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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1937
Page
1
President Roosevelt urges early revision of the profits tax and signals readiness to enact similar legislation once Congress approves. The administration aims to tighten the levy as fiscal policy debates continue.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said a Florida act imposing a 15 cent per hundred weight inspection fee on imported cement undermines trade treaty concessions with Belgium and Denmark. The case, brought by Bimco Trading Inc., argues the law functions as a tax, not an inspection fee, and seeks to strike it down in federal court.
Seventeen year old Rose Musto wept at her father's bier after Antonio Musto shot her sweetheart George Vacaro and killed her father outside St Anthony's Church. George, aged 20, was reported holding his own after the attack witnessed by worshipers.
Two eastern tenderfeet Henry Lorenz and Harry Dwyer admitted firing shots that killed a man aboard a transcontinental train near Las Cruces New Mexico. District Attorney Martin Threet will file train robbery and murder charges as 150 enraged passengers overpowered them before they could flee. Roger Moon a 20 year old yardman from Douglas Arizona subdued one gunman and then helped subdue the other.
Dr. W. M. Alexander of Nashville urged reducing the number of Methodist supported schools and colleges. He proposed locating remaining institutions at central points in the three Methodist territories for accessibility. He noted the church once had 777 affiliated schools, now consolidated to 52 in key cities. The Louisiana conference planned to vote today on consolidating with the Methodist Episcopal Church, North.
Tokyo press cites Hochi dispatches claiming 1 500 Soviet planes massed in Siberia and 1 000 bombing planes entering China to aid China against Japan. Reports say submarines head to Vladivostok, consular staff ordered to withdraw, railways expanding, and friction with Soviets on Sakhalin.
In heavy rain across Aragon and Madrid fronts, government and insurgent forces reported minor clashes and mine explosions near Madrid University City. Government claims earlier routed insurgents from two villages on the Guadalajara front and seized two villages near the French border in Aragon. Insurgent bombing of Guadalajara killed 15 and wounded 50. Government air forces attacked Zaragoza and Huesca in Aragon.
Five gunmen robed the Claymont National Bank in Wilmington Delaware escaping with a large sum of money the exact amount not yet determined reported by bank officials.
Mayor Arnold Bernstein issues a proclamation designating Friday Saturday Monday and Tuesday as safety days in Monroe. The four day campaign led by Monroe police and ex race driver Happy Hunter promotes safe driving with the police car and safety techniques to reduce accidents. Hunter begins the drive with Officer R J Goza aboard as the decorated safety caravan promotes traffic rules and awareness.
Baton Rouge reports state planning commission chair J Lester White said approvals include 86789.14 for restoring sunken ditches on the intra coastal canal levee in Jefferson parish and 82597.82 for a Lake Charles airport. Additional grants cover Harahan gutters and sidewalks 78276.89 and 45087.79 in Jefferson parish third ward plus 26454.42 for Tangipahoa parish schools. A pending 40236.02 for Jefferson parish work could salvage Westwego pumping station and improve a canal and nearby levees.
Lebanon Pa Nov 26 The nation's eldest physician Dr William M Guilford 105 reflected on his life saying it was very fine He was hailed as Penns senior living alumnus and marked with birthday greetings A Guilford clinic was announced by Good Samaritan Hospital and Lebanon County Medical Society to run daily during his birthday week
New York reports a mixed national pattern as dipping temperatures spur winter retail demand. Fur garments heavy coats knitwear and shoes lead women’s wear while men’s overcoats furnishings and sports goods rise. jewelry radios musical instruments and most electrical appliances also advance amidst uneven weekly gains.
Paris reports the interior ministry sealed with a prefecture of guards as authorities warn of a massive revolutionary plot. The Surete Nationale conducts raids in provincial cities while inspecting vehicles entering the capital. Pierre Parent, Rouen architect, is detained for questioning on arms sources.
A Starratt Airways passenger plane carrying eleven people, including pilot Ken Smith and chief engineer Keith Gree son, vanished after departing Pickle Lake for Sioux Lookout. Officials thought fog caused a rough landing in a forested area near Root Portage camp, 65 miles north of Hudson, with emergency rations aboard and a search led by Len Fraser.
President Roosevelt outlined plans to push tax revision and a large scale housing program, with messaging to Congress for private financing. he also proposed curtailing federal road building appropriations and speeding up federal purchases for the remaining months of the fiscal year.
Washington November 26 President William Green of the American Federation of Labor argues real estate tax reductions would better stimulate home ownership than cutting labor costs He proposes an inter state program to coordinate tax relief measures while Green and another AFL executive oppose guaranteed steady annual wages for building trades workers in favor of higher hourly rates with less certainty.
Funeral services for James Ramsay MacDonald were held at Westminster Abbey with the Duke of Gloucester leading mourners. The former British prime minister, who died November 9 at age 71 while traveling to South America, was mourned by Neville Chamberlain Sir John Simon Clement Attlee and other leaders.
Lily Pons and Andre Kostelanetz announced at a Thanksgiving dinner in Kansas City that they will marry within a year. Kostelanetz said they must find a two month break from work before tying the knot.
Tropical storm near the Florida coast weakens slightly as winds ease to under hurricane force. Weather officials warn rain and gusts continue along the Panhandle and adjacent waters while vessels resume voyages after a dredge incident near Cranford and Pass & Loutre.
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