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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1935

Page

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Fragmented OCR note hints at early notice type

Fragmentary text hints at an early notification item with unclear subject. Names and specifics are unreadable, preventing precise identification.

Edge of riot grips Florida election day clashes

Rioting flared at multiple Tampa polling sites as clubs struck voters. Three city firemen and a special policeman were slightly wounded. Adjutant General sent 250 to 3 troops to quell disturbances amid a bitter mayoral contest between Mayor Chancey and ex mayor McKay.

Atampa Fla Vivian Collins 116Th Field Artillery W. C. Spencer City Machine R. E. L. Chancey D. B. McKay

Labor Day Speeches Split On Roosevelt Across Nation

Labor Day rallies featured AFL head William Green praising New Deal social legislation while attacking foes. Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge called the administration the greatest enemy of labor as UMWA chief John L. Lewis urged labor to support Roosevelt with votes and pennies. Col. Frank Knox, a GOP hopeful, remained in the mix.

Washington Organized Labor William Green American Federation of Labor Canton Ohio Roosevelt Eugene Talmadge Georgia Sioux City Falls S. C Talmadge John L. Lewis United Mine Workers of America

Leprosy Doctor's Family Among Dixie Passengers

Widely known Louisianians appear among passengers on the grounded Dixie off Florida. Dr. Oswald E. Denny, a leprosy specialist and major in the U S Public Health Service, is to be transferred to Molokai. His wife Elizabeth Miller and relatives from New Orleans and Carville are aboard with their sons. Ivy Green Kittredge, former New Orleans city attorney, is also listed.

New Orleans New Oswald E. Denny Carville Robert H. Denny Philip H. Denny Denny United States Public Health Service United States

Limon reaches Dixie as rescue work continues off Florida Keys

The liner Dixie lay aground on a coral reef off the Florida Keys with 350 aboard as rescue ships Hampered by haze and heavy seas. The United Fruit Limon reported reaching the stricken vessel near French Key and waiting for weather to improve to transfer passengers.

Miami Fla Limon Dixie United Fruit Limon S. S. Dixie B. Holdt New York French Key Carysfort Reef Morgan Line Florida Keys Reaper United Fruit Platano Watertown Agwistar Coast Guard Carrabasset Saukee King Navy Department Washington Carrsfort Reef

State of Morning Star Ambiguity Raises Questions

Local readers confront unclear phraseology in a brief morning edition. The fragment hints at a reference to a star or person but lacks context or concrete details to determine the exact subject or event.

Two Prisoners Granted Clemency in Louisiana Pardon

Baton Rouge reports Gov. O K Allen granted clemency to two prisoners per state pardon board. Leroy Duckworth received a six month reprieve after serving 17 months of a two year Morehouse parish sentence for wounding less than mayhem. Eli Thomas, jailed for burglary in Winn parish, was pardoned from a ten year sentence. Bond forfeitures totaling 500 dollars for Ethridge and 500 dollars for Citizen were remitted, with Armstrong’s bond amount not stated.

Baton Rouge O. K. Allen Leroy Duckworth Morehouse Parish Eli Thomas Winn Parish William C. Ethridge New Orleans Thomas Cage Chestina Citizen Robert Knight Charles R. Armstrong Louis Green

Italy Ethiopia Pledge Peace Urged by League

Geneva Sept 3 Informed diplomats said the League of Nations will likely ask Premier Mussolini and Emperor Haile Selassie to pledge not to use war to settle their Ethiopia dispute The British delegation plans to press this approach to avert hostilities and initiate league action Continue reading on page three

Geneva League of Nations Ethiopia Mussolini Haile Selassie

New Rulings On Cane Issued By AAA For Louisiana Growers

Washington reports new administrative rulings by the AAA allow small Louisiana sugar cane growers to market up to 100 tons regardless of base production. Larger producers may market up to 20 percent above base if they accept deductions in benefit payments. The contracting grower may market up to 20 percent more than base or 100 tons, whichever is larger, with deductions applied to those at 100 tons base.

Washington AAA Louisiana

Coxe Named State High School Supervisor in Louisiana

John E. Coxe, after 15 years with the Louisiana state department of education, is appointed state high school supervisor following Charles F. Trudeau’s resignation. Harris informs parish officials in a letter. Trudeau cites a wish to rest and says he leaves on good terms.

Baton Rouge John E. Coxe State Department of Education Charles F. Trudeau T. H. Harris Trudeau Harris

Hull Says Oil Grant Will Not Affect Policy

Secretary Hull stated that the Ethiopian concession to the African Exploration and Development corporation would not influence U S policy on the Italo Ethi opian dispute. He noted no official reaction had yet been possible on Emperor Haile Selassie s grant of development rights in over half the empire to Anglo American interests.

Washington Hull African Exploration and Development Corporation United States Haile Selassie

Husband Held After Two Slayings Near Cleveland Tenn

In Cleveland Tennessee a 26 year old married woman and a 25 year old man were found shot to death in a parked car. Deputy Sheriff Sim Goodwin said the woman's husband, Sam Rogers 28 a hosiery mill worker, admitted shooting them after summoning officers. Rogers claimed suspicions were aroused earlier that night.

Cleveland Tenn Sim Goodwin Goodwin Sam Rogers Malcolm McNabb Rogers

Campbell trips 304 mph on Utah salt flats record run

Sir Malcolm Campbell, England's speed king, set a new land speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats with an average of 299.875 mph. He first dashed the mile in 11.83 seconds at 304.311 mph, then logged 12.18 seconds for the measured mile at 295.566 mph, the two runs averaging just under 300 mph.

Bonneville Salt Flats Utah Sir Malcolm Campbell Daytona Beach Fla

Roosevelt approves $5 million allotment for canal work

President Roosevelt approved a five million dollar allotment for preliminary work on the Florida Gulf Atlantic ship canal project, part of a proposed one hundred forty six million dollar program. The aid aims to advance initial construction steps and related studies as officials move to develop the waterway.

Washington Roosevelt Florida Gulf-Atlantic Ship Canal

British Ship King Lud Reported Aground

SAN FRANCISCO Sept 3 The British steamer King Lud bound from Vancouver to Melbourne went aground on shoals east of Port Pirie near New Zealand The 400 foot schooner of 5224 gross tons owned by King Line Ltd was built by Har-Wolff Belfast in - Details of the accident were unavailable.

San Francisco Vancouver Melbourne Port Pirie New Zealand Marine Department The Chamber of Commerce King Line, Ltd Har—— Wolff, Ltd Belfast

Tropical Storm Near Punta Rassa Off Florida Coast

A tropical storm was about 40 miles west of Punta Rassa at noon as it tracked northwestward through the Gulf of Mexico parallel to Florida’s west coast. Forecasters warned winds of 65 to 69 mph along the gulf coast toward Clearwater and kept storm warnings in effect.

Jacksonville Fla Florida Punta Rassa Weather Bureau Gulf of Mexico West Gulf Coast

Former City Attorney of Orleans Seeks Back Pay

Former Orleans city health board attorney Bertrand I. Cahn writes to Health Superintendent Dr J M Hatchler claiming his successor earns 350 dollars monthly while he cannot recover back pay. He says discharge without cause grants legal right to payment. Cahn stayed loyal to Mayor Walmsley during Choctaw club realignment near Huey Long's group.

New Orleans Bertrand I. Cahn New Orleans City Choctaw Club Huey P. Long

Passengers Listed On Periled Dixie Liner Off Florida Reef

New Orleans dispatch reports officers of Morgan Line released a passenger list for the Dixie liner, en route from New Orleans to New York with about 400 aboard when it ran aground on a Florida reef shortly before midnight Monday. The list includes Mrs. M. Hackett of Baton Rouge and others across Louisiana New York and Brooklyn with several from Los Angeles Minneapolis and Boston.

Key West Coast Guard Einar William Sunda Storm Dixie S. Cooper Southern Pacific Steame Ship Lines Reaper Carysfort Morgan Line Southern Pacific New Orleans Florida Reef New York M. Hackett Baton Rouge Phoebe Palfrey Jeanne Soule Ann Haggerty F. P. Haggaman R. M George F. Outland, Sr Los Angeles Ann Anglin Brooklyn Josephine Anglin Charles J. Badger Houston Lyle W. Kerr San Antonio Ethel T. Haugen A. Cinder H. Lintin Helen Wharton

Fliers Loafing Along On Trip To Argentina

James C. Prosser and Gilbert Stoll reached Cincinnati from Columbus on a trip to Argentina where they plan a non stop flight back to Cleveland. They said they would fly to New Orleans later and may stop at Birmingham depending on weather.

Cincinnati James C. Prosser Gilbert Stoll Columbus Argentina Cleveland Prosser New Orleans Birmingham

Bastrop couple listed on Dixie liner bound for New York

Dr and Mrs C B Johnston of Bastrop appear among Dixie liner passengers bound for New York from New Orleans. They are former Monroe residents with the doctor having run a dental practice in Bastrop for years. His mother, Mrs C B Johnston Sr, lives in Monroe at 200 Breard Street.

C. B. Johnston Bastrop New York New Orleans Monroe Breard Street

Aggression for Kiwanis Urged at Louisiana Meeting

Pi The outstanding challenge to Kiwanis clubs in the next ten years is an aggressive participation in public affairs. Faber A Bollinger of Atlanta Kiwanis International trustee urged during the Louisiana Mississippi Kiwanis district convention banquet in Lake Charles. Election of officers and a fellow-

Lake Charles Faber A. Bollinger Atlanta Kiwanis International Louisiana- Mississippi

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