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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1935
Page
1
Washington plans to pay about 30 million dollars in price guarantee payments to cotton farmers by December 15 as checks begin moving. Cotton chief Cully A. Cobb predicts total guarantees will be well below 53 million and notes improving spot prices above 12 cents.
Premier Mussolini releases 100000 Italian troops from military duties for three months to boost industrial and agricultural production in response to League of Nations sanctions. Official statement denies international significance as French and British experts assess impact.
In Barberton Ohio strike sympathizers attacked the insulator plant, forcing 50 guards inside with rocks and bottles. Tear gas and water from hoses were used as flares lit the scene. a gate house was demolished. The unrest follows a September 17 strike by the pottery workers union.
Norman Bauer of the Home Rule anti Long ticket calls for honest elections in a public letter to Governor O K Allen and Ellender the house speaker. He accuses them of backing a law that places election control with the governor through parish election boards and poll officials.
President Roosevelt moves toward Warm Springs Georgia to observe Thanksgiving at the foundation. Daisy McAffee, a Warm Springs cook, begins preparations for the first meal with foundation commissary food supplies as the South hosts the visit amid political tensions with Eugene Talmadge and the AAA program.
Washington reports the War Department approved Louisiana Highway Commission plans for a new highway bridge across Bayou Nezpique near Jennings to replace the existing structure.
Mississippi lawmakers pass a model election law with final approval pending only the governor's signature to finish the act. The measure sets standard procedures and safeguards for elections across the state, with emphasis on uniform rules and implementation timelines.
Jackson Mississippi voters will face a new model corrupt practices act that places primary election disputes under court jurisdiction. The measure restricts campaign spending and contributions, requires denials space in newspapers, and prohibits calling opponents thieves or liars in the final five days. The house approved the bill 80 to 30 after Senate action 31 to 2.
Dr Monroe F. Clouser of Friedensburg denied ever hastening death or giving an overdose during his 35 years of practice. He said his policy is to consult families before administering opiates to incurable patients and that death may occur with or without treatment. He insisted he is not guilty of delivering mercy deaths.
Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt and his MIT classmate Peter de Florez pleaded innocent in Cambridge district court on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon. Both were released on $500 bail as the cases, tied to alleged pot shots from a window at motorists, were continued for hearing.
Census Bureau reports that ginnings for this year up to November 14 totaled 8,437,084 running bales, with 167,159 round bales counted as half. Included are 9,119 bales of American Egyptian. Prior year to November 14 had 8,634,632 bales.
The Bank of Finland stated the country will pay its war debt installment of 230000 dollars to the United States on December 15.
Two men were under arrest in San Francisco as authorities traced the poisoned baking soda causing three deaths and 13 illnesses tied to bulk soda sold at a department store. City health officer Dr. J. C. Geiger said twenty other deaths followed symptoms that might have
Funeral services are held in Poplarville for Joseph E. Bilbo 70 brother of U S Senator Theodore G Bilbo of Mississippi who died at his home after a long illness He is survived by his widow Maggie Golden Bilbo a son Clancy four daughters including Mrs Ruby Tate of Baton Rouge and four brothers Monroe A J John Caesar and Senator Bilbo
Officials disclosed that 4.38 billion dollars were appropriated for work and relief, with 889 million already allotted to direct relief. The Roosevelt administration can shift funds, raising questions about further dipping into works funds and sustaining jobs for 3.5 million people by month’s end.
The state urged the New Jersey Supreme Court not to review the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and murder conviction of Bruno Hauptmann. A 30 page brief by Assistant Attorney General Joseph LANigan argues Hauptmann was not deprived of due process and remains in custody under the law.
Henry Ferguson, 29, faces a murder charge in the November 10 stabbing death of Oscar L. Upchurch at a party hosted by Harvey D. Bannister. Bannister and Samuel J. Higginbotham had been charged and released on bonds. Ferguson was a material witness among ten guests. the stabbing followed repeated arguments.
Shipping, banking and business leaders from the 22nd annual National Foreign Trade council urge the administration to balance the budget and return to the gold standard. They commend reciprocal trade agreements, urge subsidies to the American Merchant Marine, and critique crop curtailment measures. They call for aid to agricultural producers limited to domestic consumption.
Chicago November 21 The American Medical Association journal urged warning after a dust storm period in the southwest. A study of January to June 1935 noted illness and death from throat and lung infections rise with dust clouds, Kansas reporting its most severe during that time.
In Buia the lone Italian casualty of the air bombardment died today Sergeant Dalmazio Birago the machine gunner in Captain Ostini s plane. He was wounded in the leg and kept firing until too weak to pull the trigger. Ethiopian deaths were reported at 2000 by Italian authorities.
London and Tokyo sides hold that the halt in plans for a north China autonomous regime under Japanese army protection may be temporary. Chiang Kai-shek in Nanking and Ambassador Ariyoshi in Tokyo discussed a future administration while British and American officials weigh options.
Vernon A. Vrooman of Des Moines filed a 73 page brief for the League of Economic Equality asking the Supreme Court to let corn belt farmers join in supporting the government in the case testing the constitutionality of AAA processing taxes. The brief links the farm group to Iowa Minnesota Nebraska and South Dakota and notes John W. Davis also asked to join the Hoosac Mills case set for December 9.
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