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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1933

Page

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Only Parishes Can Stop Plan, Allen Asserts

O K Allen says Louisiana public schools will open for eight months at least if parishes cooperate. He wrote to the state association's legislative committee that schools will run the full term where teachers strive to continue. If parishes quit, he says the state cannot fund beyond the current term.

Rouge O. K. Allen Louisiana Public Louisiana Association Legislative Com T. H. Harris

Smith Attacks Recovery Move in Outlook Editorial

Alfred E. Smith criticizes the no recovery act in a current Outlook editorial. He warns the plan could cripple initiative raise prices and require tariffs. he questions how it could work and cautions against extending government action beyond necessity.

York U.P Alfred E. Smith Outlook Alaska

New faces and old friends shuffle at Missouri Pacific

In downtown Missouri Pacific offices new appointments move people to Little Rock El Dorado Monroe and Detroit while Dennis Carter advances to a Detroit post. Humorous vignettes follow about hats vacuum cleaners and a mistaken silver wedding story.

Missouri Pacific H. D. Reaves Little Rock B. S. (Sunshine) Betts el Dorado R. S. Crossman Monroe Betts A. M. Harris Mr. Reaves Dennis L. Carter Detroit Mich Dennis

Doctor Dies During Grave Operation on Child

In New York a seven year old boy named Javitz undergoing spinal fluid extraction for meningitis survived a delicate operation. During the procedure surgeon Mislig collapsed and died while colleagues continued the work.

York Javitz East Hospital Tors Arthur Shifrin Aaron Goldtz Michael Mislig Goldblatt Shifrin Mislig

Ouachita Parish Junior College Faces Financial Strain Plan Sought

Finance committee empowered to seek other funding as Ouachita parish junior college faces a severe outlook. Supt. T. O. Brown reports 1933 assessments total only 42 500 000, down from 64 000 000, with one mill tax barely covering debt. Enrollment operating costs projected at 27 000 to 30 000, four and a half month school year seen.

Ouachita Parish T. O. Brown Joe Hanna Brown

Memphis Evening Appeal to Merge with Commercial Appeal

Memphis publisher James Hammond Jr. announced that after today the Evening Appeal will cease as a separate paper and consolidate with the Commercial Appeal. The two papers will publish as one morning and Sunday edition with at least four extra pages daily. The Evening Appeal began December 1, 1926.

Memphis Memphis Evening Appeal Commercial Appeal James Hammond Hammond Evening Appeal George Morris

German church men defy government orders in Prussia

Protestant clergy in Prussia face a Sunday choice between conscience and Nazi control. They plan a day of prayer for religious freedom while Nazi commissioners demand a day of thanksgiving and church flags. Young clergy, many WWI veterans, vow to defy the orders, aligning with a pastoral letter opposing the Nazi appointee August Jaeger as Protestant commissioner.

Berlin Prussia Reich Germany Friedrich von Bodelswehwingh Reichbishop August Jaeger

State Tax Load series explains Louisiana revenues

Readers of The News-Star and Morning World are urged to follow a weekly series on state tax matters. An experienced writer explains how the state and its agencies collect and disburse revenues from taxes and licenses, informing every citizen.

Louisiana News-Star Morning World

New Postal Rate Takes Effect in Monroe Area

Beginning Saturday Monroe and West Monroe letters require two cent postage for local and rural delivery. Outside Monroe postal area mail goes to three cents. Postmaster General orders, authority from Congress, applies nationwide.

Monroe West Monroe United States Congress

Upward Business Swing Reported in Southeast States

The June review from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta notes a broad upturn in business and industry across the Southeast. Department store sales rose 12.8 percent in May from April, wholesale trade up 14.6 percent with a 21.8 percent gain over May 1932, and building permits up sharply across 20 cities. The Southern Pine association reports orders above production as mills run at solid pace. Farm index prices climb from 53 to 62 percent of prewar level.

Atlanta Federal Reserve District Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Southern Pine Association

Two States Hunt For Policeman's Slayer

Milwaukee and Texas officers chase Milton Farr, 24, accused of killing Wichita Falls officer C. S. Carlisle and wounding Elmer M. McCord. Farr fled the area after the taxi-ride incident outside a bakery when officers attempted to question him. A murder charge was filed after Carlisle died. McCord received a blood transfusion as doctors fought to save him.

Wichita Falls Tex Milton Farr Texas Oklahoma Farr C. S. Carlisle Elmer M. McCord McCord

Thousands Cut Off Payroll As United States Begins New Fiscal Year

Washington reports a major payroll reduction as the new federal year opens with a 25 percent cut promised by the Democratic platform. Emergency agencies face staffing gains while regular departments trim personnel. wage cuts of 15 percent already in effect and substantial dismissals hit long-serving workers and those with government-spouse ties.

Washington Sam Democratic Platform

Rogers Has His Say on Wheat Profits and Bets

Beverly Hills commentary notes a London economic conference with the American delegation arriving midweek. It argues wheat profits largely bypass growers, hints at betting on horse racing, and references Fatty Arbuckle's death as a moral reckoning.

Beverly Hills Cal London Fatty” Arbuckle

Roosevelt Signals Favorable Reply on Dollar Stabilization Plan

London reports indicate President Roosevelt may approve a plan to curb erratic dollar fluctuations as American delegates at the London Conference, led by Raymond Moley, seek progress without fixing the dollar at a fixed level. The tone suggests substantial approval in principle but no commitment to a fixed rate.

London Roosevelt Raymond Moley Moley

Heat Wave Pushes Thermometers to 120 Degrees in Oklahoma

An Associated Press report notes extreme heat across the Midwest with Shattuck Oklahoma reaching 120 degrees. Junction City Kansas at 116 and Oklahoma City recording an eighth straight day above 100 degrees are cited along with a 102 degree reading in Bluffton Indiana.

Associated Press Middle West Shattuck Okla Junction City Kan Oklahoma City Bluffton Ind

Texas Editor Yields To Court Order on Bribery Case

Syril Parker editor of the Longview Daily News named five persons who could testify about bribery tied to transporting 3.2 per cent beer through Harrison county. Judge Reuben Hall had ordered Parker to reveal his information sources or face possible brief jail time.

Marshall Texas Syril Parker Longview Daily News Harrison County Reuben Hall Parker

Roosevelt Delegates Food Code Powers to Wallace

President Roosevelt by executive order transfers all powers under the industrial recovery act related to handling milk tobacco and all foods to Secretary Wallace. Johnson and Peek say the move ensures closer cooperation between the NRA and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and uniform fair competition codes across industries. Certified codes will be approved by the president with core labor collaboration on employment terms.

Washington National Recovery Administration Farm Administration Roosevelt Wallace George N. Peek Johnson Peek Agricultural Adjustment Administration Secretary of Agriculture

Donaghey State Park Dedication Planned in Arkansas

A ceremony is set for Sunday afternoon July 2 to dedicate Donaghey State Park in Union County Arkansas eight miles south of Strong on the Arkansas Louisiana line. Governor Consaghey and wife will attend with former Gov Charles H Brough as master of ceremonies. A Monroe area delegation is expected and several dignitaries have sent acceptances for the program at 1 30 p m with noted attendees from Farmerville Louisiana El Dorado Hutig and Union Saw Mill donors among others.

Donaghey State Park Union County Ark Strong Consaghey Charles H. Brough Arkansas Monroe Vicinity Edward Everett, Sr Farmereville Charles H. Murphy J. K. Mahony el Dorado E. L. Compere Frank Scott Huttig Park Union Saw Mill Company Helen Golsby England Daughe

Pension Ended Spanish War Vet Kills Official

Dayton police blame a disgruntled Spanish‑American War veteran for the murder of Col. Vernon Roberts chief of the medical staff at the national military home. James D. Shadbolt 53, cut off pension and disability rolls three weeks earlier planned to kill Congressman Byron B. Harlan. He was found in a cemetery near the home and questioned for hours. Shadbolt served one year in the Spanish American War and received about 60 dollars monthly on a disability claim until his pension was cut for service connected grounds.

Dayton, O Veterans Bureau James D. Shadbolt Col Vernon Roberts National Military Home Shadbolt Congresseman Byron B. Harlan Ohio Harlan

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Allen Harris Smith Jes’ Ramblin S. Jack Rogers Chicago Windy W. H. Anders John Atkinson Emergency Jet Administration Adite R. D. Cently Uncle Sam Dr. Mislig Supt. Brown Concern Mississippi St. Louis Seteeteewee Arkansas City Eeereere Vicksburg Natchez Angola Teeneen Eee Ouachita Camden Perr Pittsburgh Tree Cincinnati Tennessee Neshville Fort Smith Eeenee RED Shreveport Alexandria Eerseer A Frances Perkins National Convention of the Atlanta, Ga Trench Rats Southeastern States Rogers U. S Shattuck, Okla
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