Post Inspection Slated At L. B. Faulk American Legion
The annual inspection of L. B. Faulk post of the American Legion will be held Monday night at 8 at the legion home under a post department officer. Attendance and ceremonial conduct will be graded. Two senate bills affecting ex soldiers will be discussed. White ex soldiers may apply for CCC camps. applications due by June 2, forms available at the meeting. All legionnaires and interested persons invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Faulk
American Legion
Legion
Post Department
Senate
CCC
Date Set for First Unit of Carbon Firm Plant
July 1 is fixed for completing the first unit of General Carbon and Chemical company's plant four miles from Monroe on the Sterlington Bastrop road near the A and L M railroad. After unit tests, four additional units will be built bringing the plant to five times its original size at a cost of 167000 dollars. The plant will produce activated carbon used in refining beet and cane sugar. Only three similar plants operate in the United States and one in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Carbon and Chemical Company
W. Wahlstrom
Monroe
Sterlington-Bastrop Road
A. and L. M
United States
Europe
Negroes To Celebrate Emancipation Tuesday
Preparations are under way in Monroe and West Monroe and neighboring areas for Emancipation Day observances. June 19 is marked in several states as the anniversary of freeing enslaved people. festivities include picnics at Black Bayou and Horse Shoe Lake, another on Richwood Road, church services at night, and a dance at LeVoy Auditorium on Tenth and DeSiard Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
West Monroe
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
Georgia
Black Bayou
Horseshoe Lake
Richwood Road
Levoy Auditorium
Tenth and
DeSiard Streets
Claiborne Youths Enter United States Service
Two Claiborne parish youths leave home this week to join the armed forces. Rudy P. Valentine of Athens passed the exam to enter the United States Marine Corps and has been sent to Parris Island South Carolina. James Palmer of Homer enters the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Claiborne Parish
United States Marine Corps
United States Naval Academy
Rudy P. Valentine
Athens
James Palmer
Valentine
Marines
Parris Island
S. C. Palmer
F. Palmer
Annapolis
Democrats Call Meeting for Fifth District Primary
Harvey G. Fields, chairman, issued a call for a Democratic executive committee meeting at Hotel Virginia on Tuesday July 3 at 2 PM to set the primary for nominating a fifth district congressman. Fields will not seek the nomination and will not support the present congressman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey G. Fields
Fifth Congressional District
Democratic Executive Committee
Hotel Virginia
Fields
Fine Peaches Grown By Harvey G Fields
Harvey G Fields of Farmerville chairs the Louisiana Public Service Commission and tends a two and a half acre orchard. He brings a basket of peaches to The World office showing about 200 peach trees, a dozen cherry trees, plums and pears on roughly 300 trees plus about 100 shrubs. He notes a small place can yield a fine orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey G. Fields
Farmerville
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Union Parish
World Office
Mr. Fields
Mulvihill Presents History of Mississippi First Infantry
J A McClain receives a wartime history booklet on the First Mississippi Regiment from M J Mulvihill Sr honorary colonel of the 155th U S infantry. Mulvihill, 79, of Vicksburg, authored the complete 1798 to present military history issued under War Department authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. McClain
Leonidas Barkdull Faulk
American Legion
Mississippi
M. J. Mulvihill
155Th United States Infantry
Mulvihill
Monroe Legion
Legion Memorial
Forsythe Park
United States
Vicksburg
Secretary of War
Mississippi Territory
Winthrop Sargent
Adams
Natchez
Sargent
France
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
Mississippi Infantry
Territory
155Th Infantry
Mississippi Regiment
Aaron Burr
Michael Joseph Mulvihill
LaSalle
Michael and
Mary (Cregan) Mulvihill
Commercial
Margaret A. Finnegan
Miss
Natchez Cotton Seed Oil Company
Chicago
General Mercantile
City Savings Bank and Trust Company
Vicksburg Electric Street Railway
the Valley Dry Goods Company
Eighth District
Republican National Committee
Catholic Knights of America
Knights of Columbus
Vicksburg Camp No. 32
United Confederate Veterans
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Fort’ St. Peter
Fort Snyder
Marriage Announcement for Lillian Hodges Henderson
Mr and Mrs C O Landrus of West Monroe announce the marriage of their daughter Miss Lillian Hodges to Robert K Henderson of West Monroe. The ceremony was performed at Bas trop on June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Landrus
West Monroe
Lillian Hodges
Robert K. Henderson
Bastrop
Orleans Citizen Hurts Near Here
John Bairnsfather of New Orleans sustained severe lacerations to his right arm and minor head and body injuries when the automobile carrying him overturned near Brown Paper mill. Herman Adams, also of New Orleans, had minor injuries. Both men work at Camp Willis near Sikes and were visiting Monroe builder L. A. Ellis and his wife. Adams said he was not accustomed to driving the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bairnsfather
New Orleans
Brown Paper
Bairns
L. A. Ellis
Monroe
Ellis
Herman Adams
Camp Willis
Sikes
Adams
Man and Bairnsfather suffer cuts in rollover crash
A driver and companion Bairnsfather were riding when a foot slipped from the brake while slowing for a sharp turn. The car, traveling 35 to 40 mph, rolled onto its side. a door flew open and broken glass caused cuts to Bairnsfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bairnsfather
Seven Year Old Girl Drowns in Bayou Bartholomew
Doressa Penney, seven year old African American girl, drowned while dipping water from the Bayou Bartholomew at Bastrop Louisiana. Her body was recovered about two hours later after she fell into the water from a small boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
Doressa Penney
Bayou Bartholomew
Ferriday High School reports strong summer attendance
Ferriday La June 16 The regular summer session at Ferriday high school completes its first week with large attendance announced by Principal F F Thompson. Assistant principal Mrs Glenn S Weddell and Professor John L Baxter are teaching the session which began Monday and will run nine weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferriday
Ferriday High School
F. F. Thompson
Glenn S. Weddell
John L. Baxter
Farmers Organize Cooperative Association in Madison Parish
In Madison Parish at the Farmers' club meeting in the Meth odist church community room the group voted to form an association for cooperative purchasing and marketing and planned its establishment soon. G W Patterson spoke on the sheep growers' association and C S Pierce discussed farming in the Philippines. President G H Thompson presided, with H F Cassell serving as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallulah
Madison Parish
Farmers’ Club
Methodist Church
G. W. Patterson
Sheep Growers’ Association
C. S. Pierce
Philippines
G. H. Thompson
H. F. Cassell
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Barkdull Faulk Legionnaires
Faulk-Collier Bonded Warehouses, Inc
Claiborne
United States Service
H. M. James
Hammer
Ing Machine
R. H. Lindsey
THE
National Cooking
Ward
Lindsey
Third Street
McClain
Andrew Jackson
P. G. Beauregard
America
Washington Street
Colonel Mulvihill
Orleans
Wee
Central and Circle
Les
Itp
Eles
Monroe Furniture CO
Vacal
North Second Street
Copeland
Goodyear
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