Police Jury Delays WPA Sewing Project Appeal
Ouachita parish police jury postponed indefintely Mrs. Birdie Busey request to raise WPA Community Service sewing project funds from 388 to 540 dollars. The higher grant would protect 64 workers from being cut to 45 amid rising cotton textile costs. The panel also awarded clerk of court record book printing to Twin City Printing Company as the lowest bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birdie Busey
WPA
Ouachita Parish
Twin City Printing Company
Sportsmen to Meet at Crosley School Auditorium
Sportsmen merchants and others interested in hunting and fishing are invited to a mass meeting at Crosley school auditorium West Monroe Wednesday at 8 p m Two features will be shown films from Field and Stream and an address by Dr James Gowanloch chief biologist of the state conservation department Dr Gowanloch will discuss biological aspects Bancroft will discuss Cheniere brake and its potential as a fishing place under dammed conditions The Ouachita parish unit of the Sportmen's league sponsors the event
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheniere Brake
Crosley School
West Monroe
James Gowanloch
State Department of Conservation
Gowanloch
T. O. Bancroft
Ouachita Parish
Sportmen’s League
John S. Fox
Dr. Gowanloch
Palo Alto Republicans criticize Hoover and leaders over foreign policy
A Palo Alto group of Republicans including eight Stanford faculty denounce Herbert Hoover and other leaders for opposing the Roosevelt administration. They say the stance misstates issues and risks Nazi victory, naming Landon Wilbur Lowden Cobb Dawes Hutchins Lewis and others among the critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Stanford University
Roosevelt
Hoover
Alf M. Landon
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Stanford
Frank O. Lowden
Irvin $. Cobb
Charles G. Dawes
Robert M. Hutchins
John L. Lewis
Johnson Directs College Bureau at Northeast Junior
Dean C. C. Calvert reports graduates from the 1941 class have found work through the college's student employment bureau. J. T. Johnson, returning from Louisiana State University where he taught last summer, now directs the bureau. Part time work opportunities require student applications and a faculty committee will judge eligibility. Campus tasks near the library and music buildings progress quickly. Dean Calvert, Kiwanis committee head, delivered the Monroe club attendance cup to Pineville by plane, a rotating trophy to be permanently presented at the Kiwanis convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Junior College
C. C. Calvert
J. T. Johnson
Commerce Department
Louisiana State University
Dean Calvert
Kiwanis Club
Monroe
Pineville
Use of prisoners in army proposed by parole official
Walter K. Urich of Washington DC urged at a federal wardens conference that the army could rehabilitate prisoners as well as civilians. He said convicts accept discipline and could become better soldiers than untrained recruits, benefiting both prisons and military life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Army
America
Bureau of Prisons
Walter K. Urich
Washington, D. C
Real estate transfers of several parcels office sale
Albert Gonzales sells eight acres in section 26 township 18 north range 2 east to William N Northcott for 2500 dollars. Maybelle Thompson sells undivided interests in parts of sections 7 and 18 township 17 north range 1 east for 600 dollars. Ernest W Cruse sells lot 6 block 4 C C Bells subdivision for 2300 dollars cash to The Peoples Homestead and Savings association. The association sells to Murray Smith Streeter the same parcel for 2300 dollars terms. Charlotte S James sells lot 5 square 17 Cooper and James resubdivision of D A Breard Jr Home addition for 500 dollars cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Gonzales
William N. Northcott
Maybelle Thompson
Oliver S. Thompson
Ernest W. Cruse
People's Homestead and Savings Association
C. C. Bell
The
Murray Smith Streeter
Charlotte S. James
James W. Gathright
Cooper
James
D. A. Breard, Jr
First Franklin Parish Cotton Bale Ginned at Sherrouse Gin
The first bale of this year's cotton crop in Franklin parish was ginned Tuesday at the Sherrouse gin in Gilbert. Grown by Tom Collins on the Scott Gardner place, the 450 pound bale graded mid dling one and 532 inch sold to a Winnsboro buyer for 20 cents a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert
Franklin Parish
Sherrouse
Tom Collins
Scott Gardner
Winnsboro
Louisiana pooling plan aims to speed defense production
The Louisiana Manufacturers Association proposes a Monroe pooling meeting on Thursday August 14 at 7 30 p m at the Virginia hotel Monroe to organize area pooling of equipment facilities. The plan adapts the York and National Industrial Council ideas to Louisiana needs to speed defense production and preserve local jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Louisiana Manufacturers Association
Virginia
Sam B. Dunbar
Louisiana
Mr. Dunbar
York
National Industrial Council
Houma
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Bogalusa
New Orleans
Shreveport
Chamber of Commerce
Sam H. Jones
Union
Lincoln
Jackson
Winn
Grant
LaSalle
Caldwell
Ouachita
Morehouse
West Carroll
Richland Franklin
Catahoula
Concordia
Tensas
Madison
East Carroll
Sam H Jones
J. W. Warren
Monroe-West Monroe
J. V. Gates Rites Set for Thursday
John Vernon Gates of 617 North Second Street Monroe died suddenly in Eunice from a heart attack while on vacation. Funeral services will be in Jackson, with burial in his former home. He is survived by his wife Lona Slay Gates, son James V. Gates Jr., a brother Rev J L Gates and a sister Mrs Mary Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. John Vernon Gates
North Second Street
Jackson
Miss
Dixie Funeral Home
Monroe
Gates
Eunice
Mr. Gates
First Baptist Church
Lona Slay Gates
James V. Gates, Jr
Savannah
J. L. Gates
Laurel
Mary Wilson
Crystal Springs
SLAIN MAN'S FAMILY SOUGHT IN NEW ORLEANS CASE
Orleans parish coroner seeks aid to locate relatives of William Gilbert Conner a tinsmith killed in a Monday 25 cent robbery He had been staying at the Baptist mission and is said to have a wife in Greenville Mississippi Two men Alvin Tassin and Jules Joseph Simon were charged with murder in district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Orleans Parish
William Gilbert Conner
Conner
Baptist Mission
C. Grenes Cole
Greenville
Miss
T. W. Strickland
Pilot Killed in Virginia Ties to Mrs Gayer Family
Second Lieutenant Adrian J Wilcombe died when a plane carrying him and two other Army men crashed off Virginia Beach. He was a nephew of Mrs P W Gayer wife of the superintendent of the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home. He was the son of Adrian J Wilcombe Sr of Hammond and a 1940 LSU graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian J. Wilcombe
Virginia Beach
P. W. Gayer
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Gayer
Franklington
Wilcombe
Associated Press
Hammond
Louisiana State University
May Keep Bombers Out Of Maneuvers
Spokane dispatch reports mechanical defects in the tricycle landing gear of the North American B 25 bombers may bar the planes from operation during maneuvers in Louisiana and Mississippi next month. Major J J O'Hara says 75 aircraft require a factory gear redesign after gear wheels fail to release when retracted, hindering landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Army Air Force
Louisiana
Mississippi
Air Force
J. J. O'Hara
17Th Bombardment
Second Air Force
Jonesboro Lodge Hosts Local Officials at O O F Encampment
Jonesboro officials including M P Haynes grand high priest W E Hinckley grand junior warden Hope V Tarver patriarch Bob Phillips past patriarch Cal Peters and A J Lester attended the 1 O O F encampment in Jonesboro Tuesday night. Bob Phillips also attended the institution of a new Odd Fellows lodge at Baton Rouge over the weekend. Istrouma No 4 begins with bright prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
M. P. Haynes
W. E. Hinckley
Hope V. Tarver
Bob) Phillips
Cal Peters
A. J. Lester
Bob” Phillips
Odd Fellows
Baton Rouge
Istrouma No. 4
Automobile Crash Yields Two Fish For Bake
G M Albright of Albany unintentionally caught two large snappers after his car, out of control from a tire blowout, plunged into a canal near Key West. The fish were recovered from the car and brought to town for baking with Albright noting the fish cost him about $39 for the tow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Albright
Albany
N. Y
McNemar to Leave Monroe Army Recruiting Office
Staff Sergeant H B McNemar, in charge of Monroe Louisiana recruiting for two years, will discharge Friday to Jackson Mississippi then reenlist for three years. He notes a new air corps quota at Kessler Field Biloxi and urges qualified applicants ages 18 to 35 with eighth grade education to contact him after Tuesday next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. McNemar
Army
Monroe
McNemar
Jackson
Miss
Mr. McNemar
Army Air Corps Air Base
Kessler Field
Biloxi
War Department
Air Corps
Soldiers to receive recreation during Monore maneuvers
The Monroe Recreation department will organize soldier entertainment during their encampment near Monroe starting around August 15. Residents willing to host soldiers or provide rides should register at 804 South Grand Street, with Miss Lucyle Godwin coordinating all details to reduce confusion. Committees will oversee varied activities and contact is urged for all arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Quachita Valley Fair Grounds
Lucyle Godwin
Recreation Department
Twin Cities
South Grand Street
8 Hour Day Law Partly Suspended for War Dept
President Roosevelt suspended the eight hour day rule for mechanics and laborers on War Department public works tied to national defense. The executive order covers air fields troop housing fortifications and other military construction to expedite completion of projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
United States
White House
Wavell Broadcast Vows Continual Defense for India
General Sir Archibald Wavell, India commander in chief, in his first broadcasts says efforts must prevent the enemy from reaching India. He commends Indian troops in the Middle East and notes about 750,000 of India's manpower are under arms as recruits stream into depots. He also seeks to correct any wrong impression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Iran
Afghanistan
Burma
Wavell
British Losses Lead In Middle East War Proportions
General Wavell stated that British forces suffered the highest losses in the Middle East campaigns so far, with Indian and Australian troops faring better in proportion to strength. He noted Indian army casualties from November 1940 to June 1941 were 15 percent of British imperial losses in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wavell
Middle East
Revival Meetings to Open at Lock Arbor Baptist Church
A series of revival meetings will begin at Lock Arbor Baptist Church on Thursday August 14 at 7 45 p m and run through Sunday August 24 Rev E N Burns pastor of Cherry Ridge Baptist Bastrop will be the evangelist His pulpit presence is described as a guarantee that the unadulterated Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ will be proclaimed The Rev T S Southard extends a cordial invitation for all to attend
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Lock Arbor
E. N. Burns
Cherry Ridge Baptist Church of
Bastrop
Burns
T. 5
Southard
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State
Census Bureau
Sary
Phoenix Drug CO
DeSiard St
United Electric Service
C. A. Duniway
University of Montana
University of Wyoming
Eliot Blackwelder
John C. L. Fish
George S. Myers
Lewis M. Terman
Lowell Turrentine
Ira L. Wiggins
Bailey Willis
Johnson
College
Delta Air Lines
Texas
Atlantic
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Delta
Dallas
Birmingham
J. V. Gates
Jonesboro Lodge
M'Nemar
General Wavell
DR. Hughes
Optometrist
Peacock’s
Peacock
Hughes
DeSiard
Vate
the Gulf South
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