Mrs Roosevelt worried over stockings at Christmas
Washington December 23 Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt shows quiet unease about stocking scene at the White House. The family plans to hang stockings for the president and their five month old grandson Elliott Roosevelt Jr while daughter Anna will be away.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Elliott Roosevelt, Jr
Santa Claus
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Boston
Ethel duPont
Wilmington
Del
Executive Mansion
Eleanor Dall
Hull
Buenos Aires
Christmas Gifts for Destitute Negro Families
The Negro Welfare mission will distribute Christmas presents to destitute Negro families Thursday afternoon after a song and prayer service at 3 p.m. at the Miller-Roy building at De Siard and North Tenth. Committees led by I. M. Mims J. D. Gulley and L. A. Jackson visited the families. Gifts include canned goods fruits assorted groceries and toys. Some families will pick up gifts others will have them delivered.
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Negro Welfare Mission
Miller-Roy Building
DeSiard and
North Tenth Streets
I. M. Mims
J. D. Gulley
L. A. Jackson
North Tenth Street
Welfare Mission
V. F. W. to Have New Quarters at Seigle Theater Area
Veterans of Foreign Wars post and auxiliary will move from Harrison and Hall to a new second floor location west of Seigle theater on December 28. Commander F E Miller announced plans at a joint meeting and a committee headed by C A Hunt John McKee and Bob Davis will oversee the move. additional volunteers are urged to report for help. Canned food for Christmas baskets was collected to aid needy families.
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F E. H. Miller
Rodney J. Hobbs
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harrison and
Hall Streets
Seigle Theater
C. A. Hunt
John McKee
Bob Davis
Harrison Street
Miller
Yule Program for Children Planned by Salvation Army
Adjutant G W Washburn announces a special Christmas program for Salvation Army Sunday school children at the hall Monday night December 28 at 7. Public invited. He notes kettle fund response is slow and urges contributions to provide Christmas cheer for aged and shut ins not cared for by Good Fellows fund.
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G. W. Washburn
Salvation Army
Adjutant Washburn
Good Fellows Fund
Payment for Yale Seals Being Asked
The Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health association reports 64 percent of local Christmas seal letters returned with payments. Capt G B Cooley urges remaining recipients to mail in funds. four sale booths operate at Central Savings Bank and Trust, Ouachita National Bank, Palace, and post office.
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Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
G. B. Cooley
Captain Cooley
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Ouachita National Bank
Monroe Vehicle Bureau Branch Closed for Christmas
The Monroe branch at 212 North Second Street will close at 5 p m this afternoon for the Christmas holidays and reopen Monday morning. Fred Hanna, branch manager, said the closure follows instructions from the state bureau in Baton Rouge and mirrors actions at other offices. He noted strong license plate sales and a large number of motor vehicles in the Monroe area, expecting records to be broken this year.
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Monroe
State Motor Vehicle Bureau
North Second Street
Fred Hanna
Hanna
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Baton Rouge
City Court sentences for larceny and vagrancy
George Davis alias St Julian a negro was jailed 69 days in Monroe city court for larceny of 15 chickens. Officers Meek and Cummins seized him after the theft from Ezekiel Adams. John F Moore got 60 days for stealing two pencils and a dye package from W T Grant. Roy Murberger received 30 days for vagrancy. Three traffic violators fined 17.50, one drunk and disorderly fined 7.50, another forfeited 7.50 bond.
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George Davis
St. Julian
W. M. Harper
Monroe
L. S. Meek
M. W. Cummins
Ezekiel Adams
Adams Street
John F. Moore
J. D. Busby
B. H. Grayson
W. T. Grant
Roy Murberger
Parish Prisoners to Have Yule Tree
Ouachita parish prisoners will not be forgotten this Christmas. Police juror Berney Oakland sent a Christmas tree to the jail and collected gifts for 72 inmates. Each prisoner will receive a gift and a special Christmas dinner will be served at the jail.
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Ouachita Parish
Berney Oskland
Oakland
Correcting Faulty Sight Not Always By Glasses
Eye ailments do not always originate within the eye itself and correcting vision may require more than spectacles.
Catahoula Parish Votes Rule Risking Loss of Ballot
In Jonesville and Catahoula parish residents face possible disenfranchisement unless they sign the 1936 state poll books at the sheriff's office by December 31. Sheriff Roy L. Huff warns that a town election and parish election are scheduled for 1938.
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Jonesville
Catahoula Parish
Roy L. Huff
Vagrancy convictions in West Monroe court action
Judge Jesse Heard disposed of two vagrancy cases yesterday in West Monroe. Defendants Johnnie Wright and Buck Long were each fined ten dollars or sentenced to ten days in jail.
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West Monroe
Jesse Heard
Johnnie Wright
Buck Long
Christmas Dinner Planned by Mary Ella Carter
Mary Ella Carter will host a Christmas dinner Friday at noon at 127 Hipp Marks alley for elderly and blind Black residents who would otherwise go without a holiday meal.
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Mary Ella Carter
Hipp Marks Alley
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Santa
DeSiard Street
News-Star
YALE
Vehicle Bureau
Seagram's
Seagram
Oersey
Seven Crown
Engram’s
Sure Aeram Distillers Corp
New York
F. Strauss & Son, Inc
Woest
J. W. Rogers
Mgr
MR. Jordan
Grand St
J. B. Bradley
Mar
A. E. Tingle
OLEO
del Monte
Monroe Furniture CO
Stewart-Warner
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