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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1940

Page

2

Painting Show Scheduled Here at Iona State Exhibit Building

A traveling art exhibit consisting of twenty oil and tempera paintings visits the Northeast Junior College faculty lounge in Shreveport and Monroe venues. Mary Purser's The Farm and Ruth Wilder's Homeward Bound are highlighted works among pieces by Ninas, Rendall, Mangelsdorf, Gonzalez, de Hoa LeBlanc and others. The first formal showing runs Sunday from 3 to 6 PM with many styles from primitive to modern.

Iona State Shreveport Weill Northeast Junior College Roy Monroe E. J. Whetzle Henderson Don Brown Centenary College Mary Purser Pineville Ruth Wilder Chatham Chatham, A Former Pupil of Mr. Henderson Port Au Prince Paul Ninas Magnolias Theo Rendall Stuart R. Purser Eva Gingert Newsom Marshall's Camp Hazel Hall New Orleans Clarence Miller H. E. Turner Cypress Hans Mangelsdorf Xavier Gonzalez Betty Seenger Alligator Bayou E. M. Adger Mattie E. Clark L. Jordan Hemmenway Magnolia Helene Samuel Pines Emily H. Hunt Vicki Baum Nell Pomeroy O'Brien Emile de Hoa-LeBlanc

A Danger Signal From a Three Days Cough

An advertising notice warns that a lingering cough may signal chronic bronchitis. It promotes Creomulsion as a fast acting, non narcotic remedy that reaches the seat of trouble to loosen phlegm and soothe mucous membranes, promising money back if unsatisfied.

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Perez seeks state crime records in Baton Rouge dispute

District Attorney Leander Perez failed to gain access to state crime commission records in Baton Rouge. He also visited Treasurer Tugwell and Auditor Baynard and threatened a court challenge to the commission’s authority over mineral lease records.

Baton Rouge Leander Perez St. Bernard-Plaquemines State Crime Commission A. P. Tugwell L. B. Baynard Perez Crime Commission James J. Morrison The New Orleans Crime Ete Wiley Jones Commission Sam Jones G. T. Owen Eugene Stanley

Group Adopts 1941 Farm Program At Parish Meeting

The parish agricultural committee approved a 1941 program led by Bob Harmon to work with extension service agents on the good provider plan. It includes prizes for both Negro and white farmers, cash for 4-H events in Chicago and Baton Rouge, and efforts to improve home gardens and farm stock.

Comsiaant Eee Te Beman Bob Harmon Extension Service Bornman Chicago Baton Rouge Ouachita Parish Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee Agriculture Committee Louisiana State University Jewel McQuiller Parish Agricultural Extension Service Chamber of Commerce H. B. Fairchild John Birdsong Harvey C. Callender Neal McHenry F. B. Pettit L. E. Mathis P. H. Scott George D. Holland

Caldwell Parish Votes No Funds for WPA Sewing Room

Grayson Dec 11 Special The Caldwell Parish Police Jury budget for the next fiscal year omits any appropriation for the Caldwell parish WPA sewing room project. The jury has run the project for several years but cannot meet the requested amount, more than double prior contributions. Parish citizens are funding the work from October through early 1941.

Grayson Caldwell Parish WPA

Odd hit run case placed on books

Police investigate an unusual hit and run in Pottsville as George Joseph reports a truck backed into his house causing damage and fled before the license could be noted. The case has been filed for further pursuit.

Pottsville George Joseph

Deaths Last Night and Related Notes

Julius Kessler 85 prominent distiller and wartime whisky trust leader dies in New York. Archbishop Thomas F. Hickey 79 retiree head of Rochester diocese in Rochester New York. Dr John W Langdale 66 former Methodist clergyman and editor dies in New York City. Navy department study designates 75 000 miles of the nations 3 000 000 mile highway system as strategic highways.

Associated Press Julius Kessler New York Whisky Trust John W. Langdale John William Langdale The Methodist Church Naw Department United States

New Heredity Principles Emergence From Studies

Indiana University researchers led by Dr. Tracy M. Sonneborn reveal potential new heredity principles in paramecia. Offspring showed heritable differences without chromosome changes, challenging known chromosome-based heredity. Findings could impact future breeding of animals and plants.

Howard W. Blakeslee Associated Press Bloomington Ind Indiana University Tracy M. Sonneborn Dr. Sonneborn

Clarks High School Publishes First Student Paper The Saw Duster

Members of the Clarks High School senior class under sponsor Coach Dudley Fulton form a school paper The Saw Duster to be published semi monthly. The staff includes Fulton as publisher Miss LaVerne Lewis editor in chief Cecile Scribner associate editor Wilbur Christman business manager Earl Beasley circulation manager Warren Rodgers sports editor and knot hole editors Miss Birdie Helen May and Miss Dubois Wallis.

Clarks Dudley Fulton Saw Duster Coach Fulton

Theater club shifts schedule amid football game conflict

The Fine Arts Club postpones its annual banquet to Thursday night December 19 to avoid clashing with Homer Bastrop Class A football final at Brown Stadium. Cast members illness and rehearsal changes push performance of The Inspector General to Tuesday December 17 with makeup work and costume fittings underway.

Homer Bastrop Brown Stadium Northeast Junior College Smith Fine Arts Club Little Theater Jack Robertson KMLB Bodchinsky Roy Henderson Dodchinsky

CCC to Enroll 2000 in State

M B Bowman announced that over 2000 Louisiana youths will enroll in the Civilian Conservation Corps in January. Applications should be made at Ouachita parish office, 107 DeSiard Street. Beginning next enrollment, allotments drop from 22 to 15 with 7 kept on deposit for discharge. Terry said the CCC offers work and self improvement, with opportunities for those with mechanical inclinations.

M. B. Bowman Intake and Certification Bureau W. S. Terry, Jr Public Welfare Louisiana Civilian Conservation Corps Ouachita Parish DeSiard Street Terry CCC

Discharge Reward Aids Former Inmate Reentry Plans

A fragment notes a figure saved to aid a former inmate’s discharge funds to help reestablish himself in civilian life, reflecting post release support measures and goals for reintegration.

Rayville Students Contribute to Louisiana Review

Rayville residents William Robert Coenen and F. Hodge O Nea l of Rayville are noted as writers on the Louisiana Review board and contributing authors in the law school quarterly. Coenen, a senior law student and Northeast Junior College alumnus, authored a nine page piece on criminal trials in Louisiana.

Rayville Louisianaa Review Louisiana State University Law School William Robert Coenen T. J. Coenen Coenen Louon Young Coenen the Review F. Hodge O'Neal Northeast Junior College of Monroe

Ward 5 High School Completes New Auditorium

The completed one story Ward 5 High School auditorium costs over 27 600 dollars and includes three classrooms and two locker rooms. The article distinguishes the redwood coast big tree from the so called big tree, clarifying color and species.

Grayson Ward 5 High School

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