Major Ross speaks on ordnance plants role at Kiwanis meeting
Major Ross of the Pixie ordnance plant Sterlington addressed Monroe Kiwanis at the Virginia hotel detailing the ordnance department in World War II. He described Dixie plant activities making anhydrous ammonia from natural gas and why Sterlington construction was curtailed to conserve materials. He noted better planning to avoid shortages and showed weapons and rocket guns to the group.
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Major Ross
Pixie Ordnance Plant
Sterlington
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Virginia Hotel
L. L. Price
Ordnance Department
Dixie Ordnance Plant
Ross
United States
Britain
C. C. Boardman
Lieutenant Lyons
Ordnance Plant
Fire at Blue Ribbon hatchery destroys 50 000 chicks
June 17. A three alarm blaze at the Blue Ribbon hatchery in Atlanta heavily damages the facility. About 50 000 newly hatched chicks and 350 000 eggs are lost, with 600 to 700 more chicks ready for shipment also destroyed. One survivor reportedly crawled from the building with two half drowned chicks.
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Atlanta
Blue Ribbon
Southwest
J. S. Hosford
Turkish air officers to train with United States forces
Eleven Turkish air force officers will travel to America for advanced training with the US air forces. Four will receive bombardment training, five will study fighter tactics, and two will do reconnaissance work. They will be the only Turks in direct training with the American forces, joining two fielded Turkish officers already training in the United States.
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Ankara
America
United States
False Teeth Stay Firm With FASTEETH Powder
FASTEETH is advertised as a pleasant alkaline powder that holds false teeth more firmly. A small sprinkle on plates is claimed to improve eating and talking comfort with no gummy or pasty taste, and it is available at drug stores.
Choudrant Area Farmer Seeks Arrest of Mattie Davis
R A Johnson a farmer four miles north of Choudrant asks Sheriff Frazier to locate Mattie Davis a 25 year old Black woman charged with attempted assault. Deputies capture Davis in Union Parish and jail her in Farmerville after she allegedly cursed him and grabbed a piece of iron during a land dispute incident.
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Choudrant
R. A. Johnson
Frazier
Ruston
Mattie Davis
Union Parish
Farmerville
Johnson
Ouachita Council of Social Agencies Meeting Postponed
The Ouachita Council of Social Agencies postponed its regular meeting slated for Friday June 18 at the Frances hotel. A new date is hoped for Friday June 25 but remains undecided with an official announcement to follow.
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Ouachita Council of Social Agencies
Frances Hotel
Expanded Power For Rationing Boards To Revoke Coupons
The OPA in Shreveport announced expanded authority for local rationing boards to revoke gasoline coupons. Hearings may be held without district office review in certain speeding tire abuse and prior violation cases, with appeals to ODT. Boards may suspend or revoke coupons and recall books, with public hearings and 15 day appeal windows.
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Shreveport Opa
OPA
District Opa
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
OPA Board
Three Arrested in Cadet Watch Theft Case
Police report three suspects a man and two women detained over the theft of a Selman field cadet’s government property watch. John Henry Johnson of 118 DeSiard Avenue faces mutilation of government property charges, while Mary Lee Murphy and Henrietta Davis of 208 North Eighteenth Street are charged with theft. All confessed to varying involvement and the watch was recovered. Johnson claimed the watch as a gift. Murphy allegedly admitted stealing it from Davis, who was employed as a hotel maid. The case arose after Johnson and Murphy were arrested on June 2 on an anti vice charge and the watch surfaced in Johnson’s possession. The man allegedly altered the wrist band and removed serial numbers after a jeweler declined it. Johnson later bought a cheap band at a five-and-ten store.
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B. L. Brantley
Federal Bureau of Identification
John Henry Johnson
DeSiard Avenue
Mary Lee Murphy
Henrietta Davis
North Eighteenth Street
Brant
Johnson
Real Estate Transfers In Ouachita Parish Yesterday
Real estate transfers recorded at the Ouachita parish clerk of court show West Monroe State Bank in receivership sold to Central Savings Bank and Trust for 500 and then deeded to Lee Anding for 4500. Splane Place Inc sold lot 10 block 12 Splane Place for 449.96. R L Ewing sold east 100 feet of lots 1 2 3 square 2 West Monroe to James Elmer Cooper and Lytel Sparlin Cooper for unspecified amount. L Heard Edgewood addition West Monroe sold for 2236.35. Josie Mae Mangham sold to
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Ouachita Parish
West Monroe State Bank
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Lee Anding
Splane Place, Inc
C. C
C. C. Byram Lot 10, Block 12, Splane Place Subdivision For $449.96. R. L. Ewing
James Elmer Cooper
Lytel Sparlin Cooper
L. Heard
Edgewood
West Monroe
Mra
Josie Mae Mangham
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Sherrouse Realty Company, Inc
Albert and
Callie Moore
Booker T. Washington
Lena Cloyd Wallace
Ivy C. Wallace
Richard Kale
Evonuitte Ne
James B. Wright
Knoxville
Victory Garden
Ship
Monroe Building and Loan Association
Josephine Cernigliaro
Square 10
Layton
Ibeers
Milwaukee
Cape
Jos Sahlion Brewing Co
Milwaukee, Wis
Auto-Lec
Otis
Twill Fabrica
DU Pont
Endicott-Johnson
Ernie Johnson
Aumea
Sparta
Carice Goreh
Rode Ih
Eaifsein
Ciisp
Atylee
Ariornger
Galt
Louisiana
Catalpa
Monroe
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