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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1932
Page
3
Plans for a Sunday rifle shoot at Smoot field north Louisiana invite marksmen to compete. Gates open 8 AM with scores posted throughout the day. S. E. Pipes will record scores. Fifteen prizes include a silver trophy for the top overall scorer, plus kodaks, knives, socks, ties, a hat and ammunition.
Hotel Frances announces a Sunday picnic on June 12 with participants meeting at the hotel between 10 and 11 am or driving east of Sicard to Oak Park. E. C. Meyer, famed chef, promises a pleasant outing with ample food. A rubber company introduces rubber covered milk containers to reduce early morning noise.
In Natchez Mississippi on June 4 police held four men in custody over the death of Will Harvey a negro fireman for the U M V railroad who was shot May 22. Harvey was the fifth fireman killed in recent weeks. Charles Coon is charged with murder in Harvey’s death. Suspects from Vicksburg Lee Edward Middleton Vernon Campbell and C M Bailey were arrested there. The railroad has posted a $5000 reward for the slayers.
Ouachita and Richland parish Boy Scouts unable to attend Camp Ki-Ro-Li next week are urged to contact the camp director to arrange attendance at a later date. A special camping period is being arranged for those unable to attend during their troop schedule.
A class of 23 graduates received diplomas at Monroe Colored High School in a packed auditorium. Dr. M. M. Coleman of Coleman College Gibsland delivered the address urging racial consciousness and self reliance as essential for the era.
A report stated 13 World War I veterans left to join the veterans bonus march to Washington. Local Legion and VFW posts said they had not heard of any sanctioned departure and could not verify the claim.
Mrs Ellie Moss of Oak Ridge is a patient at St Francis sanitarium where she underwent an operation yesterday. Her condition is satisfactory, according to the report.
The Grotto Bet ter Baby health contest lists 25 prizes for the 25 top children. Readable entries include Mary Jo Martin and Virginia Lee Smith of West Monroe, Dolores Bare of Wood Street, and others with home addresses across West Monroe Crescent Bend and Rochelle Avenue.
Felix Son Rice aged 15, son of Eugene Rice, farmer, drowned at Washman bay on Saline river near Crossett Arkansas. While camping with family and neighbors, he stepped into a whirlpool during a river bath and disappeared. The body was recovered but life could not be saved. He leaves both parents, five brothers and three sisters.
The Y. W. C. A. at the junior college named Eleona Brinsmade as president Wilma Britton as vice president and Sarah Hammonds as secretary for the next school year. The girls glee club also elected Mildred Dennis as president Beatrice Rhymes as vice president Evelyn Albright as treasurer and June Hodge as secretary.
The municipal natatorium is informally open to the public this morning. Pools and bathhouses will stay open until 9 pm tonight and continue on Sunday and Monday nights until the same hour. From Tuesday night the formal opening program begins and hours extend to 1 am.
The Mellon Institute of Industrial Research in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania has developed a new felt coated steel material aimed at improving durability and versatility in industrial applications. This advance signals potential uses across manufacturing and construction sectors.
Rev. W. L. Kirkpatrick of Indiana recently returned from China and Korea where he spent two years in mission work. He will deliver two messages at the Methodist church in West Monroe on Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. Hoffpauir and their daughters Doris and Audrey Bess depart tomorrow for Blue Ridge North Carolina for a two week encampment then proceed to Atlanta for a convention. church services will continue as usual.
Harold Davis has completed his junior year at Georgia Tech Atlanta and will arrive tomorrow to spend vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs D H Davis of West Monroe.
Courtesy of J M Yarborough and the J M Supply company a high powered centrifugal pump is loaned for the season to the Louisiana Baptist children's home management. It will pump bayou water to 100 acres of farm lands aiding melon crops and cooperative cantaloupe shipments. An irrigation expert from Colorado will advise on crop irrigation techniques.
A Cotton States league transfer of the Port Arthur Texas club to Alexandria is under consideration at a Rio conference. J F Jakowicz president Frank Meyers manager and local leaders Steve Lymberis and Paul Gilham attended but no formal statement was issued. A plan for Meyers to own and operate the team in Alexandria was noted.
Berlin reports a nationalist source predicts President Von Hindenburg will retire on October 2 his eighty fifth birthday and back Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm von Hohenzollern as successor. Alfred Hugenberg editor supports the plan, but official circles deny any such intention.
Dr. John W. Williams directed a pre school clinic at Lida Benton School in Ouachita parish. Thirty five children were examined, with sponsorship by the school's Parent Teacher Association.
Playgrounds of the city of Monroe will open on Monday June 13 announced by Miss Cucyle Godwin, director of the municipal recreation department. The opening was postponed one week from June 6. The Barkdall Faulk Georgia Tucker campus properties are used for summer programs with tennis courts reserved for adults evenings.
Baton Rouge is added to the Atlanta New Orleans Houston line of American Airways. More than 12,000 letters are ready for mailing on the first regular mail and passenger planes stopping in Baton Rouge. The initial eastbound plane was due at 12 33 p m and the westbound at 12 42 p m.
Willie Herrion, a Black man, was arrested by police last night and jailed on charges of drunkenness and disorderliness and for drawing and displaying a pistol, a dangerous weapon.
Notice of a stockholders meeting at the Association office 100 St John Street Monroe Louisiana at 10:00 AM on June 20 1932 to consider amending Articles 11 IV V VI IX XI XI and XX of the charter and discuss other business. President J W McWilliams secretary Co E ByNum.
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