Pelican Girls State Names Patty Padgett Delegate
Patty Lee Padgett daughter of Mr and Mrs M L Padgett will represent the local American Legion auxiliary post at the Pelican Girls State in Baton Rouge June 21 28 The program begun in 1939 aims to train youth in citizenship and government and is now active in 12 states under the national American Legion Auxiliary program.
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Patty Lee Padgett
M. L. Padgett
American Legion Auxiliary
Pelican Girls
Baton Rouge
Department of Louisiana
National Organization of the American Legion Auxiliary
Oath of Office Given to Deputies in Shreveport
E. Bailey Grant of Monroe received the oath of United States deputy marshal in Shreveport on Monday. Seven others were sworn in before federal clerk Miss E. C. Jackson as United States Marshal Louis LeBlanc began his second term. Recipients included Joseph W. Keene chief deputy Shreveport and others from Shreveport Alexandria and Lake Charles.
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E. Bailey Grant
Monroe
United States
Shreveport
E. C. Jackson
Louis LeBlanc
LeBlanc
Mr. Grant
Joseph W. Keene
Lessie B. Lea
Irene Durie
William P. Morris
Andrew S. Houston
Robert Edwin Ball
Alexandria
Rene Fuselier
Lake Charles
Civitan barbecue planned Monday in West Monroe
The West Monroe Civitan club voted to host Civitan baseball league activities at Myatt McClendon’s on North Seventh Street with a barbecue supper next Monday night. Members should meet at 7 p.m. at West Monroe First Baptist Church to travel together. Kurt Thies parish welfare director spoke on aiding 2,000 cases and disbursing about $500,000 yearly. The club asks for discarded magazines to ship to Army camps, with a truck to deliver soon.
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West Monroe
Superintendent Gayer Returns From Louisiana Trip
Superintendent T W Gayer of the Louisiana Baptist Children home concluded a 10 day tour with a quartet visiting Baptist churches across south Louisiana. Rev L A Materne continues a 10 day tour with 10 children from the home visiting Shreveport and New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Gayer
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Louisiana
Opelousas
Lafayette
New Iberia
Crowley
Rev. L. A. Materne
Shreveport
New Orleans
J. D. Salmond
The
Children’s Home
Gayer
Mr. Gayer
Helium Plant in Amarillo Reaches 100 Million cf Milestone
The world’s only operating helium production facility sits in Amarillo Texas. Production recently hit a cumulative total of 100000000 cubic feet. Once priced at 2500 dollars per cubic foot the gas now costs under 12 cents per cubic foot to produce.
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Amarillo
Tex
Pelican Boys' State elects officials and inaugurates legislature
In Pelican Boys' State, citizens voted for state and parish tickets after selecting eight city officials. Slogans like we ll craft all strikers reflected campaign energy as the governor is inaugurated at the state capital and a legislature session opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Pelican Boys
Cotton City
Jimmy Cook
Shreveport
C. J. Bergeron
Stanley Dick
New Orleans
Carl Gremillion
Marksville
Goodwin Rogerson
Algiers
Harry Frazer
Don Fuelhart
Natchitoches
Salt City
Tom Roundtree
Thibodaux
William M. Crow
Marion
Harry Shelley
Henry Fray
Calvin Perillaux
Laplace
Jim Moreland
Simsboro
Marvin Clark
Met Rouge
Corn City
Earl Swain
Leesville
Roy Cole
Monroe
Johnny Donnaud
Hahnville
Joe Schiele
Vidalia
Don Riggs
Jonesville
Crockett Norris
Charles Munden
Oil City
Billy Maddox
Jena
Billy Scruggs
Harry Darwin
Murphy Cole
Harry Landry
Klotzville
Charles Weydert
Elm Park
Jack Hays
Cane City
Tinky Newton
Lake Charles
Henry Breaux
Houma
Earl Baham
Amite
Walter Fitzpatrick
Mike Reed
Ruston
Eddie Vorman
DeQuincy
Jack Mayfield
Lake Providence
Fur City
Sylvan Salter
Loney Neyland
Greenwell Springs
John Jamp
Kenneth Rose
E. R. Wicker
Harry Brian
Montgomery
John Boatner
Rice City
S E. Faught
Harris Manuel
Mamou
Charles Morris
Napoleonville
Henry Bethard
Coushatta
Layman Mooey
Shreveport Dixie Highway Closed by Red River Erosion
Northbound federal highway one between Shreveport and Dixie is closed to all but emergency traffic as the Red River erodes to within 25 feet of the roadway. District engineer L. S. Lenoir said the river swallowed the old road and now threatens the new detour, with years of erosion eroding the bank.
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Shreveport
Dixie
L. S. Lenoir
Lenoir
Irene Rich Learns Life Lessons From Bees
Hollywood star Irene Rich, recently taking up beekeeping as a hobby, stung by bees while inspecting her hives. She spent a day in bed with a fever of 102 degrees after neglecting smoking out the honey factories.
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Hollywood
Irene Rich
Screen
Miss Rich
Lions Club Dinner Calls 200 Attendees at Hotel Frances
Louis Mathis reports about 200 persons are expected for the Lions district meeting banquet at Hotel Frances Tuesday night at 7 30 pm. Guest speaker Carbis A Walker from Winston Salem N C is a Lions International director with a long record in Lions leadership. Reservations are already flowing from out of town members and northeast Louisiana clubs.
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Carbis A. Walker
Winston-Salem
N. C
Lions International
Monroe Lions Club
Hotel Frances
Walker
Lake Erie
Lions Clubs
Louis Mathis
Mathis
Lions Club
Louisiana
Spain and Vatican Reach Bishop Appointment Agreement
Madrid reports a compromise settling the long debate over who selects bishops in Spain. The government will propose six candidates per vacancy, with the pope choosing three or rejecting all six. The accord signals a new concordat to replace the 1851 pact, returning non-consistorial privileges to the Vatican while the Holy See shows willingness to concede on some points to Spain.
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Madrid
Vatican
Spain
Isabella II
Pius IX
Francisco Franco
Holy See
Talmadge Fails to Oust Cocking as University Dean
Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge loses an 8 to 7 vote by the state board of regents to remove Walter D. Cocking as dean of education at the University of Georgia. A secretary testified Cocking proposed a mixed race training school near Athens to uplift the state, sparking claims of racial doctrine.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Walter D. Cocking
University of Georgia
State Board of Regents
Cocking
Sylla W. Hamilton
Athens
Georgia
Talmadge
Hatton Lovejoy
LaGrange
Hamilton
Determined Memphis Dog Hops Bus Twice Then Rides Off
In Memphis Tennessee a determined dog boarded a city bus at one stop and leaped back on at the next. After a third attempt a passerby restrained the animal until the bus drove away.
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Memphis
Tenn
Wage Hour Law Analyzed At Fifth District Meeting
The federal wage hour law will be examined for business and industry in the Fifth district at an 8 p.m. public session in the Hotel Virginia ballroom. Robert T. Amis of New Orleans and a Birmingham area representative will explain the act as it relates to inter state commerce and answer questions.
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Fifth Congressional District
Virginia
J. W. Warren
Chamber of Commerce
Robert T. Amis
New Orleans
Department of Labor
Birmingham
Ala
Warren
Stolen 1938 Dodge Sedan and Latonia Bicycle Reported
Police investigated a theft from Windes Motor Co at 412 Walnut Street of a blue 1938 Dodge two door sedan with Louisiana plate 202-164 reported by employee E A Roberson. A Latonia bicycle size 28 red and white with two spotlights belonging to W Ward of 713 McGee Street was also reported stolen on Monday.
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Windes Motor Company
Walnut Street
B. L. Brantley
Louisiana
E. A. Roberson
Motor Company
4. W. Ward
McGee Street
Barkdull Faulk Softball Team Tops Lida Benton 10 to 6
Barkdull Faulk of Monroe Recreation league defeated Lida Benton 10 to 6 on Tuesday morning. Pitchers were Barkdull Faulk for Barkdull Faulk and Travis Freeman for Lida Benton with C J Fontana catching for Barkdull Faulk and Ed Moss catching for Lida Benton.
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Barkdull Faulk
Monroe Recreation League
Lida Benton
C. J. Fontana
Lester Travis
Ed Moss
Travis Freeman
Litton Addresses Exchange Club In Patriotism Theme
H. K. Litton former New Iberia Rotary president and now head of the Baptist Brotherhood spoke to the Exchange Club at Hotel Frances naming himself an American. Members received a booklet I Am An American and a Sunshine Special project for underprivileged children August discussed.
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H. K. Litton
New Iberia
Rotary Club
Baptist Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church
Exchange Club
Hotel Frances
Ed Crowley
United States
Troop Registers with 17 Members in Monroe
Re registration of Boy Scout Troop 1 in Monroe announced by Ouachita Valley council executive secretary Olan H. Black. Seventeen members enrolled with J W Webster as scoutmaster and J F Browne as assistant. Committee chaired by Tom Dupree including J C Welsh C T Brogan and J W Cunningham.
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Monroe
Olan H. Black
Ouachita
John Coller
S. J. Daigle
Jewell Poley
Frankie Joseph
Carey Hodges
John Laws
Joe Marsala
Joe Massort
William C. Myers
Carlton Potter
Robert Scott
Mike Watkins
J. W. Webster, Jr
Calvin Young
Jack Mashaw
Nobles Has Cotton in Bloom in Mangham
Mangham La June 17 Special Walter E Nobles of Richland parish fifth ward has six acres of cotton in bloom He is the son of Mr and Mrs J R Nobles and is well known locally He anticipates a large cotton crop this year.
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Mangham
Walter E. Nobles
Richland Parish
J. R. Nobles
Sam Houston Led Texas to Independence as Republic President
Sam Houston served as the first president of the Republic of Texas and commanded its war for independence against Mexico, shaping the early nation’s leadership and military efforts.
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Sam Houston
Republic of Texas
Mexico
Cotton stamp program to aid Ouachita farmers
The Surplus Marketing administration will start a cotton stamp plan in Ouachita parish and nearby areas around July 15. A. R. Wisenbaker, elected chairman, said about $20,000 in stamps will be issued in July for Ouachita farmers and at least $100,000 for Northeast Louisiana in July and August to buy 100 percent cotton goods. Eligibility requires AAA cooperation on acreage reduction and registration with the parish agricultural agent. Registration cards go to retailers and wholesalers. dealers missing cards should visit the parish agent’s office in the courthouse. An advertising drive will publicize the program, with Lucius Hughes and D. L. Bornman, Jr. among attendees and committee members named.
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Surplus Marketing Administration
Ouachita
A. R. Wisenbaker
Parish Cotton Industry Committee
Quachita Parish
Louisiana
Wisenbaker
AAA
Cotton Industry Committee
Lucius Hughes
D. L. Bornman, Jr
Dave Silverstein
H. R. Saenger
Mike John
E. Jack Selig
Herbert Fink
George D. Holland
W. A. Brandt
Bosco
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Patty Padgett
Legion Auxiliary
Milton Coverdale
Civitan
Supt
Group From Home
Kentucky
Pink
Shreveport-Dixie Highway
Wesco Obe
Studebaker
Ece Peery
South Bend
Indiana
Lee
America
Central Auto Sales, Inc
North Third
Monroe, la
Wards
Litton
Walter Nobles
Texas
Southern Production Company
Joaquin
Logansport
DeSoto Parish
Montgomery Ward
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