Texas visitors praise Monroe as lively and attractive
Four unnamed women from Dallas, visiting Monroe, call at the chamber of commerce. They tour city parks, the north side residential area, Lovers Lane, and local institutions including the Louisiana Baptist children's home, the Louisiana Training Institute, Ouachita parish junior college, and Neville High School. They praise Monroe's beauty, amenities, and well stocked department stores.
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Monroe
Dallas
Tex
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
S. H. McClary
North Side
Lovers Lane
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Louisiana Training Institute
Ouachita Parish Junior College
Neville High School
Group of Local Babies Enter Health Contest
Aspirants in the Grotto Better Baby health contest under TEFLIS Grotto submit to a medical exam next Monday for 25 prizes. Readable lineup shows babies from West Monroe Bawcomville and nearby areas with listed parents and addresses.
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Twin Cities
Teflis Grotto
Charles Alphones Petrus
A. Petrus
Travis Street
West Monroe
Mary
Berry Case Set for Friday in Local Court
Mrs. Minnie H Berry sues Mutual Life Insurance for 2000 over the death of Ernest W Berry. He was fatally injured December 31 when a wheel passed over him during a motor truck accident. The suit seeks double indemnity for accidental death beyond the paid 1966.01.
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Berry
Minnie H. Berry
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Second Rehearsal Held By Orchestra
The Monroe Symphony orchestra holds its second rehearsal tomorrow night at 7 30 at 128 South Grand Street. J Vernon Stanger of the Shreveport Symphony and Monroe director will lead. Membership remains open and inquiries may be directed to Lowery Jefferson 1218 J Mrs Harry Oliver 3099 or Miss Florence Zeigler 2228.
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Monroe Symphony Orchestra
South Grand Street
J. Vernon Stanger
Shreveport Symphony Orchestra
Monroe Orchestra
Lowery Jefferson
Harry Oliver
Florence Zeigler
Echo Portrait Sparks Debate on Sex of Echo
In a gallery dialogue two men debate whether the painting Echo should be depicted as a woman since she has the last word. The other man counters that an echo speaks only when spoken to in Tit-Bits style.
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Echo
Luckies
Tech Alumni Meet Outlines Plans for Activities
Ouachita parish Louisiana Tech Alumni met at Hotel Virginia for short talks music and future plans. Fred G. Thatcher president praised schools shaping citizens and outlined the group’s aims. Officers and speakers included Mrs. Taylor Jones D W Caldwell J C Liner G W Bond and D G Armstrong with student and coach remarks. A picnic was set for Friday July 15 at McGuire Park West Monroe at 7.
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Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Tech Alumni Association
Hotel Virginia
Fred G. Thatcher
Louisiana Tech
State of
Louisiana
Thatcher
Taylor Jones
D. W. Caldwell
J. C. Liner
G. W. Bond
Ruston
Kendall Hearn
Tech
D. G. Armstrong
Sybil Thompson
Bohler
McGuire Park
West Monroe
Former airmail pilot freed on bond in San Angelo
W T Ponder of Fort Worth Texas, once an airmail pilot, was released on bond in San Angelo after arrest on a charge of smuggling beer across the Mexican border into Texas. A banquet planning committee was formed to work with the parent alumni association for the State Teachers Association convention in Monroe this fall. Mrs. Taylor Jones reported on the first meeting of the association. Before adjournment, Mrs. Bond Professor Reese and Major Cole were introduced. The Pantheon temple was dedicated to the gods circa 25 B C.
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W. T. Ponder
Fort Worth
Tex
San Angelo
Texas
State Teachers Association
Monroe
Taylor Jones
Association
Bond
Reese
Major Cole
Tech
Austria’s Diet Shaken by Nazi Rise and Coalition Shift
Vienna reports that Adolf Hitler’s movement gains momentum after the fall of Chancellor Buresch’s cabinet. Dollfuss forms a slim majority coalition as Nazis rally, eyeing October constitutional measures for national elections amid a Vienna Nazi leadership presence and strong street chants.
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Vienna
Adolf Hitler
National Socialist Workers’ Party of Germany
Karl Buresch
Englebert Dollfuss
Hitler
Germany
Worth Trying
A joke about Jones with liver trouble who is told to laugh before meals. In a restaurant he laughs and explains he laughs for his liver. A stranger jokes he should start too, noting his own order was twenty minutes ago.
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Jones
Stunt Day Set for Friday at City Playgrounds
City announces stunt day to be held Friday at all playgrounds with citizens invited to join events. Winners advance to a summer circus finale as dancing expands to three sites and more locations to follow.
Vanishing Cream Protects Skin and Brightens Tone
Plough's Peroxide Vanishing Cream guards against sun wind and weather while lightening and refining the complexion. It also sets face powder for hours. Also available Cleansing Cream and Cold Cream in 25c 35c and 50¢ sizes at drug stores and toilet goods counters.
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Plough
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Griffin Studios
Etta Hammonds
B. D. Hammonds
Bawcomville
Joseph Nathaniel Kern
N. S. Kern
Stubbs Street
Charles F. Pittarro, Jr
C. F. Pittarro
Hall Street
Wilma Nell Mask
W. B. Mask, Jr
Come Fort
America
Erson
Allen Electric Company
DeSiard Street
Telephone
MEET
Fred Thatcher
Associated Press
Austria
Lower Austria
Salsburg
A. E. Frauenfeld
U.S. A
Monroe Commercial School
DeSiard St
Aei
The
U. K. America
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