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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1936
Page
1
Congress completed action on the relief-deficiency appropriations bill totaling 2.3759 billion dollars and sent it to the White House. The Senate approved removal of its amendment to revive the Florida ship canal as part of the relief measure, leaving only the tax bill to clear before adjournment.
Baton Rouge June 18. The two per cent sales tax bill proposed to fund social security, expand homestead exemptions and support hospitals was favorably reported to the house ways and means committee. Rep George Norton of Claiborne sponsored the measure, amended to fit the administration plan, with certain commodities exempted. The committee voiced no objections and discussed Wallace amendments shaping the bill.
Washington dispatch reports Democrats expect a Roosevelt renomination by acclamation at the Philadelphia convention, a move not seen since 1888 with Grover Cleveland. Rep Cannon, longtime party parliamentarian, predicts roll call by states will not be needed and the nomination could be seamless.
Los Angeles June 18 Private financial friction between Clark Gable and his estranged wife heads for a possible court airing. The dispute centers on a property settlement signed last September later altered to December 1934. Gable filed in superior court seeking the wife to honor the agreement, while she indicated no divorce plans.
J R Easterling Jr of Hattiesburg Mississippi, a Phi Kappa delegate to a Monroe convention, lost his left arm when a speed boat propeller mangled his limb during a riverbank beach party on the Ouachita River. He fell under the boat during a turn and was hospitalized in critical condition.
Detroit authorities pledged protection for informants aiding the roundup of about 40 Black Legion suspects amid an investigation into a beating of Dorothy Guthrie, 33. Police guard requests followed claims of a mysterious visit to James Stewart, an Ecorse resident.
More than 400 delegates and wives attend the thirteenth annual Lions clubs of Louisiana convention at Hotel Frances in Baton Rouge Monday and Tuesday. Roderick Beddow of Birmingham will deliver a principal address. Registration starts at 9 a.m. with a $5 Lion and $2.50 for wives. Activities include golf, a barbecue and dance, river boat rides, and dinner dances at Lakeside and Cherokee Terrace.
The body of U S Senator Duncan A Fletcher will lie in state at Jacksonville city hall before services, with a large delegation of senators and representatives traveling from Washington. Florida’s senior statesman is remembered as a “grand old man” of the state.
New York: Charles Lucky Luciano sentenced to 30 to 50 years for leading a vice syndicate with a 12 million dollar yearly income. Eight others convicted on 62 counts. sentences range from 2 to 50 years. Verdict rendered June 7 with heavy police guard at the courtroom.
An oppressive heat wave spanning from Alaska to Florida raises drouth fears for farmers as grasshoppers devastate Midwestern crops. Temperatures soar beyond 100 across regions, with Fairbanks at 82 and Dawson at 104, while drought emergency hits the Dakotas and Montana. livestock movement increases.
Postponement announced at the stadium due to heavy rain. The bout will run Friday night if dry, otherwise Saturday afternoon. The News-Star and Morning World fight party will broadcast details from the North Second street office.
Scientists from a dozen nations set instruments for a 50 mile shadow on earth as the moon passes between sun and earth. Cloudy weather threatens visibility along the eclipse path from the Mediterranean to Alaska, with expeditions in Russia Japan and Turkey hoping for a minute of total darkness to answer open questions. The event is not visible in the United States.
Moscow reports Maxim Gorky, noted Russian writer and central executive committee member of Soviet Russia, has died at 68 after influenza and lung complications. Born March 28, 1868, he rose to fame with revolutionary works and later became a leading propagandist for communism. He had lived in Italy before returning to Russia in 1932.
The first day at the Monroe post office saw 498 Ouachita parish veterans surrender 4 134 of the $50 bonus bonds valued at 206 700 dollars to obtain cash. Postmaster J R Wooten praised the orderly turnout as more bonds arrived from Washington D C and veterans who missed the rush submitted their bonds from deliveries earlier in the week.
Dr D C Nes a Lake Charles oil operator sold his 235 acre Tullos Urania lease in Urania La Salle parish to J C Stillman of New Orleans for 25000.
A collection of brief items: zeppelin Hindenburg’s third US flight with Dr. Hugo Eckener in command. Nashville attorney Pi Jack Norman travels to Texas to aid prosecutors seeking A C Taylor’s removal to Nashville amid gas tax cases. Geneva talks on 40 hour week for textiles stalled with 42 to 54 vote. Huck dies after car crash in New Orleans. man George Mahoney arrested for intoxication. New York to seek Supreme Court rehearing on minimum wage law. Lima gun incident at state hospital leaves four attendees at bay. Ray Hall disarmed. Pa governor earns pilot license with 90 percent rating. Des Moines fears a possible city wide strike over building trades. Jacksonville plans additional hurricane season vessels. Miami birth aboard moving car precedes ambulance delivery. mother and baby reported well.
East Orange New Jersey June 18 The D MacFerran Moore murder inquiry closed by authorities following a ballistics report the prosecutor says shows the inventor was killed by bullets fired from the gun Jean Philip Gebhardt used to commit suicide No further ballistics checks planned detective pursues a Staten Island lead potential motive seeking clues in Gebhardt home New York
Washington June 18 A tentative accord on taxing undistributed corporate earnings limits marks in funding the proposed revenue bill. After weeks of nerve straining debate conferees reached a compromise in a late night session signaling an end to deadlock between the Senate and House.
London June 18 opposition MPs shouted shame and resign as Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden announced Britain would seek removal of League sanctions on Italy. Eden defended the shift stating it is Britain’s duty to take the lead again in resolving the Ethiopian crisis.
Florida faces a double vacancy in the U S Senate after the deaths of Fletcher and Trammell. Six Democrats have entered the race for Trammell's term ending 1941 while others may seek Fletcher's 1939 seat as a separate option. Candidates include Governor Dave Sholtz, former Governor E Carlton, Claude Pepper, C O Andrews, Robert J Boone and Charles S Broward.
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