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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1935
Page
10
The Oak Grove Lions club held a lar meeting with a noon dinner in the high school building. Mrs. Aneryson and Mrs. Horace Long hosted. Fifteen Lions were present as Donald Fiske presided over a business and social session.
Japanese forces entered Kalgan in Chahar Province with no resistance as residents watched in disbelief. The move signals a drive to secure northern China, with 20 bases from Peiping possibly signaling deeper incursions. Separately, Manchukuo Chinese frontier clashes report a possible settlement involving Mongol police. Ginger ale is noted as a sensory drink and a Boston barber serves tea to customers.
The Franklin Parish Health unit will run the Health Special train to New Orleans in spring 1936. Mrs Mariel Francis will lead the program with health exams guiding eligibility for elementary pupils. The annual trip, a fixture of the school year, has hosted up to 500 children and chaperones in previous years.
Mrs. Virginia L. Barron, 59, of 212 Ludwig Avenue, West Monroe, died at home Thursday. Funeral held at the house Friday at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. E. E. Huntsberry officiating. Interment at Hasley Cemetery. Pallbearers: George Pipes, Mitchell Murphy, W. B. Inabnet, D. C. Golson, W. B. Smith, L. L. Wood. Survived by three sons Durwood Chester and George Barron and one daughter Mrs. Charlie Hagen.
Sam Jones aged 28 from New Albany Indiana is missing after the Waco open airplane he piloted from Big Stone Gap Virginia to Middlesboro was caught in a snow storm. Pilot Harry Boggs last saw Jones near Pennington Gap as Boggs completed a separate flight to Middlesboro. Heavy snow hindered search efforts and officials noted no emergency landing fields in the area, with Boggs planning a local flying school once found.
In Ferriday Louisiana Miss Carmen Farmer wed W A Sadler of Clayton at the home of Mrs. Julia McCurley in Wilkinson County Mississippi. Rev C W Sadler performed the ceremony. The couple will reside in Clayton. In St Joseph Louisiana Miss Muriel Claire Glenn and John Ferguson of Canton Mississippi were married on November 21, according to an announcement.
Rev W M Rush of Luden Chapel Baptist will preach Friday night at Triumph Baptist. The Luden staff and members will attend. the choir will sing a special program for Triumph group No 8. Public invited. Also notes Saharan desert expanding about one mile yearly.
An unidentified man at the Tourist hotel in Harrison and Sixth streets fired two shots into the floor after paying a dollar for a room and later demanded a refund. He ripped the telephone from the wall and left after the incident, as reported to police by hotel manager W H Mayes.
A burglary at Electrik Maid bake shop and a hotel escape are linked by a suspect described as similar to the morning bandit. Police were not alerted in time. In Winnsboro a revival at the Christian church led by Rev. W.N. from Lake Charles is ongoing with Don Armstrong directing songs.
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