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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
6
New Orleans reports the United States Food Administration announces a full sugar rationing system. Certification governs who may buy and how much, targeting confectioners, hotels, bakers, retailers, and public eateries, with penalties for hoarding and overstocking and aims to support households and troops in Europe.
An old advisory warns that catarrh can progress from nasal symptoms to lung involvement and consumption. It rebuts sprays and inhalers, claiming S. S. S. removes germs from blood and offers free medical advice from Medical Director at Swift Laboratory in Atlanta.
Police Jury clerk W A O Kelly reports the annual parish budget will be presented for adoption at the July meeting. The budget includes a $50 a month Red Cross pledge by Ouachita Parish for the war duration. Parish assessor Joe Hanna aims to finish his assessment summary for July, despite exhausting travel expense funds and paying an assistant from his salary.
United States District Judge G. W. Jack sentenced J. Db. Northern to two years in the Atlanta federal penitentiary. M. W. Williamson, linked to a Delhi tarry and feathering incident, drew four months in a parish jail for seditious talk. Northern’s arrest followed talks against the president in Caldwell Parish. Williamson’s case centered on alleged seditious remarks.
A civil service examination for clerical positions in the Monroe post office will be held here July 3 beginning at 1 o clock p m. The test was postponed from June 22 due to misplaced papers. Advance application is waived if applicants see D G Carter secretary of the local civil service board at the post office.
The data shows July figures around 28.4 to 28.6 with a slight variation across entries and October readings near 24.0 to 24.5. December values cluster around the mid to high 28s with notable movement between 23.7 and 28.9, indicating fluctuating market sentiment and project timing.
The Liverpool report from June 28 1918 notes spot prices and sales figures with terse entries. Quiet market with 260 sales and close figures listed as Sos AP 7e and 3-459. September prices appear with decimals and a reference to a 2023 corn figure.
New Orleans trading opened lower on rains in north Texas and private crop doubts, then firmed on reports of mutiny in Hungary and unrest in Austria. Texas rainfall remains scarce, while the forecast calls for more precipitation in central and western areas. Industry chatter predicts bearish crop data in the upcoming government report, with possible market spikes if European turmoil worsens. H. & B. BEER.
Wes Collins vagrancy discharged Pearl Andrews fighting fined 12.50 Poole drunk and disorderly fined 12.50 City court actions summarized for the morning docket.
Miss Bessie Leiber, longtime stenographer at the Chamber of Commerce, resigns effective July 1st. She has served in the post for some time and will depart at the start of next month.
Ship 22d Car of Spuds, a cooperative shipment of Irish potatoes by B. M. Jackson parish demonstration agent, reached 22 cars today for Oamachita farmers.
Advertisement seeks an experienced book keeper not in draft age, competent and ready to start at Walker Bros. Bro. Co. 28-21. Lost Thursday evening a diamond necklace likely on DeSiard or Adams streets. Liberal reward paid for return to News-Star. 28-tf.
In Buenos Aires Dr Ramon Lopez Lomba Uruguay Consul General to France arrives to back a pan American union building on a public rather than diplomatic model. He seeks support from societies and British organizations, proposes a museum library and American week with games and cultural events to encourage North and South American ties.
A stark wartime appeal contrasts 4.25 million battle deaths with 4.75 million starved in Europe. It urges food conservation to honor the dead and prevent further famine, urging readers to act to save remaining millions pleading for daily bread.
Readers are urged to conserve food this summer and winter by grow ing and canning vegetables and fruit and by reducing sugar intake. Advice emphasizes using honey and syrups, stretching meat and fats, and practicing thrift in meals.
With the American Army in France June 28 tanks built in Germany resemble a turtle with a turret. They are large, with strong armor possibly double, effective against infantry but not gun-proof. In clashes British tanks with machine guns were powerless against gun armed German tanks, while larger caliber guns drove them back. Speed is limited in broken terrain.
New Orleans reporters note the release of Ignacio Campisciano, Mary Campisciano, and Calgero Cendusa, all life-term convicts in the Walter Lamana kidnapping murder case, freed after 10 to 12 years of good conduct under a new state law and heading toward New York.
Washington June 28 A regiment of Pershing expeditionary troops has been ordered to move to Italy likely as an advance guard for larger forces to synchronize Italian British French and American units. Secretary Baker said Pershing will select a regiment now training in France for immediate movement and replaced by another unit from the United States to fill the division.
Of Interest To Women notes women replacing men as elevator operators in Washington government buildings. Louisiana women express jubilation over potential full suffrage soon. Baltimore and Ohio railroad workers sorting scrap iron earn 22 cents an hour.
The Merchants Association of Lafayette Indiana elects a woman general secretary. Bryn Mawr College and the YWCA will open a July training school for women as industrial supervisors. Ida Sammis is mentioned as a possible NY assembly candidate. Women voters in New York City offer homes for polling places. Phyllis Walsh receives the Croix de Guerre from France for bravery under fire.
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