Retail Merchants Tour Highlights Local Welcome Scenes
Photographer captures the first good neighbor tour by the Retail Merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce. Monroe members tour Jonesville Winnsboro Jena Clarks Gilbert and Olla with Rotary hosts and Boy Scouts, greeting crowds, luncheon at Black High School, and a street parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News- Star—World
Retail Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Jonesville
Rotary Club
Good Will
Price Douglas
F. L. Richardson
L. J. Hulin
J. P. Norvis
Leon Hammond
F. Jack Selig
W. McCain
Hal Hodges
T. L. Wilson
L. A. Braswell
J. D. Kitchingham
Dave Silverstein
Herbert Fink
Mr. Walters
P. E. Massey
FE. N. Thompson
S. N. Chennault
Gilbert
Tullos
H. G. Williams
M. M. Iles
Clarks
George D. Holland
Columbia
Charles Gaushell
Jena
1941 Hurricane Season to Open in June
Jacksonville Florida June 14 The 1941 hurricane season opens Sunday midnight with no hurricane in sight yet and the weather bureau prepared to monitor the Atlantic and gulf coasts around the clock. Walter J Bennett reports storms of 75 mph or more are possible but advance precautions can limit damage. The system uses telegraph telephone radio and a teletype network from Miami to Corpus Christi to track storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Walter J. Bennett
Bureau
Florida Keys
New York
New England
South Carolina
Georgia
Miami
Corpus Christi
Tex
Weekly Louisiana papers rise after years of decline
The 1939 census data show 64 weeklies in Louisiana, up from 62 in 1929, with declines to 43 in 1933 and recovery to 56 in 1937 and 48 in 1935. Aggregate per issue circulation fell from 141 823 in 1929 to 119 070 in 1939, mirroring paper counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louisiana
Census Bureau
Radio Sunday Schedule With Hour Shifts and Programs
The listing outlines a full Sunday radio grid on June 15 with program times from noon to 10 or later. It notes time adjustments for DST, network corrections, and a variety of shows from The Sunday Serenade to Dancing Music Orchestra and The Parker Family with multiple networks CBS NBC and ABC style listings. The schedule includes drama musical variety news talk and religious programming across stations CBS NBC and others with designated hosts and program titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio City
Cbs
Fort Dixon
Nbe
Jimmy Lytell
Dbbs
New York Dance Orchestra
NBC String Symphony
Dhs Children Chapel
Chicago
Nbe-Blue
Meet
Cedric Foster
Josef Marais
Howard Barlow
Ore
Kaltenborn
Lee Gordon
Nbe-Red
Ent Ltd
Nbe-Blue Dance Music Orchestra
Mbs-Chain
Joe & Mabel
Steelmakers
Delta Rhythm Boys
Roy Shield
San Francisco
Ontaru
Rec Dancing Music
Sullivan
Bradley Ore
Cba
Cbs-West Cats
Red
NYA Symphony Orchestra
Bulldog Drummond Adventures
Kreglar Fellers
Pearson & Allen
Blue World News
Cbe
Midwest Dance Music Orchestra
Rbe
Wythe Williams
McCarthy
Abe
The
St Spangled Theater
Columbia Radio Workshop
American Forum
Gabriel Heatter
Mbs
Basic
Himer Davis
Walter Winchell
Nbc-Blue
Parker Family
Irene Rich
Bill Stern
Pe Ees
Blue
Hob Hawk
Dramatic
Mba
CBS Workshop
Cbs-East
Helen Hayes
Cbs-West
For
Lrance & News
Nbe-Chains
Cbhe Orchestra
Britain
Ce Music Orchestra
Dancing Music
Nelson Elected to Head Postmasters
R H Nelson of Shreveport was elected president of the Louisiana Association of Postmasters at a joint meeting with the bi state post office clerks and auxiliaries. Zollie J Meadows of Ruston Neil D Womble of Winnsboro P F Morein of Ville Platte and R M Almond of Tallulah were named officers and John J Ferguson became chairman of the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Law
R. H. Nelson
Louisiana Association of Postmasters
Zollie J. Meadows
Ruston
Neil D. Womble
Winnsboro
P. F. Morein
Ville Platte
R. M. Almond
Tallulah
John J. Ferguson
Union Parish Mattress Center Reopens With 2500 Mattress Quota
Workers at the Union parish mattress center resumed production after the arrival of cotton and ticking. The plant aims to make more than 2,500 mattresses, with 1,785 already completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Union Parish Mattress Center
Real estate transfers listed for Ouachita Parish parcels
Mrs. Mary P. Landrum to Ouachita parish police jury transfers 5.66 acres in lot 3 section 18 township 17 north range 3 east for 1200 dollars. Blanks and Breard Inc to George Glover transfers lot 23 block 4 Blanks addition for 100 dollars. Edward B. Johnston to R. Leslie Kiper transfers lots 28 24 Tippit and Cobb Second addition for 1.20 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary P. Landrum
Ouachita Parish
Blanks and Breard, Inc
George Glover
Blanks
Edward B. Johnston
R. Leslie Kiper
Tippit and
Cobb
Parish Club Women Organize Annual Event at Bernstein Park
Home Demonstration clubs in the parish prepare skits for the annual achievement day program led by Mrs E Doris Braden. Activities start at 10 30 a m and run into the late afternoon with a cotton dress contest in two size groups for club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernstein Park
E. Doris Braden
Joe Wallace Dies at Hospital in Monroe
Joe H. Wallace 39 sales man of Monroe died yesterday at 4 am in a local hospital after a several month illness. Funeral services are set for 1 pm at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Ernest Holloway officiating. Interment will be in Magnolia Arkansas. He is survived by his wife, his parents Mr and Mrs Jim Wallace of Haynesville, a brother Floyd Wallace of Jena, and six sisters. Pallbearers are H C Skinner Bob Hurst Glynn Medaries T J Wilkerson Pete Godwin and George Dawson. Honorary pallbearers include David.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe H. Wallace
Monroe
Davis-Lawhead
Pam
First Presbyterian Church
Ernest Holloway
Magnolia
Ark
Wallace
Jim Wallace
Haynesville
Floyd Wallace
Jena
M. B. Talley
Tallie Perry
Walkerville
Gladys Walker
Shreveport
Leonard Reeves
Bessie Walker
N. B. Powell
Marshall
H. C. Skinner
Bob Hurst
Glynn Medaries
T. J. Wilkerson
Pete Godwin
George Dawson
David
Notable Names Listed in Local Notice
The record names C. Silverstein S. W. Davis S. W. Roddy Wilson Ewing Joe T. Smith Dr. Marshall Mott E. R. Whitaker and Dr. R. H. Frost as individuals mentioned in the public notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Silverstein
S. W. Davis
S. W. Roddy
Wilson Ewing
Joe T. Smith
Marshall Mott
E. R. Whitaker
R. H. Frost
Drowned Boy Jumped Into River Bar Pit Near Hineston
Fred Allen Ravens, 14, drowned in a Calcasieu river bar pit near Hineston while swimming failed. Coroner Dr. S L Calhoun said the boy could not swim and another youth nearly drowned trying to rescue him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapides
Alexandria
Fred Allen Ravens
Calcasieu River
Hineston
Here
S. L. Calhoun
Ravens
May Spending Marks High for Ouachita Welfare
Ouachita parish public welfare records show May disbursements of 39463 dollars the largest monthly total in history due to surpluses from previous months. Chairman J M Breard notes funds will be tighter after July 1 with state allocations likely lower and some 3 cases awaiting certification. private agencies may provide aid and blue food stamps help many families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Breard
State Department of Public Welfare
Agencie
Bob Underwood Opens Office for Interior Decoration
Bob Underwood opens an interior decoration and design office at 2 South Grand Street. A Neville High School graduate, he studied at Louisiana Tech and Feath School of Fine and Applied Arts in Houston before working at a major Houston studio. He offers home and office design, color planning, and a large fabrics selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Underwood
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Tallulah Driver Hits Pedestrian In Night Accident
Sam Thomas aged 50 was seriously injured near Tallulah when struck by a car driven by Hunt of Fort Worth Texas. He was moved from Madison Sanitarium to a New Orleans hospital after stepping into the path of the car as Hunt was blinded by oncoming truck lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallulah
Sam Thomas
Hunt
Fort Worth
Tex
Madison Sanitarium
New Orleans
Thomas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nelson
Parish Club
Joe Wallace
Wamsley
RADIO
N. 2Nd St
W. R. Cunningham
Optometrist
Trenton St. West Monroe
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