Loans Reported by State Banks in First Half of 1940
Louisiana banks participated in a national ABA survey reporting 53,449 new loans totaling 104,857,398 and 40,467 renewals from January 1 to June 3 1940. Open lines of credit available to regular borrowers totaled 42,167,250 with 12,472,321 used. The average new loan per bank was 1,372 at 1,964. Mortgage loans averaged 29 per bank at 2,245. Nationally 6203 banks reported 153,642,673 loans totaling 20,953,584,028 in the first half of 1940.
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New York
Dec
Louis
American Bankers Association
Louisiana
EEE Energekas Nace
New method removes foul odor from chlorinated water
Professor Max Levine described a simple inexpensive method that uses higher chlorine levels to improve taste and odor in drinking water. He cited a Midwestern city that boosted chlorine to reduce sewage odor, restoring palatability and safety in the supply.
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Louie
de B—P
Max Levine
Jows State College
Society of American Bacteriologist
Levine
Lavine
New Justice Named by Governor Johnson
Governor Paul B. Johnson tapped William Greene Roberts a 60 year old professor of law at the University of Mississippi for the state supreme court seat left vacant by the death of Justice James G. McGowen. Roberts was to be sworn in at Monday's court meeting and will serve until January 1 1943 with a successor elected in 1942 to serve until 1949.
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Jackson
Miss
Paul B. Johnson
William Greene Roberts
University of Mississippi
Supreme Court
James G. McGowen
McGowen
Roberta
North Mississippi
Overbys Mark 65th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Thomas R Overby celebrated 65 years of marriage with an open house held by their daughter Mrs Bess Burford in Hominy Oklahoma. The couple aged 85 and 83 shared memories among 13 children, 19 grandchildren, and 23 great grandchildren.
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Thomas R. Overby
Thomas BR. Overby
Thomas C. Burford
Mrs. Overby
Overby
Mr. Overby
Milax
Norma Shearer Recovers From Flu Illness At Sun Valley
Sun Valley Idaho December report says actress Norma Shearer recovering from influenza after arrival to spend Christmas with children Irving and Katherine. Public statements by John R. Moritz describe her convalescence as normal while Mrs Irving Thalberg rests at the Idaho resort.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Norma Shearer
John R. Moritz
Mixes Shearer
Irving Thalberg
Mondey
Irving
Katherine
Finder of Billfold Likely a Comedian
Tulsa physician loses billfold with papers and $223 in cash. Messenger returns it with the cash missing and an unsigned note saying I took the $23 and gave it to the Greeks Ha ha.
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Tulsa
Okla
Putty Used In Window Squabble On New Year Eve
In Ogdensburg New York a family quarrel arose over peanut butter used to seal windows. In Waterbury Connecticut the American Brass Company will close on New Year’s Day, citing excess celebration the night before as why it is not profitable to operate.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Waterbury
Conn
American Brass Company
Clark Judd
Bids Set January 29 for Long Morganza Bridge Contract
Baton Rouge reports the state highway department set January 29 as the date to receive bids for a 3.556 mile concrete bridge over the Morganza floodway west of the Atchafalaya River near Port Salot Springs. The project funded by the federal flood control program will include 458 deck girder spans and reinforced concrete bents. The department awarded earthen approach contracts to Forcum James Co. of Dyersburg Tennessee for 1,398 miles at 358,576 dollars and will also solicit bids January 29 for grading and surfacing 5.026 miles of highway from Torras to Smithland in Pointe Coupee parish.
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Baton Rouge
Department of Highways
Morganza
Atchafalaya River
Rotz Springs
Lower
Mississippi
Erec
Forcum-James Company
Dyersburg
Tenn
Torras
Smithland
Pointe Coupee Parish
Former Monroe Officer Visits Friends on Trip to Atlanta
Jimmy Webb, a former Monroe motorcycle officer from 1925 to 1931, paid a Saturday visit to the local police department while en route to Atlanta, where he works as an electrical service engineer. He had been visiting his wife in Fort Worth, recuperating from an operation.
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Jimmy Webb
Monroe
Atlanta
Fort Worth
Tex
Webb
Monroe Police Department
Hollywood Notes on 1940s Best Film Trends and Makers
Hollywood’s year end review ranks drama as the top genre with comedies close behind and biographicals and adventures also noted. It highlights standout titles like Rebecca and The Grapes of Wrath, praises directors Ford Wood Hitchcock and writer Preston Sturges, and discusses source material trends in 1940 films.
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Hubbard Keavy
Hollywood
Our Town
God
Heaven
Kitty Foyte
Primrose Path
Philadelphia Story
Disney
Movieland
Abe Lincoln
Ilinois
Dr. Ehrlich
Tom Edison
Edison
Deanna Durbin
Irene
Kansas City declares camp fund for guards men
Civic groups in Kansas City organize a luxury fund for national guardsmen at Camp Robinson Arkansas. Nine donors present 775 dollars to Sith engineers for motion picture rentals and gym equipment purchases.
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Kansas City
Nine Chubs
Sith
Camp Robinson
Ark
Accidental Wreck Injures Tow Crew in Watertown
In Watertown Wisconsin two cars collided with no injuries reported except mechanic Roland Reynolds who was summoned to tow the vehicles. While releasing a wheel under one car the wreck shifted and a wheel struck him causing injury.
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Watertown
Wis
Roland Reynolds
Reynolds
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Seattle
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Falls City, Neb
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