Many Blood Tests Conducted in Parishes Campaign
Dr W Carroll Summer Ouachita Parish Health Unit Director says over three thousand people have blood tests by the mobile team as part of a three week syphilis case finding and education drive. The team moved from rural areas to Monroe and West Monroe and will stay until February 25 1950. About five thousand have viewed the film Feeling All Right at churches and schools. Health unit hours are 9 00 a m to 3 p m Monday through Friday and patients may also visit their family physician for testing.
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W. Carroll Summer
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
West Monroe
Miners Strike Backed by Federal Inquiry Signals Tense Stand
A presidential fact finding board questions miners and operators in public hearings as Truman orders a report by Monday. The 370,000 union workers face potential Taft Hartley injunction while Af, steel and railroad sectors suffer coal shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Lewis
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Tinois
Wheeling Steel Corp
Taft-Hartley Board of
McGrath
David L. Cole
Paterson
Nab
W. Willard Wirtz
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Federal District Court
Richmond B. Keech
UMW
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Domestic Woes Delight House Theatergoers
The Little Theatre staged Albert Thomas three act comedy Her Husband's Wife. June Shultz carried the title role Irene with sincerity while Ted Landhy as Uncle John delivered natural, strong support. Bob Whipple underacted as Stuart though he ends by drowning his troubles in drink. Edith Grandy and Rita Feith offered capable supporting turns amid uneven ensemble work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Thomas
June Shultz
Irene
Miss Shultz
Ted Landhy
Uncle John
Landhy
Bob Whipple
Stuart
West Monroe youth charged after auto theft crash
State police report a 22 year old West Monroe resident Rueben E. Deason was hospitalized after a stolen truck crashed into a tree on U S Highway 80 eleven miles west of here. He is held on auto theft charges with injuries described as cuts and possible internal trauma.
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West Monroe
Here
U. S. Highway 80
Rueben E. Deason
1718
Wood Street
Hixon Brother
Conway Memorial Hospital
Invartientina Officere
Deason
U.S. 80
F. H. Heard
Heard
Esso Transfers Two In Its Employ
John M. McBride is transferred by Esso Standard Oil to Monroe as industrial salesman, after serving as general salesman at Baton Rouge. He was born in Memphis, first joined Esso in 1932 as a bulk plant clerk in Tallulah, and has lived in North Louisiana. He replaces Charles H. Calhoun, promoted to Shreveport district merchandising assistant headquartered in Monroe. Calhoun is a World War II veteran, Tulane alumnus, and 1932 Rose Bowl football letterman.
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John M. McBride
Esso Standard Oil Company
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Mr. McBride
Memphis
Tennessee
Esso
Tallulah
Louisiana
Charles H. Calhoun
Shreveport
Calhoun
Tulane
Enter Poultry Early for Northeast Louisiana Livestock Show
Junior poultry exhibitors must mail entry sheets to W. H. Farmer by February 15 for the Northeast Louisiana Livestock Show in Delhi. Open to juniors, entries include cockerels pullets or trios, with judging by Clyde Ingram and Display prizes for high point scores. Birds must arrive by noon February 28. judging begins March 1.
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Northeast Louisiana
Sidney Reed, Jr
Richland Parish
Poultry Prices Steady In Chicago Trade
Live poultry prices remained steady in Chicago with receipts of 25 loads. Fryers traded at 24-30 cents per pound FOB outside, up two cents, while ducks moved 15-22 cents FOB outside, down two cents, in the wholesale market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
USDA
Butter firm as receipts rise. eggs steady and higher on extras
Chicago reports butter prices unchanged with receipts at 384 225 and eggs steady to firm with 34 761 on hand. U S extras gain one half cent per dozen with Min 70 net A M5 and Min 60 net A at 1Sl.
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Chicago
U. S
Cotton futures rise to seasonal highs on buying
New Orleans on February 8 reports cotton futures advancing to new seasonal highs as trade buying and short covering push prices at 11:30 a.m. to unchanged to 15 cents a bale higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Democracy in name only in 1950 political critique
The piece mocks Republican rhetoric and civil rights proposals as deceptive democracy. It argues that hiring rights, anti-lynching pledges, and fair employment laws undermine private prerogatives and constitutional limits. It cites unions, Wagner Act effects, and alleged liberal coercion as marks of democracy in disguise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Club
America
Hollywood
Alf Landon
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Viet Nam Government Recognized by Belgium
The Belgian government announced on February 8 that it has extended recognition to the French-supported Bao Dai government of Viet Nam in Indo China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet Nam
Brussels
Belgium
Bao Dai
Indo-China
Deaths in HOLLY RIDGE and Bastrop Louisiana
Thomas Edward Ray age 63 dies at home in Holly Ridge. Services at Bethel Baptist Church Rayville officiated by Rev. Emmerich. Survived by wife Ella, three sons in Rayville, one daughter in Bastrop, siblings in Mississippi and Texas. Interment at Bethel cemetery under Mulhearn Funeral Home. James Vaughan Pettiss, 31, dies at Bastrop home. Funeral at Bastrop Episcopal Church with Reverend Persons. interment in Carter cemetery. Surviving parents, two sisters, and several brothers. Robinson Funeral Home in charge.
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Holly Ridge
Thomas Edward Ray
Bethel Baptist Church
E. B. Emmerich
Rayville
Ella Ray
Wesley
Claude
Tommie
Mary Evelyn Rhodes
Bastrop
Columbus Bay
Ackerman
Miss
J. H. Woods
Greenville
J. W. Fulce
Tom Nolen
John Wells
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Bethel Cemetery
James Vaughan Pettiss
Bastrop Episcopal Church
Carter Cemetery
Jack Tyler
Ed Tripp
J. W. Berry
Jack Rawls
W. A
Death Notice Willie Fatharee of Rayville
Willie E. Fatharee from Rayville died at home Tuesday night. Funeral and interment followed at Hall cemetery on Winnsboro road Wednesday at 3 p.m. Hall Funeral Home in charge with Rev. P. M. Gaddis officiating. He leaves a wife, five sons, three daughters, five brothers, three sisters and six pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie E. Fatharee
Rayville
Hall Cemetery
Winnsboro Road
Hall Funeral Home
P. M. Gaddis
Alto
Rassie
Willie Fatharee
Armand Fatharee
H. L. Murphy
T. J. Moore
Cleo Moore
Willie Hatfield
Emmett Moore
Willie Olivo
Monroe Couple Return From Three Month European Trip
Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Spatafora and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Varino of Monroe are due to land at Selman Field from Atlanta on a Delta Airplane soon after 6 p m today after a three month trip to France Italy Switzerland and other European countries. Families and friends will greet them at the field upon arrival.
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V. C. Spatafora
Frank Varino
Monroe
Delta
Atlanta
France
Italy
Switzerland
Europe
Selman Field
Roberts calls for Atlantic union to unite free peoples
Roberts warned that the United States bears the burden of freedom while Russia and satellites unite. He urged a concrete plan to mobilize public imagination and shift from cold war pressure to a partnership that shares defense responsibilities with allies.
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Europe
Asia
Roberts
Kremlin
Russia
United States
Atlantic Union
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Witverstein
Little Theatre
Edith Grandy
Emily
Rita Feith
Nora
Delhi
Unch
Htt
Julius Adams
Adams
Harry S. Truman
Americans For Democratic Action
Thomas E. Ray
Byron Leigh
Alabama
Edmund
Curle Place
N. Y
Walter Richard
Jack Vaughan
Robinson Funeral Home
Troy & Nichols, Inc
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