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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1935
Page
3
The leaders vow to appeal Arizona’s polygamy ban to the Supreme Court arguing religious freedom. Musser asserts plural marriage is a right as valid as monogamy and that the state constitution infringes on religious liberty. Price Johnson faces trial on related charges.
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company promotes Prince Albert smoking tin offering 30 cigars worth roll your own cigarettes with a 30 day full refund if not satisfied. The ad claims mild mellow flavor, easy rolling, fits two ounce tins and pipes. Smokers are urged to try the new makin's for about 70 cigarettes per tin.
A found infant, found wrapped in a double blanket inside a wooden cranberry box, was adopted locally. Mrs L Coats and Mrs Lucien Webb heard whimpering and discovered the baby. A local physician examined the child and deemed him healthy. The adoptive parents, identified only as Mr Wright and his wife, plan to file for adoption papers immediately.
A new preparation Sit-1-Cide claims to penetrate skin and kill all parasites in one application within thirty minutes. It is marketed by Sitl-Cide Co Inc and sold by druggists for 60 cents or mailed direct at the stated price.
Albert Mass, 25, of St Louis, Mo, confessed at a New Orleans police station after the wheel of a stolen truck bogged in mud. He faces grand larceny charges. The piece notes birds like Orioles and swallows as effective boll weevil exterminators.
Houston man T. W. Burns, 30, claimed three foreign men abducted him and urged him to bomb President Roosevelt. He said they planned to place a bomb in a car during a Christmas parade, but did not specify the parade location. Burns was found naked on the Coushatta highway and said he escaped during a tire repair.
Egypt resumes constitutional government with internal affairs freed from British control while foreign policy remains under Britain. King Fuad signs the decree ending anti British unrest, as students warned further riots if demands were not met. Pro-British and anti-British tensions linger amid election plans and recent street violence.
Robert Dunnington, 30, of Tickfaw La was found dead on a residential street in Baton Rouge after a night of rain and cold. An official medical report cites exposure as the cause. Dunnington and his brother in law L L Fendlason of Loranger La had arrived in Baton Rouge with a truckload of cattle and had been drinking.
Senators plan three major inquiries with hearings on lobbying finance and munitions. Black leads the lobby probe while Lowenthal directs the railroad financing study with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The munitions inquiry eyes bankers and the Paris disappearance trend notes 520 daily missing in 1931.
News of the death of railroad magnate Van Sweringen follows his brother O P Sweringen in a secluded life at Drays Hill. The pair built a vast system by acquiring lines from the rusting era and creating a 52 story Cleveland terminal. Cause listed as general exhaustion from mental and emotional strain. Both brothers remained unmarried and are survived by O P, and sisters Edith and Currie.
M. J. O'Leary of Atlanta special representative for the southern states will attend a Monroe lodge meeting at 8 pm Friday. The regular meeting was postponed to ensure a large crowd for the special gathering and O'Leary will deliver the address.
Albert B. Fall, near death in El Paso Texas, converts to Roman Catholicism. The former senator, whose grandfather helped form the Disciples of Christ, was baptized after explaining that western moves left few churches and a busy life.
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