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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1940
Page
10
Nassau Bahamas August 7. Sir Charles Dundas the retiring governor declares the Bahamas will prosper under the Duke of Windsor. He praises the successor as capable, experienced, and knowledgeable in empire affairs and foreign lands, in a farewell broadcast before sailing to Africa.
The retiring Bahama governor predicts postwar prosperity under British leadership and U S cooperation as crucial to liberty and world peace. He notes a German victory would spark endless war. Sir Charles Dundas departs with Lady Dundas while the Duke and his American wife plan to land in Bermuda.
Reuters reports Shanghai says Chinese authorities threaten military action if Japan gains bases in French Indo China. Chinese troops move toward Indo China frontier as Beijing shows defensive preparations. Japan denies the latest French demands touch on railway use and possible bases.
Mexico City August 7 Leon Trotsky the Russian exile who escaped machine gun fire May 24 is converting his Coyoacan estate into a fortress. Workmen erect three brick and concrete towers with narrow rifle slits to guard against future assassination attempts on his life.
Two youths from Monroe and West Monroe confessed to breaking into the Hollywood Sandwich shop at Fourth Street and Hudson Lane during the early hours of August 2. They loitered after leaving Swayze natatorium and entered by bending a vent blade, stealing gum candy and 40 cents before being handed to juvenile authorities.
Sergeant H B McNemar announced new openings at Barksdale Field for the 13th Bombardment Squadron Third Communications Squadron and Weather Squadron plus positions in the Engineer Battalion at Fort Benning Ga. Vacancies exist in medical field artillery infantry quartermaster cavalry ordnance and signal corps. Local recruiting office in Room 307 Postoffice building. Since August 1 the following have enlisted for Fort Benning: Cagle Cotten Donovan Gonzales Matthews Musgrove Schanner Smith Waller Andrews Aarons Clifton Dowdy Gatlin Howard Naron McVoy Stewart Nelson Smith Evans Sicily Island and others.
President Roosevelt may attend an informal talk at Walkill cottage as Democratic women from five New York counties gather for a tea and garden party. Mrs. Roosevelt will address guests while plans include a possible New England defense fund tour and a view of wartime maneuvers for veterans and national defense.
Hebert, August 7. Rev. J. L. Yeager of Stone Avenue Methodist Church Monroe assists Rev. C. J. T. Cotten in a revival series at Hebert Methodist Church. Services began August 5 and run through August 11. The church was organized in November 1894 with charter members H. O. Hebert and wife Emily Smith among others.
H. O. Hebert is the sole surviving charter member while Mrs Angeline Sau cier was the first received after formation. Hebert Methodist Church sits about eight to ten miles southeast of Columbia.
Sam J. Dicharry 55, former state representative from St. James parish and shipping superintendent at Colonial Sugar, died Tuesday in Hotel Dieu New Orleans after illness. He was a Gramercy native and ex-politician.
Gramercy figure Gramercy was defeated in the recent election by 42 votes. He previously managed the Gramercy baseball team, a fact noted in local coverage.
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