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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1940

Page

7

New Lucite Hip Joint Lubrication Technique Revealed

Dr. Paul H. Harmon described a greasing operation for hip joints using lucite at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Philadelphia. The procedure smooths hip bone surfaces then coats them with lucite to provide a durable lubricant and greater motion with less pain, often within hours. The method contrasts with stretching or limb- lengthening approaches for crippled patients and notes rapid improvement in mobility.

Philadelphia American Association For the Advancement of Science Paul H. Harmon Sayre Association Harmon

French Make Gains Near Hartmanns Weilerkopf

Twenty five years ago today reports from the front note French forces advancing against German positions near Hartmanns Weilerkopf with gains observed and Bulgarian troops retreating four miles from the Greek frontier.

Mins Susanne Hartmans-Weilerkopf

Questionnaires Mailed Board No 1 and 2 Monroe and West Monroe

A list of residents across Monroe Natchez and West Monroe with addresses including colored designation. Names include Lyman Washington Shellie Mitchell Booker T Kirby Victor James Peptone Jessie Warren Frank Barton Emmett Cooper Prosper Bernelie Purnell Verger Frank Thomas Edward Hill Henry Biedenharn Ruben Carter William Andrews Clarence Young William McCain Tandy Colman Ward Ates Earnest Smith Garland Jones Russell White Jake Blackwell Joe Gallien Charles Wall Miron Hart George Van Zile John Marbley James Blackwell Samuel Bowers Charles Kelly Luther Hood Waterson Thomas Lawyer Baker and others across multiple streets and routes.

Lyman Washington Monroe Shellie Mitchell North Eleventh Street Booker T. Kirby Washington Street Victor James Peptone Ar- Grayling Lane Jessie Warren North Twenty-third Street Frank Barton Atkinson Street Clanton Williams Willie Black Mack Lee White Lonnie Lee Phillips Blanchard Emmett Cooper Emile Prosper Bernelie Ouechita Avenue William Purnell Verger Louisville Avenue Frank Thomas Edward Hill Louisiane Avenue Henry Alvin Biedenharn, Jr Jaemine Ruben Carter Cedar Street William Earl Andrews Jackson Street James William McCain West Monroe Tandy Burnette Colman Ross Dan Cole Ward Ates North Sixth Earnest van Buren Smith Luna Star Garland Wyatt Jones Russell Charles White Jake Blackwell Swartz Joe Gallien Charles Gray Wall, Jr Miron Morris Hart George Columbus van Zile Trenton Street John Ernest Marbley James Cash Blackwell Samuel Davis Bowers Charles Leon Kelly J. Z. Mathis Coleman Avenue Luther Hood Charles Waterson Thomas Lawyer Baker Sterlington

Coast Guard crew rescued after sea voyage near Fort Bragg

Ten coast guardsmen missing since Wednesday in a violent storm were rescued four miles west of Fort Bragg. Two were injured and towed to safety. Shawnee would bring the rescued men to San Francisco. The units had sailed from Port Arena to aid the Stanwood lumber schooner.

San Francisco Coast Guard Coast Wave Cove Fort Bragg Sancisco Port Arena Stanwood

Smiles for Britain and Nightly London Front Line

A report from London shows half a million workers keeping city life going under air raids. Milk for babies, trains on time, bakeries and post offices operate through bomb blasts as workers endure raids and praise comrades, with volunteers distributing breakfasts to sheltering citizens.

Chanee Scania London Waterloo Bridge Piccadilly Cheapside Mayfair Strand

Why Some Hold Their Liquor and Others Can't

A Philadelphia symposium on alcohol reports that heavy drinkers absorb alcohol into the blood faster, contradicting older beliefs that sobriety comes from slower absorption or quicker metabolism. Dr. Harry Newman cites animal studies showing brain exposure to alcohol rises faster in habitual drinkers, leaving tissue-based tolerance as the remaining explanation. A stray line notes a pine branch with a rope as a chimney-cleaning tool.

Howard W. Blakeslee Associated Press Philadelphia American Association For the Advancement of Science Research Committee On Harry Newman Stanford University School of Medicine Newman

Victim of Amnesia Missing in Tallulah Area

Relatives seek help locating Chester A. Davis 59 missing from his brother W H Davis home in Tallulah since Tuesday. Davis, 5 ft 8 in, 220 pounds, stooped with walking stick, dark blue suit blue shirt and tie brown hat. Listed as Houston Miss resident with daughters in Tunelo. Call 348 Tallulah collect with any information.

Tallulah Louisiana Mississippi Chester A. Davis W. H. Davis Davis Houston Miss Tunelo

Picture Industry to Honor Actress Mabel Normand

Hollywood December 27 The motion picture industry dedicates Republic studio’s new 250000 dollar sound stage to the late actress Mabel Normand. Stars and film executives who worked with Miss Normand attend a bronze plaque ceremony at the stage as part of a larger studio expansion plan.

Hollywood Mabel Normand Republic Studio Comedienne Miss Normand

Ireland Faces Goods Shortage as Britain Controls Exports

Britain imposes export restrictions on cattle feed fertilizer unmanufactured tobacco lemons among items shipped to Ireland. The Board of Trade can halt flows from January 1, tightening Ireland’s imports of corn and fertilizer, with Ireland relying on Britain for supplies amid neutrality in the European conflict.

Board of Trade Ireland Britain

Nervous woman returns for long-lost plate from 1927

In Brockton Massachusetts a nervous woman called police to claim her upper plate left in a patrol wagon in 1927. Lieutenant J J Lyons located the missing teeth in the store room.

Brockton Mass J. J. Lyons

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