Scarlet fever cases rise in Ouachita parish
Dr. John W. Williams reports three scarlet fever cases in Sterlington West Monroe and Luna within days. A Luna high school girl is ill and treated by a physician before being sent home. Isolation and home stay for a week to ten days are advised for others in the household.
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Ouachita Parish
John W. Williams
Sterlington
West Monroe
Luna Community
Luna
Ouachita Parish High School
Williams
Quarantine Rules for Scarlet Fever Explained by Health Official
A health official notes scarlet fever quarantine lasts 28 days or longer if transmission risk remains. As scarlet fever has not been a major issue locally, no mass preventive treatment is advised. A physician should assess each case to decide if serum is needed.
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Williams
400 Children to Receive Gifts at Monroe Ys Men Christmas
Final plans for the Monroe Y s Men Christmas tree program were set at a Wednesday meeting at Hotel Frances. The event will be held Friday December 21 at 3 p m on the Lieber building first floor. Arrangements aim to entertain and present gifts to 400 underprivileged children with full attendance except for three members away.
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Monroe Y’s Men's Club
Hotel Frances
Lieber Building
South Grand Street
Police Seek Young Robbers After Home Holdup
Police continued an investigation Thursday into a Wednesday night holdup at Sidney Elliott's residence at Allen and Polk streets. Elliott said two black youths knocked, forced entry with guns, bound him, and ransacked the home taking a .38 Colt revolver a wrist watch a purse with 90 cents and two key sets.
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Sidney Elliott
Allen and
Polk
Elliott
Abandonment Authorized for 11 Mile Louisiana Railroad
The Christie and Eastern Railway Company received ICC approval to abandon its entire 11 mile line from Sandel to Peason Louisiana. Built in 1917, the lumber company controlled line serves no other industries and faced no objections to the application.
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Washington
Christie and Eastern Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sandel
Peason
Kidney health warning promotes Doan's Pills
An old advertisement urges watching kidneys as closely as bowels. It claims 79 200 feet of kidney tubes and 8 pints of daily waste, warning of backache and fatigue if ignored. Promotes Doan's Pills from Foster Milburn Co as safe relief after 49 years of use.
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Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Lemon Drop Kid Comes to Paramount with Lee Tracy Cast
At the Paramount the Lemon Drop Kid stars Lee Tracy Helen Mack Minna Gombell and others in a Damon Runyon story about a race track insider who bets a millionaire’s money on a wrong horse and flees to a small town. He falls for the host’s daughter as danger and romance unfold.
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Paramount
Lee Tracy
Helen Mack
Damon Runyon
Paramount Theater
Minna Gombell
William Frawley
Henry B. Walthall
Baby LeRoy
Kid
Marshal Neilan
Slayings Investigation Advances in Cleveland Case
Detective Inspector Will T. Griffin reports encouraging developments in the slayings of Mr. and Mrs. Aurelius B. Turner of Cleveland Mississippi. He aims to announce a solution soon after taking charge of the inquiry. The Turners were found dead last Sunday. their six year old son Aurelius Jr. was beaten but not seriously hurt. Mississippi Governor Sennett Conner adds a total $350 reward for the arrest of the slayer.
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Memphis
Tenn
Will T. Griffin
Aurelius B. Turner
Cleveland
Miss
Turner
Aurelius, Jr
Mississippi
Griffin
Sennett Conner
Burglary At Jonesboro General Store Reported
Thieves broke into S. Kirkland’s Jonesboro general store and took five dress racks a large amount of silk material and all work trousers and shirts in stock. No trace found. Sheriff’s department investigates.
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Jonesboro
S. Kirkland
Sheriff's Department
National Guard To Meet Tonight For Chemical Warfare Instructions
Adj. Gen. Raymond Fleming of New Orleans orders national guard units to gather at the armory at 7 30 PM. Capt. Leo W. Davis of the 156th Infantry will deliver training on chemical warfare agents weapons and defense to Company G service company and medical detachment local officers invited to attend. The tour starts in New Orleans and passes Shreveport Minden and Ruston.
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Adj
Raymond Fleming
New Orleans
Leo W. Davis
156Th Infantry
Louisiana National Guard
Edgewood Arsenal
Louis F. Rolleigh
J. B. Thornhill
W. L. Bendel
Davis
National Guard
Shreveport
Minden
Ruston
Moscow Library Network Counts 2,152 Branches and 42 Million Books
In Moscow there are 2,152 libraries holding 42,000,000 books and 3,147,105 registered readers. The figures reflect a vast urban library system with wide public access and extensive collections.
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Moscow
Processing Taxes Do Not Increase Living Cost
The AAA announced processing taxes used to pay farmers for production controls add less than one percent to living costs. economist Louis H. Bean noted these taxes are a small share of the total cost of living and, after adjusting for program effects, have a comparatively small net impact. He estimated 1934 retail sales at about 28.0 trillion and processing taxes under 500 million.
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Washington
AAA
Louis H. Bean
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Two Persons Take Own Lives At New Orleans
New Orleans report states two men died by self infliction yesterday. Emile De Wailly Jr., 39, a bus driver, was found hanging in his Harahan Jefferson parish home. A second victim died by poison.
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New Orleans
Emile de Wailly, Jr
Harahan
Jefferson Parish
Trapped Rope Found. W Loeb Found Dead in Hotel
An open trap door in a ceiling attic held a rope looped over a rafter. A man registered as W. Loeb of St. Louis was found dead in a hotel room. Assistant Coroner Robert H. Potts ruled death by own action by poison.
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W. Loeb
St. Louis
Robert H. Potts
Young Men's Choral Club Organized in Local Effort
The Young Men's Choral Club, with 24 members enrolled, was announced Thursday. Officers include Jack Mayes president James Cavaness vice president Louis Monroe secretary Billy Regan treasurer H J Hundley reporter Keith Cobb librarian Billy Eagan historian. Mrs S E Moffett organized the group with Lowrey Jefferson as accompanist. Members meet temporarily at the Methodist church annex.
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Young Men's Choral Club
Wth
Jack Mayes
James Cavaness
Louis Monroe
Billy Regan
H. J. Hundley
Keith Cobb
Billy Eagan
S. E. Moffett
Lowrey Jefferson
Methodist Church Annex
Chondrant Lodge Names Officers At Meeting
Chondrant Lodge No. 339 of the F and A M elected officers for the coming year at its regular meeting in Choundrant Louisiana. Grady Kelly was named Worshipful Master Aubrey Kinman Senior Warden M E Kidd Junior Warden W A Sanderson Senior Deacon J S Pipes Junior Deacon O C Aulds Tyler Talbert Pipes Secretary O W Hogan Treasurer J N Gpson Chaplain.
Positive Relief For Itchy Skin Ointment Ad
Cooling and soothing Blue Star Ointment melts on the skin and drives medicines into pores to kill itch, tetter, rash, eczema, foot itch, ringworm. Money back if the first jar fails.
Aspironal Promises Quick Cold Relief
An ad touts Aspironal as a superior cold remedy claiming two teaspoonfuls deliver relief within two minutes. It targets all ages, calls for immediate cash-back if symptoms persist, and urges druggists to stock the elixir for use at home or by a family.
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Adolph Zukos
Lidlov
Runyon’s
WM. Frawley
Ad Bay
Paramount Pictorial
Greta Garbo H. Marshall
Brent Painted Veil
Joe E. Brown
Monroe Welfare
Otto Kruger
Stuart Erwin
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Fapitol
Y’s
Screen
the Capitol
Joan Crawford
Clark Gable
Joan
Manhattan
Clark
Buenos Aires
Clarence Brown
Hollywood
Capitol Theater
Miss Crawford
Mr. Gable
Adrian
Gable
Una O’connor
Marjorie Gateson
Jinkys
Iron Mountain Bakery
Griffin Studio
Johnny S. Elbert Central Savings Bank & Trust CO
West Monroe Hardware & Furniture CO
Sur
Holloway & Thompson Natural Gas CO
Ik. Thompson's Pharmacy
Monroe Automobile & Supply CO
Slagle-Johnson Lumber Co., Inc
J. W. Rogers
Eureka Grocery
W. M
Central
Standard Office Supply CO
Collens Pharmacy, Inc
E. Jack Selig, Inc
Monroe Furniture CO
Monroe Hardware CO
Sandman’s Pharmacy
E. R. Kiper Hardware & Supply CO
Hemp’s Cafeteria
Ouachita Baking CO
Ferd Levi Stationery CO
North Side Pharmacy
Lee-Rogers Chevrolet Co., Inc
Junky
Young Men’s Choral Club
Chondrant Lodge
Stewart Warner
Stewart-Warner
Stewart - Warner
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