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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1939
Page
5
The article notes C. C. Bell Manufacturing appoints a new president for its Maps of Monroe division. Details on leadership and company plan outline a shift in production strategy and regional operations.
By Hy Vogel secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Monroe and West Monroe. The general welfare of the Twin Cities and the up building of their commercial and business activities are the broad objectives of his office. Boy Scout work is his hobby. Gas corporation. He is a Mason, a member.
The Illinois Central reports 1938 Louisiana expenditures totaling 4 916 577 with 38 state firm purchases 448 890 payroll 3 473 818 to 2 324 employees and 920 07 taxes. Ouachita parish outlays 354 111 with 275 355 payroll to 187 residents 37 554 equipment from 11 firms. Quachita ranked fifth in parish spending. State taxes 24 523 and public utility costs 27 927 water 28 552 power 17 583 telephone.
The Ouachita Valley Boy Scout council receives a charter for Scout Troop 38 from national headquarters. Sponsored by Lake Providence Rotary Club, the troop is led by Scoutmaster L J Sellers with W H Bonner as assistant. Committee chaired by M M Walsworth includes WB Watkins J L Martin W R Stephens and M H King.
Mr. H. W. Pickels of Alexandria Louisiana reports relief after using Gly-Cas. He describes past gas pains, constipation, irregular bladder action and poor sleep then notes regular bowel movement improved appetite and energy. Gly Cas sold by Phoenix Drug Co and local druggists.
Census figures for August 1 to May 31 show cottonseed crushed at 4,300,768 tons, down from 6,042,983 a year earlier. May 31 on-hand cottonseed at mills was 194,187 tons vs 471.7 last year. Crude and refined oils produced and on hand, cake and meal, hulls, and linters also fell or rose in different measures, reflecting an overall drop in production and stock compared with the prior year.
Mrs. Nancy Mullins Ferguson of Minden Louisiana gave ten thousand dollars to the Greater Louisiana College Endowment campaign. Clarence M Managan, campaign director, said the gift is the largest single contribution in the college's 33 year history and expected to spur further gifts.
On the second day of the season enrollment rose to 50 with a goal of 200 at four playgrounds. Girls are urged to enroll for softball at the nearest site. Sher rouse morning session from 9 to 11 joins afternoon hours, with directors and 3 to 5 assistants at each location.
Four hundred inmates at the Kansas state penitentiary mine staged a morning strike over clothing and pay, blocking lines and refusing to mine coal. Warden Amrine yielded on underwear but held firm on other demands while Robert Murray, the mine superintendent, supervised the 750 foot shaft.
The first Atlantic storm of the season is centered about 350 miles west of Key West Florida with strong winds and squalls. Small vessels in the eastern and central Gulf are urged to exercise caution for the next 36 hours as warnings extend from Key West to Grand Isle Louisiana.
Southern checker players will gather in Birmingham August 9-10 to battle across the plaid board in the annual Southern association tournament.
At the regular monthly session the city commissioner council discussed routine matters. In England the Rothamstead experimental station reports cucumbers of standard length eight inches with no curves as part of fruit and vegetable standardization research.
In Vidalia Louisiana work on the Vidalia courthouse and jail, built by Thomas Reed Construction of Monroe, proceeds despite bad weather. The new facility will replace the old building razed for a river setback levee, and nearby plans include a theater hotel and cafe, plus a portable skating rink opening signaling local revival.
Two military prisoners escaped Governor's Island after knocking a sentry unconscious and seizing his pistol. The trio dove into Butter milk channel aiming for Brooklyn, two guards pursued and captured one, while the other two escaped amid a strong tide. Police alerted and searching the waterfront district. Also note a separate line on frog breeding payments of up to $50.
Daily vacation Bible schools are under way in Twin Cities churches. First Baptist Church reports 253 in all departments with a closing commencement and certificates. Monroe First Methodist runs two weeks with about 100 enrolled across three divisions. First Presbyterian opened Monday for primary juniors and intermediates with 60 then 69 on Tuesday. more expected as the week and next continue.
Ambassador Bullitt arrives in New York after Paris trip for medical care and will report to President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull on France's improved finances, renewed arms production, and stronger warplane output under Daladier. He expects to sail back to France next Monday. A separate line notes a mayfly’s underwater egg-laying adaptation.
Funeral services were held for Francis Ethrum Barksdale at a Baptist church with interment in Union Church cemetery Mississippi. Percy F. Crow of Dumas Texas died from auto crash injuries and was buried in Marion Baptist church cemetery. Also news of Jackson broker A T Shaw's sudden death and a note on auto light troubleshooting.
A June meeting at Camp Grant Walker gathered about 40 parish extension division workers and 100 state AAA assistants and parish committeemen to review present and pending cotton export subsidy legislation. E. D. White from the Washington AAA office outlined a plan to allocate 60 million dollars yearly to subsidize American cotton exports, pegged at 83 cents per pound up to 15 dollars per bale to help U S producers compete with foreign buyers and defend farm income at minimal treasury cost.
Francisco Lozano a 75 year old Starr county farmer earned a tidy sum for growing the nation’s first bale of 1939 cotton His 424 pound bale of strict middling cotton sold at auction at the cotton exchange in Corpus Christi for 15 cents a pound Lozano farms a 60 acre tract near La Grulla in the Rio Grande valley.
The article notes the athlete securing first place in that segment six times, marking the year's earliest achievement in the event. It highlights the performer’s repeated dominance and sets a record pace for the season.
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