Highway probe exposes state highway commission abuses
A Louisiana highway probe detailing misused funds and unlawful shell sales charges reveals commissions totaling over seven thousand dollars and private road work. Former officials including Earl Long and Joseph Fisher face scrutiny as the report urges civil suits and bond-refunding reviews.
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Highway Commission
New Orleans
Hayes
Joe Fisher
Shell
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Earl K. Long
Huey
Evangeline Parish
Department of Highways
Heyes
Commission
Jones
State Crime Commission
Joseph Fisher
E. R. Scheffler
Jules Fisher
Jefferson Parish
James Thomas
Clyde Bourgeois
James P. Vial
B. O. O'Quinn
Lone Pine
Long
Warren G. Baggio
Lafourche Parish
Peltier
Harris Melancon
O. J. Mire
Camille Morvant
The
Conservation Commission
W. L. Caldwell, Jr
Lawrence J. Peltier
Crime Commission
Louisiana Materials Co., Inc
Jahncke Service, Inc
Louisiana Highway Core
Louisiana Highway Commission
Ouachita Area Council Plans Meeting January 21
The Ouachita Valley Council of Boy Scouts of America will hold its annual meeting January 21 at the Virginia Hotel. A. N. Robinson, committee chair, announced a day plan including a business session, election of area officers, and the Scoutmaster’s appreciation dinner at 6 30 p m. The dinner will feature speakers and awards for volunteer leaders. committee members include Robinson G Hicks Mayor H H Benoit and A H Jones. Bees are kept in an apiary from apis meaning bee.
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Ouachita Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
Virginia
A. N. Robinson
Robinson
G. Hicks
H. H. Benoit
A. H. Jones
Allies Hit Axis in Adriatic and Greece Campaigns
Air and naval actions extend across the Adriatic as Allied and German forces clash. British planes reportedly sank ships and damaged shipping. Italian and German units claim European theater gains, with Greek and North Africa operations intensifying. Reports from Cairo, Lisbon, Budapest, and Bern detail prisoner counts, troop concentrations, and strategic shifts amid ongoing war.
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Yy Seat
Kane “Hine
Adriatic
Ontes
Germany
Thames
Cairo
London
Charles de Gaulle
Free French
North Africa
Syria
France
Mediterranean
Lisbon
Portugal
Petain
North
Africa
Toulon
Vichy
Jean Darlan
Adolf Hitler
Budapest
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Greece
Britain
Europe
Hitler
Italy
Marshal Petain
Maxime Weygand
de Gaulle
Switzerland
Timisoara
Belgrade
Austria
Trieste
Assault in War to Improve Tactics and Defenses
The War Department outlined methods to improve assault and defense in modern conflict. It describes testing barriers and obstacles for mechanized forces, a six-tank light platoon, and the use of bridge equipment. The school leverages all reports on World War methods and integrates new developments to enhance engineer training and battlefield effectiveness.
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War Department
Armored Corp
Grotto Here Plans Dance On Tuesday
The Teflis Grotto a social Masonic group will end its season with a New Year’s Eve dance Tuesday at the Cherokee Terrace Frances Hotel Monarch Henry Hartman announced Jack Shelton and his Collegians provide music for the third Grotto sponsorship Clarice and Goldah Roan will be featured in a floor show Grotto members and friends are invited to attend and welcome the New Year
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Teflis Grotto
Cherokee Terrace
Frances Hotel
Henry Hartman
Jack Shelton
Clarice
Goldah Roan
Grotto
Reign Without Terror Abbreviated Dining Standards
A wartime note on rationing and menu changes describes scarcer meats, fewer hot dishes, and reliance on leftovers. It details diminished vegetable variety, limited desserts, and a narrow beverage choice while noting milk, bread, and cheese options, plus the cost comparison for a typical business lunch.
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America
Life's Beginning Photographed in Molecular Pattern
A historic image shows inert crystal patterns rearranging in living tissue to form a structure akin to the tobacco mosaic virus. The photograph depicts a network of matchlike molecules about seventy five thousandths of an inch long, arranged in edges, a solid floor, and multiple inner layers, suggesting geometric patterns that hint at life's origin.
Fall of Machine ID Biggest Story Draws 10 Year Penalty
A sweeping wartime crime and political roundup dominates the page. Notable items include a 10 year penitentiary sentence for a principal figure in a large machine id fraud. multiple killings linked to a breakout. investigations into graft and state finances. and a busy 1940 Louisiana legislative session. The report spans New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Shreveport with references to Baron von Spiegel and Governor Sam Jones amid broader World War II context.
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Gentle
Vicksburg, Miss
Vicksbrg
Ain
France
Louisiana Eee
Ea Ge
New Orleans States
Edgar von Spiegel
New Orleans
United States
Germany
James E Crown
States
James Aldige
Congress
Sam Jones
Hull
von Spiegal
Monte E. Hart
Louisiana
Hart
Joseph P. Calloway
Houston
Tex
St. Valentine's Day
Lake Charlies
Annie Beatrice Henry
Finnen Burks
Sage
Standard Oil Company of
J. Emory Adams
Mark
James Monroe Smith
Atlanta
Smith
Louisiana University
State
Jones
Treasury
Earl K. Long
Sprigg
State Democratic Committee
James A. Gr
Donaldsonville
Latin America
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Pirst Fage
Ee Ee Rani
New Iberia
G. A. Maraist
E. A. McKhenny
Leche
McIlhenny
Avery Island
McIihenny
Clarence Savoie
Assumption Parish
Louisiana Materials Company, Inc
W. L. Stevens, Jr
Savoie
R. S. Leavy
Plaquemines Parish
G. P
D. P. Calais
Breaux Bridge
Richard W. Leche
A. J. Roth
L. J. Terrebonne
Roy R. Rupe
Clinton
Ed S. Toups
Lockport
Golden Meadow
Evangeline
Twin City Gravel Company
Monroe
Foster Convillion
the Rock and Lime Co., Inc
Baton Rouge
W. R. Aldrich
F. B. Zigler
P. J. Becker
Reddell
J. M. Semmes
Calcasieu Parish
Rayne
Ror Am Wy
Cariye
Buran Bhane
Chasey Dean
Viverstein
DeSiard St
Ouachita Area
Lat Motors Securities Co
Lakeview Club
Three Mile Inn
the Sepians
Kings OF Swing
Morey
Shreveport
Meridian
Memphis
Vicksburg-Jackson
Vicksburg
Jackson
Union Bus Terminal
Grammont St
R. C. Dickason
ASA
Henry
Burka
Burks
Supreme Court
Vicks
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