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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1938

Page

3

Monroe Chamber urges Southern industry to relocate

Monroe Chamber of Commerce conducts a mail campaign to lure lumber based furniture plants from the Great Lakes and New England. A survey notes 115 sawmills in the fifth district produce hardwood for furniture, with Monroe promising raw materials shipping and labor advantages to attract more payrolls.

Great Lakes New England Monroe Chamber of Commerce Monroe Industrial Committee Chamber of Commerce Fifth Congressional District Industrial Committee of the

Clinic report meeting on crippled children unit

A. N. Robinson announces a June 14 meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Bernhardt building to review the Louisiana Society for Crippled Children Ouachita unit. Mrs. Orchard will report on membership, John Breard on finances, and Dr. Hamilton on the recent crippled children clinic with followup plans. Public attendance urged.

A. N. Robinson Ouachita Louisiana Society For Crippled Children Bernhardt Sam Orchard John M. Breard A. Scott Hamilton

Louisiana Tech Honors 109 Students On Honor Roll

Ruston La June 13 Special shows 109 Louisiana Tech students with a B average or better made the college honor roll. Among 117 girls and 92 boys, nine of the 11 straight A averages belong to boys. The list names both genders and many towns and schools across the region, noting shifts from February and a year ago. Also included are two distance figures comparing auto road and air route from New York to San Francisco.

Ruston Louisiana Tech J. D. Brooks Rhinehart J. R. Clayton Junction City Ark J. B. Lear W. W. McLeod Oil City James Price Logansport San Francisco New York

Major waits for grand jury action in fatal wife case

Major John R. Brooke Jr paced a Muscogee county jail cell awaiting a federal grand jury hearing on charges he killed his 42 year old wife Elizabeth. A grand jury was set to convene June 27 on a complaint by Federal Agent J W Vincent. Brooke, a Fort Benning instructor, had been detained since Elizabeths body with a fractured skull was found at their home last Wednesday. He marked his 45th birthday in jail yesterday. His lawyer requested better quarters and a daily jail leave, though the jail allows two visits weekly. The Brookes had been to be transferred from Fort Benning to Fort Screven near Savannah this month.

Columbus John R. Brooke, Jr Muscogee County Elizabeth United States N. A. Brown J. W. Vincent Brooke Fort Benning T. Hicks Fort Brookes Fort Screven Savannah

Farm Receipts Show Uptend In Louisiana April 1938

Receipts to Louisiana farmers from principal farm products and government payments totaled 7.836 million in April 1938, up from 7.676 million in April 1937. Government payments 1.596 million, livestock 1.523 million, crops 4.707 million. First quarter totals 25.704 million with 2.449 million government payments, 7.692 million livestock, 15.572 million crops. National declines noted in April across major regions.

Washington, D. C Louisiana Bureau of Agricultural Economics South Central States South Centra North Atlantic

Meeting Held Here for Farm Agents

Farm agents of this district and assistants in farm conservation and parish committee members attended a courthouse meeting Monday morning to learn the 1938 provisions of the agricultural conservation program. C W Davis chaired. C J Hutchinson of Baton Rouge aided as extension agricultural engineer.

C. W. Davis C. J. Hutchinson Baton Rouge

New Comfort for Those Who Wear FALSE TEETH

A vintage advertisement promotes FASTEETH a powder for denture wearers. It claims to keep plates firm and comfortable all day with no gummy taste or pasty feeling, and emphasizes an alkaline formula. Available at drug stores with no substitutes.

Police Ask Aid in Locating Runaway Bastrop Boys

Monroe police sought help locating four white boys reported missing Sunday from Bastrop. Paul Cook 15 wore khaki pants Charley Hays Jr 14 and two Solomon brothers aged 11 and 12 were last seen riding two bicycles toward Monroe after being alerted by R. E. Holladay of Bastrop.

Monroe Bastrop R. E. Holladay Paul Cook Charley Hays, Jr Soloman

Wounded Man May Lose Leg After Shooting Incident

Gordon Zeagler, 45, of Eros, shot in the right leg, was sent to Charity hospital Shreveport with possible amputation. His brother Alton Zeagler, 22, surrendered to Sheriff Coverdale but charges were withdrawn. Alton said he acted after being chased with a knife during a quarrel. Gordon had recently been pardoned from the state penitentiary for a prior man slaughter case tied to the killing of Eros’s town marshal.

Gordon Zeagler Eros St. Francis Sanitarium Charity Hospital Shreveport Zeagler Alton Zeagler Milton Coverdale Quachita Parish Coverdale Alton Ouachita Parish Jackson Parish Louisiana State Penitentiary Zengler

Vacation Bible Schools Meet Across Local Churches

The annual daily vacation Bible school started at First Methodist with large attendance and runs weekdays through the week except Saturday and Sunday under Superintendent Mrs. S. M. Collins. Intermediate and senior sessions begin June 2 directed by Mrs. H. L. Johns. The First Presbyterian church opened its VBS at 8 45 am for ages five to 18 with Acts study for older youths, plus Bible study, memory work, crafts, recreation and dramatics. Other churches including Central Baptist on Lee Avenue, First Baptist Monroe, and Assembly of God Monroe host similar programs concluding Friday. First Baptist Monroe suspended its due to ongoing construction of a new educational building.

First Methodist Church S. M. Collins H. L. Johns First Presbyterian Church Central Baptist Church Lee Avenue First Baptist Church West Monroe Assembly of God Church First Baptist Church In Monroe

Prescription C-2223 A Rheumatic Pain Relief

A vintage ad promises Prescription C-2223 eases rheumatic aches and misery from rheumatism. It claims analgesic action provides relief to thousands and offers a money back guarantee at all druggists for $1.00.

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