Sonia Operetta Presented by Monroe High Senior Class
The Monroe high school senior class staged the operetta Sonia at 3 p m in the school auditorium with a evening performance to follow. Mrs Minnie Ruffin directed the production with Miss Clara Hall coaching the chorus of 70 singers. The cast lists twelve seniors and an orchestra of ten under Mrs P A Posy.
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Sonia
Monroe High School
Minnie Ruffin
Clara Hall
P. A. Posy
Maurice
Cody Watkins
Sally
Virginia Hinkle
Martha Mayflower
Eben Kent Millsaps
Pat Dunn
Frank Breece
Alariah Smythe
Woodrow Hodges
Sonia Markova
Lydia Oakland
Vedas Veronas
Jane Salisbury
Boris Ivenoff
Robert Wilson
Count Ginnhiski
T. J. Hunt
Prosky
Claude Kincade
Molly and
Ahn
Frances Stroud
Babs
Elizabeth Casper
Fritzi
Frieda Kaplan
Damps
Nannette Selig
Suzette
Mary Trousdale
Sue—Hope Ross
Pam—Winnifred Culpepper
Kitty
Katherine Wroten
Queenie
Irene Renaud
Peggie
Mary O'Donnell
Mickey
Annie Mickel
Mab—Doyn Yates
Sarge
Harry Anthony
Bill—Charles Cascio
Richard Cassidy
High Pocket
Joe Key
Eva Crowe
Venus
Alvine Mulhern
Dot
Dorothy Davis
Tug O' War
Craig Hays
Fraulein
Eloise Lively
Sticky
Mary Myers
Yvette
Irene Page
Stubborn
Leigh Ruesell
Soi
Dorothy Solomon
Ma Ha
Ira Castles
Pargie
Herbert Henry
Bish
John B. Johnson
Jack Masur
Marines
Chas
Cascio
Herbert Walker
Richard Caseldy
Robbery on California-LA to Chicago Train Targets Film Star
Marion Nixon, film star, was robbed of jewels and cash by a bandit who held up passengers on a Los Angeles to Chicago passenger train in California.
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Marion Nixon
Chicago
California
Ghost Act Confession Ruled Inadmissible In Murder Case
In Springfield Illinois on June 5 a ghost act staged by police to force a murder confession from Harry Ross was ruled inadmissible by Circuit Court Judge Charles Briggle. The indictment for murder of John Babcock was nolle pressed after the confession was thrown out.
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Springfield
Ill
Harry Ross
Charles Briggle
Ross
John Babcock
Nolle
Briggle
Police Court Roundup Drunkenness and Violations
In a police court roundup B Marshall and J A Walker charged with drunkenness disordered behavior each fined 7.50 C E Woodcock also cited for drunkenness Willie Scott charged with disturbing the peace fined 7.50 D H Bonds and W H Mays cited for speeding fined 5 and 7.50 respectively J Guerriero cited for a traffic violation with 1 fine suspended W C Stevens cited for a traffic violation with 1 fine suspended.
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RE. B. Marshall
J. A. Walker
C. E. Woodcock
Willie Scott
D. H. Bonds
W. H. Mays
J. Guerriero
W. C. Stevens
Republicans in Cook County Seek Wet-or-Dry Referendum
The Cook County Republican central committee circulated petitions to place questions on the November ballot seeking repeal of the eighteenth amendment, modification of the Volstead Act, and repeal of the Illinois search and seizure act. Party leaders argued the move targets prohibition while defending anti dry candidates, amid Democratic counterclaims of a political subterfuge.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cook County
Central Committee
Prohibiton
Cook County Democratic Organization
Anton J. Cermak
Democratic Party
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Cermak
Republican
McCormick
Lewis
Bernard W. Snow
Republican Party
Calhoun Social News notes hometown visitors
The Calhoun section reports several local residents hosting or visiting relatives and friends. People listed include Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Peevy of Monroe, Clint Joyner, Emmett Bearden of Cheniere, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Brown of West Monroe, and others from Downsville, Gilbert, Alexandria, and West Monroe.
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News-Star
Calhoun
L. H. Peevy
Monroe
Clint Joyner
Emmett Bearden
Cheniere
Grady Brown
West Monroe
Sandé
L. L. Emery
Chaudrant
Henry Mills
Phil Smith
N. A. Spillers
Downsville
Paul Cowan
L. M. Calhoun
Gilbert
Sidney Stewart
George Rape
Jim Lewis
R. H. Spillers
Fred McDaniel
A. E. Richardson
van Harper
Alexandria
Lee Harper
Arkansas Dental Association Concludes Meeting in Little Rock
The Arkansas State Dental association wraps up its three day annual meeting in Little Rock with speeches by leaders. Dr J D Jordan of Little Rock was installed as president last night succeeding Dr C C Howard of Jonesboro. Dr W W Cecil of Harrison was named president elect.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas State Dental Association
J. D. Jordan
C. C. Howard
Jonesboro
W. W. Cecil
Harrison
Arkansas Beauty Marion Bradley Crowned University of Arkansas Most Beautiful
Marion Bradley of Little Rock was chosen as the university's most beautiful girl at the Arkansas event. The selection highlights her as the standout contestant among participants representing campus life and student body.
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Marion Bradley
Little Rock
The
University of Arkansas
Auto Ploughs Through Group of 60 Children
An out of control automobile ploughed into a line of 60 school children waiting for a street car in Chicago. Twelve were injured, most seriously. Driver Bernard Robinson, 19, was arrested after saying he looked away to read an address on paper.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Bernard Robinson
Robinson
Scout Hitches Five Days to Aid Veterans
More than 500 Boy Scouts from the south assist veterans in Biloxi Mississippi with dedicated work. Among them is R Oliver of Philadelphia who hitchhiked here in five days. The scouts provide invaluable service as veterans listen to their guidance.
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Biloxi
Miss
South
North
R. Oliver
Philadelphia
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Laxative Victory
In 1875 a young physician sought a gentle laxative and devised an mild remedy for constipation. The result, Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, became a world famous, consistently formulated laxative used by old and young and sold in drugstores everywhere.
Bookkeeper James Reams Ends Life at Breakfast
In New Orleans on June 5 James Reams a 56 year old bookkeeper shot himself in the temple as his wife prepared breakfast. The death was ruled a suicide by assistant coroner Dr George Hauser. Mrs Reames cited a recent accident and a depressed frame of mind.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
James Reams
George Hauser
Reames
Celestial Gangsters in Chicago Adopt Civilized War Method
Chicago police report a Chinese gang raid in Chinatown near Archer Avenue and Twenty second Street. The group used pistols and a machine gun to attempt the assassination of Frank Chin, who claimed to represent the Chin Oak Tin tong, a national Chin family organization, though the effort failed.
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Chicago
Chinatown
Archer Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Frank Chin
Chin
Chin Oak Tin Tong
Denver Society Woman Weeps Way Out of Jail Term in Liquor Case
Mrs Martha F Carson Hosmer a prominent Denver society woman was jailed for 30 days for liquor possession but pleaded guilty after officers testified a man passed a gallon of alcohol to her. Justice Albert T Orahood reversed the sentence and fined her 100 dollars plus costs.
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Denver Society
Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Martha F. Carson Hosmer
Albert T. Orahood
Justice of the Peace
Longtime Wesleyan alumnus joins Phi Beta Kappa at 93
Initiated at his home in Hopkinton Massachusetts the Rev Quincy J Collin age 93 becomes Wesleyan Universitys oldest alumnus. He was elected 71 years ago and finally attended a Phi Beta Kappa ceremony in a special meeting at his residence.
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Associated Press
Hopkinton
Mass
Quincy J. Collin
Phi Beta Kappa
Wesleyan University
First Chicago appearance by Chinese gunmen in gang manner
The ancient Chin family are cited as performing in a Chicago gang style, believed to mark the first public appearance of Chinese gunmen in the city’s historic underworld.
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Chicago
Flyer Near Eight Miles Up Seeks Altitude Record
Lieutenant Apollo Soucek, a naval aviator, soared about 42,000 feet in a bid to break Germany’s 42,122 foot record. If instruments show no new mark, he plans another attempt with a wooden propeller or greater pitch. Flight faced extreme cold with cockpit temps around 88 below zero and a wing thermometer at 60 below.
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Associated Press
Washington
Apollo Soucek
Bureau of Standards
Willi Neuenhofen
Germany
Soucek
Modern Solomon ruling defines corset as ladies undergarment
A judicial ruling declares a corset to be a form of ladies undergarment. The decision was given by a court, reframing the garment's legal classification for regulatory purposes.
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Associated Press
New York
Justice Durhan Bars Tenant From Selling Corsets
Justice Charles Durhan of the state supreme court ruled against a landlord who claimed the lease barred a tenant from selling corsets and sought to restrain the sale.
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Charles Durhan
State Supreme Court
Realty Transfers Recorded at Clerk of Court
Realty transfers listed as recorded yesterday include Citizens Realty Company to J. H. Mallory for a West Monroe lot at Slack and Third streets valued at 650 dollars. Montgomery and Company to Carrie J. Kyle for Crescent Bend addition lot 46 including mortgage assumption. W. W. Pace to C. B. Lewis for five acres in G B Hayne subdivision. H M Allen to W A Whitfield Jr for Steele Madden addition lot 9 in West Monroe for 8000 dollars.
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Citizens Realty Company
J. H. Mallory
Slack
Third Streets
West Monroe
Montgomery and Company
Carrie J. Kyle
Crescent Bend
Monroe
W. W. Pace
C. B. Lewis
G. B. Hayne
North Range
H .M. Allen
W. A. Whitfield, Jr
Steele-Madden
Exports of American surgical goods rise in first quarter
New York reports that exports of American surgical instruments and appliances in the first quarter of 1980 increased in value by about 4 000 dollars compared with the same period in 1929.
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New York
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Babcock
Rowpra
Thayer
Iso
NEW South Drug Store, Ltd
R. L. McHenry
Ph. G. Mer
DeSiard and
Grand Sts
Arkansas Beauty
Preas
Scouts Aid
VETS
Southern Hardware Co
Walnut St
Ucky Tiger
Tanlac
Lucky
Kyst, Voike
Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra
N. B.C. Mets
Samuel G. Blythe
American Tobscoo Co
Mfrs
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