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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1927

Page

9

Christmas Play At Gordon Avenue Church Friday Night

A Christmas program at Gordon Avenue community church is set for tomorrow night at 7 30. Santa Claus will attend and a Christmas tree with gifts will be available. The program includes songs recitations talks a pageant and a white gift exercise featuring parishioners from Beginners to Seniors with participants named.

Gordon Avenue Santa Claus H. F. Camp Walter Hyde Dorothy Grayson Quida Pendleton Dorothy Dennis Mr. Colton Dr. C. A Beatle Roy Love Mrs. Grayson Faith Marie Louise Cole Hope Louise Jackson Justice Merry Mildred Dennis Kindness Doris Thornhill

Sign Bans Smoking in 22 Languages

In Las Cruces New Mexico a ginning mill posts no smoking warnings in 22 tongues to reflect the region’s diverse population. The multilingual signs include Polish Spanish Chinese Russian Swedish Hebrew Portuguese Danish Turkish and German and conclude in English to reinforce the prohibition.

Las Cruces N. M New Mexico

MONROE'S FINEST RECEIVES YULETIDE E-CARDS

Police chief H D Roger reports Monroe's police department has received numerous electronic holiday greetings praising the department. One card states no city can boast a finer police department than Monroe.

Monroe Yuletide H. D. Roger City of

Noted Writer from North Carolina to Study Racing Life

William Slavens McNutt the noted short story writer is in New Orleans gathering material for a national magazine series on racing life. He says fiction writing is hard work and plans to spend the winter here studying local racing life and mirror it in upcoming stories. He has previously set racing scenes around Havre de Grace track.

New Orleans William Slavens McNutt Havre de Grace Track

Camden District Yields 75,000 Bales of Cotton

Camden district comprising Ouachita and neighboring counties will produce over 75 000 bales of cotton this year about 25 percent less than 1926 Yet farmers receive over a million dollars more in returns Ouachita county had ginned 10 257 bales by December 1 down from 13 556 a year earlier Nearly all cotton has been ginned and the top crop for the year is not expected to exceed 10 500 bales about 3 500 bales under 1926.

Camden Ark Ouachita Ouachita County

Salvage Work On Submarine S-4 Paused By Weather

Salvage efforts for the submarine S-4 were paused as northwest winds threaten heavy weather. Divers resumed at 8:15 am to survey the wreck and prepare for lifting, while torpedo-room sounds remained absent and six men were still trapped since Saturday.

Provincetown Mass Falcon

Navy aims to continue S 4 salvage operations

Boston December 22 Rear Admiral Philip Andrews head of the first naval district said the work of raising the sunken submarine S 4 should go right ahead if conditions permit operation continuation with or without life aboard. He notified Rear Admiral Frank H Brumby salvage fleet commander at Provincetown that the work was to be expedited and would proceed unless extreme weather forces navy department to halt.

Boston Philip Andrews First Naval District Hughes United States Andrews Frank H. Brumby Provincetown Navy Department Edward Elisberg Brooklyn Navy Yard Block Island

S-4 Sunken Submarine Torpedo Room Still Silent

Divers failed to hear any sound from the torpedo room of the sunken S-4 after five hours of air, with rescue operations paused at 8 o clock. Six divers searched while bow exposure and chain placement to lift the craft were planned, as odor of rancid oil lingered and theories circulated about vented air.

C. H. Scott

Fire Department Responds to Multiple Blazes Across City

Civilian dressed firefighters manned five engines as they battled several roof and grass fires. At 2 p.m. 915 Oak Street blaze caused by a defective flue. occupants included Millie Hunter. Additional grass fires occurred at Grayling Lane and Grand Street, North Third and Stubbs, Oua chita and Jackson, near Parlor City Lumber, South Third and Pear, and Winnsboro road with multiple companies responding.

Oak Street Millie Hunter Acress Richard Downs Grayling Lane Grand Street North Third Stubbs Avenue Ouachita Avenue Jackson Street Mississippi Street Parlor City Lumber Company Company No South Third Pear Streets Winnsboro

Fire crews battle multiple blazes across the city

Fire units 1 and 4 extinguished two fires by 2 51 pm. By 5 40 pm the department’s No 3 tackled a grass fire on Seventh street between Arkansas and Louisville avenues. A false alarm rang at 1 40 am at 119 North Grand Street this morning.

Seventh Street Arkansas Louisville North Grand Street

Barkdull Faulk Leads City in Christmas Seal Sales

Barkdull Faulk school maintained the lead with $326.19 in seals sold, Georgia Tucker school second, and parish schools third. Fred Millsaps topped individuals with $54 for Georgia Tucker, followed by John B. Fudickar at $51 for parish. Hilda Pearson from Barkdull Faulk totalled $24. The 6-B Barkdull Faulk school led by $102 in sales for that room, with 7-B second. A tag day is planned tomorrow and Saturday to finish the year’s sale.

Barkdull Faulk School Georgia Tucker School Fred Millsaps John B. Fudickar Hilda Pearson Barkdall Faulk School

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