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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1928
Page
8
A local event featured Mrs. Sidney Stewart as the keynote speaker. The gathering showcased decorating and housekeeping arts with numerous attendees enjoying dinner. The program emphasized quality and community spirit during the evening.
The Monroe Rotary Club met at noon with speaker L Wakeley discussing The Philosophy of Rotary and the motto He serves best. He defined philosophy as the science of effects by uses and spoke of usefulness over servility. Amie Clark offered two vocal solos and a telegram from Baton Rouge members was read.
Introduction of testimony in the trial of Joseph Roy Montgomery 22 charged with robbing the George A. Nami Jewelry company of 10000 dollars worth of jewelry last April began in criminal district court. The jury was completed yesterday. The store was robbed by a bandit using two revolvers identified by three victims.
H D Ford paid fines for speeding 28 mph in a truck and 40 mph in a car totaling 15 dollars. Robert Cortez fined 2.50 for trespassing on Ml Hess Central with a taxicab. D Starnes and Willie Allen fined 15 dollars plus costs for improper license. T P Thompson fined 10 dollars for speeding. Fred Forman and James Sturett fined 15 dollars or 15 days for speeding. C C Carter fined 10 dollars for speeding. J W Allen fined 10 dollars for double parking.
James Barret Johnson of Chicago aims to mend relations with his wife who has an order to stop him from harrassing her and retaining gifts. A judge plans to intervene to settle the dispute.
Seven killed and fifteen injured in a head-on collision between two interurban trains near Fithian Illinois. Air brake failure blamed. East bound local wooden car passengers mostly killed or seriously hurt. Names include Frank Craig Danville motorman and Dr. Charles B. Johnson Champaign plus others.
The film What Price Glory is praised as a great absorbing picture with real human characters, not mere types. It blends thrills, heart throbs, and humor, delivering incidents that will linger with viewers after the moment.
Mr and Mrs Ed Prentice depart by car for a two weeks vacation to Cleveland Ohio and Chicago Illinois. In their absence Dr E Edwards director Ouachita parish health unit will handle duties at the laboratory as replacement for Mrs Prentice.
Review hails What Price Glory as the year’s greatest motion picture though not a war picture. War provides the backdrop and influences the characters, with pathos comedy and human appeal shaping the rural sylvan setting. The piece emphasizes prominent authors and actors acclaim.
An acid explosion at the DuPont Viscoloid company plant on DeForest avenue in Kearney New Jersey kills at least two men and injures a score. Police and firemen in gas masks recover the bodies from the ruins and rush six workers to West Lindson hospital. About twenty female workers nearby receive shock treatment at the plant emergency hospital.
New Orleans June 1 Caleb Hawkins a negro was found guilty without capital punishment early today after a trial for murdering Frank E Fagot Jr a conservation department agent slain August 30 at Metairie Ridge Fagot encountered a night hunter using a flashlight Hawkins fled but bloodhounds from Crystal Springs Mississippi traced the trail to his home and led to the verdict.
The fire department was called to a small dwelling fire at 109 Mulberry Street last night at 8 50. The house is occupied by K Spicer. Damages were negligible.
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