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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1941

Page

9

Charity Revue Tonight At Paramount Theater

The Good Fellows revue presented by the Illinois Central Employes Service club offers a midnight show at 11 p.m. at the Paramount with acts from Bees High School band South American rhumba Ouachita Parish High School and Northeast Junior College, plus dance numbers, acrobatics, magic, and a finale. Proceeds go to the Good Fellows fund.

Paramount Theater Illinois Central Employer Service Club Irving Ward-Steinman The Paramount Bees High School Charles Ganshell Goldah Roan Mary Louise Marine Katherine Juanita Guerriero Seam Jackie Freeman Boy Scouts of America We Are All Americans Christine Galloway Neville High School Louise Norma Russ Elaine Jones Stanley Hodges Ouachita Parish High School Ben Rush Ephard Brown LeRoy Cantrell T. A. Bruke Jack Cuningham Robert Jones Robert Southern Edwin Stanley Wall Harry Williams Good Fellows Clarice Roan Jeune Hunt Sydney Wall Edward New Jean Kennedy Betty Sue Scott Jack Freeman J. N. Chapman I. C. Railroad

Christmas program announced for prisoners at Ouachita Parish Jail

Rev Felix Thompson announces a Christmas program for prisoners at Ouachita Parish Jail to be held on Christmas Day at 10:00 am.

Felix Thompson Ouachita Perish Li:te Am

Fitzpatrick Named New Orleans States Managing Editor

William H. Fitzpatrick age 33 becomes managing editor of the New Orleans States succeeding James E. Crown who remains editor. Brown 30, a Hattiesburg native, is named city editor succeeding Fitzpatrick. Brown previously worked in Hattiesburg and Greenville. Announcement by publisher L. K. Nichelson.

New Orleans William H. Fitzpatrick James E. Crown Fitzpatrick Times-Picayune Robert W. Brown Hattiesburg, Miss Brown Hattiesburg Greenville L. K. Nichelson

May delay call of ROTC officers at LSU

Louisiana State University ROTC officers are expected to remain out of active service until June. Lieutenant Colonel C. M. Thirlkeld, head of the LSU field artillery unit, notes Col. Thirlkeid was transferred to LSU last week from Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Japs Launch New Raid On Luzon Island

Japanese forces report a landing on Luzon with heavy fighting and serious positions as Hongkong battles unfold. Tokyo dispatches note beachheads and advances into southern Luzon while Manila and Cavite endure Japanese air strikes.

Luzon Island London Victoria China South China Sea Domei Jardine's Hill Hongkong Island Tokyo Kowloon Hongkong Parti Britain Far East Washington Axis Pacific Rajah Sarawak Orth Borneo Meleyan Singapore Penang Island Malayan Wellesley Penang British Far East Western Hemisphere Rio de Janeiro United States American Manila Cavite Tarlac Lingayen Vigan Iloilo Panay Commonwealth United States Army Philippine Luzon Malaya Burma

Forty and Eight to Meet Monday in Legion Home

The regular business meeting of voiture No. 168 of the Forty and Eight will be held in the Legion home Monday December 22 at 8 p.m. Final plans for the wreck scheduled for January and other important business matters will be considered.

Legion Home

Flying Hero Keator Ties Family to West Monroe in War Tale

Lieutenant Randall D. Keator from Campus Louisiana is praised as the first American pilot to down a Japanese plane over the Philippines. The Intercept recounts his daring chase and dogfights, including shooting down one plane and aiding others, as he flew with dwindling fuel and ammo. His aunt in West Monroe confirms family pride and worry after a reassuring cable from him. Keator, a 1939 state normal graduate, joined the air corps in 1946 and was commissioned on April 25, 1941.

Randall D. Keator Campu Philippines J. R. McKnight West Monroe Associated Press Dispatches Mare Campus Keator State Normal Air Corps

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