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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1936
Page
6
A garbled excerpt describes a tense domestic moment with references to a mother, a box, a ring, a tie, and a chair or desk. The text is fragmented and unreadable in places, portraying a home setting and an event around a box and opening.
In Maine's primaries, Townsend backed candidates secured two nominations while losing three. Barrows edged Page for governor, Dubord won Democrat governor nomination, and incumbents White and Brawn drew unopposed senate bids.
Mr Cunningham recalls Democratic relief measures under Roosevelt facing constitutional challenges. He says these actions, though challenged, fed hungry millions and revived agriculture and industry, setting foundations for a new and better day for the nation.
A local resident has been chosen as chief of the fraternity amid a statewide convention schedule. The event lists include a convention hall gathering, sightseeing tours, beach party and final dance with multiple out of town sponsors from Tennessee Mississippi and Texas forming the Monroe chapter’s support network.
About 1,300 envelopes containing bonus bonds received at the post office by Tuesday noon. Bonds average $500 each, totaling $650,000 with roughly $350,000 more expected soon as parish veterans filed early. Suite 212 doors open at 8 a.m. tomorrow for issuance and receipts by postal staff.
Four days allotted for veterans to identify bonds at suite No 212. Members of veterans fraternal and rd. are directed to attend and present credentials for processing.
A plan states that every $50 owed to each veteran by the government will be paid with a $50 bond. The remaining amount will be issued as a check alongside the bonds.
Ouachita Parish homeowners filed for the state homestead tax exemption at the close of the period with numbers higher than last year. The report notes a surge in applicants despite the late Monday deadline.
Okaloosa resident Esther Hudson visits sister D A Coon in West Monroe. Lula Mae Clark visits sister Rae Higginbotham in Bastrop. Excel Coon and family from Edna, Texas, visit Regan Coon and relatives. Mike Carroll family from Chatham visit relatives. Air speed of bombing planes and transports nearly doubles in recent years.
The report notes veterans’ groups oppose bonus misuse while many veterans will receive payments. New York Mayor LaGuardia declined his bonus, saying he did not apply. Judge Yankwich echoed similar sentiment, stating no expectation of bonus. Distribution proceeds to complete by week’s end amid minor address and duplicate-application issues. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau downplayed errors given scale.
Grand jurors object to dropping tax charges saying most defendants were not brought to trial and that indicting evidence once strong should not be abandoned. They argue government integrity and justice require accountability and deny condoning crime for money.
In a lengthy statement Patrick Swayze explains abandoning lifeguard plans along the river due to opposition. He cites pool availability, natural river use, and the aim to protect swimmers with best possible riverbank safety measures and soundings. He denies intent to infringe on public health duties.
Fragmentary OCR text shows emphasis on public safety and a health plan opposition. Mentions a commissioner and department, but context is unclear. Reads like a political note on public health policy and media framing.
In Springfield mass news the state probes 40 suspicious deaths tied to life insurance speculation. Polish and Portuguese residents of Ludlow and Chicopee fear outsiders hold life policies on them. Police seek guidance for locals fearing life insurance schemes. Frank Halgas, 50, Ludlow, found April 4 in a road labeled as hit and run victim among the cases.
States and local subdivisions must supply flowage rights for floodways while the federal government would purchase all flowage and levee rights of way under the Overton act. It authorizes 3 million for levee road work and 15 million emergency funds for Mississippi tributaries. Senator Overton calls the project the greatest engineering endeavor in history.
A new Assembly of God school started Monday with 125 students enrolled and a three week daily vacation Bible school at the Assembly of God tabernacle in West Monroe. Classes run 8 15 to 11 30 each morning except Saturday. Miss Hazel Conway and Miss Mildred Conway of North Little Rock lead the program with Sunday school teachers assisting.
Chaudrant Mrs Joe O Neal and Mrs Tom Dugdale spend a week in Austin and Port Arthur Texas. O W Hogan enjoys a Dallas week during the Texas centennial. Bobbie Joyce and Billie Kelly return from Mansfield visit. Mr and Mrs Madden and Janet head to Baton Rouge as Madden enters summer studies. Marvin Osborne Jr visits from Baton Rouge with grandparents. Margie Thompson visits Margie Frasier. Mrs Harold Faulkner hosts the Rock club with several local couples. Alice Williams of Baton Rouge plans to stay with W O Williams family. Calvin of Natchitoches weekend guests of Colvin.
Hundreds of angry parents gathered to demand the resignation of Raleigh North Carolina school superintendent Paul S. Daniel while students paraded in protest against the dismissal of veteran Hugh Morson high school principal Chalmers E. Wes singer. A coffin bearing Daniel’s effigy was burned amid the display.
Lake Providence Louisiana June 16 Special Misses Eunyce and Elizabeth Howard of Lake Providence attended the home economics conference at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Miss Clayton Howard of Lake Providence accompanied her sisters. The trio will travel home via Lafayette to visit their brother Kenner Howard, a student at the university.
The debate centers on a resolution praising President Roosevelt and criticizing the Leche administration. Former governor voices frustration over past resistance by Noe in the Senate and warns about seeking money from Washington. He argues leaders should not divert to Washington and compare U.S. leaders.
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