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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1936

Page

3

Driver Convicted In Fatal Accident Sentenced in Parish Court

Clarence Ramsey was sentenced by Judge David I. Garrett to four months in parish jail and a $200 fine plus costs for intoxicated driving linked to a fatal collision in which Boyce Humphries of Swartz died. If the fine and costs aren’t paid, six additional months jail are imposed. The trial began Thursday and adjourned for further sessions.

Boyce Humphries of Swartz Clarence Ramsey David I. Garrett Ramsey WPA Humphries Tom Jennings Allen May Phil May R. L. Brown R. H. Gibson T. S. Steed

Cadet Fudickar Takes Christmas Furlough From Wentworth

Cadet John B. Fudickar son of Mr and Mrs Fred Fudickar of Monroe Louisiana left Wentworth Military Academy today for a Christmas furlough and will return January 4. Venice's Rialto Bridge dates to the late sixteenth century.

Lexington John B. Fudickar Fred Fudickar Riverside Drive Monroe Wentworth Military Academy Academy

Goes Right In After Old Itch Ointment Claim

An advertisement touts Blue Star Ointment as a quality skin product. It claims quick relief for eczema rash tetter ringworm and other itchy conditions. The ointment supposedly melts into skin and relieves itching rapidly.

Pittsburgh Prepares Private Flood Protections

Pittsburgh gears for another flood as city leaders and businesses push ahead with private defenses. Stores and utilities install door shutters and bulkheads while awaiting large dam projects on the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers to shield the Ohio River triangle.

Pittsburgh City of Steel Allegheny Monongahela Ohio Golden Triangle

Farmers Test Tung Oil Crop In Southeast Texas

In Beaumont, Texas, and nearby Louisiana regions farmers run about 200 tung oil grove experiments hoping for a $50 per acre yearly return. Sponsors predict 500,000 trees in two states within a year and a local mill may be built in two to three years if profitable. Tung oil, a strong drying oil, is mainly used in waterproof coatings for paints and varnishes.

Beaumont Tex Texas Louisiana

Ruston Lad Named for West Point Admission In Overton List

Daniel James Arroyo of New Orleans named a candidate for admission to West Point by Senator Overton. William LeRoy Mitchell of Ruston named first alternate. Entrance examinations set for March 2.

Ruston Washington Daniel James Arroyo New Orleans Overton West Point William LeRoy Mitchell

Mountain kids see outland in Travelers Rest visit

Mountain children from Glassy Mountain, ages eight to twenty, toured Travelers' Rest and nearby districts. They witnessed movies radios and barber shops for the first time, returned to class with cakes candy and practical gifts, and learned about modern life from a community event. The group included Elizabeth Hood's father T S Hood, age 77.

S. C Edward of Great Britain M. C. Barton T. S. Hood Elizabeth Hood

Idaho May Become Inland Seaport in Lewiston

Lewiston Idaho, on the Snake river near the mouth of the Columbia, campaigns to open ocean commerce. Civic leaders support dredging upper Columbia and improving 139 miles of Snake river at an estimated cost of 26 to 50 million dollars. The city’s founders hoped Lewiston would become a seaport.

Lewiston Idaho Snake River Columbia Oregon Setlers

Priest at Oberlin Found Dead in Rectory

The Rev. Father Theo M. Van Eyck, 56, pastor of St. Joan of Arc at Oberlin Allen parish, was found dead in the rectory bath tub. Coroner Dr. A J Heflin ruled natural causes a heart attack after breaking into the bathroom. Requiem high mass set for 10 am with interment in an Oberlin cemetery. native of Holland. The report also notes an ancient note on Rhodes Colossus.

Alexandria Theo M. van Eyck St. Joan of Arc’s Catholic Church Oberlin Allen Parish A. J. Heflin Holland

Yule Program at Center on Friday

A Christmas program at Northeast Center of LSU Friday afternoon featured Katherine Pennell reading Garland Shell singing a solo and Dean S A Caldwell speaking. Names were drawn in a novel method with slips placed in capsules for five cents and gifts bought for the drawn person to be placed under the Christmas tree and donated by the dean to a needy family.

Northeast Center Louisiana State University Purple Jacket Club Katherine Pennell Garland Shell Dean S. A. Caldwell

Joliet Installs Electric Eyes After Prison Escape

The Joliet prison replaces gates with electric eyes and new security after convicts Henry Ferneke escaped and committed suicide. Guards tighten control with a double registry, visitor records, and metal detectors to prevent replication of the ruse. Peanut acreage in North Carolina reaches a historic high this year.

Joliet Henry Ferneke Ininois Chicago Ragan

Farmer Gets Results From Soil Building

Tahlequah Oklahoma reports O M Wilcox a Cherokee county farmer shows soil building methods pay off. Ten years of marginal land transformed by terracing crop rotation and manures led to higher yields. This year on an 18 acre field he produced 1017 bushels of corn despite light rain.

Tahlequah Okla O. M. Wilcox Cherokee County Wilcox

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