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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1936
Page
5
In Baton Rouge on June 16 the House approved a two cent increase in the state gasoline tax to fund parish projects and replace local gaslevies. The vote was 33 to 2 and the measure moves to the Senate amid opposition to Huey Long act repeals and teacher budget changes.
William Green Haynes Jr of West Monroe was elected chairman of the Phi Kappa executive council at the three day convention held at Hotel Frances. Harold Elliott of Jackson Tennessee was named director of internal affairs, Wilbur Crump of Memphis director of finance, and N D Sapperfield of Memphis director of publications. Memphis chosen as next year’s convention host city.
Irving Berlin and wife Ellin MacKay welcomed a fourth child, a daughter, at Doctors' Hospital in New York. The baby arrives as Berlin also receives a bonus bond news item. Ellin MacKay is the daughter of Clarence H. MacKay of Long Island.
New York Thomas Hughes, 43, a butler, dodged jail on a drunken driving charge by posting his own bail of 500 dollars from a 1480 dollar bonus. Automobiles sale forecast for veterans. James Prescott recovers eleven 50 dollar bonds found in a cafe. detectives seize the matter. Hayden Skeaton, 38, a Columbus bellhop, excused from county jail to await a postman’s ring on a non support charge.
Clay Gothard a postal worker and veteran walked to his own door with a letter and asked Mrs. Gothard to identify him to himself before handing his bonus bonds to himself. The incident was confusing yet followed rules as stated.
Robert R. Stentz, 32, an attorney, may be the youngest veteran to receive his bonus. He enlisted in the navy in 1918 at 14, told the recruiting officer he was 18, and faced the officer’s remark that he was lying and had dodged the draft before trying to enlist.
Frank N. Riggs estimated that postal advertising tied to veterans’ bonuses could yield nearly six million dollars for the post office department. He noted he paid 1.71 dollars in postage for advertising offers and calculated that if 312 million veterans received similar ads the postage would reach 5.985 million dollars.
The Hansen family of Santa Francisco received bonus bonds after inflation era reforms. Mrs. Hansen, a nurse in base hospital 61 at Beaune France, drew $518.79. Mr. Hansen, a former navy gunner's mate, collected $633 and plans to save his bonds while his wife spends hers on a vacation to Michigan.
Commissioner of streets and parks Swayze announced on Tuesday that he has dropped his summer plan to station lifeguards along the Quachita river. He insisted the move was not meant to infringe on public health authority but to protect rivergoers.
In Baton Rouge on June 16, Representative Leon Friedman, who replaced Leonard Spinks in a Dallas tobacco spit contest against a Texas foe, received praise from the Louisiana House of Representatives. A resolution was adopted to recognize his win and honor his performance.
Police traced a tall thin man seen near Daniel McFarlan Moore's Park Avenue home. The 67 year old ex associate of Edison was found slain in his yard. A plaster footprint and two .22 shells were found along with a description from Miss Beatrice Moore of a courteous stranger who had spoken with her father about inventions three years prior.
Soldiers' bonus bonds totaling about 650000 were in Monroe post office at noon ready for delivery. Distribution will follow regular mail routes in Monroe and West Monroe and at special windows. Beginning 5:40 p.m. veterans on carrier delivery will receive bonds at homes. boxholders will get a registered notice that bonds are held.
Representative Marion A. Zioncheck announced from Gallinger hospital that officials planned to transfer him to the Johns Hopkins Shepherd Pratt hospital in Baltimore after mental examination. He was confined in a psychopathic ward and the transfer was originally scheduled for yesterday but was delayed.
One of the largest attendances of Leonidas Barkdull Faulk post members gathered at the post home for a regular session. Louisiana commander A. J. Lichterman of Alexandria spoke on post and department activities and national work. S. H. MecClary of Monroe and West Monroe discussed chamber of commerce roles in community life and national affairs as the meeting also noted primary election results and national convention preparations.
Louisiana lawmakers in Baton Rouge on June 16 debated a resolution thanking Governor Richard W. Leche for taking them to Dallas to meet President Roosevelt. Senator James A. Noe attacked the resolution praising Ben Roosevelt and Huey Long, urging opposition as the legislatures dig through piles of bills.
Mrs J H Cone 85 mother of Col J Carroll Cone Commerce died here yesterday in Bastrop La Funeral services will be conducted at Dermott Ark for Mrs Cone with details from the local obituaries confirming her age and relation to the Confederate era figure.
Nine outraged grand jurors who indicted Huey Long era figures demand release of former State Representative Joseph Fisher from Atlanta prison. They condemn what they call discrimination after prosecutions were halted and urge the attorney general to end the case amid a claimed changed atmosphere in Washington and New Orleans. Abe Shushan, co-defendant, was acquitted. Fisher faces a July 9 completion of a 1.5 year sentence.
Washington report notes that as Uncle Sam finished distributing 1.65 billion dollars in baby bonds to about 2 million World War veterans, a segment declined cash in hand. Donal A. Hobart of the American Veterans Association said roughly five hundred to sixty members chose not to redeem their bonds for personal use.
Federal Judge Wayne G. Borah ruled that aliens on relief rolls are not eligible for naturalization. He denied citizenship to two Italians a Greek and a Nicaraguan who had been on relief, saying naturalization would violate the spirit of U.S. naturalization laws.
George Doucet a prominent Lafayette businessman died early today at age 61. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 4 PM at St John’s Cathedral with burial in the Catholic Cemetery. Also reported June tax collections show income tax intake up about 18 percent for the first 15 days versus last year.
Washington reports that anti lynch legislation reemerged in congress with a possible House vote before adjournment. In Philadelphia Norfolk and Western Railway to pay a quarterly dividend of 1 dollar a share on preferred stock to stockholders of record July 31, paid August 19.
Washington officials from the Works Progress Administration stated that no discrimination had been shown in the case of needy aliens regarding whether they had taken out naturalization papers.
Tallinn officials report a munitions factory explosion yesterday left fifty nine dead and twenty nine wounded. The incident occurred in Tallinn with authorities confirming the high casualty toll and ongoing investigations.
Dallas reports Southern Industrial council sessions calling for southern firms to develop new industries. John E. Edgerton, a woolen mill operator from Lebanon Tennessee, urged ends to wait for others to act and push regional industrial growth.
In Nashville on June 16 a brief will dated two years before death leaves all property of former Speaker Joseph W. Byrns to his widow Mrs. Julia W. Byrns.
Brooklyn report details Leo Rasche and Bill Smith swapping fingerprints on their army service records in Columbia Washington D C and El Paso training. Rasche now faces loss of about $800 in bonus money after treasury department reply on his LSE designation.”
Secretary Ickes voided a 40 million dollar contract with Jones and Laughlin Steel of Pittsburgh for sheet steel piling on the Imperial dam project after the National Labor Relations Board found the company guilty of unfair labor practices. The board’s order had been challenged in federal court, and Ickes acted before the ruling while noting identical bids from Inland Steel and Carnegie-Whonott Steel.
Governor Floyd B. Olson secured the Farmer Labor party nomination for the United States senate in a June primary. Olson led with 42,976 votes to 2,784 for his lesser foe across 3,124 precincts, signaling a strong race ahead.
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