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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
2
Police details show a bank incident involving a salesman accused of taking $100 from Zion. Authorities request information identifying the salesman tied to the alleged theft and clarify the timeline and location of the transaction.
Torrential rains cause deadly landslides across islands near Manila. Twelve houses buried. residents report a warning rumble like distant thunder. Rescue teams pull survivors from the muck while several drownings are feared in the area.
Legislative digest from Baton Rouge reports Wednesday actions on dozens of bills: taxes, municipal powers, insurance, wages, parks, and public works. Notable items include authorizing parishes to repave sidewalks, create industrial schools, fund Battle of New Orleans site, and raise salaries for tax assessors. Several measures passed by large margins, others were killed or indefinitely postponed. The Senate adjourned late with more bills awaiting action.
GETTYSBURG Pa June 3 1946 C L Bentley 94 year old Civil War veteran from Fenton Mich reaches Gettysburg for final blue and gray reunion arriving 75 years late He served in the engineers corps of the Army of the Potomac and helped build the bridge for the Union advance but battle ended en route and they returned to Virginia Bentley quips Better late than never.
Reported tensions flare as C I O leaders plan to extend organizing drive to New Orleans longshoremen truck drivers taxi drivers and ferry employees. John Brophy C I O director travels from Washington to oversee the movement amid a federal court hearing with city officials and police summoned to show cause why they should not be restrained from interfering with union members.
Dr Code, born in Winnipeg in 1910 and graduated from the University of Manitoba at 16, wins the Theobald Smith Award for notable early career contributions. The award recognizes a young medical student for outstanding scientific knowledge, citing his work linking histamine levels to allergic reactions and improving disease diagnosis through careful blood analyses.
The Monroe chamber committee outlines plans for a civic chest drive and welcomes outside help from Shreveport advisor George Freeman. It reports civic clubs backed the chest by 195 to 20, notes reduced downtown train traffic by Illinois Central, and cites a successful traveling men banquet at the Hotel Virginia.
The obituary notes giant Walt Cagle's famed weather forecasts from Sand Mountain and his life after farming. It records his wife making his clothes, a illness years earlier that enlarged him, and his gargantuan breakfast as part of his characterization.
The North Louisiana Traveling Men's Association organized in Monroe. It plans a Monroe Merchandising Mart on July 24-25 to highlight Monroe as a trade hub with 1,000 retail merchants from north Louisiana Mississippi and south Arkansas invited. W. J. Quiggles vacancy on the senior board filled by J. G. Hicks. attendees included W. H. Anders president and George D. Holland secretary among others.
Kinley used a spade to bury his victim as the scene shifts to Los Angeles where William Zion, 53, boarded street car No. 1,324, produced a bill of sale to the conductor, and demanded his property. The conductor referred Zion to the police for further handling.
Melvin Purvis, former federal agent who captured Dillinger, visited Chicago briefly to buy a telephone slug. A clerk asked if he was the Dillinger hunter, and Purvis replied, Yes, often, in a laconic tone.
In Spokane Washington a pair of pigeons perched on parallel high tension lines caused a short circuit. The result left about 4000 homes without power. RB Merrill, superintendent of Ashington Water Power, cited the beak rubbing as the triggering act.
Backache and bladder irritation are claimed to respond to Gold Haarlem Of Capsules. The ad touts this Haarlem Holland product as a safe diuretic stimulant, promising nightly sleep and healthful kidney activity, with additional symptoms listed such as puffy eyes and leg cramps.
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