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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1945

Page

5

Committees Named for West Yenroe Kiwanis Club in 1946

President-elect Vance Rhodes announced standing committees for 1946 with plans to admit two or three new members within 30 days. Assignments include Program and Music, Attendance, Finance, Public Affairs, Support of Churches, Kiwanis Education, Agriculture, Reception, Boys and Girls, Underprivileged, Public Relations, and Interclub Relations with listed members.

West Yenroe Kiwanis Club Vance Rhodes Charles Chisholm J. P. McKee Sam Humphries C. C. Bell F. C. McConnell A. K. Voss R. Jolissaint L. Tanner Kiwanis Joe Johnson Fred G. Thatcher R. G. Taylor George W. Tyner Lucien Larche Tom Hicks Walter L Fisher Jim Steele J. R. Roark Julius Chandler Claude Irby Joe Rutledge George Hibbard L. M. Lee Earl Johnson H. Clyde Cook Walter F. Fisher J. N Cuz) Rogers T. John John McCormick D. C. Golson Lee Hawkins T. C. Drew W. R. Hatchell Porter M. Caraway George W. Welch

Fungus Destroys Radio Sets in South Pacific

Fungus growth fed on cellulose insulation and moulded parts ruined radio sets used by armed forces in South Pacific battle areas. Fungus resistant varnish for insulation was later perfected to prevent damage.

South Pacific

American Airlines Grants 10.7 Percent Pay Rise To Mechanics

American Airlines raises pay 10.7 percent for more than 3,000 company mechanics nationwide. Starting January 1 the work week drops from 48 to 40 hours with no loss in take home pay, and night shift workers receive extra pay. A prior wage hour dispute and a four-union jurisdictional quarrel sparked a October strike in Chicago Buffalo New York and Detroit.

New York American Airlines Chicago Buffalo Detroit

Bond Drive Nears Close Amid Mixed Results

The government seeks a 11 billion goal for victory bonds, with total sales at 12.288 billion by December 7. E bond sales lag, while payroll deductions complicate counting, and final tallies depend on December payments and end-of-year results.

Washington Pearl Harbor

Visiting Teacher Group Organized In Louisiana

Visiting teachers formed a regular section of the Louisiana Teachers' Association during the annual meeting in Alexandria. Gordon A. Webb, state supervisor of attendance, reported that 57 of the group attended.

Louisiana Teachers’ Association Alexandria Gordon A. Webb

Visiting teachers highlighted by 67 state school systems

Dr. E. B. Robert of Louisiana State University spoke on the attendance work of visiting teachers with the slogan Get them in, keep them in and make them like it. Officers named by the state department are Thomas Landry president L. C. Starr vice president and Christina Hoggatt secretary.

E. B. Robert College of Education Louisiana State University State Department Thomas Landry L. C. Starr Christina Hoggatt

Workman injured in train auto collision at Apple street crossing

Samuel Mequet a painter for Keystone Paint and Decorating Company suffered back injuries yesterday when a Missouri Pacific freight train struck the truck he rode in at Apple street crossing in West Monroe. He was rushed to St Francis Hospital in a Mulhearn ambulance with injuries described as undetermined and possibly a reinjury of an old back problem.

Samuel Mequet Mill Street West Monroe Keystone Paint and Decorating Company Missouri Pacific Apple Street Mequet St. Francis Sanitarium Mulhearn

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