25 Feb 1932
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1932
Page
1
A cheeky exchange hints at a new arrival regarded as exclusive by locals. Neighbors speculate about the elderly man who recently moved into the vacant house on the other side of the fence, prompting chatter about privacy and rumors.
The piece notes Garner supporters in Georgia oppose entering the state primary as a proxy or representative for him. Gilien replied that he was misinformed, saying the telegram was sent as a friend of the speaker. Campaign managers say Georgia supporters had no avenue to express choice without a written request to the state executive committee. An anti Hoover move in Republican primaries was discussed by Governor Pinchot in Washington with Senate independents.
An old advertorial touts Musterole as a fast sore throat remedy to be used hourly for five hours. The mustard oil camphor menthol blend is described as a counter irritant that penetrates to stimulate blood flow and draw out infection.
Multiple thefts across the city include foods and personal items with six burglaries noted. W E Dantzler reports a stolen tool box from a Dodge sedan in his yard. Harold and Azema Breard lose fridge items including eggs bacon and stew. A garage theft hits four tires from an Essex car. Moses Potter loses a black bicycle with M W initials. The London Zoo uses eight gallons of oil per elephant for annual baths.
Rehearsals of the Leonidas Barkdull Faulk Post American Legion minstrel resume at the Legion Home at 7 30 o clock. Director Isaac Lemle urges all cast members to attend as flood related suspensions end and preparations for the show are intensified.
A Tokyo foreign office official questions Stimson’s assumption that Washington treaty naval concessions were guaranteed by the nine power pact. He notes naval terms were settled at the Washington conference and accuses Stimson of historical ignorance while citing Tokyo’s reply to the League and Yoshizawa’s Feb. 21 AP statement.
Mindon man named head of laymen’s body as he leads evangelistic campaign efforts across the region. Proceedings held at First Presbyterian Church Homer began at 9 30 am with devotions by Rev E D Holloway Monroe.
An ad praises B.C. as a fast acting remedy for monthly pains. It claims a pharmacist made formula blending several ingredients to relieve cramps, colds headaches and neuralgia without habit forming drugs. Available in 10c and 25c packages from druggists.
J Noble White of Quachita Valley Council announced four one week encampment periods at Camp Ki Ro Li, starting this summer. Eagle scouts are urged to apply for junior staff. demographics include conservation support, first aid focus, rifle range, and radio news transmissions to Monroe. Fees drop to 4.50 from 5.50 to aid families. physicals required per National Scout form 952-25M.6-200.
The parish will host four elections this year including a September second Tuesday primary for U S senator and district congressmen. Voters will also decide parish school board seats. If needed a runoff follows five weeks after the first primary. The general election occurs on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November with presidential electors named.
E. L. Jefferson announces plans to form a symphony orchestra in the Twin Cities with rehearsals each Wednesday at his South Grand Street studio. Charter members include Rosenbaum, Anderson, Forte, Fox, Walmsley, Thompson, Airoldi, Dunaway, with sections across violin to French horn and piano.
Tokyo pushes for bold action as Shanghai crisis deepens. Japanese officials acknowledge earlier force estimates were too low due to terrain and Chinese resistance. Troop movements near Tokyo stir national pride amid snow as a front-line tale of three soldiers blowing through Chinese barbed wire shocks the empire.
Berlin reports 12 000 saloons refused to sell beer until tax cuts are granted under Bruening emergency decrees. Saloon owners reject a mid term offer and hundreds of establishments in Hamburg Munich Kiel and other cities have joined the strike. The piece notes Britain loses about 30 million dollars yearly in lost working time due to colds.
Obituary notices report Wilbur Clampit six of West Monroe died at a local hospital and services are planned near Monticello Arkansas. Annie Regina Mauser died in Swartz after months of illness from Brights disease. she leaves children in Houston Kinmundy Dallas Swartz and a Dallas son. Clarence W. Greenblatt of Shreveport dies in San Francisco and will be buried in Shreveport with relatives in Monroe and New Orleans. Hardy H Coffitt, 25, dies at Clarks. funeral at home with interment in Hardshell Cemetery. survivor includes wife and five-year-old son Cecil.
The funeral for 63 year old bricklayer William Mullens who died Tuesday morning at a local hospital was held at Peters funeral chapel this afternoon at 2. Interment followed in Catholic Cemetery. Mullens formerly lived in Pine Bluff Arkansas where efforts to locate relatives were unsuccessful.
The appeal calls for over $200 to buy milk for hungry infants. It urges many small gifts, noting that $1 from 200 people within 24 hours would cover essential milk supplies. The appeal laments slow response and stresses the urgency of immediate help.
The Ways and Means Committee rejects repealing foreign tax credits as harmful to exports while planning to require American firms with overseas subsidiaries to pay 12 percent corporate tax. Treasury projects about 6 million dollars from the change and 35 million from the rejected repeal would have flowed from it.
The West Monroe Women’s Christian Temperance Union endorses a letter urging Louisiana senators and congressmen to vote no on any re submission of the eighteenth amendment. The resolution was sent to Senator Huey P. Long Senator Edwin S. Broussard and Congressman Riley J. Wilson in Washington.
The ad claims excess fat after age 30 vanishes due to Marmola tablets. It asserts a missing gland secretion is provided by Marmola, touts 24 years of use, small cost, and wide adoption, urging readers to ask their druggist and join the “new beauty, youth and vim.”
Hurley refuses to appear before Congress and backs the president’s Feb 17 recommendations for reorganizing executive departments as superior to current bills. The secretary says no further statement or witnesses are needed to represent the War Department before the committee.
Opening night at the St Bernard Country Club in St Bernard Parish turned from blues and waltz to a 45 minute melee and stampede. Police sent motorcycle units with a machine gun to halt cars at the parish line. Night watchman Oscar Cole and Tony Cost were hospitalized after a free for all as women clashed and a bottle hit Cole. Authorities report widespread hay fever figures in the United States.
The article touts Dr. W. B. Caldwell’s fifty years in Illinois with over three thousand births and no maternal or infant loss. It promotes Syrup Pepsin as a child stimulant for stomach, liver and bowels, claiming healthier digestion, relief from constipation, and easy administration for children and adults alike.
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