City Teachers Hold Meeting in Monroe
The Monroe City Teachers Association met on December 10 with President W S Vincent presiding. Miss Marjorie Oliver spoke on Federal Aid To Education, noting studies since 1919 and arguing funds should supplement state support while control stays with states. Plans for a December 19 Christmas festival at Neville High School were announced with all city students participating.
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Monroe City Teachers’ Assocet
Smith Ls. W. S
Miss Oliver
Shreveport
W. S. Vincent
May Coker
Eloise Cann
Bastrop Agent Receives National Distinguished Service Award
T H Milliken of Morehouse parish is cited for 29 years as county agricultural agent in Louisiana. He earned a National Association of County Agents Certificate of Distinguished Service, one of 88 recipients from 10 000 agents at the convention in Chicago. Milliken was elected president of the Louisiana association last summer after graduating from LSU agriculture.
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Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
T. H. Milliken
Chicago
National Association of County Agents
Louisiana
United States
Milliken
Louisiana Association of County Agents
Louisiana State University School of Agriculture
Coin collectors recall values and caution against cleaning coins
The Stack brothers warn against cleaning old coins, noting damaged surfaces cut values. They cite examples from ancient Aegina silver to a 1894 San Francisco dime, priced up to 1500 dollars, and the Decadrachm of Athens worth as much as 50000 dollars with only two known copies.
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Aegina
B. C
San Francisco
Joseph
Athens
Driver Hurt As Car Hits Taxi In West Monroe
Dick McAuliffe 21 of Swiss Street West Monroe received rib fractures when his car struck a Kelly Cab taxi on Cypress Street near midnight. The taxi was wrecked but its driver Dewey Kelly and passenger H. H. Kennedy were uninjured. The car also crashed into an unoccupied house under renovation.
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Dick McAuliffe
Swiss Street
Est Monroe
Kelly Cab Co
Cypress Street
Dewey Kelly
H. H. Kennedy
West Monroe
McAuliffe
Boom in coin collecting boosts value of antique money
Hal Boyle notes a surge in coin collecting with 100,000 specimens stocked by the Stack brothers since 1858. A $3 gold piece sold for $16,000 while an 1813 coin once insured turned out worth only $50. About 40,000 serious collectors, 250,000 enthusiasts overall, and wartime souvenir coins stimulate demand.
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Hal Boyle
New York
John Smith
Stack Brothers
Joseph B
Morton
Stack
San Francisco
Joseph Stack
Joseph
Corrigan Joins Royal Air Service As Cargo Pilot
Douglas Corrigan known for his famous wrong way flight was added to the pilot staff of Royal Air Service a freight line at Ontario International airport He will fly cargo transports between Ontario and New York President S J Jackson announced Corrigan a former Prohibition party candidate for U S senator from California is assigned to the route Also noted are postwar taxi tip averages in New York City diminishing from 17 percent during WWII to about 10 percent afterwards.
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Ontario
Calif
Douglas Corrigan
New York
Ireland
Royal Air Service
Ontario International Airport
S. J. Jackson
Corri
U. S
California
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TY. H. Milliken
Monroe
Berlin
Dupont
Jerome Kern
Gary Cooper
Farouk
Egypt
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Hentsch and Berton
She Barr Lypney
DuBarry
DuBarry Success School
Richard Hudnut
Effanbee
Madam Alexander
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Monica
Hollywood
Cowboy
Pandora
Val
Toyland
Mademoiselle
Hiroe Lu
Young
Gay
Cudahy Co
Boyle
Doug Corrigan
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