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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1938

Page

6

Gannett challenges Roosevelt on editorial independence

Rochester publisher Frank E. Gannett demanded in an open letter that presidents and editors separate editorial policy from business counting rooms. He argued newspapers must be financially strong and free from editorial control by business offices and cited polls showing public belief in fair coverage.

Rochester N. Y Frank E. Gannett Roosevelt Gannett St. Louis Post-Dispatch Post- Dispatch America

Defeat Predicted For Roosevelt Reorganization Plan

Representative Woodruff of Michigan forecast a defeat for the Roosevelt administration reorganization program. He warned the plan would be presented as a harmless reform but conceal the same old intentions, as he led the Republican conference committee against large lump-sum appropriations.

Washington Woodruff Michigan Roosevelt Republican Conference Committee

Pioneer man fined for trespass on railroad property

Senmore Tony of Pioneer, a Black man, was fined 15 dollars or 15 days in jail in city court for trespassing on Illinois Central railroad property. In the same session, one person paid 5 dollars for running a stop sign and three others were fined 7.50 dollars each for drunkenness.

Senmore Tony Pioneer Illinois Central Railroad

Office wife gets sentence in manslaughter case

Fern Patricia Dull, 28, once called the office wife of attorney William Holbrook, is sentenced to 14 to 15 years in the Detroit house of correction for the October 17 fatal shooting of Holbrook. Judge Mark D. Taylor denied a new trial as a jury of mixed professions found her guilty of manslaughter after her nine year romance with Holbrook.

ST. Joseph Mich Fern Patricia Dull Detroit House of Correction Mark D. Taylor William Holbrook Benton Harbor Taylor Holbrook

Real estate transfers filed in Ouachita Parish Clerk records

Real estate transfers recorded yesterday in Ouachita Parish note Mrs. George H Clarke selling to Dr. Henson S Coon lot 3 square 10 Morningside addition Monroe and L B Newsom selling to H S Snyder in the same records.

Register’s West Monroe George N. Lawn W. F Latham Morningside H. M. McGuire Thomas K. McLemore McGuire Highland Park Surburban Realty Company Eva S. Dean Crescent Bend Ouachita Parish George H. Clarke Henson S. Coon Monroe L. B. Newsom H. S. Snyder

Kiwanis Club Hosts Yuletide Luncheon Program

The Monroe Kiwanis club held a Christmas carol program at Hotel Virginia with Dale Cobb directing the singing. J. B. Johnson gave a chalk talk with a detective number. Officers will be formally installed on December 29 at Hotel Virginia with District Governor Frank Henderson expected to attend.

Monroe Hotel Virginia Frank Henderson Tupelo, Miss Rayville Kiwanis Club West Monroe

Handy Man Earns OSU Diploma After 38 Years

Charles M. Hicks 81, longtime OSU handyman, finally receives a fall quarter diploma at university commencement. Acting President McPherson praises duty well performed and Hicks plans to frame the recognition after retirement on January 1.

Columbus Ohio State University Charles M. Hicks William McPherson Hicks

Fugitive Doyle Jones Captured Near Pioneer Louisiana

Doyle Jones 30, escaped Shreveport jail with three others on September 30 1935 and was captured near Pioneer by FBI agent Joseph Zeigler and West Carroll deputies O C Roberts and Butch Mosley. He faces federal charges of automobile theft and kidnapping and had been living near Little Rock.

Oak Grove Doyle Jones Shreveport Joseph Zeigler New Orleans O. C. Roberts Butch” Mosley West Carroll Parish Jones Little Rock Fort Worth Ark Lakeside Zeigler Roberts Mosley Pioneer

Maternity Wards of Vienna Full

Berlin reports Vienna maternity wards are full amid holiday optimism. The Ber lin Uhr Blatt notes Austria's absorption spurring couples in their forties and fifties to seek children, with betrothals and early weddings amid a return of soldiers in gray uniforms.

Berlin Vienna Uhr Blatt Anschsluss Austria Old Reich

Marie Among Quintuplets Seeks Doll to Feed Baby

Callander Ontario December 22 Canadian Press Marie Dionne the lone individualist among the quintuplets desires a doll with a bottle to feed it for Christmas while the others prefer dogs a blue dog for Cecile a pear dog for Yvonne a yellow dog for Annette and a cat for Emilie inspired by a moving picture featuring red cocker spaniels

Callander Marie Dionnes Cecile Yvonne Annette Emilie

Five Detained in Diamond Inquiry at Flushing

Brussels dispatch reports one officer and five crewmen of the steamer Elisabethville held aboard at Flushing as police probe the disappearance of a cargo of uncut diamonds and gold valued at 500000 dollars. Some diamonds were allegedly found in luggage after a preliminary search.

Brussels Elisabethville Flushing Congo

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