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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1932

Page

3

Morrison Rites Held Today in St Matthew's Church

The funeral of Mrs Myrtle Morrison 40 wife of W M Morrison of 404 Pargoud avenue was held this afternoon. A brief service at Peters chapel preceded a St Matthew's church ceremony with Father B A Scallan officiating. Surviving are three daughters Louise Margaret Mary and three sons James Jack and the newborn. A daughter Myrtle 15 died May 4 in a school picnic accident. Pallbearers were G L Nelson J A Irving B A Trousdale Jr R H Heacock C S Waits and Leon Osterland. Interment followed at River View burial park.

Myrtle Morrison W. M. Morrison Pargoud Avenue Peters Funeral Chapel St. Matthew's Church B. A. Scallan Louise Margaret Mary James Jack Myrtle St. Matthew's School G. L. Nelson J. A. Irving B. A. Trousdale, Jr R. H. Heacock C. S. Waits Leon Osterland Riverview Burial Park

Schools Close For Holidays Reopen In January

The parish and city schools closed this afternoon for the holidays and will reopen January 2. St Matthew's school also closes for the week due to influenza and will reopen January 2. Ouachita parish junior college shut Wednesday and to reopen January 3.

St. Matthew’s Ouachita Parish

Monroe Building and Loan Assn Property for Sale Notice

Notice from Monroe Building and Loan Assn offering choice property for sale for cash or stock. Property list and prices available at the association office.

Association Monroe Building & Loan Assn

Sleep Tricks From A Restful Night Manual

The piece offers practical tips to induce sleep by tiring the body physically and relaxing routines. It suggests warm baths or warm wrist flashes, milk or water, a tidy bed, open windows, and a body conforming mattress while discarding pillows. It notes wild horses in several western states.

Penetro Deeply Penetrates To Battle Colds

The ad claims Penetro ointment penetrates four times deeper than mineral oil based salves using refined mutton suet to reach the center of cold infection. It presents Penetro as a public service by delivering prompt action to knock out colds before they start, contrasting with ordinary surface remedies.

Grandma

Heart of a Wife leads to swift action in critical rescue

In a tense scene from Revelations of a Wife Adele Garrison and Harry Underwood rush to save the unconscious Owen. Brock Wynne and Hugh work quickly with a medical kit as Ronald Marion and I watch their grave, hopeful examination. The group contemplates justice for Owen and a grim plan for the gangsters.

Harry Underwood Brock Owen Wynne Hugh Ronald Marion Dad Harry Uowen Charles Owen

Large 1932 Turkey Crop Cuts Prices Dramatically

Turkeys at grocers are about half the price of a year ago and at parity with hens and chickens due to a record crop. Incubator methods and efficient feeding in enclosed runs boosted production. Young hens bring 10 cents a pound to shippers, young toms 8 cents, old toms 7 cents, while dressed turkeys retail 15 to 20 cents per pound.

Oil Firm Buys 45 Day Option in Hackberry Field

J G Sutton says Buell Herndon and Co of Tulsa paid Jim Oil $12,500 for a 45 day option on most of the east Hackberry oil field holdings. Terms call for $150,000 cash by Feb 6 and $450,000 in oil value at 1-12 produced. The option covers half of 930 acres with over 1,000 bpd. Gulf Refining owns the other half.

Lake Charles J. G. Sutton Jim Oil Company Buell- Herndon and Company, Inc Tulsa Jim Company East Hackberry The Gulf Refining Company

Paramount Showcases The Devil Is Driving at Local Theater

The Devil Is Driving stars Edmund Lowe Wynne Gibson and James Gleason in a New York garage front for a gang involved in stolen cars and a hidden speakeasy, with a rampage sequence following a murder and nephew’s injury. The programming also notes Man Against Woman at Capitol and The Arm of the Law at Strand with Lina Basquette returning from a tour.

Paramount Edmund Lowe Wynne Gibson James Gleason Lois Wilson Dickie Moore Allan Dinehart Paramount Theater New York Lowe Miss Gibson Capitol Tammany Young Young Columbia Capitol Theater Jack Holt Lillian Miles Walter Connolly Arthur Vinton Jack LaRue Irving Cummings Lina Basquette Monogram Rex Bell Strand Theater West Monroe Dorothy Christy Dorothy Revier Bryant Washburn Robert Frazer Robert Emmett O'Connor Wallace McDonald Donald Keith William V. Mong Larry Banthin Gilbert Clayton Louis King Leon Lee

Platform Removal At Second And DeSiard Sts

J. M. Brothers, assistant superintendent of street railways, announced the platform at North Second and DeSiard streets has been removed and will not be replaced for the present. The unsafe condition led to removal while the platform at Jackson and DeSiard streets remains in use.

J. M. Brothers North Second and DeSiard Streets Jackson and

Five Points altercation leads to charges for two women

Margie Sanders was charged with drawing and displaying a dangerous weapon after a noon fight near Five Points. Lillie Sweat faced charges of fighting and vagrancy.

Margie Sanders Lillie Sweat Sweat

Good Fellows of Morehouse Distribute Aid in Bastrop

Bastrop, La. Good Fellows city wide relief program distributes clothing food and toys to the needy with headquarters at Bastrop City Hall. An investigating committee screens cases and a $500 fund including $200 from merchants funds Christmas aid to extend through the coming months.

Bastrop Good Fellows D. L. O'Neal H. F. Madison, Sr L. G. Robinson Isaac Chapman Good Fellows Committee Good Fellows Organization

Cat Reappears After Being Brought to Mountain Chickens

In Luray Virginia a man who disliked his cat’s fondness for chickens drove it to Mount Jackson across the Massanutten mountains, leaving it 21 miles away. After 48 hours the cat returned home exhausted hungry and eager for more chickens.

Luray U.pr Mount Jackson Massanutten Mountains

Two Sisters to Meet Christmas After Twenty One Years

Twenty one years after a split at a local orphanage sisters Lillian Skinner and Ida Mae Skinner, now Mrs. Lillian Rogers of Kansas City and Mrs. Robert Todd of Springfield, will meet in Springfield Illinois at Christmas. Rogers located her sister by writing to the Springfield chief of police who appealed to newspapers.

Kansas City U.P Lillian Ida Mae Skinner Springfield Lillian Rogers Robert Todd

Swede Stanley Anderson Held in Missouri Probe

Stanley Anderson known as Swede, 25, arrested in St Louis in the Cheramie disappearance case. He denied involvement in the killing after a two year manhunt. Cheramie vanished November 22, 1930. Louis Cheramie was a Louisiana crime informer linked to a killer referred to as the Swede.

ST. Louis Stanley Anderson Louis Cheramie Louisiana Anderson Cheramie Thomas Kehoe New Orleans

Cheramie Named in October Incident Details

In October Cheramie was tied to a point on the M after officers found a pipe and an old liquor sack. Kehoe reported Cheramie had thrown, and Cheramie was described as known to be connected with old bones.

Kehoe Biles

Whippet: Fastest Dog Built from Hound and Terrier Cross

The whippet, hailed as the world’s fastest dog, is described as a cross between hound and terrier breeds. Its speed and sleek frame have made it a popular racing and companion breed in many regions.

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