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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1935
Page
4
An editorial urges stricter observance of traffic laws in Monroe amid ongoing car accidents. It cites dim stop signs and weed-filled vacant lots as contributing factors and calls for repainting signs and weed removal to improve visibility and prevent crashes.
The piece questions the genuineness of Franco American goodwill sparked by the Normandie visit. It argues the launch is a commercial stunt for trans Atlantic passenger trade and accuses France of wartime debt disputes and exploiting public sentiment with empty rhetoric.
The PWA report cites 11 9 million homes in the slum class and warns that a third of the population lives in areas harming health and safety. It urges immediate large scale action, regardless of agency, noting idle craftsmen, low material demand, and a rental housing shortage.
Federal agents nabbed two of the Weyerhaeuser boy kidnapers in Spokane Washington. Since the Lindbergh law passage, DOJ agents solved fifteen of seventeen cases, proving such crimes lead to death or life imprisonment.
A 1935 Bell Syndicate column urges readers to take binoculars into woods for spring bird and animal observations. It highlights oriole nests, catbirds, kingfishers, and the joy of learning from forestry knowledge while enjoying free nature shows.
Poem urges letting love guide life and respond to others with open heart. It extols loving all humans and animals, shaping health, spirit, and welfare through universal compassion.
Dialogue reveals a wife accusing her spouse of deceit about her past marriages and the wealth of former partners. The exchange hints at social pretensions and perceived financial motives within a marriage.
The exchange reveals a frightened groom and a composed bride confronting a deception at the altar, yielding a tense and dramatic wedding scene.
A terse exchange blends humor and irony as a tourist asks for a doctor recommendation and a local native replies that everyone in town owes money to doctors, reflecting local attitudes toward finances and help. The remark captures a sharp social moment with regional flavor.
Stell notes she believes she is superior because she always rides on the elevated, implying a social or moral distinction.
Bjenks jokes about a friend’s sore spots while noting the man is an osteopath. The playful exchange highlights a running gag about medical folk and friendly taunts among companions.
A dialogue reveals a guard sentence and a spy’s fate while England shows limited home wiring, Halley’s posthumous fame, and public health notes. Other lines discuss comet predictions, power output, cold season illness, and a weather remark about circles and youth.
The word beer in Hebrew etymology translates to a term meaning a well. Scholars note its usage across several biblical and ancient Near Eastern contexts.
W M Murphy 76 longtime Tallulah attorney and president of Madison parish school board died after weeks of illness following a paralytic stroke. A former state senator and real estate attorney he practiced in Tallulah and later led parish education efforts. He leaves a widow two children including Judge W M Murphy and six grandchildren with funeral Friday at 10 in Tallulah Cemetery.
Mrs Ellen Allen died at 4 yesterday afternoon at her daughter Mrs Roy Hale’s home 118 Glenmar street in Monroe She leaves three daughters Mrs Hale Mrs Joe Williamson and Mrs James L Phelps and two sons Kenneth P Allen Meridian Miss and Alvin Allen Bonita The funeral is today at 5 at Mrs Hale’s home with Rev W C Scott of the First Methodist Church officiating Interment at Riverview Burial Park Active pallbearers are W F Thurman Sam McReynolds C H Tait Richard Drew W C Royce R W Germany Honorary pallbearers include Fred Hanna Guy Campbell W B Clarke W O Campbell Clem Dickard Sam Harrell Sam Robbins J R Tidwell Hyman Seligman and Francis Steele
The body of 13 year old Fred Jackson of Breard's alley was recovered by Monroe firemen after drowning in a mud hole east of Neville high school. Rescue followed clothing sightings by neighborhood children and police confirming the drowning after two boys reported running from the scene. A dragline operator pulled the body from the hole dug by levee workers.
Mrs J C Salmon and daughter Myrtle return to Rayville after visiting Miss Armand Renaud. Lee Lemle and Max Brooks come back from Pine Bluff Arkansas. Mr and Mrs Bishop Pipes return from a gulf coast trip. Eloise Bell arrives home from South Louisiana and Texas. Louis F Rinehart and spouse return from bridal trip and settle at Crew Lake. Mrs F C Livandais returns from Baton Rouge visit with daughter Undine.
The movement seeks firms or individuals in Monroe and vicinity that have operated continuously for 50 years or more. C. C. Gilbert of Nashville has contacted chambers nationwide and reports 2 300 eligible so far. A fall meeting may form a council of elders to guide future trends.
Members of the junior and senior Butcher bands will give a concert at the municipal natatorium at 7 pm Friday night. Sponsored by the Municipal Recreation department, it follows a similar concert that drew favorable comment. The two bands total more than 50 members and the department plans more summer concerts at the natatorium, with Friday’s show the third of the series.
Committeemen from civic and welfare groups in Monroe Ouachita parish launched a two week anti diphtheria immunization drive aimed at all children ages six months to 12 years. Two thousand five hundred toxoid doses will be given free by the parish health administration with doctor administration across the area. A publicity committee will work with local physicians to educate the public on the disease and the importance of lifetime immunity.
Monroe police yesterday killed a cow feared to have hydrophobia owned by Mrs. O. W. Baker of 1003 Georgia street. Officer Rufus Parker also killed a mad dog owned by J. D. Cameron, night manager of the Western Union Telegraph Co., at 1102 South Second street. The dog had bitten another dog which is held for observation.
Four year old Jack Winborne son of Mr and Mrs F J Winborne of 210 Adams street sustained a fracture of the right leg above the knee yesterday after falling from a tool box on the rear porch of his home. He is confined to St Francis sanitarium. Two weeks earlier a tombstone incident at a sister s funeral is linked to the recent injury.
A detailed listing shows NBC CBS and WJZ networks with regional feeds and time blocks for daytime programs across the United States. Highlights include music, talk, memory programs, and news periods across Eastern Central Mountain and Pacific zones with anchors like Mary Small Vera Van's Song Recital Buck Rogers and The Press Radio News.
In Paris, Josephine Baker dazzles society with a decade abroad before returning to Broadway amid rumors and a famed nightlife. Opal Cooper, a Harlem hopeful, seeks another Broadway chance after involvement in ONeill and Robeson era projects, amid Montmartre club scenes and boxing-era associates.
In the film Everything Happens At Once W C Fields scenes show a stop signal arrest. The gag unfolds with a cop on the curb and Fields driving off then speeding away unseen by the camera. The routine was repeated four times to capture the action and reaction.
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