Fishing Rodeo Undaunted by Heavy Squall
The Alabama deep sea fishing rodeo fleet faced a fierce squall at Fort Gaines Dauphin Island Alabama with boats damaged and one youth missing overnight later found safe. Coast guard reports winds 35 to 40 mph. boats dragged and anchors snapped. several rescuers aided, season crowd over 500 from about a dozen states began the final day.
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Fort Gaines
Dauphin Island
Ala
Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo
Walter Bolton
Mobile County Commission
D. Willis
Coast Guard
Mary
Bill Reed
Biloxi
Miss
Alex Hancock
Coast
Ben Morgan
Game and Fish
State Conservation Department
Jack Walsh
Mobile
Veterans of Foreign Wars to Meet Thursday Night
Rodney J. Hobbs announced that the Veterans of Foreign Wars post will meet Thursday at 8 o clock pm at the V F W hall at Sixth and Oak streets. Adjutant C A Hunt urged all members to attend as important business will be discussed and invited any local V F W members in the army to join. Arizona Indians are not permitted to vote though they are U S citizens.
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Rodney J. Hobbs
Vetrans of Foreign Wars
Ty. F. W
Sixth and
Oak Streets
Cc. A. Hunt
Ouachita Parish Cotton Penalty Rate Raised for 1941
J E Lucas announces USDA sets the excess marketing penalty for the 1941 cotton crop at seven cents per pound, based on 50 percent of the 14.02 cent basic loan rate for seven-eighths inch middling cotton. The change, tied to the Agricultural Adjustment Act amendment, compares to three cents in 1940 and integrates parity pricing as of August 1. The flat rate applies to all excess cotton marketing.
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Ouachita Parish
J. E. Lucas
Parish
United States Department of Agriculture
Lucas
Congress
AAA
Thinks milliners cutting throats in Hollywood fashion clash
Pere Westmore, a movie makeup man, says American milliners are cutting their own throats by designs that reduce hairdressing needs. He claims hats undermine beauty parlors and will not appear in motion pictures.
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Hollywood
Pere Westmore
America
Westmore
Pere
First Cotton Bales Ginned in Ouachita Parish Display Auction
The first two bales of cotton ginned in Ouachita Parish this year were reported Wednesday morning. One bale grown by George Knight of Ward 4 near Fondale is on display at Central Savings Bank, the other by O Matthews at Robert Breard plantation is at Ouachita National Bank. The bales, ginned by Standard Gin Company, will be auctioned Monday.
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Ouachita Parish
Central Savings Bank
George Knight
Ward 4
Fondale
O. Matthews
Robert Breard
Quachita National Bank
Standard Gin Company
Tourist claims chase of a squirrel caused crash
A tourist zigzagged along the highway shoulder and ran through a yard mowing a peach tree while explaining to a highway patrolman he was pursuing a squirrel, prompting a traffic incident.
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Arthur
Ickes Raps Big Utilities in Public Power Push
Spokane Aug 20 Harold L Ickes accuses private utilities of corrupting politics and backing monopolies as he advocates expanded public power. He cites a split of Bonneville dam power with Aluminum Company of America denied 60 000 kilowatts and given to Reynold Metals to boost a rival plant.
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Spokane
Wash
Harold L. Ickes
Northwest
Ickes
Aluminum Company of America
Bonneville Dam
Reynold Metals Company
Deaths in Tallulah and West Monroe noted in obituary column
Mrs. C. M. Anderson 76 of Bogalusa dies at daughter's home from heart ailment. Funeral plans by McKie Crothers. Survivors include husband four daughters three sons and numerous grandchildren. Also noted are the deaths of John Marion Reighney 58 West Monroe printer from heat prostration with funeral at his home and Mrs. Jeff Roswell Sterlington who died in a local hospital with arrangements by Mulhearn Funeral home.
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Tallulah
C. M. Anderson
Bogalusa
D. M. Waters
Covington
McKie-Crothers Funeral Home
H. S. Redmond
Lada Smith
Jacksonville, Fla
Clifton Friedly
Charleston
D.C
R. L. Anderson
Houstor, Tex
J. M. Anderson
New York City
Clarence A. Anderson
Boga- Jusa
John Marion Reighney
West Monroe
Coleman Street
F. L. Hearne
Mr. Keighney
Twin Cities
Quality Printing Company
Dwight Pettit
Sam Humphries
J. A. Daniel
B. F. Belt
E. F. Cotham
W. C. Fisher
Dixie Funeral Home
Mr. Reighney
Pearl Kendall Reighney
William
Jack
Mary Burt Carrol
John F. Carrol
W. J. Vinson
Swartz
Gladys Shuler
Hattie Dedman
Dallas
Tex
James Carrol
Tulsa
Okla
Jeff Roswell
Sterlington
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Osborn Takes Over Army Morale Branch
Frederick H. Osborn a 52 year old New York banker was named brigadier general and will head the army morale section. He avoided controversy saying plans for recreational and athletic programs already exist and his job is to ensure they are carried out.
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Washington
Frederick H. Osborn
New York
Senate
Roosevelt
James Allie
Osborn
Army
Keokee coal field reopens after 19 years abandoned
A coal field at Keokee Virginia previously shut for nineteen years has been reopened. Local officials announced the revival with renewed activity and plans for extraction resuming in the area.
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Keokee
West Carroll parish first cotton ginned at Oak Grove
The Orrin Briggs Gin Company ginned the first cotton of West Carroll parish on Monday. The crop was grown by J. J Shirley of Round Hill and weighed 373 pounds. The item notes nearby Murphy, North Carolina, is closer to six state capitals than to Raleigh.
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Oak Grove
West Carroll Parish
Orrin Briggs Gin Company
J. J Shirley
Round Hill
Murphy
North Carolina
Raleigh
WPA defense air projects employ 1300 workers in Louisiana
In July end report state administrator James H. Crutcher notes 1,300 WPA defense airport workers across five sites of military importance. Projects total nearly 2.1 million dollars in value with sites in New Orleans Baton Rouge Shreveport Camp Beauregard and Patterson.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
James H. Crutcher
National Guard
Baton Rouge
WPA
Shreveport
Camp Beauregard
Alexandria
Weddell- Williams
Patterson
Jimmy Weddell
Bank Closed by Pessimist Nichols at Englewood
John M. Nichols, longtime critic of New Deal banking policy, closes the First National of Englewood after returning most deposits. He says he will wind up after 52 years and notes the bank’s assets and a drastic liquidity drop in the final statement. Nichols plans to manage real estate trusts and associated holdings.
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Chicago
John M
Nichols
First National
Englewood
New Deal
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Nichols’ Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Banker Nichols Eyes Return After Bank Reopens
Nichols stated the bank asset value was zero but intends to retain the bank building and charter to reenter banking when financial and political conditions warrant it. He spoke of preserving the institution for a future reopening.
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Ber
FDIC
Nichols
Maneuver Deaths Raised to Nine in Third Army
In Camp Polk Louisiana a jeep accident near Many killed Private Kenneth J. Walthrop Olney Texas and Private M J Metcalf Paducah Texas. Corporal Gordon M Layton Indianapolis Indiana died of an electric shock when his communications gear touched a live line near Reeves.
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Camp Polk
Kenneth J. Walthrop
Olney
Tex
M. J. Metcalf
Paducah
Many
Gordon M. Layton
Indianapolis
Ind
Reeves
Trash Fire Extinguished on Grammont Street
Firemen extinguished a trash fire at 211 Grammont street early Tuesday night. Chief Frank Roddy reported No. 1 truck ran the call at 8:27 p.m. and returned by 8:57 p.m.
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Grammont Street
Frank Roddy
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