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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1938

Page

5

Hawaii Probes Japanese Meetings In Bond Scheme

Federal investigators widened their inquiry in Honolulu and Hilo into plans to market unregistered Japanese emergency bonds in Hawaii. The probe centers on a public subscription to the fatherland worth 1 000 000 yen with connections to Yokohama Specie Bank and officials like Toshio Shirai and a Honolulu meeting. Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer arrived for an emergency session amid possible injunctions. A separate survey notes seven South Carolinians left the state for every outsider during the 1920s to 1930.

Honolulu Hawaii Kent Securities and Exchange Ission San Francisco Hilo Fatherland SEC Washington United States Yokohama Specie Bank Toshio Shirai Los Angeles

Arkansas gets Negro prisoner in Monticello case

C B Blanks alias Pike Roberson, 36, a former Monroe Black man, surrendered to Monticello Ark authorities on a charge of assault with intent to kill after being shot by Collinston marshal E L Hinton while resisting arrest. He also faces a robbery count in Morehouse parish and is tied to an axe attack on logger Jack Howard leaving him critically wounded.

Bastrop C. B. Blanks Pike Roberson Monroe Collinston Monticello Ark Morehouse Parish Arkansas Jack Howard Howard D. J. Loyd Bastrop-Bonita Highway F. S. Stevenson

Rites Held for J W Smith Senior Architect at Monroe

Funeral services for James Worthey Smith 69 senior partner of J W Smith and Associates were conducted at Peters Funeral chapel with Rev Ernest Duncan Molloway officiating. Burial followed at Hasley Cemetery with Masons and Shriners overseeing graveside rites. Survived by wife twin daughters a son and two sisters one son F W Smith died recently. The article notes sun distance trivia.

James Worthey Smith J. W. Smith and Associates Peters Funeral Chapel Ernest Duncan Molloway First Presbyterian Church of Monroe Hasley Cemetery J. F. Bennett Elmer Slagle W. M. Harper Roy Q. Cole S. A. Colline Wayne Huckaby W. B. Clarke 2. H. Watkins George Zeigin Andrews Charles Schulze L. Neville F. C. Bennett J. H. Trousdale Frank Massing Masons The Shriners Mr. Smith M. D. Jones Mra Jewel! Cox Houston Tex D. Curtis Smith Mary Sandifer Wesson, Ark Will Taylor Jacksonville Fla F. W. Smith

Christmas Seal Use Now Wider in Ouachita Campaign

The Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health Association reports broader Christmas seal use this year. About 6,000 residents in Twin Cities and Ouachita parish received seals by mail, with many sending checks or small gifts to fund tuberculosis work. Campaign manager Claude Harrison urges continued remittance despite the holiday rush.

Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health Association Twin Cities Ouachita Parish Claude Harrison

Patrolmen Key to Police Work in Scranton Tale

In Scranton on December 2 Director of Public Safety James M. Powell told city council that Mexican notarized police equipment is all tight but foot patrolmen remain the eyes and ears of the force. He asked for 2 additional men noting they perform a service that cannot be done by swift-moving radio squads.

Scranton James M. Powell City Courcil

Motive Sought in Slaying of Five in Savannah

Police investigated a double murder that left a family of four and a nearby man dead in Savannah. Governor Rivers offered a reward for the slayer. Five victims were identified as James Sidney Tillman and Mire Tillman their two daughters Clare Pearl and Leola and a man named Thomas. The Tillmans were beaten with a pipe and shot at close range. A gun and tools were found at the scene and a inquest was set for today.

Savannah Dee ED. Rivers Jamee Sidney Tillman Mire Mary Eliza Tillman Clare Pearl Leola Thomas Tillman W. Chapman Tillmena Robebery

Apply This Once and Kill the Itch Advertisement

An advertisement claims a single application cures scabies by penetrating the skin to kill all itch mites within 30 minutes. It promotes a product for commerce in Coe or Gent, near Commerce, Georgia, and includes a dangerous instruction line urging self harm.

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