Dodge Trucks Leave Detroit for Shanghai
A special Detroit to Shanghai shipment loaded with 250 one ton Dodge Brothers trucks sailed to meet the S S President Taft due to depart Seattle June 15. Trucks are in gon dola cars for Chinese military use and assembly will occur in Shanghai.
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Dodge Brothers
Detroit
Shanghai
Dodge Truck
S. S
Taft
Seattle
China
T. B. Bessoe
Orient
United States
To Stand Examination for Navy Dental Corps
Dr Mecom leaves Wisner on July 1 to take the exam for entering the U S Navy dental corps. He is the eldest son of Dr W A Mecom a Nisner physician and studied at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute Vanderbilt University and Atlanta Southern Dental College where he was top in his class and editor in chief of the school annual. If accepted he will receive a commission as first lieutenant upon entry.
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Dental Corps
Viking cooling system permits quick starting
Oldsmobile engineers designed the Viking, a 90 degree V eight cylinder to heat quickly for warm-up and remain efficient in below zero temperatures while maintaining moderate heat at the cylinder lower portions. The goal was rapid starting and reliable operation at high speeds in summer heat.
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Oldsmobile
Viking
Army officers visit Chrysler Motors plants on US convoy
Thirty five units of the U S Army quartermaster school tour the middle west on a 1500 mile run from Camp Hale Bird Maryland. On their Detroit day they inspected the Fast Jefferson avenue plant and the Kercheval body shop with Chrysler executives guiding the study of car assembly and body construction.
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U. S. Army Quartermaster’s School of Motor Transport
Middle-West
Camp Helabird
Baltimore
Chrysler Motors
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Jefferson Avenue
Imperials
Chrysler
Kercheval
East Jefferson
Committees Form Cattle Census In Jackson Parish
Special to The News-Star Jonesboro June 15. Lions club meeting appoints parish and ward committees to census cows farm owners and registered bulls in Jackson parish with one Lion and one farmer per ward and ward captains to lead the effort.
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News-Star
Jonesboro
Jonesboro- Hodge Lions Club
Jackson Parish
H. L. McKnight
Ruston Chamber of Commerce
Sixteen Men in Lincoln to Take Census of Cows
Choudrant La June 15 With James H Frazier merchant and school board member as captain sixteen men will start early Tuesday to enumerate dairy cows in ward four Lincoln parish They will work in teams of two visiting every farm in ward four before sunset The enumerators are James H Frazier J A O Neal R P Whitman Jr E T Taylor H E Sanderson J Ed wards W S Chandler J E Vernon A E Calhoun Almer Davis H B Smith Kinnie Sims Mack O Neal George F Land George Easterling J E Campbell A conference will be held at Chaudrant Saturday afternoon for instruction by Captain Frazier.
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News-Star
Choudrant
James H. Frazier
Lincoln Parish
Ward Four
R. P. Whitman, Jr
E. T. Taylor
H. E. Sanderson
J. Edwards
W. 8. Chandler
J. E. Vernon
A. E. Calhoun
Almer Davis
H. B. Smith
Kinnie Sims
Mack O'Neal
George F. Land
George Easterling
J. E. Campbell
Chaudrant
Frazier
Ward Managers Named for June 18 Census Coverage
The Ruston Chamber of Commerce and the Lions Clubs organize a two man team per ward to cover the census in Lincoln Union Bienville and Jackson parishes. Ward managers appointed include Hearn and Zuber for Ward 1 Jones and Langford for Ward 2 Guess and Eldred for Ward 3 Dickerson and Carter for Ward 4 Smith and Mc Donald for Ward 5 Farmer and Hays for Ward 6 and Richardson and Odom for Ward 7.
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Lincoln
Union
Bienville
Jackson
Chamber of Commerce
Ruston
Lion Clubs
R. N. Hearn
P. B. Zuber
Henry Jones
M. L. Langford
W. R. Guess
W. H. Eldred
W. L. Dickerson
G. C. Carter
John Smith
W. W. McDonald, Jr
G. S. Farmer
W. A. Hays
W. M. Richardson
Geo, Odom
Marquette Car Proven Product Highly Tested by Buick
Buick engineers oversaw a rigorous develop and test program for the Marquette with over 600 workers and more than 250000 miles of brutal proving ground work. The car aimed to deliver superior performance speed and roadability through precise horsepower and testing at General Motors facilities.
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F. A. Bower
Buick Motor Company
General Motors
Ing
Bui
Marquette Motor
Buick
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Athletics
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Bell Motors, Inc. Used Car Dept
DeSiard St
South Grand
Licoln
Coe
Marquette
T. B.belsjoe
Lions
Buick En
Monroe
Monroe News-Star
Fisher
Lovejoy
Olds Motor Works
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