30 Jan 1932
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1932
Page
1
Water tops Ouachita dikes near Monroe driving tenants from farms as crews race to shore up lines. Forecasters warn river stages in Monroe and Alexandria may exceed prior records while Red River levees brace for rising floodwaters across Colfax and surrounding parishes.
Two English study courses will begin soon through Louisiana Tech extension at St Francis Sanitarium Rison. Prof Pankey will lead an English composition class next Monday at 6 20 pm and Prof Sachs will run an English literature survey course on February 10. Classes meet in the sanitarium auditorium with enrollment open for either or both courses and college credit awarded for required grades. A separate note mentions a women’s glider school opened in Germany.
More than 1 000 aided as Red Cross and Salvation Army feed refugee families and hundreds of levee workers. A central feeding HQ at Grand and De Siard in West Monroe coordinates meals. Red Cross trucks and volunteers supply sandwiches and coffee while awaiting housing for additional refugees amid rising flood danger along Trenton Street and White's Ferry Road.
Water from levee breaches floods major streets in West Monroe with depths up to seven feet under the Illinois Central viaduct. City workers and a caterpillar tractor ferry traffic south of the Louisiana Training Institute while a new tramway is erected to restore movement and relieve the crisis.
February 8 marks the start of the second semester with schedule and curriculum changes. Reoffered courses include English psychology political science history and languages while new subjects add English library science health and hygiene mathematics educational psychology trigonometry and geography of Louisiana. Classes run from 8:45 to 3:30 with a noon lunch break and many new students expected, including transfers from other colleges. Marvin Scarborough at 60 earns a private pilot license and owns a plane for pleasure flying becoming one of the country’s older pilots.
War news reports describe Chinese counterattacks against Japanese forces in Shanghai and the bombardment of Chinese positions by Japanese ships. Civilians flee with bundles as homes are destroyed, civilians wounded, and fear spreads while negotiations falter and truce rumors circulate.
Floodwaters from the Red River remained high with levees holding near Colfax as over 100 workers battled the freeze and rising waters. Many families evacuated their homes across south Colfax and surrounding farmland while Colfax itself stayed mostly dry except for a lower Negro community area. No deaths reported though two men escaped a capsized rowboat during a small tornado.
Official reports from consular and naval representatives describe U S Marines taking Japanese into custody as dispatches arrive slowly. Consultations with the British government and President Hoover's advisers continue while naval forces near Shanghai stand by for potential civilian evacuations.
The third issue of the POW WOW, official paper of the Quachita Parish Junior College, appeared today from Monroe Printing Company. It includes school life stories and activities and a term theme by Freeda Mickel, edited by Howard Griffin.
A fragmented Washington radio exchange quotes a claim that a successor to the governor may seize executive power by right of succession. The speaker argues wealth distribution and government steps are needed to return normalcy and cites a national finance bill as temporary aid. He notes wealth concentration with 85 percent owned by 6 percent of people and 95 percent with no wealth.
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