ONE KILLED, 2 HURT IN WRECK NEAR BASTROP
An Arkansas trio were involved in a highway crash near Bastrop on December 8. One passenger died, two youths Nimrod Bolin 18 and John D Bolin 23 were hospitalized with Nimrod severely injured and unconscious. Bolin the driver was reported to be improving. The older Bolin was identified as the driver of the car that struck a parked truck with its lights on.
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Monroe
Walt Scott Cays
Howard
Harris
Burg
Ark
Nimrod Fenders
Bolin
John D. Bolin
Hamburg
Garnier Clinic
Nimrod Bolin
Beasley
Bastrop
Arkansas
Talkies Arrive On Lonely Island In Outer Hebrides
Postmistress Chrissie McLeod announced that talking pictures have finally arrived on the tiny island of Bernara in the Outer Hebrides. The first talkies played this week in the schoolroom hall, powered by an engine from a local fisherman’s boat.
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Bernera
Outer Hebrides
Scotland
Chrissie McLeod
Fatal Hunting Accident Claims West Monroe Man
E J Ray 20 died from a head wound after a Sunday squirrel hunt 12 miles south of Monroe in Lafourche swamp. His father Everett Ray said he fired when mistaking movement for a squirrel. Funeral services arranged with Hall funeral home and the body to be taken to the Ray home. He is survived by his parents and widow Thelma Sweetie.
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E. J. Ray
Ray
Monroe
Lafourche
Everett Ray
Hall Funeral Home
Clayton St
West Monroe
Thelma Sweetie
Priest Sustains Faith Against Communism on Radio Free Europe
Father Alexander Heidler, a Roman Catholic priest, uses Radio Free Europe to reach Czechoslovak followers behind the Iron Curtain. Heidler reports that Communist control has displaced many clergy and churches, while the station offers free worship across faiths. The broadcasts form a key front in countering propaganda.
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Alexander Heidler
Radio Free Europe
Czechoslovakia
Father Heidler
Father Heidier
Tragic accident near Highway 15 harms Ray family
Sheriff Earl E. Hill said a blast injured Ray and his son when an explosion or collision occurred less than 300 yards from Highway 15. Passersby helped the elder Ray move the boy to a car and they were rushed to St. Francis sanitarium for treatment.
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Ray
Earl E. Hill
Richland Parish
Highway 15
St. Francis Sanitarium
Durkin Hopes Taft Will Be Reasonable About T-H Change
Secretary designate Durkin expressed confidence that Senator Taft will be reasonable and fair minded in discussing changes to the Taft Hartley Act. He called Taft a fair minded man and hoped for a middle ground between organized labor and management on labor legislation. Ancient Egyptian plasterers used similar tools to modern workers.
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Durkin
Taft
Washington
Martin P. Durkin
Sen
Ohio
Truman
Judges to Hike Fines for First DUI Offenders
Fourth district court judges announced a January raise in drunken driving penalties. First offense fines will rise from 200 to 300 dollars, with state law allowing up to 400 dollars or eight months in jail. Judges Garrett and Heard cited deterrence as the goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth District Court
David S. Garrett
Jesse S. Heard
Garrett
Heard
SYSTONE Gas Relief Promises Heart Relief
An ad claims stomach gas causes heart pressure and shortness of breath, misread as heart trouble. It promotes SYSTONE taken before meals to aid digestion, reduce gas pains and bloating, and strengthen nerves with herbs and vitamin B-1 with iron, sold by Virginia Pharmacy in Monroe.
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Systone
Monroe
Virginia Pharmacy
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Bastrop Hospital
W. C. Beasley
Morehouse Parish
MR. Jay
Tar
OLD Ones
Nea Bervics
Ine
Lonely Island
W. Monroe
Priest
Freedom
Radio Free Asia
Crusade For Freedom
Tyner-Petrus Company
Mercury
Kyril
Jackson Motors Inc
Lee G. Edwards
Mr. Edwards
Jackson Motors, Inc
Walnut St
Monroe, la
Cessor
Ford Motor Company
MEW
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