Dairy focus at Macon Ridge meeting spurs regional progress
A community gathering at Epps drew over 400 attendees from Macon Ridge towns. A St. Louis dairy expert urged scientific dairying to boost northeast Louisiana, emphasizing tick elimination, beef cattle, hog production, and cooperative efforts by Delhi Chamber of Commerce and West Carroll clubs to foster progress.
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Epps
St. Louis
Louisiana
Macon
Ridee
Delhi Chamber of Commerce
West Carroll
Works Program Faces Delays in Spending and Job Reach
The White House shifts policy as $4 billion public works fund underperforms per worker costs and pace. With 3.5 million idle workers and over $1 billion already approved, officials delay new plans to seek local quick jobs and prioritize housing and low labor-cost projects, challenging Roosevelt's unemployment solution.
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Hopkins
Congress
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No Self Made Men Claims in a World of Mutual Influence
Essay argues no one is self made, success rests on others and surrounding forces. It praises recognizing others contributions and giving credit, citing human relations and nature as shaping factors. Ends with a nod to Leonardo da Vinci and the Mona Lisa’s famed right hand.
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Mona Lisa
Leonardo A Vinci
Patent granted to P W Ham with witnesses in 1918
Patent granted to P. W. Ham in 1918 was witnessed by C. Pickles and J. Herring.
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P. W. Ham
C. Pickles
J. Herring
Uncommon Sense on Science and Human Progress
John Blake surveys the rise of aviation bridges medicine and industry, praising scientists for turning imagination into reality. He laments low pay yet high dedication while predicting ongoing miracles in health and longevity driven by peaceful times and continued research.
The Glee Club By George Elliston
A poem of a working woman with pretty dreams seeing beauty in morning skies and trees while performing daily chores. She values visioning and beauty, contrasting her hard labor with inner wonder and imagination. A brief aside presents a jokey scene of a nervous investor and a boastful business manager.
Revival in Squashville Sparks Christmas Tailor Billing
A humorous exchange unfolds as a grocer and a customer joke about fresh eggs and a town revival. The woman asks about payment while the grocer notes a lively scene in Squashville and references a tailor’s bill before Christmas.
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Heaven, Grocer
Squashville
Ma’am
Loaned to Brown Sparks Divorce Gown Jab
Jones recalls lending Brown two hundred to aid his divorce. The next day Brown’s wife wore a better gown, prompting Jones to quip no more loans. The remark reflects social rivalries and informal credit in the community.
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Brown
Parson and Parishioner Swap Heaven Driving Question
A clerk and parishioner debate lightheartedly about daily life in heaven. The parishioner asks if one can drive a car in heaven while the clerk asserts the idea of perpetual Sunday is coming.
Gowns Compare Prompt Church Attendance Dare
Mrs Jones asks for company at church to see if her gowns look inferior to other worshippers. The exchange implies a social comparison linked to attendance appeal.
Timekeeping and odd scientific claims from a vintage column
A quirky collection notes wristwatch drift of one hour thirty minutes and ten seconds daily. It cites revived by higher voltage shocks, a 15 percent rise in earthquakes near the moon, Nazi draft policy caveats, and the elder duck’s speed of 40 to 50 miles per hour.
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The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Memorial Will Be Given Home For Mrs Walker
Memorial honoring Mrs W A Walker Sr will be presented to the Mary Goss home by the Council of Social Service Agencies at its monthly meeting. The program covered the Young Women’s Christian Association activities and a fund drive to build a Y home. The next meeting July 17 will be at First Methodist Church with John Madden in charge.
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W. A. Walker
Mary Goss
Council of Social Service Agencies
D. C. Metcalf
W. B. Clarke
First Methodist Church
John Madden
Enumerators Busy With Census In Ouachita Parish
This week workers in Ouachita Parish continue the 1935 quadren nial educational census. By Monday, 14 724 school age persons are recorded, up from 14 513 in 1931. Parents urged to notify T O Brown’s office if any children under 18 were missed.
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Ouachita Parish
T. O. Brown
Officers Installed by Eastern Star Club in Mangham
The Past Matrons' and Past Patrons' club of Louisiana's fifth district elected and installed officers for the year in Mangham. Blanche Wilson presides, J Wesley Ogden is vice president, with E D Walter treasurer and Katie D Kemp as assistant Catahoula leader, among others. M I Saltzman served as installing officer.
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Mangham
Fifth District
Order of the Eastern Star
Blanche Wilson
J. Wesley Ogden
Maude E. Wooten
E. D. Walter
Lena McLelland
Catahoula Parish
J. B. Evans
Franklin Parish
Willie Lee Stod
Varied Soil Erosion Tasks By CCC Camp in Minden
In five months, 228 CCC boys from Hoboken and other eastern points planted nearly a million trees on eroded hillsides under the Soil Conservation Service in Minden Louisiana. They built 1183 sack dams, fought forest fires, and started erosion control using grass plantings and terrace work.
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Minden
Civilian Conservation Corps
Hoboken
N. J
Soil Conservation Service
H. H. Bennett
Robert Fechner
ECW
Fidelity hive of the Maccabees to mark first anniversary
The Fidelity hive of the Maccabees will observe its first anniversary Friday June 28 at 8 p.m. in lodge rooms at 109 South Grand Street with officers installed and refreshments served. Also noted, E Jack Selig Jr left for Chicago for vacation. Mrs Austin Miller is a patient at St Francis sanitarium following an operation. Mrs E F Morgan is critically ill at her sister’s home 19 Pine Street. First Methodist Vacation Bible school continues one more week ending Friday with a program for parents and a Saturday picnic at Mayor Bernstein’s Bayou DeSiard country place.
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South Grand Street
Austin Miller
St. Francis Sanitarium
E. F. Morgan
James R. Tidwell
Pine Street
The
First Methodist Church
Mayor Bernstein
Bayou DeSiard
Paris
Lord Harrison
Senor Harrison
Place de la Longacre
Workmen of the Normandie Receive Compensation
Report says builders of the Normandie were awarded a total compensation of 40 million dollars. The settlement covers claims related to the disaster and completion of the project.
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Normandie
Final camping period starts with Scouts from Lake Providence Monroe
About 40 Boy Scouts from Troop 25 Lake Providence and Troop 28 Monroe began the final encampment period at Ki Ro Li. A Saturday court of honor awarded merit badges including forestry pathfinding and lifesaving to many scouts. Advanced to second class were John F Anders and others. first class ranks went to Audry Willigans and four others.
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Pat McHenry
Willie Bayes
James Bradley
Edward Evans
Billy Everett
James Gaspard
Joseph Gaspard
Marvin Gleason
Herbert Martwick
Mac McInnis
Jimmy Moore
L. C. Nall
Harley Nethken
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Mortimer Raphael
Charles Roberts
Frederick Seals
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Richard Rupert
Kenneth Rabb
James Salley
Arthur Hailey
Milton Young
Russell Salsbury
Homer Lewis
John D. Bailey
O. C. Rawls
Audry Willigans
William Pierce
Edward Hall
Charles C. Carey
L. S. Mitchell
Don Stroud and Siby Miller wed at Methodist parsonage
Fifteen years ago on June 24, 1920, Don Stroud and Miss Siby Miller were married at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. E. K. Means. The ceremony surprised the couple as it was planned for the following evening. Attendant was Miss Zula Kirby and best man was James Brown.
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Don Stroud
Siby Miller
Methodist Parsonage
E. K. Means
Miss Miller
Zula Kirby
James Brown
Radio Schedule Summary for Monday June 24
Daily network program grid lists NBC WEAF CBS WABC East Central West and Pacific regions with hourly lineups. Highlights include Alice in Wonderland parody 3:34 30, orchestras, news periods, soap operas, and varied music shows across multiple stations and time zones.
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Leonard Keller
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Freddy Martin
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Jim Brierly
Dixie Organ
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Mannie LaPorte
Orches
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Fray and Braggiotti
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Pick
Pat
Harmonettes
Ted Fiorito Orch
Basic
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N. Ing
Abe Lyman
Bill Hogan
LeRoy Smith
Pick and
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Ted Fiorito
Luigi Romanelli
Harrison aboard Normandie in shipboard press interview
Aboard the Normandie arriving at quarantine in New York the narrator recalls dozing while reporters feverishly volley questions. He adopts comic bravado about Paris and Broadway and mocks shipboard interviews as journalists chase quotes on cinema travel and gold standards.
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Narrows
Switzerland
Harrison
Bank For International Settlements
Loy Powell pair to co star again after Masquerade
Myrna Loy asked to be removed from Masquerade but will reunite with William Powell for new pictures. The studio says they will co star in two upcoming films After the Thin Man and Black Chamber. Gloria Swanson hosts a sauerbraten cook competition between her cook and Edgar Allam Woolf.
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William Powell
Gloria Swanson
Edgar Allam Woolf
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