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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1933
Page
8
A reflection on why people, especially women, offer marriage and affection to convicted or suspected murderers. The writer recalls vivid cases from San Francisco and elsewhere, noting how brutality and romance intertwine and how crowds react to violence. The piece contrasts ordinary rage with a disturbing courtship phenomenon surrounding killers.
In a New York courtroom a spinster writes about a trial where a young woman in spring colors, carrying sweet peas, appears as an unnamed spectator. The "sweet-pea girl" sits pensively through the proceedings, though she has no relation to the case or the principals.
The piece discusses the allure some show affection for murderers, citing Madeleine Smith and Mary Stuart as examples. It notes public fascination, questions whether publicity drives such feelings, and suggests restricting inmates letters to curb notoriety. It laments voyeuristic reactions and advocates wartime style vigilance over prison correspondence.
The author muses on why murderers attract affection from strangers, noting the disturbing pull of passion and the puzzling attraction to a person charged with murder, highlighting the eerie human tendency to form attachments unseen in ordinary cases.
Mountain View Ark Dec 8. Threats of trouble over work relief administration in Stone County prompted Sheriff Walter Brewer to request state relief headquarters send an investigator to adjust the difficulties.
The report notes liberals asserting victory as Peek contemplates resignation while denying rumors of a Johnson–agency transfer. Peek objects to veto power over AAA decisions by Wallace and favors independence under the president, rather than NRA control.
Sterlington Wesley Burdine returns home from St Francis sanitarium and is reported very much improved. Epworth league members were entertained Saturday night with A Trip Around the World, the proceeds buying league literature. A membership drive winning side plans a picnic.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police report four crew members from the police cutter Stumble Inn were landed safely at St. Pierre on the coast of Newfoundland after being kidnapped aboard the Kromhout, a suspected rum-runner. Captain Ross Mason and the Kromhout crew were jailed.
John Gossett aged over 70 journeyed from the Black Hills to Berthoud Colorado in his burromobile a ramshackle vehicle pulled by two burras. A discarded auto wheel replaces a wagon wheel and a timber neck yoke forms the yoke. He crossed Wyoming in 40 days to reach his son Eli's home.
The post office department announced that the Hemphill Louisiana fourth class office in Rapides parish and the Lone Pine office in Evangeline parish will discontinue on December 30. Hemphill mail will be routed to Wilda and Lone Pine mail to Bunkie after the cutoff.
A group urges a $2.60 per gallon liquor tax with 80 cents per gallon on natural sparkling wines, 40 cents on artificial sparkling wines with under 24 percent alcohol, and a proposed 16 cents additional tax on blended and rectified spirits to reach $2.76 per gallon, replacing the current 30 cent extra levy.
Memphis health official Dr. Graves says malaria mosquitoes travel at most a mile under normal conditions. He urges oiling or draining standing water within a mile, plus education and wide screening. Mayor Overton backs the program with U S Senator McKellar and Rep Crump aiding federal support for the anti malaria effort.
Tangipahoa parish Louisiana tops the nation in strawberry production per the 1930 census with 16 090 acres and 14 755 087 quarts valued at 2 803 467. Livingston and St Helena counties follow with 4 471 and 2 104 acres producing 5 825 419 and 1 757 456 quarts valued at 1 069 226 and 281 193 respectively. Nineteen states contributed to a national small fruits crop valued at 43 167 174 dollars, 67.6 percent of the total.
A Japanese scientific party, protected by 40 soldiers, surveys Chengte Lingnan Pingyuan Chifeng Chaoyang and Peipiao in Jehol Province to uncover biological geological and geographic facts. It marks the first Japanese expedition into Jehol and Manchuria with aims to illuminate early ancestral life in Manchuria Jehol and Mongolia.
The Department of Agriculture seeks a serum to combat widespread cases of infectious equine encephalomyelitis in eastern states. The disease affects the brain and spinal cord of horses and mules and is attributed to an invisible virus. An anti serum already exists for a western horse disease with positive results.
The national average butter-fat for each cow under test is reported as 310 pounds, reflecting standard measurement across herds.
Officers disclosed two bold attempts by a man to enter a sandwich shop. The suspect, identified by a witness, was known to have been detected on his first visit and showed no obvious remorse.
Washington dispatch reports archaeologist Carl W. Bishop of the Freer Museum describing an ancient Chinese punishment where a political prisoner was wrapped in the hide of a freshly killed rhinoceros. The claim appears in military or scholarly notes from the era and reflects cruel judicial practices cited by the source.
An old catalog note from the Smithsonian discusses a carved artifact and a 651 B C prisoner wrapped in rhinoceros hide sent to a neighboring state, hinting at hidden histories within the gallery.
Smithsonian researchers show that modernistic paintings and cubist sculptures may date back to African interior crafts. The museum collection suggests western African artisans used simple lines and light and shadow, echoing today’s styles.
The National Lumber Manufacturers Association said 1,314 U.S. mills reported orders fell to the March level and production slipped to May levels during the week ended December 2.
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