Monroe United Gas Office Wins National Safety Award
The Monroe office of United Gas Pipe Line Co led by C. L. Hightower earned a national safety award for the greatest year long record of safe hours. Employees logged 877 482 man hours from Aug 26 1938 to May 25 1940 without a lost time accident and drove four and a half million miles safely. 94 drivers worked for the Monroe office, with 22 surpassing 2 000 miles annually without an accident and several reaching multi year safe records. The unit conducts monthly first aid courses and equips every vehicle with a first aid kit. members have aided accident victims at scenes before doctors arrived.
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United Gas Company
United Gas Pipe Line Companies
C. L. Hightower
Safety Department
Monroe
Saenger Theaters to retire $2.45 million in bonds
Saenger Theaters corporation of New Orleans filed with the securities commission a registration statement for 2,450,000 dollars of first mortgage and collateral trust bonds due 1952. The company will use proceeds to retire debt of itself and subsidiaries. Underwriters are Nusloch Beaudeau and Smith of New Orleans.
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Washington
Saenger Theaters Corporation
New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Arkansas
The
Securities Commission
Nusloch, Beaudeau and Smith
Diversity of Colorings in Goldfish
Goldfish frequently change colors with the scarlet morph turning silver, the silver variant becoming black, and the black shifting to gold showing remarkable pigment variation.
Monroe Adopts New Traffic Code Provisions
City commissioners consider a Monroe traffic code prepared by a chamber committee. Provisions ban driving with physical disability impairing safe operation and set speed limits of 25 mph citywide and 15 mph near school grounds. Also cover leaving the curb, no left turns at signs, and emergency vehicle right-of-way rules.
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Herewich
Chamber of Commerce
Commission Council
Monroe
City of
Woodmen of the World Plan Graves Decoration Rites
The local Woodmen of the World camp schedules grave decorations for deceased members Sunday afternoon with groups visiting Twin Cities cemeteries. The chapter also joins in Woodcraft's 30th anniversary nationwide celebration on June 6 with activities planned in Monroe and NBC network coverage from Omaha.
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The
Woodmen of the World
Uriah Pickens
Twin Cities
Woodmen
Woodcraft
South
Omaha City Auditorium
NBC Blue
Pickena
Monroe
Good Will Club Meets With Mrs Stevens Here
The Good Will Home Demonstration club met with Mrs. Jim Stevens this week. Attendees included Lois Reed Jeffcoat Culpepper Polk Chapman Higden Ogden Tarver Butler Hedrick Nobles Martin Dixie Tarver Reed Steven and others. Refreshments followed and the next meeting is set for June 25 at Mrs. Lee Gardner's home.
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Good Will Home Demonstration Club
Jim Steven
Lois Reed
Agnes Jeffcoat
M. M. Culpepper
Polk
Chapman
O. B. Higden
Tessie Ogden
E. L. Tarver
Louis J. Butler
Anna Hedrick
Nobles
Martin
Dixie Tarver
June Reed
Maxine Steven
Steven
Lee Gardner
Enlistments Sought in Infantry Artillery
Sergeant Harold B McNemar the local army recruiting agent in the new post office building announced an unlimited quota for Third Battalion Eighth Infantry and 83rd Field Artillery Ft Benning effective immediately. Applicants on his waiting list are invited to communicate with Sergeant McNemar by letter or telephone at once.
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Harold B. McNemar
Eighth Infantry
83Rd Field Artillery
Ft. Benning
McNemar
Rayville High School Holds Commencement Exercises
Rayville high school completed its commencement with a large crowd in the auditorium. The class presented no orator, and the program included invocations, salutatory by Harry Adcock, seven objectives of secondary education, valedictory by Innes Glynn Ellis, diplomas by Robert S. Hargis, and American Legion awards, with Brice O. Watt giving benediction.
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Rayville
Rayville High School
Rosa Willis
Harry Adcock
Faye Keebler
Nidelco Velchoff
Margaret Johnson
Ruby Spruell
Evelyn Pritchard
Melton Grantham
Maya Lee Parker
Chopin Valse
Mary Katherine Sayre
Innes Glynn Ellis
Robert S. Hargis
American Legion
Benediction
Brice O. Watt
J. Y. Abraugh
Madison Parish closes as Tallulah honors graduates
Madison parish schools end for the year with brief exercises in Tallulah. Certificates were presented to dozens of students completing elementary work and advancing to high school, naming a long list of graduates and honor recipients.
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Tallulah
Madison Parish
H. G. Smith
George Wilkins
Charles Edward Wilson
Gene van Zelfden
G. T. Whitehead
Hugh LeBlanc
Billy Post
Willard Petrus
Carol Ritchie
Jack Sewel
Jimmy Fortner
Paul Gaines
Illinois Central Pays 3 725 987 In Salaries In 1939
Illinois Central System in Louisiana reported 1939 total expenditures of 5 272 682 with payrolls for 2409 employees at 3 725 987 and purchases 555 620. John F Hardin Monroe general agent announced. Taxes 916 778. water 27 605. utility power 29 297. phone services 17 395.
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Illinois Central
Louisiana
John F. Hardin
Monroe
Hardin
Short Skirts Amaze Hermit of Olympics in Seattle
Seattle reporters describe the visit of the so called hermit of the Olympics, W. H. Schmidt, who arrived for a second time to view the city. He notes the cold weather and recalls his prior stay as a curiosity about his appearance and age. The piece adds a quirky aside on fish propulsion by jet-like water ejection from gill openings.
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Seattle
W. H. Schmidt
Laplace Fire Cuts Power as Substation Burns
A fire at the Louisiana Power and Light substation in Laplace Louisiana Friday caused an estimated 40 000 damage. Three transformers were rendered useless by flames leaping from about 8 000 gallons of insulating oil. More than 300 families lost power as crews battled the blaze.
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Laplace
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Piames
Service partially restored after long power outage
Area residents suffered a daytime blackout with power loss from noon. The disruption affected multiple services and left critical facilities momentarily without full power while restoration crews worked to reestablish electricity.
Birth Announced for Shirley Mawine Wheelis
Special Me and Mrs O F Wheelis announce the birth of a daughter Shirley Mawine weighing twelve pounds born June 1. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Fro ant and the paternal grandfather J C Wheelis of Brow.
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Eros, Ta
O. F. Wheelis
Shirley Mawine
Ie J. C. Wheelie
European linguistic diversity swells with 600 languages stated
A report notes that around six hundred distinct languages are spoken across the European continent, highlighting rich linguistic variety and regional dialects.
Bank Head Ferguson Conviction Reversed by Appeals Court
The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans reversed the Dallas bank president H. W. Ferguson's embezzlement conviction. Ferguson had been convicted on September 2, 1939, of embezzling $6,710 from the Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank in land mortgage transactions and sentenced September 30, 1939, to two years in Leavenworth and a $10,000 fine.
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New Orleans
United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
H. W. Ferguson
Dallas Bank
Ferguson
Dallas
Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank
T. Whitfield Davidson
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Alfaro Withdraws From Panama Presidential Race
Panama June 1 Dr Ricardo Alfaro candidate of the Popular Front withdraws urging supporters to stay away from the polls in the general election tomorrow leaving the field to government candidate Arnulfo Arias. Alfaro says the opposition has been placed in physical impossibility of exercising the right and duty of suffrage.
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Panama
Ricardo Alfaro
Popular Front
Arnulfo Arias
Alfaro
Cadeville Home Demonstration Club Meeting Summary
The Cadeville club met May 23 at Mrs. Lizzie Golson's home. Jewell-Quiller demonstrated prize winning canned fruits and vegetables and canning methods. Four new members joined: Mrs. J. H. Henry, Mrs. S. O. Henry, Mrs. Ed Leckie, and Miss Katherine Hamilton. A social hour followed with refreshments. next meeting set for Mrs. Antoinette Sturdivant's home.
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Cadeville
Cadeville Home
Lizzie Golson
Jewell-Quiller
J. H. Henry
S. O. Henry
Ed Leckie
Katherine Hamilton
C. R. Wilder
Lee Wilder
S. OO. Henry
Ralph Haynes
Ola Golson
Mary Hamilton
Olive Golson
Antoinette Sturdivant
Samuel Henry
Webb Roberts
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