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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1932
Page
1
Hundreds of demonstrators in Washington marched toward police lines near the Capitol then backed off. Vice President Curtis said he would receive a three member delegation. Police stood ready with tear gas as guards blocked access and the Capitol remained closed to the public.
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley and Louisiana and Arkansas railroads asked the Louisiana Public Service Commission to reduce rail freight rates on general merchandise from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. Proposals cover minimum 12 000 pounds with exceptions and tiered rates of 37 cents, 30 cents and 2.5 cents per hundred pounds. hearing set in Baton Rouge.
A quick West Monroe column reports on a car with a Guam 10 license plate mystery and locals puzzling over its meaning. It also mentions minor personal notes about Paul Fink, Jimmy Swink preparing for a charity game, Myrtle Lipscomb and her dog Frisky, Parker McComb and post office timing quirks, Rufus Parker’s church attendance, Merrill Hamm’s return to work after flu, and a playful autumn themed poem about Hall.
Monroe naturalist R H Murdaugh and Roy Tanger correct longstanding misnaming of species around Monroe. They clarify that lampreys are actually conger eels with jaws and feet while true lampreys lack jaws, and explain mislabels for salamanders gophers copperheads Betsy bugs ladybugs lightning bugs and moths. The statement appears continued on the third page.
The seventy second congress begins its final session facing prohibition farm relief war debts and international ills. Democrats hold the majority while defeated Republicans attend a somber opening with notable political figures among the crowd.
Automobiles caused seventeen deaths across the south during the weekend with a baby drowning in a milk pail and a midair collision killing an aviator. The tally lists Louisiana with five deaths and Tennessee, Virginia with three each, plus Georgia and others with two or one. Second Lieutenant Brittian H. Purser of Amite La died in Shreveport when his plane collided with Lieut Cecil Darnell’s, Darnell surviving by using a parachute. The Lyman family infant fell into a milk bucket in Crowley Louisiana.
Walter Walker of Grand Junction Colorado took the oath as senator today creating a temporary Senate split of 48 Democrats 47 Republicans and one farmer labor. He completed a 2100 mile journey in 36 hours traveling from Colorado to Washington by car and air with a snow bound first leg to Denver and the rest by plane via Kansas City Columbus and Pittsburgh.
Bernard A. McGowan of Jackson Mississippi was fatally shot by his 12 year old stepson Jackson Land in downtown New Orleans. Land surrendered to police saying the shooting followed McGowan abusing his mother and a recent domestic dispute.
Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick denied D. C. Stephenson habeas corpus relief. The former Indiana Ku Klux Klan leader remains serving a life term at Michigan City State Prison for the 1925 murder of Madge Oberholtzer of Indianapolis.
Tokyo reports that Japanese forces push within 75 miles of the Soviet frontier in Manchuria as insurgent Chinese resist. Tokyo seeks guidance from Moscow through Eiji Amoh and S. M. Karakhan, outlining aims to avoid damaging the Chinese Eastern while pressing operations to free hostages and force action against Gen. Su Ping-Wen.
The Little Theater postpones next Thursday's performance of Sun-Up due to several cast members, including lead Miss K Ann Dodge and Rabbi F K Hirsch, ill with flu. Final rehearsals are suspended until recovering cast members return. director Mrs Louise Harberson announced the delay.
Army engineers ask Congress for a full 35 million dollar appropriation for the Mississippi flood control project in the new fiscal year starting July 1, though a substantial cut is likely. General Brown says Jadwin progress is strong except Boeuf and Atchafalaya floodways is under resurvey. The project costs total 325 million with about 149.7 million spent to date. completion anticipated in 1938.
Led by Hunter S. Moles from the United States bureau of agricultural economics and the Louisiana state marketing commission a school to train fruit and vegetable shipping point inspectors opened at 9 o'clock this morning in the parish courthouse. Sessions run daily through the week with talks on grading marketing and shipping by LSU and state extension staff. Additional lectures by M. Hull on sweet potatoes and G L Tiebout on Irish potatoes are scheduled later in the week.
Ira Dove age 25 a farmer living 12 miles north of Rayville was hospitalized at St Francis with a fractured back pelvis dislocated knee and abdominal injuries after a crash about 10 AM three and one half miles east of Rayville. Witness W L Gwin said his truck overturned when dodging a cow and was struck by another car in the same direction. Dove had recently moved to the area with plans for a crop next year and has a wife.
Trial of the Pardue case against United Gas Public Service in federal court neared completion after more than two weeks of testimony. Plaintiffs, owners of gas lands in Richland parish, claim contracts for gas purchases were not properly fulfilled. Judge Dawkins overruled a request for an instructed verdict and sent the case to the jury. Other cases are slated for the term, with all to finish by week’s end before the Lake Charles term opens.
SHREVEPORT La Dec 5 Bossier parish authorities were called to Barksdale Field to investigate the death by self inflicted pistol shot of Henry Palmer a civilian in an officers quarters He was the father of Sergeant Palmer and left a note whose contents were not disclosed He had been in bad health for a long time.
The U S House defeated Speaker Garner's resolution to repeal the eighteenth amendment by a 271 144 vote. The effort fell five votes short of the needed two thirds for passage ending hopes for repeal in the current short session.
A man about 75 identified by a Bible inscription as H. H. Parkhurst of Margaretsville N. J. was killed when struck by an automobile driven by John Rice a Black man on the Bayou Sara road north of Baton Rouge. Rice was arrested and efforts to contact the dead man’s relatives continued.
Major Jim Doolittle, famed racing pilot, departs at dawn to tour 25 cities in a mile course as ambassador for the 1933 world’s fair. New Orleans will host an overnight stop during the cross country trip.
The Good Fellows project led by E. D. Ory highlights hopes for a joyous Christmas for hundreds of local children. The piece weighs the weather’s possible impact on plans for distributing gifts and reflects on the value of comfort during the holiday.
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