Agreement Set On Seaway Idea
Washington reports an accord between the United States and Canada on the $250,000,000 Seaway project to provide power, shipbuilding basins, and an inland water route to the sea. President Roosevelt plans to seek congressional approval via concurrent resolutions after a January signing.
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Dec
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Canada
Genbes Sc Law
Uary
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Congress
Senate
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Dominion
Deaths Last Night Francis H Dords and Edward H Suydam
Francis Henry Dords, 82, former U S Congressman from Michigan's district 1909 to 1911, and Edward Howard Suydam, 55, artist and illustrator, died. Both notices appear in Associated Press dispatches from Michigan and Virginia.
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Associated Press
Francis H. MT
Edward H. Suydam
Charlottesville, Va
Edward Howard Suydam
Polling roll entries list Monroe residents by number and street
A detailed enumeration of names, addresses, and classifications for Board No. 1 and Board No. 2 voters in Monroe including colored designations, street addresses on DeSiard, Washington, Riverfront, and other streets, with a final note on court fines for intoxication and parking violations.
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Rufus Marsala
North Sixth Street
Monroe
Lever Branch
Colored
Ford Street
Louis Clarence Scott
Rear Washington Street
Wilton O'Neal Young
Ouachita Avenue
Mansfield Barland
North 14Th Street
Ervin Earl Jones
DeSiard Street
Arthur Kriger
Lee Avenue
John Norwood Cobb
Arkansax Avenue
Thornton Turner
22Nd
Grammont Streets
Willard B. Brown
Morris Avenue
Harold Vern Hanson
Northeast Junior College
John Elliott Naylor
Pargoud Drive
Cecil Christopher Culpepper
William Lee Johnson
Percy Gonya Hentrel
Washington Street
Robert Fulton Talton
Park Avenue
Fred Chris Jackson
Oak Street
Vine Jane Williams
William Jesse Chapman
Riverfront Street
Walter Travis Hall
Wiley Roberts Harrell
Henry Loeb
Fairview Avenue
Ernest Severe Freeman
Dansby Anderson
St. John Street
Isaac Kalil
North Sixth
Sylvester Haynes
Short Washington Street
Ned Adams
Mangham Alley
Sam Pasternack
South Grand Street
Monroe Stuart Trimble
Catalpa Street
Orville Examett Coadh
North Fourth Street
Amos van Bryant
Headley Orville Boudreaux
South Third Street
Pellam Wyatt
18Th
Flynn
Jeffie Gray
Bernard Benton McClendon, Jr
North Fifth Street
Luther Harry Bird
Oregon
Derth Wilhite
Jim Dewey Henry
Holland Toler Salley
West
James Henry Pender
Bosco
Virgil Garlan Joiner
Calhoun
Cecil Sherwood Young
North Third Street
West Monroe
Larche Mayfield Osbon
Kolin
Temple Baptist Woman's Missionary Society Names Officers
Ruston December 24 special Mrs D M Cruse elected president of the Temple Baptist Woman's Missionary Society. Officers include first vice president Mrs F D Mabry and second vice president Mrs R W Lawson. Other posts cover recording secretary treasurer corresponding secretary and committee heads for personal service stewardship mission study Margaret fund children's home publicity flower white cross social octagon soap.
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T. J. Pearce
R. W Lawson
O. K. Huey
Margaret Fund
Otho Lann
Children’s Home
S. D. Clinton
W. O. Ferguson
Flower
Grover Myers
White Cross
B. P Adams
N. A Shaw
Octagon Soap
City Court Brings Dozens Before Judge Harper
Judge W M Harper presides as multiple defendants face charges in city court. Trials include intoxication convictions with bonds or short jail terms, gun and weapons offenses, disturbing the peace, and vagrancy findings. Names include Jesse W Reeves Clarence Hansen G E Beasley Dempsey Watson Hart Tom Ray among others.
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W. M. Harper
Keyren Dumas
Jesse W. Reeves
Clarence Hansen
Dave Curdie
G. E. Beasley
Dempsey Watson
John B. Hart
Tom Ray
Cr. Roden
Austrians Fortify Positions After Montenegro Advances
An Associated Press report notes that 25 years ago today, December 24, 1915, Austrians moved to strengthen fortifications following advances by Montenegro forces. The dispatch highlights strategic shifts and military posture in the Balkan theater.
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Associated Press
Montenegro
Catholic church opens in West Monroe with midnight mass
The first Catholic church in West Monroe on North Seventh Street will unofficially open with a midnight mass. An improvised altar and pews will be used for the first mass in the six week old white frame building. Father Henry Freiburg O F M will celebrate the mass and preside over Sunday masses at 7 and 9 am. The church marks the Franciscan Order’s inauguration in the territory and will be dedicated by Bishop Daniel F. Desmond of Alexandria on Sunday January 19.
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North Seventh Street
Woodrow and Wilson Streets
Henry Freiburg
Father Henry
Quincy
Our Lady of Angels
Cleveland
Ohio
Teutopolis
Ill
Superior
Wis
Order of Friars Minor of Sacred Heart
St. Louis
Daniel F. Desmond
D. D
Alexandria
Lake Providence Masons Reelect Dr. T. G. Biggs
Lake Providence on December 24 reports Dr. T. G. Biggs reelected worshipful master of Pecan Grove Lodge No. 222 Free and Accepted Masons. Biggs has served as worshipful master.
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Masons
T. G. Biggs
Pecan Grove
Biggs
Local lodge assigns officers. Zell Steckner reelected secretary
The lodge reappointed officers at a recent meeting including H. H. Moorman senior warden Erai L. Mitchell junior warden C L Preston treasurer Louis Levy senior deacon B O Haley junior deacon J L Martin master of ceremonies W D Evans senior steward Oscar M Carnely junior steward W C Lyon Tyler Zell Steckner reelected secretary after 23 years in the post and fifteen years in the lodge role Pin grain leather made from young seal skin noted as finest seal hide product.
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Zell Steckner
H. H. Moorman
Erai L. Mitchell
C. L. Preston
Louis Levy
B. O. Haley
J. L. Martin
W. D. Evans
Cenior
Oscar M. Carnely
W. C. Lyon
Tyler
Nazi News Reels Reach South America Despite Blockade
Boston reported that German news reels are still reaching South America via Japan. Manuel P. Rodriguez, motion picture editor for a Buenos Aires newspaper, noted continued Nazi footage distribution. The forest service estimates gopher eradication costs from 16 cents to 2.30 dollars per acre on rangeland and prairie dog removal from 12 12 to 21.7 cents.
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Boston
South America
Manuel P. Rodriguez
Buenos Aires
Japan
The
Forest Service
Protection Clauses Tied to Navy Contracts and Sabotage Bill
Clauses require contractors in munitions work to file confidential danger reports to the Navy and reveal employee citizenship status on request. The Navy can bar access to workers deemed undesirable. On Capitol Hill a bill seeks federal authority to prosecute sabotage of export goods, introduced by Rep Voorhis.
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Secretary of the Navy
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Capitol Hill
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Voorhis
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Committee On un-American Activities
No News Is Bad News in 1941 Vision
The speaker argues free press is essential for independent thinking in America, condemning Soviet style propaganda and urging vigilance against government controlled news. He contrasts free news with phony broadcasts from totalitarian regimes and warns against accepting limited reporting as good. He recalls a Russian friend's view on pluralism and competition.
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