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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1930
Page
9
Readers' Christmas requests highlight modest wishes from children and families in Monroe area. Letters describe needing clothing food warmth and simple toys while expressing gratitude and hope for a kinder season.
The West Monroe Welfare association will move into new quarters behind Ouachita Hardware and host a Friday bene fit at First Methodist Church by the Men's Chorus directed by George Merger. Donations for the Christmas program will be collected. contact committee members or call headquarters at 4577.
Three juvenile suspects Elvis Toliver and Curvis Toliver both 13 and W C Kelly 14 were arrested by West Monroe police for stealing five bicycles from Monroe and West Monroe. A bike identified as City Drug Company property was recovered along with another from Johnson Drug Company. The youths admitted Theft but refused to name all loot.
Monroe Kiwanis club members voiced opposition at a luncheon to a private freight line seeking public service commission approval to run from Monroe to Shreveport along the highway. The plan, if allowed, could threaten the highway's viability and the railway’s ability to fund maintenance and jobs. Clarence E. Faulk praised West Monroe’s growth and the club’s role while urging relief efforts.
Selma Alabama December 18 25 members of Company C 167th Infantry Alabama National Guard mobilize with full gear to reinforce Sheriff Hamner in Bogue Chute swamp chase four bank robbers. Auto struck a ditch and was set on fire as the suspects fled into the marsh. Officers expect to reach Safford by 3 pm for the operation.
The Negro Y W C A chorus will perform and Mercer's Men's Chorus of West Monroe closes the program at Missouri Pacific station in the early evening. No playground activities during the holidays and a post Yale study course will be offered to outsiders seeking to enroll.
Monroe's Phi chapter delegates Irvin Shienker and Isaac Lemie will attend the Pi Tau Pi conclave in Alabama with official and alternate delegates. The group, organized in 1918, plans four social events across the convention week and a street banner stunt on arrival.
Farm Board official outlines risk of eight million bales carryover and lower cotton prices in 1931. He urges southern farmers to adopt a safe farming program from LSU and other colleges to insulate against losses while vocational classes discuss crop outlook and new market outlets.
Union labor aided a general strike across Bilbao and San Sebastian as civil guards and mounted troopers quell crowds. Trolley service resumed in Bilbao with guard crews. sporadic rifle fire and rumors of deaths punctuate a tense, calm cityscape following a bloody showdown.
Gretchen from Marlene Dietrichs entourage notes the dolls accompany her on stage and screen. They have traveled from Germany to America and joined every cast, kept safe by Dietrich and designated handlers. Dietrichs early discovery in Berlin led to The Blue Angel and a Hollywood contract.
A Monroe widow contributes a small mite to aid local poor residents amid a section marked by violence and lingering revolutionary sentiment. The report notes continued unrest and community resilience.
Local groups in Monroe and West Monroe coordinate a relief drive for the distraught, collecting donations and distributing remodeled toys to underprivileged children. Scouts Fire Girls and local committees oversee boys and girls toy work while letters from families plead for clothing, food, and school necessities amid continued hardship.
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