Hotel Men Return From Gulfport Convention
M R Jackson manager of Hotel Frances and J E Doughtie manager of Hotel Monroe returned from Gulfport Miss where they attended the Mississippi Hotel association annual convention. The highlight was a debate on repealing the eighteenth amendment with a near unanimous resolution. George Strum of Hotel Hattiesburg was elected next association president.
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M. R. Jackson
Frances
J. E. Doughtie
Monroe
Gulfport
Miss
Mississippi Hotel Association
U. S
Jackson
American Hotel Association
National Association
American Hotel Group
Louisiana Hotel Association
Doughtie
George Strum
Hotel
Hattiesburg
Association
State farms mobilize aid for unemployed harvest in Louisiana
Thousands of Louisiana unemployed are helping harvest cotton and rice as gins and threshers run full. Commissioner Harry D. Wilson says 60 days of work could go to 140,000 people, with cane harvest to add thousands more jobs in October. Many pickers are paid by pounds and bell-gatherers include sharecropper families across communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Harry D. Wilson
Wilson
Colored Y W A Holds Sessions and Names Heads
The tenth district Y W A colored held a meeting at Oak Ridge August 17 and 18 described as among the best. Sixty dollars was raised mainly for education and foreign missions. Officers elected include President Gussie Moore Bastrop and others. executive board names Geraldine Nelson Monroe and Rose Davenport Monroe. Ouachita parish institute officers are A L Bailey Mary Rodgers Margie Honor and E Stewart all of Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge
Gussie Moore
Bastrop
Senna Brown
Monroe
E. E. Barrett
E. B. Smith
Maggie Wright
Geraldine Nelson
Rose Davenport
Ouachita Parish Institute
A. L. Bailey
Mary Rodgers
Margie Honor
E. Stewart
Many Tons Will Gather In Chicago On Thursday
Hundreds of Tons will be gathered in Wicker Park next Thursday with 1 000 Tons claimed in Chicago. On the same date 100 Tons will convene in Los Angeles. The Tons, a large organized family, settled in the United States in 1849, coming from Holland.
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Chicago
U.P
Wicker Park
Ton Family, Inc
Los Angeles
United States
Holland
Rare ostraca found in Athens reveal ancient ostracism votes
Archaeologists led by Dr. T. Leslie Shear report two rare ostraca unearthed in the Athens Agora showing votes cast against Aristides and Themistocles about 2,400 years ago. The finds, from an old well, add to only four known examples of this ostracism record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Aristides
Themistocles
Athens
T. Leslie Shear
Department of Archaeology
Princeton University
Cable
Shear
American School of Classical Studies
Plutarch
Homer A. Thompson
University of Michigan
Teflis Grotto Meeting Scheduled for Monday Night
Dr. B. M. McKain, monarch, has called a special meet ing tonight at 8 at Masonic temple. Committee chairs and committeemen tied to the Monroe convention are urged to attend. Also all prophets expected. One more meeting remains before the convention. Wear fez as per injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. McKain
Teffis Grotto
Masonic Temple
Monroe
Upward Trend in Commodity Prices Widens Gains
Government agencies report a continued rise in commodity prices through Aug 13, with 120 commodities up an average 3.9 percent since May 28. Gains spread across farm, mineral, and textile products, led by textiles and cotton. Silver up 3.2 percent marks briskest trade since 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Commerce Department
Re-Caning Demonstration At Camp Ki-Ro-Li
Mrs Jewel L McQuiller home demonstration agent will host a re caning demonstration at the women's encampment at Camp Ki Ro Li Wednesday through Friday. Ten chairs were offered for use and Mrs Baker of Mangham will perform the demonstration, following two years of folk school demonstrations in Richland parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Jewel L. McQuiller
Camp Ki-Ro-Li
Entrants in Atlantic wing pass over Monroe in big air derby
The Atlantic wing of the 1932 air derby will fly over Monroe Wednesday around midnight before finishing in Cleveland Ohio. The 28 entrants rest Tuesday night in Jackson Mississippi and depart Wednesday morning for Bartlesville Oklahoma to meet Pacific wing pilots.
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Atlantic
Cleveland
Monroe
Jackson
Miss
Bartlesville
Okla
Pacific
Washington
Winstone Salem
N. C
Atlanta
Optometric Society to Hold Monthly Meeting in August
The Northeast Louisiana Optometric Society of the Louisiana State Association of Optometry will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday evening August 25 at Heinberg Jewelry and Optical. Research on modern optometric technique will be discussed and many optometrists from surrounding territory will attend. Dr Bert Heinberg will preside as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Louisiana Optometric Society
Louisiana State Association of Optometry
Heinberg Jewelry and Optical Company
Bert Heinberg
Teethina Baby Laxative Claims Superior Relief
Teethina is advertised as more than a laxative, cleansing and sweetening the bowels to prevent fermentation and decay. It promises quick relief from constipation gas indigestion occasional diarrhea and intestinal colic without opiates and is available at drug stores.
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Edmund Lowe Victor M‘laglen
Richard Arlen Adrienne Ames
Ralph Ince
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Paremonas Pictures
Ays
Joan Blondell
George Brent
Jack Oakie
Strand West Monroe
Buster Keaton
Felix Cat
Tarzan and the
RI Hy
Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Greece
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U.S
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