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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1939
Page
1
Tokyo reports indicate Japan will adopt a policy of splendid isolation while not cutting off potential ties. The move follows Germany’s pact with Soviet Russia and signs of cooling relations with Moscow amid ongoing Manchurian frontier tensions and a broader reshaping of alliance lines.
Warsaw reports Poland will not permit changes in Danzig rights vital to its Baltic outlet and independence. The note to the Danzig senate and Nazi leadership shift signals a possible ultimatum amid tension over the Free City’s status and German influence.
Elliott Roosevelt advocates patching rifts between business and administration amid European war threats. He calls for labor and industry to end mutual hostility and for all sides to forgive past mistakes while defending his father’s defense of the U S government. He likens the German Russian non aggression pact to rival gangsters and urges staying out of war despite sympathy for England and France.
Warren president of the Ouachita parish police jury explains his role in gasoline sales by a distributor he serves as stockholder and director. He says profits were negligible and the indictment stemmed from political motives.
New Orleans August 25 Dr James M Smith former president of Louisiana State University saw his arraignment on an indictment for income tax evasion in 1936 postponed for one week by federal district court at the request of his counsel He was given until Monday to file pleas and arguments set for next Friday He remains in federal jail awaiting arraignment The government charges he failed to pay taxes of 9252 for 1936
A morning blaze in Oil City Louisiana destroyed Johnny Walls grocery and market, Nathan Kettle variety store, G W Fouche barber shop, and H H Warren drug store. Loss estimated at 20000 dollars with two brick buildings spared. A night watchman said a quick water bucket could have limited damage.
Paris dispatch notes French hopes for averting war as Premier Daladier prepares a broad union appeal to back Poland. Roosevelt in Washington says war not certain and would not call Congress unless war is imminent. He sent peace appeals to Hitler Moscicki and the Italian king and seeks direct talks or neutrality methods to settle disputes.
Washington reports a set of government orders and proclamations nearing completion to be issued immediately if war erupts in Europe. Under the neutrality act the drafts cover markets shipping aviation communications and related controls including short wave radio and transatlantic flying services.
A shirt-sleeved gardener with a cigar cools pavements outside Poland's capital embassy while Count Jerzy Potocki, the ambassador, works at a desk beneath a Kosciuszko portrait. The hot corner location leaves the building nearly without shade amid blazing temperatures.
In Baton Rouge Governor Earl K. Long accused opponent James A. Noe of avoiding court testimony on alleged shakedowns tied to gas well operations near Monroe. Long suggested Noe concealed evidence while denying bribery claims and implied Noe ran the conservation office behind the scenes.
New Orleans Aug 25 Conservation Commissioner Ernest S. Clements said all department employees are forbidden to engage in the oil or gas business in any form. He stated no current staff are under investigation for related activities after Monroe indictments. W D Dark and L J Melton of the Monroe office were charged with taking bribes to conceal gas well order violations.
Poland protests to the Danzig senate against appointing Nazi Albert Forster as chief of state of the Free City. The move is cast by Nazi organ Vorposten as a step toward reunification with Germany. Poland also denounces actions against Polish management of Free City railroads amid rising tensions and mobilization.
Myrtle Wagner, 17, a maid, lies near death after a brutal beating in an employer’s home. Police Captain Patton cites similarities to the case of Anya Sosoyeva, the Russian dancer killed on the Los Angeles City College campus last February.
Reports from multiple capitals describe cross border shootings near Ottemin and Hoch Kelpin while Daladier meets with Gamelin to plan emergency measures. Britain signs mutual aid pact with Poland as Hitler meets Henderson and ambassadors seek a peaceful settlement amid rising war fears.
Paris reports a citywide lighting shift as workers move from electric street lamps to small pin like lamps. Blue lights replace the overheads at stations and on trains, with shades drawn for night travel along the grand boulevard and at the opera house.
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