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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1939
Page
5
Public donations by the Saskatchewan board of trade young men’s section distribute over 400 books and magazines to Sudeten settlers in northern Saskatchewan Canada.
Federal prosecutors depicted Louis Lepke Buchalter as the kingpin of a $10 million narcotics smuggling syndicate using attractive women agents to route heroin cocaine and opium across Europe and into New York and other ports. The case spans 1935 1936 with 30 indicted and Buchalter facing a possible 164 year term and fines up to 185000.
A 64-year-old Englishman, Albert C. Cooley, was found dead in a Baltimore real estate office with a bullet wound to the thigh that traveled to the heart. Police say no gun was found, no struggle or robbery evident, and $12.75 was in his pocket as employer W. F. Mylander recalls seeing him 35 minutes earlier.
Ouachita parish registrar Miss Lillian Collins warns that registration books close at 6 pm on Saturday December 16. She notes over 17 000 voters have registered to date and urges remaining eligible residents to register before the deadline.
Fourth graders at Otter Territorial school in Alaska write to North Dakota official Arthur E. Thompson asking what they can send in exchange for North Dakota wheat. Principal Norris K. Potter notes students’ unusual interest in wheat and the land it comes from. Thompson replies he has no idea yet what is needed.
Mrs H P Lessard sister of Mrs F Harold Riggs of Monroe died at her Portland Maine home after a short illness. Funeral in Portland Saturday. Survived by husband three brothers parents and Mrs Riggs. Mrs Dora Lambert 56 of Winnsboro died in a sanitarium. Funeral in Winnsboro with eight children surviving. Mulhearn funeral home handled burial. Also note on using decayed leaves as humus claims a ton provides as much organic matter as three tons of manure per Penn State.
Mr and Mrs E R Lewis announce the birth of a son at St Francis sanitarium. Mr and Mrs L A Salter announce a daughter born at St JONESBORO. Mr and Mrs O L Wigley are parents of Carolyn Wigley born November 23. Mr and Mrs Malvin L Howell announce Bertha Mae Howell born November 28. Mr and Mrs Vernon Hicks are parents of Donna Etta Hicks with grandparents H H George of Okaloosa.
Two year old Billy Boblitz Jr. at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore battles acute myeloid leukemia. Doctor George Baley says his only chance of survival is a blood donor cured of the disease to provide a transfusion. The hopeful appeal underscores a rare illness and urgent need for compatible blood.
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