Talented Cast in Aquaganza Heads for Three Night Run
Monroe gathers a large cast for the Aquaganza water show at the municipal pool June 16 to 18 at 8 30 pm under Junior Charity League sponsorship. Participants include Betty Hale Pat Hammonds Ruth Simpson Jane Birdsong Roberta Steele and many others with James Sparks as MC and Milt Coverdale leading a 15 piece orchestra. Tickets at Frances hotel lobby serve as votes for the Aquaganza queen contestants Vivian Harper Gertrude Zurga Jeannette Peck and Glenda Morris.
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George Monk
Louis Pecastaing
Bill Womack
Richard Englerth
Ada Ellis Gihault
Sue Mary Moore
Barbara Faulk
Joyce Harper
Bernie Handy
Dorothy Calvert
Zanona Flinn
Lydia Nichols
Darwin Nichols
Ellen Hale
Audrey Neal
Paschal Norris
Elizabeth Miller
Johnette Register
Beverly Russell
Joy Steele Lewis
Betty Vaughan Reilly
Happy Tidwell
la Cour
Mary Buckner Coleman
Jean Hale
Justice Murphy to Enter Army for Four Months Training
Associate Justice Frank Murphy will leave the supreme court temporarily to become a lieutenant colonel in the army. He will take the oath at the war department and head to Fort Benning for four months of field training, then attend infantry school. He will not resign, serving “for the duration” with General George C. Marshall’s office.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Associates
High Court
War Department
Fort Benning
George C. Marshall
Men Enlist for U S Coast Guard
The following men have filed applications for enlistment in the United States coast guard and will leave shortly to enter service. Bussie Walker, 409 Cypress street West Monroe. Lewis Wiggins Sutton Oak Grove. Edward Roy Gray son 115 Adams street Monroe. Arvel L. McDaniel 300 Crosley street West Monroe. L C Cain Fox Court Monroe. Andrew Jackson Charrier 210 Mill street Monroe. Marvin Earl Deason 1718 Wood street West Monroe. John Wallace Pope 301 Pope street Monroe. Elzie Lee McGough Bastrop R F D Bastrop. Troy Lee Barnhill 708 Collier's Lane Bastrop.
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United States Coast Guard
Bussie
Walker
Cypress Street
West Monroe
Lewis Wiggins Sutton
Oak Grove
Edward Roy Grayson
Adams Street
Monroe
Arvel L. McDaniel
Crosley Street
L. C. Cain
Fox Court
Andrew Jackson Charrier
Mill Street
Marvin Earl Deason
Wood Street
John Wallace Pope
Pope Street
Elzie Lee McGough
Bastrop
Troy Lee Barnhill
Collier's Lane
Former St. Landry Sheriff Is Freed
Judge Iris Dupont dismissed a state suit charging Daly J. Doucet, former St. Landry parish sheriff, with misuse of public funds. The 1940 case arose from a crime commission investigation. defense exceptions were upheld and the suit was dropped.
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Opelousas
Iris Dupont
Daly J. Doucet
St. Landry Parish
State Crime Commission
Dupont
Plaquemines
State Supreme Court
Hearing Aids Shown By Doctors At Association Meeting
Atlantic City June 10. The American Medical Association viewed new mechanical ears as doctors begin prescribing hearing aids like spectacles. Six types were shown using tiny vacuum tubes and special alloys to target needed sounds, with classifications by tone loss and amplification needs.
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Atlantic City
American Medical Association
Mighty cruiser Santa Fe ready for launch at Camden yard
The United States cruiser Santa Fe, keel laid two years and three days ago, was readied for launching at the New York Shipbuilding yards in Camden New Jersey. The christening was planned with wartime economy, attended by navy officers workers and a Santa Fe party. Fourteen year old Caroline Trevelyan Chavez was chosen as sponsor and is a former president of the National Society of the Children of the American Revolution.
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Camden
N. J
United States
Santa Fe
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Navy
N. M
Caroline Trevelyan Chavez
The
National Society of the Children of the American Revolution
Trevelyan
Raid bonds voted in San Francisco dominate city vote
With only a third of San Francisco registered voters, a 4.25 million air raid protection bond passed 114 756 to 21 04. The second bond for extra fire fighting equipment for siege conditions carried 117 010 to 18 853.
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San Francisco
Lake Merced
Women to take managerial places in postwar era
Dr. Coleman L. Maze of New York new president of the National Office Management association says during a June meeting that women will move in large numbers into executive and managerial roles if the war lasts another year or two. He notes the challenge of adjusting after men return from service.
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Atlanta
Coleman L. Maze
New York
National Office Management Association
Steel Bid Accepted by Ouachita Parish Police Jury
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury approved monthly bills and routine business at its regular meeting. It accepted a $1,000 bid for structural steel and granted a permit for a blind youth to set up a refreshment stand in the new West Monroe agricultural building. The plan to allow police jury employees to buy war stamps and bonds was approved.
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Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Somervell Returns to Washington After London Talks
The War Department announced that Lieutenant General Brehon B. Somervell, commanding general of the services of supply, has returned to the United States after more than two weeks of conferences in London.
Harvard Architects Propose Postwar Prefab Towns for 5000 Residents
Harvard architects Dr. Walter Gropius and Dr. Martin Wagner describe a postwar plan for low cost pre fab houses in 5000 person townships along super highways. Each 3 room unit expands with family size via truck delivered additions. Towns would be factory built with government backing and walking work areas to avoid highways.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Germany
America
Walter Gropius
Adolf Hitler
Martin Wagner
Berlin
Tennessee Valley Authority
Women Army to Recruit Officers for WAAC
Washington reports the Women Army Auxiliary Corps will start limited officer candidate recruitment from aircraft warning service volunteers. General of the first fighter command will pick 65 volunteers from east coast states based on ability and leadership. Recruitment from the WAAC school at Fort Des Moines had been suspended. the aircraft warning volunteers will join on a separate basis with their trained service continuing.
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Washington
War Department
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Aircraft Warning Service
First Fighter Command
Department
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Army
Signal Corps
L Blanc Invites To Commencement
Members of the Rodney J. Hobbs post Veterans of Foreign Wars received an invitation to attend the graduation exercises of the first officer candidate class at Camp Elliott California last Saturday. Sergeant John LeBlanc, a class member and son of Mr and Mrs A M LeBlanc of Monroe, led the invitation and has become a second lieutenant after serving with the Marines. Robert T Furgeson, a local post member for a year, has returned from the Far East and is in charge of the Marine recruiting office here.
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Rodney J. Hobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Camp Elliott
Calif
John LeBlanc
A. M. LeBlanc
South Fourth Street
Monroe
V. F. W. Post
Iceland
LeBlanc
Marines
Robert T Furgeson
Far East
Furgeson
Marine
Burns recovers body of son after six month search
George B Burns of Spokane finds the body of his son Lieutenant Homer Burns among wreckage near Kidd mountain. Also recovered were Major Hugh McCaffery and five others. General Herbert A Dargue remains missing as reports note a bomber crash on December 12 en route from Phoenix to Hamilton Field. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is cited for exhibition space 325,811 square feet.
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Bishop
Calif
George B. Burns
Spokane
Wash
Homer Burns
Burns
Hugh McCaffery
Chester
Kidd Mountain
Herbert A. Dargue
Phoenix
Hamilton Field
Boile
Dargue
J. G. Leavitt
Stephen Hoffman
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Itching and Burning Treated with Bla Ointment Probe
A readable medical ad notes that Bla Ointment is promoted for itching burning symptoms. The text also mentions a clean cleansing with White Skin Soap and references a black and white ointment in marketing language.
Auto stickers on sale today at post offices nationwide
Federal use tax stamps priced five dollars for a year went on sale at all stamp windows. Motorists must buy before July 1 and display the stamp in their vehicle. Serially numbered stamps carry make, model, serial number and license info for gasoline rationing identification. First buyers at Monroe post office were Miss Matie Moore and Dr. H. H. Bau.
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Monroe Postoffice
Matie Moore
Lida Benton School
H. H. Bau
Office of Price Administration
Paul H. Maloney
Internal Revenue
New Orleans
Navy Enlisting Effort Pushes Volunteers Despite 1 A Status
The United States Navy recruiting Service urges young men to volunteer for naval service though reclassified into 1 A until induction. Local recruiting stations encourage contact to learn more and enlist at the on it is Stated.
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United States Navy Recruiting Service
Ong
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