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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1937

Page

5

Monroe Kiwanis Club to Install Officers Tonight

Over 100 guests expected at the Monroe Kiwanis ceremony in the Virginia hotel ballroom at 7 pm. Lt Gov W R Hatchell of West Monroe will induct the new officers led by Hugh Wallace with C C Calvert giving the main address and J E Walsworth as toastmaster.

Monroe Kiwanis Club Virginia W. R. Hatchell West Monroe C. C. Calvert Northeast Center L. S. A J. E. Walsworth Hugh Wallace O. A. Easterling S. A. Moss Ivy C. Jorden B. W. Biedenharn Charlie Fleming Louis Hullum R. C. Stokes J. B. Walsworth Henry Whitfield America B. F. Wallace F. K. Hirsch Fred Williamson J. E. Johnson Billy Regan Truman McCrea Lowry Jefferson Florence Ziegler Albritton Elmer Edith McBeth McGill Alexandria Club Baxter Robinson Jackson Vernon McCoy and Associates Jerry Hodge Dorothy Hudnall C. O. Prestage Otis Thompson Columbia Rayville Bastrop and Rustor

Foes seek changes to government reorganization bill

Opponents of the administration's reorganization bill call for three major edits. They aim to remove the transfer of powers to the budget bureau and a new auditor general, limit the president's ability to reorganize agencies, and substitute a single civil service administrator for the existing three-member board. Some senators may seek to reduce presidential assistants from six to three.

Washington Senate General Accounting Office Budget Bureau Auditor General Civil Service Board

Dental trailer to visit East Carroll Lake Providence

Louisiana health board’s mobile dental unit will be in Lake Providence January 12 to 17 offering free treatment to residents certified by the East Carroll parish welfare office. The unit is one of eight mobile dentist offices in the state.

Lake Providence Louisiana State Board of Health East Carroll Parish State Welfare Department

Barbara Stanwyck Opposes Fay Custody Plea

Barbara Stanwyck testifies in Los Angeles Superior Court that Frank Fay should not have temporary custody of their five year old adopted son Dion citing allegations of profanity in the child's presence and an incident where Fay struck her. Fay denies blocking adoption and notes a $10,000 education policy and future monthly support.

Los Angeles Barbara Stanwyck Frank Fay Dion Fay Miss Stanwyck Superior Court

Kansan Proposes New Job Market For Autoworkers

Kansas City dispatch reports Police Director Otto P. Higgins urged New Year revelers to hire unemployed men to drive cars. He warned that leniency on drunken driving would end and all officers will arrest any intoxicated pedestrian or driver posing danger. The Geological Survey made over 9,000 technical decisions on natural resources last year.

Kansas City Otto P. Higgins Higgins Thetce Geological Survey

Lincoln 10 Be Day Set After Parish Liquor Vote

Lincoln parish voters rejected beer and hard liquor options in a special election. Police jury set February 15 midnight for two new ordinances with penalties up to 100 dollars fine or six months in jail. Officials present included Ruston’s Add Thompson and Eddie Evans.

Ruston Lincoln Parish Dubach Choudrant Add Thompson Eddie Evans J. A. Gaar L. D. Barnett Simsboro J. C. Dowling Simshboro R. L. Terry J. H. Donald Dayton D. McGee J. E. Delany Hilly Louisiana

Japan and Italy sign a trade treaty

Rome reports a commercial treaty between Japan and Italy signed today by Japanese Ambassador Masaaki Hotta and Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciani. The terms were not made public immediately but by Japanese circles it is described as very important amid earlier anti communism alignments with Germany.

Rome Japan Italy Masaaki Hotta Galeazzo Ciani Germany

Midnight Show at Paramount Welcomes 1938 with Love and Hisses

Paramount to host New Year’s midnight show featuring Walter Winchell Ben Bernie and Simone Simon. Manager Ben Bicknell promotes a gala send off with balloons confetti noisemakers and novelty attractions as a big year end celebration. The piece also notes the world’s largest potash lake in California at 12 square miles and 80 feet deep.

Ben Bicknell California

Railroads valued in Mississippi total for 1937 reach 57 million

The State tax commission reports Mississippi railroad property valued at 57,017,430 dollars for 1937. Leading holder is Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad at 15,269,902 dollars, followed by Illinois Central at 15,240,108 dollars. Others top values include Gulf Mobile and Northern and St Louis San Francisco Railway. Public utilities also top million with Mississippi Power and Light at 8,354,591 dollars and Southern Bell at 8,066,528. Inmates of Tehachapi women's prison edit and print their own newspaper.

Jackson Miss State Tax Commission Mississippi Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Illinois Central Gulf, Mobile and Northern St. Louis-San Alabama and Vicksburg Mobile and

Lincoln Zephyr V-12 1938 breaks with tradition in design

The 1938 Lincoln Zephyr advances fashion with a streamlined form and functional styling. The V 12 engine, refined for smoother power and better mileage, delivers 110 horsepower and 14 to 18 mpg. A welded steel framework unifies body and frame for a rigid, all steel car with expansive glass and safety features.

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