Veterans urged to start GI Bill paperwork now for fall
Baton Rouge veterans entering or re entering college under the GI Bill should begin VA paperwork now to avoid delays in September registration. Joseph L. Golsan warns that first subsistence checks likely arrive by November 5, advising bringing funds for the interim. Supplemental eligibility required for transfers or new programs.
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Joseph L. Golsen
Golson
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Amoother
Golsan
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Goisan
Ku Klux Klan Names Permanent Emperor Samuel II
Jacksonville report says Ku Klux Klan leaders elected a permanent emperor Samuel II at a secret ceremony of the Southern Knights. Bill Hendrix of Tallahassee announced officers including an anonymous imperial wizard numbered 4006800 and a national adjutant. The group claims 302 chapters and 50,000 members across 12 southern states plus New York and New Jersey.
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Fla
Hendrix
Outfit
New York
New Jersey
Southern Knights
Georgia Klans
Ku Klux Group
Montgomery
Ala
Georgia Kluxers
Atlanta
Samuel W. Roper
Samuel Green
Alabama
Lycurgus Spinks
Canteen Aid to Community Needs
Canteen activities focus on ward needs since the war with a bi monthly project making sandwiches for the crippled children’s clinic. Mrs. G M Stewart, canteen chair, says members are ready to serve in any emergency and welcomes new volunteers. Mrs. Louis Gimler is a devoted Red Cross worker with hours logged in many services.
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G. M. Stewart
Monroe
Louis Gimler
Gimler
Red Cross
Talbot vows renewed fight after ouster from Democratic meeting
W H Talbot former Louisiana Democratic national committeeman promises stronger effort to keep alive the States Rights case after being excluded from a Washington committee meeting. He says the party is ruled from northern cities and the South is ignored, and he will issue a full statement Monday.
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W. H. Talbot
Louisiana
Talbot
Washington
National Committee
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Credentials Committee
Democratic Party
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Chicago
M. J. Barr Named School Principal
M J Barr former teacher at Ansley and Dodson High Schools in Jackson parish is appointed principal of Hico High School. He succeeds James M Ware who moved to Franklington High School. Barr holds a B A from Northwestern State College and B S from the state university, with one hour remaining for a masters. He taught vocational agriculture at Simsboro High School prior to this post.
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Hico
M. J. Barr
Ansley High School
Dodson
Inackson Parish
Hico High School
Morelle Emmons
Lincoln Parish
Barr
James M. Ware
Ware
Franklington High School
Northwestern State College
State University
Ansley
Atlanta
Jackson Parish
Simsboro
Heifer Freed From Sunken Silo in Wisconsin Rescue
Snoopy the 650 pound heifer was trapped 12 feet below a sunken silo in Osceola Wisconsin for nearly 80 hours. Everett Lampman used three acres of corn silage to lift her with the silo’s opening widened by the rising silage. A final push freed Snoopy as she slimmed and crawled through. The report also notes odds of quadruplet births and mosquito varieties.
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Osceola
Wis
Snoopy
Gay
Silo
Everett Lampman
Lampman
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