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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1938
Page
6
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The hero moves through the hostile city of Athne to reach the captive Gonfala. He intends to enter via the less guarded north side and must scale the wall under a full moon.
Hollywood astrology writer Norvell foresees Tyrone Power marrying in 1939 and Joan Crawford falling in love, with others like Shirley Temple, Gracie Fields, and Hedy Lamarr named in various fates. He notes past misses but remains confident in future unions and star power.
The Installation of Officers of the Order of the Western Star for the new year is set for tonight at the Masonic temple. Officers to be installed include Dr. AC Strickland as worshipful master and Gard iner Young as senior warden with a banquet to follow after the seating of the new officers. The event is held jointly with Graham Surginor Judge No. 383 and includes appointive officers such as T J Sand ridge and J W White.
A citywide blackout hit Monroe from 8:44 p.m. to 9:50 p.m. after a disruption at the municipal plant. All essential services paused as streets, businesses, and homes lost electricity while the south side regained power first and the rest of the city followed shortly before 10 p.m.
Corpus Christi and coach Harry Stiteler's Bucaneers defeated Lubbock Westerners 20 to 6 in a state schoolboy football title game played Monday in Dallas. Wild Walter Webster starred for Lubbock despite the loss as Corpus Christi accumulated eight first downs to Lubbock's one. The report notes the Bucaneers as the gulf coast city's strongest team to date.
New York December 26. The New York Daily News says Lou Nova the California heavyweight has agreed to meet former world champion Jimmy Braddock in a ten round bout at Madison Square Garden on March 31. If Nova wins he will meet Max Baer outdoors next summer. Braddock retired after beating Tommy Farr last January and has been in light training for two to three weeks.
Hackettstown residents Mr and Mrs O Allen Hummer observed their 71st wedding anniversary quietly. Allen is 90 and his wife 92, celebrated in the town yesterday.
Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of the U S secretary of state, played a key role at the Lima conference. She represented her husband at receptions, attended plenary sessions, sat in the diplomatic gallery for speeches, and met wives of other delegations and Peruvian officials as the talks moved toward a continental solidarity declaration.
Faster Island lies about 2000 miles west of South America a desolate rock with huge images whose purpose remains largely unknown to the islanders who currently live there.
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