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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1950

Page

8

Cadeville revival at Clark Springs Baptist Church begins Sunday

Clark Springs Baptist Church in Cadeville will open a week long revival starting Sunday at 7 30 p m nightly. Rev E Roger Johnson of Central Baptist Church Monroe will preach. Sunday morning he opens services. Arthur Rockett of New Orleans Baptist Seminary will preach at Central Baptist Church. The church lies on highway 13 eight miles from Monroe with good road conditions anticipated.

Clark Springs

Maude Caples Dies at 46 in West Monroe

Mrs Maude Caples 46 of West Monroe died at midnight at her home. Funeral at Liberty Grove Church Wednesday at 2 pm Rev Alton Smith officiating. Interment in church cemetery under Hall Funeral home. She leaves husband Ollie Caples a son Lelan a daughter Mrs Maxine Barnes and a granddaughter. Three sisters live in Downsville Washington DC and California. Pallbearers listed.

Maude Caples West Monroe Liberty Grove Alton Smith Hall Funeral Home Church Washington, D. C Roy Clark Willie Clark California Bob Clark South Louisiana T. J. Sikes Alexandria

India aims for self sufficiency in jute by next year

Sir Datar Singh, India’s agriculture minister, says the country should be self sufficient in jute by the coming year, outlining plans to boost production and reduce imports.

India Datar Singh Ministry of Agriculture

Former patient thanks Cooley for TB sanitarium aid

A former patient Catherine Callaway writes from the colored ward of the Cooley TB sanitarium north of West Monroe praising Captain G. B. Cooley and the facility. She recounts two years from 1947 to 1949 with three operations and discharge on July 20, 1949, thanking God and the staff for health and the chance to return to her family.

G. B. Cooley West Monroe Cooley TB Sanitarium God

Fair Enough Prompts Disorganized Demobilization Scene

The passage describes factions celebrating a ceremonial breaking of troublemaking pennants while pursuing self interest. They then create a loud uproar for immediate demobilization, marking the start of current disorganization and fragmented authority.

Police arrest 231 in July in Monroe adds detail

Monroe police report 231 arrests in July led by 79 counts of drunkenness and 36 city ordinance violations. other charges include aggravated assault five, burglary three, theft eight, auto theft three, forgery one, carrying weapons thirteen, use of weapons six, drunk driving seventeen, pandering one, prostitution two, criminal trespass six, disturbing the peace five, fugitive from justice eleven, liquor law four, vacanc y nine, peace warrants two, investigations two.

Monroe H. T. Ward

Wise Folks Drink HADACOL Vitamins and Minerals

1950 advertisement for HADACOL by The LeBlanc Corporation touts vitamins and minerals to prevent ailments. It promotes trial size bottles at $1.25 and large family or hospital sizes at $3.50 with the notable claim of a distinctive “HADACOL feeling.”

Hadacol The LeBlanc Corporation

Six Men Arrested by Monroe Police in Drunk and Disorderly Incident

Six men were arrested by Monroe police early Tuesday and jailed for being drunk and disorderly. The arrestees include Casey Osbon, 38, 305 Texas Avenue. E. B. Roberts, 37, Monroe. J. D. Cameron, 45, Monroe. Paul Benson, Tallulah. Arthur Green, 35, Calhoun. W. A. McDuff, 38, Monroe. Edward Alllumes, 45, Waterproof.

Monroe Casey Osbon Texas Avenue E. B. Roberts J. D. Cameron Paul Benson Tallulah Arthur Green Calhoun W. A. McDuff Edward Allumes Waterproof

River Stages Signal Flood Conditions Across Stations

A list of river stage readings shows multiple stations along the Mississippi and nearby rivers reporting rising or falling water levels. Notable rises occur at Vicksburg Natchez and Baton Rouge while several locations in Arkansas and Tennessee read similar changes.

Mississippi St. Louis Memphis Helena Ark. City Vicksburg Natchez Baton Rouge Ouachita Camden

Clothing stolen from parked car in Monroe incident

A Shreveport man reported to Monroe police that clothing was stolen from his car on a downtown street Monday. Missing items include a sport coat valued at 23 dollars, gold colored slacks eight dollars, a light cream gabardine suit sixty five dollars, blue slacks, and two pairs of brown slacks.

Shreveport Monroe H. B. Jackson

Hughson and Ford Dealers Born From Ford's Vision

Illustrious San Francisco figure Billy Hughson is famed for turning $5,000 into the first carload of Ford automobiles from Detroit in 1903. He became the oldest Ford dealer, among 46 pre 1910 founders still in business, praised for good citizenship and shared Ford ideals of making the best products and distributing them to benefit all.

Ford Wild West Billy Hughson Ford Motor Company San Fran Illy HuGhson San Francisco Henry Ford Mack Avenue Detroit America Hughson San Francisco Bay Barney Oldfield Eddie Rickenbacker Young Billy

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Paul Marion Ouachita Parish DeSiard Street Marion Zelma Rector Twin Cities Cadeville Church T.rs. Maude Caples Oliver Smith A. A. Breard Gilbert Showen R. M. Johnston Albert Rutledge E. W. Futch Cooley Catherine Callaway West Pointers West Point Protective Association Navy Air Force Japan Hitler Atlantic Mediterranean Stalin Korea Brass Unioneers Herbert Hoover New York Hoover Wilson Mary Pickford Rans Monroe and Bes Col Monroe Police Aeneas Monroe Et Walgreen Bodon Rexall Cisco Henry Ford II Ford Dealer FAULK
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