Monroe News-Star Ad Claims Branham Co Advertising Role
An 1806 act reference and Branham Co advertising role appear in a clipped Monroe Louisiana news page. It names the Branham Co national advertising representative offices in New York Chicago Atlanta Dallas Detroit St Louis San Francisco and Los Angeles. The page notes Associated Press rights and the Monroe News-Star’s stance as an independent paper.
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Monroe
Branham CO
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Dallas
Detroit
S. Louis
San Fransisco
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Associates Presa
Royal News
Pmciadianatches Aivo
Amr
Sondey
The
Monroe News-Star
Government to probe food price and distribution practices
The Anti Trust Division of the Justice Department launches a nationwide inquiry into food trade restraints. It cites inflated prices for bread milk meat fish cheese and produce. It argues retailers and processors take a large share of consumer dollars while farmers suffer foreclosures and malnutrition rises among millions.
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Anti-Trust
United States
Justice
National Association of Retail Grocers
Associated Grocery Manufacturers of America
sAs
Football Season Ends for Riverview Fans in Cozy Postgame Tone
The piece reflects on the end of football season at Riverview, noting the shift to off-field routines and alumni life. It humorously describes coaches plotting alibis, surplus supplies moving to other sports, and fans seeking warmth and simpler pleasures as winter settles in.
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Riverview Co
Amica
Eskimos
Pope Refuted Axis Claims On His Sermon
The Vatican releases clarify that the pope merely reaffirmed general points from last Christmas about independence, institutions, nations’ just demands, and restoration of divine order. Osservatore Romano says the pontiff did not endorse Axis viewpoints and urged peace through Christian ideals.
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Fius XII
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
Hitler
Mussolini
Copper Shortage Sparks Talk of Price Peg and Tax
The article notes rising copper demand in the United States and Britain during wartime. It mentions possible government price pegs and a four cent per pound excise tax on imported copper, amid forecasts of strong domestic production and limited fabricating capacity.
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A States
Great Britain
America
United States
The Once Over by H. i Phillips
Dear Elmer I am in the army but worn out by the physical exam I question whether I am being tested for war or a screen test My great great grandfather fought at Bunker Hill with flaws I joke about Napoleon Caesar and Washington avoiding dentists I fear the induction checks eyes ears teeth and feet and I am six points short of the Perfect Man Luke signs off for a war anyone can get into
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Elmer
Bunker Hill
United States Army
Napoleon
Julius Caesar
George Washington
U. S. Grant
Green Mountain Boys
Country Style Ham and Eggs Joke Turns Greek
A lunchroom gag unfolds as a customer orders ham and eggs and the cook asks about country style. The punch line reveals the cook means Greece, released by The Associated Newspapers.
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Country
Greece
Associated Newspapers
Our Children by Angelo Patri
A motivational piece on turning outward from self to help others and build happiness and success. It cites practical selflessness, examples from a child’s choice to walk to school, and a German pilot rescue as a model of humane, outward focus. Send ten cents for Patri booklet Annoying Habits to Angelo Patri in New York.
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Tommy
Angelo Patri
Monroe News-Star
Postoffice
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New York
N. Y
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
New Farm Wonders Point to Wealth and Growth
Washington Daybook previews wartime farm science ranging from colchicine to new oat varieties, grass as vitamin powerhouse, and resin soil amendments. It notes innovations in chick breeds, waxed vegetables, door to door meals, and plasticized curds hinting at a transformative agriculture era.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
H. G. Wells
Tokyo
Oklahoma
R. George Jaap
Kansas City
Johnny
South Dakota State College
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Miss Muffet
Social notes from Leesville and Bastrop visits
Fifteen years ago on December 5 1925 Mrs John F Smart of Leesville visited Mr and Mrs W W Ryder. Mrs W Grey formerly Mrs Merrimac Ludlum of this city was a guest of Mrs George Love en route to Bastrop to visit her father. Mrs Louise Hunter returned from Bastrop after two weeks away. 8 D Graves of Bastrop visited the city recently. Mrs W P McCall came back from Dallas after ten days with daughter Miss Erin McCall a St Mary's College student. Mrs McCall attended services at St Matthew's College where Bishop Harry T Moore confirmed nineteen, including her daughter. Mrs R R Beaman entertained a bridge party Thursday afternoon.
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W. Grey
Shreveport
Merrimac Ludlum
George Love
Bastrop
W. P. McCall
Dallas
Erin McCall
St. Mary's College
McCail
St. Matthew's Coll
Harry T. Moore
Episcopal Diocese of
Rio Grande
Clifford
Ruth
Housemother seeks to adopt infant at Univ of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia report: a three weeks old girl abandoned on a dormitory steps prompts Mrs. Bessie Bitting, a University of Pennsylvania housemother, to offer to adopt the infant. She plans to leave her post caring for the dorm’s 43 boys if permitted. The university notes possible conflict between mothering and supervising the boys, who form an “Uncle's Club.”
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Philadelphia
Angel
University of Pennsylvania
Bessie Bitting
Gold Smugglers Fail In Mission
Romanian customs officials thwart a gilded sheep smuggling operation as Bulgarian peasants sought to move golden hides and coin hidden beneath the skin. Blood on the flock triggered suspicions leading to arrests in the Dobruja border area.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Dobruja
Bulgaria
Odd visitor repents and pays chicken theft restitution
In Rochester Indiana a stranger asked forgiveness while Thompson milked a cow. He confessed stealing chickens five years earlier and promised restitution after a revival conversion. Thompson received a $3 check as payment.
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Rochester, Ind
William Thompson
Thompson
Hazard Gibbs Injury At Sea Leads To Hospital Collision
SAFER AT SEA NORFOLK Va Hazard Gibbs 42 year old seaman from East Nassau NY suffered a left foot injury in an accident aboard a vessel here An ambulance taking him to the marine hospital collided with an automobile and Gibbs right leg was broken
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Norfolk
Hazard Gibbs
East Nassau
N.Y
Marine Hospital
Gibbs
Chicago barber displays 100 ears of unusual corn
Frank Whipple, a Chicago barber and city seller, exhibits his hobby of farming in his wife's flower boxes. His display features 100 ears of unusual corn varieties at the International Livestock Exposition.
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Chicago
Frank Whipple
Soldier swallows wrist watch during watchful escape incident
In El Paso Fort Bliss, a U S Army private swallowed his large wrist watch to hide it from Juarez authorities who had picked him up in Mexico. An officer lectured him in Spanish and the private feared seizure of the watch, prompting an operation at an El Paso hospital to recover the item.
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EL. Paso
Tex
United States Army
Fort Bliss
Mexico
Juarez
el Paso
Glass in Dumplings Sparks Dinner Mystery
In Minneapolis a diner bites into a potato dumpling and finds a diamond shard. Mrs George N Stillman, who prepared the dish, remains calm as the jewelry slips from the setting during the kitchen mishap.
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Minneapolis
Joseph Blindman
George N. Stillman
Shirley Temple career shift stalls amid fans’ uncertainty
Hollywood notes reflect Shirley Temple’s hiatus as she nears a career recalibration. Industry chatter questions audience reception when she returns, comparing her transition to Jane Withers and noting risks of a grown up image affecting fan support and box office.
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Franidy
Sveech
Buxtpeot
Ward Ike
Shirley
Jane Withers
Jane
Hellywood
Ethel Merman Triumphs in Panama Hattie Debut on Broadway
Stenographers should imitate Ethel Merman as she rises to solo stardom in Panama Hattie on Broadway. The dark haired songstress reworked by talent scouts from amateur shows to Hollywood and back, now shines with singing and dancing solos. Louis Nidger fronts Thinking on Your Feet while Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke craft film songs as they work on new projects.
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Ethel Merman
Ethel
New York City
Los
Hollywood
Broadway
Panama
Louis Nidger
Charlie Chaplin
Harold Lloyd
Paramount
Jimmy van Heusen
Wote Horn
van Heusen
Johnny Burke
Jarrell Elected President of Tri-Perish Medical Association
At Tallulah Tuesday night the Tri-Perish Medical Association elected Dr. C. M. Jarrell of Epps West Carroll parish as president. Officers named included Dr. Ea Butler Oak Grove secretary and four parish vice presidents. Dr. G. C. Jarrett of Vicksburg spoke on respiratory diseases in children.
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Tri-Perish
Tenses
Sevier
Tallulah
Madison Parish
G. C. Jarrett
Vicksburg
Hall
Jarrell
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