Hanna Announces License Changes for Trailers
Fred Hanns, head of the license bureau, announced new trailer and semi-trailer rules effective next year. Brakes are required on all wheels for trailers over 1500 pounds and for four wheel trailers. Semi and four wheel trailers cannot be attached to the same tractor. Vehicle length limits are set and highway checks will verify brake compliance. Licenses sold reached 617 by midweek. early payments are encouraged to avoid delays.
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Fred Hanns
Hanfia
Highway Lite
Hanna
Creomulsion Promises Fast Cough Relief with 7 Benefits
An advertising claim touts Creomulsion as seven fold in one for coughs and colds. The ad asserts it is powerful yet harmless and pleasant to take with a money back guarantee via the druggist if relief is not achieved.
Death notices for Mrs. Lee Prewitt and Maria Hatch Purvis
Mrs. L. A. Austin in West Monroe learned by wire of the sudden death in Carrizo Springs Texas of her daughter Mrs. Lee Prewitt 48. Interment in Carrizo Springs. she leaves husband six children and wide kin. Also noted is Mrs Maria Hatch Purvis 82 who died in Rayville after a short illness. funeral Thursday at her home with interment in Alto cemetery. survivors include C M and Frank Purvis W H Purvis Mrs J L Pipes Mrs F W B Colvin and Miss Alice E Purvis.
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L. A. Austin
West Monroe
Carrizo Springs
Texas
Lee Prewitt
Texas City
Grady Pyburn
Armon Lee Prewitt
Dick White
Wharton Prewitt
Wilton Prewitt
Edward Prewitt
Irene Simms Reid
Maria Hatch Purvis
Rayville
Alto
W. M. Hallack
R. H. Alexander
J. A. Ball
Ed Cooper
W. H. Baudin
J. M
Chase National Bank Not To Be Paid
President Ramon Grau San Martin stated Cuba will not pay Chase National Bank certificates on a $20,000,000 public works bond due Monday. He called the debts illegitimate due to the bank’s dealings with the deposed Machado and said legitimacy must be established before payment. American business faced a boycott as tensions rose.
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Havana
Ramon Grau San Martin
Chase National Bank
Grau
Chase
Machado
Many Sentenced in Monroe Court
A large Monroe city court session leniently suspended many sentences after Christmas celebrations. Listed defendants include W N Bratton for drunk and disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace with $7.50 suspended, Jimmie Rhodes for DUI with $100 fine suspended, and numerous others for drunk and disorderly, fighting, or disturbing the peace with suspensions or modest fines. A few cases involve cash bonds or stays of execution due to injuries or other factors.
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Monroe
W. M. Harper
W. N. Bratton
Jimmie Rhodes
Tommie Jones
Annie Jones
L. S. Fitzgerald
John Furey
Cecil Jones
J. M. McMoy
T. E. Tyney
Katie Wilson
Sidney Wilson
Luther Shannon
H. Hicks
Ruby Parker
Tom Moore
H. E. Vallery
P. H. Hamm
B. Sheats
Will Johnson
Henry Rodgers
Will Butler
Willie Banka
Son Morehead
United States Grows Over Three Percent World Tobacco Yield
The article notes that more than 3 percent of the global annual tobacco yield comes from the United States, highlighting the country’s substantial role in production. It discusses geography and scale without naming specific states or companies.
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United States
Landis and Young Bid on Barksdale Field Quarters
Landis and Young announced on Wednesday they received plans and specifications and will bid on the construction of four officers quarters at Barksdale field Shreveport. Several other firms also entered bids. Bids open December 29 at 11 a.m. by the constructing quartermaster at Barksdale field.
Children’s theater to stage Rip Van Winkle at Quachita Parish HS
Readiness announced for the Quachita Parish High School auditorium Thursday at 8 p.m. for the debut of a children’s theater cast in Rip Van Winkle. Cast includes Alice Howard Holmes Ann Gannaway Nadia Meadows and many others.
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Children’s Theater
Quachita Parish High School
Rip van
Ann Gannaway
Nadia Meadows
Frances Fowler
Kathleen Balleigh
Eleanor Woodard
Joe Ann Veach
Janette Clarkson
Jean Robertson
Sue Griffin
Barbara Butler
Laura Flourney
Leonard Pierson
Sibyl Robertson
Marjorie Smith
Dorothy Dennis
Beverly Peevy
Sylvia Pierson
Stanley Dyer
Georgiana Williams
Dick Touchstone
Dick Eason
Nell McCormick
Bill Armstrong
Bill Matthews
Bertha GL Dennis
Laura Louise Patton
Virginia Rayner
Joe Ann McDuffy
Mildred Keller
Happy McDonald
Cooperage Firm Named In Court Suit Here
Nelia Gallien sues Louisville Cooperage Company and agent Roger C. White for 2730 dollars alleging work injuries from lifting caused a stomach strain leading to an operation. She seeks 6.85 per week for 400 weeks as compensation in Ouachita Parish court.
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Louisville Cooperage Company
Roger C. White
Nelia Gallien
Quachita Parish
Gallien
Former Monroe Resident Back from San Antonio Visit
Joe Marx, once of Monroe and now a San Antonio resident, visits relatives for Christmas and reports two songs accepted for publication. He plans several more tunes and notes San Antonio’s year round pleasant climate with other former Monroe residents nearby including ex-sheriff David Johnson of Ouachita parish.
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Joe Marx
Monroe
San Antonio
Tex
Publica
Mr. Marx
David Johnson
Ouachita Parish
Several Arrests Reported by Ouachita Parish Sheriff
The Ouachita parish sheriff's department reported multiple arrests over the weekend. D. W. Brown and a 15 year old girl were charged with aiding in the escape of Powell from the parish road gang. Powell remains at large. J. M. Trull and Charlie Perot face assault with intent to kill for an alleged pistol attack on Bill Young. Bob Bass was arrested for disturbing the peace at Baucomville. Gibson Snell and Richard Bryant, both described as negroes, charged with cutting with intent to kill after a knife fight. Odell Dowdy and another 15 year old girl arrested in Houston for alleged car theft and returned to parish jail.
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Ouachita Parish
D. W. Brown
Powell
Brown
J. M. Trull
Charlie Perot
Bill Young
Young
Baucomville
Bob Bass
Gibson Snell
Richard Bryant
Odell Dowdy
Houston
Milton Coverdale
Duck With Leg Band Found In Black Bayou
Clyde Pohl and McDonald Wilkerson brought back a leg band from a duck shot in Black Bayou. The band read Glendalough Game Farm Battle Lake Minn No 1672. Both men fired at the bird around noon and both think they may have shot it.
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Clyde Pohl
News-Star—World Publishing Company
McDonald Wilkerson
Black Bayou
Glendalough Game Farm
Battle Lake
Minn
Orleans Man Is Assigned Here Orleans Man Is Assigned Here
The bureau of transients and homeless on Plum Street, run by Harris Tyson, aids 190 people. Lee Sanders from New Orleans will join the feeding and housing department this week to start serving meals in the building. The government plans a winter hunger relief campaign to end hitching and aimless travel.
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Bureau of Transients and Homeless
Plum Street
Harris Tyson
Lee Sanders
New Orleans
The
Bureau
Tyson
Sanders
Hospital Landscape in the United States Grows
The report notes more than 7,000 hospitals nationwide with about 1,000,000 beds. It highlights wide distribution across states and the essential role of hospitals in healthcare access and capacity.
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United States
Poll Taxes Paid By 2 568 Voters In Ouachita Parish
About one fourth of Ouachita Parish voters had paid poll taxes by Wednesday, with 2 568 paid at the sheriff Milton Coverdale office. Three business days remained before December 31, which falls on Sunday, but the office will stay open Sunday until midnight for last minute payments.
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Ouachita Parish
Milton Coverdale
Sheriff's Department
Attack Fatal in Tonio Texas Miss Corpus Christi Dies
U P uth Mayfield 19 once called Miss Corpus Christi collapsed from a heart attack while visiting a friend’s home in Tonio Texas. She died within minutes after ringing the doorbell and had resided in San An evera for years. Funeral plans were not yet announced. Water levels from an overland flood approach the lower Mississippi, traveling at a third of the river’s speed.
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Tonio
Tex
Uputh Mayfield
Corpus Christi
Autes
San Anevera
Mississippi
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Faulk-Collier Bonded Warehouses, Inc
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Central & Circle
Siam
White Elephant
Super Values
Coxwell
Duncan
Aw Sim Lvie
Fada Radio Now
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