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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1940
Page
9
In Minneapolis on Friday December 13, Shirley Johnson born September 13, 1940 at 1 am weighed seven pounds 13 ounces. She is now 13 weeks old and weighs exactly 13 pounds.
Washington December 13 The government filed a brief with the Supreme Court defending the legality of the wage hour administration 32 1 2 cent hour minimum wage for the textile industry. Solicitor General Francis Biddle argued the order upheld by the Fifth Circuit would not unduly hamper mills and showed the administrator followed proper procedures and factors. The brief notes a 2.1 percent rise in national labor costs and a 2.15 percent rise in the South, with minimal effect on retail prices or demand.
Leander Perez ally Wade Martin Jr examined the Louisiana Crime Commission financials in Baton Rouge as Perez seeks oil lease records. Jerome A. Hayes said $125000 appropriation was mostly unused with $13000 remaining from July to November. Perez met with state officials during the day.
A nurse reports a mother at University Hospital in Little Rock Arkansas gave birth to triplets two boys and a girl. The infant names announced were Gone With Wind with the daughter still unnamed.
At the Louisiana Baptist convention annual meeting in Shreveport officers were reelected. Dr A E Prince of West Monroe was named chairman. W Calp and Dr John Caylor were reappointed recording secretary, with Dr C W Caldwell filling a vacancy. Dr W H Knight announced as new executive secretary succeeding F J Katz.
Stillwater resident J. C. Cox reports crows crack pecans by dropping them on fence posts and hammering the nuts with their bills. He notes piles of hulls around posts where crows feasted and mentions Mendel in passing.
Funeral services for Vick F. Sackett 45 of 501 Glenmar avenue will be at 2 p m Sunday at the Davis Lawhead chapel with Rev A M Freeman officiating Interment in Riverview Cemetery Sackett died after a heart attack at home He was field superintendent for Southern Carbon Company in charge of all gas wells He is survived by his widow a daughter Barbara two sons Richard and Raymond his mother two brothers two sisters and a nephew Funeral arrangements are by Davis Lawhead Pueblo Indians treasure turkey feathers for ceremonial dances and prayer sticks offerings.
The Mississippi river system runs from the Gulf of Mexico delta to the Missouri headwaters and covers 4 206 miles.
California authorities are phasing in tests for holders of aged driving licenses. The program requires renewed testing to maintain driving privileges and verify current competencies.
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