Alton Harper Re-elected Legion Commander at Burnett-Downs Post
Alton T. Harper was re elected commander for the ensuing year by Burnett Downs post of the American Legion at its annual election held Thursday night. Other officers named were Perry De junior vice commander Jesse L. Brown adjutant Sidney Freeman chaplain J A Teal sergeant at arms J L Brown service officer. The post now has 55 members and has enjoyed a highly successful year. The new home of the post is in the recreation building by the WPA on Coleman avenue. It provides a first class and commodious meeting place. Plans under way are for an even more expensive program for the coming year than in the past year.
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Alton
T. Harper
Burnett-Downs
American Legion
Perry de
Jesse L. Brown
Sidney Freeman
J. A. Teal
J. L. Brown
WPA
Coleman Avenue
Excessive Rain Follows Drouth In Wheat Belt
Enid Oklahoma reports excessive rain after drought hitting the southwest crop belt. Harvest time returns as modern combines bog down in mud, prompting use of horsedrawn binders. A separate note cites Stone Mountain Georgia with radium value over $120000 but ore grade not worth mining.
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Enid
Okla
Drouth
Wheat Belt
High Plains
Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Chocolate Caramel Mousse Recipe Instructions
Melt two squares unsweetened chocolate in a double boiler. Add one can caramelized condensed milk and one quarter teaspoon salt. Beat vigorously until blended. Cool. Fold in two cups whipped cream with custard like texture and one teaspoon vanilla. Pour into freezing pans and chill two to five hours. Can be made in individual paper cups.
Wilson Jones Dies at Home in Monroe
Wilson Jones 61 died at 506 Oak Street shortly before midnight Thursday after a lingering illness. Funeral Friday 5 p.m. at Peters Funeral Chapel with Rev. W. C. Scott officiating. interment in Old City Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Jones worked as railroad engineer, later deputy sheriff for Empire Lumber, then carpenter in Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific shops. Survived by wife, daughter Hilda Jones, and brother J. J. Jones. Duck hunters shot lead into Minnesota lakes causing lead poisoning among ducks.
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Wilson Jones
Oak Street
Peters Funeral
W. C. Scott
First Methodist Church
Old City
Joe Airoldi
Lawrence Elledze
John Hay
E. M. Henderson
W. A. Kirkpatrick
A. W. Pickens
Jones
Portland
Ark
Empire Lumber Company
Monroe
Old Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
Louis Hoffman Rites Held In Monroe Funeral
Louis Hoffman age 73 a Monroe pioneer and hotel staffer died at his home on North Second Street shortly before noon Thursday. Funeral held at his residence Friday at 9 30 a.m. Rabbi F K Hirsch of Temple B Nai Israel officiated and interment was in the Jewish cemetery with a Masonic service at the grave. Survived by brother Moses Hoffman three cousins Aubrey Morris Haas and Florence Behrman and other relatives in New York City San Antonio and El Paso Texas.
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Louis Hoffman
Monroe
North Second Street
F. K. Hirsch
Temple B’nai Israel
Hoffman
L. H. Hoffman
Dallas
Tex
Shreveport
Hotel Monroe
Alexander Dryburgh
Moses Hoffman
Aubrey
Morris Haas
Florence Behrman
Biloxi
Miss
New York City
San Antonio
el Paso
Catholic Student Property Seized in Austria
Vienna reports state police confiscated Catholic student organization property valued at about 1.2 million dollars after the dissolution of more than twenty student societies. Government officials instructed students to align with Hitler, signaling broader shifts as secessions rise to an unofficial 28,000 since March annexation.
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Vienna
Hitler
Austria
Germany
Presbyterians to Serve Meals Here in Renfrew Building
The Pioneer Young People’s society of the First Presbyterian church will serve meals in the old Renfrew store building at 322 DeSiard Street on Saturday. Cold plate lunches will be available to the public from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and again 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. A similar sale held recently proved satisfactory and will be repeated.
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Pioneer Young People’s Society of the
First Presbyterian Church
Renfrew
DeSiard Street
Wilson Named to Represent State
Baton Rouge Louisiana June 10 Special Commissioner of Agriculture Harry D Wilson will represent Louisiana at the Delta Chamber of Commerce meeting in Mississippi June 15. Governor Richard W Leche announced the invitation came from Governor Hugh White. Dr Francis B Sayre under secretary of state will be the featured speaker at the meeting.
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Baton Rouge
Harry D. Wilson
Louisiana
Delta Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi
Richard W. Leche
Hugh White
Francis B. Sayre
Wedding by Telephone Sparks Greenville Telecom Fees
Miss Malura T. Weaver of San Antonio and M. D. Thomas of Greenville wed by a seven minute telephone ceremony, officiated remotely by Dr. A F Weaver in York Pennsylvania. The piece notes a long distance union and briefly mentions historical design of the omnibus by Pascal and a Louis XIV patent.
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Greenville
Tex
Malura T. Weaver
San Antonio
M. D. Thomas
A. F. Weaver
York
France
Blaise Pascal
Louis XIV
Pascal
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Alton Harper
Will
Burnett-Downs Legion Group
Jane
Peters Chapel
City Cemetery
Minnesota
Omega Flour
Alc
RY Ea Reil
S MeTes & Co. Inc
Philadelphia
Libby
Lipton’s
Pound Calif
Navels
Alameda
Sra
Rinso
Oleo
LUX Soap
LUX
Ster
Stubbs
Parker House
Moh
Cael
Stokely
Pines
Wilson
Wedding Profits Telephone Company
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