Festive Christmas Spirit Lighted Across Town
Christmas trees glow on lawns and in streets as incandescent lights brighten homes hotels and stores. City landmarks including Hotel Virginia and Ouachita parish courthouse display elaborate decorations with Camp Fire Girls lighting living trees at schools. The News-Star staff also decorates a lobby tree with presents to be distributed next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towntown
Hotel
Virginia
Hotel Monroe
Camp Fire
Ouachita Parish Court House
St. John and
Wood Streets
J. L. Nelson
Jackson Street
News- Star
Irene Simms Shields
Jonesboro Hotel Damaged By Blaze In Jonesboro La
The Watt hotel in Jonesboro operated by Mrs. W. H. Towe caught fire around 9 am on Monday. The fire was confined inside the building and its contents, with partial insurance coverage reported. Local guests and visitors noted include Shelby Jackson of Benton and Rev. R. M. Brown among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro Hotel
Jonesboro
Watt
W. H. Towe
Veter
Ans
Shelby Jackson
Benton, la
Emmitte Stewart
R. M. Brown
Ruston
C. Y. Brandon
Shreveport
Lieutenant Flo Continues North Flight From Maxwell
Lieut. Leonard Flo took off from Maxwell Field at 7 50 this morning heading north after an unsuccessful nonstop flight from Canada to Cuba. His next scheduled stop is Tulsa, Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Leonard
Flo
Maxwell Field
Canada
Cuba
Tulsa
Okla
Public sale in Ouachita Succession of Shaddrick E Wall
Fourth Judicial District Court in Ouachita Parish Louisiana orders sale of a 1/2 undivided interest in the deceased Shaddrick E Wall estate. Administrator W F Wall will sell at public auction on December 24 for no less than two thirds of the appraised value, describing land containing about 23.85 acres in Section 44, Township 15S Range 3E, with a detailed metes and bounds description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fouth Judicial District Court
Parish of
Ouachita
State of Louisiana
Shaddrick E. Wall
Fourth Judicial District
W. F. Wall
Shaddrick E. Wail
S. E F. Wall
Louisiana
Townahip
Sac
A & Loch
Jake
Wall
Routh
Tick Eradication Move Aims Special Louisiana Session
Louisiana leaders push for a special legislative session to pass tick eradication laws after hearings showing the cattle tick drains beef herds. Proponents cite state and federal aid needs, parish funding limits, and economic losses from tick infestation across parishes like Lincoln and Claiborne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Louisiana
Lincoln
Claiborne
East Carroll
Jeff Davis
Mississippi River
New Orleans
States of the Union
Arkansas
Lincoln Parish
Bienville Parish
Er. S. Richardson
Webster
Tottering
Social notes and visits fill Monroe and Bastrop week
Local society pages list dinners parties and sermons in Monroe Bastrop and Olla with attendees Mesdames Conner Holloway Lonver Genner Padgett Andrews Vaughan Michie and others visiting relatives and church events. Visitors include Pete Halavic Fannie Pinkston Mary Riley Erin Pinkston and Lewis Davidson among others as Christmas holidays approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry ©. Simpson
Bastrop
W. M. Ellis
Pete J. Halavic
Fort Brage
Joe Page
Tony Halavic
Hamburg
Ark
Fannie Pinkston
Mary Riley
Erin Pinkston
Monroe
Robert Vaughan
Methodist
Ruston
Methodist Church
Mesdames
H. B. Andrews
C. E. Vaughan
D. €. Michie
Lillian Michie
Mesdames Leon Davenport
J. R. Meliwaine
McVea Young
J. &. Rolfe
Oak Ridge
W. 5. White
A. N. Williams
C. W. Thibodeaux
F. W. Andrews
F. J. Linguiest
May Beth
Lois Thibodeaux
Ruth Williams
May Andrews
E. T. Davidson
Jim Campbell
E. Echols
FP. Hodgkinson
C. Scott
Fairbanks
Catholic
Ida Ivy
E. M. White
A. B. Andrews
Forest Linquiest
J. B. Shaw
Swartz
4A. (. Whipple
FE. M. Clark
Had &S
A. R. Holloway
Antonia Page
Julia Halavic
FE. T. Davidson
W. T. Smith
L. L. Davidson
John Morris
Rayville
N. Carter
Leon Davenport
J. P. Sharp
Shaw
Miss. Mesdaumes
R. Conner
Alma Alexander
F. J. Linquiest
Baby
Pat Sims
Centenary College
G. M. Sims
Gene Zachery
George Slocum
Jones
Hugo Sisson
J. W. Johnson
Wilmot
Sisson
Olla Social Roundup Sees Multiple Family Visits
L H Taylor and son Hanna and Elise Taylor with Frances Prestridge visited Alexandria guests. Mrs Willie Miller and children of Urania shopped in Olla. V R Lay family spent Sunday in Jonesville with W C Lay. J E Harris Jr of Olla is critically ill in St Francis sanitarium Monroe. Mrs H V Baker and Francille joined shoppers in Alexandria. Mise Oca Chism visited Good Pine. L H Taylor travels to Natchez Miss. Rolla Adams spent time in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Olla
L. H. Taylor
Hanna
Elise Taylor
Frances Prestridge
Alexandria
Willie Miller
Urania
V. R. Lay
Jonesville
W. C. Lay
J. E. Harris, Jr
St. Francis Sanitarium
Monroe
H. V. Baker
Francille
Bessie Taylor
Good Pine
Natchez
Miss
Rolla Adams
Submarine S-4 Raised After Failed Lifting Attempt
The submarine S-4, sunk with no crew on board at 8:21 Monday morning, was raised from 55 feet of water by 9:47 a.m. today after an earlier attempt using new lifting hooks failed. The operation followed a deliberate sinking and used Block Island Radio Station for transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falcon
Rock Island
BR. I
Block Island
Desperate Kidnap Case Tangles Town Rum Ring
Dyer inspectors recovered several suspected stolen autos amid a broader probe spurred by the kidnapping of P. C. Burcham, cafe owner and alleged gang leader. After a six hour search, Burcham was found near a desert water tank exhausted but alive, later accusing Wink men of the crime while others claimed he led a liquor theft ring. Sheriff Priest then arrested a dozen rum runners. Burcham and others face robbery theft and kidnapping charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer Art and Customs
P. C. Burcham
Rum-Renners
Burcham
Pecos Bill” Priest
Ruston meet stresses cattle tick costs at chamber rally
About 200 people gathered at 10:30 a m Tuesday in the Kidd Astor theater in Lincoln parish with J Barksdale of the Ruston chamber acting as temporary chair. Speakers stressed that the cattle tick is costing Louisi na residents money and urged action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Robert G. Harmon
Monroe
Robert F. Kennon
Minden
Henderso
Ruston Chamber of Commercce
Lincoln Parish Farm Bureau
Ruston
Chu Thompson
Kidd-Astor
Lincoln Parish
J. Barksdale
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Newe-Star
Lieut
Br Associated Press
Old Virginia
Davis
Capitol
Claude Davis
Parish
Governor Long
R. G. Harmon
R. G. Etzel
Homer
H. J. Madison, Jr
H. M. Silver
Mansfield
Julius Graham
Natchitoches
FE. F. Lindsey
Bernice
Claiborne Parish
Barksdale
C. C. Gayne
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Louisiana Methodist Orphanage
A .H. Henderson
Mr. Henderson
Thompson
Bienville
Richardson
North Louisiana
F. W. Spencer
L. S. A. Extension Department
Baton Rouge
Leon Mitchell
Natchitoches Parish
H. E. Torhbett
International Harvester Company
J. G. Brewster
Choadrant
W. J. Brooks
FE. R. Strahan
Ouachita Parish
J. W. Rabb
Union Parish
Farmerville
G. W. Brewster
John Sander
Julia Cooksey
G. B. Spinks
James Doyle
B. L. Colbert
Robert H. Crittenden
Holly Ridge
W.S. Powell
Stonewall
H. W. Silver
Mansfield Chamber of Commerce
J. T. Richardson
Grand Cane
J. L. Baker
T. C. Alexander
Gibsland
W. A. Givens
Webster Parish
Thos. M. Fort
Chamber of Commerce
W. W. Shartle
Tallulah
E. C. Colvin
Union Parish Farm Bureau
Henry Hinton
R. H. Jones
Heflin
C. M. Hutton
J. S. Lee
Farmer
Shongalog
R. T. Moore
I. W. Albriteton
W. L. Montgomery
Mack O'Neal
Choudrant
R. B. Shields
T. H. Milliken
J. F. Sanders
C. H. Bruner
F. A. Hoell
F. Land
James Grigsby
G. E. Cox
Creston
J. N. Alford
Planter
S. L. Barksdale
L. McKnight
A. H. Henderson
News Star
Mer Rouge
Mesdames Co
KR. Conner
Esr. Conner
ER. M. Clark
J. H. Leech
Padget
R. Lonver
Genner
Belhaven
Selma
Selma Haynes
Kathryn Brantley
Bertrease Corbin
Standard
Freddie Mae
Doris Mackey
Jena
Thelma Rutledge
Iess Roberts
Good Fine
Lillian Randall
Cedartown
R. E. Ruggley
E. D. Bridges
Dewey Richmond
Elva Jones
Associated Press
Phoenix Drug Co., Inc
Uacuita National Bank
Great&&. Monror
Doris
Doris Garment
DeSiard
Collens
Monroe and Vicinity
M. Cartier
Paris
Chase-Amman Drug Co., Ltd
DeSiard St
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