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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1937

Page

5

Hitler Defends Industry and Steel Shield Of Armed Might

The article reports Hitler rebuking claims that rearmament cripples industry and promising Germany will bear its burden with its steel shield. Alfred Rosenberg attacks church hypocrisy at a Hanover mass meeting, asserting the Nazi state will educate youth and oppose post-war mobs. The piece notes a large Antarctic whale catch exceeding 10,000.

Bles Germany Hitler Alfred Rosenberg Hanover Nazi Party National Socialdats

BC Relieves Headaches In A Hurry

Advice ad promotes BC as fast relief for headaches neu ralgia muscular aches and colds plus tension. It notes non opium ingredients and appeal to women for monthly headaches and backache. Available in 10c and 25c sizes or by the dose at fountains.

Paramount Presents Dance Acts and Student Show

Ernest Truex and Alma Taylor perform in Everybody Dance at the Paramount for Monday. Margaret Stovall Starsney brings her pupils to the Paramount stage with Novelties of 1937 at 4 and 8 30 p.m.

Ernest Truex Alma Taylor Paramount Margaret Stovall Starsney

Wreckage Ends West's Long Air Search for Boeing Transport

A Boeing 10 passenger twin motor transport vanished December 14 en route from Los Angeles to the north. Wreckage found 35 miles east of the LA Salt Lake line near a ridge top. tail hurled over the precipice and forepart down a slope. Search leaders say torn bodies likely tossed over the cliff with the tail. The recovery ends a costly, days long hunt that drew volunteer pilots and used extensive gasoline and ground teams.

Port Los Angeles-Salt Lake Los Angeles Western Air Express

Modern Kidney Health Ad Promises Quick Relief

A vintage ad warns kidney and bladder issues threaten daily life and promotes Cystex as a doctor prescribed remedy. It claims rapid relief within 48 hours and a money back guarantee if not satisfied, priced at 3 cents per dose.

Partial Solar Eclipse Visible Across Southwest US

Sun eclipse will be seen as a partial phase weather permitting the National Geographic Society announced. Visibility spans a line from Eureka California to Tampa Florida with California at noon EST Texas around 2 30 to 3 15 PM EST and Florida near 5 PM EST.

Nationa Geographic Society Eureka California Amarillo Tex Shreveport Biloxi Miss Tampa Palm Beach Fla Texas Florida

Labor wage plan draws criticism and political action

The discussion centers on a proposed national minimum wage tied to a fair wage standard, with support for a 40 cent per hour rate on a 35 hour week and opposition to living wage concepts. Roosevelt faces steel strike appeals, while a constitutional amendment to ban child labor advances in the Senate.

Labor Standards Board Congress Lewis Roosevelt Calumet Indiana White House National Labor Relations Board Perkins Senate Judiciary Committee Vandenberg Michigan Wagner Senate Interstate Commerce Committee

Warnings of the Gray Devil and Windsor's Quiet Life

A rustic tale describes a wolf nicknamed The Gray Devil or Old Bush Whacks roaming the castle grounds at 2 a.m. while the abdicated monarch and his bride pursue a private country life at Windsor after June 3 nuptials. Edward tends flowers, reads telegrams, and an Austrian dinner follows a garden terrace scene as they adapt to a distant royal routine.

Windsor Chateau de Cande France Edward

Rockefeller heir surprised at will in Florence

In Florence the Marquis de Cuevas, John D. Rockefeller's legatee, says they were not expecting any inheritance. He noted no direct contact from the Rockefeller family about the will filed in White Plains leaving most of the estate, estimated at 25 million dollars, in trust to his wife. He recalled a 1927 wedding gift and previous expectations that funds would go to charity.

Florence Italy Marquis de Cuevas Margaret Strong de Cuevas John D. Rockefeller France de Cuevas Rockefeller White Plains Rockefellers Marquis John John D., Jr the de Cuevas

Freight Train Tragedy Reported Near Rayville

Womack found the body near here and the corpse was sent to Cotton Valley. H. O. Cheeks, 52, a farmer from near Rayville, was struck by a northbound Missouri Pacific train while walking on the tracks early Sunday. He lost his left arm, suffered a broken nose and cuts, and was treated by the engineer before being taken to the St. Francis sanitarium. He remains unconscious with injuries to the body.

Womack Cotton Valley H. O. Cheeks Rayville St. Francis Sanitarium Missouri-Pacific Checks Mr. Cheeks

Amelia Earhart Begins Near Equator Flight Route

Amelia Earhart started from Oakland California and flew to Miami where she bade farewell to husband George Palmer Putnam. She then crossed to San Juan Puerto Rico and continued along South America’s northeast coast to Natal Paramaribo Dutch Guiana and Fortaleza. She planned to stay near the equator and previously failed a February return attempt, crashing on takeoff in Honolulu during a California to Hawaii record flight.

Tempt Oakland Calif Miami George Palmer Putnam San Juan Puerto Rico Caripito Venezuela South America Natal Paramaribo Dutch Guiana Fortaleza Equator Honolulu California Hawaii

Soviet Arctic expedition leaves pole for year on drift

Dr Otto J Schmidt reports four planes rescued by radio from Rudolf Island as A I Alexieff prepares a takeoff once fuel arrives. Ivan Papinin leads the polar drift team for a year with Ernest Krenkel Pyotr Shirsof Eugene Federoff and a watchdog aboard. A blizzard closes in as they set up a fur lined hut on a drifting ice floe about 75 miles from the pole, 13 miles from the pole since May 21.

Rudolf Island Otto J. Schmidt Moscow A. I. Alexieff Ivan Papinin Ernest Krenkel Pyotr Shirsof Eugene Federoff Pole

Deaths Arthur M White

Arthur M White, 60, formerly of New Orleans, died in a Monroe hospital after a stroke. Body sent to New Orleans for interment today. Survived by widow and two children in Los Angeles. He worked in oil and gas leasing and had many friends in that field.

Arthur M. White New Orleans Monroe Los Angeles Calif White

Funeral Held for John S. Byrd in Oma Miss

Mrs. W H Dennis and her son John Beadle Dennis returned from Oma Mississippi after the funeral of John S Byrd 84 a retired planter long time Oma resident He died after several months illness The service was in the Baptist church and burial followed in a nearby cemetery Survived by widow two Louisiana sons and daughter plus another daughter Mrs J M Sills and son H R Byrd in Oma a niece Mrs Robert Young of Jackson Mississippi.

Oma Louisiana J. M. Sills H. R. Byrd Robert Young Jackson Miss

Humble Reply Amid New Bomb-Proof House Question

The scene shows a tense moment as friends laugh yet the subject refuses to smile. Asked about living in the new bomb-proof house built for former Premier Hayashi, he replies No, I fear no body and notes it would make him too gloomy. The text also notes the 3,180 mile shortest rail distance from New York to San Francisco.

Hayashi New York San Francisco

First American cartoonist linked to divided colonies snake

The article notes Benjamin Franklin as the first American cartoonist, famed for a drawing that depicted the colonies as a single snake segmented into 13 parts.

Benjamin Franklin Colonies

London Gold Market Sees Smaller Supply With Rising Demand

England lifts stable and tends to discourage selling on the London market. London sales today were 262 bars valued at about 3.64 million dollars, versus 465 bars worth about 6.48 million dollars on Saturday. Bullion dealers note shipping costs to New York require buying under 34.77 dollars an ounce for profit. The British equalization fund’s role is not disclosed. Bullion brokers cite smaller supply and increased demand as price drivers. Over two weeks about 84 million dollars in gold has been sold on the London market, raising worries for government strains.

London New York British Equalization Fund Great Britain United States

Stolen Ouachita Mattress Truck Reported In Monroe

Police said a Chevrolet pickup from Ouachita Mattress 2307 DeSiard Street was stolen Sunday night from the 100 block of Hall Street. The 1934 model truck bore Louisiana license 19 283. An unrelated legend about cheese is noted.

Ouachita Mattress Company DeSiard Street Hall Street Louisiana

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