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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1946
Page
2
The commencement sermon urges graduates to pursue mature strength and noble living. It contrasts boasters and bullies with disciplined adults, urging education and religion to guide toward a larger world and the call to find the “man” within to meet life’s challenge. The service ends with hymn and benediction.
An old advertisement touts Dr Bond's Pills as a superior laxative for Southern readers. It claims a single nightly dose acts by morning and markets the product as gentle and velvety in action, warning to use only as directed and pricing at 25 cents everywhere.
Police capture Cheffie and two companions after a Bezz burglary tied heist. Cheffie bought a 1940 Ford coupe for 1008 dollars at Donneval Motor Co in New Orleans on May 28 using stolen funds and claimed later the money came from gambling. He surrendered details and names Lee Arthur Brown and Allie B Monroe, held for investigation.
A Senate rebounded bill to fund the agriculture department includes a rider prohibiting using funds to pay salaries of workers belonging to any group that claims the right to strike against the government. Senators Russell of Georgia and Ball of Minnesota say they will apply the provision to future appropriations as well.
Firemen said a blaze at 8 55 Monday at Supreme Bedding Company 510 Texas Street was caused by burning trash. The building was reported owned by J G Durrett and R D Kellogg.
Union leaders toured coal fields to explain a contract giving a welfare fund and 18.5 cent hourly raise as soft coal mines reopen. The no-work dispute involves 75,000 Pennsylvania anthracite miners idle amid broader labor tensions across states and maritime unions seek wage and schedule gains.
About 400 000 soft coal miners returned to government operated mines as idle labor disputes fell to 371 000 the lowest in months. 75 000 PA hard coal miners were out and 115 000 NYC commuters faced disruption from a Hudson River tubes strike while CIO Maritime Union seeks foreign aid for a June 15 strike. John L. Lewis arrived in New York for talks as hard coal miners also seek welfare funds.
The reminiscences recount Jack Kirkland Reginald Marsh and Imogene Stanley among Jomp's circle. It details Patterson's peculiar vanity in office and home design choices and his steadfast patriotism as described in anecdotes about Hood and Osingsing.
Willie ing of Andrew Thomas, a St Martinville druggist, is jailed in New Iberia awaiting trial. The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled Francis’s conviction valid and refused to intervene in the second electrocution attempt. The condemned man’s failed May 3 execution was blamed on a loose wire, prompting calls to spare him. If appeals fail, a new death warrant may be needed.
Kenneth Avery an 11 year old of Calhoun suffered facial cuts at 9 am Monday when the car he rode in collided with a Hayes Lumber Company truck at the Cypress and Stella streets intersection in West Monroe. He was treated at Wright Bendel Clinic by Mulhearn ambulance. The car was driven by Benton Avery 16 of Calhoun and the truck by J C Scott colored.
The salvage office at Selman Field offers scrap kindling free to the public. People may obtain passes at the Salvage office. if there is no interest, Lt. Warren T. Wardensky says the scrap will be destroyed by burning.
The Louisiana House rejected two new gambling bills and tabled a third, all from New Orleans interests. Rep. Horace Dugas, at the New Orleans Y M B C request, sought to tax gambling and equipment. Rep. C O Webb postponed and tabled the measures as only titles.
Stockton dispatch notes Sweden as a pacifist, peacetime powerhouse where goods flood stores in Stockholm. Tourists find affordable fine dining and abundant handicrafts, though export limits restrict certain items. Swedes themselves crave change, asking what America is like.
Miss Elmore travels by plane from Kelso at 11 p m Sunday to accompany Lt Bryan's body home but delays arise due to injuries to her other son. The accident occurred on Laurel Hill curve in rain, a northbound truck pulling right to avoid collision. Bryan was crushed under a wrecked auto. Miss Elmore and Donald Bryan were treated and moved to Baton Rouge hospital.
Hornbostel, a former patient and local jack of all trades, plans to return in about a month and pursue hospital employment. He notes a rule against relatives working there but intends to cross that bridge when he arrives. Relatives may visit from 7 AM to 7 PM.
The 1942 Louisiana resolution opposes exporting natural gas when other power is available and urges favorable action to protect local gas markets. Gov. Jimmie Davis pressed the point at a federal hearing in New Orleans last November. Col. P. A. Frye heads the natural gas conservation post created after the 1945 funds allocation by the liquidation board. The measure denounces out of state influence pushing to curtail Louisiana gas sales and condemns policies favoring privately owned distant industries at the expense of local workers.
Patrick Michael Desmond a 65 year old nightwatchman was found clubbed to death in the doorway of a shack at a New Orleans construction project. A bloody lumber club was found, robbery not suspected as motive and no other belongings missing. Desmond's pistol was missing and an open detective magazine lay nearby.
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