Rambling Snippets and Small Town Tales From Monroe
A parade of local vignettes unfolds in Monroe notes. J J Martin brings in a giant snapping turtle mistaken for a horned toad racer. Jes Ramblin' reads on short wave, while Rev. Douglas helps a hungry stranger who learns relief at a cafe. Adventures with Miss Adelia Morgan, a globe trotter, and a neighborly phone quarrel round out the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Cerniglia
Lannon
J. J. Martin
DeSiard Street
Jes
L. Pointer Abernathy
Harry D. Wilson
Agriculture and Immigration
Louisiana
Monroe
Adelia Morgan
Jack Rogers
Lower House Passes Offices Supply Bill Inched Through
A lengthy report notes the lower house passed an offices supply bill amid debate on veteran costs and government expenses. It mentions Roosevelt era programs, a retirements plan for a school president, and a furlough for staff at the institute with several officials named in the dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Louise Penses Graf
Washington
Roosevelt
Playes
Lee Gleason
Louisiana
Credit 000
Dependen
Cole
Hoover
Chai
Civil officers press levee assault probe in Mississippi
Civil authorities in Belzoni Mississippi opened a broad investigation into Yazoo River embankment dynamiting and cutting with five men arrested. Mississippi National Guardsmen patrol levees as Sheriff John Purvis vows more arrests and a continued crackdown on vandals amid flood threats and prior attacks.
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Belzoni
Miss
Yazoo River
Mississippi National
The
Yazoo
Here
Purvis
Ollie Ferguson
Humphreys County
Ben Hale
Official Moves In Strikes Target Farm Walkout
National farm strike plans to begin Saturday after President Roosevelt signed the farm bill and urged mortgage creditors to stop foreclosures. Officials acted to prevent disruption of food marketing in multiple states. Wisconsin officials warned sheriffs and district attorneys of potential disorders.
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ST. Paul
National Farm
Roosevelt
Milo Reno
Des Moines
National Partners Holiday Association
Chicago
Farmers’ Holiday Association
Wisconsin
A. G. Schmedeman
Oklahoma
W. H. Murray
Illinois
Pure Milk Association
Herman N. Bundesen
Foundling guarded after kidnap threat in Mississippi
A foundling baby girl, once found in a Durant church steps pasteboard box, was guarded at the Baptist orphanage in Jackson after a threat letter from an anonymous signer "X" warned of kidnapping and harm. The note demanded leaving the child on a porch and vowed to retrieve and punish anyone who defies.
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Jackson
Miss
Baptist Orphanage
Durant
Baptist Home For
O. C. Miller
Rct
Save and Sew Plan In Effect At Penney Store
A community sewing program called Save and Sew operates on the second floor of the J C Penney store at 316 DeSiard Street in cooperation with Singer Sewing Machine Co. The project ran Tuesday through Thursday with awards for best dresses and continues through May at the Singer offices in the Bernhardt Building. No charge and open to interested women and girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer Sewing Machine Company
J. C. Penney Company
Penney
DeSiard Street
J. C. Penney
Bernhardt Building
Neville Seniors Guests Of Junior Classmates Barbecue
The Neville high school junior class hosted the senior class at a barbecue on DeSiard road Bernstein place Thursday night. Faculty members attended and a large turnout enjoyed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville High School
Bernstein Place
DeSiard Road
R Berry’s Criminal Record Revealed in Monroe Case
R C Berry alias Clifford Lee Singleton, arrested in Baton Rouge May 8, returned to Monroe to answer swindling charges involving Mrs. Mellgren, with a $100 cash bond. His record spans nine years, including two penitentiaries, Raleigh state prison and Leavenworth federal prison.
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R. C. Berry
Baton Rouge
Monroe
Sheriff's Department
Archie Meilgren
Milton Coverdale
Raleigh
N. C
Leavenworth
Kan
Berry
Mellgren
Clifford Lee Singleton
Richard C. Berry
Pittsburgh
del Rio
Texas
Serial arrests trace Swindler Singleton across states
The report lists multiple arrests linked to the alias Singleton, including San Francisco for penal code violation, Fort Worth for swindling, Hot Springs for issuing bad checks, New Orleans for false pretenses, Baton Rouge for passing bad checks, and a transfer to Sheriff Coverdale. A note on tungsten wire and a closing remark about Russia and Red-Phenix appear alongside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Fort Worth
Texas
Shreveport
Singleton
Hot Springs
Ark
New Or
Leans
Baton Rouge
Coverdale
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J. J. Douglas
Church of the Nazarine
St. John Street
Grand Street
Lizzie
H. S. Allen
Senate
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EAMER
Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Helena
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Natchez
Angola
Cumberland- Nashville
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cairo
Tennessee— Chattanooga
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Little Rock
Red
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Che
Home Furniture Company
Monroe, LA
St. Francis Sanitarium
Arnold Bernstein
Samdure
E Perkins
Aleta Blazier
Duke Blasters
Singer
Neville
R. Berry
Man
Meilgren
Collens-Thompson Drug Store
Virginia
Casey Nae Gue
Ocean
Friendly Five
Kayser
Uncle Sam
Russia
Phenix
Palace
Children’s Union Suits
Dimity
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