Louis Hoffman Dies After Long Illness in Monroe
Louis Hoffman, longtime Monroe resident, died after a long illness. He and his brother Moses, both born on Monroe’s downtown block, had run hotels as clerks in Dallas and Shreveport before settling back with family. He leaves Moses, three cousins Aubrey Morris Haas Florence Behrman and other relatives in New York San Antonio and El Paso.
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Court Reform Foes Seek Senate renomination in year
The article notes Gillette's primary win is seen as evidence indirect opposition may not sway voters against anti White House measures. Seven Democratic opponents seek renomination this year and anti-admin bloc members predict many will win. If anti-admin senators prevail they gain leverage to oppose the president. if they lose, holdovers vow stronger opposition.
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Gillette
White House
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Light hearted job plea and a tense robbery tale
In Oklahoma City a young woman asked for a very good job with easy hours and sat down for her interview to avoid filing an application when told no jobs like that exist. In Long Beach a stranger burst into B K Beaty’s bath and robbed him at gunpoint taking an $800 diamond ring and $70 from his wallet.
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T. D. Turner
Turner
Long Beach
Calif
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Beaty
Foiled Kidnap Plot Told In British Court
British court heard details of a kidnap plan involving Ramsden and Thornton to abduct Lord Nuffield from a yacht. The scheme included disguises, a field release, and letters of credit on the continent. Ramsden aided police while Thornton posed as an American journalist and warned of arrest.
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Parham
Ramsden
Lord Nuffield
Thornton
Cowley Works
Walker falls from window in Chicago incident
Walter Rich, 40, walked from a second floor apartment and fell out a kitchen window. He suffered a fractured leg in the accident.
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Chicago
Walter Rich
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Milwaukee boy burglars caught after window attempt
Patrolman Eric Geschrei found two boys aged 9 and 10 trying to break into a leather goods store. When asked what they were doing the older boy replied. The incident was turned over to juvenile authorities for handling.
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King George Awards Honors Across Empire
The king announced awards marking an anniversary with members of parliament, prominent figures in literature, business, education, medicine, and civil service cited. New viscounts Baron Weir and Lord Stoneyhaven join the peerage, plus barons, baronets, and 35 knights. Rear Admiral Reginald Holt receives a Bath appointment for aiding the Panay crew, noted for defying a Japanese order.
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British Empire
William Henry Jeanes
England
Baron Weir
Air Council
Lord Stoneyhaven
Australia
Josiah Stamp
Mental cases at Alcatraz linked to syphilis and prison care
The warden notes many inmates labeled as mental cases owe their trouble to syphilis. Some feign insanity to reach hospitals, but most are returned to work and absorbed into the prison population. Psychiatrists and wardens collaborate closely, seeing hope in reforming the penal system. The piece recalls medical origins from magic to occult devices.
Senate debate over minimum wage plan stirs party lines
Southern senators heir to a 25 cent minimum wage with industry boards to raise to 40 cents as feasible, plus 44 to 48 hour limits. Pepper and Ellender push for immediate boards and speedier 40 cent goal, while A F L interference blamed. Senate house panel seeks relief bill compromise as rivers flood and naval expansion proceeds.
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Florida
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Louisiana
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Georgia
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South Carolina
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Tennessee
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Officers Elected by F F A Chapter
Grayson High School FFA elected officers for the next year with Wayne Cruse as president Willie Coody as vice president O A McKeithen reporter Junior Parker treasurer J C Taylor secretary John Love parliamentarian Delegates to the state convention are Wayne Cruse and O A McKeithen Livestock judging team members are John Love Clyde Honeycutt and Austin Wilson for the Baton Rouge contest June 29 to July 1.
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Grayson
Grayson High School
Future Farmers of America
Wayne Cruse
Willie Coody
O. A. McKeithen
Junior Parker
J. C. Taylor
John Love
Baton Rouge
Clyde Honeycutt
Austin Wilson
Wallace Ridge Home Demonstration Club Meeting
In Jonesville Louisiana on June 9 special notes the Wallace Ridge Home Demonstration club gathered at Mrs. Mike McMillin home. Miss Maude Turnley home demonstration agent for Catahoula parish spoke on hanging pictures and curtains. After a social hour refreshments were served. The next meeting is planned for Mrs Roy McMillins home on June 15.
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Wallace Ridge
Mike McMillin
Maude Turnley
Catahoula Parish
Roy McMillin
Warfare and education notes from a late 1940s dispatch
War reports detail Chinese troop withdrawals to southwest mountain defense and a Kaifeng counterattack repelled with about 2000 losses. Japanese claim about 75,000 Chinese in Chengchon and reinforcements expected. Kiel Canal measurements noted. Summer school opens in Grayson Louisiana with Louisiana Tech involved. Met Museum noted as largest in the United States.
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Chengchon
Lunghai
Yellow River
Kaifeng
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