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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
1
British press decries Germany’s advance eastward and calls Prime Minister Chamberlain to toughen stance. Critics label Hitler an undisguised European enemy, while the royal navy readies for direct battle if needed.
Mark Ethridge of the Courier Journal predicted the next recovery boom would be in the South. Speaking in New Orleans at a luncheon, he urged regional self analysis and solutions and cited surveys showing the South’s vast resources. He noted government views of the South changing and forecast decades of growth.
Three men were killed when a car veered off the highway at Conway city limits. Victims were Will Russell, 50, contractor. Robert Bell, 58, foreman. Deward Chiver, 37, WPA project assistant foreman. Louis Smith, 25, survived with leg injuries.
Mexico City reports that Gonzalo Farias Beltran the Mexican minister to Prague has been ordered to return home and that the legation has been closed according to authoritative sources.
Rear Admiral Harold R. Stark will lead the Navy for four years during a major peacetime expansion. He will become chief of naval operations June 1 succeeding Admiral William D. Leahy. Stark, a Wilkes-Barre native, was a 1903 Naval Academy graduate and has served as aide to Swanson and Adams. He earned the Distinguished Service Medal in World War I.
In Carpatho Ukraine Hungarian troops faced stiff resistance from Czech and Ukrainian nationalist fighters as they advanced to annex the region. Casualties mounted with at least 100 Hungarian soldiers reported killed or wounded as fighting continued near Chust. Premier Volesin fled into Romania amid the push.
The State Bar of Louisiana postponed action on charges linked to a tax reduction racket in New Orleans. The board will wait for the New Orleans grand jury investigation expected next Tuesday. Hugh Wilkinson alleged two attorneys and a tax office employee were implicated.
In a sweeping analysis the piece links Hitler's drive to extend German influence to 12th century notions. It notes Doorn's Kaiser Wilhelm and the Berlin Baghdad line as precursors, detailing Mittel Europa and a march toward control of the Balkans and Persian Gulf routes.
Monroe police under Chief Frank Reitzell remove keys left in parked cars to curb thefts. Keys are taken to headquarters with tags noting vehicle type and license number for owner retrieval. Police cite national data and local records showing left keys invite thefts and joy rides.
Cold front moves east with frost across Shreveport Louisiana and Vicksburg Mississippi. Brisk winds intensify chill from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, with subzero readings at Devil's Lake North Dakota and near zero at Sault Ste. Marie Michigan.
Emily H. Denison, dramatist, filed a $15,000 damage suit in Los Angeles alleging Ethel Barrymore kept a play manuscript since 1934, preventing its sale by the author. The action seeks damages and accountability in the case filed March 16.
Former Czechoslovak president Edward Benes tells a Chicago audience that Czechs and Slovaks will persist in seeking a free nation in a free Europe. He denounces the latest dismemberment as a “shocking international crime” and praises American citizenship while urging unity and resilience against occupation threats.
Myrtle Barnes a 34 year old former night club hostess linked to the 1929 killing of saloon owner Joseph Famularo was freed on a $1000 personal bond after a hung jury in the earlier trial and a mistrial. District Attorney Charles A Byrne said retrying requires new evidence. Barnes plans to return to Oakland California where she ran a restaurant when arrested last July.
Senator Byrd demanded that the government reorganization bill be used to trim federal outlays and inefficiency. He said he would offer strong economy amendments to retrench where possible as a step toward a balanced budget. The debate came as WPA funding and administration plans loomed.
Beverly Hills Calif March 16 Police planned autopsy to determine how Mrs Edward Doherty wife of a national magazine writer died in wooded Benedict canyon Her body found after a long search nearly 24 hours after she set out on a hike Officers said she likely became lost and fell from a trail She telephoned her husband from the home of writer Richard Carroll They had moved from Larchmont N Y and planned to return home More than 200 officers civilians seven planes and a blimp aided the hunt Barney Oldfield was among the searchers The writer identified his wife as Mildred as searchers carried him to the scene continued on Ninth Page
Death Valley Scotty says his desert castle is for sale as a government park governs the area. He notes the place spans about 12 000 acres with a 22 mile fence, and he values it by worth to a buyer rather than cost, referencing its landmark status and rustic allure.
The eleventh annual cooking school at Neville High School auditorium closes with grand prizes. Ida M. Chitwood demonstrated eight recipes including Cold Crabmeat Loaf Spinach And Sausage Loaf and a live style show with models. Final program promises Norge refrigerator and Norge range prizes and more.
Berlin reports Reichsführer Hitler agreed to take the Slovak state under his protection after Slovak leader Tiso telegraphed seeking independence. Tiso asked Hitler to assume guardianship over the 14,600 square mile, 2.45 million people territory. Officials in Berlin also speculated on Hitler’s next moves to reclaim Danzig and Memelland and push further east.
A fist fight broke out in the Georgia house of representatives as debate over a 2 percent retail sales tax proposal intensified. Speaker Henders Lanham threatened to call in the National Guard to restore order after Rep W H Lovett and others clashed, leaving Lovett with a cut above the eye.
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