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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1936
Page
9
The readable bits mention brothers and an insurance angle with a reference to a head of item and a person named M. Sas. The text is incomplete but suggests a legal or financial dispute with party names and an insurance element.
London reports Edward VII abdicated after 327 days on the throne. Albert Frederick Arthur George ascends as George VI after royal assent by a Lords commission. Crowds watched calmly as Downing Street and Westminster faced a seamless transition with no disturbances.
A behind the scenes lobbying push in Washington stalls probe rulings and shapes board outcomes by influence. Key figures and power networks push for favorable decisions, while critics warn of hidden deals and unequal access.
Washington reports that AFL convention condemns a powerful lobby effort to end the LaFollette labor spy inquiry with a larger appropriation. Telegrams reveal big mass production firms and ex-senators backing the push while the investigation battles limited funds and stalling tactics. The article also covers the Carnegie-Illinois Steel company union case and NLRB rulings against blocking hearings.
Washington December 1 a drive for a modified NRA formed in the council for industrial progress with business leaders and labor figures meeting by invitation of Georg L Berry to write recommendations for legislation. Key topics included wages hours fair competition standards and a permanent advisory economic council.
One man died and about 36 people were injured during rioting outside Sun Shipbuilding in Chester as a strike entered its second week. Police indicated a faulty fire alarm may have triggered a deadly run through a crowd of pickets and sympathizers at the main entrance.
Reese Bailey, a North Carolina gunman, is moved under guard toward McNeil Island federal penitentiary in Puget Sound to begin a multi year term for assault and intimidation of federal agents. He pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Mell G. Underwood to two counts stemming from resisting officers near Jackson.
New York dispatch profiles Albert Frederick Arthur George known as Bertie the future king. It recalls his childhood struggles with stuttering inferiority and poor health. The piece credits persistence and family chance for his ascent to Britain’s throne and self made success.
Thousands of dead fish were reported spilling over the government dam at Sterlington as waste salt water from Arkansas oil wells entered the Ouachita river. Observers noted fish entering the Ouachita above the Felsenthal dam from Smackover creek, a pattern familiar to residents with past incidents.
An addition to the Negro ward of the veterans facility in Alexandria Louisiana will add 100 beds for Negro patients. The $81 170 contract was awarded to A Farnell Blair of Lake Charles. Superintendent Dr T F Moore said the hospital capacity will rise to 565 beds and that completion is expected within thirty days.
Irish leader Eamon de Valera introduces a bill to abolish the governor general office and run internal affairs without the king in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. He argues the move isolates the Free State from Britain while keeping foreign affairs aligned, prompting opposition from Cosgrave and Norton who accuse haste and lack of dominion consultation.
A press dateline from Cannes reports Wallis Warfield Simpson remaining at the Riviera villa with no plans to meet Edward VIII. Gendarmes and Scotland Yard keep her isolated as authorities monitor the situation surrounding the abdication crisis and the crowned couple.
In Rome on December 11 Luigi Pirandello, Nobel Prize winner and famed playwright, was buried in a pauper funeral as per his dying wish. The simple ceremony featured a cheap wooden casket, no pallbearers, and only close family present before the body was sent by train to Agrigento, Sicily, for burial.
The chamber of commerce reports growing entries for a Christmas illumination contest with 404 in prizes. Merchants and households across the parish enter in three classes commercial doorways and private windows outdoor trees. A 100 grand prize will go to the best display overall. Mrs. Elmer Richards urged timely, proper entries for Yuletide electrical displays.
San Diego reports a fog nozzle rapidly smothered flames in a gasoline-saturated wrecked tri motor aircraft at North Island. Captain D Hogan and a naval officer used two nozzles to extinguish the fire in under a minute and rescue a dummy from the wreckage within thirty seconds.
Voters at Quachite parish are urged to sign the state poll books for 1930 with the deadline midnight Friday. More than 19 000 voters had already signed this week and officials fear delays as the rush increases on Saturday when residents come to the parish for business. Misunderstandings on eligibility persist.
A list of January and February contributions to the Monroe Good Fellows Fund shows 8526.12 received previously with multiple donors including workers from Monroe Wholesale Drug Co. and several named individuals. The largest single contribution came from the Manroe Wholesale Drug company employer, marking a notable local showing of support.
Buenos Aires reports show progress at a secrecy conference with Argentine and Brazilian delegates. U.S. exposure and reconvened talks aimed to secure support from republics while Secretary Hull urged prompt action to rebuff aggression and reassure the Americas.
John Teal, 50, formerly a Bailey County schoolteacher, was convicted of the 18 year old slaying of 21 year old Misa Evelyn Mots. He received an eight year sentence after being arrested in Pendleton Oregon where he worked as a machinist under the alias William Owens.
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