Stalin Dominates Soviet Union Election Push
The Associated Press reports Stalin is the clear favorite as the 11 republics vote for their first supreme soviets. Elections run June 2 to June 24 with about 3,500 seats, featuring many local officials and a strong elite lineup alongside common workers and professionals.
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Russia
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U.S
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Far East
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Health official visits Monroe for inspection tour
Miss L. B. Moise, field representative for north Louisiana of the state board of health, arrived in Monroe on Wednesday for an annual inspection visit. She will stay until June 15 and accompany local public health nurses on their rounds in the field.
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L. B. Moise
North Louisiana
State Board of Health
Monroe
New Law Expands Veterans Death Benefits and Pensions
The amended death compensation law extends benefits to widows and children of World War I veterans with 10 percent service connection, removing old thresholds. Congress also raised pensions for Spanish American War era servicemembers, with increases for those aged 65 with 90 days service or disability, and higher nurse-attended pensions. Red Cross will aid applicants. filings must follow strict dates and eligibility rules.
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Ouachita Parish
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American Red Cross
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Roosevelt
Red Cross
Home Service Committee
W. C. Holstein
Central Savings Bank
Veterans’ Administration
Blacks Return to Monroe to Live
Mr and Mrs D C Black and daughter return to Monroe Tuesday and resume former duties at First Baptist church. He will meet Sunday school officers and choir members at 7:30 PM. The couple will reside at 315 Morris Avenue replacing the Alabama business manager position.
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First Baptist Church
Alabama
Monroe
Black
Morris Avenue
Theatergoers Witness Chicago Officer Kill Pair in Nighttime Slaying
In Chicago at Randolph and Wabash a gunman shot dead a policeman's wife Phyllis Lewe and her companion Harry Johnson as theater crowds looked on. Policeman William McCarthy confronted the suspect who claimed the couple were his wife and the man who wrecked their home.
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Loop
Rialto
Randolph Street
Wabash Avenue
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Policeman McCarthy
John Lewe
Phyllis Lewe
Harry Johnson
Calhoun Field Day Scheduled at North Louisiana Station
Ouachita parish farmers will study fruit and truck crop experiments at the horticultural field day to be held Friday at the Calhoun North Louisiana Experiment Station. The program runs 9:30 to noon for white farmers, then 2 to 4:30 p.m. for negro farmers. Researchers will report on wilt-resistant watermelon varieties, Katahdin Irish potato, unit No 1 sweet potato, wilt-resistant tomatoes, and fruit culture trials including peaches apples and pecans. Others assisting include Dr. C T Dowell Dr J C Miller J G Richard and Sidney Stewart.
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North Louisiana Experiment Station
Calhoun
E. R. Strahan
Parish
C. T. Dowell
Louisiana Experiment Stations
North Louisiana
Louisiana
N. D. Morgan
Strahan
Morgan
J. C. Miller
Louisiana Experiment Station
J. G. Richard
Agricultural Extension Division
Sidney Stewart
Shreveport Pair Held For Robbery
A couple identified as Mr and Mrs W Hanks of Shreveport were jailed Tuesday after a guest at a local hotel reported a theft of his watch and $20. Police arrested Hanks as he attempted to depart the hotel and detained the woman at Five Points. Hanks faces investigation and the woman faces larceny charges in city court.
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Hanks
Vacation Bible School to Open at First Methodist Church
Mrs S M Collins general superintendent announced the vacation bible school for the primary and junior departments opening Monday at 8 30 a m for two weeks with daily sessions 8 30 to 11 o clock The intermediate department runs one week starting June 29 with Mrs H L Johna as superintendent.
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S. M. Collins
Vacation Bible School
First Methodist Church
H L. Johna
None of the New World Indians Learned Wheel Was Postcolonial Claim
The passage asserts that Mayas and Incas never used the wheel before European contact, framing it as a measure of precolonial technological stagnation and attributing insight to the arrival of the white man. This notion reflects outdated, Eurocentric history discourse.
Senate clears American Cotton Cooperative after probe
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 11 to 2 to clear the American Cotton Cooperative Association of charges from an over a year investigation. A government quality rating plan for every bale ginned was endorsed, with two senators filing a separate report. The panel found no deliberate mispricing or benefits to the cooperative in loan or pool transactions.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Bankhead
Alabama
Ellender
Louisiana
Lawrence Westbrook
Smith
South Carolina
Secretary of Agriculture
Frazier
North Dakota
Oscar Johnston
Government Pool
Postoffice Lease Renewed and Remodeling Underway in Bernice
The Washington postoffice department renews its lease on the building used as a post office in Bernice Louisiana. The building is owned by Dr. M W Lawrence and Dr C C Colvin. Remodeling work is underway with new fixtures to be installed.
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Bernice
Postoffice Department
Washington, D. C
M. W. Lawrence
C. C. Colvin
Lumber worker injured by falling limb near Wham
Lester Johnson a 24 year old Kellogg Lumber employee was struck by a tree limb while operating a tractor near Wham early Wednesday. He was treated at St. Francis sanitarium for head bruises and possible skull fracture, but X rays showed minor injuries and he was released shortly after.
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Lester Johnson
Kellogg Lumber Company
St. Francis Sanitarium
Wham
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