Levee on Ouachita River Near Monroe Nears Completion
The South Grand street levee wall along the Ouachita river will be finished by July 1 and await War Department acceptance soon after. The 2,120 foot long reinforced concrete wall rises eight feet high, with steel interlocking pilings, and has cost about $131,000 to date.
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South Grand Street
Grand Street
Ouachita River
War Department
J. Lloyd Middleton
Morrison, Glasscock, Conner Company
Kansas City
Monroe
McDavid and Pate wed in Macon ceremony
Miss Christine Pate daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Pate Sterlington and T R McDavid son of Mrs Bob David Macon Miss were married June 5 in Macon Rev Lawhorn officiated The bride attended Ouachita Parish High School class of 1937 The groom a graduate of Noxubee County Agricultural High School Mashularville Miss works in dairy farming.
Iowa college awards Willie Fletcher graduate assistantship
Ruston Louisiana June 16 special Iowa State college at Ames rewards superior work with a nine month graduate assistant fellowship totaling 540 dollars for Willie Fletcher home economics teacher at Louisiana Tech. Fletcher taught child development at Tech and will continue this summer while conducting residence work at Iowa State. She is the second Louisiana Tech graduate to receive Iowa State awards, following Anita Nethken who won a 450 dollar scholarship for the coming year.
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Ruston
Iowa State College
Ames
Willie Fletcher
Louisiana Tech
Hillcrest Grammar School
Helen Graham
Tech
Miss Fletcher
Anita Nethken
Miss Nethken
Fire damages Jim Brown car on De Siard Street
A short in the wiring system caused a fire that slightly damaged Jim Brown’s automobile parked in the 600 block of De Siard Street. Central Fire Station responders arrived to extinguish the blaze early Wednesday morning.
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Jim Brown
DeSiard Street
Central Fire Station
Funeral services for Mrs. S. L. Baldwin held in Bernice
Funeral services for Mrs. S L Baldwin 63 were at the family residence with Rev O Brier presiding. Interment in Pine Grove cemetery. Survived by husband S L Baldwin two sons Enel and Jack Baldwin of Bernice four daughters Mrs Fuller Smith Monroe Mrs Mary Futch El Dorado Ark Mrs Maggie Olier Germantown Tex Mrs Helen Caldwell Greggton Tex.
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Bernice
S. L. Baldwin
O. Brier
Pine Grove
Enel
Jack Baldwin
Fuller Smith
Monroe
Mary Futch
el Dorado
Ark
Maggie Olier
Germantown
Tex
Helen Caldwell
Greggton
Permit to Finish Work on Baptist Building Granted
The Monroe First Baptist church received a city permit to complete the educational building on St. John street. The four story brick and concrete structure will cost about $75,000. Frank Masling and Son are the contractors, with completion planned in the coming months.
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Monroe First
Forsythe Avenue
John Catalina
John Blackman
Marie Place
W. V. Clark
Citizens aid prosecution in Vance murder case
A citizens committee in Shaw raises more than 400 dollars to hire counsel for the state in prosecuting Claude Vance for the fatal duel with Night Marshal Harrington. Vance remains jailed in Cleveland pending a preliminary hearing as his daughter Grace recovers from a hip wound.
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Shaw
Miss
Citizens Committee
Claude Vance
E. C. Harrington
A. P. Latimer
Vance
Tyler
Tex
Cleveland
Harrington
Grace
Louisiana State University
Pope Attacks Nazi Church Persecution in Germany
Pope Pius spoke from Castel Gandolfo denouncing the Nazi drive against the church of Christ and urged brave German missionaries. He blessed graduate priests of the German Hungarian seminary in Rome and called for a strong apostolate in Germany as persecution continues. A visiting American group leader attended the audience.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Pope Pius
Church of Christ
Nazi Germany
Rome
Germany
J. L. Bastien
Grafton
N. D
Air Traffic Resume Planned for Jackson July First
Chicago and Southern Airlines announced that commercial air traffic through Jackson Mississippi will likely resume on or about July 1. The service was halted while concrete runways were completed to safely accommodate heavy commercial aircraft.
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Jackson
Miss
Chicago
Southern Airlines
Rayville man shot while hunting in Shreveport
Earl Lee, 23, of Rayville, was hunting when a snake coiled around his leg. In shaking off the snake the gun discharged, tearing away part of his foot. He was brought to Charity hospital.
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Rayville
Shreveport
Earl Lee
Lee
Charity Hospital
Mississippi progress in industrial bonds drives state growth
Mississippi's six month report shows five areas approving $267000 in factory bonds expected to create about 2500 jobs with $1500000 yearly payroll. Additional Terry and Winona votes could raise total to $317000. Chairman Hoffman emphasizes cautious, community based development with thorough investigations and local support.
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Jackson
Miss
State Industrial Commission
Mississippi
Terry
Hinds County
Winona
Montgomery County
Harry O. Hoffman
Durant
Amory
Grenada
Jackson County
Hoffman
Christian Church Revival Draws Strong Attendance Surge
The Brooks-Fitz revival at First Christian church drew double Monday night’s attendance with Tuesday’s turnout. Professor Theophilus Fitz led vocal exercises and sang solos at clubs and on radio. Rev Holloway to replace midweek Presbyterian meeting with a brief 10 minute sermon on faith. Carrie Pankey and Erna Taylor join in a trio with Fitz.
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Brooks-Fitz
First Christian Church
Theophilus Fitz
Guy Corley
First Presbyterian Church
Ernest Duncan Holloway
Fitz
Lions Club
Hotel Frances
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Virginia
Crayton S. Brooks
Professor Fitz
Carrie Pankey
Shreveport
Erna Taylor
St. Louis
Plan for Alto Bridge Over Boeuf River Proposed
The Louisiana highway commission seeks US Army Engineer approval to build a fixed highway bridge on re located Highway 15 one mile west of Alto. The plan features three 80 foot steel truss spans and three 40 foot concrete pile approach spans totaling 480 feet with a 60 foot channel clearance and 12 feet vertical clearance. Public comments due by June 27, 1937, to Raymond G. Moses in Vicksburg.
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Louisiana Highway Commission
United States Engineer
Vicksburg
Miss
Boeuf River
Alto
Raymond G. Moses
Corps of District Engineers
Health supervisor urges better leisure time training at normal
Jess W. Hair of Baton Rouge, state supervisor of health and physical education, spoke to Louisiana State Normal College faculty and students in Natchitoches on school health and safety programs. He urged a well rounded physical education plan and warned improper leisure use leads to crime.
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Natchitoches
Jess W. Hair
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State Normal College
Hair
Mr. Hair
America
Monroe Lions Attend Winnsboro Group Meet in Louisiana
Twenty three members of the Monroe Lions club attended group No. 2 of the eighth Louisiana district meeting at Hotel Franklin Winnsboro on Tuesday night. Lion Nolan L. Moore of Winnsboro served as toastmaster and a varied program featured songs, dances, solos, a piano duet, and a welcome address by C. W. Berry Jr. A. N. Robertson gave the response. The next group meeting will be hosted by the Jonesboro Hodge club in September.
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Monroe Lions Club
Louisiana
Hotel Franklin
Winnsboro
Lion Nolan L. Moore
America
Kenneth Stewart
Goldah Roan
Lion C. W. Berry, Jr
A. N. Robertson
Monroe
Lion Marvin Lipp
Oak Grove
Barbara Graves
Carolyn Glover
T. Ed Banks
Lion B. S. Landis
Elsie Taliaferro
Lion Willis H. Anders
Tail Twister
Jonesboro-Hodge Club
Bernice Farmers Ship Potatoes in Prosperous Year
Bernice area farmers in a cooperative Irish potato shipping program are receiving cash payments for an unusually abundant crop. No 1 potatoes sell for a cent a pound while culls bring a half cent. Peas will follow harvest, and sweet potatoes are being planted amid signs of bumper harvests and renewed prosperity.
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Bernice, la
Bernice Area
Bernice
Cursing Squelched in Italian Army Decree Enforced
Rome June 16. General Alberto Pariani ordered suppression of profanity in the Italian army with a decree and barracks placards. Second offenders face punishment and chaplains will preach on speech purity.
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Rome
Alberto Pariani
Physician Dr George Sitman Dies In Louisiana Youth Leader
Dr George Womack Sitman 67 prominent Baton Rouge physician dies after long illness at daughter’s home in Roseland. Renowned for tuberculosis work he led Greenwell Springs sanitarium and served 15 years on East Baton Rouge parish police jury. Survived by widow Esther Brown daughter Mrs McCraney son Warren Sitman sister Minnie Lou Burton brothers Charles and Joe M Sitman and three grandchildren. Funeral in Baton Rouge and Greensburg with Greensburg cemetery interment.
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Baton Rouge
George Womack Sitman
A. A. McCraney
Roseland
Sitman
Greenwell Springs
Charles Sitman
Virginia
Minnie Womack Sitman
Greensburg
Tulane University Medical School
East Baton Rouge Parish
Esther Brown
Manchac Plantation
Iberville Parish
McCraney
Warren Sitman
Minnie Lou Burton
New Orleans
Joe M. Sitman
Social Agencies Group Meeting Shifted to Christian Church
The Council of Social Agencies will meet Friday at noon in the First Christian church due to a vacation Bible school in the First Presbyterian church. Rabbi F. K. Hirsch serves as president of the council.
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Council of Social Agencies
First Christian Church
First Presbyterian Church
F. K. Hirsch
Youth Recuperating After Appendectomy At St Francis
Bill Bernhard fourteen year old son of Mrs. Ann Bernhard, employed in the Monroe News Star World office, was reported Wednesday to be considerably improved from an appendectomy performed Monday at St Francis sanitarium. He is in room two thirty one and may receive visitors.
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Bill Bernhard
Ann Bernhard
Monroe News-Star— World
St. Francis Sanitarium
Nature study lecture tour to visit Monroe events
Reynolds E Carlson of New York City will arrive from Shreveport to lead a two day campaign on nature studies for teachers Boy Scouts Camp Fire Girls and others. Thursday programs include Bird club at Cedar Bird sanctuary rural recreation at fair grounds Rotary lunch at Hotel Virginia teachers meeting at Bernstein park children’s nature study at Barkdull Faulk and Camp Ki Ro Li for scouts and leaders.
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Reynolds E. Carlson
New York City
National Recreation Association
Monroe
Shreveport
Cedar Bird Sanctuary
Riverfront
Fair Grounds
West Monroe
Man Held in Mattson Kidnaping Released by FBI
Baton Rouge state police had detained a man as a suspect in the Charles Mattson kidnapping. He was released on orders from the federal bureau of investigation.
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Baton Rouge
Charles Mattson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Louisiana Legion Drum and Bugle Corps Contest Planned
Bill Perhamus announced the 19th annual Louisiana American Legion convention will feature a drum and bugle corps contest in Monroe July 10 13 with Jackson Mississippi and Little Rock Arkansas corps invited. Ouachita parish groups also join the event with judges from LSU and ROTC circles and cash prizes for adult and junior entries. Sons of the Legion will participate and a small entrance fee funds the prizes.
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Bill Perhamus
Louisiana Department of the American Legion
Jackson
Miss
Little Rock
Ark
Monroe
Jackson and
Ouachita Parish
Perhamus
Castro Carazo
Louisiana State University
Roy Fleming
O. C. Roddy
Louisiana Reserve Officers’ Association
Drum and Bugle Corps
The
Sons of the Legion
Legion
Lodge to Confer Rank of Esquire
The rank of esquire will be conferred on candidates at Stonewall lodge Knights of Pythias at a regular meeting. The K of P hall will host the event Thursday at 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
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Stonewall Lodge
Knights of Pythias
K. of P. Hall
Investment per pupil in Americas schools summarized
The report states that for every pupil in the Americas schools there is an investment of about 400 dollars in school property.
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Americas
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Marguerite
T. J. Coenen, Jr
Times-Picayune
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Social Agencies
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