Neville Seniors Receive Diplomas at Friday Evening Exercise
Neville high school awarded diplomas to the class of 1962 in a commencement program themed The Needs of Man. Dr. David Fischman of New Orleans spoke on enduring education and service, urging graduates to value others and pursue a just society.
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Neville High School
David Fischman
New Orleans
DeSiard Street
Charles Olichie
America
James Truslow Adams
Rabbi Fischman
Ernest Duncan Holloway
Monroe First Presbyterian Church
Louise Gray
Doris Beaman
Arnold Bernstein
Lynton Ethridge
Rabbi Fischmen
Bernstein
City Board of Education
Holloway
War clouds loom in bridge world
The article notes tensions between Culbertson and Lenz over bidding methods. Lenz calls Culbertson a showman, while Culbertson plans to quit championship play. He doubts a horsemen challenge would settle system merits, calling it unnecessary.
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Culbertson
Lenz
Horsemen
M'Clendon Baptist Church Natchitoches Service Plan
Rev. G. F. Goodman will lead regular services at M'Clendon Baptist Church in Natchitoches this Sunday. The evening service features the young people with guests from other churches invited and special numbers on the program. The public is cordially invited.
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G. F. Goodman
Mrs Bever Leads Hot Springs Title Match in Arkansas
Walter Beyer of Tulsa and Mrs Pitzburgh of Vicksburg led in the Women’s Southern Association tournament at Hot Springs Arkansas after 18 holes of their 2 up championship match.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Walter Beyer
Tulsa
Transippi Chammpion
Ber Pitzhbugh
Vicksburg
State Champicon
Southern Association
Correction on United Carbon transfer roles in local office
The News-Star notes a correction about A G Treadgold moving from the local office to Charleston W Va and clarifies he was office manager while H W Engstrom has headed the Monroe area since the past five years.
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News-Star and World
A. G. Treadgold
United Carbon Company
Charleston
W. Va
Treadgold
Monroe
H. W. Engstrom
17 Year Old Held in Slayings of Father and Brother
Coroner G M Ramsey ruled the killings murders after an inquest. J W White likely shot unaware of his brother approaching. elder White killed as he turned his head. Surviving relatives include a widow and multiple sons and daughters. Funeral services held at Mount Tabor cemetery.
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G. M. Ramsey
J. W. White
Monroe
Ollie White
Dubach
Oscar
Woodrow White
Farmerville
Hastin Miller
Minnie Kelly
Bernice
Mount Tabor Cemetery
Electric current burns worker at Brown Paper mill
Ray Wroten, a Brown Paper mill employee from Brownville, suffered severe electric burns while using an air driven hammer to break a concrete floor. A buried wire flash burned his legs, side, and right forearm. He was taken by ambulance to St Francis sanitarium. doctors said the condition was probably not serious. Wroten plays on the mill's championship team of the Southern Amateur Athletic Union.
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Ray Wroten
Brown Paper Mill
Wroten
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mills
Southern Amateur Athletic Union
Brownville
Kidnapping Plot Derailed Near Pinehurst by Police
Police disclosed the thwarted extortion attempt against Verner Z. Reed Jr a wealthy sportsman from Glencove L I and Pinehurst Two suspects Howard Dean and Joe Lucas both of Roseland confessed to writing the threatening letter and demanding the 5000 dollars The missive warned Reed’s home would be bombed if payment was not delivered at a designated spot
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Pinehurst
N. C
Verner Z. Reed, Jr
Spertsmen
Glencove
L. L
Reed
Howard Dean
Joe Lucas
Roseland
Earthquake Strikes Mexico Causing Widespread Damage
Reports from Jalisco Navarai Colima Tepic detail extensive damage to churches and homes. Submarine seismic activity near Colima suspected while Mexico City avoids major destruction and one man is hurt. Soldiers patrol streets to maintain order as outages persist.
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San Jose
San Francisco
la Merced
Colima
Tepic
Pacific
Mexico City
Levee Work Contract Set for Buckhorn Bend
Buckhorn Bend contracts authorize levee construction and highway routing alteration. Rights of way for the change are to be secured along with the levee, with three property owners already agreeable to the grants. Construction to begin at once.
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Buckhorn Bend
Orleans Police Wounded In Brush With Robbers
In New Orleans on June 4 police exchanged fire with robbers in two grocery store heists. Patrolman William Peterson Jr was shot in the left leg after a robber was cornered in a blind alley. robbers escaped. Investigators believe the same gang carried out both attacks in separate city sections a half hour apart.
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New Orleans
William Peterson, Jr
Enrollment Grows for Monroe First Baptist Bible School
Seventy five boys and girls enrolled yesterday in a two week daily vacation Bible school at Monroe First Baptist church. A larger number is expected to enroll Monday morning before the school opens with a 9 o'clock assembly.
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Monroe First Baptist Church
Miss Eunice Haynes Undergoes Clinic Tonsil Operation
Miss Eunice Haynes had a tonsil operation yesterday at the Clinic. The procedure was performed without complications and she remains in good spirits.
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Miss Haynes
Call Made for State Gathering of Democrats
Four members of Louisiana's state central committee who opposed the delegate selection method joined ten parish executive chairmen to call a state convention in Shreveport June 14 to name a delegation to the national Democratic convention. Parish mass meetings June 11 will choose delegates with Cameron parish as the base unit.
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Shreveport
State Central Committee
Louisiana
National Committee
Supreme Court of the United States
Democratic Party
Cameron Parish
Three Plead Guilty and Sentenced by Judge Shell
In district court Judge J T Shell presided as three defendants pleaded guilty this morning. E J Hoover, 62, admitted manufacturing whiskey and received 60 days in jail plus a $500 fine or 10 months extra. W A Hodge, 20, and Byron Hodge, 19, were each sentenced to 60 days for burglary with sentences to start April 21.
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J. T. Shell
E. J. Hoover
W. A. Hodge
Byron Hodge
Larkin Wade
Julius Barks
Percy Robinson
Mose Moye
G. G. Agerton
Robert Agerton
Martha Washington
Southern Air Route Launched Atlanta to Houston
American Airways launched a new Atlanta to Houston line via Montgomery Mobile New Orleans Baton Rouge Beaumont and Houston. The inaugural flight left at 7:00 AM after a 6:30 AM ceremony christened by Louisa Robert. A banquet will honor the route with attendance expected from New Orleans Mayor Semmes Walmsley and levee board chair Abe Shushan.
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Atlanta
U.P
South
American Airways
New Orleans
Abe Shushan
Ten candidates enter Georgia governor race in historic field
Georgia reports ten nominees for governor the largest number ever. Peter S. Twitty of Dublin joined as game commissioner bringing total contenders to ten with 12 state posts to be filled and 57 men running in a lively election year.
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Atlanta
WUP
Georgia
Peter S. Twitty
Dublin
Ex service men and cops march toward Washington
Veterans from Texas California Florida Louisiana Georgia and Alabama converge near Little Rock and head toward Washington. About 275 arrived yesterday with 1 000 expected by weekend as organizers seek peaceful transportation and plan coordinated marches from regional towns and cities.
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Texas
California
Carl F. Wood
Washington
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Alabama
North Georgia
North Carolina
Chattanooga
Tenn
Johnson City
Veterans march on Washington seek $2 billion bonus payoff
Thousands of veterans head to the capital seeking payment of the Patman bonus bill. Food and shelter are scarce as police report limited supplies and plan to stop issuing provisions. Signature gathering for a House vote continues with 132 of 145 needed. The June 13 vote looms before the Republican convention.
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Glassford
House
Patman
Congress
Glansford
Capitol
Burns
House Appropriations Committee
Rapid chromium plating strengthens steel tools
Lieut. A. Willink of Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia reports a rapid chromium plating process that yields an extremely hard surface on steel tools. The finding was presented to the Electrochemical Society.
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Electrochemical Society
Lieut
A. Willink
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Dear Miss Vane Advice on Criticism in Letters and Love
A reader asks how to handle a highly educated girlfriend who critiques his letters. The adviser urges maintaining authenticity, setting boundaries, and resisting pretentious pressure. It recommends sticking with sincere, steady writing and widening social circles rather than appeasing a demanding partner.
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Miss Vane
O.K
Administration bills advance as tax measures face votes
The administration pushes four revenue bills while withholding action on income taxes. The Ways and Means Committee reports favorably the Wimberly sales tax plan and the milk and beef tax to fund tick eradication. Debates on income tax limits and other proposals continue with hearings planned and a joint judiciary push to overhaul ad valorem taxes.
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John T. Hood
Jefferson Davis
Esteve Martin
Lafayette
William Pegues, Jr
DeSoto
Thomas Hutchinson
Dudley Lang
Winn
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Allen
Joint Judiciary
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Mansfield
Cecil Morgan
Shreveport
J. I. Boudreaux
Abbeville
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
Baton Rouge
Joe B. Hamiter
Caddo
C. W. Drake
Sabine
G. K. Perrault
St. Landry
Aviator Sets Atlantic Route For Polish Born Pilot
The Polish born flyer Hausner departed Newark at 8 56 am EST on a solo journey toward London and Paris to drop letters if fuel allows. Wind favored a 30 hour voyage with Paris two hours past London and Warsaw eight more hours. He aims for a 44 hour first leg, flying about ten years with a private license. His wife prays for safety as she awaits news.
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England
Paris
France
Croyton
le Bourget
Atelantic
Hausner
British Isles
Warsaw
America
Poland
St. Casmir’s Church
Newark
N. J
Five Indicted in Atlanta Theatre Bombings
Five men face indictments for three downtown theater bombings in Atlanta. Harmon Moseley is charged in two cases. The latest blast Monday injured six people including the wife of Luke Appling, a Chicago White Sox star.
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Atlanta
U.P
Harmon Moseley
Luke Appling
Chicago White Sox
Fuqua pleads not guilty in narcotics case in New Orleans
Claud C. Fuqua former university student pleads not guilty to charges of violating the Harrison narcotic drug act. He was released on $4,000 bond after arraignment before Judge William Borah in federal court. Trial date not set. Fuqua was arrested a week earlier by federal agents for raising Chinese opium poppies on a central Louisiana farm.
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New Orleans
U.P
Claud C. Fuqua
William Borah
Fuqua
Louisiana
Swiss Watchmaker Unveils Electric Timepiece
Georges Pele laton a Swiss watchmaker perfects an electric watch powered by a tiny storage battery. The invention promises self winding reliability with compact design and potential for widespread use in precision timing devices.
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Georges Pelelaton
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