1200 Soldiers to Visit Monroe for Army Show
The 120th Field Artillery of the 32nd division will arrive at Camp Livingston for a two day Monroe visit. A reception includes a 50 piece band concert, city ceremonies and a barbecue under USO supervision. Displays include military equipment and radios with public viewing.
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Monroe
120Th Field Artillery
Camp Livingston
Neville High School
H. H. Benoit
United Service Organization
Reserve Officers Association
Ed Apperson
102Nd
American Legion Hall
West Monroe
Field Artillery
Jim Dan Hill
Livingston
H. J. Streicher
120Th
Noisy ad promises easy auto repairs and high finance
A garbled advertisement claims people can reduce car payments by half and obtain extra cash. It promises flexible terms with no signature and repayment over ten months, urging readers to visit a Walnut Store for repairs before rushing in.
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Walnut
Memorial Day programs honor veterans in Monroe
Memorial Day exercises are set in Monroe with both the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars taking part. Members of the L. B. Faulk post attend 11 a.m. services at First Baptist Church, Rev. L. T. Hastings preaching, followed by Rodney J. Hobbs post at Central Baptist Church with Patriotic message by Rev. I. D. Cantrell. The Hobbs post also holds 4 p.m. ceremonies at Riverview Burial Park. veterans' graves will be adorned with flags and flowers in Twin Cities, Swartz, and Eros cemeteries.
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Monroe
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
L. B
Riverview Burial Park
Twin Cities
Swartz
Eros
Legion
First Baptist Church
L. T. Hastings
L. B. Faulk Post
West Monroe
C. B. Braun
Charles Mitchell
North Sixth Street
Pine Bluff
Hynum
Old World
Veteran Ben Hynam Last Active AEF Soldier In London
Memorial Day services in West Monroe honor fallen veterans with Ben A Hynam the last active AEF member to leave Europe. He served as sergeant in charge of transportation in London until September 16, 1920 and arrived home October 18, 1920. He later headed the Missouri Pacific railroad area in 1926 and cherishes war memorabilia including a London Daily Sketch front page photo.
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L. B. Faulk Post No. 13
American Legion
Ben A. Hynam
London
London Daily Sketch
Quartermaster General
Palais l Elysee
Paris
Hyman
Robert R. Hawn
United States Army
England
Eaton Place
Hawn
Antwerp
States
Hynam
New York
Hymam
Alexandria
Ferriday
Marines Lower Age Limit Opens Service to 17
The United States Marine Corps lowers the age to 17 with parental consent for enlistment in the regular corps or reserve. Training includes six weeks at San Diego and options for stations across the U S and abroad. Recruitment details list 14 qualified local applicants and invite all white U S citizens aged 17 to 30 to learn more at the Monroe office.
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United States Marine Corps
Hildon B. Braswell
William C. Griffith
Postoffice
Regular
Marine Corps
Volunteer
Marine Corps Reserve
San Deigo
Calif
Applcanis
Monroe
New Orleans
Marine Corps Institute
Washington, D. C
Carl E. Barnes
Ted T. Barnes
South First Street
Owen G. Brantley
Marvin L. Brantley
Farmerville
John C. Lindow
Paul C. Lindow
Rayville
James H. Gilbert
Lucius E. Gilbert
Hodge
Roy C. Grimshaw
Girtha Grimshaw
Winnsboro
Jesse R. Jones
Richard I. Jones
Hamburg
Ark
Arnold E. Longrie
Nancy Windey
Abrama
Wis
Harry McNaughton
Lou Ella McNaughton
Robert L. Moore
Roger M. Moore
Polk Street
Dennis R. O’fallin
Jess O'Fallin
Forrest City
Joseph L. Pipes, Jr
Joseph L. Pipes
Local youth earns Air Corps diploma at Maxwell Field
Flying Cadet Phil T. Dunning Jr. of Monroe Mississippi completed the Air Corps Advanced Flying School at Maxwell Field Montgomery and received second lieutenant insignia silver wings and pilot rating. He logged over 70 hours in BC-1A and AT-6A aircraft, was part of the 148 student class, and will be assigned to Maxwell or a nearby unit for further duty or instruction.
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Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Ala
Phil T. Dunning, Jr
Air Corps
U. S. Army
Phil T. Dunning
North Eighth Street
Monroe
Air Corps Advanced Flying School
Dunning
Maxwell Field Flying School
Burton M. Hovey, Jr
Alabama
Air Corps Tactical
Decartes
Russia
Germany
Italy
America
Selectees Leave Bastrop for Camp Livingston Induction
Following a farewell supper at the American Legion clubhouse sponsored by the Patriotic Association of Bastrop, three selectees departed Bastrop for the Camp Livingston induction station. They were Edwin F. Madison Bramley Floyd Dr and Allen Louis Garrett.
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Bastrop
American Legion
The
Patriotic Association of
Camp Livingston
Army
Edwin F. Madison
Bramley Floyd
Alien Louis Garrett
Ruston Youth to Enter West Point from Louisiana Tech
John Davis Calhoun of Ruston, son of Dr. and Mrs. D. S. Calhoun, will join the U S military academy at West Point on July 1. He left Louisiana Tech in April to work in the Louisiana Highway Commission drafting office in Baton Rouge after a year long bid for the appointment, earned by a 21 scholastic average, and passed the Hot Springs physical exam on March 4. Congressman Newt V. Mills secured the placement. Calhoun is a Pi Kappa Alpha member.
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Ruston
John Davis Calhoun
D. S. Calhoun
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Calhoun
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Highway Commission
Baton Rouge
Army
Tech
Hot Springs
Ark
Newt V. Mills
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Moon gravity weaker than Earth's by one sixth
The moon exerts gravity about one sixth that of Earth, a fact noted in discussions of celestial mechanics and orbital motions. This comparison helps explain lunar surface conditions and tidal effects observed on Earth.
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Moon
Earth
Monroe Man Injured When Auto Overturns
A. Paul Prewitt, 34, of Monroe, sustained facial and hand lacerations when his car ran into a ditch and overturned near the West Monroe city limits on U S Highway 80. Passenger Gene Courtney, also of Monroe, was uninjured. The vehicle was heavily damaged and Prewitt was in St Francis Sanitarium recovering yesterday.
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West Monroe
A. Paul Prewitt
South Second Street
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Prewitt
Gene Courtney
Pre
Revival services to begin at Grayson Baptist Church
Grayson Louisiana May 31 special Rev James Horton of Shreveport will start a revival series at the Grayson Baptist Church Sunday night. Rev J S Johnson the church pastor will assist in conducting the revival.
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Grayson
James Horton
Shreveport
Grayson Baptist Church
J. S. Johnson
Horton
Ouachita Parish High School Holds 1941 Graduation
The Ouachita Parish High School class of 1941, numbering over 350 the largest yet, received diplomas at Neville High School auditorium. Dr. Gustaf Freden delivered the keynote on thinking and democracy while Rev. E F Hayward gave the invocation. Nan Drew and Grace King gave the salutatory and valedictory, with musical numbers by Gene Wilder and the mixed chorus and several scholarship and Legion awards presented afterward.
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Ouachita Parish
Neville High School
Gustaf Freden
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
E. F. Hayward
Grace Episcopal Church
America
Nan
National Defense
Grace King
Ouachita
Dr. Freden
Jesus
Gene Wilder
Lillian H. Williamson
E. C. Gibson
Nan Drew
American Legion
Louisiana Parent-Teacher course planned in Shreveport
Mrs. Fagan Cox announces a Louisiana Parent-Teacher short course in cooperation with Centenary College. The event in Shreveport on June 17 features national speaker Mrs. Harry Nelson of Mobile Alabama and a theme Protecting Childhood in a Time of Crisis. The convention growth and notable speakers are noted.
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Fagan Cox
Lowsiana
Parent-Teacher Association
Monroe
Louisiana
Centenary College
Shreveport
Harry Nelson
Mobile
Ala
Cox
Boston
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Hugh Mearns
New York University
Francis Spaulding
Graduate School of Education
Harvard University
Donald DuShane
Willer Kleitzer
P.T. A
Hawaii
New Scout Troop Organized at Alto
Ouachita Valley Boy Scout council forms its fourth troop of the year, No. 35 Alto, announced by council president A B Clarkson. Rev Harold G Wise sponsors the troop at Alto Presbyterian Church with Lodg Mulhern as committee chair. D M Frantom and G A O Neal as members. Members include Aubrey O Neal Breard Frantom Emory Marvin Moon Eddie Frantom Dan Sartor Jimmy Thomason Herman Wisenar Eugene Lyles and George Mae Baskin. The Hurd family in Cleveland Ohio consumes 30 pounds of turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. they have 16 children.
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Boy Scout Council
Alto
A. B. Clarkson
Harold G. Wise
Alto Presbyterian Church
Lodg. Mulhern
D. M. Frantom
G. A. O'Neal
Aubrey O'Neal
Breard Frantom
Emory
Marvin Moon
Eddie Frantom
Dan Sartor
Jimmy Thomason
Herman Wisenar
Eugene Lyles
George Mae Baskin
Moving and Building Permits Issued by City Inspector
A permit to move a dwelling and another to remodel the residence were issued to E R Kiper. The two story eight room frame house at 416 Louisville avenue will move to 1 North Fifth street with R M Rabb supervising. An additional permit to add a room was granted with an $80 cost and day labor.
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E R. Kiper
Sam H. Awl
Kiper
Bath
Louisville Avenue
North Fifth Street
R. M. Rabb
Detroit Woman Finds Relief for Husband Through Suffering
Mrs. Geo Dempster of Apt G-25 6900 W Lafayette Bird Detroit Michigan offers to share how she aided her husband and promises all letters answered.
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Detroit
Geo. Dempster
Lafayette Bird
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Stuttgart
Margie Robbins
Massie
Robbine
H. F. Madison, Jr
Prentiss Cox
Amd
Merrion Bush
Stella Courtney
CO. ML Flowers
Katherine Morris
Fred Thatcher
Hayward
NEW
Ouachita Valley
Hurd
Cleveland
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