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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1933
Page
5
A leadership training course will begin at Barkdull Faulk school immediately announced by recreation leader Lucyle Godwin. Registration runs 8 30 to 9 00 a m Wednesday. The 10 day program targets church and social leaders playground directors Camp Fire leaders and civic volunteers. Certificates awarded upon satisfactory completion with classes 9 to 11 a m daily.
An old advertisement touts 15 Seconds Rash Relief as a powder that stops itching and heals raw skin. It claims the Mexican Heat Powder provides deodorizing chafing protection under arms feet garters and is safe for tender skin including infants.
An advertisement claims iron rich Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic builds red blood, purifies the blood with quinine, and boosts appetite, color, energy, and resistance to disease in children and adults. It promises safety and tastiness, urging readers to buy at all stores.
James Shamblin of Rayville was hospitalized at St. Francis sanitarium after a Sunday morning automobile crash. He suffered a dislocated right hip a deep facial laceration head injuries various bruises and a severed tendon on the hand. Identification followed once he regained consciousness and the car left the road near Ouachita junior college was described as ending with the front end down and rear wheels airborne.
Central grammar school invites all parents of children entering school for the first time in September or February to bring them Thursday at 2 PM for a physical examination conducted by the Monroe health unit. The goal is to identify and correct any physical defects before the new term begins.
At the Paramount a major submersible action spectacle Hell Below features real Navy subs and a siege of ocean warfare with Robert Montgomery Walter Huston Madge Evans Jimmy Durante and more. At the Capitol Mae West stars in She Done Him Wrong written by West with Cary Grant Noah Beery and others in a Bowery centered comedy drama.
Bastrop June 6 special unusual interest centers on a Texas company taking over the Turpin Folse block and planning a 3500 foot wildcat near the 1928 Meyers No 1 site. A 122 foot derrick is up and a deep test of 5000 to 6000 feet may follow if no producer is found.
Ed Everett district governor elect of the Lions clubs visits Monroe with Farmerville members for a noon luncheon at Hotel Frances. Local members back his candidacy. President C. C. Calvert discusses Quachita junior college growth from 60 enrolled in 1931 to 543 last fall and 133 graduates. Woodrow Hodges from Monroe heads to LSU summer study for a MA. His wife joins the program.
Fourth corps area reserve officers training camps will open Thursday and run 60 days at educational institutions due to CCC activity. Major General Edward L. King announced schedules listing Albany Polytechnic Institute Fort Benning University of Alabama Vanderbilt University LSU and Mississippi State College as site affiliations for field artillery coast artillery infantry and engineer units.
The Ouachita junior college will hand out The Chacahoula to past year juniors and seniors who pre paid. Copies are available in room 102 Saturday morning June 10. A limited number will be sold to others who did not pay last semester.
A dog and a rabbit form a strong companionship at the residence of T. R. Dawson in Oklahoma City, drawing local attention for their unusual friendship and harmonious household presence.
President Roosevelt signed a resolution voiding gold clauses in all government and private securities. The act, adopted within 10 days, sets settlements in legal tender and relieves the treasury from gold payments. Justice agents check 1,000 suspected hoarders holding over $100 in gold each, with $600 million believed hoarded.
The will of Colonel T Sam Bda Jones educator diplomat and orator probated in East Baton Rouge district court. It leaves two houses to his divorced wife Julia Duron Jones and the remainder of his estate to his grandson Edward Halligan in trust until he comes of age. The 1929 dated will specifies the home at 630 Third Street and a rear two story dwelling for the former wife with all furnishings.
Mae West performs Frankie and Johnnie and other songs in She Done Him Wrong at the Capitol theater today and Wednesday. The star’s charisma anchors the film as the character she portrays comes alive on screen.
Harris Tyson of the Monroe Y M C A announces Camp Windywood will open this Saturday in Grant parish for boys nine to 15. Enrollment ends Wednesday with a target of 75, up from 40 last year, under H B Durkee with Tyson supervising.
Prosperity returns as Tremont & Gulf Railway reports two cash crops moving locally. Irish potatoes fetch 1 to 1.60 per cwt fob as grading machines operate under H. B. Martin. Green pack tomatoes bring 2 to 3 cents per pound fob with over fifty local workers in three sheds at Winnfield Sikes and Chatham.
The Winn area sees a surge in potato shipments with 75 cars loaded up to date versus 32 last year. Potatoes grade U. S. No. 1 fancy, as Mr. Thomas notes the soils suit truck crops. Local merchants also feel brighter about the economy as cash registers ring with rising commerce.
Joseph A. Daigre is reelected mayor of New Iberia Louisiana after Monday's primary with a 1 191 to 794 to 196 vote split over opponents Angers and Barrow. Trustees chosen include Nathan Davis J H White Willy John Bernard Louis Jennaro A J Mausmus J T Eves Cletus Landry and H O Indest.
About 350000 dollars have been appropriated for developing Le Bourget as Paris air gateway, a project linked to Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic arrival landing there.
Soak weary ing feet for 20 minutes in a gallon of water with three tablespoonfuls of Radox. If feet feel better tomorrow you can walk miles without discomfort. Money back from Collens Pharmacy or any druggist. Radox forty five cents.
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