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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1936
Page
5
James A. Farley and other Democratic leaders say the convention site is ready and expect a strong showing. He anticipates Roosevelt’s re election and notes possible debate over replacing the two thirds rule for nomination, acknowledging unresolved southern delegate stance.
The carbon black tax was withdrawn from the House files by Representatives E G Burke and Peter A Hand of New Orleans. The measure would have levied a half cent per pound on carbon black or a half cent per thousand feet on natural gas used in its manufacture. Burke said it would have hurt the little fellows.
The Morning World denounces Senator James A. Noe for attacking Gov. Richard Leche and the harmony program. It argues a Roosevelt-aligned approach yields flood control, new buildings, highways, and widespread federal money, urging Noe to abandon partisan aims and support Louisiana’s progress.
The Rev. Claude C. Williams of Little Rock urged labor and social groups to file complaints against six men who allegedly flogged him and a Memphis social worker near Earle Arkansas. Miss Willie Sue Blagden said she would return to Earle to identify the assailants as attorneys prepared for a conference representing the Southern Tenant Farmers Union amid strike actions in Crittenden Cross and Poinsett counties. Williams said he would not file the complaint himself and urged STFU to proceed.
A six ton elephant named Wally is to be executed by firing squad after it gored and trampled keeper Edward Brown to death at a San Francisco park. Officials said the animal had previously shown no aggression, but the killing prompted the park commission to order the death sentence to protect others.
A farmer and son found a bag containing a skull fragment and various toes and fingers beside a highway near Lexington Tennessee. Sheriff Chalk estimated the remains belonged to a man dead about ten days, with the bag including an index finger and pieces of two more fingers and thumbs. The investigation focuses on identifying the deceased and the circumstances of the grisly discovery.
New Orleans June 11 Albert Broel and Sylvester Schutt operators of the American Frog Canning company were released on bond of 2500 each on charges of using their plant for illegal purposes. The two men were taken to jail but posted bond and were freed pending further action by authorities.
Louisiana delegates to the National Democratic convention will meet Friday at 2 30 p m in Baton Rouge with Governor Richard W Leche. The gathering aims to discuss convention duties and party plans for the state.
The state board of pension commissioners is scheduled to meet in Baton Rouge tomorrow at 2 30 p m local time to discuss agenda items and decisions for state pension plans.
Shreveport Louisiana June 17 a Barksdale field pursuit pilot escaped with minor injuries when his small plane crashed on a bombing range during a forced landing. The incident occurred early this morning with the aircraft sustaining damage.
Robert Whatley 16 son of Mr and Mrs Henry Whatley of Trout La was killed when a truck he rode in crashed atop a road peak. The logs held by the truck snapped sending him to the pavement. Authorities include J F Hardin Missouri Pacific and W B Regan Illinois Central with other railway officials named. An elaborate program will be observed nationwide during the week of celebration.
World war veterans of Ouachita parish converge on the Monroe and West Monroe post offices to exchange bonus bonds for government checks. Each $50 owed yields a $50 bond while the remaining amount (under $30) is paid by check, with processing in progress across the parish.
Railroad lines entering Monroe will cooperate in observing the second annual Railroad Week from July 13 to 19. Sponsored by the Western Association of Railroads, the program includes Railway Express Company participation. S. A. Moss, Missouri Pacific agent, named chairman of the general committee of arrangements.
In Dallas six hundred striking taxi drivers resumed work today, ending the city’s second walkout within a month and restoring taxi service after the labor action.
In New York on June 17 Walter C. Martin a 49 year old promoter was sentenced by Judge Cornelius F Collins to five years in Sing Sing for obtaining money by false representations claiming Washington connections to secure PWA loans. Reports from Nassau Inagua Island Bahamas said three white men were found dead beside a wrecked small vessel on a reef.
Terrorists fired on a children’s home in the American colony on the plain of Sharon today. inhabitants escaped unharmed.
In Madrid on June 17 Spanish leftists called themselves impotent to stop labor riots and blamed rightist pro vocation for the unrest, arguing the opposition caused the disturbances and hindered control.
Joseph W. Boutain 42 received a $100 bonus bands yesterday, handed them to his wife, went out to celebrate, and was later found dead in a muddy ditch at an abandoned powder plant site. Police report he drowned while intoxicated.
The committee voted unanimously to report favorably a bill by Representative E G Burke of New Orleans. Continued on Seventh Page.
The daughter of the late inventor Beatrice Moore planned to view the body of Jean Philip Gebhardt in Red Bank to assess if he killed her father and injured others. Gebhardt died by suicide after a police questioning at New Monmouth following a fatal shooting at the inventor’s Park Avenue home. Police theorize Gebhardt, once associated with Edison, may have killed the 67 year old scientist in jealousy over refused aid while seeking invention ideas.
New Orleans on June 17 reports Dominick Natal a 43 year old butcher was arrested for assaulting an officer who directed traffic removal of a barricade Natal had set up to keep dust down in front of his home nearby residents said a recent bridge construction left a short unpaved stretch and dust flew into the area during traffic disruption
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