Minstrel Radio Show Success at Chatham High School
In Chatham Louisiana a negro minstrel program titled Professor Squeal's Radio School drew large outside interest and strong dramatic club performances at the Chatham High School auditorium. The event concluded with a popularity contest where Audrey Goza was named most beautiful girl and Joe McDowell most handsome boy.
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Chatham
Professor Squeal
Chatham High School
Audrey Goza
Joe McDowell
Kenneth Powell
Pie Maker Spreads Cheer in 1938 Community
A 1938 note praises a local pie maker for sharing goodwill and good pies, spreading cheer throughout the season. The item highlights community warmth and the maker's generosity during the year.
Student Court Adopts Yearbook Fundraising Event
The contest and minstrel will fund the publication of the yearbook The Challenger. Awards honor Marilyn Grigsby Irene Ramsey Truitt McBride Ruby Masssey J. T. Rhodes Wilma Garner Jesse Head Mary Louise Wilder and Harvey Moore as top students and athletes. Proceeds benefit the senior class and school activities.
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Ular
Marilyn Grigsby
Irene Ramsey
Truitt McBride
Ruby Massesy
J. T. Rhodes
Wilma Garner
Jesse Head
Mary Louise Wilder
Harvey Moore
Amos Glad Gave Boy Eye in Christmas Sacrifice Story
The tale recalls Amos offering his eye to a boy to restore happiness after injury. The boy Chabina left the hospital to spend Christmas with his family. The note mentions Cincinnati Red Stockings, organized in 1868 as the first all salaried baseball team.
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Amos
Chabina
Cincinnati Red Stockings
Japan Answers Panay Demands and Yangtze Occupations
The note says Japan will curb recurrences after blaming a mistake for the Panay bombing and disciplinary actions against the flying force. Hangchow falls to Japanese troops as U S authorities protest insults to the flag at Wuhu. China suffers massive damage and displacement while foreign observers note Shanghai’s future under Japanese influence. Four missionaries reach Shanghai refugees after long maroon.
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Yangtze River
Nanking
Hirota
United States
Mitsumasa Yonai
U. S. S. Panay
Shanghai
Hangchow
Chekiang Province
Wuhu
Peiping
Tientsin
Clarence E. Gauss
Wubhu
Yangtze
China
Japan
Soochow
Kwangfoh
Henry S McNulty
New York
Charles G. McDaniel
Mason
Oil Firms Get Injections Over Tax Fight
Oil interests seek federal injunctions arguing a tax is charged to dealers, not consumers. Judge Borah says the tax is imposed on dealers and paid by them. Louisiana pursues $750,000 from Standard Oil of Louisiana in Baton Rouge suit, while oil company attorneys challenge Wilkinson’s fee. Taxes in dispute total about $4 million.
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United States
Ifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Borah
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Standard Oil Company
Wilkinson
Great Slave Lake Noted Among World’s Largest Lakes
The eighth largest lake globally is Great Slave Lake with an area of 12.00 square miles, as reported in the summary of major water bodies.
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Lakes
Great Slave Lake
Student Night at First Baptist Church Marks Year End
The First Baptist church hosts its annual Student Night with Chester Swor of Mississippi College as chief speaker. The 7:30 pm service features student choir music, prayers, a scripture reading, poems, solos, a duet, and an address by Swor.
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First Baptist Church
Chester Swor
Mississippi College
Clinton
Miss
Jesus
Selby Aswell
Melba Bushy
Rosalind Blackmon
David Doughty
Evelyn Rhodes
Truman McCrea
Misses Bushy
Blackmon
Mr. Sw
State Officials Spend Holidays Across Louisiana
Counsel George M. Wallace and Labor Commissioner B W Cason join Gaston Porterie and family at Mansura with plans to visit Longbridge tomorrow. J Lester White and family to Le Compte to be with his mother. Harry D Wilson stays at Amite home for holidays. Cason to celebrate Christmas with his wife recovering from a New Orleans hospital stay. Many officials host friends and relatives for the day.
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George M. Wallace
Labor
B. W. Cason
Gaston Porterie
Mansura
Mrs. Porterie
Longbridge
J. Lester White
State Planning Commission
Mr. White
le Compte
Agriculture
Harry D. Wilson
Amite
Cason
New Orleans
Pacific Coast Guard Tightens Watch on Japanese Fishing
The report notes heightened U S Navy and coast guard activity along the Pacific coast. A Chinese or Japanese owned clipper linked to Y Suzuki faces libel actions, while Mexican authorities monitor Japanese fishing boats off Baja California. Authorities say about 1000 alien run fishing craft exist in California with Japanese making up about half.
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Tually
Y. Suzuki
San Diego
Navy
Lower
California
Sonora
Customs, Immigration and
Coast Guard
Pacific Coast
Mare Island Yard
Two-Piece Flannel Dress For Lorraine Kreuger
Lorraine Kreuger of RKO Radio models a two piece flannel dress in chocolate brown. The outfit includes an all around pleated skirt short sleeve top with broad shoulder treatment and a turned back lapel collar piped in beige. A beige flannel vest fastens at the sides and shoulders with self covered buttons and belt.
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Lorraine Kreuger
RKO
Color motion pictures debuted in London and shown in Madison Square Garden
Color motion pictures were developed in London first and exhibited at Madison Square Garden as early as 1909, marking an early milestone in film color technology.
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London
Madison Square Garden
Wheeler asks Congress to provide data on budget figures
President urges data submission to compare with Budget Bureau numbers as Congress weighs record defense outlays and relief funds. House Appropriations Chair Taylor advocates strengthening defenses beyond budget limits, with proposals for the largest peacetime defense appropriations in history including a navy request for 50 million dollars.
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Budget Bureau
Wheeler
Taylor
Colorado
House Appropriations Committee
Navy
Congress
Leon Henderson
WPA
LaFollette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Senate
House
Mrs. Roosevelt Reaches Seattle for Christmas Visit
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt arrives in Seattle to spend Christmas with her daughter and grandchildren. John Boettiger greets her at the station after a Portland to Seattle train flight. weather canceled the transport plane. She had been ill and released from hospital only Wednesday and helps decorate a Christmas tree with Curtis and Sissie Dall.
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Roosevelt
Seattle
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Boettiger
Portland
Qre
Our nearest star distance to Earth from the Sun
The article notes that the nearest star lies about 275000 times farther away than the Sun, illustrating the vast scale of interstellar distances and cosmic measurements.
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Chris Slavant
the Pie Man
Milton Coverdale
Merry Christmas
Ouachita National Bank
John Travis
Orville Adkins
Huntington
W. Va
Cadell County
James I. Seder
Arnett A. Booth
Panay
Slagle-Johnson Lumber Go
Leche
Pacific Coast Guard
Plymouth
Monroe
A. E. Willis Motors
Chrysler
North Second St
Santa
North Pole
G. R.ober & Son
Roosevelts
White House
Cercl
Curtis
Sissie Dall
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Pebecki
High Life Distributing Company
South Fifth Street
Mille High Life Beer
Ange Kane
Duco Shop
DeSiard St
Monroe, la
Perc
Gennes
Woman’s Shop
Womans Shop
Desiard
Optometrists
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