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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1949

Page

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Speegle Named Revival Leader For Ouachita Parish Event

Rev. E. J. Speegle of the First Baptist Church Sterlington is named director of a simultaneous youth led revival for Ouachita Parish Baptists. The 28 church association launches the event April 24 to 30 with youth evangelists, music directors, musicians, and workers from Baylor Louisiana College Mississippi College New Orleans Seminary and Southwestern Seminary assisting local youths.

E. J. Speegle First Baptist Church Sterlington Baptist Church of

New Baton Rouge Lab to be Inspected by State Board

A diagnostic laboratory in Baton Rouge will be inspected by the state live stock sanitary board on April 21 in conjunction with a board meeting. The lab, authorized by the 1948 legislature, will study causes and cures for animal diseases. In the same city, Gov. Earl K. Long has appointed Ernest C. Poole to the Louisiana tax commission. Poole replaces John H. Fetzer whose term expired.

Baton Rouge State Livestock Sanitary Board W. R. Anderson Earl K. Long Ernest C. Poole Arcadia Louisiana Tax Commission Poole Bienville Parish John H. Fetzer

The Duck Hawk Declared fastest Bird in the United States

A report identifies the duck hawk as the fastest flying bird in the United States based on observed wingbeat speed and dive performance, highlighting its impressive aerial efficiency.

Unit States

Low cost housing project by Lawrence L. May Inc

Lawrence L. May Inc builds affordable houses at 1700 dollars with 30 dollars down and 25 dollars monthly payments funded by local capital. The firm also sells first mortgage notes paying 6 to 8 percent, claiming safety and a large investor selection. Based in Monroe with offices at 210 Heninger Building.

Lawrence L. May, Inc May Company Louisiana

Ouachita Parish Baptist Youth Revival Promises Grand Co op

Rev A T Mitchell moderator notes the Ouachita Parish Association has over 14000 members and forecasts a youth led simultaneous revival with college and seminary workers as the greatest cooperative revival effort for Baptist churches in the parish. Dinosaurs died over 60 million years ago per common estimates.

A. T. Mitchell Association

Actress Alice White Divorces Second Husband John Roberts

Los Angeles April 15 Actress Alice White 41 has divorced her second husband Film Writer John Roberts 36 in an uncontested decree after testifying that he threw things at her and stayed away from home. They married in Kingman Arizona in 1940. her first husband was writer Si Bartlett.

Hollywood C. W. Kenny L. J. Brown William C. Shaw, Jr Los Angeles Alice White John Roberts Miss White Roberts Kingman Ariz Si Bartlett MT. Clemens Mich Joseph D’augustino John Matthews D'Augustino Mary Graves

Quitman Store Burglarized In Louisiana

In Hodge Louisiana on a Wednesday night Sam Thomas’s Quitman store was burglarized with about 200 dollars in merchandise and money taken. The safe held books and records and was left intact. Cigarettes and pocket knives were taken in large quantities and scattered papers suggest thieves sought cash. This marks the second break in at the store.

Nolan Bid Lowest in Charity Hospital Shelter Project

Bids opened for a Charity Hospital shelter and concession stand showed C. D. Nolan of Start submitting the lowest bid at 16 000 dollars. Competitors were W. G. Haynes Monroe 16970 Garland Construction Co Rayville 18462 Jesse F Heard and Son Monroe 18900 Frank Masling and Son Monroe 21890. The contract was not awarded pending state board of liquidation review on May 2.

Charity Hospital C. D. Nolan Start W. G. Haynes Monroe Garland Construction Company Rayville Jesse F. Heard

Isaac Stern to present recital at Howard Auditorium

Isaac Stern, age 28, will give a two night recital at Howard Auditorium on April 21 and 22 at 8 p m under the Louisiana Tech Concert Association. The San Francisco resident has toured nationally with S Hurok and will solo with major orchestras including the New York Philharmonic.

Isaac Stern America Howard Auditorium Louisiana Tech Concert Association S. Hurok New York Philharmonic Symphony San Francisco Chicago Cleveland Stern San Francisco Symphony Pierre Monteux New York N. Y

Stern fulfills prediction with Carnegie Hall recital

Seven years after the forecast, Stern returns to Manhattan for a Carnegie Hall recital without stunts to gain fame. The Herald Tribune hails him as one of the world's master fiddle players, signaling a peak in his artistic standing.

Herald Tribune Stern Manhattan The

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