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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1934
Page
8
An 18 year old youth William Haase and his wife were registered at the transient bureau and en route to New York City. His father Sergeant Charles H. Haase of the NYPD came to fetch them after requesting arrest on vagrancy charges. They travel home by bus with the father accompanying them.
An advertisement promotes B. C. headache and nerve relief tablets claiming fast effect in minutes. It touts relief from headaches neuralgia muscular aches colds and nervousness without opiates, sold in 10c and 25c packages by drugstores.
At the Paramount, Behold My Wife stars Sylvia Sidney and Gene Raymond in a tale of revenge and love set in New Mexico and New York, ending with a cleared murder charge and a wedding. At the Capitol, Fox’s The First World War closes after acclaim, with Laurence Stallings’ book adaptation featuring monarchs, leaders, and wartime scenes.
The condition of Fred Hanna manager of the motor vehicle bureau and brother of Joe Hanna parish tax assessor remained critical this afternoon at St Francis sanitarium. He is being treated for double pneumonia after becoming ill last week and being admitted Wednesday.
Leon Rabb 27 of Tallulah died last Saturday at his father W D Rabb’s home in Tallulah Bena. Funeral ran from Tallulah Baptist Church with Rev L A Materne and Rev C Karles Smith officiating. Interment Silver Cross Cemetery. Survived by wife Maud Gather Rabb, his parents, three brothers Liz Willie Elmo, four sisters Gladys Lela Vivian Mary Elizabeth. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named. Sapsuckers note unrelated fact about their brush like tongue.
Louisiana saw 33,974 residents file federal income tax returns in 1932 up from 28,934 in 1931, despite lower total incomes. Total Louisiana income taxes paid reached 1,423,510 with 6,675 corporations filing, 1,197 showing net profit. The report notes a rise in returns reflects more people working, though average salaries remained below pre-1928 levels.
English scientists report a prolific layer and rapid hen maturation after lab work. Cockerel chicks from the hen hatch blond while hen chicks are brunet and keep their plumage for life. Britain’s employed rise to over 10 million, a peak since 1929.
Harry J. Early the federal relief administrator for Louisiana warned Franklin parish police jury to rescind by tonight its vote against a one cent tax for relief of unemployables and mothers aid or ERA offices will close and move to Concordia parish. A mass meeting is set at the courthouse. The closure would halt a farm rehabilitation project employing 200 men to build 35 homes and would jeopardize prior ERA grants including a $200,000 annual parish outlay and a monthly payroll of about $8,000. The local ERA warehouse has distributed foodstuffs seed blankets and other relief goods.
Judge J T Shell declared a mistrial in the Louis Trotter case after juror J P Owen fell ill in the jury box. The illness ended the special term proceedings and scheduled cases move to the regular spring term. other cases include larceny from person and shooting at or near incidents.
Everett Strupper former Georgia Tech star and president of the Southern Football Officials Association has been picked to referee the New Orleans Sugar Bowl between Temple and Tulane on New Year’s Day. Officials include Thorpe as umpire Powell as field judge and Hollenbeck as headlinesman.
George Adolphus Clark of Kosciusko Mississippi died Sunday at his Memphis home. He was a longtime resident tied to local circles and newspapers report his death as a note in the community obituaries.
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