Founder of Liggett Drug Stores Dies at 71
Louis K. Liggett, 71, founder of the Liggett drug store chain and the United Rexall Drug Company, which owns 600 retail stores and backs 10,000 Rexall druggists in North America, died Wednesday night in Washington. A Detroit native, he entered the drug business at 20 and became general manager of the Chester Kent Co. in Boston before founding United Drug Company in 1902 with the Rexall trade name.
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Detroit
Chester Kent Co
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United Drug Company
Forestry talk links green gold to Louisiana economy
J H Kety of the Louisiana Forestry Commission urged Monroe Kiwanis members to back reforestation and sound forest management. He warned that the Twin Cities could grow into a thriving metropolis only with local support, noting four nearby paper mills and underutilized timber. Two new members joined the club and guests attended.
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J. H. Kety
Louisiana Forestry Commission
West Monroe
Monroe
News-Star
Estry
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Ouachita Parish
Kety
Herman Rose
Harold D. Black
J. E. Ware
Robert Ervin
C. D. Tinsley
Shreveport Kiwanian
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Fred Parrish
Ed Morris
J. W. Womack
Ed Whitman
No Werewolves in Japan Says Sakurai
A narrative recounts Japanese adults and children including orphans and repatriates receiving aid from a Yank who distributes cigarettes and urges generosity. Sakurai remarks that the people harbor no resentment toward Americans and that even a beggar crone can be aided when citizens contribute food and small currency.
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Sakurai
Japan
Tsuda Freed After Spring Arrest in Osaka
Allied headquarters report Shingo Tsuda, notable Osaka textile magnate, has been released in Tokyo after an arrest earlier in spring for investigation. No charges are stated and the outcome remains unspecified.
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Shingo Tsuda
Tokyo
Allied Headquarters
Osaka
Tsuda
Masonic Lodge Set Special Saturday Meeting
Western Star Lodge No. 24 F and A M plans a special gathering at the Monroe Masonic temple on Saturday June 8 with a 7 p m barbecue and an 8 p m open lodge meeting to confer the Master Mason degree led by D L Butler grand senior warden and a degree team from Rodessa. J Norman Coen serves as worshipful master.
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A. M
Monroe Masonic Temple
D. L. Butler
Rodessa
J. Norman Coen
Local Masonic Lodge to Honor 50 Year Member at Barbecue
W C Holstein senior warden and Urania deputy grand master Quincy Hardiner will attend and award Monroe resident W H Strong the 50 year certificate. Past grand masters Dr Dee A Strickland Otto Passman will be present along with grand senior deacon R W Cretney and grand sword bearer John E Coon. All Master Masons of the Twin Cities and vicinity are invited to attend the barbecue and meeting.
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W. C. Holstein
Quincy Hardiner
Urania
W. H Strong
Monroe
Dee A. Strickland
Otto Passman
R. W. Cretney
John E. Coon
Twin Cities
Tokyo furosha drift through war wreckage in search of work
In Tokyo a rising shanty of 700 destitute drifters, called furosha, roam parks and depots. They sleep in ruins and seek day work or sell papers to survive while police note morale shifts and rising petty theft amid postwar hardship.
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Tokyo
Motoshige Sakurai
Ueno Park
New York
Central Park
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Golden Gate Park
Ueno
Sakurai
Furosha
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Heilas
DeSiard St
Cromwell Motor Co. Indian Sales and Service
J. A. Cromwell
Cypress St
Bernhardt Bldg
Uncle Larry
Uncle Larry’s
Rembrandt Studio
Taupe
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St. John St
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