Refugees Eligible for Jobless Insurance Filing
Special measures by the Louisiana Division of Employment Security permit evacuees from flood areas to file jobless insurance claims at any state employment service office. Mail filings are allowed for non evacuated claimants, with added staff at offices near refugee centers to prevent delays. Amateur radio operator R L Toups coordinates communications using call W5MH on 7251 cycles to reach flooded regions.
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Baton Rouge
Philip J. Charlet
Division of Employment Security
Louisiana State Employment Service
Harrold R. Bishop
Charlet
R. L. Toups
Toup
Crowley
Blind friends share remarkable senses and talents
A narrative highlights two blind figures, McDonald and Paul Donehoo, showcasing their abilities. Donehoo, Fulton County coroner, helps civic groups with demonstrations, tracks baseball game details, recalls the inquest code, and excels in chess and music.
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Commission
McDonald
New York
Empire State Building
Paul Donehoe
Fulton
Atlanta
Donehoo
Atlanta Crackers
Southern Association
Atlanta Conservatory of Music
Chicago Bear Manske doubts DeCorrevont recovery time
Eggs Manske, ex Northwestern star now with the Chicago Bears, doubts Bill DeCorrevont can recover from an appendectomy in time to play this fall. He recalls his own 12 week spring practice timeline and says DeCorrevont would have only six weeks, with too much football contact ahead.
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Chicago
Eggs Manske
Northwestern
Chicago Bears
Bill DeCorrevont
Wildcats
Manske
Bill
Army maneuvers bring vast forces into Louisiana region
Thousands of soldiers from Fort Sam Houston and Fort Bliss move into Central Louisiana for maneuvers. Units from the First Cavalry Division and Seventh Field Artillery arrive at DeRidder and surrounding areas while the 94th Anti-Tank Battalion lands at Zimmerman. The Second Division is due Thursday as General Embick and Major General Brees oversee setup and positions.
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Red River
Boyce
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Bliss
Texas
Louisiana
National Guard
First Cavalry Division
Regular Army
Tex
DeRidder
First Cavalry Brigade
Eighth Engineers
12Th Cavalry
Second Cavalry
82Nd Field Artillery
94Th
Fort Benning
Zimmerman
7Ith Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Okla
de- Ridder
Blue Army
Camp Shelby
Miss
New Orleans
Stanley D. Embick
Third Army
Hebert J. Brees
Embick
San Antonio
Revival Services Open at West Monroe Assembly of God
Revival services at the Assembly of God in West Monroe began Sunday with large crowds at both sessions. Evangelist Eva Wright of El Dorado Arkansas spoke on A Midnight Revival from Acts 16, urging Christians to remain true to faith despite costs. Many prayed at the altar as daily services run 745 p.m., preceded by 30 minutes of prayer.
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Assembly of God
West Monroe
Eva Wright
el Dorado
Ark
Paul
Silas
Monroe Theater Directors Named for Winter Season
The Monroe Theater announces Elroy Scruggs Smith and his wife as directors for the coming winter season. Both have extensive acting and directing background in Chicago stage and radio. Smith led projects at Grego School of Music and Dramatic Arts and Chicago Commons.
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Mr. Smith
Grego School of Music and Dramatic Arts
Chicago Commons
Columbia College
Radio Theater, Inc
Chicago
W9ixzv
Mid- West
Mrs. Smith
Northwestern University
Children's Laboratory Theater
Monroe Little Theater
Fudickar Ded
Alexandria Fair Contests Open For Amateur Talent
Alexandria August 13 Special There is ample opportunity for entries in the amateur contest at the Mid State Fair to be held September 30 to October 5. Hunter Jarreau president announced Tuesday Open to singing dancing playing instruments or any entertaining performance with no age limit and non professional status. Movie and radio scouts will attend seeking new talent. Applications may be obtained by writing Hunter Jarreau president Mid State Fair Alexandria
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Alexandria
Hunter Jarreau
Jarreau
Ex Pelican Leader Fred E Baehr Dies in Cleveland
Fred E Baehr age 63 longtime secretary and right hand man to Charles W Somers died after a year long illness in Cleveland He had served as president of the Southern Association team and later led the New Orleans Pelicans before a sale to a New Orleans syndicate Funeral arrangements set for Thursday
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Cleveland
Fred E. Baehr
New Orleans Pelicans
Baehr
Charles W. Somers
Cleveland Indians
Somers
Southern Association
New Orleans
Willkie Attacks Ruthlessness Over Campaign Books
Wendell Willkie denounces Democratic National Committee ruthlessness and campaign book sales. He cites Justice Jackson and Senator Hatch opposing state and local party book sales. He credits Attorney General Jackson for ruling against such sales and urges compliance with the Corrupt Practices Act and Hatch Act.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Edward J. Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Wendell L. Willkie
Robert Jackson
Hatch
New Mexico
Ross Flynn
Jackson
Justice Department
Couple Will Sail for Three Years
Mr and Mrs Ray Wood left Los Angeles for El Paso to begin a three year voyage in a 16 foot combination sail boat canoe and kayak. They plan to travel the Rio Grande into the Gulf of Mexico to Florida and up the Atlantic coast and will live off the products of the sea and land leaving money at home not buying food supplies.
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Los Angeles
Ray Wood
el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Atlantic
Wood
Okaloosa Home Demonstration Achieve Night Picnic Notes
Okaloosa Home Demonstration Club held Achieve night on the lawn of Mrs. H. H. Walters. With president absent, Mrs. C. P. Holloway presided as program included stories, dialogues, jokes, spelling bee, and a shoe contest. Prizes were won by several members. Four delegates were chosen for the Baton Rouge agricultural short course August 12 to 16. The next meeting will be at Mrs. F. J. Crowell’s home in September.
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H. H. Walters
C. P. Holloway
J. A. Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick
Story
Ned Duval
Clifton
Johnny Coon
E. M. Frith
W. A
Home Demonstration Club
A. P. Burkett
F. J. Crowell
Baton Rouge
Burkett
S. H. Hobbs
D. A. Coon
N. L. Coon
Ammon Hobbs
Ruth Holloway
Whatley
Ottice Kilpatrick
Jewel McQuiller
Wheat from kitchen scrap yields harvest for Oregon storekeeper
T. M. Lukens, operator of a Silverton variety store, discarded packing from South American dishes. A wheat stalk sprouted from the trash, and he saved the grains for planting. He sowed three-fourths of an acre this year and expects a large yield from the surprising crop.
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Silverton
T. M. Lukens
Lukens
Four Men Appeal Fraud Convictions to Supreme Court
Monte E Hart J Emory Adams Seymour Weiss and Louis C LeSage appealed to the Supreme Court from convictions for defrauding Louisiana State University. They challenged the Fifth Circuit upholding their sentences for mail fraud relating to a 75000 check issued by LSU Baton Rouge in 1936.
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Washington
Monte E. Hart
J. Emory Adams
Seymour Weiss
Louis C. LeSage
Supreme Court
Louisiana State University
Fifth Federal Circuit Court
Weiss
Hart
LeSage
Adams
University
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Whitney National Bank
Emergency aid scenes as floods displace thousands in Lafayette parish
More than 7,000 people were driven from homes by torrential rain and floodwaters. Red Cross supervisors doctors and nurses oversaw refugee centers kept under city guard 24 hours a day. Parish health officer Dr J A Comeaux reported no new disease cases and active typhoid inoculations ongoing. In Abbeville floodwaters receded with business districts dry, while 6,500 refugees sought shelter in Kaplan Abbeville Erath Delcambre and Maurice, with 2,500 at Kaplan and medical reinforcements being sent.
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J. A. Comeaux
Lafayette Parish
Lafayette
Abbeville
Vermilion River
Kaplan
Erath
Delcambre
Maurice
Coast Guard Evacuates Flood Refugees to Lake Charles
Coast guard headquarters reports 250 flood refugees moved to Lake Charles by cutter with 100 more en route and 250 awaiting evacuation from Vermilion bay area. Blue Bonnet carried 150 yesterday while Myrtle heads with 100. Other cutters ferry aid and feed stranded cattle as rescue efforts continue.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Lake Charles
Vermilion Bay
Blue Bonnet
Hurricanes Hit Georgia South Carolina Deadly Toll
August 13 report from Atlanta notes at least 35 killed and extensive property damage as hurricane misery lingered. The Red Cross says 25 on St Helena island near Beaufort and eight on Ladies Island died. Savannah toll two with CCC boy missing near Charleston. Beaufort hardest hit with 200 homes destroyed and Beaufort city and Parris Island damaged.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Red Cross
Washington
St. Helena Island
Beaufort
S. C
Bahamas
Ladies Island
Savannah
CCC
Huntington Island
Charleston
Burnet R. Maybank
Beaufort County
Maybank
Parris Island
Nat C. Wilson
Battle of Britain intensifies as German air assault roars
German raids extend along Britain's south coast with hundreds of planes. British and German losses mount as fighters clash over Dover Portsmouth and the Thames estuary. Berlin claims air mastery while Britain investigates coast bombardment reports and notes long range German guns.
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Dover
Portsmouth
Channel
London
Berlin
Marshal Goering
Eastchurch
Thames River
Aldershot
Plattsburg
Britain
Guardian British Warfleet
France
Germany
Paris
Australia
Commonwealth
Canberra
Marshal Petain
Supreme Court
Italy
Mussolini
British Somaliland
Ten Louisiana youths accepted for Marine Corps enlistment
Ten young Louisianians were accepted for enlistment at the Monroe Recruiting Station and sent to New Orleans for final examination. The list includes Ingram W Wilks West Monroe James L Tolbird Harrisonburg Joseph L Dozier Monroe H C Woods New Iberia Milton C Cargill Jr Vienna James F Collins West Monroe Leslie C Hux Dodson Clyde W Pitts Oak Grove and Ermon T Lewis Kilbourn.
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Postoffice
New Orleans
H. B. Braswell
P. F. Tucker
Monroe
Ingram W Wilks
Z. T. Wilks
Harrisonburg
James L. Tolbird
James J Tolbird
West Monroe
Joseph L. Dozier
Jesse 8S
Dozier
H. C. Woods
Kinsey
Lee Roy Knight
New Iberia
Milton C. Cargill, Jr
M. C. Cargill
Vienna
James F. Collins
James C. Collins
Wood Street
Leslie C. Hux
Johnie W. Hux
Dodson
Clyde W. Pitts
Lige Pitts
Oak Grove
Ermon T. Lewis
Vira Lou Green
Kilbourn
Three Youths Enlist in Navy From Northern Louisiana
Three Northern Louisiana youths, Louis Henry Pilgrim, Richard Leon Watson, and Ventie Bryan Stewart Jr., have enlisted in the navy. They were transferred to the Naval Training Station in San Diego for eight weeks of recruit training before assignment to ships. The Shreveport navy recruiting station invites August quota applications for first enlistments.
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Louisiana
Navy
Louis Henry Pilgrim
J. W. Martin
Lake Providence
Richard Leon Watson
B. Watson
Bonita
Ventie Bryan Stewart Jr
Johnnie Stewart
Castor
Naval Training Station
San Diego
Calif
United States Fleet
Navy Recruiting Station
Postoffice Building
Shreveport
Births Report From Oak Grove and Nearby Areas
Mr and Mrs Vincent Faerace announce the birth of a daughter Catherine on August 9 at 08 Breard Street. The St Francis Sanitarium reports a boy born to Mr and Mrs H B Lenard of West Monroe. In Oak Grove on August 12 births include a son to Mr and Mrs Lloyd Cook of Community Road a son to Mr and Mrs James Smith of Floyd Community and a son to Mr and Mrs Clarence Finley of Five Point Community.
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Vincent Faerace
Theresa Catherine
Hore
Breard Street
St. Francis Sanitarium
H. B. Lenard
West Monroe
Oak Grove
Lloyd Cook
Community Road
James Smith
Floyd
Clarence Finley
Five Point
Woman Falls From Window After Lover Rings Door
Helen Paczkoski, 19, rushed to door in Elizabeth New Jersey when boyfriend William Tuttle rang. She failed to make the turn on the second floor landing and tumbled through a window into the yard, suffering a fractured left hip and elbow injuries.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Helen Paczkoski
William Tuttle
Helen
Staff to Serve at Sanatorium Form New Consulting Unit
A consulting staff to serve patients at the G B Cooley Tuberculosis Sanatorium has been organized with Dr Rory Frost as medical director. The volunteer team includes nearly all local Ouachita Parish Medical Society members. Dr F C Bennett was elected chief of staff and Dr George W Wright was named vice chief of staff. Members were guests of the sanatorium at a barbecue Sunday evening.
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G. B. Cooley
Rory Frost
Stanatoreum
Ouachita Pariah Medical Society
Frost
Siiane
Monroe
West Geroe
Prost
F.C. Bennett
George W. Wright
Berlin war response linked to fear and duty failure
War bulletins describe Germany's defeat due to fear of labor duty and moral breakdown amid threats. A British coast barrage reportedly sinks a German bomber off the southeast coast. Chiang Kai shek vows continued resistance to Japan and urges guerrilla and economic actions in occupied China. The British Admiralty cites weekly shipping losses at 75 124 tons, correcting German claims of higher tonnage.
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London
Britain
Chungking
China
Chiang Kai. Shek
Japan
Shanghai
Admiralty
London mother dies shielding infant in German raid
A young mother shielding her infant son during a German air raid in Southeast England was found crouched over the boy and died before reaching hospital. The baby sustained only slight injuries.
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London
British liner Ceramic and Tastbank damaged in Atlantic collision
Reuters reports that the 14 713 ton British liner Ceramic and the 5 083 ton freighter Tastbank were damaged in a collision in the South Atlantic and both vessels were heading to a harbor for safety.
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London
Reuters
Capetown
South Africa
Ceramic
Tastbank
South Atlantic
Departmental job cuts slated in Baton Rouge plan
Baton Rouge August 13 report states W. Fontenot, collector, will discharge three more employees from his department on Thursday reducing the force from 675 to about 400. He noted replacements might follow later to reach the target.
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Baton Rouge
Rufuse W. Fontenot
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