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ft irs I1 MONROE (LA.) NEWS-STAR MAY 9, 1938 PAGE EIGHT MUNT WMS I BILLIOT I LOSES RACE REACHES STARDOM Defending Champion In Sjj Pirogue Gete False Start LAFITTE, 9 defending champion, got mixed up in the wrong pirogue race when he heard a bomb and thought it a who was in the right race. Billiot finished fifth. This might confuse anyone except the three hundred or so fishermen who live in the bayous around here. Seventy-four of them had their annual pirogue race yesterday while! 000 city folks and whooped. Twelve contestants were named Billiot They say they think they re all cousins but they're not sure.

For two successive years Adam Billiot had paddled his cypress pirogue to the championship through quiet Barataria bay where Jean Itta and his pirate hoodlums used to hold wassail in the good old days before the war of 1812. Yesterday while the 74 were lined up at the starting point some city pranksters holding wassail with firecrackers, cut loose with a bomb. Adam sad 29 of his friends or relatives thought it was the starting gun. For months Adam had been practicing just for these few minutes so he knelt in his frail, kmfe-like craft a led the way along the 4.7 mile course. But while the 5,000 on shore were hollering to him to stop, he thought they were hollering to him to go faster.

He did. He won by two paddle lengths. Then, when Hugh M. Wilkinson, chairman and official starter, sent a coast guard cutter after him to tea him and his friends to come back and do It again he refused. So did all of the other 19 except Andrew Bilbo-.

who had finished second, and a guy named Adolph Wiseman. So Billiot, first name Israel, won the second race in 45 minutes, 45 seconds. Next in order were Ignace Kaufman LeBlanc, Jack Darbar, and the indefatigable Andrew Billiot, watched Israel collect the THINK HITLER VISIT TO HALT 1-POWER PACT (Continued from First Hutments. Ethiopia technically was still a league member but seemed on her way out. The French-British scheme to woo Italy and shear the Lion of Judah of even a hypothetical kingdom called for council action which would free league members to do as they please about recognizing Italian King Vittorio Emanuele as Emperor of Ethiopia.

This needed but a majority of the 14 council members and that appeared assured with only Iran. Soviet Russia, China, New Zealand and Bolivia on the A realignment of the conservative British streamlining to carry out Prime Minister appeasement in prospect. Accession of Colonial Secretary William George A. Ormsby-Gore to the house of lords seemed likely to precipitate it. Ormsby-Gore's father, ROBERT K.

MIMS Robert K. Mims, 81. retired farmer residing on the Arkansas road, at his residence Monday at I a m. The funeral was held at the house Monday at 3 p. with Rev.

E. E. Huntsberry, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiating. Interment was in Hasley cemetery. Active pallbearers were all grandchildren of Mr.

Mims and were as follows; Jack Hollingsworth, Indus Hollingsworth, Bob Staples, Fred Staples, Dallas Staples and Carrey Staples. Honorary pallbearers were: T. J. Dean, Al Simpson, Luther Neal. D.

D. Welch, V. E. Mauldin, I. D.

Wallace, J. D. McGee, J. G. Cobb, W.

A. Burt. D. C. Gol son, Bob Kilgore, Mr.

Dense, L. C. Leake, Bud Leake and Harvey Caldwell. Mr. Mims is survived by the following daughters and son: Mrs.

R. J. Staples, Calhoun; Mrs. Guy Hollingsworth, West Monroe; Mrs. Hugh Tippit.

Shreveport; Mrs. Ed Caldwell, West Monroe, and D. R. Mims, West Monroe. HAMLEY NAMED HOUSE CLERK (Continued from First Page) ber of that year.

Under its provisions more than $50,000,000 industrial construction, both new industries and additions to old ones, has been exempted from taxation for the next IO years. The 1936 amendment allowed 10- year tax exemption for new industry to be established in the state, or an addition or additions to any chamber. There were two new repre- Pastry or industries already existing sentatives, three senators. in Lieutenant-Governor Long swore in governor's proposal would define this to mean any of estab- Phil Arras of the eighth and ninth wards of New Orleans, Marshall E. Woodard of Claiborne and Bienville parishes, and A.

Esco Knight of Washington and St. Tammany parishes Arras JURY TO PASS UPON FATE OF BABY'S EYES (Continued from First lishment which engages in the business of working raw materials into wares suitable for use or gives new and St. Tammany parishes. new quaijties, or new combi juccegds John J. Wingrate, who nalions to matter which already has CLARENCE PORTER, JR.

Clarence Porter, died after birth at the family home, 101 Wheeler and the street, Monday. tile and membership in the upper was appointed a juvenile court judge in New Orleans, named United States marshal for the western district of Louisiana. House Speaker Lorris M. Wimberly administered oat! to Ernest Savarese of the 17th ward of New Orleans, who succeeds Henry F. Heaton, and Leonard Wise of St.

Mary parish, who replaces Walter T. Gilmore. Heaton was appointed a district assessor in New Orleans while Gilmore was given district judgeship. Rules were suspended to vote a resolution inviting the governor to address a joint session of both houses. While committees left to escort the $2,000 governor to the house chamber, nine ones bills were introduced in the house.

gone through some artificial process." FLAT EXEMPTION OF $2,000 PROPOSED BATON ROUGE, May All taxes on homes up to $2,000 valuation would be lifted under a constitutional amendment proposed today by Northwestern the infant's maternal grandfather, have all agreed to abide by the decision. It will first be submitted to the three rabbis woose consent, Hoffman said, will probably be no more than a formality. The attorney said the rabbis, who will sit in on the conference, were selected at the insistence of the baby's mother. Should the specialists decide on an operation, Hoffman said, it will be performed immediately. Dr.

Irving S. Cutter, dean of the university medical Representative T. J. Coenen of Ray- i school, will preside as chairman. viUe.

Dr. Hershman said the family had Coenen would extend the presently received many letters from persons authorized exemption on state taxes willing to sacrifice one or both eyes in that amount to include all home- so the baby might be saved stead taxes. The exemption would ap- I blindness. ply both on small homes and the first is no hope in our case assessed valuation of from Olymp. Brtdna, pert youn, French who her tort success in the new house passed to the son The Spanish insurgent drive to put Valencia and Castcllon de la Pima at the Paramount I under Generalissimo Franco's colors theater.

md Eluded in the sup- WOULD LIMIT GRANT The funeral was held at the house OF TAX EXEMPTIONS Monday at 3 p. with Rev. Mc- RATON ROUGE, La May 9 Manus of Brownville officiating. Interment was made in Hasley cemetery. ot larger transplanting an eye.

he said. Sight I is lost irrevocably after the optic nerve His joint resolution, among the first is severed, which is necessary in dropped into the lower Helainc condition. measures chamber hopper, will be referred tomorrow to committee. If approved by a two-thirds vote of each house the resolution would call porting cest are Porter Hall and Glenda Farrell WRITER ADMITS SLAYING WIFE, I DAUGHTERS STUDENT SPEAKERS ESTABLISH RECORD (Continued from First continued despite rain and government counter-attacks along the jagged battlefront from Teruel east to the Mediterranean, north of the two vital government ports. In China, Japanese bombing planes raided along the Lunghai railway, a CT ATK Kl OD KA AL frying to break the central front dead- AT JI Alt IN VKIVlMfc.

jocJt by citing off lines of supply for the numerically superior Chinese NATCHITOCHES, La, May army. speakers at Louisi- Tile Japanese reported defeating ana State Normal college here set a Chinese guerilla warriors which had new record in the field of intercom threatened to wipe out a Japanese MOTHER WOULD LET STRICKEN RABY DIE CLEVELAND, May Mrs. Maurice Wohl, whose baby went blind with retinal glioma, said today she would advise the parents of Helaine LOVERS AWAIT GIRLS' ARRIVAL A constitutional amendment proposal in the administiation program outlined for a vote of the people next fall. to the legislature today would limit Tax relief should begin ith I to three year, LouUian.J. authority to Colin.

Chien baby victim of the I Tte horind in from tom year, old. A regular biennia, noon. trm, ha, recommendations (Continued from First Page) Ie in ate forensic activities in the state I garrison at Nantungchow a1 IQS it- A AOf I a miles Lei cis and UbMr babies for the glory of The governor proposed the legislates year when they engaged in 198 nor(h of Shanghai, a feeder base for trusting blindly in the old hire adopt a resolution authorizing a Individual contests at southern operations against the Lung- constitutional amendment which would 'Love makes every girl beautiful to cancel-the state's authority to issue ITW riVFA HITLER FREE herman." industrial exemptions three yearn their campaign against iv 77FCHo4mVAKIA I The colonization scheme is. as has from the time the amendment should frQm been said, the mopping up of a con- take effect. Japanese said they defeated a Chi endless fields of waving millet In hard adventure in a land of mystery.

But the girls will go ---------forward to the youths they never have and tax exemptions on new homes and seen, to build homes and work in the small businesses. jointly to Leche explain for legislation. Principal administration proposals included a general one per cent sales tax to replace the luxury tax, minimum wages and 48-hour woilr week for women, a ban on sit-down strikes fields and bear babies for the glory of the old TRY TO BLOCK EQUIPMENT FOR CHINESE ARMY But now the boy is with X-ray. sightless. She said she would write to the Chicago parents.

would not advise X-ray she said. would not suggest removal. Rather let the child eye throat af M. wife and chloroforms jjnd the two girls last Sunday. today at the official close of the 1937- The detective quoted Bunge as tell- session.

ing how he and the slain mother plan- Four 0f the 23 students representing ned the deaths all was carried the college in the events came through nett tne rn four of out except as to myself. (Continued from First die than suffer sightlessness." extreme pain and Potatoes reproduced themselves solely by seeds, in olden days, but now seed balls rarely appear on the plants, and reproduction is accomplished by tubers. tyx) prize money and the loving cup and then promptly challenged him to race next Saturday. Israel did not accept immediately, although William A. porteous, Jr.

of New Orleans offered a purse of $200. LOSER'S WIFE WANTS POLICE TO WATCH HIM Bunge Bush related, said they wrote an older daughter, Ingefcorg Bunge, in Pittsburgh. It was her communication with Tampa officers that led to discovery of the triple slaying. We went Sunday, walking around, and it must have been when we got home," quoted the man as saying. little girls were asleep and they never knew what happened.

I worked on the little one and then the older one. They passed into death in their sleep. It was a merciful death ll Bush to win four championships rn four meets entered. Bertha Louise the ROME, May 9 the Crowder of Oakdale and Corinne Cook of Pineville won the championship of Louisiana and the in the womens division of the fifth annual Louisiana Speech meet here in March. In the division John Makar of Lake Charles and Norman Dowty of Alexandria placed first st the Mid- South tournament in Arkansas in February and won the championship of the east at the annual Grand Eastern Speech meet at Winthrop college, Rock Hill, S.

in April. Makar was awarded first place in after-dinner Rome today fresh assurances friendship, and high Fascists indicated this included a pledge by Premier Mussolini to let him have a free hand in Czechoslovakia, so far as Italy is concerned. After six days of military display, princely entertainment and intensive talks with Premier Mussolini, the program allowed him ten hours to taste the rich, medieval culture of Florence. It appeared that the major result Hitler carried away from quest. Japan's virtual annexation of This would mean that, if at tne forte which had threat- Hi cf italian Manchuria by force has let loose an cnd of that time the state ished to ened tQ decimate the Japanese gar lanche of condemnation, and pre- continue exempting industries 1 continue exempting industries for I risQn Nantungchow, supply base taxes for IO years, the constitution mQes Up Yangtze from Shang- would have to be amended again.

The proposed amendment Reinforcements sent out from also would limit projects which could 1 shanghai relieved the garrison, Jap- be exempted to ang 5 said, and prevented a supply which will instead of the broad allowed under the present law. ''The term as used in its The detective chief said Bimge re- Southern Association lated how he first administered Teachers of Speech tournament in (Continues from Flirt FMN) Greener, pastor of the mystic Agabeg "Greener, among Vitiates, Is known as ghost of On Captain assurance that I think Mr. Clifton will wait for his wife made known she would speed toward California, leaving Liverpool on the Normandie on Wednesday, and taking a transcontinental plane on arrival in New York. In the meantime, she indicated, anything the Las Angeles police department can do to preserve the Clifton fortune will be appreciated. "Oh, exclaimed the high stake gambling Briton when informed of his plans.

a bit of all right, you know. Why only last Friday, I rang up but she was much too ill to speak to me. Since his $150,000 power losses to Lew Brice were cancelled last week, Squire Clifton has been in a jovial mood, Brice, former Broadway hoofer and brother of Fanny Brice, relinquished claim to checks after the squire complained to the district attorney that the game they played in April was stud poker, outlawed in California. An official investigation it still under way. MANT COWS TESTED FOR BANG'S DISEASE chloroform to his wife, but that she regained consciousness after several hours.

came back from under the Bunge was quoted as relating, scolded me for not opening her veins. Her only fear was that the thing would be bungled. got more chloroform and she was asleep when I opened her vein." Bush said Bunge did not relate details of how he finally slit his wife throat with a razor blade, but de- dared: was not mistreated in any way. She died a merciful have no alibis," the Tampa officer said Bunge declared. am ready to pay whatever penalty the state exacts." Bush Mid Bunge, in his confession to officers, told how he left, the apartment avowedly to take his own life, carrying with him what was left of a bottle of chloroform.

am a little hazy about the Bush said Bunge related, I walked to Port Tampa and the sun was shining. I made another mistake when I took chloroform and then tried to drown myself. found a spot between two concrete pilings and I walked into the water up to my neck. I tied my handkerchief around my face and poured chloroform on it. I turned my face to the breeze so as not to lose any of the fumes.

was the wrong thing to do. Naturally, you will fight death. I have a dull recollection of how I passed under the water, but I woke up tm the shore and the moon was shining." Atlanta, last month. In addition to their intercollegiate activities, members of the forensic club, headed by Professor R. Ropp, debate coach, sponsored five high school speech tournaments, three on local campus and one each the at Oakdale and Lake schools, this spring.

Charles High REBELS MOVE AHEAD SLOWLY cipitated a controversy outlast this generation. It is not the writer's purpose to deal with this controversy here, but merely to report interesting facts in connection with a historic colonization program. There are two sides to most questions, and if you ask a Japanese why his country invaded Manchuria, present authority," Lechc explained, i he most likely will put forward the too broad and has led to a great ensuing statements, although he un- deai 0f confusion in the program of of visit was a strengthening doubtedly will also record other rea- retracting industry to the state. of friendship by application of grease sons, such as the necessity for com- term to possible trouble points in batting communism. Here is the Jap-! defined as defined by our Rome-Bcrlin axis.

anese story in part, from their view- SUpreme court. The confusion in the gains were believed to be point; administration of the present provision the pledge by Premier Mussolini to The total area of Japan proper is came about iargely because tile term give him the freedom he may want in about 149.000 square ex-; was not Czechoslovakia, where resides a Ger- actly the size of New England and constitutional amendment author- man minority population of 3,500.000 of New York state. Into this compara- -ze(j by legislature in 1936 was which Hitler considers himself the tively small territory are jammed approVed by the electorate in Novem- ultimate protector; postponement of; 000.000 people. ideas about a peace pact The population per square mile is (Italy, Germany, France. Britain), and an assurance that neither the new I To get an idea of the density, you Italo-Brirish accord nor conversations oniy t0 gtop to figure that the population of continental United Stat es is 41 and a fraction persons to the square mile.

That is, Japan has more than ll times as many people line serving 10,000 Japanese to the north from being cut. Foreign sources said the provinces of Kweichow and Yunnan, with a combined population of more 20,000,000, had started active participation in the fight against the Japanese. These provinces, which hith- WANT TO FORGET YOUR RHEUMATIC PAIN AND MISERY In many instances rheumatic aches and pains are caused by poisonous waste and toxic acids in the system. Prescription C-2223 was for- lr, Uevfthe jSl and supplies to support Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. The first printing press in the American colonies was aet up at Cambridge, in 1639.

poisonous waste matter that often cause tormentinj? rheumatic pains and misery. silly to suffer Prescription C-2223 on money-back and druggists. (Continued from Firit with France would affect solidity of the Rome-Berlin axis. Mussolini was believed to have received from Hitler recognition of I A WEEK Italy's economic and political interest tQ miie as we have. in central Europe, and a promise the corollary to this is that both Italian port of Trieste would not lose agricuiture and industry must suf- all its Austrian traffic as a con- There are mnuons Qf people who regardless of the unfavorable weather, to prevent General Jose Miaja from establishing strong defense lines.

Immediate objective of the insurgents was control of the mountain road linking Teruel with Albocacer, near the coast. General Garcia Valino troops were fighting southward along a secondary road from Portell in an effort to intercept the mountain road near Cantavieja, while General Jose Varela moved his forces out from Allepuz, 25 miles northeast of Teruel. Along the coast south of Alcala de Chi vert, insurgents reported a continuation of their slow, persistent advance. The insurgents reached a stretch of coastal plains known as Desiertos de Las about six miles south of Alcala de At this point they are only 30 miles north of Casteilon and less than 70 from the important seaport of Valencia. sequence of Austria's absorption by Germany.

Hitler, in addition, and to the dis- cannot be taken care of properly, and many of them are in dire want. Due to the Japanese family system PAYS FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL BEDROOM SUITE! appointment of some of his followers, no wgy of getljng an estimate renounced any design on of unemployment. In the land population in the Italian south Tyrol, ghoguns the members of a to. '-mn, together, lf men or frontier he" woman hungry and without work guarantee of the or returns to the ancestral tween Germany and Italy at Saturday Qr turns other relatives for state dinner, a highlight of his a Some members of Still, the slums his they had sent terrible conditions us est hoped until Hitler rose to speak that mated that at least 2,000,000 people hoped until German- must he moved to relieve the situa- south Tyrol to lion. As things are, whole families of or seven people live in single of Mussolini might speaking portion Germany.

The apparent agreement on division of central Europe and the Balkans into Italo-German spheres of influence was expected to involve Czechoslovakia. Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Rumania. The program was pictured here thus: WASHINGTON, D. May disease agglutination blood tests were made on 6,115 herds of cattle containing 27,016 head in Louisiana during March and 718 animals MAYOR LAGUARDIA RAPS AT MUSICIANS YORK, May Fiorello LaGuardia, aon of an army MAYER DEFIANT UNDER GRILLING bureau of animal industry announced today. The other 26,759 cattle in 5.805 herds were shown to be free.

During the 45 months the bureau In cooperation with various state agencies has been conducting agglutination blood test for Bang's disease, 567,912 cattle in 77,283 herds have been tested in Louisiana. A total of 31,301 diseased animals from 7,604 herds containing a total of 264,893 head were -found, while the other 69.679 herds aggregating 303,019 head were entirely free. On March SI, 1938, 277,742 cattle in 39,747 herds were under the supervision of the bureau, and 36,454 head were on the waiting list to be tested. FALL KILLS WORKMAN ORLEANS, May 9 identified as Anthony Francis Monies, 31, Mil four stories to his death from the new charity hospital under construction here. He the second man to fall to his tent performer on the comet, took music critics to task in his debut as a radio music commentator.

The chunky little mayor, delivering explanatory comment yesterday during a program by the New York civic orchestra broadcast over the municipal radio station, declared: think a critics might say that a composition is played too slow to suit him or too fast in comparison with some one else rendition, but I do not think he has a right to say that I a piece is played too fast or too slow. I is a matter for the conductor. If we establish a rigid tempo, we might as well put a metronome up in front of the (Continued from First confession political influence would be paramount in Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, trade divided between Germany and Italy; Italo-German interests would be more or less parallel in Hungary, and toward Rumania when she composed frontier and minority troubles with Hungary. rooms perhaps 12 feet square. Within these narrow confines they eat and sleep, give birth to babies, suffer and I die.

In the overcrowded country districts, too, the farms are too small to provide livelihoods for all who are born to the soil. Sons and daughters With the Fuehrer's depatrure from either become virtual pensioners of their parents, or seek their fortunes in the big cities, frequently to land in the 12-foot cell of the slums. Naturally such conditions produce many serious social problems One of them is political unrest, and Japan has had her share of this in recent his automobile. lacked some details. Mrs.

Smith was unable I Ital0-Bntish pact. "Negotiations prob- site in wiU resumed tomorrow. Rome, the stage was cleared for the delayed Italian-French talks on a accord to go along with the Like the conversations with Britain, they are expected to deal almost exclusively with Mediterranean and African problems in which Germany's fleers to Bassett's over the roads she said they took in disposing of the body. Warner has said Mrs. Smith's confession establishes Bassett's death and that the pair could betrwd mtereat degree murder even though Bassetts bones should not be found.

Mrs. Smith was trapped into her confession by her cellmate, Mrs. Margaret Fawcett, who won her confidence and persuaded Mrs. Smith to get right with Mayer and his mother were con PRODUCE MOVEMENT WILL BEGIN SHORTLY DODSON, La May (Special) Shipment of Irish potatoes and toma- POSTAL QUARTERS LEASED WASHINGTON, D. May 9- quarters of the postoffice in Bernice, on tile south side of Main street between Cherry and Louisiana streets, have been leased from Mrs.

S. Fuller, et a1, for a period of ten from July i 1938. the postoffice department announced today. victed of grand larceny when they ktoes from Winn parish will commence ax the were found in possession of May 15 and continue for the remand- absorb So the government proposes to ease the situation by sending a million 5,000.000 Manchuria in the next 20 years. Such as are capable among the impoverished of the slums will be sent over-seas.

So will the younger sons of hard-hit farmers. For after all, home diffi- I ality is mainly agrarian. Thus far some 20.000 families, total- I jog 100,000 people, have been sent to I Manchuria. They are being helped financially by the government. The colonization will be speeded up as the I settlements grow.

This program is calculated net only to relieve the congestion at home, but car. Mayer was sentenced to life a habitual criminal. as the Japanese colony grows it will absorb an increasing amount of Prod- er of the season, during which ap- ucts from the homeland, raising NEVILLE A. TO MEET TONIGHT proximately IOO cai, of potatoes and standard of and taking tomatoes are expected to be marketed, of unemployment, according to an announcement by T. fr, this connection some statistical T.

Booth, agricultural agent for the chaps figure that Japan's population Texas and Gulf railroad. wui become stationary in about 20 Mr. Booth stated excessive rains years, that is, the birth rate and death have greatly reduced the potato crop rate wjil be approximately equal. The The Neville High School Parent- but declared the tomato population then will be 90,000,000, so will meet this eve- en oater THEFT REPORTED A. Kirsch, salesman residing at a local hotel, reported to the Monroe police department Monday the theft of three and one-half dozen pairs of socks and stockings.

He said they were stolen Sunday between 7 p.m. and IO p.m. from his automobile, which was parked on Wood street rn the side of the Monroe hotel. JOHN MIMK 8 JOHN John Alban, who has given over 750 performances as John Barrymore in the course of vaudeville impersonation career, is one of "Cwta et Ute mo Teacher association will meet this eve ning at 7:30 pm. at Neville High school.

Addresses will be made by E. L. Neville, Herbert Dickard Mrs. G. A.

Aden, who will speak on Teaeher Expectations for 1938 1939. Mrs King Hunt, president of the Twin council of Parent-Teacher associations, will induct the newly- elected officers during the installation ceremony which will be conducted, and delegates to the state convented recently held in New Orleans wiU make their reports. Chairmen of all standing committees will also make their annual reports at this meeting, which will be the last to be held un- crop will be about SO per cent greater this year than last. At least two buyers will be located at the Dodson sheds and a fair market for potatoes and tomatoes is predicted by the agent they say. TO PRESENT OPERETTA MANGHAM, May of rite senior class of Mangham High school will present an operetta, and Blossoms," Friday night, May 13, at the high school.

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