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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1930
Page
8
Baton Rouge June 26 The Lautenschlaeger bill to add one cent gasoline tax for New Orleans dock board debt and fund two more cents of the gas tax was reported without action by the House Judiciary Committee. Alfred D Danziger urged the measure as port aid and state gas tax supervision, with Ways and Means to review.
Judge W H Harper ruled on multiple cases yesterday. Sam Durant and Alma Durant were charged with drawing and displaying a dangerous weapon with Durants discharged. Bill Moore received 10 days for vagrancy. Jake Holloway paid 7.50 for traffic. R R Reynolds Harold Colvin L D Roper L Whitfield W M Byrd and Ora Bruick had traffic violations with suspended fines of 1 each.
An English tourist Alfred Clark ran along a Cherbourg pier and struck Julian Lesaulnier, a stevedore, dashing him into the water. O C Herring of Easton, Pa, an enlisted man aboard the battleship Arkansas, dived to aid. Clark was arrested.
Captain Kingsford-Smith and three mates on the Southern Cross arrived from Ireland describing the westward Atlantic crossing as a grim test of endurance. They faced headwinds and dense fog, with a faulty compass and freezing temperatures, but reached Harbor Grace Newfoundland and planned to sail home instead of attempting further crossings. The crew included radio operator J W Stannage and navigator Captain John Patrick Saul. Kingsford-Smith announced plans to marry Miss Mary Powell in Melbourne.
Woo Dak San, a Chinese killer at the Santa Fe state prison, is offered a plan to inoculate him with trachoma germs to possibly avoid the electric chair. He questions blindness risk but shows cautious interest, while expressing confusion over being chosen for the experiments.
In Albuquerque a prisoner named Woo weighs a plan proposed by Dr Richardson to shorten his sentence through medical experiments involving trachoma germs. Woo fears blindness and seeks time to consult physicians. officials insist experiments occur outside prison to avoid infection risks.
White Victor E. Atkinson and Dora C. Collinsworth, both of Monroe, were issued a marriage license. The notice records the peaceful union plan between the two residents.
Officers for the next six months were elected at the Y's Men's club meeting at the Hotel Virginia. Thomas Frazer was named president with Lealis Hale first vice president and C P Jarrell second vice president. Prentiss Clark third vice president Foster Jones secretary Lloyd McDaniels treasurer John Madden retiring president Chester Todd and H S Parker chosen as new directors. Next week's meeting will be outdoors as part of the monthly informal semi social policy. Rincon Hill, once the site of mansions of San Francisco's wealthy residents, is to be carted away to make room for streets.
Dr. Marvin T. Green, Ruston physician, addressed about 100 students in a hygiene class at Louisiana Tech on Wednesday. The class is taught by Ted Rockwell, Tech athletic director. He spoke on glands of in-
In a lecture stressing the role of internal secretion in physical and mental development, hygiene students and educators Dr Gustaf Freden and Prof W B Hale from the education department attended the session.
University of Miami students wear divers helmets and bathing suits to observe deep sea biology firsthand, combining classroom science with on site exploration.
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