Polling Places Announced for Ouachita Parish Farm Votes
W F Ross names polling sites for two farm elections in Ouachita Parish. About 3,000 cotton farmers may vote Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at designated wards and local stores. AAA committee election also set across wards with court house and local halls as polling sites on specified dates and times.
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Ouachita Parish
W. F. Ross
Parish Aaa Committee
Ross
Collin’s
Sterlington Road
D. Y. Smith's
Sterlington
Swartz
Court House
Monroe
Brandt's
Bosco
Tyner-Petrus Company
West Monroe
Finley's
Calhoun
Masonic Lodge
Cadeville
Colored
Mineral Springs
Parish
Columbia Road
Hendrix
AAA
Calhoun School
Cadeville Lodge Hall
Cotton quota referendum urged by farmer leader Ross
Mr Ross urged all farmers to vote on the cotton quota referendum next Saturday. He noted that 85 percent parity loan supports U S cotton prices 3 to 5 cents above world levels and depends on the referendum outcome, as defeat would end loans next year and after the results are announced around December 15.
Scout leadership training meeting planned in Ouachita area
Scoutmasters assistants and others in Monroe and West Monroe will attend a leadership training at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the civil district courtroom parish courthouse The session led by Olan H Black Scout executive of the Ouachita Valley Council will cover How to Deal With Boys.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Parish
Olan H. Black
Ouachita Valley
Government seeks halt to futures in several commodities
Price Administration announced requests to suspend futures trading today on Brazilian coffee on the New York coffee and sugar exchange cocoa on the New York cocoa exchange and pepper on the New York produce exchange. The move aims to curb speculation while price measures are under consideration.
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Washington
Dec
Price Administration
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
New York Cocoa Exchange
New York Produce Exchange
New York
Deaths Mrs J T Laseter 68 Shreveport resident
Mrs J T Laseter 68 of Shreveport La died at her son H L Laseter's home West Monroe early Monday. Funeral services scheduled in Shreveport Tuesday at 3 p.m. Survived by three sons L A Laseter Los Angeles E H Laseter Texarkana and H L Laseter West Monroe and two sisters from Hawkins and Mount Pleasant Texas. Also note Vienna funeral for Joe P Henry El Dorado Chamber auditor died Friday night. Interment in Vienna with Barton Funeral Home handling. Survived by widow two daughters, a brother, three sisters, and a sister-in-law from Jackson and McComb.
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J. T. Laseter
Shreveport
H. L. Laseter
Jonesboro Road
West Monroe
Dixie Funeral Home
Laseter
J. L. Laseter
Los Angeles
Calif
E. H. Laseter
Texarkana
Ark
Vienna
Joe P. Henry
el Dorado
Chamber of Commerce
Barton Funeral Home
Henry
Purvis Henry
Atlanta
L. C. Colvin
Alton Simmons
Sarah Henry
Jackson
O. E. Murrell
McComb
Pythians Listen as J L Smith to Speak at Stonewall Lodge
John Lee Smith supreme vice chancellor of the Knights of Pythias will be guest of honor at Stonewall lodge No 8 Thursday December 11 Supper at 6 p m and meeting at 7 30 p m Free supper for members The speaker is renowned as an orator After the meeting El Miro temple No 187 D O K K holds officer elections Members asked to wear the fez
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John Lee Smith
Knights of Pythias
Stonewall Lodge
el Miro
Public Forum Appeal for Daily Prayer in Monroe
In a December 8 1941 letter to the editor Mrs. E W urges a city wide daily pause for prayer for world peace and goodwill. She states Americans should seek guidance from God and lead by example at home to support U S war efforts and victory for the country.
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E. W
Bus Drivers Strike Continues In Shreveport
The Tri State Transit bus drivers strike in Shreveport Louisiana persisted after a conference failed to reach a settlement. A company spokesman said the offer of a substantial raise was declined. The talks, lasting hours, were requested by federal labor conciliator R L Burton with union and company representatives present.
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Shreveport
Tri- State
R. L. Burton
Colored Choir Sings Tonight by Southern University
The a cappella choir of Southern University performs at Ouachita Parish High School Auditorium Tuesday at p.m. President Roosevelt’s 9 p.m. radio address will be heard via a public radio in the auditorium, suspending the program to broadcast the speech. The 65-member choir is highly regarded and expected to attract a large audience.
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Southern University
Ouachita Parish
Roosevelt
Washington
Wesley Foundation Committee
Army bomber crash near El Paso kills three
Three men were killed and three were severely burned when an Army bomber crashed three miles east of El Paso. The incident was reported today and authorities said rescue crews retrieved the casualties from the wreckage.
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EL Paso
Tex
Turkey trades with United States in imports and exports
In normal times Turkey buys 13.4 percent of its imports from the United States and ships 15.8 percent of its exports to the United States.
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Turkey
United States
War warning and peril in a world at war
A South Dakota editor warns that the United States must not delay action against Japan or overlook the broader threat from Hitler. The piece urges ramped armament, sustained Allied support, and vigilance as Japan and Germany may strike together, risking a prolonged, bloodied global conflict.
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South Dakota
Manhattan
Hitler
la Guardia
New York
Atlantic
San Francisco Bay
Aleutians
Britain
Ruane
America
Sam
Japan
Washington
United States
Russia
Germany
Herr Hitler
Births in West Monroe announce three newborns
Mr and Mrs T E Dowdy of 605 Nat chitoches street West Monroe announce the arrival of son Thomas Raphael born Monday at the Vaughan Wright Bendel clinic. Mr and Mrs A D Smith of 511 De Siard street announce birth of a daughter born Monday. Mr and Mrs A B Fawcette of 603 Jackson street announce arrival of daughter Martha Carolyn born December 6 at St Francis Sanitarium.
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T. E. Dowdy
Natchitoches Street
West Monroe
Thomas Raphael
Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic
A. D. Smith
DeSiard Street
A. B. Fawcette
Jackson Street
Martha Carolyn
St. Francis Sanitarium
Margin for Error staged by Little Theater of Monroe
The Little Theater of Monroe presents Margin for Error by Clare Boothe as war-time drama showing Nazi consulate tactics and American resilience. Moe contrasts American and Nazi ideologies through a Jewish officer and a city mayor guards, with performances slated December 16 at West Monroe Cr School auditorium and December 18 at North Junior College Monroe.
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Little Theater
Monroe
Clare Boothe
Roosevelt
Congress
Munich
Bund
Finklestein
Moe
Amelic
Cr School
West Mo
North Junior College
Li Theater
Lorenzo Smith
Paul Duet
Trudeau Livaudais, Jr
Eddie Fitzpatrick
Jo McKnight
Jack Ducote
Mary Loui Fudickar
Stanley Reid
Ben Pace
Karl A. Strickler
City Court Fines Issued In Disorderly Conduct Case
Robert Porter, a negro, was fined 190 dollars or 100 days in jail by Judge W M Harper in city court yesterday for disorderly conduct. Other dispositions included Henry Jackson fined 12.50 for fighting, West Webb 30 days for vagrancy, W E Bunting and John F McCana each 7.50 for drunken and disorderly conduct, and three traffic violators fined a total of 7 dollars.
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Robert Porter
W. M. Harper
Henry Jackson
West Webb
W. E. Bunting
John F. McCana
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