ERA Plans Part Time Farming Sanitation Program
Miss Rebecca Cassell announces a new Louisiana ERA plan allowing about 23 000 farming people to stay in sanitation work part time after the CWA allotment. Workers will earn smaller weekly amounts but for a longer period, based on family needs and material costs to avoid hindering the berry season and yearly crop production.
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Rebecca Cassell
Emergency Relief Administration of
State of
Louisiana
CWA
Srate
Municipal Rose Garden Sponsored at Homer
The Community club in Homer Louisiana sponsors a municipal rose garden approved by the town council. The garden will be planted with everblooming roses on the light and water plant acreage, covering about one third of an acre. It will be landscaped and work will start soon and the roses will be used by churches and organizations needing flowers.
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Homer. la
Great Britain Tops Dairy Imports in 1932
Britain imported more dairy products in 1932 than any other country, reflecting a strong demand for milk, butter, and cheese amid economic pressures and trade shifts during the early 1930s.
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Great Britain
Prohibition Play Shines at Crosley School
The play Who Killed Earl Wright was staged at Crosley school under Twin Cities prohibition groups. Dr Leon Sloan of the Anti Saloon League spoke condemning liquor and urged youth abstinence while locals such as Mesdames Watkins Warren Cummins Horn Metcalf Pilcher and Reverends Dennis Driskell Tanner Huntsberry Pilcher Bentley participated as jurors and officials. Pledge cards were issued to ages 15 to 30 to form a young people prohibition group to study citizenship social service and legislation.
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Earl Wright
Crosley School
Prohibition
Twin Cities
Leon Sloan
Anti-Saloon League
Louisiana
Sloan
Monroe
West Monroe
Negro collapses after incident near Kersh hotel alley
Lyman Benjamin, identified as a negro, collapsed in an alley behind the Kersh hotel. Authorities reported the event but details remain scarce as an investigation unfolds.
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Lyman Benjamin
Kersh Hotel
Benjamin aprons illness and sudden collapse in town
Saturday afternoon he was taken to Monroe General hospital where he was said to be suffering from indigestion. He left later that day. People who knew Benjamin said he had been weak for some time and sometimes fell, and had trouble getting up. They believed the indigestion would not have caused the fall except for his other infirmities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe General Hospital
Benjamin
Burglary Reported By H L Smith At Home
H L Smith reported a burglary at 402 Bros avenue occurring between 7 and 8 p m on Wednesday night. Entry was gained by a skeleton key. Stolen items include Masonic emblems a stickpin and two gold rings monogrammed with H L S.
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H. L. Smith
Bros Avenue
Thanksgiving visits and social notes from Bernice area
Bernice residents and relatives visit family in Monroe Shreveport Farmersville Texarkana Bienville Arkadelphia and other towns during Thanksgiving. Local high school students host a party for about 50 guests at Bernice High School with Miss Lucille Robinson organizing. Clyde Colvin returns from LSU break as others visit kin and friends.
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H. C. Miller
Shreveport
Maud S. Moore
Arkadelphia
M. A. Talbot
Clyde C. Colvin
Bernice High School
Lucille Robinson
Clayton Heard
J. D. Green
Monroe
G. E. Lindsey
Emerson
Four Alarms Responded by Monroe Fire Department
Monroe fire department answered four alarms Saturday. Two grass fires occurred at 2701 Grayling Lane and Crescent Bend plus locations on North Fourth Street and at Standifer and Jackson Streets. One phone pole fire and grass fires required responses by units from companies 1 2 3 and 4.
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Monroe
Orange
Jackson Streets
Grayling Lane
North Fourth Street
Crescent Bend
Standifer
Atheanian Oath Repeated at NRA Celebration in Roungstown
At a mass meeting in Roungstown Ohio the Atheanian oath was repeated during an NRA celebration highlighting civic loyalty and patriotic spirit.
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Roungstown, O
PRESS CLUB HONORS LTU R H Wiggins LSU JOURNALISM SENIOR
Tallulah native R H Wiggins senior in journalism at Louisiana State University has been named to lead the press club. The recognition highlights Wiggins’s work and expected contributions to campus journalism and professional circles.
Wiggins Named Editor and Manager of The Reveille
The Reveille editor and manager at Louisiana State University is Wiggins, a student leader in campus journalism since 1930. He served on The Madison Journal staff in Tallulah during high school and has held the presidency of the university press club.
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Wiggins
Honor Society Applies For Higher Membership
The Honor Scholastic society at Ouachita junior college has applied for national Phi Theta Kappa status and expects word of acceptance soon. A reception for prospective members is planned before Christmas vacation. Students ending ten weeks with a 4.5+ GPA are eligible. Alberta McWilliams and Joseph Amman were recently admitted.
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Honor Scholastic Society
Ouachita Junior College
National
Phi Theta Kappa Organization
Alberta McWilliams
Joseph Amman
Hanna Reports Rapid Auto License Sales
Fred Hanna, manager of the motor vehicle bureau, reported that December 1 1934 saw 46 auto licenses sold on the first day. He predicted the coming year would exceed last year’s volume. 21 547 licenses were issued through December 1 1933. A new rule from January 1 1934 requires brakes on two and four wheel trailers over 150 pounds.
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Fred Hanna
Motor Vehicle Bureau
North Second Street
Hanna
Mother Helps Daughter Observe Golden Wedding
Mrs. N. J. Smith attended the golden wedding celebration of her daughter. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Palmer marked fifty years of marriage with a reception as neighbors praised the mother as the life of the party.
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Boston
N. J. Smith
R. L. Palmer
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Directo
FERA
Paceiweyahs
Municipal Rose Garden
Homer
Richard Arlen
Judith Allen
Paramount
Capitol Theater
Max Miller
Aluminum
Milner-Fuller, Inc
Monroe, la
Winnsboro Motor Co
Winnsboro, la
Wallace-Johnson
Bayville, la
Ford
Shipp Motor Company
Wisner
Traylor Motor Co
Columbia, la
Central Lumber Co
Clarks, la
Hanna Motor Company
Delhi
Dykes-Ramsey
Farmerville, la
Bernice
J. C. Wed
W. B. Miller
C. C. Colvin
Etta Gayne
Paul Lusk
Farmersville
W. F. Grafton
George D
D. L. McDonald
Jesse D
Lynwood Collins
J. L. Collins
Texarkana
Lou Frye
Bienville
Fire Department
R. H. Wiggins
Tallulah
Louisiana State University
Paterno Wines & Distilling Corporation
South
Paternos
Paterno
Italy
New Orleans
America
Honor Society
Sauterne
France
Moselle
Reisling
Charlis
Malaga
Sultanina
Burgundy
Alicante
Mataro
Zinfandel
All Wines F. O. B. Plant, New
Orleans
WWL
Eye
Jean Lafitte
Angelface
Dicacovich
Kye
Patorno Wines & Distilling Corporation
Dumaine Street
Raymond
Chartres Street
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