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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1937

Page

8

Mahoning Valley mills reopen under guard as mediation fails

Governor Davey ordered the Mahoning valley steel mills to reopen with full National Guard protection after President Roosevelt's three man mediation board failed to settle the strike. Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube refused to sign with the CIO, signaling the board's collapse. Meanwhile Johnstown police closed Bethlehem Steel Cambria works prompting fear of a miner march into town.

Associated Press Youngstown Mahoning Valley Davey National Guard Perkins Ohio Adjutant General Roosevelt Cleveland Republic Steel Corporation Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Johnstown Earle Bethlehem Steel Corporation Cambria

Commons Near Fist Fight in Discussion on Keeping Cool

Foreign Secretary Eden stresses outlook as not hopeless amid heated Commons session. Lloyd George urges calm, says any fish can keep a cool head. Britain and France plan to use their warships to cover gaps left by German withdrawal in the Chaods off Spain.

Eden London Great Britain France Spain

Driver Pulled Alive After Freight Car Crush

The driver of the automobile was rescued alive from wreckage after the car was crushed under freight car trucks at Boston. Physicians said the driver would recover.

Boston

Warden survives six days after bear attack in Jasper

Edward McDonald, a veteran national parks warden, spent six days in cold mountain conditions after being trampled by a grizzly. He crawled 200 yards to reach a telephone for help, with three days of immobility and bears nearby, before rescuers reached him. He suffers a likely broken pelvis and internal injuries.

Jasper Alberta Edward McDonald McDonald Isaac Creek National Parks

Delight Jewett Testifies Against Father Divine Aide

Delight Jewett a 17 year old from Denver served as chief government witness against John Wuest Hunt and co defendants on Mann act charges. She described betrayal by West The Revelator of Father Divine’s west coast heaven after being drafted for a Virgin Mary role.

Delight Jewett Denver John Wuest Hunt Father Divine West West Coast Los Angeles

Felton Girl on Trial for Gates Death in Arkansas

Bernice Felton 18 of Rockford Arkansas stands trial for her part in the hitchhike murder of Victor A. Gates Little Rock planter. Brockelhurst sentenced to death yesterday and to testify for the state.

Lonore Ark Arkansas Bernice Felton Rockford Victor A. Gates Little Rock Lester Brockelhurst Galesburg Felton Joe P. Melton Brockelhurst George F. Hartje Melton Mr. Gates Bernice Abraham Felton Leslie Mary Louise C. M. Schenebeck Will Riggs Ellis Townsend W. S. Sheets O. C. Gentz Arthur Dil W. B. Colcesure Homer Evans Lawrence Walls Jim Woolsey Jim Coker Berdie Barker

Ark teen to face trial in hitchhike slaying case

LONORE Ark June 25 Ber nice Felton 18 faced trial today for involvement in a May 6 crime. Her traveling companion Lester Brockelhurst 23 received the death penalty from a Brockelhurst jury after a 22 minute deliberation. He collapsed fainting.

Lonore Ark Bernice Felton Lester Brockelhurst Victor A. Gates Tril Brockelhurst Galesburg

Airplanes Hunt Texas Convicts

Airplanes and bloodhounds aided officers and civilians in a manhunt for 12 of 19 escapees from Eastham prison farm in east Texas. Trails grew colder through forested bottoms. seven recaptured prisoners returned to cells. Leader W. H. Bybee believed hiding near Tyler. Bybee linked to Clyde Barrow's release of Raymond Hamilton.

Huntsville Tex Eastham East Texas W. H. Bybee Tyler Bybee Clyde Barrow Public Enemy No. 1 Raymond Hamilton Hamilton

WPA OKays $200 600 in Projects For Louisiana

Baton Rouge June 25 Approval of two hundred thousand six hundred dollars in Works Progress Administration projects was announced by Chairman J Lester White Plans include a 30536 quarter mile track at Louisiana State University The plan also lists a state wide survey of federal archives 35894 80 geodetic survey 92217 60 paving Bon Ami street DeRidder 39554 91 and Breaux Bridge playgrounds St Martin parish 3837 96 Public Works Administration projects endorsed include two items not yet specified

Baton Rouge Works Progress Administration Louisiana State University State Planning Commission J. Lester White Washington White State University Bon Ami Street de Ridder Breaux Bridge St. Martin Parish Public Works Administration

Weather Outlook In Louisiana And Arkansas

The forecast calls for fair conditions in Louisiana tonight with Saturday partly cloudy skies and isolated thundershowers in the extreme southeast. Coastal winds will be gentle from the southeast. In Arkansas expect generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday.

Louisiana Arkansas

Goats Block Castle Sale in Mississippi

Natchez Miss June 25 Isaac Zerkowsky says he will not evict Miss Octavia Dockery and her ward Dick Dana with 150 goats in their goat castle. The estate mortgage holder plans no immediate eviction while Zerkowsky defers action to his nephew Sam Zerkowsky of New Orleans.

Natchez Miss Isaac Zerkowsky Simon Legree Octavia Dockery Dick Dana Miss Dockery Zerkowsky Castle Sam Zerkowsky New Orleans

Father Locates Missing Student in San Francisco

Memphis report says 19 year old University of Mississippi student Pat Murphy Jr has been found in San Francisco after a 10 day search. His father Belzer Mississippi attorney Pat Murphy Sr travelled from Belzoni to pursue contact and received a letter indicating the son seeks to enlist and papers are being prepared for enlistment.

Memphis Tenn C. M Pat) Murphy, Jr San Francisco Jetter

First Alcatraz parolee recalls life inside The Rock

Bigfoot Davis tells NEA about becoming the prison’s first parolee, describing The Rock’s harsh routine, infamous inmates like Capone and Karpis, and the escape or release dynamics that shape life at San Francisco Bay’s federal penitentiary.

A. W. ‘Bigfoot Davis Douglas Hick NEA Alcatraz the Rock San Francisco Bay Pnth Pation

War veteran sentenced for fatal shooting in Amite

Eustis Thornhill, 44, a war veteran, received a life term after a Tangipahoa jury found him guilty of fatally shooting Earl Wilkinson, 19, on Kentwood street last September. The trial revealed the quarrel grew from an insult and Thornhill testified Wilkinson pulled a revolver, leading him to fire.

Amite Eustis Thornhill Earl Wilkinson Kentwood Street Tangipahoa Thornhill Young Wilkinson Wilkinson Wakenson Albert Chapman

Death of 20 year old man linked to poisoning in New Orleans

New Orleans report says August Wright, 20, also known as Daniel Bean, died today from poisoning. Robert P Jr, assistant coroner, confirmed the cause as poisoning and noted the man was known by an alias in the city.

New Orleans August Wright Beaer Daniel Bean Robert P Jr Henryeftyta Ghia Tomer Shing Hen

State House Clerk Expires In Unclear Report

A mangled text fragment notes the death of a state house clerk and mentions the state attorney Freed and a referenced location. The readable content is highly garbled with partial names and phrases, offering no coherent event details or dates.

Industry Board Delays Naming Secretary

A chaotic OCR fragment references an industry board delaying the appointment of a secretary amid unclear text. The readable bits mention a secretary and repeated delays, but concrete names, dates, or locations are absent.

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