Miss Mary Mulhern Honored At Tea
A tea in Columbus Indiana celebrated upcoming marriage of Miss Mary Mulhern to William Fox set for September 4. Miss Eleona Brinsmade hosted, with attendees in pastel gowns as purple asters and rose tones complemented the decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Mulhern
William Fox
Columbus
Ind
Eleona Brinsmade
Miss Mulhern
Montana
Miss Brinsmade
Herbert Munhélland
Harry W. Fage
Carol Ann Page
Elizabeth Anne Mulhern
Jean Trotter
Hattiesburg
Brinsmade
Congress Moves to Modernize Itself with Study Panel
Washington Aug 29 Congress takes first steps toward modernization with a six senator six representative study committee to review organization and operation of Congress. Plan may consolidate committees and provide expert aides to improve efficiency and reduce duplicative work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
Maroney
Connecticut
Representative Monroney
Oklahoma
Congress of the United States
House
Senate Committee On
House Committee On
Appropriations Committee
Society Calendar Highlights Local Recital and Gatherings
Pupils of Miss Eloise Calhoun are to perform a piano recital at the Northeast Junior College building of Louisiana State University at 8 p.m. The public is invited. Friday features a meeting of the Astruman Book Club at 3 45 p m with Mrs. C H Tait and Mrs Amiee Cook. A marriage occurs at Grace Church at 5 p.m. between Miss Eleanor Ruth Roy and Ens William E Dozier Jr with a reception at the George Lester home on Forsythe avenue. Tuesday announces a Welcome Garden Club tea at 4 to 6 p.m. at Mrs A S Tidwell 1410 Jackson street. Lt McVea Oliver travels from New Orleans to San Francisco awaiting orders. Several residents return from Florida trips. A dancing party for enlisted men and wives is planned at Selman Field Service Club Wednesday night with entertainment for non dancers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eloise Calhoun
Northeast Junior College
Louisiana State University
Astruman Book Club
C. H. Tait
Amiee Cook
Eleanor Ruth Roy
Ens
William E. Dozier Jr
Grace Church
George Lester
Forsythe Avenue
Selman Field Service Club
Service Club
No D Lay Shoe Shop Burglarized Again
No D Lay Shoe Shop at 119 North Second street was burglarized again after closing Saturday night. Frank Parrino, proprietor, reported to Monroe police Captain Pettit Sergeant Tolbert and Officer Cornett that entry was gained through a rear window and about 15 dollars was taken from a cash register. A prior burglary netted about 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Second Street
Frank Parrino
Monroe
F. S. Pettit
Hugh L. Tolbert
A. L. Cornett
India’s Illiteracy and Hunger Stark in Nation’s Wealth
India’s vast population and rich resources contrast with 9 percent illiteracy and only 39 percent well nourished. Eighty million people are perpetually hungry amid claimed wealth and resource potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
United States
Sailor James Butler Shot by Monroe Officer
James R. Butler 21, a Quitman sailor home on leave, was shot once in the wrist and flesh wound in the side after a confrontation with Officer George W. Horton of Monroe. Butler, a machinist’s mate third class, was treated at St Francis Sanitarium and Selman Field hospital, while Horton was bruised and briefly suspended pending investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Butler
George W. Horton
Monroe
Fleet Air Wing
Camp Kearney
Calif
St. Francis Sanitarium
Selman Field Post Hospital
Horton
B. L. Brantley
H. H. Benoit
Vivia P. Golden
Hart Street
Mrs. Golden
Hodge
Tiend
Big Boy
Brantley
Golden
Benoit
The War Today: Hitler Retreats as Allied Forces Press
DeWitt Mackenzie reports that German defenses in western France are collapsing as Patton drives toward Chateau-Thierry and Allied bridgeheads form on the Seine, threatening a continuous front from the Marne to the Somme. The German retreat guards their northern channels and Pas de Calais air and port hubs as Allied air power devastates concentrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
France
Marne
Patton
Chateau-Thierry
Meaux
Seine
Belgium
Reich
Normandy
Somme
Aisne
English Channel
Pas de Calais
Calais
Boulogne
English
Cedric Gibbons to Wed Hazel Brooks in Santa Monica
Cedric Gibbons a 49 year old movie studio art director obtained a marriage license in Santa Monica with Hazel Brooks a 19 year old actress and former model. No wedding date was set and this would be Miss Brooks first marriage. Gibbons has previously been married to Dolores Del Rio and Gwendolyn Waller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Cedric Gibbons
Hazel Brooks
Santa Monica
Gibbons
Miss Brooks
Dolores del Rio
Gwendolyn Waller
Red Cross Volunteers Pack Over Five Million Service Kits
Through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944 volunteers of the American Red Cross made and packed 5,524,672 kit bags for the army and 504,173 for the navy. Each bag contained items like razor blades writing paper cigarettes and candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Army
Navy
City Court Fines and Sentences Reported
Mable Johnson fined 110 dollars and given a six day jail term by Judge Harper for ing and vagrancy. Ernest Mays jailed seven days for conduct at a gambling game. Dock Lawrence fined 17.50 for trespassing and indecent exposure. Several individuals charged with being drunk and orderly forfeited 7.50 bonds. Twenty eight traffic violations totaled 42.50. Text references B 29 Superfortress electrical system details appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Johnson
J. W. M. Harper
Heresterday
Ernest Mays
Dock Lawrence
Ned
F. J. Windborne
Sedrick Ros
Warren M. Whittle
C. J. Tarver
the Page
William H. King
Isaac Smith
Henry Dex Clifton Thornton
Georgia Tas
Earl C. Joy
Ww. Young
Frank Parker
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Eleana
Arthur Dryburgh
Wisconsin
Wausau
Wis
Dryburgh
Mrs. Dryburgh
News Star
J.B
Tchulee
Foster
Kay Kugler
University of Nrth Carlina
Spe
Genevia Washburn
William Gladney
Gladney
Baton Rouge
Miss Washburn
William Washburn
New York City
John Bishop Johnson
Airways
St. Petersburg
Fla
C. B. Wright
Wright
North Atlantic
Agnes Flanders
Neville High School
Louisiana State Normal
Natchitoches
Alfred Reid
Major Reid
el Paso
Camp Polk
Henry Guerriero
Culver
Henry Guerriero Jr
Culver Military Academy
Chicago
Terry Lynn deJaire
New Orleans
Thomas Serwich
Texas
Colorado
O. M. Grisham
R. W. Oglesby
Alice Stuart Oglesby
Winnfield
Frank Emerson
Frank Jr
Marlene
Bainbridge, Md
Emerson
Government Hospital Corps School
Bainbridge
J. W. Morrison
Bulajack
Mary Allen
Jo Beth Taylor
West Monroe
Mandeville
Nellie Webb Walke
Arizona Inn
Tucson
Ariz
David Bubb
Ryan Field
Walke
Los Angeles
By James Marlow
Louisiana State Normal College
Purple Jacket Club
Honor Club
May Evelyn Durden
Dorothy Corne Young
Betty Jean Henry
Lake Charles
Maxine Frye
Minden
Jimmie Slawson
Mansfield
Winfred Hubley
Many
Julia Collier
Oakdale
Back Row
Marie
Lydia
Lydia E
Pinkham’s
Mademoiselle
Haese Ramony
Junard of
Dallas
Junard
Vil Verste
Louisiana
A. S. Tidwell
Jackson Street
McVea Oliver
Mrs
Harry Oliver
Island Drive
San Francisco
Willie Arledge
Beatrice Shamblin
Fannye Humphries
la- Dora Shamblin
Key West
Miami Beach
Florida
Jessie Lolley
W. A. Mayes
BE. L. Mayes
Rio Grande Valley
Allied Service
U.S
Faulk-Collier Bonded Warehouses, Inc
Monroe, la
Brrr
Allied van Lines, Inc
James Butler
By DeWitt Mackenzie
Strand Theater
Cerra Young A
Rialto Theater
Eric Portms
Phyllis Calvert
Griffith Jones
Randolph Scott
Ella Raines
Barry Fitzgerald
Andy Devine
Noah Beery, Jr
Pictora
Monroes
Unite
pEdward G. Robinsom
Mariene Detrich
George Raft
Chester Morris
Nancy Kelly
Fraturettes
Popular Science
Lulu
Li Lulu
General Patton
Paris
Joe
Polo Joe
Joe E. Brown
Paul Lukas
Mary Christians
Iceland
Sonja Henie
John Payne
Ronald Graham
Trudy Marshals
Old
John Wayne
Martha Scott
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