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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1930
Page
7
Tony May a 63 year old bondsman and money lender died from a bomb blast in his Lincolna avenue apartment. His 11 year old son Eugene was severely injured and the building windows were shattered. Police pursue two extortion and money lending leads as the investigation continues.
Victor Larichev and four others received ten year sentences for conspiring in the fuel and planning agencies. Other defendants include Nikolai Charnovsky, Ivan Kalinikov, Alexander Fedotov and Vladimir Ochkin with linked roles in the Supreme Economic Council and related institutes. The courtroom in the old union club heard the verdict amid a packed room and outside crowds applauded through loudspeakers.
H R Speed a prominent local figure and business leader dies after failing health. He served as secretary of the Nc sas Basin Flood Control association and held many Masonic and civic memberships. Renowned for charity he fed all who sought help and treated children with kindness. His charitable policy extended to feeding guests at his door even on the day before his death.
R. W. Hanks, a 55 year old Texarkana bank cashier, regained consciousness and said a single man abducted him and forced a five mile walk to an old mill. He described a gun, a ransom demand, whiskey, and four wounds. Hanks identified a coat worn by Hanks as belonging to Hanks’s suspect H. C. King. J. D. Simons and a black youth found him and summoned help. Four other men were questioned and released.
L W Burrows a 47 year old Jackson field superintendent for Louisiana Gas and Fuel and George W McCranie an abstract title worker from Monroe La remained unconscious in a Jackson hospital today with serious injuries from a Sunday automobile wreck near Clinton cemetery. Burrows had a fractured skull and head cuts while McCranie had a severe scalp wound.
Leon D. Roper, Gulf Coast Military Academy student and Ouachita Parish deputy sheriff’s son, is convalescing at the academy hospital after a Wednesday football injury. His left ankle was wrenched with torn ligaments. he is expected home for the holidays on December 18.
A young self taught magician recounts his years in the 1880s pursuing magic across the country. He describes meeting Herrmann the Great, studying Modern Magic, and selling programs in races. The tale covers family ties, early fame, a death, and a pivot to street preaching before returning to magic.
The News-Star calls for contributions to the Goodfellows Fund in Monroe Louisiana as Christmas nears. Readers urged to send gifts to Goodfellows Fund care of the News-Star with many local names listed among supporters.
The banquet will host about 200 business leaders boosters and guests in the Twin Cities with Fred G. Hudson as master of ceremonies. Local and visiting booster members will close Booster activities for 1930 and bid farewell to current officers as the final entertainment and goodwill meeting.
State highway officials announce construction of a new bridge south of the present span to provide year round overflow-free link between Baton Rouge and Denham Springs. About 14 miles of hard-surfaced road beyond Denham Springs are under contract, with work remaining toward a Baton Rouge to Hammond connection. Each new bridge will have 20 feet of road clearance for bidirectional traffic. Bridge advertisements will appear in the highway commission notices on December 17.
A narrator recalls visiting a hardware store to craft a hundred potato peelers and packing magic props. He seeks his father’s financial support to become a professional magician, and receives a symbolic quarter as a start.
New Orleans reports John C. Olsen professor of chemical engineering at Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn elected president of the AIChE at the opening session. He succeeds Alfred H. White of the University of Michigan.
A farmer named Williams voices concern that charity in the parish favors city families. He urges extending relief to rural residents, noting shortages of clothing and basic goods, and calls for a coordinated, parish wide drive over the next ninety days to share donations across country and city areas.
Ouachita parish agents depart for a Baton Rouge conference with Rabb and Mrs Green Tire joining from nearby parishes. Mrs McQuiller arranges continued canning work during her absence and sets equipment pickup days from her home. The local home demonstration agent schedules a Baton Rouge meeting.
Monroe and West Monroe Scouts organize a two week drive to gather and repair toys for under privileged children. Toys will be taken to the Y M C A Weaks building for mending and distribution on Christmas day with names from welfare groups and local addresses. J L Croft chairs the committee with C M Mitchell Eddie Horton Parker McComb Myatt McClendon and Dr F C Shelton expected to attend Monday afternoon.
Lindsay faced arraignment amid a riotous church gathering. The crowd shouted threats as Lindsey was escorted away in a taxicab while Bishop Manning condemned his book as pornographic and immoral. Lindsey remained quiet, taking notes during the sermon.
The Italian salvage ship Artiglio, attempting to recover about $6,000,000 in gold from the sunk liner Egypt, was destroyed by a deep sea explosion while removing wreckage of the steamer Florence. Fourteen crew members lost and seven injured. Winter storms halted salvage work and it had been contracted with the French government to remove wreckage of a sunken munition ship.
Census Bureau reports the 1930 cotton crop ginned by December 1 totaled 12,834,970 running bales plus 455,477 round bales, excluding linters and American Egyptian bases. State totals include Texas 3,686,288 and California 162,992 among others.
Christmas mail for Monroe is to be in the post office by December 20 for on time delivery. Addresses must include both sender and recipient with a strong, plain exterior wrap and strong cord tied. Tissue paper is to be avoided and careful wrapping urged for all packages.
M. J. Fournet at Union Bus Station authorized to issue round trip tickets at one and one half times the regular fare. The reduction, ordered by J. N. C of Shreveport, takes effect December 10, 1930 and runs to February 28, 1931, covering all points on Tri-State Bus Lines and the Motor Transportation company.
Nicholas Bruno of the North Second Street Electric Shoe Shop donated two boxes of shoes to the Monroe Welfare Association. The charity’s office has many requests for shoes from needy families, and the donation was warmly received.
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