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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1937

Page

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Windsor Plans Dual Weddings in France and Austria

Royal arrangements reveal a split function with a ceremony possibly in a castle library while guests from England, Austria, and France attend. Duke Windsor and Mrs Warfield will honeymoon in Wasserleonburg with notable invitees including Herman L Rogers and Charles E Bedaux among others. A doctor mayor, Charles Mercier, is named to perform the ceremony amid tight guest limits and no royal family attendance.

Herman L. Rogers Cande Wasserleonburg Austria Duke of Kent Princess Royal Windsor Edward Prince Paul Yugoslavia Chateau de Cande Warfield London England New York Charles E. Bedaux Paris Chateau Grafton W. Minot Lord Brownlow W. D. C. Greenacre Piers Leigh Lamp Rogers Charles Mercier Monts Madame Mercier France

Wolf seeks parity payments for 000 bushels under new farm plan

Wolf testifies that a fixed annual parity payout applies to the number of bushels, regardless of crop failure, aligning with Secretary Wallace's grain reserve and market quota ideas. He notes Roosevelt backed crop insurance in a message to Congress while Roosevelt focused on personnel changes at the executive mansion, sending Senate nominations for Sumner Welles and R. Walton Moore. Senate committees also operate at the Capitol.

Wallace Wolf Roosevelt Congress Senate Sumner Welles Maryland R. Walton Moore Virginia State Department Capitol Senate Foreign Relations Group

Van Devanter to retire as Supreme Court shifts in 1930s

Willis Van Devanter will retire next month making him the second living former justice and the twenty sixth to leave the court by choice. John Hessin Clarke is the only other living former justice, aged 79, residing in San Diego. The piece notes the court's aging bench and historic retirements since 1790 with Hughes having left earlier to run for president.

Washington Willis van Devanter Supreme Court John Hessin Clarke San Diego Calif Royal Exchange New York Charles Evans Hughes Woodrow Wilson

Senator Bilbo seeks divorce amid heated Mississippi court

In Poplarville Mississippi Senator Theo Bilbo and his wife Mrs Bilbo faced a tense court session over his divorce petition rooted in alleged habitual cruel and inhuman treatment. Mrs Bilbo countered with abandonment and infidelity claims seeking support and separation. A key exchange included a January 30 1936 letter instructing her to stay from his properties.

Poplarville Miss Theo G. Bilbo United States Mississippi Bilbo Executive

Hemingway Predicts Loyalists Will Win In Spain

Ernest Hemingway, after brief Madrid front observation, asserts government forces will prevail. He argues Franco is out of luck as Madrid’s plateau defense favors the loyalists and notes Moorish troops’ losses and Italian limitations on foreign soil. If Bilbao falls, he expects two more years of war. else, possible end late this fall or next spring.

New York Ernest Hemingway Madrid United States Francisco Franco Hemingway Franco Spain Bilbao

Coral's true nature revealed as animal polyps not insect

For centuries scientists mistook coral for an insect. The marine organisms belong to the animal group called polyps, challenging long held classifications and expanding understanding of coral biology.

Bates and Wagoner Tie the Knot in Harrisonburg

Miss Brownie Bates daughter of Mr and Mrs L Bates Jonesville and Otis Wagoner son of Mrs Charlie Wagoner Jonesville were married recently in Harrisonburg. Justice H W Bethard officiated and the couple will reside in Jonesville.

Jonesville Specia Brownie Bates L. Bates Otis Wagoner Charlie Wagoner Harrisonburg H. W. Bethard

NOE 10 FIGHT over cost of admin and luxury tax proposal

The excerpt argues the administration and many officials consume most of the social welfare funds and calls for cutting payrolls. Governor Leche plans a special session to pivot the luxury tax into a general two percent sales tax. A critic claims a sales tax unfairly shifts burden to the poor and cites Huey P. Long era principles. Hairdressing employs 300,000 in England.

Cessor van Devanter Judiciary Committee Senate Logan Kentucky Robinson Ashrust Cummings Stanley Reed Robert H. Jackson James M. Landis The Securities Commission Frank Murphy Michigan Donald R. Richberg Fomer Nra Felix Frankfurter Harvard Law School Justin Miller Board of Tax Appeals New York Ferdinand Pecora Learned Hand Samuel Rosenman Richard Leche A. R. Johnson Noel Huey P. Long

Warren Father and Son Engage in Wholesale Grocery Trade

Rayville based Warren family from Haynesville born 1900 and his son run a wholesale grocery business with W B Warren born 1900 in Haynesville. The elder Warren grew up in Bienville parish and moved to Rayville. He holds Masonic prominence, Kiwanis and chamber memberships in Monroe and West Monroe and attends West Monroe Methodist church. He is married with two children.

Twin Cities Rayville W. B. Warren Mr. Warren Haynesville Bienville Parish West Monroe

One-Day Mayflies Live Fast and Die Young

Some mayfly species complete life in a single day, mating and dying between one sunrise and the next, a brief but prolific life cycle.

Weston social guests share weekend visits

Miss Agnes Thomas of Weston was a week end guest of her parents Mr and Mrs A D Thomas. Miss Dorothy Rasperry has returned from the Hodge clinic where she underwent an operation for appendicitis. Mr and Mrs Odsis Tugwell Ralph and Billy Works of Farmerville were guests of Mrs J S Bryan recently. Mr and Mrs Clyde Stewart and small daughter Rosa Mebba visited Mrs Stewart's parents Mr and Mrs C L Stroud of Ansley recently.

Agnes Thomas Weston Mrs A. D. Thomas Dorothy Rasperry Hodge Clinic Odsis Tugwell Ralph and Billy Works Farmerville J. S. Bryan Clyde Stewart Rosa Mebba Mrs. Stewart C. L. Stroud Ansley

Chesterfield Cigarettes Advertise Modern Travel Ties

An ad touts up to the minute travel and trains and planes, linking enjoyment of modern life to Chesterfield cigarettes. It promotes pure paper and a blend of mild ripe aromatic tobaccos aged for two years or more, claiming Chesterfield as an outstanding cigarette.

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