New Year Celebrations Planned Across Twin Cities
New Year’s Eve activities include a Paramount theater show Love and Hisses with Walter Winchell Ben Bernie and Simone Simon starting 11:30 PM after 11 PM doors. First Baptist church hosts elaborate services from 7 PM to midnight with a dedication led by Rev. L T Hastings. Grace Episcopal and St Matthew’s Catholic churches schedule New Year Masses and services on January 1.
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Paramount Theater
Love and Hisses
Walter Winchell
Ben Bernie
Simone Simon
Twin Cities
First Baptist Church
L. T. Hastings
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Grace Episcopal
Grace Church
City Offices, Banks, Post Office to Close After Train Incident
Stores run by Monroe and West Monroe merchants will stay closed all day. Mayor Benoit declares city hall closed all day, banks and financial institutions shut, post office closed from Friday night to Monday morning. Post office window service and carrier delivery halted. special delivery mail and perishable parcel post will be delivered.
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Retail Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce of
Monroe
West Monroe
H. H. Benoit
Postoffice
J. R. Wooten
Police seek missing woman and boy from Bastrop
Monroe police search for a 30 year old woman and a 15 year old boy in ill health who left Bastrop around 3 pm yesterday en route to Monroe. The woman Gertrude Livingston about 40 and the boy Franklin were last seen late evening. contact police or F C Weaver of Bastrop with any information.
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Monroe
Bastrop
F C. Weaver
Gertrude Livingston
Franklin
F. C. Weaver
Ecclesiastical Court Suit Bared Over Vatican Paintings
In Vatican City a clash unfolds between Bartolomeo Nogara and Professor Pietro DePrai over restoration fees for Raphael's Transfiguration and Giotto's Polittico. Arbitration sided with DePrai after fee disputes, but Nogara challenged the board leading to a civil justice case and an appeal to the supreme apostolic court.
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Vatican City
Bartolomeo Nogara
Vatican Museum
Pietro DePrai
Raphael
Giotto
DePrai
Nogara
Vatican
Civil Justice Commission
Supreme Apostolic Court
Rail agent retires after 56 years with Southern Railway
Laurel Mississippi reports T. J. Ferrell, longtime local agent for the Southern Railway, retires after 56 years of continuous service. Cecil I. Hassell succeeds him, bringing 19 years with the railroad and current duties as assistant agent in New Orleans.
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Laurel
Miss
T. J. Ferrell
Southern Railway System
Railroad
Cecil I. Hassell
Hassell
New Orleans
Wildlife population on refuges up 300 percent since 1933
Dr Ira N. Gabrielson, head of the United States Biological Survey, estimated today that wildlife on federal refuges has risen by about 300 percent since 1933. He noted the government has bought more than 1,500,000 acres of refuge land in four years.
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Washington
Ira N. Gabrielson
United States Biological Survey
Kiwanis Club Installs New Monroe Officers
Monroe Kiwanis Club installs Hugh Wallace as president for the next year amid a large gathering with members from Alexandria Ruston Rayville and West Monroe. Other officers include O A Easterling S A Moss Ivy C Jordan and B W Biedenham. A plaque honors retiring secretary J E Johnson and Dr C C Calvert delivers the principal address on service and community building.
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Kiwanis
Alexandria
Ruston
Rayville
West Monroe
Virginia Hotel
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Hugh Wallace
Monroe Post Office
W. R. Hatchell
Club
C. C. Calvert
Northeast Center L. S. A
J. E. Walsworth
J. E. Johnson
Kiwani An
S. A. Moss
A. L. Peters
Lawrence Pettit
R. E. McGill
Alexandria Club
M. Hull
E. F E. Pritchett
West Monroe Club
C. E. Faulk, Jr
Ruston Club
Barney” Barnett
Billy Regan
Truman McCrea
Lowery Jefferson
Henry Whitfield
Louis Hallam
Florence Ziegler Allbritton
Ediy McBet
Baxter Robinson
Jackson
Jerry Hodge
Dorothy Hudnall
Vernon McCoy
C. O. Presteridge
Otis Thompson
Egypt pledges cooperation with Britain under Farouk rule
Egypt's new government led by Farouk promised cooperation with Great Britain and vowed to honor the Anglo Egyptian treaty while pursuing independence. Mohamed Mahmoud sent a letter to the 18 year old monarch, stressing harmony with Britain as Cairo faced post riot tensions and loyalist demonstrations. Police prepared to take over Blueshirt headquarters amid political unrest.
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Cairo
Egypt
Farouk
Great Britain
Mohamed Mahmoud
Britain
London
Rome
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
Wafd
Nahas
Bilbo accuses White of stealing his political thunder
Senator Theo G Bilbo charged Governor Hugh L White with copying his 1916 road program and gubernatorial platform. He claimed White is expanding his highway system and touted policy reversals, while noting a early road plan was wrecked in the house.
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Senate
House
Tom Bailey
Book Trust
Velvet-coated water strider carries air for diving
The water strider, a common pond and stream insect, is covered with velvet to trap a layer of air around it when diving, enabling breathing underwater.
75th Anniversary of Negro Freedom Observed
A 75th anniversary service commemorating the emancipation proclamation will be held at Martin Temple Sunday at 3 p.m. Sponsored by the local Negro Ministerial Association led by Hayward Jackson and Professor M. J. Foster of Monroe Colored High School, the event features Foster’s remarks on four and a half million slaves freed and progress in the post slavery era.
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Abraham Lincoln
Martin Temple
Negro Ministerial Association
Hayward Jackson
M. J. Foster
Monroe Colored High School
Foster
Ouachita Parish Ranks Third In L S U Enrollment
Figures from Northeast Center at Louisiana State University show Ouachita Parish has 371 students enrolled, third after East Baton Rouge and Orleans parishes. Dean Calvert notes the center stimulus boosts local registration and highlights the Northeast Center club with over 100 members led by president Kenner Day.
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Ouachita Parish
Louisiana State University
Deai C C. Calvert
Northeast Center
East Baton Rouge
Orleans Parishes
Northeast Center Club
the State University
Kenner Day
Calvert
Monroe
Deaths Rex and Hubbard Families Lend Local Obituary Remembrances
The funeral of Nora Rex 69 of Monroe widow of Albert Rex who died Thursday morning was held at First Baptist church with Rev L T Hastings officiating Interment followed at Riverview Burial Park She is survived by a brother Willie Butler and many nephews and nieces The obituary also notes the late R O Hubbard 40 who died suddenly of a heart attack in Chenieve and was laid to rest at Antioch cemetery Pallbearers were listed and survivors include a husband three daughters and one son plus siblings
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Nora Rex
Monroe
Albert Rex
First Baptist Church
L. T. Hastings
Riverview Burial Park
R. O. Hubbard
Chenieve
Antioch Church
Antioch Cemetery
S. M. Rutledge
R. L. Galson
J. L. Price
W. J. Powell
J. H. Wincer
J. P. Williams
Alexandria Town Talk foreman George H. Dale dies
George H. Dale 75 mechanical foreman of the Alexandria Town Talk died after a long illness. He came to Alexandria in 1920 from New Orleans newspapers. Survived by his widow and son Joseph W. Dale of New Orleans. Funeral services led by Rev W S Slack. Body sent to New Orleans for interment.
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Alexandria
Dee
George H. Dale
Dale
New Orleans
Joseph W. Dale
W. &. Slack
Oil Well Near Quachita Parish Planned For Production Test
Operators of the Oakes Easton et al No 1 wildcat test well in Lincoln parish near the Quachita line plan a probable production test for Sunday or Monday. The hole is logged to 6,259 feet and casing will be perforated in a nine foot section between 5,931 and 5,940 feet.
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Oakes-Easton Et al
N. L. Griggs
Wildcat
Quachita Parish
Lincoln Parish
Local Marriages Report From Marion And Farmerville
Marriages include Earl Puddy and Miss Mary Mounts wed Tuesday at West Monroe Methodist church with Rev. C K Smith officiating. G S Farmer and Miss Marion Frickie wed December 21 at Hodge and plan to live in Farmerville. Guy Ludwig of Farmerville and Miss Bertie Sessums of Huston married December 24 in Ruston with Rev. Lockridge officiating. they will reside in Farmerville.
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Earl Puddy
Mary Mounts
West Monroe Methodist Church
C. K. Smith
Marion, la
Dee
G. S. Farmer
Farmerville
Marion Frickie
Jonesboro
Hodge
Marion
Guy Ludwig
Bertie Sessums
Huston
Ruston
Lockridge
Ruston First Baptist Church
Miss Hornsby and Brouillette Married at Church Point
Miss Elizabeth Jean Hornsby of St. Joseph wed Ewel George Brouillette of Monds Avoyelles parish on December 23 at Church Point. The ceremony was by Father Bienvenu. Both Brouillette and Miss Hornsby are on the Church Point High School faculty.
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St, Joseph
Elizabeth Jean Hornsby
Richard Offney Hornsby
St. Joseph
Ewel George Brouillette
Monds
Avoyelles Parish
Church Point
Father Bienvenu
Brouillette
Church Point High School
Robinson Moore Wed at Christmas in Bernice Louisiana
Miss Mary Maud Robinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Bishop Robinson and George Moore married Christmas day in Bernice by Rev A T Mitchell. The couple will reside in the Shiloh community.
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Bernice
Mary Maud Robinson
Bishop Robinson
George Moore
A. T. Mitchell
Shiloh
Kilpatrick Flannigan Tie The Knot In Jonesboro
Miss Louise Flannigan daughter of Mrs P Flannigan and Granville Kilpatrick son of Mr and Mrs L Kilpatrick were married at Jonesboro last Sunday They will live in Montgomery where Kilpatrick is employed.
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Eros
la. Dee
Louise Flannigan
P. Flannigan
Granville Kilpatrick
L. la Kilpatrick
Jonesboro
Montgomery
Kilpatrick
Mexico approves record 1938 budget in Congress
The chamber of deputies approved a 430.9 million peso budget for 1938, the largest in Mexican history, about 12 million pesos above President Lazaro Cardenas proposal and near his revenue estimate.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
Lazaro Cardenas
Hot Ice on Jupiter Seen by Princeton Scientist
Rupert Wildt of Princeton University described to the American Astronomical Society in Bloomington that Jupiter hosts vast subterranean oceans of hot ice under extreme pressure. The ice is invisible, but likely exists, with depths reaching thousands of miles and pressures up to 14 million psi.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Bloomington
Ind
Jupiter
American Astronomical Society
Rupert Wildt
Princeton University
Wildt
P. W. Bridgman
Harvard University
Photographer Tries to Force Wares in Little Rock
An unidentified itinerant photographer, armed with a pistol, threatened Mrs. FE King and fired a shot into the floor after she refused to buy his photographs. Her husband intervened, ordering the solicitor to leave. Police sought the suspect.
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Little Rock
Ark
FE. King
Monroe Vehicle Bureau to Close Saturday
The Monroe branch of the state motor vehicle bureau will be closed Saturday. Fred Hanna, manager of the branch office, announced the closure and noted December license plate sales fell short of 1936 figures.
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Monroe
State Motor Vehicle Bureau
Fred Hanna
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