Tem Theater Opens In Monroe With The Great Caruso
Thomas E McElroy of Shreveport opens the former Capitol Theater in Monroe as the Tem Theater after a week of remodeling. The first film is The Great Caruso a Technicolor hit touted by McElroy who runs five theaters in the region. Pauline Hendrixsen will continue managing the Tem as Monroe begins its polio drive and the theater sponsors the Miss Holiday Dixie contest.
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Capitol Theater
Thomas E. McElroy
Shreveport
Tem
Parmount Gulf
McElroy
The
Monroe
Pauline Hendrixsen
Claude Harrison
Ouachita Cigar and Tobacco Company
Tim
Jim
Shreveport Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Tom
New Tem
Paramount Gulf
Great Caruso
Formosa Prepares for Dragon Boat Festival Celebration
Taipei Formosa notes the fifth day of the fifth moon as the dragon boat festival. Formosans will eat palm leaf wrapped rice and boiled gelatinous rice while wine is consumed to honor Chu Yuan who drowned himself in the Milo river over two millennia ago in what is now Hunan province China.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chu Yuan
Milo
Hunan Province
China
Poster Winners Named in Ouachita Safety Contest
The Junior Red Cross of Ouachita parish announced four grade group safety poster winners judged by Vera Dowling and Birdie Hatton. About 293 posters were submitted from all grades with top entries from Ran som School Georgia Tucker Mary Joe Strausser and Johnnie Glass. Honorable mentions went to St Matthews entries including Pat Lyman Danna Kathleen Denham and Ida Brossett with further ties in upper grades.
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Red Cross
Ouachita Parish
Vera Dowling
Neville High
Birdie Hatton
Ouachita Parish High
Quachita Parish
Norway
Ireland
Ransom School
Ruth
Georgia Tucker
Mary Joe Strausser
Johnnie Glass
Suzanne Butler Smith
Sherrouse
Jeffry Jeffries
Wayne Weidee
Barkdull Faulk
Eva Lee Parks
St. Matthews
Pat Lyman Danna
Kathleen Denham
Ida Brossett
Pilot activates distress radio using new automatic SOS device
A pilot in trouble will trigger an automatic distress system that switches the plane’s radio to emit SOS signals and related alerts. The device, recently invented, activates upon pilot action to transmit emergency signals.
Ouachita Parish Music Groups Plan Four Sunday Meetings
The Ouachita Parish Association music groups schedule four 2 30 Sunday programs at Faith Church College Place Trinity and Good Hope with leaders Don Watson Eugene Smith Dale Martha Keneth Adams and accompanists Elaine Knight Alta Faircloth Billie Farque and Mary Jane Creassle Edmun Keith directs the effort and hopes strong church and public attendance.
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Ouachita Parish Associational Music
Faith Church
Don Watson
Elaine Knight
College Place
Eugene Smith
Alta Faircloth
Trinity
Dale Martha
Billie Farque
Good Hope
Keneth Adams
Mary Jane Creassle
Edmund Keith
Price War Described as Temporary Phenomenon
Defense Mobilization Director Charles E. Wilson described the department store price war in New York as a temporary phenomenon. He warned that defense measures would bring civilian goods shortages in the fall and that the most severe inflationary tests lie ahead.
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New York
Defense Mobilization
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Columbia University
Fashion in Architecture Inspires Fall Dress Trends
Dress buyers in New York study a bold fall collection themed fashion to architecture with cantilever necklines and architecturally named fabrics. Prices rise across woolens as buyers plan for higher costs while rabbit fur items offer cheaper alternatives like rabbit slacks and colored blazers.
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Dorothy Roe
New York
America
Dubuque
Gordon Ave Vacation School Plans At Methodist Church
Gordon Avenue Methodist Church will open its vacation school starting Monday June 1 and run through June 22. A parade will mark the opening. Refreshments will be served daily by the Women's Society of Christian Service. Directors and instructors include Mrs Herbert Branch and a roster of teachers for Beginners, Primary, Juniors, and Intermediate groups.
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Gordon Avenue
F. Albright
Linda Evans
C. L. Taylor
C. B. Parsons
Mable Swift
Jack Hesketh
M. PD. Felder
Elaine Hesketh
Franklin Bus Lines Schedules Daily Round Trips
Franklin Bus Lines offers 2 round trips to Natchitoches and 3 round trips to Eros Chatham Jonesboro daily. Departs from Continental Bus Station phone 5181 Monroe and Union Bus Station phone 7360 West Monroe.
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Franklin Bus
Natchitoches
Eros-Chatham- Jonesboro
Continental
Monroe
Union
West Monroe
Red troops tunnel defenses in Korea as tunnels and caves hide units
Fifth Air Force reports Communist forces tunneling into hills behind front lines using mines, rail tunnels, and caves to escape air attacks. Chinese troops allegedly conscript laborers to dig and hide vehicles and guns while night bombing targets large concentrations and road centers.
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Fifth Air Force
Korea
North Korea
Frank F. Everest
Col
Cecil H. Scott
Scott
Japan
Okinawa
Manchuria
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