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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1930
Page
2
George Jones testified as a state witness in the arson case against J L Hightower postponed until fall. The boarding house at 211 Jefferson Street was the target. Jones aided in plans but feared harm to boarders and intended to alert police.
Special to The News-Star Winnsboro June 24 Tom Lee eight son of FE Lee of Mangham gathered harmless looking dynamite caps left by workmen He tapped two together causing a terrific explosion leaving his hands bleeding and torn He was taken to the sanitarium where doctors feared possible finger amputation
Special to The News-Star Ruston June 24 Jim McCoy and H L Weaver oil field workers pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace in district court here Monday and were fined 40 dollars plus costs.
The testimony stated the day before the blaze police were told of the plan. Hightower allegedly aimed to burn the house to collect insurance on furniture he owned and with Jones had removed earlier. Morning Post employees spotted the fire soon after ignition and alerted the fire department. the blaze was extinguished with little damage.
In Jerusalem the League of Nations begins hearings to settle ownership of the Wailing Wall as Arabs and Jews claim sacred rights. Delegates from Moslem and Jewish worlds prepare testimony. the commission will decide access and worship rights amid growing international concern.
An advertisement touts Bond's K and B Prescription as a remedy for bladder weakness. It claims relief from back pain frequent or burning passage non retention dribbling and nocturnal urination. Price is 60 cents or $1.20 at all druggists.
Soothing liquid Zemo provides relief for bites rashes and prickly heat and cools sunburn. Used for twenty years to clear pimples and itchy scalp with grease free invisible formula sold by druggists in 35c 60c and 1.00 bottles.
Between 15 and 20 Rodney J. Hobbs post 1809 Veterans of Foreign Wars members left at 7 am for Alexandria to attend an all day meeting and barbecue hosted by Alexandria Johnson Brown post 1736. They will tour the veterans hospital national cemetery and Camp Beauregard as J S Billman national historian speaks at 7 pm.
In Shreveport on June 24 C A Offutt a painter was jailed on a statutory charge carrying the death penalty if convicted. The complainant is his 16 year old daughter Lillian a blonde. A Juvenile Judge and a committee of Shreveport women led to the warrant and arrest. Offutt denied the charge and is said to have come from Baton Rouge recently.
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