Fun Fest in West Side City Promises Amusement
West Monroe hosts Fun Fest on Thursday at 7 30 p m to raise funds for the West Monroe Welfare Association. Trenton Street will be closed from Pine to Natch Stoches Street for festivities featuring a human roulette wheel and an auction led by Mrs Louise Harberson of Monroe. About 60 cakes will be provided for an old fashioned cake walk as stores donate valuable items for bidding.
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West Monroe
C. C. Bell
Louise Harberson
Monroe
Unpaid Taxes Prompt Property Advertisements
Fully 30 to 35 percent of city taxes for 1932 remain unpaid. Taxpayers are warned that all property with city parish and state taxes unpaid will be advertised for sale on September 1. Sheriff Milton Coverdale and City Tax Collector P A Pong sign the notice. Gasoline powered railroad engines are being used by the Italian government on state railways.
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Bob Ed Tucker
News-Star
Morning World
Milton Coverdale
P. A. Pong
Wind From Seacoast Threatens Capital in Early Storm
Reports describe high winds sweeping toward the capital with gusts up to 51 miles an hour in the morning and a 54 mile per hour gust near Norfolk. A toppled branch barely missed a taxicab and a crash near a public library was narrowly averted. Admiral Standley ordered a Norfolk contact to assess damage.
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Weightman
Weather Bureau
Norfolk
National
Indianapolis
William H. Standley
Naval Operations
Department
Naval
Landing party allowed as storm abates in cruiser area
The report notes the storm has abated sufficiently in the area to permit a landing party to go ashore from the cruiser, facilitating reconnaissance and operations on shore.
Disabled Vessel Calls For Help
A second SOS from the coastal steamer Madison reported 20 miles northeast of Chesapeake lightship off Virginia. The forward deck house was washed away in storms. 37 passengers and 50 to 60 crew were aboard as the ship sought aid from Emilia Carabas sett and Upshur destroyer. Captain William Heath commanded the Madison bound from New York to Norfolk.
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New York
Madison
Mackay Radio
United States Coast Guard
Chesapeake
Virginia
Coast Guard
Emilia
Carabassett
Upshur
William Heath
Eastern Steamship Line
Norfolk
Rescue Vessel Suffers Damage Near Thimble Shoals
The coast guard cutter Modoc at Wilmington intercepted a wireless report that the cutter Carabasset, en route to the distressed steamer Madison off Cape Charles, was hove to near No 5 buoy Thimble Shoals off Old Point Comfort Va with minor damage to the boat deck and one pilot house window smashed by the storm.
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Wilmington
N. C
Coast Guard
Modoc
Carabasset
Madison
Cape Charles
Thimble Shoals
Old Point Comfort
Damage Estimated At About Million
Storm damage at Virginia Beach was estimated at about 1 million dollars with the new concrete seawall wrecked and many houses undermined. A similar estimate was reported for Willoughby, a Norfolk suburb, where tides were highest.
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Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Willoughby
Four-Masted Schooner Battles Storm Off North Carolina
A tropical disturbance drives northeast gales along the North Carolina coast. At Gull Shoals near Manteo an unknown four-masted schooner fights the sea while coast guard crews stand by. Wires are down and the Pontchartrain heads to the area as weather worsens and barometers fall.
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Hatteras
N. C
Sandy Hook
North Carolina
Gull Shoals
Manteo
Coast Guard
Kitty Hawk
Cape Hatteras
Wilmington
Weather Bureau
Here
Pontchartrain
Norfolk
Hoover declines to testify at Detroit bank inquiry
Former President Herbert Hoover will not travel to Detroit to testify about the 1933 bank closings. Hoover said information he can provide is general and secondhand, suggesting investigators consult the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and other Washington officials. He noted his recall of the matter being discussed in February and described efforts to prevent a broader crisis. He has resided at Stanford, enjoys fishing trips, and oversees the Hoover War Library.
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Palo Alto
Cal
Detroit
Michigan City
Herbert Hoover
Stanford University
Hoover
Harry S. Toy
First National Bank Detroit
Guardian National Bank of Commerce
Toy
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve and Treasury
Washington
Guardian Trust Company
Michigan
California
Nevada
Hoover War Library
Stanford
Obituaries from Monroe area deaths and services
The notices list the deaths of Mrs. Jennie Miles 71 of 105 Renwick Street with funeral at Peters chapel and Loch Arbor cemetery, infant child of Mr. and Mrs. G H Perry buried at Mt. Vernon cemetery, and Mrs. Ruby Perkins Williams 27 of 203 Apple Street with services at Peters chapel and interment in Selmar Tennessee. survivors include L E Perkins mother Mrs O P Perkins and brother Ercell Perkins.
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Jennie Miles
Renwick Street
Peters Funeral Chapel
Loch Arbor Cemetery
Miles
Perry
G. H. Perry
Bawcomville
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Ruby P. Williams
Ruby Perkins Williams
Apple Street
Thomas F. Jett
First Christian Church
Selmar
Tenn
Williams
L. E. Perkins
O. P. Perkins
Ercell Perkins
Monroe
Public forum letter on NIRA and employment practices
A reader questions employer use of part time work during the NIRA era. The letter advocates job creation through shorter hours and cautions against undermining BLUE EAGLE goals while noting relief applicants needing manual work and guidance for employers.
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NIRA
Blue Eagle
Emergency Relief Administration
Relief Office
More Home Loan Officers Chosen
The Alexandria home owners' loan corporation district and eight parish offices announced appointments. Fradni V. Pearce becomes district manager in Alexandria. Kercheval Hundley is attorney. O. A. Payne serves as appraiser. Mrs. Sam Marshall is stenographer. Parish picks include H W Mecom attorney and Cuney F. Lively appraiser for Columbia, and others across Lake Providence Winnsboro Jonesboro Rus ton Rayville Farmerville Oak Grove with named attorneys and appraisers.
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New Orleans
Alexandria Home Owners’ Loan Corporation District
Paul B. Habans
Louisiana Home Loan Manager
Alexandria
Fradni V. Pearce
Kercheval Hundley
O. A. Payne
Pineville
Sam Marshall
Caldwell
H. W. Mecom
Cuney F. Lively
Columbia
East Carroll
Frank Voelker
Yancey Bell
Lake Providence
Franklin
Raymond C. Parker
A. D. Meyer
Winnsboro
Jackson
H. W. Ayres
Jonesboro
J. F. Garner
Chatham
Marvelous remedy for athlete's foot and skin diseases
A drug store ad promotes Tetterine as a fast soothing cure for Athlete's Foot Ringworm Eczema Tetter and other skin troubles. It promises relief within days and offers a money back guarantee from Kuptrine Co Dept F Savannah Ga.
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Kuptrine Co. Dept. F
Savannah, Ga
Vanderbilt Athlete John Paul Thompson Dies After Crash
Nashville report notes John Paul Thompson aged 27, a Vanderbilts athletic standout in football, track, swimming and diving, died from injuries sustained in a Tuesday night automobile collision near Triune. He entered Vanderbilt in 1924 as a highly touted prospect.
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Nashville
Tenn
John Paul Thompson
Vanderbilt University
Triune
Freshman Eleven Hindered by Early Sophomore Knee Injury
A freshman athlete continued participation but a knee injury in his sophomore year cut short his athletic activities, curbing playing time and future prospects.
Huge cucumber shown from Holdenville garden
In Holdenville Oklahoma Ed Phillips displayed a cucumber measuring 33 and one half inches long from his home garden. The remarkable produce drew attention at a local gathering.
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Holdenville
Okla
Ed Phillips
Luminous headlight fish used as night fishing bait
The photoblepharon found around the Banda Islands bears a large glowing organ under its eye. This bulb remains luminous after removal and is traditionally used by natives as bait for night fishing.
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Banda Islands
Thursday Events at Folk School Outlined in Richland Parish
The Richland parish folk school sets Thursday from 2 to 3 pm with sessions on beautification of home grounds led by H Singletary and L S Room, farm meats and beef, water systems by C Osterberger, hooked rugs, quilts, and a 3:00 assembly in the auditorium featuring reading and mental education.
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H. Singletary
L. S. Room
B. Griffis
W. T. Cobb
Louisiana Beef
Chaiman
J. W. Sligh
C. Osterberger
Louisiana Power Light Company
H. W. Whatley
L. H. Fearston, Jr
Jno
Clarkson
D. Swetman
Miss Pearl Lee
Richland
Rayville
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