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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1935
Page
19
The Oak Grove Lions Club met for a noon dinner hosted by the home economics department in the high school building. Mrs Birdie Bryson and Mrs Horace Long were hostesses. Fifteen Lions attended as Donald Fiske presided over a combined business and social meeting.
A small detachment of Japanese troops entered Kalgan on December 14 without resistance, marking the first armed presence in the gateway city. The move signals Japanese aims to secure strategic centers in north China as 20 bases from Peiping arrive, amid reports of Manchukuo-Chinese clashes nearby and possible Mongol police deployment.
A Boston barber draws customers by offering tea to patrons while the shop promotes the ginger ale experience. The promotion highlights tasting and sensory appeal as a marketing tactic to attract business.
The Franklin Parish Health unit will again operate its annual Health Special in spring 1936. Funds are being raised for a 10 car train voyage to New Orleans led by health nurse Mrs. Mabel Francis. Eligible children from certain elementary grades who fix all defects on early exams will join the trip, a feature seen by as many as 500 children and chaperones.
Mrs Virginia L Barron 59 of 212 Ludwig Avenue West Monroe died at her residence Thursday Funeral held at the house Friday at 2 30 pm Rev E E Huntsberry officiating Interment in Hasley Cemetery Pallbearers George Pipes Mitchell Murphy W B Snabnet 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, 28, of New Albany Indiana is missing after his Waco open airplane vanished in a mountain snow storm en route from Big Stone Gap Virginia to Middlesboro Kentucky Pilot Harry Boggs reported last sighting near Pennington Gap Boggs landed at Middlesboro yesterday at 2 30 pm with another plane and planned to fly search efforts Jones had three months experience but was not fully familiar with the mountains
In Ferriday Louisiana Miss Carmen Farmer wed W A Sadler of Clayton at the home of Mrs Julia McCurley in Wilkinson County Mississippi The ceremony was performed by the bridegrooms father Rev C W Sadler The couple will reside in Clayton In St Joseph Louisiana Muriel Claire Glenn and John Ferguson of Canton Mississippi married November 21 per a recent notice
Rev. W. M. Rush of Luden Chapel Baptist will preach Friday at Triumph Baptist. Luden Chapel officers and members plan to attend and the choir will present a special program for Triumph church group No 8. Public invitation extended.
Experts estimate the Sahara desert is widening by roughly one mile annually, signaling gradual shifts in regional climate and desert boundaries.
An unidentified man in a Harrison Street hotel room fired two shots into the floor and ripped the telephone from the wall before demanding a refund. Manager W. H. Mayes reported the guest paid $1 in advance, stayed briefly, and then left after the dispute.
A man fled a hotel before officers arrived after a robbery at the Electrik Maid bake shop earlier in the morning. He allegedly wiped fingerprints with a handkerchief and matched a description linked to the suspect.
Special revival services are underway at the Christian church in Winnsboro with Rev. W N Armstrong of Lake Charles presiding. Don Armstrong, the preacher’s son, leads the singing during the meetings.
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