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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1933
Page
7
The reopening budget battle centers on deficits, emergency funds, and monetary policy as President Roosevelt seeks about 2.6 billion in regular spending and over 3 billion in emergency dollars. Officials ponder currency stabilization and gold policy amid congressional session looming.
Congressional leaders prepare to outline minority plans for the next session as debates over the Union and budget loom. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania criticizes President and party lines, while White House aides monitor rising tensions in the Capitol.
The Missouri Pacific train wreck near Calvert at Black Bridge switch killed three trainmen and two hoboes. Survivors include Delhomme's two daughters and a widow with two sons, Wallace's widow and two sons, Green's widow, two daughters, and a son. Detours divert the two day passenger trains over the Southern Pacific between Marlin and Calvert as crews clear the site.
Couran and ten trustees from the state penal farm attempted to force entry at Floyd’s residence in West Feliciana parish. Two buckshot blasts struck the house as Floyd repelled the intruders, while Penitentiary Manager Himes called the incident serious. Trusties, not officers, are held at the penal farm pending prosecution.
Sidney Floyd age about four is expected to recover from a gunshot wound to the back suffered Christmas night during a hunt for two escaped inmates from Anfolk penitentiary near his Baton Rouge home. Floyd said the gun fired inside his house while he fetched his shotgun to check a noise, then spoke to a negro guard on his porch before being shot. ten guards assisted in the search, and Floyd remained in a Baton Rouge hospital.
A New Orleans pilot Wedell flew from Houston to Baltimore to aid a 14 pound infant in need of an operation. He stopped in New Orleans and Atlanta for refueling, weather was poor northward, but the flight continued. The child’s mother and nurse accompanied by Trammell party members and hospital staff arrived with the baby, who drank malted milk and was pale but not distressed.
Jimmy Wedell landed his big red Ionywave on snowy Washington airport runways after a hop from Baltimore where he had taken little Sue Trammell of Houston for an emergency operation. He left the plane under field attendants and retired briefly, with plans unclear, possibly a southward flight later.
In New Orleans on December 27 a German prince, Louis Ferdinand Hohenzollern, aided a Houston infant's transfer to Baltimore for an emergency brain operation by giving up his seat on a passenger flight. He rode on Wedell's private plane onward, delaying two hours, and expressed interest in New Orleans as a New Year destination. He is 26, son of the former crown prince, and enjoys dancing, American girls, and French wine.
William G. McAdoo left Abilene airport in his monoplane the Blue Streak hoping to reach Washington by nightfall despite stormy weather. He did not reveal his purpose for rushing east, though he aimed to reach his daughter Mrs Edward S Cowles who is critically ill with pneumonia in New York. Housekeeping is England's largest industry, employing more people than any other sector.
Citizens push a ballot in Baton Rouge after a mass meeting protests the election of Mrs. Kemp to Congress. Jailed legal questions spark conflict with Sanders who vows to contest the seating, while Long Allen and allies defend the regular election as lawful. The dispute centers on anti Long sentiment and party lines.
All wool dresses including Nelly Don wool and all satin dresses are reduced except evening and dinner gowns. Prices are set to offer exceptional value, with a dollar buying two dollars in Palace-style, Palace-quality dresses. Second floor.
In Eveleth Minnesota the storm persists with threat of more cold. Chicago records nine below zero and sinks further. Relief shelters run at capacity while one heat related death is reported for John Dunn who collapsed at a steel plant. New York faces heavy snow and a missing plane above the city. Pacific Northwest flood area gains from cold which slows water spread as rivers fall.
The Associated Press reports a brisk intrusion of freezing weather into the South bringing the harshest cold spell of winter. Only Florida seemed to narrowly escape the ice as morning conditions dipped across many states, with some areas reporting frost and frigid winds.
Negro woman Stella Jackson was arrested Tuesday by a sheriff’s department member on charges related to a slashing incident. The attack reportedly occurred Christmas night at Steton, with weather notes noting frigid temperatures in several cities. Beacon readers are urged to use Classified Apartment columns for locating rentals.
Bargain alert describes fur trimmed coats in our regular stock sale with a promo that for every dollar spent you receive two dollars in value. It frames the purchase as a wise use of gift money, highlighting value style and quality.
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