Auction of John Gilbert possessions drew crowd in Hollywood
Hollywood crowds flocked to bid on 2000 articles from John Gilbert including wedding rings and his eight foot bed six months after his death. Virginia Bruce sought a bronze Gibbons statue of Gilbert while Leatrice Joy Gilbert asked for his makeup box and chess sets. Auctioneer Ben Bail estimated 50000 dollars in items and noted a Greta Garbo worn towel bathrobe as a limelight bid magnet. Bob Burns became a movie star as Paramount named him lead in Mountain Music.
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Hollywood
John Gilbert
Gilbert
Virginia Bruce
Cedrid Gibbons
Leatrice Joy Gilbert
Ben Bail
Greta Garbo
Bob Burns
van Buren
Arkansas
Bob
Burns
Bing Crosby
Paramount
Rabbi Merfeld Accepts Call to Hollywood Temple
Rabbi Harry A. Merfeld formerly of Monroe and Fort Worth has announced his resignation to assume duties at Temple Israel in Hollywood California on September 1. He served Fort Worth 14 years and earned broad respect among religious groups while guiding civic and social initiatives. He began as a lawyer after graduating from the University of Maryland in 1906, pursued further study, and served congregations in New Bern Raleigh and Greenville before Fort Worth.
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Harry A. Merfeld
Temple B' Nai Israel
Monroe
Temple Beth-El
Fort Worth
Tex
Temple Israel
Hollywood
Calif
Merfeld
University of Maryland Law School
Union College
Cincinnati
New Bern
N. C
Amy Haas
Raleigh
Greenville
Miss
Alumni Night At Lotus Club For LSU And Northeast Center
Alumni Night at the Lotus club Tuesday at 7 p.m. invites LSU graduates and Northeast Center friends. A statewide broadcast from LSU at 7 30 p.m. features President James Monroe Smith and others reviewing past achievements and future plans. A barbecue luncheon concludes the event and parish alumni officers including Harry A. Taylor seek another year as president.
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Louisiana State University
Northeast Center
Lotus Club
Harry A. Taylor
Quachitta Parish
James Monroe Smith
B. D. Albritton
St Matthew's Catholic School Plans Fall Registrations
St Matthew's announces fall term registrations for September 10-11 from 9 a.m. to noon with separate days for grades and high school. Classes begin September 14. The program includes dramatic arts and music while a physical education course is added this year. Sister Elizabeth becomes high school principal, replacing Sister Mary Stanislaus who moves to St Vincent's academy in Shreveport.
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St. Matthew's Catholic School
Florence Fitzgerald
Elizabeth
Sister Mary Stanislaus
St. Vincent’s Academy
Shreveport
Sister Stanislaus
St. Vincent's
Missouri Pacific Adds New Bus to Little Rock Run
Missouri Pacific places an extra bus on the Little Rock route to handle higher passenger traffic. The new schedule shows departure from here at 6:00 am arriving Little Rock at 12:30 pm with return at 1:30 pm arriving here at 8:05 am. Existing service remains: here 11:59 am to Little Rock 6:25 pm and Arkansas City 8:30 pm to here 3:05 pm.
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Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
Here
Ark
Arkansas City
Size of comets dwarfs Earth says 1811 Great Comet
The statement notes that even small comets can exceed Earth in size and claims the Great Comet of 1811 was larger than the sun with an estimated diameter of one million miles.
Deaths Mrs. Clarence Griffin of Boydell Ark
Mrs. Clarence Griffin age 20 of Boydell Arkansas died in a local hospital after a short illness. The body was sent to Boydell Sunday night for burial.
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Clarence Griffin
Boydell, Ark
Boydell
Entertainers Demonstrate Entrance in Rhythm on the Range
Bob Burns Martha Raye and Charles Williams burst in on Bing Crosby and Frances Farmer in Rhythm on the Range at the Paramount theater. The funeral was held there Monday afternoon and the interment was in Boydell cemetery. She leaves her husband and her parents who reside in Boydell.
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Bob Burns
Martha Raye
Charles Williams
Bing Crosby
Frances Farmer
Paramount Theater
Boydell Cemetery
Boydell
Births in Dodson and Sikes announce two newborns
Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Kidd of Sikes announce the birth of a son Billy Howard in Dodson. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Jordan of Sikes announce the birth of a daughter Nellie Fay.
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Dodson, la
Herschel Kidd
Sikes
Billy Howard
Dodson
Sanford Jordan
Nellie Fay
Infant Daughter of Womack Family Dies in Local Hospital
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Womack of West Monroe died in a local hospital early Sunday. The funeral was held in Chatham Cemetery Sunday at 5 p.m.
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J. W. Womack
West Monroe
Chatham Cemetery
Red Cross Life Saving Exams Advertised in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita parish residents are urged to attend Red Cross life saving examiner courses announced by Ouachita Cross chapter. Harry Kenning from Washington D C will oversee sessions nightly at seven o clock and on Tuesday. Certificates must be renewed annually for life savers over 20 who pass tests. The note adds a global figure that about six million people are blind.
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Ouachita Cross
Harry Kenning
Red Cross
Ton, D. C
Red Cross Life Saving
Ouachita Parish
Coca Cola Plant Opens to Public Inspection Week
The Quachita Coca-Cola Bottling Company at 200 Walnut Street invites the public to inspect its plant from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. daily from August 24 to August 30, marking fifty years of Coca-Cola since 1886.
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Quachita Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Walnut Street
Three Boys Arrested in Auto Theft Ring
Police arrested three youths Sunday and Monday for burglarizing parked cars and stealing a .45 caliber pistol. Two of the suspects were described as black. the white youth allegedly took the pistol from Glen Walker’s car and sold it to a black youth. Police recovered the pistol and a camera with tools from the incidents.
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L. G. Parker
D. J. Bedsole
Jackson Street
Frank S. Pettit
J. R. Humphries
Humphries
Missouri Pacific
Glen Walker
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DeSiard
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Esso Mareters
New York
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Cinderella
Kate Greenaway
Phoenix Hosiery
Kaynee
Santone
Jack-Tar
Mother
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Butterick Paltero
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