Explosions Burn12 at Bakersfield Oil Complexes
An explosion and ensuing fire at Producers' Oil refinery in Bakersfield California injured 12 workers seriously and threatened a 15 000 000 barrel tank farm. Four of the injured were in critical condition. The blast also damaged eight nearby homes as fire crews battled the blaze. Loss at the refinery exceeded 100 000 while the Standard Oil tank farm was spared damage.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Standard Oil Company
Shuge Tank Farm
Ring Rout Foot Relief Ad from Ring Rout Inc
An old New Orleans postal promotion advertises Ring Rout foot treatment promising instant relief from itch and ringworm symptoms. Claims quick action and stain free, colorless results with no bandaging and a full guarantee from a druggist backed distribution of 500 postcards.
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Ring Rout
Ar Drucgists
Ring Rout, Inc. Dept. D
New Orleans
Railroad Week to Run July Thirteen to Nineteen
Harold G. Taylor, chairman of the Western Association of Railroad executives, will head the throttle for the second annual railroad week. The event spans July 13 to 19 and will be observed across the western territory west of the Mississippi, with Monroe rail lines joining the celebration.
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Harold G. Taylor
Western Association of Railroad Executives
Mississippi
Monroe
P and G Distributes Oxydol Free To Housewives
Procter and Gamble Distributing Co teams visit Monroe and West Monroe to hand out complimentary Oxydol boxes to housewives. Coupons accompany each box offering reduced prices on P and G soap for laundry and Camay toilet soap. Otis Lomanick leads the crew. D W Slater, sales manager, confirms full local visitation. Domestic radio telephone service has just been inaugurated in China.
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Procter and Gamble Distributing Company
D. W. Slater
Louisiana
Otis Lomanick
Slater
Monroe
West Monroe
China
Vaughan Expires After Stroke at 40 in Monroe
Byron S. Vaughan age 40, a Monroe insurance man, died after a Sunday stroke at 1 am in his home at 1903 North Third Street. Funeral at 9 am Thursday at his residence with Rev. Ernest Duncan Holloway and Rev. S. S. Holladay officiating. Burial in River View. Survived by widow, mother Mrs. Henry Vaughan, four brothers Lawrence, Hal, J. H., Henry, and two sisters Lucille Humphries and Maybelle Winn. Active pallbearers named. Honorary pallbearers listed. Vaughan served in World War II and worked with Fluker Insurance.
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Byron S
Bonnie”) Vaughan
Monroe
North Third Street
Ernest Duncan Holloway
First Presbyterian Church
S. S. Holladay
Gordon Avenue Methodist Church
Riverview
Vaughan
Fluker Insurance Agency
Henry Vaughan
Lawrence D. Vaughan
Hal W. Vaughan
J. H. Vaughan
Philadelphia
Penn
New
Ward Sykes
Dan Armand Breard
Glenn Walker
Will D King
Gordon Cummings
Gordon Surgaine
Henry B. Walthall Actor Dies at 53 in California
Hollywood mourns Henry B. Walthall died at a sanitarium in Monrovia at 53. The Birth of a Nation star, a Shelby City Alabama native, collapsed after completing an unreleased film China Clipper. Survived by widow Mary Charleston Walthall and daughter Mary Patricia.
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Hollywood
Calif
Henry B. Walthall
Shelby City
Ala
Pasteur Sanitarium
Monrovia
Henry Miller
D. W. Griffith
Walthall
Wallace Beery
Will Rogers
Judge Priest
Ronald Colman
Mary Patricia
National Guard Dance Set At Three Mile Inn
A dance by Company G of the 156th Infantry Louisiana National Guard in Monroe will be held Wednesday night at the Three Mile Inn. Tickets are sold by company members and proceeds fund athletic equipment for use at the armory and for guardsmen competitors in Camp Beauregard events.
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156Th Infantry
Louisiana National Guard
Monroe
Three Mile Inn
Jack Angell
Sheriff Seeks Return of Prisoner Campbell from Natchez
Sheriff Roy L. Huff of Catahoula parish seeks extradition to return Vincent Campbell held in Adams county jail Natchez Mississippi. Campbell escaped from Catahoula jail about three years ago and faces charges of breaking and entering a store in Jonesville and a post office burglary at Wildsville. Campbell was arrested in Natchez, his native city.
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Ferriday
Roy L. Huff
Catahoula Parish
Vincent Campbell
Adams County
Natchez
Miss
Huff
Campbell
Louisiana
Jonesville
Wildsville
Concordia veterans receive bonus bonds in Ferriday
Concordia parish veterans have received their bonus bonds from local postmaster P. L. Dark in Ferriday Louisiana. The report, dated June 17, notes the distribution of the bonds to eligible veterans.
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Concordia Parish
P. L. Dark
Waiting for Bonus Bonds in Post Office Line
A blindfolded line at Monroe post office saw a Negro woman clutching a Washington letter denying bonus bonds. She claimed to be the soldier’s common law wife and a pension recipient but lacked proof of marriage. The scene captured hope and frustration as the letter denied any bonds.
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Monroe
Veterans’ Administration
Washington, D. C
France
Improvement Seen In W. C. Fields After Pneumonia
Los Angeles June 17 W C Fields pneumonia stricken comedian showed distinct improvement early today Dr Jesse Citron reported Fields temperature dropped a degree to 100 lowest since he entered Riverside Community hospital last Friday for treatment
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Los Angeles
W. C. Fields
Jesse Citron
Fields
Riverside Community Hospital
Record Heat Peak Surges Past June Marks in Monroe
Monroe endures another scorching day as temperatures reach 104 degrees unofficial and 102 officially. Prolonged heat from 2:45 to 4:30 pm kept the 104 mark, a June record not seen since 1933. Official min 66 and gas recorder 71 at 6 am. Sandbars along the Quachita River noted.
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Monroe
Katie Key
Quachita
Heat draws crowds as residents seek river cooling
River area thronged yesterday afternoon and evening as locals sought relief from the heat. Motorists were out in large numbers throughout the city into the night seeking cool air and relief from high temperatures.
Soil Conservation Field Day Planned in Ruston
The second annual field day of the soil conservation service in Lincoln parish will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at the chautauqua grounds in Ruston. Agricultural agents and others interested in soil conservation are invited. The program includes speaking music and a noon dinner. An afternoon tour showcases the year’s conservation work and a barbecue supper is planned later.
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The
Soil Conservation Service
Lincoln Parish
Ruston
E. R. Strahan
Ouachita Parish
Former Ferriday Resident Appointed to Naval Academy
Word has reached friends in Ferriday that Charles Cochran son of Mr and Mrs P W Mulvihill of Natchez Miss formerly of Ferriday has been appointed to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis Cochran lived in Ferriday during grammar school and finished high school at Cathedral High School in Natchez He has attended Spring Hill College Mobile Miss for the past year and led in marks there
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Ferriday
Charles Cochran
P. W. Mulvihill
Natchez
Miss
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Cochran
Cathedral High School
Spring Hill College
Mobile
Als
V F W Booster Meet Slated in Rodney J Hobbs Post
A booster meeting for the Rodney J Hobbs post Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held Thursday night at post headquarters corner Hall and Harrison streets to celebrate the delivery of soldiers bonus bonds. Commander C A Hunt says overseas veterans from army navy or marine corps not yet members are invited to attend and may join the VFW. Nort Louisiana VFW members are also invited to be sent. Besides refreshments an informal program and a recruit class will be part of the evening.
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Rodney J. Hobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hall and
Harrison Streets
C. A. Hunt
Hunt
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Vv. F. W
Vv. Fo W. Mem
Nort Louisiana
Oak Ridge ward rejects continued sale of alcohol
The Oak Ridge ward of Morehouse Parish voted against continued sale of alcoholic beverages in a local option election. Only one vote supported the wet option among 129 ballots cast yesterday.
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Oak Ridge
Morehouse Parish
Australian trade delegation to visit India announced
The Australian government will dispatch a trade delegation to India to explore market access and investment opportunities. The mission aims to strengthen ties with Indian partners and promote Australian exports in key sectors.
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India
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