New Position Within 10 Miles of Capital City Limits
A new position lies within ten miles of the capital city limits as tensions rise between two nations threatening regional stability and prompting cautious diplomatic and security responses.
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22 Oct 1936
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Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1936
Page
1
Roosevelt campaign rolls through Connecticut in flood aid pledge
President Roosevelt sailed a 100 mile New England motor trek to highlight a pledge of federal flood control aid. In Hartford he declared prosperity back and here to stay as thousands cheered from Middletown to Stamford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
New England
Connecticut Valley
Hartford
Stamford
State Capitol
Washington
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Middletown
Al Capone's Florida Palace on Auction Block
Insurgents push toward Madrid as fascist forces move into Navalcarnero and Mostoles. Diplomats clash over Spanish neutrality with Germany Italy and Russia trading accusations. Refugees to be evacuated with French ships ready for Mediterranean ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Capone
Florida Palace
Associated Press
Madrid
Mostoles
Navalcarnero
London
Germany
Lord
Plymouth
Jose Varela
Toledo- Madrid
Mediterranean
Fire Destroys Two L and A Bridges in Jonesville
Fire of undetermined origin late Thursday morning wiped out two Louisiana and Arkansas railroad spans between Jonesville and Ferriday. The Black Water crossing about 150 feet long and a 40 foot trestle near Athlone and Moro were left as smoldering embers, requiring two new bridges before trains return, with no damage estimate available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesville
Louisiana and Arkansas
Ferriday
Athlone
Moro
Little Colonel named sponsor of LSU cadet regiment
Adele Jewell of New Roads named sponsor and Little Colonel of the Louisiana State university cadet regiment. Other cadet corps sponsors named include battalion and company sponsors from New Roads, Richton, Baton Rouge, Paris, Rayne, Shreveport, DeRidder, Dodson, St. Martinville, Rayville, and New Orleans with band sponsor Audrey Bastian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Adele Jewell
New Roads
Little Colonel
Louisiana State University Cadet Regiment
Helen D'Abadie
Dorothy Spikes
Richton
Juliet Singletary
Ruth Dyer
Simon Colomb
Paris
France
Ellen Arcenaux
Rayne
Louise Hunter
Alexandria
Majorie Russ
Shreveport
Colin del Cline
DeRidder
Marjorie Cagle
Dodson
Dorothy Chappuis
Belle Delahoussaye
St. Martinville
Marjorie Wooten
Rayville
Audrey Bastian
New Orleans
Giant Parade To Benefit Rodeo In Monroe
Captain G. B. Cooley will lead a parade starting 10:30 am from the vacant lot opposite Monroe Steam Laundry at the corner of South Grand and Calypso streets. Prentice Clark of West Monroe is parade chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Cooley
Quachita Parish
Winchester Arms backs Crosby and Paine rodeo exhibition
In a petition backed by Ouachita Parish Tuberculosis and Public Health officials and prominent citizens, Winchester Arms company approved Herbert Parsons world shotgun champion to perform at Crosby and Paine rodeo with exhibitions at each show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Monroe Rodeo Riders Parade Planned From Jet Lot
A parade of cowboys and cowgirls from Monroe and nearby areas will start at 10 30 from the Jet on South Grand Street and proceed down South Grand Street. The event involves a committee in charge and many local residents watching along the route.
Clipper Arrives Before Starting from Wake to Midway
By Charles E. Harner At Midway Island on October 22 the China clipper landed after a sunrise takeoff from Wake Island. Reporters aboard a New York Manila roundtrip transpacific flight describe dateline time shifts as tic and tic toc aboard the liner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Harner
Midway Island
Wake Island
New York
Dead Veteran Seeks Bonus in Reno Fracas
A crutchbound man, Jesse Owen Gifford of Chattanooga, claims to be the legally dead veteran who was once sought for a Tennessee disappearance. He applies for a veteran’s bonus in Reno while refusing to reveal key details, citing an unresolved family dispute and a brother’s coming report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Owen Gifford
Nashville
Susanville
Calif
Chattanooga
Tenn
Gifford
Reno
Boos and cheers greet Al Smith at Republican rally
Former New York Governor Al Smith arrived in Chicago for an address in support of the Republican presidential nominee. He received a tumultuous reception with boos and cheers as he walked onto the venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
al Smith
New York
Roosevelt
Boos
Pension tax collection plans loom for 26 million workers
The Treasury acts to implement the old age pension tax under the Social Security Act with account numbers to 26 million workers. Forms and regulations are due for final approval late in the year. Collections begin with 1937 wages at 1 percent from workers and 1 percent from employers, via a broad registration effort coordinated by the security board with postal help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Government Printing Office
Internal Revenue
Baltimore
Security Board
Post Office Department
Post Office
Executors React to Baby Race Fortune in Toronto
Three executors hold a $750000 nest egg while Toronto mothers debate use of the funds. One plans to better the babies, another to farm the earth, and a third to send a husband to England. A fourth proposes sharing the eggs with other mothers. Mrs. Lily Kenny vows a mausoleum honoring Charles Vance Millar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Lily Kenny
Charles Vance Millar
Last Minute Briefs From Across the Nation
A UT Austin faculty member and a writer testified they aided in distributing circulars promoting a Communist candidate for governor. In Michigan, state police hunted for illegal trappers linked to the death of a veteran game warden killed by dynamite. In Chicago, Archbishop Edward Hutson died after pneumonia. Hollywood notes author Hugh Herbert plans a diary and novel. Leominster reports butterflies and mosquitoes leaving winter quarters for a final airing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Charles Raines
Herbert Preece
Homer Brooks
Houston
Negaunee
Mich
Michigan
Carp River
Andrew Schmeltz
Chicago
Edward Hutson
Church of England
West Indies
St. Luke's Hospital
Leominster
Mass
Mobile Reenactment Promises Glamorous History Tonight
Mobile action set to start tonight a reenactment of pivotal moments in its 225 year history highlighting the lives of celebrated local heroes and the city’s most glamorous chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Mobile Today
Mistrial Declared in Rogers Case in Mississippi
Laurel Mississippi October trial ends without verdict as Judge W Joe Pack declares a mistrial in the Leroy Rogers case from Jasper County farm court proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel
Miss
W. Joe Pack
Leroy Rogers
Jasper County Farm
Woman acquitted in farmerville self defense shooting
In Farmerville Louisiana a Union Parish District Court jury acquitted Edna Langley of a second degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of her brother in law Arthur Stinson. Langley testified she acted in self defense as Stinson forced entry into her home last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmerville
Union Parish
Edna Langley
Arthur Stinson
Stinson
Mrs Simpson May Identify Other Woman In Divorce Case
In Ipswich the Simpson divorce case draws attention to a potential move that would force Mrs. Ernest Simpson to name the unnamed woman. Legal circles note that Justice Hawke may curb the routine use of documentary evidence against husbands, amid broader judicial signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ipswich
England
Simpson
Ernest Simpson
Edward
Hawke
Crowley Blast Injures Seven
A massive butane gas explosion in Crowley Louisiana injures seven people, destroys two stores and a residence near the business district. Six white persons are injured, three critically, plus one Negro, with Earl P. Shreve Jr and Edna Mae Shreve severely burned. Mrs Laurant Barrouse and Mrs Hebert sustain serious injuries. The blast occurred as two embers—
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowley
Crowley Business District
Earl P. Shreve, Jr
Edna Mae
Laurent Barrouse
Hebert
Julian Livens
Bastrop Man Hurt In Auto Collision
A head on crash two miles south of Smackover, Ark, left George Lyman of El Dorado dead and Rudolph Wright of Bastrop La seriously injured along with five others including Mrs H D Griffies of Camden Ark who suffered concussion and possible skull fracture. The crash occurred late yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Dorado
Ark
Rudolph Wright
Bastrop
George Lyman
Wright
H. D. Griffies
Camden
Smackover
Rotary hears vocation talk on ice making history
Monroe Rotary members heard Bill Moss discuss ice manufacturing and its uses in medicine and science. He traced ice origins from Nero and Alexander the Great to river and lake harvests, noting the first machine in 1775 and U S adoption in 1851.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Rotary Club
Bill Moss
Virginia
Edgar Florsheim
Moss
Nero
Alexander the Great
United States
Engineers Asked to Solve Problems See Rotary Hears
President Roosevelt questioned engineering education while urging 100 schools to assess if curricula broaden students' vision and flexible capacity. He warned science's impact brings unemployment and dislocations and called engineers to design mechanisms to absorb these shocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
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Huil
Landon
Roosevelt Motorcade
Connecticut
Italy
Russia
Catahoula
Brownsville
Rockford
Ill
Memphis
Main
Madison
Clipper
Alabaman
By Dale Harrison
Robert Fowler
Washington, D. C
Robert
Tyrus Fowler
Star
Hollywood
Hugh Herbert
Mrs. Simpson
Rotary
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