Forty five FHA financed homes built in Monroe area
Will Atkinson of Better Housing reports 45 new houses financed and built in Monroe and West Monroe under the FHA since January 15, total expenditure 169400 dollars. The office has 496 loan inquiries, 87 loans totaling 303400 arranged and accepted, including 23 refinancings, and invites public inquiries for FHA loans for new construction refinancing and purchases.
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Monroe
West Monroe
FHA
Will Atkinson
Better Housing
Ouachita Bank
Atkinson
Twin Cities
Hastings Son Assigned as Assistant to Tampa Minister
Brownlow Hastings son of Rev. and Mrs. L. T. Hastings, after earning a Baylor University degree, will depart Monroe for Tampa Florida to assist Rev. G. H. Crutcher at Riverside Baptist Church. He will occupy the pulpit at morning and evening services next Sunday, continuing a long friendship and prior ministerial cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownlow Hastings
L. T. Hastings
Baylor University
Waco
Tex
Monroe
Tampa
Fla
G. H. Crutcher
Riverside Baptist Church
Lincoln Parish bonds sold to Whitney Bank for school expansion
Lincoln Parish school board sold the entire $260000 bond issue to Whitney National Bank and Trust Company of New Orleans with a 4 percent rate and a $1846 premium. The issue finances a parish reorganization, a six mill tax, and projects including a $100000 brick Choudrant school and a Simsboro gymnasium.
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Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Whitney National Bank and Trust Company of
New Orleans
H. L. Campbell
Whitney Company
Campbell
Choudrang
Simsboro
Dubach
Hico
Cal
Missing West Monroe woman Sybil Weaver still not found
Sheriff reports Mrs. Sybil Weaver 31 of 208 Heard Street West Monroe is missing since last Thursday. She left home with $20 told her children to care for the baby and promised shoes. Family described her as 5 foot 6, 125 to 130 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair.
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Sheriff's Department
Sybil Weaver
Heard Street
West Monroe
Weaver
Gasoline by water to be inaugurated from Arkansas refinery
Officials announce the first shipment of gasoline by water from Champagnolle Arkansas to Memphis Tennessee via the Ouachita Red and Mississippi rivers. Barges of 4500 barrels two at a time load at Champagnolle with a 7500 barrel tank at the dock. A four inch pipeline links the refinery to Champagnolle and a second terminal is planned at Greenville Mississippi.
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Champagnolle
el Dorado
Ark
Memphis
Tenn
Ouachita River
Red River
Mississippi
Greenville
Miss
Lincoln Parish Gym Bid Opening Set for Simsboro School
The Lincoln parish school board fixes July 5 at 10 am to open bids for a new Simsboro school gymnasium. The frame structure includes repairs to the current building and plans by J. W. Smith and associates of Monroe. Estimated cost around $20,000 with community hall use.
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Lincoln Parish School Board
Ruston
Simsboro
Monroe
J. W. Smith and Associates
Anniversary Celebrated For Bonita Planter J W Montgomery
Friends gathered at the plantation home near Bonita to celebrate J W Montgomerys 75th birthday. Born in Union parish, he has long worked as a planter in Morehouse parish. Guests included Elsie Montgomery Willis Montgomery J D Mc Adams Mel Rouge Earl Montgomery and families Iris Gladys Montgomery George S and Jimmie Montgomery. The note adds the English actor Sir Henry Irving born February 6, 1838.
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Bonita
J. W. Montgomery
Mr. Montgomery
Union Parish
Morehouse Parish
Elsie Montgomery
Willis Montgomery
J D. McAdams
Mel Rouge
Earl Montgomery
Travis Montgomery
Iris
Gladys Montgomery
Bastrop
George S
Jimmie Montgomery
Mail blocking charge probed in Senate inquiry
Senator McKellar said he would seek information from the postoffice department about Bridges charges of interference with mails in Ohio strike territory. The Post Office Committee would consider Bridges’ resolution for an investigation and a committee meeting was postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Postoffice Department
Bridges
New Hampshire
Ohio
McKellar
Senate Post Office Committee
Senate
Bailey
North Carolina
Post Office
Eivery
Jesse M. Donaldson
Department
Siblings notified of brother William Hertling's death in Minnesota
Mrs. J. S. Wood of Crescent Bend and Mrs. Louise Larmer of Sterlington received a Bemidji Minnesota wire Tuesday stating their brother William Hertling 35 died from injuries in an accident there. Details were not given. Mrs. Helen Smith of Belleville New Jersey awaits word.
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J. S. Wood
Crescent Bend
Louise Larmer
Sterlington
Bemidji, Minn
William Hertling
Wood
Helen Smith
Belleville
N. J
Minnesota
Truck Recovered Stolen One-Ton Pick-Up in Bastrop
A one-ton pick-up stolen Sunday night from 100 Hall Street was recovered yesterday afternoon in Bastrop, per Union Parish Deputy Smith Stevenson. The truck belonged to Ouachita Mattress Co located at 2307 DeSiard Street.
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Hall Street
Bastrop
Smith Stevenson
Union Parish
Quachita Mattress Company
DeSiard Street
California Woman Injured in Broadside Auto Crash
Mrs. S. E. Larson of Linwood California is recovering after an automobile wreck on Highway 80 near Rayville. She sustained two fractured ribs and a broken right ankle while riding with Mrs. C. R. Fine. The accident occurred as Fine tried to pass an oil truck. The car left the road and overturned into a ditch. Mrs. Fine and her husband suffered minor injuries while their two children escaped with lacerations.
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St. Francis Sanitarium
S. E. Larson
Linwood
Calif
C. R. Fine
California
Larson
Highway 80
Rayville
Half-Fare Tokens Issued Only to Summer Students
Beginning June 9 half fare tokens for street cars and buses will be sold only to children attending summer school. Sundays are the only day drivers will accept tokens without proof. other days slips signed by teachers are required. Slips, issued by teachers, must be shown at the city hall street railway office before tokens are issued.
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W. B. Mangham
Monroe Municipal Railway Department
Bible Training
Peterson's Ointment Ad Promises Quick Pile Relief
An advertisement claims millions are spent annually on pile remedies but Peterson's Ointment can relieve itch and pain in minutes. It offers a 35 cent jar or 60 cent tube with a hard rubber pile nozzle and a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Peterson
Future half fare tokens require signed teacher slip
Mr. Maugham announced that future half fare tokens will only be sold with a properly signed slip from a teacher, obtainable at city hall. He added that two extra school buses used in summer will be discontinued until the new term. He noted that Class 1 railroads operate 95 percent of the nation’s 421,000 miles of track.
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Maugham
Veterinary exams to be conducted in Baton Rouge
Dr. H. H. Baur vice president of the Louisiana State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners will leave Monroe Tuesday night for Baton Rouge to assist in conducting annual examinations. Five or six applicants are expected with tests Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the state capitol. He will return to Monroe early Thursday morning.
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H. H. Baur
Louisiana State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Baur
State Capitol
Hot Weather Health Warning and Calo Tabs Ad
In hot weather digestion and elimination slow causing gas belching nausea and irritability. Symptoms include coated tongue bilious complexion and sluggish bowels. Take Calo tabs calomel compound tablets for prompt relief. trial package ten cents family pack twenty five cents at drug stores.
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Irs
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
Onin Oituky
Mraight Beurlen
Old
Kentucky
Bluegrass Country
Master Kentucky
Schenley Distributors, Inc
N.Y. C
Strauss & Wholesale Distributor
City
Sir Henry Irving
Arcady Apartment
Wilshire
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Postoffice Committee
United States
DR. Baur
Big Pwa
Westinghouse
Darrett Hardware & Furniture
Trenton St
Price
Everyo
Darrett
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