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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1936
Page
1
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce received a census bureau report showing 1935 retail sales at 11 273 000 versus 8 091 000 in 1933. Employment rose to 1 560 from 1 102 and payroll to 1 296 000 from 877 000, signaling improved conditions and a forecast of further progress in 1937.
The New York unemployment insurance tax law was upheld by an evenly divided Supreme Court with Justice Stone absent. The measure funds benefits for 2.5 million workers via rates varying by year and allocates funds to the federal treasury. Opponents argued the act deprives employers of property without due process.
Washington columnist reports Henry Wallace Tugwell resigns under pressure due to unhappy contacts and a strained marriage. Tugwell seeks to demonstrate integrity while critics question his decisions and influence on policy.
Rexford G. Tugwell quits the New Deal amid opposition from Henry Wallace and AAA officials over reform aims in farm policy and tenancy programs. His wife favors New York schooling for their children, and he seeks a return to business life while remaining a potential White House adviser.
George W. Garig superintendent of the Angola state penal farm for two years and Baton Rouge commissioner of parks and streets for about two years died after a brief illness at a local hospital.
The nation’s 1,500,000 shopkeepers plan to hire up to 600,000 extra workers for the Christmas season. The National Retail Dry Goods Association notes a total retail workforce around 4,000,000, with about a third of hires occurring in November to meet early holiday demand.
E. C. Gibson, roll chairman, urged all workers to submit their reports to campaign headquarters at 113 Catalpa Street by Wednesday evening. Thanksgiving Day marks the official roll call end, with many reports still outstanding, especially from house-to-house canvassers on the south side.
Sheriff identifies the slain Cairo woman as Bertha Owens 34 with a two year old son by her side in a Bainbridge woods. An 18 month old boy lay ill in hospital while officers seek the mother’s identity amid unclear clues and a fatal blow to her face.
Four dead seven hurt and possibly 25 trapped after a massive mud and rock landslide struck Juneau's apartment district last night. Rescue teams worked through the debris as communications failed and fire chief W V Mulvihill reported a potential death toll over twenty.
Vice-President John Nance Garner entered his 68th year in Uvalde Texas with a nervous trigger finger on a deer-hunting gun. He spent his 67th birthday quietly at home with Mrs Garner as Ross Brumfield shot a 125-pound buck. Garner said he would remain in Texas and not return to Washington until December 1.
Ten persons were hurt two weekend traffic accidents on Sterlington road with four in serious condition. Eight injured in one crash led to the arrest of driver D. Dupree for drunken driving. Peters and Roth were treated at St Francis sanitarium.
Stocky Dr. Franz Sarga in Budapest reveals secret plan to duel nine opponents in defense of his wife and unborn baby. He will meet each adversary within 48 hours after his first combat with a heavy saber and rejects pleas to abandon the challenge.
Cleveland financier Cris P Van Sweringen died today aboard a Nickel Plate train en route to New York. He boarded the train at 6 01 p m and was 57 years old. His brother M J Van Sweringen had died less than a year earlier.
A Louisiana newspaper call to action urges Monroe and West Monroe residents to support the Good Fellows fund. The appeal highlights needy families and asks readers to donate toys clothing and fruit to ensure every child remembers Christmas. Contributions can be left at the News Star and Morning World office in Monroe.
With improving conditions and expected bonuses and dividends, residents plan earlier Christmas buying in Monroe and West Monroe. The Monroe Morning World and The Monroe News-Star publish a Christmas edition on Sunday, November 2 to reduce last minute rush and help merchants showcase stock. Merchants are urged to reserve space and submit ads early.
In Matanuska Alaska a bride Mrs Alva Pilkenton was found to have died from a rifle shot to the heart in her home on November 11 The coroner verdict of death by own action was upheld by the United States commissioner's records as investigators paused for possible new evidence and an autopsy hold on the body was expected to be withdrawn.
President Roosevelt aboard the U S S Chester orders a watch posted for Davy Jones as the Indianapolis heads to the Inter American peace conference. Royal police and shellbacks prepare to deliver subpoenas while the president attends services and handles mail.
The body of a white man burned beyond recognition was found pinned under a truck on the Convington Hammond highway near Breckwoldt Louisiana. Police said the truck had overturned several times, caught fire, and trapped the occupant in the wreckage. The vehicle was a new model bearing Louisiana license plate 348.
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