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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1935
Page
3
League council members voiced disapproval of the Franco-British peace plan. Premier Daladier and Eden said the plan is not ideal and only a conciliatory attempt with no change in Britain's Italo-Ethiopian policy.
Haile Selassie urged the League of Nations to convene a special assembly after a Franco British peace proposal is viewed as violating the covenant. The plan, believed to offer about half of Ethiopia to Italy for peace, has prompted a council session next Wednesday amid concern from smaller nations.
Reports show British MPs and small powers seeking league backed terms to curb Italian aggression in Ethiopia. Emperor Selassie would reject partition plans, while Addis Ababa boasted of a victory near Deaba as Italian losses rise. Critics in Parliament threaten Hoare over veto strategy as Geneva prepairs for league council action. Pope Pius uses diplomacy to press for peace amid Franco British efforts led by Duff Cooper. Mussolini offered no stance as Italy shifts troops and supplies in Africa.
Captain Brantley Sergeant Ham and Officer Ward investigated the hold up. A 25 year old 140 pound man in a brown raincoat and grey cap fled with $131. Two hours later a man matching his description reportedly fired a pistol into the floor at the Tourist hotel lobby.
The debate centers on Dr. Carrel's views of longevity and rejuvenation while Dr. Carlson challenges the Rockefeller Institute assertion that clairvoyants can reveal past or future events. Critics dismiss spirit phenomena as frauds and warn against mysticism in medicine.
Dr. Anton Julius Carlson of the University of Chicago dismissed Dr. Alexis Carrel’s theory that human life can be suspended in a twilight death and later restarted. He argued that no evidence supports individual resurrection after death and that storage for long periods cannot revive a person.
The Alexandria Rotary Club hosted a joint meeting with the Monroe club in which 38 Alexandria Rotarians and 20 ladies attended from a 48-member Alexandria group. D. Aubrey Haas presided, honoring a sick mayor, and guests included former district governors J. Albert Peart and C. Cottingham.
Morning scene shows mangled debris and 100 janitors sweeping water from fifth to seventh floors one inch deep. Water cascaded down stairs as stenographers and clerks salvage papers. Government bodies affected include the post office department the federal communications commission the federal home loan bank board the Home Owners' Loan Corporation and the reclamation service.
The defense notes the athlete claimed asking for a legal appointment from the older Hoeppel but was denied. The verdict notes the judge ordered both Hoeppels released on $1,000 bonds each pending further action.
The governor proposed reconvening the legislature to investigate him, a plan rejected by lawmakers. Senator John C. Barbour called Jamieson’s suggestion insolent as Manhattan Island’s lone five acre farm valued at $400 000 is noted.
Charles Kenney Neville High School principal spoke at the West Monroe Kiwanis weekly lunch Thursday about education. The remarks mirrored topics he recently delivered to Monroe clubs, addressing local education issues and community involvement.
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