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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1939
Page
7
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Unusual interest grows for the Good Fellows young people's benefit set for Ouachita Parish High School auditorium Wednesday at 7 p.m. Miss Bell Hair organizes the program with help from Miss Martha Hopson and Miss Louise Gibson. Dance instructor Armandine Renaud and dancer Louise Gebsen assist with numbers. The revised program features many dance and song performances including Indian Love Call, Fast Tap, and The City by Bist Filta.
A groom was assaulted and killed in a public space prompting police to investigate the fatal attack. Investigators seek witnesses and review surveillance as the victim is identified and authorities request tips from the public.
A garbled OCR passage describes scattered notes and unclear events. Names, places, and dates are unreadable, leaving a jagged summary of likely local updates with no clear action or outcome.
Report from St Francis hospital says a young Negro man was shot in the face on a dark road about midnight Saturday while riding with his brother. He and his brother were ambushed. the brother was unharmed. The attacker used a 22 caliber rifle.
An evening banquet with remarks by Jare Hursvlves and Beth Rhinehart featured election results for the college press association. Annie Lee W. Stahl thanked attendees and pledged continued service, while speakers praised journalism’s role and camaraderie among members.
Dec 18 Arctic explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins offered his services to Canada for the war. Also reported the Society of Hydraulic Force of Sila inaugurated a hydroelectric plant with annual output of 70,090,000 kilowatt hours.
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