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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1937
Page
9
H B McClendon, American Legion service officer, announces that widows and children of World War veterans must apply for pensions under the 1934 act by June 28. The act authorizes Veterans Administration payments to eligible widows and children under specified conditions.
The text explains pension eligibility for widows of veterans not dying from service connected causes. A widow must prove a 30 percent or higher service connected disability at death, be married before July 3 1931, not remarry, and have no income tax the year before filing. If disability was less than 30 percent and before the act, she has until June 28 to provide medical and lay evidence to show the veteran was 39 percent disabled prior to death. If the widow remarries but has surviving children, apply for them. children get benefits until age 21 if in school, or age 18 if not. Applications are filed with the Veterans Administration at the Masonic Temple Building, 333 St. Charles Street, New Orleans.
In Memphis Tennessee on June 15 the trial begins for Stanley Puryear a 43-year-old used car dealer charged with hacking his wife and daughter to death with an axe five years ago as a fourth jury panel is selected for the case.
The Bank of Japan, central bank of Japan, traces its origins to 1882 when it was formed as a joint-stock company. This foundational move set the stage for modern monetary policy and financial stabilization in the country.
The Louisiana Baptist Children's Home in Monroe receives vacant New Orleans area lots valued at 4500 dollars from Mr. and Mrs. E A Davis. Rev. B F Wallace says the home will hold and sell later as value rises. Summer trips for children proceed with planned bus journeys to southeast and northwest Louisiana in coming weeks.
Gen Genevieve Davis Bennett of Missouri and Genevieve Bennett McGuffey lineage noted in obituary as prominent public figures. Champ Clark served as speaker of the house before Wilson era and later as minority leader. Mrs Clark active in Washington public life and founding Woman’s Congressional club.
An obituary highlights Mrs. Clark widow of Champ Clark’s father, noting residence shifts between Bowling Green and New Orleans, survival of two children Bennett Champ Clark and Mrs. Thomson, and a brother George Bennett. It recounts military veteran General Cronkhite’s career and lists a long roll of local names in the community.
The film Chasap Cotton Moves to Market shows the bale’s journey from fields to market. State and local cooperative leaders discuss marketing methods and member service at meetings in Celny, Bedge, Ronita, and June 21.
The Northeast Center of Lei State University announced honor roll recipients on Tuesday. Names include E. Aemoester and B. Caldwell, with multiple students cited for academic achievement and recognition.
Federal agents and 200 searchers scour Long Meadows Farm and surrounding woods for Mrs Parsons as they consider Lindbergh kidnapping law actions. A description of a car with a woman passenger linked to the case is reviewed by police chief Higgins in Akron New York.
A driver named Higgins said a party on the road for three days with no sleep sought permission to park in a woodlot near Abrams' home for $10. When refused, they returned by car toward Rochester, the direction they had come from.
The Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce hosts a noon banquet at Hotel Arlington for visiting tourists who will also headline a radio program on a local station featuring Leon Ra per and the tourists’ band. The itinerary runs Wednesday to El Dorado and Bastrop with brief stops in Morehouse parish Collinston and a Monroe arrival by Missouri Pacific rail service to Lakeside Country Club.
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