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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1938
Page
9
Trade experts say price and quality are losing ground to political factors in global markets. Nations seek self sufficiency and restrict foreign trade to friendly partners, challenging the United States to find buyers for surplus crops like wheat corn and cotton.
Officials note Germany uses subsidies to boost domestic wheat production, raising local prices to about $2 per bushel versus 80 cents for imported grain. The same pattern appears in world cotton markets as Germany and Italy shift to synthetic fibers, reducing demand for American cotton.
Churches including First Baptist Monroe First Christian and First Methodist held morning and evening services with special music and a Christmas pageant. First Presbyterian offered a service of song at 5 p.m. Central Baptist featured a night musical program. Tulane University reports Louisiana produce contains high iodine levels helping prevent goiter.
Morgan Nesbit and Shirley Nesbit, both of New Orleans, died when their car left Highway 165 and overturned near Pollock at 6 a m Sunday. Three others were injured and hospitalized in Alexandria. The Nesbit brothers were en route to Monroe to visit their father William Nesbit of Biloxi, Miss.
RKO Radio comedy featuring June Travis and Joe Penner plays at the Capitol Theater for the last day. The daffy campus football farce centers on goofy plays and shapely coeds in a lighthearted screen frolic.
Wiley Johnson 30 is jailed without bond in West Carroll parish after allegedly admitting he shot and killed his brother-in-law Freddie Duncan 26 near Darnell on Christmas Eve. Police say Duncan slashed Johnson with a knife in front of a store four miles west of Darnell. Johnson then fired three times, two hitting Duncan as he ran. Both families were neighbors.
Philippines des perado Anselmo Balagtas returns to custody in Manila after a three day escape during which a citizen was killed by police who mistook him for Balagtas. Balagtas had fled en route to Bilibid prison while a search hunted him down.
The deputy sheriff relayed varying versions from four to five eye witnesses about the shooting between Duncan and Johnson. He said the men, married into rival families, had separated a year ago and prior clashes led to peace bonds. Some witnesses say Johnson slapped Duncan before Duncan drew a knife, others say Duncan slashed Johnson from behind.
Lawrence Gibbs of Little Rock Arkansas and former Monroe boy returns to his hometown during Christmas visiting relatives and friends. He trained at KMLB and Meridian Mississippi before securing a radio position in Little Rock where he is reportedly succeeding in a big way.
A list of holiday fatalities in Louisiana reports pedestrians killed by cars in New Orleans and near Houma and Empire. Other incidents include a Christmas eve shooting near Oak Grove, a Shreveport police shooting, a child choking on a mandarine seed, and a man killed by a train in Converse. Bees are noted to have two kinds of eyes.
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