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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1941

Page

7

Vague incident interrupts service with armed moment

A field man and an associate, while pausing to pass a vehicle, caused a temporary service disruption described as a frightening moment. The auto resumed operations and a shotgun event was noted but details remain unclear and are not fully explained.

City Court Convicts on Alcohol and Vagrancy Charges

Judge W. M. Harper presided as C. A. McGee found guilty of habitual intoxication and jailed 60 days. Joe Williams convicted of vagrancy for 66 days. L. G. Carlton found guilty of intoxication with a fine or ten days. Two individuals fined one dollar each for overparking.

Joe Williams L. G. Carlton

Fragmented OCR Puzzle Contains Mixed Clues and Phrases

A garbled OCR snippet presents scattered terms across science, theater, cooking, and general knowledge. It lists items like spider’s trap, Bunsen fences, and Greek theater related terms, interspersed with unrelated fragments about containers, music lines, and signaling phrases.

Pottsville Plans Three Thanksgiving Observances

Pottsville Pa December 2 extra Thanksgiving day aims to honor both national and local blessings. City officials led by Mayor Claud Lord designate three days for thanks to align with differing dates, while County groups plan parades, toy displays, and prize frosts. The city also staged a Christmas toy parade and promising charity such as 1000 chickens for the needy.

Pottsville Claud \ Lord Lord

Third term reelected originator of Thanksgiving incident

Corners, special church services and civic club programs have been prepared. The originator of the third Thanksgiving incidentally was reelected to his third term last month.

Shotgun Clears Up Wire Trouble in Texas

In Dallas on December 2, a telegraph company fought a wire outage with shotguns amid mounting bird trouble. Each sunset for days, the AP circuit went dead until shooters dropped thousands of roosting blackbirds and starlings, their weight snapping the line free.

the Telegraph Company Texas Associated Press

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