival continues.
The Landry family completed a 6750 mile auto journey visiting El Paso San Diego Los Angeles San Jose San Francisco and Colorado Springs. Landry praised California charms and spoke of reuniting with a brother after 14 years while recalling Yosemite and Salt Lake City as highlights.
Orleans Aug 22. Assistant district attorney C Luzenberg who had an abdominal operation for appendicitis last night was reported resting comfortably Tuesday. A blood test was made on Monday and a transfusion was planned but not performed.
Walter Clifford a traveling salesman for a New Orleans grocer rode to Havana aboard the Cefalu from New Orleans two weeks ago. He found streets guarded by 40 to 50 soldiers with machine guns and hotels and nightlife closed. He witnessed heavy gunfire near the capitol but was not in a position to see casualties. he plans a return trip once conditions normalize.
A Louisiana labor dispute centers on Commissioner R. L. Engerran amid tensions with state AFL officials and Senator Long. The piece notes payrolls for Engerran and aides, a 1933 quarter financial summary, and other state departments including statistics, public service, and reform institutes with payrolls and funding concerns.
The notice lists contestants in district No 2 Bastrop area and district No 1 with many West Monroe and Monroe names. It explains voting via purchases at listed stores and receipts exchanged for votes, with one trip awarded in district No 2 and five in district No 1 along with cooperating merchants.
The retail code hearing set for Tuesday covers most store sales except food and drugs. The agreement, presented by national trade groups, sets a forty hour week with 52 current hours, minimum wages from 13 to 14, a ten percent over delivered cost price floor, and bans underselling references and prison made goods.
Serbia native Nick Dimoff, 35, was arrested in Monroe first by local officers, then handed to federal immigration authorities in New Orleans for lacking proper entry credentials. He previously lived in Ohio after a prior deportation and ran a hot dog stand in Monroe before apprehension. The case will proceed with federal officials likely leading to another deportation.
Hyde Park Aug 22 A progress report on a single working code for the coal industry cheered President Roosevelt as General Hugh S. Johnson said real progress has been made. The plan aims to present a new coal code chapter at the summer White House soon to assure Labor Day recovery goals. Roosevelt also focused on world disarmament and fiscal matters with Norman Davis and Mrs. Davis as luncheon guests.
In Georgetown, Mrs Palmour killed her husband and her mother before taking her own life with a .32 caliber pistol. Mrs Palmour died at a hospital after bullets struck her temple and throat. Her suicide note requested burial in Georgetown alongside her mother. ABELL RESIGNS OFFICE MEMPHIS
President Roosevelt selects Jefferson Caffery of Louisiana to replace Sumner Welles as ambassador to Cuba so he can return to the State Department. Caffery, 47, is a veteran diplomat with 22 years’ service in Venezuela Sweden France and more. He speaks Spanish and is known for Thoroughness and diplomacy. He has hobbies Greek archaeology horseback riding and mountain climbing. He assisted Asia Minor refugees in Greece feeding about 870000 people daily.
A 1930s tax reform commission report cites staggering funded debt for state parishes districts and New Orleans totaling about 308 million dollars. It urges a new state tax board power to veto local taxes and calls for shifting bond obligations to benefited taxpayers while restricting tax bases to real and movable property.
Dr Leake ranks the Sleeping Malady outbreak as grave second only to the St Louis epidemic. Spokane’s 1919 21 mortality is cited with nineteen deaths over three years. Additional fatalities include Kansas City Kansas and Warrensburg Missouri with Effie Brooks and Mrs James Rutherford among the deceased.
Vessels Mojave Hunt and Travis faced mountainous seas off New Jersey seeking missing craft as Coast Guard Captain Christopher Bentham helped survivors from Goldie R. and Emma R. He saved 16 aboard Emma R. despite injuries and later perished chief engineer Percy Harrison drowned in Chesapeake Bay as New York flooded streets and cellars.
The Woman's Home Demonstration club encampment at Camp Ki-ro-li ends August 31 and more than one hundred women will be hosted by the West Monroe Kiwanis club for an old fashioned barbecue at 6 30 p m on Wednesday evening August 30. Kiwanis have hosted for two years and the event expresses appreciation for friendship and cooperation between the groups. Next Thursday August 24 the club members will lunch at Calhoun.
The Bermuda hurricane, initially 200 miles southwest, sped west overnight. By Tuesday the wind eased to 38 miles per hour and the seas subsided, allowing ships home Monday to reach port by Tuesday morning.
A reader quotes Irene Dunne praising Lux Toilet Soap and a Miss Dodd endorsing it after noting her skin improved. The ad claims scientists explain skin aging from element loss and credits Lux with replenishing essential minerals. It urges readers to try the fragrant white soap today.
An advertisement urges use of Mexican Heat Powder to stop sunburn pain quickly. It claims the powder draws out heat and soothes the skin with a small amount rubbed on. Available at druggists for 30 cents.
W K Bruner, former head of the special agents division, is in charge of the new district covering Louisiana and southern Mississippi and Alabama. The district will deploy 15 agents to enforce prohibition laws.
Advertisement asserts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic destroys malaria infection in the blood and builds up the blood with iron. It claims thousands cured, notes tonic benefits, safety for children, pleasant taste, and wide store availability.
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