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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1927
Page
9
A letter from Detroit reports that Daddy Flowers, superintendent of the Louisiana artist Children's home of Monroe, is gaining physical strength. He can now walk around his room and hopes to take short walks outside soon, a Christmas-time cheer for local friends.
Three autos were involved in a collision on Calhoun road about 12 miles from Monroe last night at 7 p m. Two vehicles from Shreveport and one from Texas were wrecked but no injuries were reported. Deputies Mitchell and Line assisted, directing traffic with flash lights until the scene was secured.
A twenty mile ski trip down a mountain side was enabled by a shaft through the Zugspitze summit. Ski fans suggest extending access from the Plattfern er plateau south of the peak to Garmisch Partenkirchen for a long downhill run.
The U S Public Health Service uses radio and radiograms to guide medical care for sailors hundreds of miles offshore. Nine hospitals operate relief stations with free messages, prescriptions, and first aid guidance, aided by ship crews and shore hospitals.
Ten women in New York are registered as licensed cab drivers. The piece profiles Jeanette Wing among the ten, noting female chauffeurs ready to operate taxis and interact with customers and radio dispatch.
Police state that since 1914 when the first woman driver applied for a license the field has crowded. Women must pass the same tests and post the same bond and face the same penalties for violations as male drivers.
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