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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1936
Page
7
London Prime Minister rushes to Fort Belvedere amid royal crisis
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin travels icy roads with advisors toward Fort Belvedere as King Edward and the Duke of York weigh throne versus marriage to Wallis Simpson. Monckton and Sir Eric Mieville join Baldwin. air charter carries Home Office officials toward Cannes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. King
London
Stanley Baldwin
Fort Belvedere
King Edward
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Duke of York
No. 10
Downing Street
Walter T. Monckton
Sir Eric Mieville
Monckton
Windsors
Baldwin
Home Office
Croydon
Cannes
Simpson
le Bourget
Lyon
John Simon
Rate cuts via informal talks ease long distance debate
Washington reports that AT and T, aided by FCC officials and counsel, reached a negotiated long distance rate reduction of about 12 million dollars after informal conferences. The arrangement cut rates, driven by facts and figures from Walter Gifford and Samuel Becker, with Carl Wheat guiding the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shington
American Phone & Telegraph Company
FCC
Carl Wheat
Fier Public Utilities
Y. of
Los Angeles
Wheat
Walter S. Gifford
Gifford
Samuel Becker
John Bickley
Keat
Atlantic
San Francisco
Cape Mendocino
Calif
HIP STRIKE HITS ORIENT YULE TRADE AND SUPPLY
In Anghai and Hong Kong ports a ship strike disrupts import flows forcing manufacturers to seek alternate ports. Toy dealers warn of shortages including dolls, motion picture theaters face film supply gaps, and US ship bans raise prices 10 to 30 percent on imported goods and foodstuffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anghai
Amer
United Trican
Hongg
Santa Clara
United States
Hollywood
Pacific
10000 Voters Must Sign 1936 Poll Receipts
More than 10000 Ouachita parish voters have not signed the 1936 state poll books at the sheriff office. The deadline is midnight December 3. Only 19 days remain for signing. About 5000 had signed the 1929 books by Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Quachita
Monroe
Winter Blast Takes 9 Lives
Subzero weather across the middle west caused at least nine deaths with six in the Dakotas and Minnesota, while Illinois reported three cold related fatalities. Temperatures varied from 11 below in North Dakota to 48 in Sidney Nebraska as roads froze and a fishing tug on Lake Michigan remained missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Middle West
Dakotas
Minnesota
Dickinson
N. D
Ilinois
Freeport
Chicago
Nebraska
Sidney
Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Washington
Ohio
New Jersey
Dorothy Irene
Landon struggles on Florida hunting trip near Apalachicola
Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas, after limited success hunting and fishing in Florida, planned one more deer hunt before leaving for New Orleans. He would stop two days in New Orleans then return to Topeka. His companion L. B. Phillips of Bartlesville joined the party, which hunted on St. Vincent's island where rough seas interrupted a planned Gulf fishing trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apalachicola
Fla
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Florida
New Orleans
Topeka
Kan
L. B. Phillips
Bartlesville
Okla
Yestern Landon
St. Vincent's Island
Gulf of Mexico
Pensions for Vets Widows May Move in Congress
Washington reports indicate the new Congress may pursue broader pension measures for widows and orphans of veterans. A proposed uniform pension bill would extend benefits to spouses and children of veterans from World War I and older wars, regardless of death cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Gasque
South Carolina
House Pensions Committee
House Pension Committee
Rankin
Mississippi
House Veterans Committee
Edith Maxwell Trial Set For Wednesday In Wise County
Wise Va December 8 Edith Maxwell a Wise county school teacher faces a retrial for the slaying of her father Trigg Maxwell mother and brother Her mother and sister arrived from Richmond for the docket before Judge E T Carter Two weeks earlier a venue change was denied and five veniremen were summoned along with thirty defense witnesses and forty five prosecution witnesses New witnesses were added by both sides after the Virginia Supreme Court ordered a new trial following a prior conviction and 25 year sentence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
Edith Maxwell
Trigg Maxwell
Miss Maxwell
Richmond
E. T. Carter
Carter
Wise County
Commonwealth
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Morgan May Be Called To Explain Van Sweringen Loss
Senate investigators heard that the Van Sweringen brothers lost their 3 billion rail and industrial empire on September 30, 1935 and regained control the same day without funds. The testimony showed a Morgan banking syndicate sold control for 274,682 dollars as the inquiry opened. George A. Ball of Muncie, Indiana testified as a witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
van Sweringen
J. P. Morgan
Capitol
Morgan
George A. Ball
Muncie
Ind
Work Resumed by Pope Pius XI
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XI, 79, much better after a paralysis attack and determined to resume his full routine of active duty. He resisted doctors' push to stay in bed as Vatican mood shifted from worry to relief. The pope rallied strongly yesterday and presses on with duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican
Papal State
Mrs Simpson to Fight for Morganatic Marriage
Cannes dispatch reports Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson plans to battle for a morganatic marriage with King Edward VIII despite an offer to give him up. Friends say she and the king intend to fight to the bitter end, with daily press conferences planned at Villa Lou Vier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannes
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward VIII
Needy Children Appeal for Help From Good Fellows
The Good Fellows Fund reports 235.97 acknowledged in memory of Mrs. Joe Bledenharn and lists donations from Monroe Street Department Pat Mason J C Mims F C Reynolds U W Swayze and others. The campaign seeks Christmas aid for impoverished families in the region with letters from mothers and fathers explaining their needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellows Fund
Joe Bledenharn
Monroe Street
Pat Mason
J. Cc. Mims
Etteeenavegee
F.C. Reynolds
J. W.myori
U. HW. Swayze
H.R. Speed
Monroe Typographical Union
Seuceresees
Dim Stevens
Visses Cccessssenner Es Soolat
Santa Claus
Salvation Army
Flood Devastates Cagayan Valley in Philippines Disaster
The Cagayan valley suffers the Philippines worst flood as the Cagayan River swells from heavy rains. Thousands die and many more are listed as missing across at least 54 villages. Relief agencies mobilize to reach devastated communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Cagayan
Philippine Army
Commonwealth
Luzon
Winnsboro approves water works bonds in special election
In Winnsboro Louisiana voters unanimously approved fifty thousand dollars in water works bonds. The issue, tied to the town’s PWA funding application, is secured by water revenues and will raise taxes. The town has a solid financial record including timely debt payments and a year end surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnsboro
PWA
President heads toward equator aboard Indianapolis
President Roosevelt sails northward toward the equator aboard the Indianapolis after completing a South American mission. The ship moves at 24 knots off Brazil's northeast coast in clear warm weather as searchlight maneuvers illuminate the night sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Equator
Indianapolis
Brazil
Chester
Montevideo
Uruguay
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad
Argentina to ratify four peace pacts in new drive
Buenos Aires reports Argentine foreign minister Carlos Saavedra Lamas says Argentina will sign four long-unratified peace treaties to win support from other republics for Western world peace. He predicts other American nations will ratify too as Mexico plans a revised peace code promoting permanent conciliation and arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Saavedra Lamas
inter-American Conference
Associated Press
Bolivia
el Salvador
Mexico
Montevideo
Francisco Castillo Najero
Alfonso Reyes
Human Mole in Punishment Cell Breaks Free From Missouri Prison
In Jefferson City Missouri Fred Turner a 22 year old inmate tunneled 146 feet beneath the prison walls over 64 days. Guards confronted the escape after Turner emerged outside the facility tipping off a planned breakout by a source. Turner received food and clothing from two cellmates who aided the dig with chisels and a hammer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Idi
Missouri States
Fred Turner
J. M. Sanders
Turner
Everett Stewart
Mike Kaussman
Fuera
Government forecasts 12,407,000 bale cotton crop
The crop reporting board puts the 1936 cotton yield at 12,407,000 bales based on December 1 conditions, up 7,000 from November. Yield per acre runs 397.4 pounds, with harvested area at 30,054,000 acres, and drought along with weather changes influenced regional output in Georgia, the Carolinas, Texas, and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Georgia
Carolinas
Texas
Oklahoma
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Ameri
Notaph
Eabings
Duke of Kent
Rodney Dutcher
Telefone
Illinois Bell Telephone
Supreme Court
Federal Communications Commissioner
Paul Walker
A. T
Telce
S2the Telephone Company
LaGuardia
Bee
Edward
Worrier
Bertie
His
Albert, Duke OF York
Sheriff's Office
Landon
Pensions
Pius
Mrs. Simpson
American Beauty
Good Fellows
Ray P. Cronin
Manila
Water Works
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