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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1938
Page
6
A scrambled crossword puzzle clues list appears with scattered phrases and a faint narrative about Valthor pursuing a wild elephant. The text mixes across and down clues with partial words and a brief action scene at the end describing a man being overtaken and trampled by an elephant on a barren plain.
Monroe social security office warns executors and administrators to file if an estate is eligible for a single cash payment under old age insurance. Benefits equal 3 percent of wages since 1926 with a $3,000 earnings cap per employer. Inquiries should be directed to the Ouachita bank building field office.
The U S Supreme Court refused to referee between federal and Louisiana courts over how to value natural gas for lease settlements. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp sought review of a circuit ruling that counted producers pipeline contracts in market value, a factor Louisiana had previously rejected. The Sartor suit sought extra royalties, with years of prior payments at three cents per MCF. the court upheld a 10 year prescription, not three.
Transfers show The West Monroe State Bank in receivership selling four tracts in section 34 township 19 north range 3 east totaling 383.15 acres to M. M. Bayles for 1670.75. H Flournoy sold to A J Goff blocks 10 11 12 13 14 in T E Flournoy’s addition for 850. J B Haynes sold to Fred L Burkett lot A-21 in G B Haynes second Cheniere subdivision for 125.
Shelton Averitt a pulp wood hauler was arrested on forgery charges by the sheriff after a $4.92 check bearing the Humble and Tedeton signatures was forged and cashed at Ouachita National Bank West Monroe. Averitt confessed to forging the check and has a prior forgery sentence from April 1937.
J B Cummings jailed 60 days for merchandise theft from Montgomery Ward's. Milton Hightower fined for weapon, drunkenness, and profane language. Bonworth Vanburn Wims and Emerson fined for drunkenness and fighting. Sheffer jailed 30 days for drunkenness. Conway fined for trespassing. Justice held for fingerprint reports. Juvenile larceny referred to probation. Twelve traffic violators fined 32 dollars. Five drunken defendants fined 7.5 each. One drunk individual forfeited a 7.5 bond.
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