Former Monroe Girl in Army
Laura MacAlister, once of Monroe and Neville High School alumna, reports by letter from England that she has joined the army as a soldierette. She notes her sister Joan's service, their khaki uniforms, and blitz firefighting, with her father serving as a captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura MacAlister
Monroe
England
Geraldine John
505 Bros Avenue
MacAlister
Neville High School
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Joan
Hitler
Trio Sails for Panama Saturday
Mr and Mrs Sam Elliott and S C Paulus sailed from New York to Panama for a visit. Elliott took a canal job a year ago and Paulus, a former Canal Zone resident, accompanies him. They toured by car aboard a boat freighted to Asia. Pausulus plans to stay a few weeks then return to Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Elliott
S. C. Paulus
New York City
Panama
United States
Paulus
Monroe
The War Today on the South Atlantic and Dakar
The piece discusses the Robin Moor sinking near Dakar on May 21 and the war’s shift toward the South Atlantic. It weighs German use of Dakar as a base, the risks to Atlantic convoys, and Italy's U boat activity while considering Gibraltar's fate and Portugal's role in guarding Cape Verde and Azores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin Moor
Mediterranean
South Atlantic
France
Germany
Dakar
West Africa
Africa
South America
Cape of Good Hope
Red Sea
French Dekar
Cape Verde Islands
Washington
Eric Raeder
United States Atlantic Air and Naval
Roosevelt
Azores
Atlantic
Gibraltar
Italian Mediterranean
Italy
French West Africa
Portugal
Cape Verde
Government open research posts seek mineral economists and pressmen
Civil service exams open for mineral economists to aid national defense in minerals coal and petroleum with salaries from 2600 to 5600 a year. Qualifications include a four year college major in geology metallurgy mining engineering or economics plus relevant experience. Also cylinder pressman jobs at Government Printing Office and Bureau of Engraving and Printing with pay rates 1.32 per hour and 10.56 per day respectively requiring seven grades of schooling and four year apprenticeship plus journeyman experience. Applications due by July 9 1941 for the pressman post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington
Commission
Government Printing Office
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury Department
Local youths named editors for Link and Chain
Lloyd Lenard and Max Kulcke Jr named editors of the Sigma Phi Omega fraternity quarterly Link and Chain. They will attend the annual convention in Monroe June 12 to 14. Lenard, son of J. E. Lenard of West Monroe, has led convention oratorical contests and graduated near the top of his class in 1939. Kulcke, son of Max Kulcke Sr., also ranked in the top ten in 1939 and now works for Brook Mays and Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Lenard
Max Kulcke, Jr
Link and Chain
Sigma Phi Omega Fraternity
Monroe
Young Lenard
J. E. Lenard
West Monroe
Sigma Chapter
Ouachita Parish
Lenard
Northeast Junior College
the Pow Wow
Gold Jackets
Phi Theta Kappa
Kulcke
Max Kulcke
Quachita Parish High School
Brook Mays and Company
Resolutions by Exchange Club Press Roosevelt Action and Land Use
The Exchange club adopted two resolutions and named a picnic committee. One urges President Roosevelt to curb defense strikes, the other asks property owners to allow military use of lands for fall maneuvers. Committee members include Mike Tarver Otis Johnson Harold Monk Otis Crawford Jesse Lolley George Breece James K. Blue and Thomas L. Firnberg. Ed Crowley presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Exchange Club
Frances Hotel
United States
Mike Tarver
Otis Johnson
Harold Monk
Otis Crawford
Jesse Lolley
George Breece
James K. Blue
Thomas L. Firnberg
B. J. Lamb
Houston, Tex
Ed Crowley
Catholic church begins two new West Monroe buildings
Construction on North Seventh Street in West Monroe progresses for St. Paschal's Church. The rectory nears roofing and the nearby one story school building starts with a $10 000 budget and asbestos siding. Architect H H Land designed plans and C C Burkett is contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Seventh Street
West Monroe
St. Paschal’s Catholic Church
H. H. Land
C. C. Burkett
Katahdin Irish Seed Potatoes Demonstrated for 279 4 H Club Members
H B Fairchild explains harvest timing for Katahdin potatoes, advising digging 100 to 110 days after planting or when vines die. He outlines three grades U S No 1, size ranges, storage, seed use, and exhibit selection for local shows, noting Katahdin traits and average eight ounce weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
4-H Club
H. B. Fairchild
Fairchild
West Carroll Paper Buys Franklin Sun
West Carroll Gazette owners announced the purchase of the Franklin Sun of Winnsboro for an unannounced sum. The Sun has been operated by C. G. Scott since 1938. New owners M. N. Lipp M. T. Lipp and Mrs. Leopold Lipp said publication will continue as before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
West Carroll Gazette
Franklin Sun
Winnsboro
Franklin Parish
The
Sun
C. G. Scott
Gazette
Leopold Lipp
M. N. Lipp
M. T. Lipp
Voter Registration Tops Ten Thousand In Parish
In the parish about 10 334 of nearly 20 000 eligible voters were registered by Tuesday morning. Miss Lillian Collins the registrar says four days remain to qualify for the July 15 tax election for Selman field the local airport. Books close after business Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Collins
Selmanfield
Hospital Grounds Graded Ahead of July 1 Opening
Finishing touches at E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital include graded grounds, poured drives and walks, and entrance columns. Officials expect completion in time for the opening on July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Red Cross Plans Nurses Summer School at Bryn Mawr
Ouachita parish chapter announces a summer training camp for 100 college graduates to become nurses in three months at Bryn Mawr College from June 23 to September 13. Tuition is 100 dollars. applications go to The Red Cross Nurses Training camp Bryn Mawr College Miss Mary Beard director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
American Red Cross
National
Bryn Mawr College
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Red Cross Nurses Training Camp
Pennsylvania
Mary Beard
Red Cross
Vassar College
Army
Navy
Bryn Mawr
Beard
The
Thief Breaks Into Garage On Erin Street
Acting Chief B L Brantley reports police are investigating a burglary at a garage on Seventh and Erin streets. Victim W B Clark of 607 Erin says an intruder took a 16 inch screw jack valued at 12 dollars a paint brush worth 6 dollars and a bucket of white paint from his garage Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh
Erin Streets
B. L. Brantley
W. B. Clark
Erin
Local Loan Offer Promises Cash Despite Past Payments
A lender advertises loan options to anyone, offering up to half their car payment and extra cash with one signature. No residency restriction to Monroe and a single signature is required. Drive to 500 Walnut St for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Walnut St
Parade Be Held Saturday by Monroe Recreation
The Monroe Recreation department announces a city playground parade Saturday morning starting at 9 30 a m from St Matthews school. It will travel De Siard street through downtown to promote city playgrounds and civic value with bicycle entrants in patriotic colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Recreation Department
St. Matthew's School
DeSiard Street
Lucyle Godwin
Cowboy Kills Aged Mother and Self in Mercy Slaying
In Los Angeles on June 9 a 51-year-old cowboy, Ike Lewin, killed his mother Tina Lewin and then himself in their home, police saying it was a mercy killing after learning she would be placed in a rest home. Detective Lt. George Hill noted Lewin, a stunt rider, had appeared in rodeos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Tina Lewin
Ike Lewin
George Hill
Lewin
Fight at 217 Seventh Street Lands Three in Custody
One man was hospitalized with head bruises and another man and a woman were jailed after a Monday altercation at 217 Seventh Street. Tom Parsley suffered severe head injuries and was improving at St. Francis sanitarium. Ida Belle Key and Troy Johnson were in city jail charged with disturbing the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
217
Seventh Street
B. L. Brantley
Tom Parsley
St. Francis Sanitarium
Ida Belle Key
Troy Johnson
Brantley
Bar Examinations Set for July in New Orleans
Fred G. Hudson Jr of Monroe secretary of the Louisiana Supreme Court committee on bar admissions announced the examination will be held in New Orleans on July 14 15 and 16 with applications due 30 days before the dates. Stephen A Mascaro assistant to the committee can provide blanks and information at 404 Union Building New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred G. Hudson, Jr
Monroe
Supreme Court of Louisiana Committee On Bar Admissions
New Orleans
Stephen A. Mascaro
Union Building
Aged Nine Fight Boundary Row in Greensboro Court
Nine plaintiffs with a combined age of 684 years sue in Greensboro Superior Court over a land boundary dispute. The group averages 76 years old, highlighting a lengthy civil action brought by a diverse elderly cohort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
Superior Court
Rimrock Dam Water to Support Yakima Valley Irrigation
Rimrock Washington faces reduced water from Scenic Riff rock lake as summer ends. Reclamation Chief D. E. Bay says most water behind Rimrock dam will be drawn off for Yakima valley irrigation, drying up boating center portions of the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Lake
Cascades
Popul
Rimrock Dam
Yakim Valley
Reclamation
D. E. Bay
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Trio
Texas
State
Union
DeWitt MacKenzie
Fred Vonderschmidt
C.be. Thornhill
Board of
United States Civil Service Examiners
Post Office
Board of United States Civil Service Examiners
Delta South
Tallulah
Mcgehee
Helena Marianna
Memphis
Mcgehee Watson
Snow Lake
Hughes
Pine Bluff
Little Rock
Melwood
Information City
Virginia
British Empire
West Carroll Paper
Plan Nurses’ Summer School
Deloach Cleaners
Jackson Street
Hall Street
Cotton St
West Monroe Monroe
Campus Drug
Junior College
Parade
Cowboy
BAR
MY Land
Aul Jone
Frankfort Distilleries, Inc
Louisville
Baltimore
Lake
Rimrock, Wash
Jackson
Meridian
Birmingham
Atlanta
Savannnah
Knoxville
Cincinnati
Ar Shreveport
Dallas
Fort Worth
Third St
Flint
Mich
Buick
General Motors
Lennon Motor Company, Inc
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