Estimated U S motorists pay taxes in 1940
It is estimated that motorists in the United States will pay around 1 161 000 000 dollars in state and taxes during 1940.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1940
Page
7
Armored Force Moves Quickly on Long Field March
Abbeville Alabama December 13. The Second armored division of the United States Army advances from Fort Benning Georgia on a 100 mile second jump with 10 520 men and about 2 000 machines. Brigadier General George A Patton Jr leads troops inspecting each company as rain slows progress. A plane from Fort Benning makes an emergency belly landing but no injuries reported.
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Abbeville
Ala
United States Army
Blakely
Fort Benning
George A. Patton, Jr
Georgia
Alabama
Mir
16Th Observation Squadron
J. T. Mosby
Home Demonstration Club Meeting At Eros
Miss Marine Sawyer spoke on Helping Farm Families Help Themselves at the Eros Home Demonstration Club. Mrs O T Lindsay presided in the president’s absence. Helen Downs read Paul Revere's Ride. Refreshments were served to club members and guests. The next meeting is set for January 2 at Mrs D O Hesler’s home.
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EROS
Marine Sawyer
Eros Home Demonstration Club
Ruth Bennett
O. T. Lindsay
Helen Downs
Paul Revere
Bill Greer
J. H. Frasier
D. O. Hesler
O. F Wheelis
W. A. Downs
Johnnie Walsworth
James Flanigan
A. D. Ashley
R. N. Hearne
Dixie Bennett
Negro draftees depart for Camp Beauregard training
Six draftees from Ouachita parish and Bastrop board a bus in Friday morning for Camp Beauregard. Ben Monroe Harold M Page William Lott Joe Clifton Turner Goldman Peevy and one Bastrop recruit join the group. They will be received by the induction committee and later sent to another camp for training.
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Ouachita Parish
Beauregard
Ben Monroe
Jackson
Harold M. Page
McEnery
William Lott
Washington Street
Monroe
West Monroe
Joe Clifton Turner
Brown Paper Mill
Goldman Peevy
Calhoun
Duke of Windsor Enjoys Quiet Miami Beach Visit
The Duke of Windsor, during a U S visit, seeks privacy and rest as the duchess nears recovery from a serious illness. The trip runs a week with the former king applying himself to a private schedule away from public events.
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Duke of Windsor
United States
Duke Thwarts Invitations While Wife Hospitals
The duke occupies his time with reading short motor trips and shopping away from business districts. He cites his wife's hospitalization as a perfect excuse to politely decline many invitations. He personally approved a request from Fred B. Snite Jr. for a private visit at Snite's Miami Beach home, meeting “The Boiler Kid.”
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Prinipal
Fred B. Snite, Jr
Snite
Miami Beach
Two People Injured In Auto Mishap Here
Two persons were slightly injured last night in a collision at the intersection of Lee Avenue and Egan Street Monroe police reported. Mrs. W. C. Norris, 3905 Lee Avenue, was involved.
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Lee Avenue
Egan Street
Monroe
W. C. Norris
Riverside sanitorium visit after two vehicle crash injuries
A female patient was taken to Riverside sanitorium with injuries to both knees after a two car collision. X rays were ordered to assess any further injuries. M W Gandy of West Monroe, a passenger in the other car, received treatment at the scene.
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Riverside
M. W. Gandy
West Monroe
Ole Miss Students Name Ball Rulers
University Miss December coronation picks Kitty Tennant Miss Ole Miss and Junie Hovious Colonel Rebel both from Vicksburg They won in student election Tennant defeated Robbie Coleman Clarksdale 628 to 506 and Hovious beat Harold Peeples Fulton Ky 691 to 443
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University
Miss
Kitty Tennant
Junie Hovious
Grid
Colonel Rebel
Vicksburg
Miss Tennant
Robbie Coleman
Clarksdale
Hovious
Harold Peeples
Fulton
Physicians Appointed as Union Parish Exam Experts
Dr. C. C. Colvin of Bernice and Dr. C. Frances of Farmerville have been appointed Union parish examination physicians in the selective service program.
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Bernice
C. C. Colvin
C. ©. Frances
Farmerville
Union Parish
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