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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1938

Page

12

Talks Helpful to People Who Live in Fear

A group of Portland physicians Henry H. Dixon Laurance Selling David E. Baird G. B. Haugen and W. H. Hutchens describe psychasthenia a borderland fear state arising from insecure childhood. The report claims talk therapy can cure those who listen, though patients often resist listening at first.

Henry H. Dixon Laurance Selling David E. Baird G. B. Haugen W. H. Hutchens Ell Portland Ore

Shirley Temple Praises Lambs On Utah Tour Stop

Shirley Temple, visiting Salt Lake City during a cross country tour toward the White House and Canada, gleefully spoke of the lambs grazing near southern Utah highways and described the Grand Canyon as very deep. She said she prefers dogs to lambs and plans more sight-seeing in Colorado after Utah.

Salt Lake City Shirley Temple White House Canada George F. Temple Shirley Utah Grand Canyon Colorado Temple

Miller elected by Broadcasters

Neville Miller former mayor of Louisville Kentucky has been chosen by directors of the National Association of Broadcasters as president of the organization. The 44 year old will assume the post about July 1 succeeding Mark Ethridge who remains vice president and general manager of the Louisville Courier Journal and Times. Miller drew national notice in 1937 for leading disaster relief during Louisville floods.

Washington National Association of Broadcasters Neville Miller Louisville, Ky Miller Association Mark Ethridge Louisville Courier-Journal and Times Louisville Princeton University

Building inspector issues 3 permits for local jobs

City building inspector Alan Sugar reported three permits on Tuesday. Charley Wilds plans an addition and repairs on a two story frame residence at Auburn and North Fifth at 800 dollars. D F Malaup to remodel storefront at 436 DeSiard street for 250 dollars. Eight one story frame dwellings in Scarborough addition, three rooms each, cost 3200 dollars.

Alan Sugar Scarbough Charley Wilds Auburn North Fifth Streets D. F. Malaup DeSiard Street

City Court Disposes Cases Before Judge Harper

City court yesterday concluded several cases led by Judge W. M. Harper. Defendants include Monroe Davis for drunk and disorderly conduct and disturbing peace, C. H. Wilson for similar charges and indecent exposure with $25 fine, Albert Williams for larceny of 100 pounds sugar from a bakery six months, Andrew Jacks Nixon for vagrancy trespassing 30 and 10 days, Simmie Nixon vagrancy 30 days, Hattie Ruth Burton vagrancy 30 days and trespassing 10 days, Lula B Nixon vagrancy 30 days, J C Curry drunk and disorderly mischief with fines, and others including Miller Edward Earl Bradford Burket Foroes trespassing with 15 days or fines, Mrs C R Henry peace bond for $25, Joseph Dorsey peace with 1 cent, and Mabel noted.

W. M. Harper Monroe Davis C. H. Wilson Albert Williams Andrew Jacks Nixon Simmie Nixon Hattie Ruth Burton Lula B. Nixon J. C. Curry Man Miller Edward Earl Bradford E. Burkett Foroes C R. Henry Easy Pond Joseph Dorsey Mabel

Jackson Parish Receives Federal Aid for School Buildings

Jackson Parish secures 5243 to upgrade rural school structures and teachers cottages including interior and exterior painting carpentry work and related improvements across district facilities.

Jackson Parish

Confession May Free White Man In Chicago Case

Chicago June 1. Thomas McCall protestations of innocence on a five year sentence for a woman attack echo a young negro confession. Robert Nixon eighteen admits attacking Miss Alda Deery and Miss Virginia Austin in hotel rooms in 1936. Nixon also confesses to murder of two Chicago women and an LA mother and child and involvement in Mrs Johnson’s death May 27.

Chicago Thomas McCall John L. Sullivan Robert Nixon Alda Deery New York Virginia Austin McCall Miss Austin Austin Sullivan John Boyle Nixon Boyle Los Angeles Florence Johnson

Assault charge filed against Fairbanks man

Otis Gunther 24 of Fairbanks held on 1000 bond on charges of assault with intent to rape after an alleged attack on a Monroe waitress last Saturday night deputies report Gunther arrested at his home after the victim reported the incident to the district attorney’s office she said he attempted to force a side road then made improper advances and struck her several times before leaving.

Otis Gunther Fairbanks Ouachita Parish Monroe Gunther Sheriff's Department Snes

Wallaces Headed to California for Kiwanis Trip

Assistant Postmaster Hugh Wallace and Mrs Wallace travel by car to California for a six to seven week vacation. They will attend the Kiwanis international convention in San Francisco next month where Wallace serves as a Monroe Kiwanis delegate and past president.

Hugh Wallace

70 Year Old Man Feels 100 Percent Better

Mr John W Wilkinson of Brownsville Texas reports fifty years of chronic constipation indigestion and heartburn relieved after trying Gly-Cas herbal remedy. He credits rapid improvement after one box and plans to eat freely again. Gly-Cas sold by Phoenix Drug Co in the city and by leading druggists in eagertne.

John W. Wilkinson Second St Brownsville Texas Mr. Wilkinson Phoenix Drug Co DeSiard St

World telephone subscribers estimate tops thirty-two million

A rough global tally puts telephone subscribers around 32.5 million, reflecting broad outreach across regions and the expanding role of telecommunication services in daily life. The figure underscores growing connectivity and market reach for communications providers worldwide.

Train Dispatcher and Family Return to Atchison Kan

Lee Smith, transferred from Atchison to Monroe last December to become train dispatcher for Missouri Pacific, is moved back to Atchison to make his home with his family. T. F. Potter will assume Smiths former post, transferred from Nevada, Missouri, where he also served as dispatcher. The Smiths are well known locally and their daughter Miss Jeanette Mae Smith is a talented marimba player. A 1898 dispute between Britain and France over Fashoda nearly led to war.

Lee Smith Atchison, Kan Monroe Missouri Pacific Railroad Atchison Mr. Smith T. F. Potter Ferred Nevada Britain France Fashoda Sudan

Pistol Match Set for July 1

Secretary Morgenthau announced a July 1 preliminary pistol match in New Orleans to select Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi teams for regional eliminations. From each service three crack shots advance to finals in Washington August 1, with finals at Camp Perry to follow.

Washington, D. C Texas Louisiana Mississippi Treasury Department New Orleans Morgenthau Bureau of Customs Alcohol Tax Unit Intelligence Unit Bureau of Internal Revenue United States Secret Service Bureau of Narcotics Bureau of the Mint White House The Secret Service Public Health Service Washington Secretary of the Treasury United States Coast Guard Treasury Camp Perry

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