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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1937
Page
3
Gov Reis crop experts forecast the harvest will total between 825 million and 850 million bushels. They base estimates on June 1 conditions, with winter wheat at about 648.6 million bushels and spring wheat seen at 175 to 200 million. The 1931 crop reached 941.7 million bushels. The outlook remains for average production of main crops.
The bladderwort plant floats in summer using air filled bladders on its leaves. In autumn the air is released and the plant sinks. In spring the bladders refill with air and the plant rises again, continuing its seasonal cycle.
Lucas and Gill, both condemned and in custody, faced execution after final religious consolations. Lucas, tall and strong, charmed by Rev. Walsh, had plotted escape with hidden steel saws but remained under guard. Gill, calm yet nervous, read St. John’s Gospel last hours after drowning his stepchildren. both were manacled for execution.
Admission tickets for a military ball to be held Friday night at the Three Mile Inn by Company G of the 156th Infantry Louisiana National Guard Monroe have been printed. Tickets available Saturday morning from Corporal John Regan at the armory. Proceeds fund extra equipment for the annual encampment at Camp Beauregard near Alexandria starting Sunday July 4. Jack Angell of the inn assists with orchestra and floor show arrangements.
London reports a French foreign office spokesman says a new non intervention agreement to protect patrol ships is nearly complete. Germany and Italy may rejoin, while French support for Soviet Russia could block a four power deal and jeopardize steps to isolate the Spanish civil war.
Revival services at Calvary Baptist Church 812 Mississippi Street continue through next week with daily 8 PM services. Conducted by Rev. R. L. Ross the series began last week and Rev. I. J. Brooks serves as church pastor.
Urania Rosalie Sitton of Pineland Texas visits Mary Ellen Chumely. Marie Winberry of Port Arthur Texas visits Mrs K C Brooks. Mrs L D Chumely hosts weekend guests Hilbacker and Lois plus her sister. The term quarantine derives from Latin quadraginta meaning forty days.
Treasury officials said a secret list of wealthy individuals who dodged federal income taxes would be handed to a congressional committee for hearings to probe tax evasion and avoidance. The inquiry, backed by Senate and House members, aims to reveal names and testimony while plans for a broader tax and postage debate proceed.
FBI and state officers swarmed the Jamaica bus terminal area after a signed note urged the abductors to deliver ransom cash to a busy Long Island hub. The note warned no cops and threatened Alice’s silence. Authorities traced a possible contact from Glen Cove while the Pratt family offered to pay if needed. A nationwide alert searched for a black sedan and a couple, with surveillance continuing along Stony Brook harbor. Parsons cancelled further plans to meet the kidnapers.
Report notes a meeting at Jamaica railroad station last night amid crowds. A statement from an involved party pledges strict confidentiality and obedience to further kidnappers' instructions while Mrs Parsons is poised to inherit about $104000.
A farewell party for Miss Sylvia Farr bound for Shreveport and Buddie Rey and Aunt Keene headed to Mabs, with Mr and Mrs P H Rasbury and Bobbie Rasbury visiting the Billings family in Atlanta for a weekend.
Quitman Oscar Downtain of Memphis Tennessee was a guest of friends here recently and stayed with Miss Blanche Williams of Shreveport Louisiana during the visit.
Port visited her mother Mrs J W King recently. Edgar Davis of Shreveport stayed with friends here. Johnnie Brown of Shreveport visited his grandmother Mrs J S Byron. Mrs Fred Bond and children returned from visiting relatives. Shannon Williams left for Tulips to spend the summer with Mr and Mrs H G Williams.
Good Pine residents Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Horne along with Miss Janice Horne spent a weekend in Atlanta with relatives. Mrs. Edgar Duke of Texas and granddaughter Barbara Ann Gregory visited Alexandria hosts Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Albritton and sons. Mesdames Percy Gray and Dewey Farr Sr hosted a large group of young people at a wiener roast.
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