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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1931
Page
10
Santa Claus Indiana gears up for the largest Christmas mail season with two high capacity mailing machines and clerks. Post office expects over a million pieces last year and aims to postmark mail from Santa Claus, Indiana.
Rain and wind eased, fog and haze lifted across the South improving visibility. The U S Weather Bureau reported better conditions and flight schedules resuming after midnight. Lindbergh returned to New York from Florida as the Goodyear blimp Reliance landed in Gadsden Alabama.
At the 4 H Club Congress in Chicago Mississippi and Louisiana earned top honors. W H Bayse of Jackson Miss captured first in long staple cotton exhibits while Otto Skipper of Gholson Miss led medium staple and Chandler Mosely of DeKalb won short staple. Robert Peden of Gholson Miss topped the individual potato exhibit with Porto Ricano. Louisiana placed second in state exhibits and earned major peanut awards with Edward Tuma of Louisiana taking best individual peanut state exhibit.
Six weeks examinations start for the Neville High School and Ouachita Parish High School students, ending the second period of the fall term.
Governor elect Sennett Conner leads a Mississippi petition to restore four state colleges to the accrediting list of the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the South. The commission on institutions of higher learning met in executive session to decide if reinstatement is warranted, amid debate over campus dismissals and state support.
Washington December 1 Republicans nominate New York's Snell on the seventh ballot to lead the party in a protracted fight over speakership and rules. Tilson withdraws after a 96 to 64 vote. Democrats plan to name Garn er of Texas and Rainey for the minority leadership in a Saturday caucus.
The Shipping Board asks Congress to ban drinking excursions aboard passenger liners that sail beyond the 12 mile limit and return. Its annual report urges legislation to stop “voyages to nowhere” by foreign ships, noting current coastal laws restrict direct calls but not out and back trips.
J. F. Armstrong 59, a Ruleville farmer, died in Greenville after being struck by a car near his home and brought there for treatment.
The Ouachita River now offers deeper navigable water than the Mississippi, allowing heavier drafts from New Orleans to Monroe or Camden, Ark. Capt. L. V. Cooley notes the Ouachita’s lock and dam system makes it more navigable at present. The War Department dredges on the Mississippi, while the Ouachita remains active with Waterway and Ram dredges servicing Red, Black, Old Rivers and the Ouachita system.
An advertisement claims hard pimples itched burned and healed by Cuthura. It lists sample offerings and mentions Cuticura Laboratories in Maiden Massachusetts. The text references claimant percentages and Tym 5 with broad distribution “sold everywhere.”
Neville High School will soon start the Educational Thrift Service, taught by Principal Charles E. Kenney. Students may save as little as one cent weekly, with interest paid after reaching five dollars, showcasing thrift as a teaching goal. The program is part of a national effort already operating in over 600 towns across 40 states.
Secretary Hyde has gathered material for a study on whether legalized beer would benefit farmers. With a new Congress convening and many calls about agriculture, it may take time to draw conclusions. It won’t be before January.
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