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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1946
Page
6
A historic note credits two American hospital initiated trials in England where penicillin was tested for new uses amid shortages. The effort emerged from local improvisation within hospitals lacking medical supplies, marking a turning point in early antimicrobial exploration.
Report from the American College of Surgeons describes mixing penicillin with human hemoglobin to treat nonhealing wounds. Col. Felix Jansey notes the gradual release and lack of adverse effects, while Dr. Herbert Conway discusses tattooing port wine stains toward normal skin. The college lists states with no or limited approved cancer clinics.
Five thousand seventy two bales were ginned in Ouachita parish from the 1946 crop by December 1, compared with eight thousand four hundred a year earlier. In Concordia parish four thousand eighty two bales were ginned of the current crop versus four thousand three hundred seventy one from the 1945 crop.
Wessie Roy Brady age 41 of Abbeville was jailed by state troopers for drunk driving and property damage after a collision on U S 165 south of Monroe. A report was not available but Brady was arrested Tuesday night.
Washington reports a large spinach surplus for winter. The Department of Agriculture says production will exceed last year with Texas shipping about 100 carloads daily next month. California and Louisiana are major producers as total output reaches 7,550,000 bushels.
Kiwanis leaders met at Hotel Virginia for an educational conference led by President Duncan Smith. He outlined eight objectives including service to youth, support for home church and school, veteran faith, equal rights, informed citizenry, balanced budgets, world peace, and international goodwill with Canada. Other speakers covered duties of directors and presidents, club extension, and monthly reports as 28 leaders attended.
Engine Company 5 extinguished a grass fire one mile north of Clover Leaf Dairy at 9 35 a m on Wednesday and No 4 Company put out a grass fire at Rainbow Inn at 9 32 a m.
J C Penney Co board approves two weeks extra salary for all full year 1946 full time associates and proportionate amounts for part timers and less than a year staff. Management excluded. Monroe store notes 35 participants. Not a Christmas bonus but an extra non recurring payment from strong business results.
The text notes a customary Christmas bonus and a yearly pro rata share of company earnings. It also mentions Capt. James Cook, the British navigator who discovered the Hawaiian Islands in 1778.
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