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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1938

Page

8

Two chemicals may explain cancer findings at AAAS

Richmond Va December reports new chemical pair from the Institutum Divi Thomae in Cincinnati may explain cancer by restoring balance among cellular growth, glycolysis and respiration. Experiments show dark cigarette-like chemical promotes tumor growth while white crystals speed respiration and shrink or erase animal cancers, though not yet applicable to humans.

Howard W. Blakeslee Richmond American Association For the Advancement of Science Institutum Divi Thomae Cincinnati Archdiocese of Cinrinn

Missing mother found in hospital after daughter's drowning

Mrs Blanche Bell 29 was identified as a patient at Boston Psychopathic Hospital in Wilmington mass on December 27 after a frantic search by her husband Vikenty 53. Dr Riley H Guthrie said her condition has improved since police found her wandering in Boston but advised against attending her daughter Marys funeral today.

Wilmington Mass Blanche Bell Boston

Stenographer Pauline Sanders Evacuated Home After Influenza

Miss Pauline Sanders of Ouachita parish sheriffs department was moved home Tuesday from Riverside sanitarium where she had been treated for influenza since last Friday night. Her condition Tuesday was reported satisfactory.

Pauline Sanders Ouachita Parish

Child’s hand made useful by operations

Sharon Knight of Evanston, 3, suffered severe burns to both hands two years ago. Doctors at the Shriners hospital performed skin grafts and a back skin opening to separate webbed fingers. A planned series of delicate surgeries may restore normal use of her right hand and possibly straighten and separate the left hand if ligaments are intact.

Salt Lake City Sharon Knight Evanaton Wye H. Knight Evanston Sharon Shriners’ Crippled Children's

Homicide charged in fatal mishap in city

District attorney charged J. R. Rhodes 33 with involuntary homicide and failing to stop after a fatal hit and run. Sam Clark 67 of West Monroe died after being struck on Montgomery Avenue by a vehicle driven by the alleged offender. Bonds set at 2000 and 500.

J. R. Rhodes Brown Paper Mill Sam Clark West Monroe Montgomery Avenue

Walt Disney Training School Shapes Cartoonists for Studios

One of few schools paying tuition to train animators, the Walt Disney Training School recruits by mail, brings qualified students to Hollywood, and places graduates in Disney studios. Alumni helped craft the Academy Award Revue and many Silly Symphonies including Flowers and Trees and Three Little Pigs.

Walt Disney Training School Hollywood Walt Disney Studios Walt Disney Siegle Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Boys of L. T. Enjoy Holidays

The Louisiana Training Institute notes a merry Christmas as classes pause until next Wednesday. A Friday tree party, gifts, and carols preceded a 33 pound turkey feast on Sunday. An athletic program in the gym Tuesday featured basketball, tumbling, volleyball, and table tennis with 100 plus boys. A special open house last Wednesday drew many parents and friends.

Louisiana Training Institute

Three Die In Mississippi Auto Accidents Over Weekend

Death toll climbs with three fatalities on Mississippi roads during the holiday period. Henry Cooper, 65, of Pontotoc, struck on highway 78 near Tupelo. Cecil Grimes of Mantachie arrested. Dorothy Keith, 6, of Durant, killed in a truck accident. Elbert Powell, 25, of Shady Grove, dies from Christmas Eve crash. May Neely, 12, of Plain, critically injured four miles south of Jackson. Other injuries described as minor.

Jackson Miss Mississippi Henry Cooper Pontotoc Tupelo Hovis and Potts Cecil Grimes Mantachie Cooper Dorothy Keith

Norman Wise Held On Driving Count After Collision

Norman Pop Wise operator of an aviation school at Bernstein park was jailed in Lincoln parish on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and causing personal injury. The crash occurred eight miles west of Monroe on the Shreveport road when his car collided with an automobile driven by C C Butler of Longview Texas. Wise was later arrested in Ruston and returned here. Butler and his wife were treated at St Francis hospital for scalp wounds and arm injuries. Wise gave the name Bowman at the scene. Bond set at 500 dollars.

Norman “Pop” Wise Bernstein Park Parish C. C. Butler Longview Tex Shreveport Monroe Wise Ruston Lincoln Parish Butler St. Francis Bowman

Drunken Driver Woodard Childress Arrested After Forsythe Crash

A man identifying himself as Woodard Childress was arrested for driving while intoxicated after his car overturned on Forsythe Avenue Tuesday morning. An ambulance responded, but he required no hospital treatment.

Forsythe Avenue Woodard Childress Jar Childress

Varnish Makes Glass Invisible

Dr Katharine B Blodgett announced a varnish that makes glass invisible and transparent as air enabling all gaze angles to show no reflection while transmitting over 96 percent of light. The coating works by a single molecule Langmuir film layered on glass then transferred by dipping and applied to both sides for complete invisibility though not yet commercial.

Schenectady N. Y Dec UPA Katharine B. Blodgett Blodgett General Electric Company Irving Langmuir General Electric Dr. Blodgett Dr. Langmuir

Deaths Last Night

Edwin Seton Jarrett 74 former acting president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. William Robbins Seigle 59 chairman of the board and research director of Johns Manville. Alexander Richmond Hart 84 founder and former vice president of Union League Club prominent Republican organizer and Long Island utilities pioneer.

Associated Preess Edwin 8. Jarrett New York Edwin Seton Jarrett Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute William R. Seigle Rochester Minn William Robbins Seigle The Johns- Manville Corporation Garden City N. Y Alexander Richmond Hart Union League Club Long Island

Driver Arrested After Collision Involving Hot Dog Stand Operator

Police filed charges of reckless driving and failing to report a collision against T Tejas owner of a De Siard street hot dog stand after a Sunday night crash with J Noble White a Monroe probation officer. Tejas was arrested at his business Tuesday morning and released on $50 bond.

T. Tejas DeSiard Street J. Noble White Monroe Tejas White

Man Named Bob McLemore Recovered Car After High Speed Chase

Police chased a man who gave the name Bob McLemore for several blocks Monday night and arrested him in the 200 block of Jackson street. The car owned by Helen Graham, reported stolen from 416 Wood street, was recovered and placed in jail as a suspect pending further action.

Bob McLemore Jackson Street Helen Graham Wood Street

Cash Now on your Car

You can borrow money on your car quickly and without red tape. Your own signature is sufficient, no endorsers. Not one cent to pay until February 1939. We will pay any notes you owe on your car and loan you more money or reduce payments if your car is worth it. Old reliable company established 1922.

Monroe Old, Reliable Company

Two railroad men save vet from oncoming train

Alfred Richards, a 38 year old war veteran from St. Albans VI, owed his life to two railroad workers who halted their Boston to Portland express and pulled him from the track moments before the train roared by. He had not eaten in three days and said he had wandered toward Maine after visiting Boston for a pension inquiry.

Revere Mass Alfred Richards St. Albans Boston City Hospital Richards Boston Vermont Maine Roy Christianson Ralph F. Sawyer

English markets closed for Boxing Day holiday

English financial exchanges and banks remained closed on Boxing Day observance. London and Liverpool markets will resume trading tomorrow after the holiday, extending a brief shutdown of the market week.

London Liverpool

Four Children Die in Log House Fire Near Huntington

In Huntington West Virginia a two story log house burned killing four Garthee children aged eight months to six years. Father John Garthee suffered severe burns while trying to save them and the mother escaped unharmed. Coroner Dr P X Schuller said the blaze started from a defective chimney and was well underway before the father was awakened by smoke. The father placed one child in a closet but the child fled back into the flames and perished.

Huntington W. Va John Garthee Garthee P. X. Schuller Schuller

Army and Navy Attend Christmas Ball in Washington

The army and the navy met on the dance floor last night for the annual Christmas ball for West Point cadets and Annapolis midshipmen in Washington.

Washington Army Navy West Point Annapolis

Dust Bowl lands show signs of recovery in carpet like cover

In Richmond in December 27 report to AAAS Dr. J. E. Weaver of the University of Nebraska said midwest dust bowl lands with two years of rainfall show beginnings of a blue grass carpet over soil. Areas with one year of rain show some spears of recovery.

Richmond Midwest American Association For the Advancement of Science J. E. Weaver University of Nebraska

Kiwanis Chief Hatfield to Visit Shreveport

Kiwanis International president Hatfield will visit Shreveport January 6 from Oklahoma City. Officers of the Kiwanis club in Shreveport Monroe and West Monroe plus northeast Louisiana clubs will attend. Ladies night will be observed and a program of interest is planned. Hatfield is noted for finance and extension work and is a respected speaker. The piece also notes Salvation Army maternity homes admit over 22 000 women in the past year.

Louisiana Hatfield Kiwanis International Dent Shrevepons Oklahoma City Allea Kiwanis Club Monroe West Monroe International Committee On Finance International Committee For the Promotion of International Committee On Salvation Army

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