Morehouse elects Scout officers of coming year
The Morehouse parish district committee of Boy Scouts of America met at Bastrop city hall and elected officers for the year including District chairman Dr. R. B. Leavell and district commissioner W. H. Leavell. Retiring chairman Sol Snyder urged greater participation. a district finance campaign was set for October with a $600 allotment. Scout Executive G. W. Simpson outlined the year’s programs and district troops prepared for a Ruston rally on October 14.
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Morehouse Parish
Boy Scouts of America
Bastrop
R. B. Leavell
M. F. Hill
Court of Honor
M. Wadsworth
N. P. Liles
R. G. Arnett
Tom Naff
Isaac Chapman
W. H
Ouachita Valley Council
Ruston
Theft of Four Cases of Cigarettes From Railroad
Police report details theft of four cases of cigarettes from the Missouri Pacific freight house. Two African American employees, Tom Harris and Zeke Thomas, were away briefly when the cigarettes vanished through an open door. In a separate note, Florida State College for Women reports that forty percent of its freshmen in the past decade completed graduation.
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Missouri Pacific Freight House
Police Department
Tom Harris
Zeke Thomas
Florida State College For
Civil War Veteran F. M. Streeter Dies at 89
F. M. Streeter known as Grandpa died at his grandson's home in Brownville early Friday. He served in the Confederate army from Calhoun County Mississippi, enlisted at 16 in 1862 under Capt. Jim Gaston and Col. Huey Miller. Survived by three children F. P. Streeter Bienville LA, Mrs. J. F. Thomas and Mrs. H. E. Roberts Texas. Funeral Saturday at Mulhearn with Riverview Burial Park interment.
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F. M
Grandpa) Streeter
Brownville
Mulhearn
Riverview
Streeter
F. P. Streeter
Bienville
J. F. Thomas
H. E. Roberts
Texas
F. M. Streeter
Calhoun County
Miss
Jim Gaston
Huey Miller
Joe Davis
Longstreet
A. T. Hill Corps
Robert E. Lee
Two-year-old sows top efficiency at age two
The United States Department of Agriculture reports that broad sows reach peak efficiency at two years old, noting a continued rise in production milestones for breeding stock.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Billetti High-Wire Trio to Grace Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
The famous Billetti troupe of two men and a girl will perform at Monroe on Oct 6 as part of the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus. They promise nerve‑testing thrills on a high wire with no safety nets, including a two-high bicycle act with the female flyer atop the male rider. Clyde Beatty also appears in a premier wild animal display as performances run at 2 and 8 p.m., gates opening an hour earlier to view the vast menagerie.
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Billetti
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Monroe
Clyde Beatty
LaSalle Parish Election Call Off Over Tax Plan
LaSalle Parish police jury calls off the October 30 election on a one cent gasoline tax for roads and bridges after protests risk defeat. Local schools will open Monday with four months term. teacher list released from Jena high and surrounding schools.
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Jena
LaSalle Parish
Jena Times
Jena High School
J. O. Davis
James Gray
Miton Posey
Martha Nicholson
Mary Kendrick
H. T. Gaharan
Bert Hearne
B. G. Doughty
Mildred Roark
Bertha Summerlin
Lorena Roberts
Avis Turnley
Hazel Hendricks
Melba Girlinghouse
Audie Floyd
Effie Moseley
Trout Good Pine
Elsie Ellard
Iris Turnley
Vera Jones
Reba
J. Hicks
Ada Woods
Eun Holloway
Daisy Holloman
My Hopkins
Mary Brooks
Mattie
Whitehead
Francis Prestridge
I. Roberts
Floyd Thigpen
E. Davis
W. P. Cantwell
J&j
Lily plants blamed for killing honey bees in Idaho irrigation area
Government expert analysis links a wild lily known as death camas to the mortality of honey bees at the Idaho irrigation project. The plant is described as poisonous to bees and sometimes cattle, affecting local conditions and prompting inquiry.
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Boise
Idaho
Iplinidoka
First Suit Filed Against Relief Group in Monroe
Rachael Burrell files suit in district court on behalf of eight minors against the Emergency Relief Administration in Monroe seeking 1 755 dollars and six days a week compensation based on a Second Circuit ruling. Burrell says her husband Peter Burrell died after an injury while working for the group on June 5. The petition argues benefits should be paid for six days weekly even if the worker logged fewer days.
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Quachita Parish
Emergency Relief Administration
Louisiana
Court of Appeals For
Second Circuit
Rachael Burrell
Peter Burrell
Burrell
Monroe
Ted
Burell
Court of Appeals
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
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C. P. Brogan
Knighten’s Grocery & Market
Firiday
Swift
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Red Fox
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K. C. Meats
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Alker’s Grocery
North Third
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Bacon
I. M. Streeter
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
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Jena High Scho
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