Better Business Bureau expands Ouachita Parish drive
The article explains the BBBs role in combating advertising scams and details a statewide drive to extend the Better Business Bureau of Ouachita Parish. It cites past exposures in Detroit and Milwaukee, notes the bureau’s historic roots, and warns against fake going out of business sales and bogus lottery tickets marketed by racketeers. It mentions R. A. Booth of Shreveport as a key local voice and references large scams such as the Haiti lottery operation with millions of tickets seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Business Bureau
Ouachita Parish
United States
Quachita Parish
Better Business Bureau of
Shreveport and
Bossier, Inc
Advertising Men's League
National
Better Business
Kennedy
Detroit
Dallas Bbb
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank
Milwaukee
BRB
Booth
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
U.S
Republic of
Haiti
Doan's Pills Promise Restful Sleep Relief
The ad touts Doan's Pills as fast relief for nagging backache headache and muscular pains from exertion and stress. It claims two actions soothing bladder irritation and mild diuretic effect through the kidneys, promising a good night’s sleep and relief trusted for over 60 years. It urges asking for Doan's large size and buying today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Ackache
Doan
Veto Sessions Bill Blocked In Committee
In Baton Rouge the Judiciary Committee blocked a lenient veto sessions bill and referred it back to Sam Jones' Legislative Council for redrafting. The measure would have required two-thirds petition support to call a veto session for bills killed by the governor. A Jones panel bill on fiscal reports to the governor moved forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Judiciary Committee
Sam Jones
Legislative Council
Secretary of State
Jones Committee
Local option renewal program dead in Louisiana Senate
In Baton Rouge a Senate committee defeated local option participation in federal urban renewal programs 5-4. Sen. Laurance Eustis’ bill fell in Judiciary. Two other urban renewal bills move in the House with different provisions. Opponents called it un-American while supporters urged local option use of federal funds to clear slums. Sen. Jamar Adcock warned it threatened individual rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Senate
Laurance Eustis
Judiciary Committee
House
Sen
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Meeks Elected Commander of Sterlington Post 207
E G Meeks was chosen as commander of American Legion Post 207 in Sterlington with Horton Silmon as senior vice commander Elvis Nolan as junior vice commander and Lee Roy Day as adjutant. Kentucky Derby. Purchasers sent funds for Haiti tickets to a post office box where a confederate collected them. A Commerce Department report praised the Better Business Bureau for promoting better advertising and exposing improper practices.
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E. G. Meeks
American Legion
Sterlington
Horton Silmon
Elvis Nolan
Lee Roy Day
Haiti
Advertising Advisory Committee
U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Better Business Bureau
Deaths and Funerals Across Denton and Nearby Parishes
Denton Texas native Charlie Hackworth 85 dies, funeral plans pending at Denton Funeral Home. Survivors include widow Ruth and children in Los Angeles West Monroe Bethesda and San Gabriel. Mangham and Bastrop obituaries note Bessie Burgess 73 and Arthus Claude Jackson funeral details with survivors, burial sites, and pallbearers. Doris Johnson Inzina 62 of Monroe's service at Peters Funeral Home with Riverside Cemetery burial.
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Denton
Tex
Charlie Hackworth
Louisiana
Denton Funeral Home
Ruth Hackworth
Charles Hackworth
C. E. Hackworth
Los Angeles
Calif
Clara Eley
Ruby Lee
West Monroe
Maryline Wangstaff
Bethesda
Maryland
Willie Gray
San Gabriel
Doris Johnson Inzina
S. 2Nd St
Monroe
Peters Funeral Home
Riverside Cemetery
Joe Inzina
John Inzina
Tony Inzina
Nick Inzina
Mike Inzina
Sammy J. Ditta
Funeral services for J R Spain in Alexandria
Funeral services for J R Spain 45 a Deville truck driver were to be held at 2 p m today at John Kramer and Son Funeral Home with burial in a National cemetery at Pineville. He died Monday in an Alexandria hospital. Survivors include three sisters Ada Evans Alexandria Virginia Coon Channelview Tex and Annie Estes Jena and a brother Nathan R Spain Norfolk Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
J. R. Spain
John Kramer and Son
National Cemetery
Pineville
Spain
Ada Evans
Virginia Coon
Channelville
Tex
Annie Estes
Jena
Nathan R
Norfolk
Mrs Greta Thompson dies after long illness in Jonesboro
Greta Triplett Thompson, 32, of Jonesboro died Tuesday at a Jonesboro hospital after a long illness. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Jonesboro Methodist Church with Rev. G. E. Blakley officiating. Burial in Jonesboro cemetery under Southern Funeral Home direction. Survivors include husband Charles Thompson and daughter Sheilah Thompson.
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Mangham
Bessie Ollie Burgess
Lone Cherry Baptist Church
William Busby
Claudie Jenkins
Lone Cherry Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Rayville
Burgess
Winnsboro Sanitarium
W. O. Burgess Jr
Bastrop
Claud
Marie Fulford
Bessie Moore
Maude Linderman
Jonesboro
Greta Triplett Thompson
Jonesboro Methodist Church
G. E. Blakley
Jonesboro Cemetery
Southern Funeral Home
Charles Thompson
Sheilah Thomp
Funeral services for Clara Smith held in Harris
Clara Smith 74 of Harris died Tuesday after a short illness. Funeral services were at 3 p.m. today at First National Funeral Home with Rev. Richard May and Rev. Marion White officiating, burial in Arlington cemetery. She leaves a son D. E. Smith of Monroe, sister Tinie Dutton of Minden, brother J. M. Frye of Doyline, three grandchildren and a great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Clara Smith
Harris Community
First National Funeral Home
Richard May
Marion White
Arlington Cemetery
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101St Airborne
Toumorong Valley
South Viet Nam
Carpenter
Jackson St
Louisville
News-Star Legislative Bureau
Meeks
Area Post
Mrs. Burgess
A. C. Jackson
George H. Goodwin
Mingo Sisson
W. H. Price
P. B. White
Devoy Price
Lester Triplett
Sue Roby
Wayne Triplett
U.S. Army
R. J. Woods
Joe Holsomback
Jerry Boles
Alton Peel
James A. Shirley
James Kenneth Stanley
Mrs. Inzina
J.R
Mrs. Thompson
Remington Lektronic IV
Desiard
Vaan BO
Zale
Central
North
Moore Finance Corporation
Wayne Moore
Moore
Mrs. Clara Smith
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Leeda
Mary Carter
Nethery’s Feed & Seed CO
Columbia
Montgomery Distributing CO
Ruston, la
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Tractor and Farm Supply
Winnsboro, la
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