17 Nov 1936
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1936
Page
1
The report notes millions of dollars flowing into buying power, lifting consumer activity and triggering price gains across sectors. Other measures rise as increased purchasing power stimulates demand and market momentum.
In New Orleans the state pressed a circumstantial case against Jack O Day a 27 year old jockey charged with murder in the Mardi Gras death of Estelle Hughes 28 a nightclub hostess. Testimony tied the victim to the scene and named witnesses including Ethel Bernard. Mrs Hughes body was found on the lawn behind a railway station after Mardi Gras day.
Washington analysis argues the 76th Congress will not be a guaranteed rubber stamp for Roosevelt. While many members rode in on New Deal popularity, they may oppose his programs for various reasons. The piece notes Republican opposition and past overrulings by the Senate.
Los Angeles officials await ballistics results to decide if Reid Russell should be exhumed for an inquest into his mysterious shooting at Gouverneur Morris estate. Captain Cross will examine the 22 caliber pistol found in Russell's hand as investigators pursue whether the death was self-inflicted or murder.
Fat An drew Capoldi confessed slayer of a five year old girl who fought off his advances. He lay on his jail bunk under police guard as a mob threatened lynching after a failed re-enactment attempt.
Washington reports two new social security taxes to fund federal pensions starting January 1942. An employee income tax and an employer payroll tax apply to wages up to $3,000 per year. Employers remit monthly, with personal liability for the wage tax.
Christmas charity note begins with a focus on aid to underprivileged children as the season arrives. The piece highlights the joy of the holiday for many, while acknowledging that some children face hardship and lack gifts.
The News-Star and World report a benefit game on July 26, 1936 raising one half of proceeds for the Good Fellows Fund. Monroe Furniture Co expresses appreciation for Monroe and its trade territory in appreciation notes. The Palace venue is led by Sig Masur as president.
The Good Fellows of Monroe and West Monroe assist St. Nicholas by identifying and aiding children who live beyond the railroad, under the river, or in remote areas, whose poverty and environment mark them as needing Christmas cheer.
Madame Ernestine Schumann Heink, a famed contralto, is critically ill at her Hollywood home at age 75 from a blood ailment with hemorrhages in throat and lungs. Dr. Samuel Alter cited the seriousness, noting transfusions were needed to save her life though she has rallied at times.
D. E. Newland aged 47 and night engine foreman for L. and A. in Alexandria Louisiana was fatally injured when crushed between two freight cars during yard switching. He was starting a coupling as the accident occurred. His wife was at the scene and two sons were en route from Gladewater Texas. funeral plans were not set.
President Roosevelt will depart Charleston tonight for Buenos Aires to attend the December 1 opening of an anti war and economic cooperation conference among 21 American republics. He plans a swift 12,000 mile visit to Argentina Brazil and Uruguay aboard the cruiser Indianapolis and will be away about a month.
In Saint Chamass Nova France a powder mill explosion killed at least 40 workers and injured about 200. Soldiers and gendarmes combed through debris as fears grew of more missing. Building 104 was destroyed in dusk blasts with fires fed by volatile materials.
J. P. Morgan arrives in New York from a lengthy vacation in England and Scotland. Reporters press for comments on Mrs. Wallis Simpson and the Roosevelt landslide, but Morgan refuses to discuss topics, stating he will say nothing. He says he is feeling fine and is 69 years old.
In Olathe Kansas the town explodes with excitement as Charles Buddy Rogers plans to wed Mary Pickford. The Probate Judge Bert Rogers predicts the ceremony may happen at the family home or in his courthouse office attracting visitors from Kansas City. Local lore and past headlines add to the fervor as the town recalls Quantrill’s 1862 raid and John P. St. John’s Prohibition ties.
Governor Richard W. Leche will speak to the Louisiana Teachers association Thursday night at Neville High School in Monroe. The program honors the governor for tenure retirement and budget law reforms, with 4000 delegates expected and state officials present.
New York reports Gene Foods corporation declaring an extra dividend of four cents a share totaling 2,363,148 dollars and wage bonuses for employees. Workers on payroll before January 1, 1936, receive two extra weeks pay. those hired after receive one extra week. Dividend payable December 17 to stockholders of record November 27.
The Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway company announced an extra dividend of 23 dollars per common share. Total payout amounts to 2,063,100 dollars to 89,700 outstanding shares.
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