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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1938
Page
2
A 14 ton flying boat sped toward Hawaii in a first power trial. Engineers Beall and Wellwood reported fine handling but noted vibration. The craft roared down the bay under power, then returned to its mooring as technicians prepared further motor work before more taxiing.
A man credits Gly-Cas with restoring regular digestion and restful sleep. He reports feeling better in years and able to work without distress, attributing his improvement to the product after his friends urged him to try it.
Ungarian testifies that a poem sparked his dismissal and threats toward LeRoy and family. Police say Ungurian was examined by a studio physician who found him emotionally unstable.
The Senate heard Barkley say the president would take a middle course approving PWA allotments to duplicate privately owned utility plants. The appropriations committee advanced the amendment, backed by the private utilities industry, which would have forbidden such allotments.
The Monroe city court adjourned Friday in observance of Confederate Memorial Day and will reconvene Monday afternoon at 2 o clock.
Neville High conferred diplomas on the 1938 class in a commencement where Mayor Benoit presented diplomas and student awards were announced. The faculty recognized straight A students and honor recipients in history, science, and essay contests as the Neville High Band played.
Publican Idaho notes wage disparities depend on individual cases and defends flexible application. Senator Thomas chairs the conferees and says the committee plans to draft a concise wage hour bill. He notes Congress could take two years to act on wage hour issues.
In Colonial Heights town records Halder and David Hawkins coordinate on a stray terrier found with seven newborn pups after a local mother hound gave birth to five. Police veteran Thomas Murray retires with a final pay check that is lost and returned, while porter William Brantley discovers it at a railroad station.
Madison Wisconsin attorney general Orlando Loomis ruled that a cream puff without cream is not a cream puff. The ruling requires all imitation cream puffs to be removed from sale.
Federal agents and volunteers comb mangrove swamps and stony shores near Princeton and Biscayne Bay for a kidnap case. Sixty five boats and day searches cover canals and shorelines while night hunts are barred. A $10,000 ransom paid by the parents offered no breakthrough and most names remain secret.
North Carolina voters head to the polls tomorrow in a Democratic primary featuring Senator Robert R. Reynolds and Representative Frank W. Hancock. Hancock, who left the House to challenge Reynolds, predicts a strong showing despite a campaign marked by few clear issues. Hancock calls Reynolds the playboy senator.
In Enterprise on a Mississippi farm near New Albany, Sheriff Lee Rogers reports 45 year old John C. Spencer shot his two sons Derol 12 and Lee 9 to death then killed himself. Spencer, active in church work and a teacher for years, had been melancholy recently with no stated cause. Mrs. Spencer said he took the boys to the barn to shoot rats before the fatal shots.
C E Wilds Jr son of Mr and Mrs C E Wilds of 500 Alexander Ave graduated May 31 from Springhill College Mobile with a cum laude A B degree and a gold medal for submitting the best thesis.
West Monroe Kiwanis club members attended a Thursday noon luncheon where Dr. A. D. Tisdale spoke on a medical topic, assisted by Dr. Glenn T. Gallaspy. The talk covered advances and concerns in the field.
A badly decomposed body floated beside a riverboat tied near the Ouachita river bridge Friday morning. The deceased, known as Preacher Richardson, lived alone on the houseboat and had a nickname from epileptic sermons. Police saw signs of a struggle inside the boat and two broken screens indicating a possible push into the river. Fire and police crews recovered the body and collected fingerprints. No relatives are known. funeral arrangements had not been announced by noon.
Mrs Emma C Morris 77 died in Dallas Texas on Thursday night The funeral was held there on Friday The survivor listed includes son L B Morris of Monroe Louisiana In Columbia Louisiana funeral for Don Martin five year old son of Mr and Mrs C Martin held at First Methodist Church with Rev V D Morris and Rev J D Kitchingham officiating Interment followed Surviving relatives include a brother James and sister Maurine with both parents and two grandmothers Mrs W G Gundy Athens and Mrs Lou Martin Columbia note dates June 3 Special Report
Rebels declare fresh gains as they seize Vinaroz and threaten Albocacer on April 20, with insurgent air losses claimed while government forces dispute air mastery. Government counterattacks slow advances along the Teruel Valencia corridor as Mujahedin clash near Mora de Rubielos and Porcuna. General Jose Miaja moves thousands of militia from Jaen province, seizing positions by the Salada river.
The Tallulah Methodist stewards met at J E Neill home with a pre meeting supper for a long list of members. The Eveready circle met with Mrs W H Rogillio as devotional, discussing Rebuilding Rural America. Mrs Rogillio elected secretary to succeed Mrs Schwartz. pineapple sherbet served to several attendees. A note adds the U S imports over a million dollars of German musical instruments yearly, mainly accordions and mouth organs.
Fiscal results reveal total receipts of 4.43 billion led by income and excise taxes with social security receipts, while total expenditures for 11 months reached 6.88 billion. The rise in outlays traces to RFC net charges after accounting, with a 62.0 million excess in loans over collections this year versus a 341.6 million reverse last year.
Spain hinted at mediation within five or six days and headed to Belgium where talks between government and insurgents have occurred before. Franco’s forces hold northern Spain while reports from Paris Burgos and Barcelona show divided views on armistice talks. France Britain Mussolini influence claimed, while non intervention set for June 10 and Russia agreed to send commissions to Spain to oversee withdrawals.
Reports from Hankow say 50 killed as Japanese bombs attack the provisional Chinese capital. Lanfeng on the Lunghai line near Chengchow faces imminent fall while Doihara’s column besieges Sanyichai. Chinese forces retreat toward Kaifeng to regroup for a major stand at Chengchow.
Prizes were awarded at the Cotton carnival ball in Tallulah Louisiana on June 3 with Mrs R C Gaines winning most unique woman's gypsy costume George Yerger Jr taking most unique man’s farmer outfit and Mrs Clifford C Adams earning most attractive costume made of cotton in white organdy with cotton stalks and bolls.
Charley Adams, a blind dog owner from Wilkes Barre, told the Exchange club that Seeing Eye dogs are color blind and stop only when traffic is halted, crossing streets when instructed rather than by light color.
George Forrest age 92 in Bedford England died today. He helped build one of the earliest telephone sets following Alexander Graham Bell’s invention, marking a notable early contribution to telephony.
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