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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1933
Page
3
Sterling Godfrey, a 68 year old veteran bartender, returns from Chattanooga to Monroe claiming he sold the last legal whiskey 13 years ago and now seeks to reopen his former Hotel Monroe saloon. He stayed away during prohibition and later ran a pool hall while healing from a hip fracture.
Lewis secretary Edward L. Millen of Chicago wired NRA director G L Gaukel in St. Louis that the senator is en route to Springfield. A telegram from Millen to Lewis was delivered here last night.
In Dallas on December 5 1934 Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois did not arrive on the noon northbound train as planned. He intended to request a Ladies Birthday Almanac before stock runs out. If druggists are out of almanacs readers should write to The Chattanooga Medicine Co. in Chattanooga Tennessee.
J A Hinton testified he knew the senator and believed Lewis had not been on the train since it left St. Louis last night. Hinton saw the train through Springfield and found no trace of Lewis there. A Dallas chamber reception committee went to Highland Park station to greet the senator as arranged, with no direct word from Lewis recently but assuming he would arrive on schedule.
Wallace Streeter, secretary of Senator Lewis of Illinois, said he had not heard from the senator directly for over a week but had learned he was due in Dallas tonight for an address. Streeter noted the senator was expected back in Chicago yesterday and that no plans for a Springfield Missouri address had been confirmed.
The court refused to block the wet amendment as states await repeal proclamation this evening. President Roosevelt and Acting Secretary Phillips monitor Utah events to proclaim the eighteenth amendment’s passing and ensure liquor supply for about 20 states. Officials weigh liberating medicinal liquor and estimate 500000 gallons may be released for immediate use. A proposed rule limits border purchases to every 30 days to curb casual imports.
To relieve eczema itching and skin rashes, Blue Star Ointment is promoted as soothing and fast absorbing. It claims to kill germs, end itching, promote healing, with no burning or blistering and is described as safe and reliable.
The Nicole family recounts how Lombardo Nicole, son of Xavier Nicole, was admitted to a New Orleans medical center with help from Huey Long era politics. After three months of study, he was shipped out for lacking organic chemistry units, amid alleged political pressure and delayed grades. The episode fuels calls to audit the medical center’s use of tax funds and its role as a political instrument.
The Hi Y club of Neville High School met Monday night at 7 30. Inducted into the order were Charles Riddick Kenneth McAllester and Donald McGee. The next meeting will be at Hotel Monroe with refreshments. The group voted to give a Christmas basket to a poor and deserving family.
The article notes Stanley prepared to close the vote fraud case with remarks about ballot counting. It claims a discrepancy between initial counts and a court recount showing 111 for and 61 against, while precinct totals read 562 for and 5 against. The piece discusses party emblems affecting tallying decisions.
Sparta Georgia December fifth Dr George S Vardeman claims the title of Georgia s oldest living druggist He celebrated his 80th birthday by filling prescriptions from sunup to sun down His store remains at the same location he opened sixty years ago though the original building burned years ago The state examining board issued him license number one in recognition of his long service Cod liver oil note unrelated to the main story was added.
The Louvre gains two Rembrandt portraits bequeathed by Henri Pereire. One shows a fresh complexioned Dutchman with grey blue eyes, broad black hat, pointed beard. dated 1632. The second is Cornelie Pronck with white collarette, grey blue eyes, dated 1633. Both from Rembrandt's early period with few contemporaries in Louvre.
Berlin reports the matrimonial loan program for young couples requires an Ehetanglichkeitszeugnis a certificate of matrimonial fitness. Municipal doctors will issue the certificates and city health institutions will assist with the physical examinations.
Two men were taken into custody and a third suspect remained at large in a West robbery investigation. Witnesses described a scheme involving air freight to Phoenix to recover jewels, with a $5,000 demand and a denunciation of Voiler as untrustworthy.
London dispatch reports the United States has the highest proportion of doctors to population of any country. The estimate places the U S well ahead of other nations in available physicians per capita.
A British medical survey notes the United States has one doctor for every 800 people. Austria follows with one per 900, and Great Britain seats third with about one clinician per 1 000 residents.
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