Eslick Buried After Washington Death Honored by Veterans
Pulaski Tennessee June 17 1940 Representatives and veterans gathered to honor Edward Eslick who died in the House urging a soldiers bonus bill. About 10 000 attended his funeral with American Legion posts from Tennessee marching to the cemetery and a firing squad salute. Services followed at a local church as the body traveled from Decatur Alabama. Nitroglycerin was discovered in 1864.
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Pulaski
Tenn
Edward EB. Eslick
Washington
House of Representatives
American Legion
Tennessee
Dick Swint
Nash
Congress
House
Notre Dame Honors Owen Young. Madden Elected Head
John L. Madden, vice chairman of the First Methodist church board of stewards, was elected chairman to succeed A. G. Treadgold, who resigned after moving away. J. D. Petty was chosen vice chairman to fill Madden’s previous vacancy at a called board meeting Wednesday night.
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Notre Dame
Owen Young
John L. Madden
Methodist Board
Rat in Whitestone store robbery confessed by rats
Detectives probing a Whitestone Queens chain store heist said doors and windows were intact and suspected an inside job. The manager and clerks reported $104 missing. an employee later found the alleged rat beneath the floor with five baby rats bedded in dollars and $14.
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New York
U.ap
Whitestone
Queens
Alabama Grants Year Parole to 227 Ex Bootleggers
In Montgomery Alabama Governor Miller granted test paroles to 227 ex bootleggers for one year with conditional freedom if they prove good citizenship. Each prisoner had six months left and held class A or B behavior. Only prohibition violators were considered for parole for offenses such as distilling possessing stills transporting liquor and manufacturing liquor.
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Montgomery
Ala
State of
Alabama
B. M. Miller
Marriages and Divorces Decline in Louisiana 1931 Census
Census bureau figures show Louisiana marriages fell from 20 930 in 1930 to 20 167 in 1931 while divorces dropped from 1 833 to 1 601. In Orleans parish marriages declined to 2 752 though divorces rose slightly to 350.
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Washington, D. C
Louisiana
Census Bureau
Texas Line
Gretna Greens
Lone Star
Orleans Parish
Dan Cupid
Calcasieu Parish
Gretna
Beaumont
Texas
Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Dan Cupids
Rapides
Ouachita Parish
Jackson Parish
Cameron
Madison
Mississippi
Magnolia
Scout Troop 51 Elects Team After Meeting
The weekly meeting of scout troop No. 51 was called to order by Elmer McCurry. They organized a baseball team with a captain and manager, and planned to meet at the Methodist church in West Monroe for swimming. Victor Johnson led the benediction.
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Elmer McCurry
West Monroe
Victor Johnson
Adams Receives Army Second Lieutenant Commission
Jesse L. Adams is among 33 Louisianians named by the War Department to receive commissions as second lieutenants in the infantry reserve. The list includes C. Anderson of St. Francisville and others such as Guy L. Arbuthnot Jr., Rhinehart. Alex G. Asseff, Mansfield. Lloyd Baker, Shreveport. Norwood T. C. Carter, Holden. Samuel E. Charlton, Eunice.
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Jesse L. Adams
Infantry Reserve
United States Army
War Department
C. Anderson
St. Francisville
Guy L. Arbuthnot, Jr
Rhinehart
Alex G. Asseff
Mansfield
Lloyd Baker
Shreveport
Norwood T. C. Carter
Holden
Samuel E. Charlton
Eunice
Prominent Louisiana Names Listed In Official Release
A roster featuring Dee Oval Cox Mira William N Dar and numerous others is presented with affiliations across Baton Rouge Houma Jena Abbeville Chalmette New Orleans and several towns. The list includes William R Earnest Jr Earl Frenzel Taliaferro Gaharan Hall Hanle Hart Jennings Killgore Kundart Lewis Matherne Neck Percy Pratt Pratt Jr Robineaux Root Sandoz Seale Swann Tonn Tresclair Ware and Williams among many others.
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Lisbon
Jerome R. Matherne
Wallace
Sidney J. Neck
Marksville
Frank S. Percy, Jr
Plettenberg
Julius A. Pratt, Jr
New Orleans
Jesse A. Robineaux
Centerville
Arthur G. Root, Jr
Kentwood
Thomas R. Sandoz
Hall. Seale
Louis H. Swann
Bunkie
Rudolph W. Tonn
Elton
Lucien E. Tresclair
Plaquemine
Philip E. Ware
Alexandria
L. A. Williams
Crowley
Registrar to Visit Rural Wards for Citizen Registration
Miss Lillian Collins registrar of voters will visit three rural Ouachita parish wards next week to allow registration without Monroe attendance. Shewill go to Cadaville Tuesday afternoon Hendrixs store Ward nine Wednesday morning and the parish highway barn Ward eight that afternoon.
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Ouachita Parish
Lillian Collins
Registrar of Voters
Monroe
Cadeville
Hendrix
Parish
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Eslick Grave
Rollins
Buy Field’s
DeSiard St
Associated Press
Owen D. Young
Charles Leo O'Donnell
University of Notre Dame
Young
Miller
U. S
Raut
America
Chcanco
Illinois
U.S. A
Silk
Vasat
Lie Tongs Steiner
Ana, LS
Economy Furniture Co
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