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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1938

Page

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Northwest Airlines plane crashes near Billings killing one

A Northwest Airlines Zephyr 14 H transport crashes on takeoff near Billings Montana killing Mrs N S Mackay and injuring seven others including her husband. Pilot Walter Bullock and co pilot Lester Dean survived with no injuries. The crash occurred 1000 feet from the runway edge near a canyon with cause not explained.

Billings Mont Northwest Airlines N. S. Mackay Evanston St. Vincent's Hospital W. J. Tisdale Sloan B. C A. T. Peterson Northwest Chicago Walter Bullock Minneapolis Peterson Lester Dean al Niemeyer Department of Commerce C. V. Gary East Elm Street W. C. Billenger Ensign Tessum Montana The Consolidated Freight Lines Associated Press

Four vetoed bills OKayed by Louisiana governor

Baton Rouge July 8 Four bills vetoed yesterday by Governor Richard Leche were recalled and approved. Acts 426 H 238 Savoie and Morvant legalize marriages of first cousins. Act 427 H 590 Bordelon declare a child abandoned after one year abounded at law. Act 428 H 593 Bordelon provide adoption procedures for children under 17. Act 429 H 647 amend sections of general license law. Act 678 H STICH amend the 1898 insurance act was vetoed.

Baton Rouge Richard Leche Savoie and Morvant Stich

Cleveland Relief Situation Improves With Fewer Applicants

Cleveland officials report relief requests have fallen to about 110 people daily, down from 265 a month ago, as WPA jobs help absorb the need. The WPA says Cleveland rolls are dropping by more than 150 workers weekly as they secure industrial employment.

Cleveland Catherine M. Cronin Miss Cronin WPA

Bolivia Paraguay Reach Accord to End Gran Chaco Dispute

Neutral sources say Bolivia and Paraguay agreed to all fundamentals of an arbitration plan with a final treaty possible within days. A draft protocol could be initiated tonight to end the long running dispute over the Gran Chaco wilderness.

Bolivia Paraguay Buenos Aires Gran Chaco

Planning head to confer on federal spending loans in northeast Louisiana

State Planning Commission Chairman Robt Bulkley praised by President Roosevelt and to visit Monroe for a 10 a.m. Monday meeting at the Hotel Virginia on the federal spending program. He will meet with parish and city officials then depart for Shreveport for a 2 p.m. session.

J. Lester White State Planning Commission Monroe Virginia Louisiana White Shreveport The

Roosevelt Says Nation On Mental Migration Frontiers of Security

President Roosevelt asserted the nation is on a mental migration seeking new social and economic security. He pledged renewed leadership to guide this modern movement and open frontiers in the country.

Marietta Roosevelt

Radioland Poet Joseph M. Seiferth Sr dies in New Orleans

Joseph M. Seiferth Sr aged 65 known as the Poet of Radioland died after an apoplexy and cerebral hemorrhage. He collapsed at Miss Helen Simon’s home after midnight and died en route to hospital. A native of New Orleans he was a former violinist and broadcast poet for twelve years. He toured the nation with his former wife pianist Sarah Steppach of Natchez. He played football at Vanderbilt and was active in boxing and wrestling. He is survived by his son Joseph M. Seiferth Jr. Funeral services will be held Sunday with interment at Metairie Cemetery.

New Orleans Joseph M. Seiferth Radioland Sarah Steppach Natchez United States Joseph M. Selferth, Jr Metairie Cemetery

Truck overturns injuring 27 workers near Bayou Boeuf bridge

A truck carrying 33 workmen from Morgan City to a dredging job overturned one mile west of the Bayou Boeuf bridge on the Old Spanish Trail. Twenty seven men were injured, three seriously, with driver Clenie Segora unhurt. Most seriously hurt were Simon Thibodaux Beauregard Rodriguez and Allen Anderson. They were rushed to a New Iberia hospital after on-site treatment.

Morgan City Bayou Boeuf Old Spanish Trail Luling Clenie Segora Loreauville Simon Thibodaux Beauregard Rodriguez St. Martinville Allen Anderson New Iberianegro New Iberia Hospital Injants

Factory Jobs Show Hikes in Some Places

Nationwide sampling of trade and manufacturing centers shows scattered gains in employment as production hints rise. Textiles shoes and building trades lead, with Brockton six shoe factories adding about 5,000 full-time workers and Lawrence woolen mills expanding to about 3,000 workers.

New York Wall Street Financial National Industrial Conference Board New England Brockton Mass Lawrence

Three Hurt In Early Morning Auto Accident

A collision at the Eighteenth Street and Louisville Avenue intersection early Friday involved a car and a truck carrying colored farm hands. Mrs. W. C. Arnold and her husband of Kalala Springs, Miss, and Leon London, the truck driver, were injured. The Arnolds were taken to Vaughan-Wright-Bendel clinic, with Mrs. Arnold undergoing further exams. The truck overturned and four riders were thrown from the vehicle but unharmed.

Eighteenth Street Louisville Avenue W. C. Arnold Kalala Springs Miss Leon London Monroe Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Arnold Acci

Fifteen couples share long marriage wisdom at Clifton Springs dinner

Clifton Springs N Y guests celebrated half century unions sharing secrets of lasting marriage. Isaac DeMay and wife recalled give and take while H Clay Wilson noted sixty years of mutual agreement. Other couples cited cooperation planning and good nature as keys to 50 plus years.

Isaac DeMay Harry Grimaley H. Clay Wilson Arthur A. Taylor Terrance L. Sheehans Jerry Driscoll John Rolan John Loves

Bitter strife in Palestine claims more lives in riots

British forces move to quell violence as 37 killed and many injured in two days. The battleship Repulse enters Haifa with reinforcements while 1 600 soldiers rush from Egypt and air power is mobilized across northern Palestine. In Jerusalem a bus station bombing raises casualties.

Arsha Palestine Orient Spain Jeruaslem Jaffa Repulse Haifa Britain Holy Land Enterprise T.bidton Emerald Egypt Britioh Air Force China Japan

Two Indiana Killers Executed in Electric Chair

Curtis Neal and Hugh Marshall Jr., Indianapolis youths, were executed in the state prison electric chair after a murder spree that killed Willem H Bright, a city druggist. The double execution occurred after delays and last minute appeals. Marshall died first at 1:58 pm CST, Neal followed at 2:00 pm, with no last statements reported. Both men had written letters in their final hours and faced a prior halt to their sentences.

Michigan City Ind Curtis Neal Hugh Marshall, Jr Indianapolis Willem H Bright Electric Chair Marshall Neal Prince Feither State Supreme Court Townsend Aa Bright Shelby County

Report Says Cotton Crop Falls To 38 Year Low

The Federal Crop Reporting Board releases July 1 figures showing cotton acreage at 27,000,000 under cultivation this season with 10,000,000 bales expected if yields match 1923 32 averages. Growers comply with production controls, planting 35,900,000 acres. penalties apply for excess sales. Decreases in hectarage occur across states, especially west of the Mississippi.

Washington Sericulture Department Hedellotte Yiewts Olfielala Beard

Smith Enters Congress Race From Fifth District

Smith from Sterlington filed his declaration of intention to run in the Democratic primary for congressman from the fifth district. He is a Ouachita Parish police jury member and local merchant. Other filed candidates include Newt V. Mille and Harvey W. Todd. Morrison announces candidacy in sixth district opposing state administration and leading the Louisiana Farmers Protective Union.

Farmerville D. ¥. Smith Sterlington Harvey G. Fields Congressional Direct Democratic Central Smith Ouchita Parish Hammond James H. Morrison Loulsi Ane Morrison and W. Leche Louisiana Farmers Protective Union

Blind man requests pension shutdown amid self reliance

Albert B. Bush, who is blind, asked that his $00-a-month railroad retirement pension be discontinued. Secretary Arthur W. Mowe Jr. announced the request in Harrisburg noting Bush desires no government money.

Harrisburg Arthur W. Mowe, Jr Albert B. Bush Bush

Mrs Lindbergh Lands in France at Cherbourg

Evangeline Lindbergh arrived by Bremen service at Cherbourg and proceeded to Paris by train. She did not disclose plans regarding visiting her son and daughter-in-law and their child at Alec Bland’s home.

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