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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1935
Page
2
Beginning Wednesday stores run by Chamber of Commerce retailers will stay open until 9 PM to aid Christmas shoppers. They will operate Wednesday to Saturday nights this week and Monday to Tuesday nights next week as crowds surge. Traffic and pedestrians swelled downtown requiring special police at key intersections.
The local Woodmen of the World lodge will gather at its lodge rooms at 8 p.m. on Tuesday to conduct business and hold the annual election of officers.
Mrs. W. L. Crumbley of West Monroe credits Gly-Cas with curing years of constipation neuritis and kidney issues. She reports better digestion sleep energy and pain relief after using Gly-Cas sold by Phoenix Drug Co Monroe at 1.00 per box or 5.00 for six.
Interest spreads across Louisiana as Young Democrats announce a January 8 Jackson Day banquet to launch the Roosevelt reelection push. Albin P. Lassiter says banquets should expand to Shreveport New Orleans Baton Rouge Alexandria Lake Charles and Opelousas with nationwide Pealey plan and James A Farley's influence. Roosevelt will broadcast from Washington to attendees nationwide.
Mrs. Helen L. Lusk, 54, died at her Eros home at 7 p.m. Sunday from a sudden stroke. Funeral is set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the cemetery in Eros. Surviving are husband Frank Lusk and six daughters Mrs. W. Swanner near Jonesboro, Mrs. Carey Henry of New Albany, Edith, Dimple, Lydia Lusk of Eros, Lillie Lusk of Ruston, and sons Frank, Pat, Pearl, and C. Lusk.
Funeral services for Mrs Pearl Davidson of Waterproof were conducted Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church in Ferriday with Rev. Joseph Kuehnle officiating. Burial followed in Ferriday city cemetery.
Carey J. O Neal aged 67 died at his Rayville home on Sunday. Funeral was held at his residence at 1 p m on Monday with burial in a Calhoun cemetery. Survived by his widow three sons Dr Lane O Neal Hodge O Neal Carey J O Neal Jr and one daughter Miss Fannie O Neal all of Rayville.
The funeral for Samuel T Brooks 50 who died in a local hospital early Saturday was conducted Sunday at Swartz Baptist Church with Rev Roger Johnson officiating. Interment details follow in the notice.
Sam W. West of Shreveport died after a lingering illness. The funeral was at Central Christian Church at 4 pm with Rev. Claude L. Jones and Rev. E. M. Barney presiding. Interment followed in Greenwood Cemetery. Surviving relatives include his widow a former Monroe resident and his father S. J. West with two sons Harvin West of Morgan City and Wilmer West of Shreveport.
The Home Rule ticket led by Dear and Sandlin announced a statewide itinerary through central and north Louisiana with speakers including Clement Moss Francis Williams Philo Coco J A Carville Wilfred Begnano E H Fisher W T Mayo George Lester and Frank Looney The schedule lists stops from Estherwood Mermentau Welsh Jennings Elton Kinder Oberlin Pitkin Oakdale Jonesville Harrisburg Sicily Island Winnsboro Tallulah Epps Oak Grove Lake Providence Met Rouge Bastrop Oak Ridge Ruston and West Monroe across Monday to Saturday with times noted for each appearance.
Fire Chief Frank Roddy's automobile, being driven by R H Wunsch to answer a fire call, overturned at Washington and North Second streets after a collision with a car driven by Robert Dyson, a Black resident of Adams Street. Wunsch reported he was responding to 310 Green Alley with siren and red light active. Dyson's brakes were alleged to be poor. Wunsch uninjured.
Pecan Grove lodge No. 222 F and A M of Lake Providence elects its 1936 officers led by Dr T G Biggs as worshipful master. Other officers named include C L Preston senior warden Max Stockner junior warden F D Galanty treasurer Zell Stokner secretary Louis Levy senior deacon Earl Mitchell junior deacon S L House master of ceremonies Houston D Raley and J L Martin stewards Doyle Hill tyler.
The protected areas across Louisiana total about 400000 acres, highlighting the scope of conservation lands.
George Thomas, 19, was killed when Nettie Lee Jones, 20, slashed his throat after an argument over a firework. The incident occurred at the Bucket of Blood roadhouse on Adams Street. Jones, recently released from state prison for manslaughter, was arrested and held on a murder charge.
Eva Miles, a Black woman of Coleman avenue West Monroe, was slashed on the arm and side after a drunken argument at a negro roadhouse on South Riverfront. B Walls of Newtown, also Black and employed by Hamburg Construction, escaped after the confrontation. Miles received first aid at St Francis sanitarium and was discharged.
Word from El Paso Texas says Mrs M M Hollingsworth of this city is improving rapidly for her health. Her husband, a former sports writer for the News Star, now holds a similar job at the Longview Texas News.
An advertisement touts Penetro Medicated Salve as delivering 113 to 227 percent more medication than rivals and using old fashioned mutton suet. It claims two relief paths via medicated vapors opening nasal passages and improving circulation to ease deep seated cold symptoms. Also promotes Penetro Drops and Nose Drops with various sizes and a free trial offer.
The L. B. Faulk post of the American Legion will hold a regular session at 8 p.m. Monday in its memorial home. Awards will be given for the recent membership campaign, and plans will be made to fill 38 veterans Christmas boxes for the U S Veterans Hospital in Alexandria. The auxiliary will prepare and distribute 10 Christmas baskets to veterans families in Monroe.
Joe Battaglia of Adams Street received a 60 day reprieve from Governor O K Allen from a jail sentence for a misdemeanor larceny of property valued at nineteen dollars. He had pleaded guilty to larceny of property and was sentenced by Judge D I Garrett on November 6 to five months in parish jail with road duty. News of the reprieve arrived over the weekend.
The Monroe postoffice reports the Christmas rush beginning Monday with two extra parcel post and stamp windows now in use and two additional delivery trucks. Superintendent Hugh Wallace says no waiting is expected, with peak outgoing mail around Thursday or Friday and incoming mail peaking in the first three days of next week.
A slightly injured Mrs. A. J. Goff of 311 Loase Avenue was involved in a Sunday night accident at the intersection of South Second Street and Texas Avenue. Her husband’s car, traveling east on Texas Avenue, failed to see Edward Nugent’s auto, causing a collision that turned over.
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