Legion Men Aid At Kettles For Christmas Meals
The American Legion will sponsor the Salvation Army kettle in front of Sears Roebuck to collect funds for Christmas dinners for the underprivileged. Legionnaires are scheduled in one hour blocks Saturday afternoon from 2 to 6 pm at the kettle, with specific names named for each slot and a call to report on time. The Salvation Army officer notes the kettle effort supports different needs than the Good Fellows program, which funds families at home.
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The
American Legion
Salvation Army
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Legion Post
Oscar Johnson
Mike Abrahams
Sam Orchard
H. B McClendon
McDowell
Snoddy
Blanchard
Rotherme
Robinson
Major Hammer
Good Fellows
Christmas Kettle Funds Aid Dinners for Homeless
At Christmas time, money secured through the kettles is devoted to providing dinners on Christmas Day for transients and others without homes who would otherwise wander the streets hungry and uncared for.
Cottonseed oil price ceiling draws protest from farmers
A formal protest by N. C. Williamson of the American Cotton Cooperative Association and R. N. Akacker of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation denounces a price ceiling on cottonseed oil as unwarranted. They warn the ceiling undercuts cottonseed value, endangers the seed crop year next, and reduces farmers’ income by millions while urging fair profit and proper notice to avoid price disturbances.
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Lake Providence
N. C. Williamson
American Cotton Cooperative Associa
Williamson
R. N. Akacker
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Leon Henderson
Bankhead
Wickard
Argentina declares state of siege across country
Buenos Aires Dec 17 The Argentine cabinet declared a state of siege throughout the nation effective immediately to halt tendentious propaganda and fulfill international promises. Acting President Ramon Castillo said the move stamps out axw propaganda as part of recognizing the United States as a semi belligerent. The decree suspends constitutional guarantees granting habeas corpus and freedom of the press and assembly, and protects domicile and private papers.
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Buenos Aires
Ramon Castillo
Argentina
United States
Castillo
Grayson Mayor Urges Daily Prayer for Peace
Grayson mayor J W McKeithen issued a proclamation calling citizens to pray daily at noon for peace. He urged asking Almighty God for pardon, strength, and wisdom, and prayed that military forces be granted strength to achieve peace.
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Grayson
J. W. McKeithen
McKeithen
Lions Club Benefit Auction At Hotel Frances
The Lions Club fundraising auction at Hotel Frances on Tuesday noon featured a mile of articles donated by members. F. Pap Strauss contributed a large whisky consignments auctioned for Good Fellows. The program was directed by C. P. Brogan and yielded a good amount for Good Fellows.
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Lions Club
Hotel Frances
Pap) Strauss
Good Fellows
C. P. Brogan
Submarine activity and major fronts in War Today
DeWitt Mackenzie reports warning from Lieutenant-Commander Tominaga about twenty Japanese submarines near Japan and two American submarine strikes. He notes British and American reinforcements, battles in the Pacific and Philippines, air battles over Luzon, and Soviet counteroffensive gains including Kalinin. The piece closes with a fact about 6,000 year old Mexican cypress trees.
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Tominaga
Japan
Hart
United States
Santa Claus
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Philippines
Hawai
Japa
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Indies
Britain
Luzon
Kalinin
Moscow-Leningrad
Bolshevists
Y's Men Plan Holiday Dance at Crystal Club
The Y's Men's club schedules its annual Christmas dance at the Crystal Club Saturday at 10 p.m. Proceeds aid charity. Tech Criterions provide music. Santa Claus will appear. committee chairs are Horace Allen Clifton Furlow and J. C. Holloway. Early reservations advised to secure tables.
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Y's
Crystal Club
Tech Criterions
Santa Claus
United States War Service
Horace Allen
Clifton Furlow
J. C. Holloway
Northeast Junior College
Monroe
West Monroe
Y's Men's Club
Coffeyville man reports swimming ducks in murky sky
Wayne Brooks of Coffeyville jokes that following recent heavy rains a flock of ducks flew overhead with wings folded, as if they were swimming through the murky sky.
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Kansas
Wayne Brooks
Coffeyville
Brooks
Hindu Weds Sixteenth Time in Sialkot Reported
Indian newspapers recently reported a Hindu nonagenarian in Sialkot celebrating his sixteenth marriage. The bride was 18, and the groom 9%. The piece notes extremely low odds of quintuple births at about 85 billion to one.
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Lahore
India
Sialkot
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Legion
Will
Legionnaires
R. L. Wood
Herman Mickel
Ernest Holloway
Radiorgan
OL Ed Labehad
Zenith
U. S
Jackson
American Cotton Cooperative
Tion
Duce
Merle Oberon
Lydia
Paramount
By DeWitt Mackenzie
Mexico
California
Overton-Bentwood
Darrett’s
St. John
United States Department of Agriculture
Coffeyville, Kans
One
Montags
Groom
Eversharp
B.V.D
ROVER
Hollywood
RED Cross
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