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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
3
Rodney J. Hobbs post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet Thursday night for an important meeting. All committees will report concerning the departmental encampment and related plans.
Post Commander J. W. Keene urges all members to attend as general reports from the past week long campment are submitted for the big state meeting.
Sander Berry a Ward 8 planter and police juror and John Whitlock Brownville saloon keeper will face district court trial for attempting to corrupt a circuit court juror. Both pled not guilty at arraignment May 26. Trial set for 10 a.m. with others summoned on misdemeanor charges. A macaw at Dublin zoo in Ireland is 110 years old.
Jackson parish formally dedicated its $250000 courthouse at Jonesboro with a large turnout. Speakers included Lieutenant Governor Earl Long and State Senator James A. Noe, praising the project funded by a PWA grant of 112000 and parish bond issue of 138000. The building opened to the public after a day of ceremonies and a band concert.
E. H. Miller, superintendent of the First Baptist church Sunday school, will speak at the monthly Brotherhood meeting at the First Christian church Friday at 7 30 p m. A dinner will be served and an interesting program has been arranged.
Professor W. H. Gray, director of Southern university extension school, will speak at Martin's Temple C. M. E. Church in Monroe Thursday at 8 p.m. The event marks the close of a 60 day membership drive with other speakers on the program. Seats will be available for white friends.
E R Prichard faced $100 fine or 100 days in jail for reckless driving and property damage after a collision on DeSiard Street injuring Mrs Vernor Harrell. An additional driver Emile Nelson was fined 100 and jailed 15 days for DUI. Other cases included trespassing 30 days and vagrancy 60 days. A 1937 note reports Dominion of Canada pig iron output up 32 percent.
J F Heard sold to Sidney Freeman portions of blocks 21 and 23 in West Monroe subdivision for 495 dollars. H M McGuire sold to Arthur F Craig two lots in Highland Park Unit 2 for 300 dollars.
Fred Fudickar Jr spoke to the Y's Men club at Hotel Frances about World War during a round table, informal session. Incoming officers led by Hoy Anders will take office on the first Wednesday in July.
Tommy Clement, son of Lester Clement of 1007 North Fourth Street, was admitted to St. Francis Sanitarium Wednesday afternoon after his clothes caught fire during an attempt to burn out ants with gasoline. He sustained severe burns in the accident.
The individual sustained burns to the left leg and thigh with lesser burns on the right thigh and was reported to be doing very well Thursday morning.
Although each Indian tribe had a separate dialect, most tribes could communicate by means of a common sign language. This shared nonverbal system bridged linguistic gaps and facilitated intertribal exchange and cooperation.
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