Electrocution Fatality Near Choudrant Claims Louisiana Power Worker
Gordon E. Pace 29, a Louisiana Power and Light employee, was killed while trimming a tree near 13 000 volt lines near Choudrant. A branch cut by Pace touched the high tension wires, killing him instantly. colleagues tried artificial respiration for three hours. Funeral arrangements include services at Ridge Avenue Baptist Church and Chapel Hill Church with interment in Chapel Hill Cemetery. Pace is survived by his wife Beth Butler Pace, a daughter Norma Jean, two brothers Glenn and R B Pace.
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Louisiana Power and Light Company
Choudrant
S. L. White
Lincoln Parish
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White
Light Company
Warren Drive
West Monroe
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
A. T. Mitchell
Tom Ratcliff
Olla
W. E. Maulden
Troy Stark
Otis Ates
Henry G. Sholars
William Bates
The
Louisiana Power and Light Company and Friends
Seventeen Named for Army Induction at Ouachita Board
Ouachita draft board No. 1 ordered 17 Negro selectees to report at 9 30 a.m. on June 13 for induction into the army. They will be bused to Camp Livingston at 12 15 p.m. the same day for processing. The listed men include Jessie Williams John Quincy Jones Johnnie Willie Barbie Thomas Crosby Raymon Shelton James Jones George Mack Williams John Walter Willis Nathaniel Johnson Herbert Harry Sherman Wilbur Bryant Leo Ellis Hill Ulysses William Richard John Ben Moss Roosevelt Miller Everett Williams and Joseph Loudd.
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Camp Livingston
Jessie Williams
John Quincy Jones
Johnnie Willie Barbie
Thomas Crosby
Raymon Shelton
James Jones
George Mack Williams
John Walter Willis
Nathaniel Johnson
Herbert Harry Sherman
Wilbur Bryant
Leo Ellis Hill
Ulysses William Richard
John Ben Moss
Roosevelt Miller
Everett Williams
Joseph Loudd
East Indies crisis tightens as Dutch resist Japanese control
In the Near East and East Indies saga, Dutch minister Van Mook resists Japanese aims to seize oil rubber tin and copra. Tokyo seeks a first mortgage on East Indies wealth while Van Mook insists London and Washington hold priority and German access is banned.
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H. J. van Mook
Wilhelmina
Batavia
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Japan
United States
Germany
Yoshizawa
Near East
Indies
Hitler
Melmuth Wohlthat
Henri Gerard Winkelman
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Dutch East Indies
Ich
Kobayashi
Tokyo
Eelco N. van Kleffens
London
Washington
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Malaya
Australia
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Parish Garden Show Opens at Ouachita Parish High
The Ouachita Parish High School annex hosts the annual garden show with flowers and vegetables on display. Sponsored by Monroe Kiwanis and the Ten Year club and council, booths stay open until 9 pm today and tomorrow. Exhibits judged by arrangement attractiveness and quality. ribbons and premiums funded by local merchants. Competition features Home Demonstration club and 4 H club entries.
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Ouachita Parish High School
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Club
Negro Jailed On Burglary Charge
Clifton Nichols alias Crack Shot a negro was in the city jail Friday morning charged with breaking and entering in the night after beer was stolen from a negro concession at 1603 Washington street. Nichols admitted breaking into the place operated by T Nobles according to Acting Police Chief B L Brantley.
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B. L. Brantley
Washington Street
Nichols
T. Nobles
Brantley
Twin City golfers head to Fort Worth for Open
Five golfers from the Twin City area will travel by automobile to Fort Worth Texas for the National Golf Open at the Colonial club course. They plan to watch rounds Saturday and Sunday and return to Monroe Monday. The group includes C. E. Wilds Bun Beasley H A McDonald Kenny Holt and Jim McKenzie of McGuire park golf club.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Colonial Club
Monroe
C. E. Wilds
Bun Beasley
H. A. McDonald
Kenny Holt
Jim McKenzie
McGuire Park Golf Club
Poll taxes blocking voters in eight Southern states
Atlantic City report quotes George C. Stoney of the Farm Security Administration saying poll taxes block two thirds of citizens from voting in eight Southern states. He cites Alabama as having the harshest law and names Mississippi Tennessee Georgia South Carolina Arkansas Texas and Virginia as others. The social work conference with 7,100 delegates closes tomorrow.
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N. J
George C. Stoney
Farm Security Administration
National Conference of Social Work Today
Southern States
Stoney
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Georgia
South Carolina
Arkansas
Texas
Virginia
New Orleans
Noe Witness in Oil Spacing Case
J L McHugh announces a conservation department decision on spacing for the Logansport gas field in De Soto parish within about ten days. Hearings finished in New Orleans. last witness James A Noe owner of gas land along the Sabine river opposed the plan.
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New Orleans
J. L. McHugh
Conservation Department
Logansport
DeSoto Parish
James A. Noe
Sabine River
Noe
Little landowners weigh in on well spacing plans
Landowners oppose 648 acre spacing for each well and push for 80 acre spacing. Noe pledges to fight for small landowners and cites campaign promises to protect the "little man" in farming areas and references Sam Jones in the current administration.
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Noe
McHugh
Sam Jones
Move Made Against 4 Police Jurors
A Baton Rouge citizens group seeks a writ of mandamus to test the rights of four newly appointed parish police jury members to hold office. They ask District Attorney Dewey Sanchez to file a suit testing the governor’s appointments by Sam Jones. A hearing was set for Monday by District Judge Charles A. Holcombe. The four new members were chosen due to population increases.
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Baton Rouge
Dewey Sanchez
Sam Jones
Charles A. Holcombe
AWL Announces Two Building Permits in City
City Building Inspector Sam H Awl announced two permits Friday morning. J T Sumrall gets a five room one story frame residence at Glenmar and North Eighth streets costing 3150. Wyrick and Crawford are contractors. Breard Realty remodels the 510 Walnut street brick building awning at Monroe Office Equipment. A metal awning costs 125 with Hibbard Brothers as contractors.
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J. T. Sumrall
Glenmar
North Eighth Streets
Wyrick and
Crawford
Breard Realty Company
Walnut Street
Monroe Office Equipment Company
Hibbard Brothers
Comedian George L. Bickell Dies at 78
George L. Bickell, a stage and screen comic known for Ziegfeld Follies and George White's Scandals, died yesterday at age 78. He retired 11 years ago.
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Los Angeles
George L. Bickell
George White
Cripps Flies to Sweden on Stockholm Stopover
Sir Stafford Cripps British ambassador to Russia flew to Stockholm Sweden today accompanied by his wife The move follows London Moscow diplomacy and signals continued wartime ties with Sweden.
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Sweden
Moscow
Sir Stafeford Cripps
Russia
Stockholm
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