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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1936
Page
5
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Baton Rouge reporting that by May 31, 1936 J S Brock as bank commissioner logged 10 119 moratorium relief applications. Final hearings reached 9 972 with 6 837 granted and 284 relief denied. Total final and rehearings exceed 13 900 involving debts of 11 700 000 and more than 30 000 hearings when counting multiple sessions.
The home demonstration club met Tuesday afternoon in the high school building. Mrs. W. M. Bagwell presided. Participants in the program included Miss Sophie Stone and Mrs. C. L. Faulkner.
Plans for the Louisiana Rural Mail Carriers Association annual meeting set for Bastrop on July 17 and 18 were outlined by local officials and association members. An estimated two to three hundred attendees and a ladies auxiliary event are planned, with a barbecue and dance among entertainment options.
The five day heat wave peaked Wednesday with 99 degrees, reached in the 24 hour period ending 7 am. Thursday. Miss Katie Key, local observer, recorded the high as rain cooled conditions later Wednesday. A brief shower and brisk wind brought relief as cooler weather moved in on Thursday.
Eugene Griggs was sentenced to 30 days in jail for vagrancy by Judge W. M. Harper in city court yesterday.
The FCC suspends a 750000 inquiry into American Telephone and Telegraph amid expectations the investigation will not resume until late summer. Congress added another 400000 to the probe, while testimony showed five percent of stockholders owned half the stock. FCC aims to decide if federal rate and practice regulation is needed.
McClendon Baptist church on the old Natchitoches road near West Monroe announces a revival starting Sunday June 14 at 11 a.m. Messages will run at least two weeks led by Rev. A H Johnson pastor of Immanuel Baptist church West Monroe. Johnson, Moody Institute and Evangelical College alum, is praised as a strong preacher. The church urges public attendance and seeks singers for each service.
The first cotton bloom of the season in Richland Parish was sent to The News-Star and Morning World by W. P. Martin of Delhi. Tenant Lee Young, 70, grew 24 bales on 18 acres last year. This year’s crop is said to compare favorably with last year and reports show less weevil damage. Bloom reports also come from Franklin Parish near Gilbert and Crowville and from Ouachita Parish near Bosco.
An advertisement targets the sensitive type prone to headaches and nervous tension. It promotes Capudine as a non narcotic remedy that soothes tense nerves and relieves headaches with two teaspoonfuls in water. The ad promises refund if not preferred and lists prices 60c 30c 10c.
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