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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1932
Page
13
Le Prince devised field experiments in the canal zone to curb malaria. He sprayed phenol soap on water to kill wiggletails and built traps to track mosquito flight. Findings showed many mosquitoes flew less than half a mile, aiding his ongoing health work from 1994 to 1914.
Police report 30 members of the Workers Ex-Servicemen’s league remained from 300 on hand at the Anacostia camp. Herbert M. Young arrived from New York to enter the camp, was arrested for distributing communist propaganda and alleged to advocate overthrow of the U S government. The planned capitol demonstration has been called off due to little response.
About 450 to 500 veterans bound for Washington left Crossville at dawn after a Nashville to Bristol truck ride. Sixteen army trucks from the Tennessee militia ferried them, with Adjutant General W C Boyd in charge. The Crossville American Legion post supplied meals as the group nears the Tennessee Virginia line, roughly 200 miles from Bristol, arriving late afternoon.
Routine matters only will be discussed at the West Monroe W. C. T. U. meeting set for 3 30 Friday afternoon. Mrs. C. C. Bell, president, urges a full attendance.
Major S. A. Townsend and Captain L. C. Blackburn of Montgomery Field spent the night here on the return leg from a Nebraska trip. Their aircraft was a Douglas O 25 observation plane.
Bethany shooter Guy Ward secures the all round crown with a total score of 383 at Robson near Shreveport. A. M. Perkins captures singles champion honors, one point behind Ward, while H. C. Rogers of Shreveport wins the doubles with 96 targets in 50 pairs.
J. B. Doucet and Larkin Wade were released from parish jail on bond this morning. Both face liquor charges and their cases are set for trial June 24 along with other misdemeanor cases.
Louisiana Senate approves a bank bill capping interest at three percent on deposits. The body memorializes Congress to pay the soldier bonus and endorses drainage district improvements. A Heywood conservation bill on ratable takings from oil and gas wells faces questions about potential producer discrimination. A related camp notice details youth programs and facilities at Big Creek.
Camp Windywood operated by the state YMCA in the hills near Pollack Louisiana will open on Sunday June 12 and run until June 26 for boys. The site hosts a youth program during the two week session with activities planned in the central Louisiana setting.
D S Kemp, a law student at Tulane University, spends the summer vacation with his mother, Mrs Grace Potts, in Duncan.
Ad copy for Nadinola cream promises to clear blemishes and blotches with a bedtime application. Claims include a soft textured, radiant, ivory-white complexion, smaller pores, and quick visible improvements with a money back guarantee.
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