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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1939
Page
11
The incident centers on a jailbreak attempt where Bloodhounds tracked fugitives as they forced a car stop. Archer and Needham Ferguson attempted to abduct a warden, with Ferguson using a stolen rifle while James Williams protected the warden.
An advertisement pitch touts Camels as superior in aroma and flavor with cooler smoking pleasures. The copy claims Americans prefer Camels and link the brand to smart consumer choice and added value.
A group of inmates led by Ferguson and Williams freed Warden Roy Best and fled in his car after nearly 15 months remaining on their sentences. The escapees, listed as Nebeker Blair Cowan Burkett and others, were last seen near mineral country terrain with limited ammunition. Local authorities planned bloodhound searches as they warned of the fugitives’ desperation.
Senate and House committees push tax revisions and relief measures to meet June deadlines. A House Ways and Means panel drafts over 500 million dollars in excise tax revisions to reduce business irritants. Appropriations discuss 1.477 billion for WPA next year, with a full committee report targeted soon. Senate Finance begins hearings to broaden Social Security amid House opposition to higher federal-state pension contributions.
A lengthy veterans platform urged Governor Leche and state agencies to advance emergency medical access for veterans, employment cooperation, pensions for disabled and widowed veterans, a state firing squad for military funerals, an additional VA hospital, and preferential appointments for Spanish American War and World War veterans. The drum and bugle corps contest at Northeast Junior College featured top posts from Alexandria, Tioga, Woodsworth, Shreveport, Rayville, Gretna, and Ro dney J. Hobbs with prizes and performances accompanying the ceremonies.
The department states gratitude to the public for the encampment success. Special thanks are given to Secretary G. D. Holland of the Chamber of Commerce Mayor H. H. Benoit Commissioner W. D. H. Rodriguez and Commissioner C. R. Tidwell and to the News-Star-World publisher and staff for cooperation.
Britons express a warm reception for the royal couple with many favoring a Roosevelt visit and Hyde Park picnic style welcome. Debate centers on constitutional limits for honor and the plan for a June 22 return with ships meeting the Empress of Britain.
Arnold told Congress that U S pursuit craft lag in performance and urged at least 20 million dollars yearly for five years in aeronautical research to regain leadership. Lindbergh warned against overreacting to Europe with mass production and supported maintaining expansion plans for 5 500 planes. Germany operates five large aeronautical research plants, the U S only one.
Government economists suggest higher American cotton prices from loan programs and intense global competition could drive prices, with plans to add five million bales to loan stocks and exports remaining at a low level. Exports for the current season may dip below 3.5 million bales, versus 5.6 million last year, as the 1939 crop faces market headwinds.
A severe storm swept across Diana Illinois through Sheldon Kentland Goodland Remington Walcott Indiana and into nearby Michigan Wisconsin and Kentucky. It caused unroofed homes uprooted trees and disrupted utilities with a twelve mile center near Sheldon. Damaged highways and rail lines appeared near Marquette Michigan and Jacksonville Illinois with total property losses estimated at $150,000 in Indiana alone.
In Tempe a transfer truck fire prompted fire crews to respond but halted at city limits due to a city ordinance allowing entry only within Tempe. In Duluth St. Louis County taxes seek refunds on a Lac La Croix timber land dispute dating back 35 years. In Nebraska City Bertie Garrett, 19, survived a collision as a belt buckle absorbed impact preventing injury from a broken steering rod.
Nelson defeated Wood by three strokes to win the National Open at Spring Mill. Nelson led with rounds of 72 73 71 68 68 70 for a 422 total, while Wood posted 70 71 71 72 68 73 for 425. First prize was $1,000 to Nelson. Wood took $800 as runner-up.
In Las Cruces New Mexico Mayor Sam Klein triggered a traffic law push and became an early casualty of enforcement when he received a $1 overtime parking ticket. The justice of the peace deemed the mayor's excuse insufficient.
The case centers on Buckner and Buckner's entry to the western movie colony with C Westley Turner, a Wall Street broker charged with stock sale grand larceny. William Gillespie is named as Buckner's alleged partner. Sixty witnesses are subpoenaed including Frank Morgan Everett Marshall Noel Carter and Doris Donaldson. Carter detained while heading to Europe.
A Los Angeles man slain his second wife to rekindle a romance with his first wife. A waitress in Webster Springs West Virginia ran for mayor on a platform to repeal a 7 PM curfew. A bigamous blackbird was found in Con.
A Missouri voterless election arises from no candidates at a nominating meeting. A house of commons member proposes swapping Chamberlain for Roosevelt. A New Jersey minister laments a deacon’s chair misdeed. Illinois auction sells buggies for 10 cents. A 12 year old Delaware boy hooks an escaped zoo alligator. Idaho students sue for diplomas. A Cleveland man disputes his name spelling in a newspaper. The Japan America friendship meeting will be at USC in August. Italian movie houses charge the most gallery seats.
An old ad touts Prescription C-2223 as a sedative and analgesic for rheumatic pains muscular aches and rheumatic fever. It claims widespread relief and offers a money back guarantee at druggists priced 60e and 1.00, urging buyers to ask for the full name.
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