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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
16
Officials reviewed recent wage hikes under the WPA noting unskilled rates in Kentucky and Oklahoma rose higher than those in 11 other states. The assessment compared regional changes and aimed to understand the broader impact on labor costs and employment.
The funeral for Mrs. Fannie Stern Feinstein, 46, who died at her North Eighth Street home, was held at the Davis-Law Head funeral home with Rabbi F. K. Hirsch officiating. The body was sent by Missouri Pacific train to Little Rock for noon interment. Survived by two daughters Joyce, a LSU student, and Emma, Neville High School 1938 graduate, plus brothers Ben, Arthur, Chester, Louis, and Edwin Stern.
The funeral for Ford Spillers 49 of Bosco who died in a Shreveport hospital Wednesday morning will be held at Aulds chapel Friday at 10 a.m. Interment follows in a nearby cemetery. He died of typhoid fever and is survived by two sons Carlos and James two daughters Doris and Dorothy his mother Mrs N A Spillers of West Monroe four brothers Ded J N Spillers Jimmie Victor Spillers and three sisters Mrs E C Cooper Mrs Walter Stuart and Mrs N C Jordan.
Rev Cole died in Monroe hospital after a short illness. Native of Huttig he served at Pleasant Grove and New Hope. He was connected with Borger Texas and lists siblings Charlie Cole of Borger George Cole and J Lee Cole of Huttig two sisters Lila Mae Williams of Dumas Texas and Mrs Frank See of Seal with parents Mr and Mrs Rodessa See.
In Albuquerque, a renewed but shrinking search for Medill McCormick, heir to a Chicago publishing fortune, focuses on the Sandia foothills where his climbing companion Richard Whitmer likely fell. Sister Mrs. Cortland Barnes says the effort continues but scales back. Authorities probe an unidentified object near north Sandia peak as climbers Freelicher and Qormes search.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. A. A Tarpley died shortly after birth on Thursday. The funeral was held at the family home at 3313 Dick Taylor Street and the interment followed in the Old City Cemetery.
June 3 search efforts along the Gulf Coast sought a 38-foot auxiliary yawl named Artemis reported stolen Tuesday from a yacht basin. A Galveston businessman said in a call from veston that his yacht was fully registered and tied up when the theft occurred.
Former President Herbert Hoover urged voters in Seattle on June 30 to back an anti New Deal candidate and oppose the current administration. The appeal framed the choice as a stand against expansive government programs and cited concerns over economic policy.
Vienna reports Nazi officials say Kurt Schuschnigg the deposed Austrian chancellor is not married though a ceremony reportedly occurred. Joseph Baercker says he will face trial on charges tied to alleged judicial murders, while Nazi leaders promise life spared. The detained former chancellor remains in Vienna with limited living space and no access for visitors.
Washington reports the treasury closed books on its eighth consecutive red ink year. Deficit about $1.36 billion more than income, debt near $37.1 billion, possibly rising to $40 billion next year. Social security funds added $1.05 billion for investment. $350 million left to retire securities. Receipts slightly up. expenditures down. 1938 deficit about half of prior year. Budget plans show next year expenditures near $8.5 billion with receipts around $5.5 billion.
A plane traveling at 280 miles per hour could circumnavigate the moon along its equator in 24 hours, suggesting feasibility of rapid lunar travel within a single day.
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