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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1933
Page
6
A medical student in San Francisco is tried and executed for murder while rumors and speculation abound about why women, including wealthy ones, offer marriage to criminals. The piece parses fanatical romantic impulses toward killers, citing vivid anecdotes of courtroom courtings and disturbing motivations.
The essay discusses the phenomenon of women who attend murder trials for attention and affection toward defendants. It cites Madeleine Smith and Mary Stuart as historical examples and argues such behavior reflects exhibitionism and publicity seeking, urging newspapers and authorities to curb notoriety.
Kathleen Norris discusses how passions flare to violence and the puzzling attraction some criminals hold for strangers. She notes the oppressive aura of people forming feelings for murder suspects without knowing them, highlighting troubling human impulses.
Mountain View Arkansas December 8. Threats of trouble over relief administration in Stone county prompted Sheriff Walter Brewer to request state relief headquarters send an investigator to adjust the difficulties.
The article notes liberals claim victory as Peek reportedly plans to resign from his AAA post though Peek denies knowledge of the rumor. It states Peek opposed external vetoes by Wallace and contends the AAA should operate independently under the president, with a potential move to the NRA shifting veto power to Johnson.
Sterlington Wesley Burdine was moved to his home from St Francis sanitarium and is reported very much improved. Epworth league members were entertained Saturday night with A Trip Around the World, producing funds for league literature. A membership drive picnic is planned for the winning side.
Four crewmen of the police cutter Stumble Inn were landed safely at St. Pierre last night after being kidnapped aboard the Kromhout, a suspected rum-runner. Captain Ross Mason and the Kromhout crew were jailed as authorities searched the Atlantic for the others.
John Gossett, over 70, journeyed from the Black Hills to Berthoud Colorado in a burromobile a ramshackle vehicle drawn by two burros A discarded auto wheel replaces the wagon wheel and an odd timber neck yoke forms the rig It took him 40 days to cross Wyoming to his son Eli's home
The Post Office Department announced that Hemphill in Rapides Parish and Lone Pine in Evangeline Parish Louisiana will close December 30. Hemphill mail will be routed through Wilda and Lone Pine through Bunkie after the cutoff.
A committee proposes a 2.60 dollar liquor tax per gallon, keeps 80 cent per gallon on natural sparkling wines, and 40 cent per gallon on artificial sparkling wines with up to 24 percent alcohol. They also urge a 16 cent per gallon hike on blended and rectified spirits to reach 2.76 dollars, while current law already adds 30 cents per gallon on rectified and blended liquor.
Memphis health officials say the malaria carrying mosquito travels at most a mile, urging oiling or draining of standing water within that area. An educational campaign and broad screening are planned with support from Mayor Overton and federal lawmakers McKellar and Crump to push a southern anti malaria program.
Tangipahoa Parish Louisiana tops the nation in strawberry production per the 1930 census. Livingston and St Helena counties also rank highly with thousands of acres and quarts produced, contributing to a national small fruit value of over 43 million dollars across nineteen states.
A Japanese scientific party begins a survey across Jehol province including Chengte Lingnan Pingyuan Chifeng Chao yang and Peipiao to uncover biological geological and geographic facts. They are protected from bandits by 40 Japanese soldiers. This marks Japan’s first scientific expedition into Jehol and Manchuria.
The department of agriculture seeks a serum to combat unusual outbreaks of infectious equine encephalomyelitis in eastern states. The brain and spinal cord affecting horses and mules is called sleep sickness and forage poisoning in some regions. An antiserum exists for a similar disease in western states with good results.
The national average butter-fat for each cow under test is given as 310 pounds, establishing a standard reference point.
Police noted two bold attempts to enter a sandwich shop while customers were inside. The suspect, who had been seen by staff, appeared aware his initial entry had been detected. Officers expressed surprise at the repeated, risky efforts.
Smithsonian researchers suggest modernistic paintings and cubist sculptures are not new dates to Western Africa origins. African crafts include carvings furniture and objects showing use of simple lines and light shadow effects similar to today’s styles.
The National Lumber Manufacturers Association reports that 1 314 U S lumber mills showed orders dropping to March levels and production diminishing to May levels for the week ending December 2.
Washington dispatch notes archaeologist Carl W. Bishop of the Freer Gallery describing a historical Chinese practice where political prisoners were wrapped in the hide of a freshly killed rhinoceros. The report appears in newswire form dated December 8.
The passage describes a prisoner wrapped in rhinoceros hide and sent to a neighboring state as the hide dried and contracted. It notes a single year record from 681 B C. and references an ancient artifact in the Smithsonian Institution context.
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