Italian Desert Campaign Escalates in East Africa
Italian armored columns press through wastelands toward British Somaliland and Aden. British air raids target Tobruk Massaua and Red Sea installations as Kerindil action claims a minor ground victory with slight opposition and no British casualties. The Aden raid leaves 1 soldier and 3 natives dead and 17 wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoriated Pretay
Cairo
Fevyt
British Somaliland
Aden
Kerindil
Kenya
Ethiopia
Nairobi
Karrin Pass
Hargeisa
Tobruk
Libya
Red Sea
Massaua
Talian
Eritrea
Egypt
Suez Canal
Mussolini
Britain
Zeila
Somaliland
Tward Berbera
Gulf of Aden
The Place to Go for a Big Time No Cover Charge
A bold downtown venue advertises no cover charge at 2800 DeSlard Street inviting patrons to a big time experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silverstein
New tenant purchase committeemen named for Louisiana parishes
Secretary Walace appoints three year terms for Farm Security Administration tenant purchase committee men across Louisiana. One new member per parish replaces those whose terms ended June 30. Appointees include Ira Lejeune in Acadia and Nelle Chachere in Allen among many others, with loans at 3 percent interest to help low income families buy and retire debt in 40 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Louisiana
Henry A. Wallace
T. B. Fatherree
Little Rock
Ark
RE. C. McInnis
FSA
Farm Security Administration
Bankhead-Jones
Acadia Parish
Ira Lejeune
Iota
Allen Pariah
Nelle Chachere
Kinder
Ascension Parish
Leroy Babin
Baton Rouge
Assumption Parish
Charles A. Landry
Napoleonville
Avoyelles Parish
Sam Mayeaux
Moreauville
Beauregard Parish
Glen Welborn
DeRidder
Bienville Parish
Dewey Sprawls
Bienville
Bossier Parish
Frank F
Ed Platt
Grand Cane
East Baton Rouge
Samuel L. Trueblood
East Carroll Parish
L. J. Sellers
William H. Burgin
Plaquemine
Jackson Parish
A. D. McGraw
Wyatt
Jefferson Parish
William Hughes
Barataria
Jefferson Davis Parish
Robert A. Lyons
Lake Arthur
Lafayette Parish
A. J. Tresclair
Breaux Bridge
Lafourche
Fernand L. Price
Thibodaux
LaSalle Parish
D. F. Bass
Olla
Lincoln Parish
Hanford K. Caldwell
St. Landry
Earl Fontenant
Washington
St. Martin Parish
Robert D . Champagne
St. Tammany Parish
George Kahl
Bush
Tangipahoa
John Russell
Roseland
Tensas Parish
Peter Hays
Waterproof
Terrebonne
Ruby Thibodaux
Houma
Union Parish
J. W. Perkins
Truxno
Vermilion Parish
Jacque F. Noel
Perry
Vernon Parish
W. Wick
Leesville
Washington Parish
Huey A. Woodward
Franklinton
Webster Parish
J. R. Noles
Heflin
West Baton Rouge Parish
L. C. Bourgeois
Lobdell
West Carroll Parish
Frank O'Neal
Oak Grove
West Feliciana Parish
G. L. Plettinger
St. Francisville
Winn Parish
S. J. Smith
Sikes
Mississippi Farmers to Receive Seedlings
The Agricultural Adjustment administration has contracted with the Mississippi Forestry Commission to distribute 4,700,000 pine tree seedlings to farmers under the 1940 agricultural conservation program. Seedlings will be available in late November and must be planted before December 1, the AAA program deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Mississippi Forestry Commission
T. M. Patterson
Patterson
Madison Parish Garden Club Hosts Meeting in Tallulah
The Madison Parish Garden Club gathered at the home of Mrss W P Sevier and R K Boney with co hosts Miss Amy Holmes and Mrs W H Murphy. Mrs George Eggleston presided and Mrs A M Hebert was secretary. Speakers included Mesdames F D Naylor George Webb C E Hester and Miss Helen Margaret Yerger. Mrs J H Devine received a birthday gift for her organizational role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Murphy
F. D. Naylor
J. K. Post
George Webb
George Tocher
C. S. Pierce
Frank Reid
E. B. Schicker
F. A. DeJean
Harry Towne
E. S. Moberley
W. P. Sevier Jr
Erle Read
Misses Amy Holmes
Annette Beers
Helen Margaret Yerger
Elizabeth Williams
Mary Pierce
Poor Louisiana crops report across the state
The weekend reports from county agents in Louisiana describe widespread crop damage from a hurricane and heavy rains. Cotton corn rice sugar cane vegetables and pecans face heavy losses with boll weevil infestation and continuous rains hindering harvests. Only a long hot dry spell could salvage major crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
J. W. Bateman
Agricultural Extension Division
Louisiana State University
Enforcement Tightens as Louisiana Reports Game Law Arrests
New Orleans officials announce a wave of arrests for game law violations as the Department of Conservation steps up enforcement after a tropical storm damaged muskrat habitats. Head of enforcement D L Simon notes many arrests. Fred J McCormac urges wildlife protection and possible muskrat propagation stations while J A Partridge pledges strict enforcement with an emphasis on education over prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Enforcement Division
Department of Conservation
D. L. Simon
Louisiana
Fred J. McCormac
Louisiana Wildlife Federation
Crop conditions worsen across Louisiana parishes amid floods and boll weevils
County agents report widespread crop damage in Tensas Ouachita Richland and other parishes. Rain and flooding hindered cotton and corn, boll weevils increased, many crops lost or lagging behind. Some progress in East Carroll despite weevil pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tensas
Ouachita
Richland
Sabine Parish
Franklin Parish
Caldwell Parish
Jackson Parish
East Carroll Parish
Morehouse Parish
Madison Parish
Rapides Parish
Fletcherizing Your Food Mastication Move Led by Horace Fletcher
The term Fletcherize comes from a late 19th century movement promoting thorough chewing. Horace Fletcher advocated masticating food to improve digestion and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Fletcher
Catahoula Parish Names Teachers for 1940 41
Catahoula Parish School Board selects staff for the 1940 41 year starting September 9. Listings include Block High School Jonesville principal F H Shiel. Sicily Island High School principal C B Coney. Harrisonburg High School principal S E Lanier. Manifest High School principal D C Wade. Enterprise High School principal J E Sheppard. island Bayou Larto schools and elementary staff. Music supervisors Margaret Ridley Frank McKay. Supervisor of instruction A L Brooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesville
Catahoula Parish
Block High School
F. H. Shiel
A. I. Carter
Myrtle Price
Dalton Faircloth
Sibyl Wurster
Mabel Camp
W. H. McDowell
Lodi Mall
Henry Toliferro
H. G
Melvin Brown
Elva Ward
Sicily Island High School
Sicily Island
C. B. Coney
Willy Woodward
Berdie Krause
Lily Mae Seal
Rosemary Crawford
Eunice Garrison
John Randall
Raphiel Teagle
Deleta Pennison
Annie Taylor
Mary Enright
Anita Oliphant
Dalton Williamson
Laura Harris
Jessie McKay
Iola Harvard
Audrey Gibson
Manifest High School
Manifest
Army officers transferred to new duties from Aug 10 orders
Army orders list transfers for Maj Thomas Henry Jarrell A C Reserve San Antonio Texas to duty Shreveport and Maj William Chesley Lewis also to duty at Shreveport. Capt Walter Eugene Dobbins Jr S C Reserve Camp Beauregard to duty Fort Benning Georgia and Capt Eugene Calvin Fleming A C Reserve Carthage Mississippi to duty MacDill Field Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas Henry Jarrell
A. C
San Antonio
Tex
Shreveport
William Chesley Lewis
Oklahoma City
Okla
Walter Eugene Dobbins Jr
S. C
Camp Beauregard
Fort Benning
Eugene Calvin Fleming
A. C. Res
Carthage
Miss
MacDill Field
Fla
Britain Sees End of German Invasion Threat Near September
London reports that although Nazi bombers attacked Britain again, military observers believe the blitzkrieg threat is fading toward late September. British officials call the raids terror attacks and credit defense with foiling any sea or air invasion while noting high morale and growing offensive readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Britain
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DeSiard & Phone
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Moultrie
Georgia- Florida
W. J. Riley Plumbing & Heating Company
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FHA Construction
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