Santa Claus for All Needy Arrives at City Welfare
Monroes welfare offices buzzed as crates and bags of clothing groceries and toys were moved upstairs by volunteers. Families waited in hallways while volunteers organized distributions to start early in the week to avoid Christmas Eve congestion.
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Harvey
Welfare Office
Santa Claus
Santa
Circle No. 3
First Christian Church
Ouachita Baking Company
W. P. McCall
Monroe Welfare Association
Masked Bandits Rob Bank Office in Seminary Heist
Two masked bandits robbed the Bank of Seminary, taking several rolls of bills after Kennedy the cashier opened the vault. They escaped in a car, locking Kennedy in the vault and cutting the telephone line. Kennedy’s wife found the empty bank later. a reward is offered for a stolen 1980 dark blue Chevrolet with Louisiana plates.
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Bank of Seminary
D. B. Kennedy
Ernest Kelley
North Sixth Street
Louisiana
Urban share of U.S. population rises to 56.2 percent
The 1930 figures show 56.2 percent of Americans living in urban areas, with state breakdowns indicating urban and rural totals. Changes in definition boosted the national urban count by 284,708, while state figures vary widely across the South, Midwest, and Northeast.
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New England
United States
W. Va
N. C
Wet or Dry Christmas In Monroe Bootlegger Prices
Reported in Monroe on a Christmas liquor market with ample supply and rock bottom prices. Prices include whiskey pint 1.50, half gallon 5, gallon 8 delivered, wines 1 quart 3 gallons 3, rye and corn priced alike, delivery to homes reducing costs. Some bootleggers source liquor from South Louisiana to meet demand.
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Monroe
New Orleans
Louisiana
South
Downtown Christmas Displays Light Up City
The city glows with elaborate Christmas trees across locales including Park Avenue power plant blue lit tree and Missouri Pacific Booster Club display at the P station. Carol groups under the recreation department present Yuletide songs nightly, with prizes for best displays from World-News-Star and the Chamber of Commerce to be announced Christmas morning. A Virginia hotel lobby tree adds to the glow, holly festoons brighten the mezzanine, and wholesale activity near Monroe raises liquor supply amid steady demand.
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Park Avenue
Booster Club
Missouri Pacific
Chef Presents Classic Menu Ideas for a Holiday Dinner
A chef outlines a lavish Christmas menu featuring gourdine stuffed with chestnuts and truffles, foie gras with jelly, truffled celery, Brillat Savarin style salad, and Peach Melba. It advises careful meat selection, smooth wines, and a fat lobster stuffed turbot, followed by lamb with creamed mushrooms and asparagus, linking dining to celebrating Christ's birth.
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France
Escoffier
Christmas Carols at M. P. Station
Christmas carols will be sung tonight at the Missouri Pacific depot as the city recreation department teams with the Booster club for a holiday program. A second session is scheduled from 8 30 to 9 o'clock with a different group of singers each night. The Booster club has set up a giant illuminated Christmas tree at the station, remaining through New Year’s night.
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Missouri Pacific
City Recreation Department
M. P
West Side City Truck Delivers Christmas Aid to the Poor
The West Monroe Welfare Association ran a Monday charity drive at its Christmas headquarters, filling dozens of orders for destitute families and distributing warm clothing and nourishment. The city truck will be used Tuesday to deliver orders, with Mrs. C. S. Kirby leading the effort alongside Mrs. J. O. McCormick, Mrs. Walter Witt, and Mrs. C. C. Bell. Hungry mothers and barefoot children received dolls and horns amid the welfare office’s bustle.
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West Monroe Welfare Association
C. S. Kirby
Welfare Association
West Monroe
Kirby
J. O. McCormick
Walter Witt
C. C. Bell
Byrd Exhibition Nears Opener in Monroe
Rapid plans for the Byrd South Polar relics exhibition in the old World building begin on Christmas Day from 1 to 10 PM. The display, arranged by the Georgia Tucker Parent-Teacher association, features Eskimo dogs and Carroll Foster of Byrd’s 42-man party to discuss the polar expedition. Proceeds support the Georgia Tucker Parent-Teacher association funds.
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Old World
Monroe
Georgia Tucker Parent- Teacher Association
South Pole
Carroll Foster
Admiral Byrd
Foster
Georgia Tucker Parent-Teacher Association
Senator Cutting Demands G C P Repudiate Lucas
The New Mexico senator issued a formal statement calling for Lucas to be ousted from his committee post. He argued the 1928 Republican platform promised to place agriculture on equal economic footing with other industries and criticized Senator Norris for his actions.
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Lucas
New Mexico
Norris
Fragmentary Quote Reflects GOP Pledge Debate
The passage questions support for a republican national pledge and suggests aid from men labeled as “saod republi cans” may not be on record. It implies internal disagreement over who assists the effort and how it aligns with party rhetoric.
Gas Well Brought In On Thomason Farm In Richland Parish
A new gas well was brought in Monday by Southern Carbon company in Richland parish. The well blew in on the Thomason farm, located 3,300 feet south and 10 feet east of section 32, range 16 north, 6 east, according to a report filed at the Monroe office of the state conservation department.
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Richland Parish
Southern Carbon Company
Monroe
Mineral Division
State Conservation Department
Thomason Farm
Aged Man Faints Downtown Then Sent to St Francis
Jim Gibson, a man aged about 72, living with his family for a week, fainted in a downtown area at noon. He was carried by ambulance to St Francis sanitarium where doctors expected he could be discharged after a few hours.
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Jim Gibson
St. Francis Sanitarium
Grass fires hit four locations in city Monday
Fire department crews answered four grass fire calls Monday at Morris Avenue with Missouri railroad tracks, Thomas Avenue and Pearl Street, South Fifth and Plan Streets, and 1014 Georgia Street.
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Morris Avenue
Thomas Avenue
Pearl Street
South Fifth
Plan Streets
Georgia Street
Matinee Benefit At Paramount Seeks Child Donations
A Wednesday morning charity event at the Paramount theater invites children to enter with an apple orange banana or small bag of candy from 11 to 12. Manager Harry Rice hosts a benefit matinee with Ed Wynne in Follow the Leader. Gifts go to Welfare association and Salvation Army for underprivileged parish children. A Christmas tree will display the donations.
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Paramount Theater
Harry Rice
Welfare Association and
Salvation Army
Ed Wynne
Perfect Fool
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