Police Jury approves alcohol license hearing in parish
An ordinance from the Acadia Parish Police Jury sets a public hearing on granting licenses for manufacturing and selling beer wine and other alcoholic beverages. The measure names Ward One precincts Midway Market Smiths Store and assigns election officials and procedures for the vote to be held June 10, 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dees
Sonnet Rasgesahte
Telnet
Baroy Farhonas
Auachua Parish
Mer
Gene
Elena
Cabehits
Laviviena
Iene
Ferien
Loee
Cogaumuig
At & Meerige
Seid
Regateey
Uohere
Lewiaiene
Branting & Weenee
Perm
Alechelia
Grestey
Lagterete
Searle
Minnivet
Sicohel
Peerpositiion
Orlore
Midway Market & Grocery
Lenconn
Smith’s
Steriington
Stete
Precinet
Market & Grocery
Ernest Snapnet
Vincent Marsalis
Roy C Welch
Bwningham
RL. Moore, Jr
Precinet Ter
Feith's
Lewistene
Peters
J ' Mone
Mra
Bailey
Achite
Jory
Clere
Commianonert
Faye
Rice Trade and Baseball Scores Highlight Regional Report
The passage notes China and India as the top rice producers with Japan third, supplemented by imports. It also lists baseball results with Pine Bluff vs Hot Springs and Greenville vs unknown opponents, including scores and pitcher details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
India
Japan
Jonesboro Tops Chatham Red Birds in Opening Win
In Chatham Louisiana on Sunday Jonesboro led by Country Hampton won their first game of the year 11 to 9 over the Chatham Red Birds. Rich Tewell started for Jonesboro and held Chatham until the eighth inning. Kirby James collected three hits for the Red Birds while Joyce Anders also had three hits for Chatham.
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Chatham
la. Anne
Hampton
Jonesboro
Chatham Red Birds
Rich Tewell
CNS Cdc
Anekasse
Oso
Tewell
Hargrove
Wailes
James
Henderson
Sunday Pitcher Earns Title In Major League Action
More than 200000 fans attended eight city games as Chicago Boston New York Detroit Cleveland Philadelphia and Washington produced scoring. Notable lineups included Lyons Tresh Gatehouse Wilson Dickman Bagby DeSautels Peacock Harris Coffman Dickey Kennedy Lawson Swift Breuer Trout Tebbetts Mon teagudo Hudson Hayes Early Feller Hemsley Naymick Humphries Zuber Dobson Pilak Babich Heusser. Game notes reference Sunday law and game end due to eighth inning.
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Chicago
Boston
Lyons
Tresh
Butland
Heving
DeSautels
Rigney
Lee
Brown
Smith
Gatehouse
Wilson
Dickman
Bagby
Peacock
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Naymick
Humphries
Zuber
Dobson
Pilak
Babich
Heusser
Hayes
Baseball scoreline and lineup snippets from multiple games
The clippings show partial game scores and lineups featuring Cincinnati, Chicago, New York and Pittsburgh with players like Picchota Strincevitch Javery Andrews Walters Lombardi Errickson Lopez Turner Beggs Hershberger Wyatt Kimball Mungo Doyle Phelps Hartnett Schumacher Brown Joiner Danning Klinger Lanahan McFayden Davis Berres Melton Gumbert Heintzelman Sewell Lanning Beck Atwood Lanier Warneke Padgett St Johnson Blanton Warren Bowman Owen Small Johnson Blanton Warren. An Arizona prairie dog town is noted to have more than 7 000 burrows.
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Grigg
Boston
Cincinnati
Picchota
Strincevitch
Javery
Andrews
Walters
Lombardi
Errickson
Lopez
Turner
Beggs
Hershberger
New York
Pittsburgh
Schumacher
Brown
Joiner
Danning
Klinger
Lanahan
McFayden
Davis
Berres
Melton
Gumbert
Heintzelman
Sewell
Lanning
Philadelphia
Beck
Atwood
Lanier
Warneke
Padgett
Small
St Johnson
Blanton
Warren
Bowman
Owen
Professional Golf to Aid Red Cross in Charity Shows
The Professional Golfers Association plans a series of charity golf shows for Red Cross aid. Final plans will be discussed this week during the National Open in Cleveland with many top players expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Professional Golfers Association
Red Cross
Cleveland
Belmont Stakes Recap And Historic Boxing Fines Recalled
Sports Mirror recalls past highlights with Johnstown's Belmont win a year ago and Belay and Gilded Knight in reserve. It notes three years earlier Jimmy Braddock and Joe Gould fined and suspended by the New York State Athletic Commission for failing to fulfill a contract with Max Schmeling. It also recalls Babe Ruth's five year return to New York and lack of offer from any big league club, citing judge Emil Fuchs’ role in Boston Braves troubles.
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Johnstown
Belay
Gilded Knight
Jimmy Braddock
Joe‘Gould
New York State Athletic Commission
Max Schmeling
Babe
Ruth
New York
Emil Fuchs
Boston Braves
Freddie Haas Wins City Championship
Freddie Haas Jr. clinched his fourth city golf title in New Orleans after a 4 and 3 victory over Raymond Salmen in the 36 hole final. Haas led by two after a one-under-par round and was halted by Salmen at one up through the 27th hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Freddie’ Haas, Jr
Raymond Salmen
Salmen
Louisiana State University
Haas
Ancient Gallo Roman sarcophagus found under Swiss manor
In Sexo Switzerland an old country manor corner settled revealing an ancient Gallo Roman lead sarcophagus. Workmen and archaeologists examined the site noting the remarkable discovery near the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Sexo
Dr Arnulfo Arias Elected Panama President With Record Vote
Dr Arnulfo Arias won Panama's presidential election with a record unofficial total of about 85 000 votes for a four year term starting October 1. He ran unopposed after opposition leader Ricardo Alfaro withdrew citing suffrage limits. The prior record was 56 000 votes in 1936.
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Panama
Arnulfo Arias
Arias
Harmodio Arias
Ricardo Alfaro
Popular Front
Juan Demostenes Arosemena
Frenchman to Fly to See Roosevelt
Count Rene de Chambrun, fresh from the Battle of Flanders, is reported to fly to Washington to brief President Roosevelt on French military operations. He is nephew of Nicholas Longworth and a Lafayette descendant, with his wife Marie Laval, tied to former Premier Pierre Laval.
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Paris
Rene de Chambrun
Flanders
Washington
Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
United States
House of Representatives
General Lafayette
Marie Laval
Pierre Laval
Waiting for Mate’s Return Ends in Impounded Car
In Wilmington on June 3 a woman awaiting her husband’s return faced a crowd and food deliveries as police finally promised to impound the car after she began a siege lasting forty eight hours. No sign of the husband appeared.
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Wilmington
Del
Automobile prices have fallen since 1925
Since 1925 the average retail price of automobiles has been reduced. The line hints at a long term decline in auto prices over the period though the exact percentage is not specified.
Ted Williams Considers Quitting Baseball for Firefighting
Boston Red Sox star Ted Williams, age 21, says he would quit baseball to become a fireman. Discontent with the season and his role, Williams complains of pressure and scrutiny while teammates and officials fear his mood and future with the club.
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Harry Grayson
MEA
New York
Theodoe Francis Williams
Boston Red Sox
Babe Ruth
Ted Williams
Williams
Wiliams
Boston Club
Tom Yawkey
Fox
Jimmy Foxx
Sadlersville
San Diego
Red Sox
Detroit
Foxx
Volunteers Denied by Red Cross for Overseas Service
San Francisco reports eager volunteers for nursing and ambulance driving overseas are being turned down daily at Red Cross headquarters. A. L. Schafer notes Europe’s Red Cross already staffed, with Americans limited to volunteers, while U.S. aid focuses on food clothing money and supplies. Nurses and medical technicians join the Red Cross army reserve. age ranges and gender balance show broad interest but practical limits. In Hollywood Bill Robinson, at 62, dances for the Red Cross raising 2424 dollars at a Sunday cafe party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
American Red Cross
A. L. Schafer
Pacific
The
Red Cross
United States
Europe
Schafer
Red Cross Societies
America
McKeesport
Jersey City
Department of Agriculture
Red Cross Army
Navy Reserve
Anne Morgan
Hollywood
Bill Robinson
Harlem É S “Bojangles
Language Speeds by Nation Reported in Study
A quirky survey ranks languages by syllable rate. French speakers reportedly emit about 60 syllables per minute, Japanese 120, German 90, Chinese 80, English around 20, while South Sea natives speak slowly at 30 syllables per minute in ordinary talk.
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Engliah
South Sea
Appointment of Liquidator for Consumers Home Service Inc
Notice states that on May 7 1067 Dayt M Kaper of Monroe Louisiana with consent of stockholders was appointed a liquidator of Consumers Home Service Inc a corporation domiciled in Monroe Louisiana. The liquidator operates without bond and with full legal powers. David M Xaflan Secretary.
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Dayt M. Kaper
Monroe
Lowittena
Consumers Home Service, Inc. & Corporation
Louisans
Corporation
Sss
David M. Xaflan
Notice of Foreclosure Sale and Estate Proceedings in Ouachita Parish
Public notices from Ouachita Parish Louisiana include a foreclosure sale by Marshall P. Bernette against Motor Securities Company for June 6 1944 at Monroe City Hall to satisfy a writ of fieri facias. sale terms cash with appraisal. Other notices concern probate matters in Fourth District Court including succession of Melson Dyer Abell and approval of final accounts. dates May 4 to June 1 1940.
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Marshall Sale
Bernette
Bhennen
Motors Securities Company, Inc
Touisians
Ouechita
City of
Monroe
Ouachita Pariah
State of Louisiana
Oele
Renert
Decker Fourth District Court
Ouachita
Wiliam Perry Brown
B. D. Parr
Melson Dyer Abell
Louisiane
Parkin
Cuachike
Pearth
Helen D Abell
Wittens
J. T Sheth
D. J Guerrett
Seid Court
Om Tits
Cleese Court
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Lund
Thomason
Gray
Helens
Clarksdale
Waters
Stefanie McDonald
Boden
Pine Bluff
Hot Springs
Shell
Doyle
Walker
Jordin
Martin and
Jor
Greenwood
Greenville
Tarver and Clark
Smith and Didier
Bodai
Hal Kemp
Mice and Men
Burgess Meredith
Betty Field
Irene
Anna Neagle
Ray Milland
Bela Lugosi
Treasure Island
Mechanix
Wallace Beery
Dakota
Trout
Benton and Tebbetts
Monteagudo
Hudson, Hayes and
Early
Feller
Hemsley
Potter
Wyatt
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Phelps
Lee and Hartnett
Hamlin
Mancuso
Olsen and
Todd
Arizona
Auto Supplies
M. J
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Chevrolet
Venience
Lee -Rogers Chevrolet Co., Inc
Sugi’s
Russ Riley
Sugi Hayamaka
Hayamaka
Sports Mirror
Associated Press
Freddie Haas
Bes
Fenway Park
Willian
Boeing
Roger Cramer
Cramer
Joe Cronin
Doc Cramer
Hed Sox
Teddy
Aishner
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