Monroe Christmas light contest awards announced
The four judges from Ruston announced prize winners for Monroe illuminations in residential and out of door categories. They praised artistic effect, Christmas spirit, and originality while noting entries inside buildings were ineligible. Checks will be distributed after New Year’s Day at the Virginia hotel Chamber of Commerce rooms.
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Monroe
W. B. Norsworthy
DeSiard Road
Three Mile Inn
J. R. Wooten
South Grand Street
J. B. Vaughan
Riverside Drive
L. S. Smith
St. John Street
Travis Oliver
J. W. Rohr
West Monroe
Parish
L. C. McGuire
North Seventh Street
C. E. Faulk
McClendon Street
J. M. Hilton
Jonesboro
Paper Mill
W. K. Hunt
Stella Street
Monroe and Parish
L. P. Milner
Park Avenue
H. L. Morrow
Columbia Avenue
Sherrouse
Milton Coverdale
Ruston
Louisiana
Two Die In High Speed Car Crash Near ILOS
M Gamble 43, Kansas Fuel Oil employee, and Colen Owens 19 of Tullos were killed when a car en route to Winnfield struck a bridge on the Tullos Winnfield road 14 miles from ILOS. A third passenger J T Wainwright escaped injury. Owens was unmarried. Gamble leaves a wife and five children. Bodies taken to Morgue in Winnfield.
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Ilos
M. Gamble
Kansas Fuel Oil Company
Colen Owens
Tullos
Tullos-Winnfield
Winnfield
Owens
Gamble
C. A. Owens
Tulles
J. T.wainwright
Shreveport Man Dies in Local Incident
Sol Semanskey, 58, brother of Police Lt. H. C. Semanskey, dies in Shreveport. The report notes a brief biographical detail and includes an unrelated metaphor about birds and wing movement.
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Shreveport
Sol Semanskey
H. C. Semanskey
Madrid air raids devastate city as rebels strike
The scene shows a bomb exploding on a Madrid house cornice as air raids target Puerta del Sol. Hundreds killed or wounded as bombs sever water and power lines and threaten the deep subway refuge in the city center.
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Madrid
Puerta del Sol
Foreign volunteers in Spain fuel modern warfare debate
The article analyzes the Spanish Civil War with foreign fighters from Germany Italy Russia France and Ireland aiding the fascists and socialist volunteers countering them. It cites estimates of foreign troops and notes Berlin Paris and London weighing intervention and the potential impact on Madrid and the continent.
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Spain
Rome
Madrid
Franco
Germany
Berchtesgaden
Adolf Hitler
Paris
Whitehall
Berlin
Reich
Francisco Franco
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Paria
Japan
Emergency agencies face end unless extended by law
The June 30 note on taxes, WPA, PWA and the Resettlement Administration warns that under the first deficiency bill of 1936 most emergency programs will be terminated at fiscal year end unless Congress passes a special act. It also raises questions about labor legislation and the Supreme Court.
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WPA
PWA
Resettlement Administration
Tax Payrolls Start Jan 1 As IRS Reports Relief Week
State action notes 22,130,000 workers and 2,300,000 employers registered for a 1 percent payroll tax. After weeks of prep the IRS grants a Christmas weekend respite. A security board survey shows almost 100 million in federal funds distributed since February to 43 states aiding aged, dependent children and the needy blind. About 1,439,600 people receive sustenance under the law. Also notes extremes of golf courses from Hudson Bay to the Straits of Magellan.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Security Board
Lost and Found Service Bureau Notice
Advertisers and readers told about a Losers Service Bureau for assisting recovery of lost items. It explains how to place ads in The News Star and Morning World and offers free listing support. The notice invites reporting found articles like dogs purses and jewelry to aid owners.
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Monroe News-Star
Morning World
News-Star
Sunday
News-Star—World
Iune
Eee
POM News-Star
Ceeeeeneuseenenee
Europe Wonders Over War Question This Christmas Day
Europe faces a Christmas Day pause in conflict as officials weigh if peace will usher in reconstruction or fuel dangerous rivalry. Overseas offices monitor political signals and postwar plans across the continent for signs of calming measures and regional stability.
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Europe
Associated Press
London
Posig Ft
Washington forecast for 1938 1940 campaigns and policy shifts
The piece notes the 715th Congress would lean more liberal than the 74th with stronger New Deal stances. It cites a likely stable Republican opposition, omits inflationist disruption, and lists executive powers expiring by dates including devaluation authority, RFC lending, federal housing loans, neutrality acts, trade negotiation authority, and interstate oil shipment limits.
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Bert Snell
New York
Townsendites
Coughlinites
Roosevelt
RFC
Electric Home and Farm Authority
Federal Reserve
Federal Housing Authority
State Department
Gobs Are Not Gobs Machines Peel Spuds
Charleston report cites Ensign W J Lederer of Indianapolis noting rumors that ships use spud peeling machines and workers to operate them. He says spud peeling by hand is a thing of the past and warns against using the term gob aboard ships, urging bluejacket or sailor instead.
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Charleston
D. C
W. J. Lederer
Indianapolis
Spencer corsetiere at 1409 Fairview
Mre J C Ziegler operates a corsetiere business at 1409 Fairview with contact by phone 2228.
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Spencer Corsetiere
J.C. Ziegler
Fairview
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