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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1939
Page
8
The delinquent tax list is the smallest in years with May end collections at 820,858.23 from a total charge of 866,143.68 on the 1998 tax roll. The tax sale date is set for June 24 for all real estate with unpaid taxes.
C. O. Bacon of Monroe was released late Thursday afternoon on a $50 cash bond after state highway officers arrested him on a four count traffic violation charge. Bacon faced charges of operating a motor vehicle while in violation of traffic laws.
A Harvard expedition led by Professor Samuel Eliot Morison will sail the 140 foot Capitana from Oyster Bay around August 1 to trace Columbus routes in the Atlantic and Caribbean. The trip aims to study navigational details, visit the first mainland settlement sites, and compare sea routes with hands on experience. The voyage will include stops at the Azores, Canaries, and along the Central American coast, with a crew of about 10 to 20 and a six person professional team.
Manila June 93. President Manuel Quezon signed the rice tenancy act prohibiting hacienda owners from ejecting tenant farmers without legal cause. He warned owners to recognize farmers' human rights and not treat them as economic slaves. The measure is a major step in his social justice program. He promised a similar act for industrial workers at the next assembly session.
A young narrator visits Fort Ben Havens for a birthday visit arranged by Elizabeth Wright. The journey reveals shared glances, a mysterious past tied to a West Point ring, and a foreboding sense of danger as the evening promises an ominous night ahead at the military installation.
Bath Me June 9 Work on five navy destroyers under construction in Bath Iron Works shipyards will resume Monday after management agreed to raise wages for 2400 workers following a 17 day welding crew dispute. The welders voted 70 to 1 to return to work and the company will boost the payroll by about five percent and establish wage classifications.
Four men a woman and a four year old child were killed when bandits robbed a passenger bus near Santa Teresa in Mexico City officials reported today.
In Queretaro the death toll rises as Efren Saavedra, a candidate for congress, is identified among the killed. Authorities have not released further details about the attack or motives. Saavedra's loss prompts calls for security and political stability.
Paris reports new navy blue linen frocks styled with simple hand run stitching in parallel rows. The bunched stitches form white braids along the edges giving a coarse harness like finish.
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