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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
7
Summer exams this week end soon as Dean Calvert notes fall term begins with registration September 7 to 9. No late registration allowed and classes start September 11. War conditions expected to affect enrollment but a sizeable turnout is anticipated.
Martina de la Cruz, a 21 inch tall 63 year old Filipino, listed as the world’s smallest woman, is a Wills Hospital patient in Philadelphia recovering from cataract removal on her right eye.
DeWitt Mackenzie reports Allied gains in northern France with Patton’s armor moving beyond Laon toward the Somme defenses. British forces strike from the Seine bridges toward Amiens while American pressure along the east disrupts German positions. Eisenhower says northern France campaign is five days ahead of schedule as Germans retire, freeing channel ports.
St. Paschal’s School on North Seventh Street West Monroe will open its fourth year September 13 with registrations September 11 and 12. It previously began in 1941 with 35 students in four grades and will reach seven grades this year with an eighth in 1945. A pre first grade for five year olds and six year olds for first grade by January 1 are planned. Sisters M Cecilia Leonarda Cresentia and Jean teach two grades each under Sister M. Francis, motherhouse in St. Louis. Enrollments rising raise noon hour feeding challenges and part of a classroom used for meals last year.
The Community Center at 1700 South Grand Street closes for repairs and new equipment. It will reopen on the first Friday after public schools start, and a revamped schedule will place Friday and Saturday nights for teens while other evenings host private parties and church gatherings. Weekday hours are 8 to 12 and 1 30 to 6.
Stonewall lodge No. 8 Knights of Pythias will meet in their rooms on St John Street Thursday at 7 p m All knights in good standing urged to attend El Miro Temple No 7 Dokeys will meet Monday at 8 p m to perfect plans for the big October initiation All members urged to attend
Lt. Col. Joseph K. Carson reports from Portland that a sparrow with a broken wing drew a crowd as a robot bomb exploded nearby. AA guns fired as another robot approached, but the injured bird remained the main point of interest.
The War Production Board approved a small extra building near the school for cafeteria use. Contractor C. C. Burkett says construction is underway and will be ready when school opens.
Nearly complete unofficial returns from the Mississippi runoff show Chancery Judge L A Smith of Holly Springs leading W W Venable by more than 5000 votes for a seat on the state Supreme Court. With 577 of 607 precincts reporting, Smith has 9775 to Venable's 4127. he will replace Justice W D Anderson who served 28 years.
Charles White 12 saved Horace 8 from drowning in the Orleans Canal but perished in the act. The body of Charles was recovered over an hour later by their brother Billy 17 using a diving helmet. The clipping also notes how leafy vegetables keep best in a covered refrigerator container.
The Y's Men's Club held an informal meeting at Hotel Frances on Wednesday night with a casualget together luncheon. Guests included First Lt. Marshall Abernathy from Selman airport and A F Gilmore, a mathematics and science instructor at the Louisiana Training Institute.
Mr and Mrs W F Thornberry Route 3 Rayville announce the birth of a daughter on August 30 at the St Francis Sanitarium.
New York reports a duplex course telegraph that lets a ship's lookout assume directional control during a torpedo attack. The device sends signals directly to the wheelhouse bypassing the bridge, saving about 60 seconds.
An old advertisement promotes Bond's Pills as a life long laxative solution for temporary constipation. It markets a prescription style formula that acts overnight with no taste and no sugar, urging use at bedtime and promising quick morning relief.
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