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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1939
Page
3
Opposition senators in Washington plan to push for congressional adjournment by July 15 to block action on the neutrality program. Some senators were disclosed as laying groundwork to delay other legislation as much as possible, aiming to hinder administration plans.
The Senate approved a $305,267,003 flood control measure and debated tax reform aimed at amending the forthcoming corporate tax revision. Senator Borah of Idaho predicted broad Senate discussion while opposing arms embargo repeal and presidential control of wartime shipping. The chamber also faced fights over war material purchases and bond limits, with Taft and McNary maneuvering regarding lower funding levels and future votes. The House sent wage hour changes favoring small farming and canning operations for consideration.
The war department civil functions appropriations bill allocates funds to numerous Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana and Texas waterways and levee projects. Notable entries include Homochitto river $100000 Bayou Des Glaises $47409 Mississippi river dredging $5040000 and Houston ship channel $450000. A stray note on wicker furniture mentions drying and dampening to prevent brittleness.
New drug sulfapyridine shown to save over 100 child lives in last winter’s pneumonia cases. Dr. Charles Hendee Smith reports high infant death reduction and quicker recovery in older children, with strong results in pneumococcal pneumonia and meningitis cases discussed by multiple physicians.
A well dressed father favors hand-woven French handkerchiefs with hand rolled hems for a flat neat breast pocket. He mixes rich blue wine green and gray shades with plaids and geometric patterns while remaining conservative yet colorful. The passage oddly notes spider venom in medical cures.
Handled lightly and not packed yields tender juicy patties. Season during cooking or serving. For variation, pour a small can of mushroom sauce over the cakes in the final minutes of cooking.
New Orleans reports ongoing experiments to convert surplus Louisiana sugar cane into rubber using a European process. Allen R. Wurtele plans to seek capital for development while Ernest Jahncke asks LSU chemists to push full testing and review the patent details from Luca no's Ern est Kleiber.
Sacramento Calif June 2 Burros long used to help prospectors are said to be slaughtered on desert edges and sold for dog food. Assemblyman Godfrey Andreas urged a bill to ban killing or capturing undomesticated burros while notes on the Bible and the whippet appear in the same roundup.
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