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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1936
Page
12
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Maine voters saw Townsend and Coughlin backed candidates win two nominations and lose three as Barrows led for governor and Brann and White faced no opposition for Senate. Mississippi delegates urged to support Roosevelt and Garner with an instructed plan for renomination at Philadelphia.
Mr Cunningham recalls New Deal reliefs declared unconstitutional yet notes they fed hungry millions and revived agriculture and industry, aiding a new, better day for the public.
A local resident has been elected chief of a fraternity at a convention with events listed in a sequence from 10 p m to 4 pm and multiple out of town sponsors including Genevieve Wall Jackson Tenn June Tweet Jackson Tenn Ernestine Hall Jackson Tenn Annie Ruth Green Hattiesburg Miss Sis Slaton Hattiesburg Miss Tootie Stinson Meridian Miss Barbara Johnson El Paso Tex Anne Marie Orgil Memphis Tenn Celia Mulloy Laurel Miss Mary Marie Cruise Meridian Miss Petea Sue Norwood Minden Marcille Mayanne Minden Anne Ragsdale Memphis Tenn sponsors of Monroe chapter Bertha Marie Masur Nan Buckner and ex sponsors list of names.
The post office opens suite No. 212 Wednesday at 9 a.m. to convert veterans bonds to stamps and checks. About 1,360 envelopes received, with 1,300 containing bonds valued around 500 dollars each totaling 650,000 dollars. Another 350,000 dollars in bonds expected soon as veterans file early. Veterans must identify themselves. bonds mailed to Federal Reserve Bank, checks arrive in about three to four days.
Ouachita Parish homeowners filed homestead tax exemption applications before the closing deadline. The assessor’s office notes a larger applicant pool than last year. The report also mentions the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics predicting more large airplanes in the future including two and four engine types.
Some veterans oppose early bonuses while others push for funds for wounded soldiers and widows. Mayor LaGuardia skipped his bonus, while Judge Yankwich said he never expected payment. Officials said most payments will finish by week’s end, with a few distribution glitches still being fixed and 15,000 bonds mis-shipped to address.
Nine of 23 grand jurors who reviewed cases from May 1934 accuse the government of dropping indictments. They fault the change in atmosphere after Fisher's conviction and oppose dismissals of prosecutions of Seymour Weiss Jules G Fisher and the Nelson brothers for state highway material sales. The jurors insist the evidence and will to prosecute remained strong.
North Dakota ranchers form an airplane patrol to kill coyotes hurting livestock. The issue follows a public statement by R D Swayze commissioner of parks and streets who explains he will cooperate with city officials and supports safety measures for swimmers while abandoning the river guard initiative.
In Springfield Massachusetts on June 16 authorities investigated 50 suspicious deaths linked to life insurance. Polish and Portuguese residents of Ludlow and Chicopee sought police guidance as state detectives examined three local deaths within eight miles, starting with Frank Halgas aged 50 found April 4 in a road, deemed a hit and run.
Senator Overton defends flood control measures authorizing federal purchase of flowage and levee rights of way. The act reallocates funding to build floodway roads and create an emergency fund for Mississippi tributaries. The project would be the largest engineering effort to date according to Overton.
A new Assembly of God school began Monday with 125 students enrolled. The church tabernacle hosts a three week daily vacation Bible school from 9:15 to 11:30 each morning except Saturdays, led by Hazel and Mildred Conway of North Little Rock assisted by Assembly of God Sunday school teachers.
Mrs. Chaudrant and Mrs. Dugdale spend a week in Austin and Port Arthur while Joe O Nea l tours Delhi with relatives. Aline Hogan attends the University of Texas in Austin and O W Hogan visits Dallas for the centennial. Families host and visit in Baton Rouge Mansfield Indian Village Natchitoches and Rock club hosts a gathering with local residents. The Presbyterian Woman's Missionary Society meets at Mrs R D Oneal home with Mrs Allen Oneal co hosting.
Okaloosa resident Miss Esther Hudson visits sister Mrs. D. A. Coon. Lula Mae Clark visits sister Mrs. Rae Higginbotham in Bastrop. Excel Coon and family of Edna Texas visit Regan Coon and relatives. Mike Carroll and children of Chatham guests here. Aircraft speeds of bombing planes and transports have nearly doubled recently.
Hundreds of Raleigh parents demanded the resignation of Paul S. Daniel, superintendent of schools, as students marched in protest against Daniel’s dismissal of Chalmers E. Wes singer, veteran principal of Hugh Morson High School. Boys carried a coffin with Daniel’s effigy and burned it.
Misses Eunyee and Elizabeth Howard of Lake Providence attended the home economics conference at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Clayton Howard accompanied them and all three planned to return via Lafayette to visit their brother Kenner Howard, a student.
Noe’s single handed challenge to the Leche administration persists as the Senate passes the Texas trip resolution by 3 to 1. He denounces praising Roosevelt and questions U.S. help, arguing the need to avoid implying U.S. neglect of a former leader.
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