Chamber of Commerce push for alumina plant study in Monroe
Secretary George D. Holland of the Chamber of Commerce returns from talks with Carey salt mines Solvay limestone mine in Winnfield and LSU geologists on a proposed alumina factory for defense needs. A detailed technical survey by Holland is due next week for submission to the Office of Production Management and army ordnance officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Holland
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Holland
Office of Production Management
Army Ordnance
Chamber
Carey Salt Mines
Solvay
Winnfield
Hugh
State Mineral Department
Louisiana
Births to Courson and Yeldell Families
Mr and Mrs W E Courson of 1009 North Fifth announce the birth of a son on Thursday at St Francis sanitarium Mrs and Mrs Barry Yeldell of 411 Hart announce the birth of a daughter on Thursday at Vaughan Wright Bendel clinic
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Courson
North Fifth Street
St. Francis Sanitarium
Barry Yeldell
Hart Street
Vaughan-Wright- Bendel Clinic
Plats and Maps For Maneuver Use Underway
Major Niels I. Poulsen said clean up on the maneuver land project is in progress and due to finish next week. Plats and maps are being prepared for each tract in Ouachita parish with NYA staff and two WPA supervisors assisting. Signs reading Troops Keep Out will be posted on unsigned lands after August 10, and soldiers will avoid those tracts where landowners refuse to sign. Only 120 acres in Ouachita parish remain unavailable to the war department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niels I. Poulsen
Poulsen
NYA
WPA
Ouachita Parish
War Department
Oak Grove Youth Applies for Coast Guard Duty
B B Rawls announced Friday morning another Coast Guard service application from Oak Grove. Roth W Long 23 of Oak Grove has submitted an application for assignments to the Coast Guard branch of United States service. Rawls will leave Saturday for recruiting headquarters in Shreveport and will stop at CCC camps along the highway, returning at intervals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
B. B. Rawls
Roth W. Long
Oak Grove
Coast Guard Branch
United States Service
Rawls
Shreveport
CCC
First Cotton Bolls Opened In Area By Local Farmer
W E Dingler a farmer near Choudrant brought to the News Star World office fully opened cotton bolls claiming the first in the area He farms 23 acres planted April 1 and notes some boll weevil damage while stating no poison was applied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Dingler
Choudrant
News- Star—World Office
Deaths in Rayville and area recount two obituaries
Mrs Rebecca Hill 67 of near Crew Lake dies at noon Thursday. She is survived by two daughters Alma A Hill and Mrs B B Eppinette a son James Albert Hill five grandchildren two brothers James and George Nelson and a sister Mrs J W Phillips all of Newton Miss Funeral services were held at 3 p m Friday at the Start Baptist Church with Rev H D Hammons officiating. Interment in Hall cemetery under Mulhearn Funeral Home. The funeral of Miss Josephine Marie Canale 17 of 305 Dixie Street died after a lingering illness on Wednesday was held Friday at St Matthew Catholic Church at 9 a m. Interment in Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers were Joe Accardo Jr Harold Cornett Jimmie Cornett Bob Semmes Louis Ladart and Duke Lenard. Miss Canale a Neville High School class of 1941 member leaves parents two brothers and one sister Sam and Anthony Canale and Rose Ann Canale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayville
Rebecca Hill
Near Crew Lake
Alma A. Hill
B. B. Eppinette
James Albert Hill
Near
Crew Lake
James
George Nelson
Newton
J. W. Phillips
Baptist Church of
Start
H. D. Hammons
Alto
Hall
Monroe-Alto Road
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Josephine Marie Canale
Joe Canale
Dixie Street
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Francis P. Donohoe
Joe Accardo, Jr
Harold Cornett
Jimmie Cornett
Bob
Taxation proposed on labor union assets in wartime bill
Representative Vinson urged taxing assets of labor unions exempt under current laws as the House debated a $3.5 billion tax bill. He cited 150 large AFL and CIO unions with assets totaling $42,571,199 as of April 1, 1941 and said unions should share the tax burden during the emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vinson
Georgia
House
Ways and Means
A. F. of L
Motorist Fires Shot Into Group In Lackawanna
An unidentified motorist fired a shotgun from a moving car at a group near a Lackawanna coffee shop after a dispute over cigarettes. One man, 55, Thomas McNearney, was killed and two others were wounded, including Joseph Idzior, 19, who was seriously hit. The assailant fled after the initial clash and returned to shoot through a window frame at Idzior’s group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna
N. Y
Walter A. Woyshner
Joseph Idzior
Idzior
Thomas McNearney
Wee
Idzier
Gasoline Jar Fatal to New Mexico Child
Nellie Joe Deering, age three, in Albuquerque, drank gasoline from a jar and died. The incident occurred around August 1 with authorities reporting the lethal ingestion as the cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Nellie Joe Deering
Army Convoys Move Through Twin Cities For Major War Games
Long columns of dust colored trucks from 37 army units pass through Monroe on highway 80 en route to the Dry Prong Louisiana maneuver area. The 217 vehicles and 700 men of the 94th anti tank battalion led the two serial convoys with police escorts urging motorists to yield to the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
Third Army
Louisiana-Texas
United States Army
Fourth Motorized
Fort Benning
Dry Prong
94Th
Monroe
Army
Ouachita Farmers to Visit Station
About 20 Ouachita parish farmers are slated to attend the Northeast Louisiana field day at the St. Joseph experiment station Wednesday. Farm families from Morehouse Richland and Franklin parishes will join the all day event with demonstrations by horticulturists on experimental work for alluvial planters Luncheon will be available for a small charge on the station grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Northeast Louisiana
St. Joseph Experiment Station
D. L. Bornman, Jr
Parish
Morehouse
Richland
Franklin Parishes
Bornman
Leahy and Petain Meet in General Talk at Vichy
United States Ambassador William Leahy and Chief of State Philippe Petain held a noon meeting described by the American embassy as a general talk. It marked Leahy’s first meeting with the marshal since France allied with Japan on Indo-China defense pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
Unoccupied
France
United States
William Leahy
Philippe Petain
Leahy
Japan
Watermelon rind preserves recipe for home canning
Mrs Jewel L McQuiller ag ent suggests a rind preserve using watermelon rind two pounds sugar two pounds water two lemons one ounce ginger and calcium oxide lime. Rind is prepared soaked boiled then simmered in ginger water and sugar syrup until clear, packed in jars and processed thirty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel L. McQuiller
Parish
Refuses Aid Until Parrot Is Saved in Kansas City
Mrs. Mary E. Bauswell 64 refused aid during a home fire until her 14 year old parrot was rescued. While cleaning a refrigerator unit gasoline ignited burning her clothes she urged Robert Terrell to save the bird first. She suffered second degree burns to feet and legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Mary E. Bauswell
Ouachita Parish School Board Seeks Six More Buses
The Ouachita Parish school board intends to buy six additional school buses to meet fall term needs. Sealed bids are due by 10 am August 8 in Superintendent T. O. Brown’s office. The district also plans asphalt tile flooring at Ouachita Parish High School, with plans by architect H. H. Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
T. O. Brown
Ouachita Parish High School
H. H. Land
Therrell Pierce Leads Ouachita 4-H Delegation From Short Course
The Ouachita parish 4-H delegation of 23 youths returned from a four day state 4 H short course at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge led by Mrs. Doris Braden and H B Fairchild. Helen Landrum and Elaine Willis won blue ribbons in state competitions. The stock judging team Everett Zeagler Robbie Rutledge and Buddy Griggs placed sixth of 60 teams and the demonstrations team Kenneth Brown and J T Bush placed second in the northeast division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Doris Braden
H. B. Fairchild
Helen Landrum
Colony Club
Elaine Willis
Quachita
Everett Zeagler
Robbie Rutledge
Buddy Griggs
Lapine Club
Demonstrations
Kenneth Brown
J. T. Bush
Okaloosa Club
Ban on Child Labor in Woodworking Machines Ordered
The Children’s Bureau of the U S Department of Labor issues a directive prohibiting employment of anyone under 18 in operating power driven woodworking machines. The rule aims to protect youths from dangerous labor conditions and align with standard labor protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Bureau
The
United States Department of Labor
Nix Twins Undergo Appendectomy After Family Set
One of the three sets of twins born to Mr. and Mrs. Claude B. Nix underwent an appendectomy.
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C. OF C. Pushes Metal Survey
Arthur Murray
Clem Pizzutelli
Monongahela
Pizzatelli
Phoenix Palace
Pe Moda Huffman
Mrs
Canale
Ouachita
Petain
Home Appliance CO
N. Grand
America
DeSiard St
Parrot
Marine Corps
4-H
Pixtfbig Sa Savings
General Electric
Detroit
Dixie
Liberal
Bedding& Ee CO
Washington and
Ninth Sts
Valencia
Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Monroe, la
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