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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1936
Page
3
An Indian elephant pulls loads for supply transport while the article notes the mechanical use and the dual sides of the elephant. It explains spider silk glands and how thread thickness varies with the number of active glands.
London reports that Prince Albert Duke of York married commoner Elizabeth Bowes Lyon in 1923, ending a 250 year restriction on royal spouses. The King allowed wider mate choice for his children, but within top aristocratic ranks. The change followed postwar shifts and contrasted earlier royal marriages.
The report centers on Albert as the quieter, resilient royal brother who endured health issues and a stutter, yet grew into a capable horseman, marksman, swimmer, and tennis player. It notes his world war service aboard the Battleship Collingwood and a lighter moment about cocoa for the gun crew.
FerGuson describes lizards with toe discs that enable them to walk on ceilings and window panes. These sacred gliders roam streets freely, disturbing traffic and feeding at fruit stands. When startled they release and fall, sometimes onto beds or tables.
After heavy rains the Ouachita river rose above Felsenthal dam releasing fish from Smackover creek. Thermatomic officials in Sterlington reported salt content in river water spiked then fell as dead fish were collected from the Sterlington dam by truckload.
Asa Long of Toledo needs four more games to retain the world checker championship against Edwin Hunt of Nashville. Long led 3-1 with 32 draws in 36 games, and must draw three or win two of today's games to hold his crown.
Louisiana Central Lumber company purchases one thousand dogwood trees for a roadside park on the Monroe Alexandria highway in Clarks. C C Sheppard, company president, names Mrs Fred H Mecom chairman of a planting committee with H O Cooksey supervising. Other committee members are Mrs John B Wade and Mrs Mayo M Iles.
Mr and Mrs D W Swanner of Quitman spent a weekend with Mr and Mrs G C Cheshire.
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