PFC Hughston Rites Planned in Tallulah
Funeral services for Pfc. Sidney Warren Hughston, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Hughston of Tallulah, killed October 8, 1944 in France, will be held at St Edward's Church in Tallulah at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in the National Cemetery in Vicksburg. He was born August 24, 1922 in Eudora Arkansas and a Tallulah High School graduate.
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Tallulah
Pfc
Sidney Warren Hughston
T. L. Hughston
Serrieres
France
Mazell River
Andilly
St. Edward's Catholic Church
R. M. Maure
Engineers to survey proposed inter ocean canal route
BALBOA Canal Zone December 7 a small group of engineers will begin surveying a proposed inter ocean canal route through northern Colombia. The mission aims to assess feasibility and collect data for future construction planning.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Colom
Colombia Route Studied For Possible Isthmian Canal
The Atrato-Truando corridor about 200 miles southeast of the Panama region is under survey for a sea level waterway linking the Gulf of Uraba with Humboldt Bay. Lt. Col. David McCoach leads the survey to bolster a 1947 Congress report on Isthmian canal studies.
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Bia
Panama Canal
Gulf of Uraba
Atlantic
Humboldt Bay
Pacific
David McCoach
Ning
Congress
Rheumatic Pain Relief With TRU-AID Claim
A local man reports eight hours of relief from rheumatic pains after using TRU-AID, describing total muscle comfort and praising the three-ingredient liquid formula said to target rheumatic and neuritic aches. Sold by all drug stores in Monroe.
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Monroe
Soldier Dies in Service After World War II
1940 he entered Louisiana State University and was inducted into the army in April 1943 as a junior. He trained at Fort Knox Yuma and Fort Dix before departing in July 1944. He served in the 319th Infantry 80th division under General Patton and received the Purple Heart. Survived by two brothers Talmage L. Hughston Jr. of Vicksburg and John E. Hughtson of New Orleans. Pallbearers from his graduating class. No flowers requested.
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Louisiana State University
Fort Knox
Yuma
Ariz
Fort Dix
319Th Infantry
George Patton
Third Army
Talmage L. Hughston, Jr
Vicksburg
John E. Hughtson
New Orleans
Anthony Scurrin
Salo Abrahams, Jr
Stewart Moberley
Trent Palmer
Andrew Sevier, Jr
Jack Jones
Fred McDuff
Aubrey Covington
New Cities Share in Tobacco Tax Revenue Ruling
Louisiana Attorney General Chehardy ruled that municipalities may share tobacco tax revenue even if not incorporated when the tax began. The opinion answered a question about the town of Royline and also clarified liquor age rules under Act 360 of 1948.
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Baton Rouge
Attorney General's
Lawrence A. Chehardy
C. W. Thompson
Royline
Chehardy
Attorney General's Office
Neville High to present A Case of Springtime tonight
Neville High School auditorium hosts a three act comedy A Case of Springtime directed by Miss Marilyn Rosenberg at 8 p m Proceeds benefit the 1949 Monroyan fund Tickets at the door cost 61 cents for adults and 46 cents for students Local cast includes Joe Noel Barbara Wildey Nell Cowart James Leake Palmer Jarrell and others The plot follows a high school boy who uses magic to impress a girl daughter of the principal leading to comic complications.
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Marilyn Rosenberg
Neville High School
Monroyan Fund
Anne Varino
Peggy Frantom
Ron Phillips
John Sims
Jo Ann Rizzo
Pat Branch
Clara Munholland
Jack Baugh
Mary Agnes Rizzo
Neville High
School speech department honored for play success
The school speech department credited for the play's success includes Ann Braun Jo Ann Roberts Virginia Laing Maurine Linquist Anne Bower Max Dillingham and Dot Card.
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Ann Braun
Jo Ann Roberts
Virginia Laing
Maurine Linquist
Anne Bower
Max Dillingham
Dot Card
Fireman killed in Fremont department store blaze
In Fremont Ohio a three story downtown department store burned causing the death of firefighter George Kattner 34. He died after a fall from a ladder and suffered a fractured skull at Fremont Memorial Hospital. The blaze gutted Josephs Department Store leaving only walls and causing an estimated loss over 500000. The company president blamed defective wiring as the probable cause.
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Fremont
George Kattner
Fremont Memorial Hospital
Joseph's Department Store
Louis Danzinger
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