Labor Council backs new Monroe high school bond plan
The Monroe Labor Council unanimously approves a resolution urging the flotation of a bond issue to erect a suitable modern high school building with parks for Monroe. The group also asks publication in the Monroe News-Star and copies to the school board and city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Moniroe News-Star
School Board
City Council of
Joe C. Safelsburg
W. G. Adcock
H. T. Ward
C. B. Atkinson
H. L. Waldroup
Sec’y
Mrs Robert Ayecock Honored At Mer Rouge Bridge Party
Mrs G Calloway hosted a four table bridge in Mer Rouge Louisiana to honor guest Mrs Robert Ayecock of El Dorado Arkansas. High score prize went to Mrs FE T Montgomery second to Mrs Cullen and consolation to Mrs E McAdams. Luncheon followed with attendees listed from local and Bastrup communities.
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News-Star
Merrouge
G. Calloway
Onor
Robert Ayecock
el Dorado, Ark
FE. T. Montgomery
Cullen
E. McAdams
el Dondo
Ark
Homer Preson
R. Cullens
E. P. Setzler
Givens
Bastrup
E. T. Montgomery
J. D
McAdamas
E. Clark
Mary Clark
Joise
Martha Vaughan
Gertude Edwards
Carolyn Conner
Ouise Veldell
Gldays
Iris Montgomery
Bonita
Monroe Man Qualifies for Marine Corps Training
Robert G. Buchanan of Monroe recently qualified as a member of the Marine Corps by passing the entrance examination at Parris Island South Carolina. He is a brother of Mrs Eura Mae Lance of 103 Carolina Street Monroe and was sent to Parris Island after applying for enlistment at Shreveport May 21. At the South Carolina camp he is undergoing instruction in drills duties and customs of the marines.
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Robert G. Buchanan
Monroe
Je Sam’s Marine Corps
Parris Island
South Carolina
Buchanan
Eura Mae Lance
Carolina Street
Marine Corps
Shreveort
Parrissland
South Carolna
Soldiers of the Sea
Marriage Licenses Granted in Monroe and Shreveport Areas
White Henry Breeland Johnson of Monroe and Ee Roxie Virginia Poole of Shreveport. Burel McCoy to Loretta Brown, both of Monroe. Clarerice Hester to Mildred Matthews, both of Monroe.
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White Henry Breeland Johnson
Monroe Ee Roxie
Virginia Poole
Shreveort
Burel McCoy
Loretta Brown
Monroe
Clarerice Hester
Mildred Matthews
Gypsy Smith to Be Heard Here in 1929
Rev E D Holloway announces Monroe First Presbyterian plans a revival with Gypsy Smith Jr starting March 24 1929 and ending April 7 1929 Dr James I Vance of Nashville to preach in 1930 among the nation’s top 25 pulpit speakers Monroe Presbyterians anticipate the Gypsy Smith meeting
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E. D. Holloway
First Presbyterian Church
Monroe
Gypsy Smith, Jr
James I. Vance
Nashville
Vance
United States
Early closing hours in effect city merchants observe
Beginning today and through Labor Day summer hours require affiliated stores to close at 5 pm on weekdays with 9 pm on Saturdays. Drug stores keep regular hours, closing noon to 2 pm Sundays. Morris Haas heads the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Chamber of Commerce
Morris Haas
Old Negro Cook Secured Again for Camp Duty
The West Carroll Franklin Richland Ouachita and Morehouse parish farm camp opens July 2 north of Bayoille and runs to July 6. Gordon Cain and Mrs Bertha Spinks lead the camp with farm and home demonstration agents. Wilson Phillips returns as camp cook for another period.
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West Carroll
Franklin
Richland
Ouachita
Morehouse Parishes
Bayoille
Gordon Cain
Richland Parish
Bertha Spinks
Wilson Phillips
Ouachita Parish
Quiet Fourth of July Outlook With Local Baseball Doubleheader
With July 4 about two weeks away, no observance plans announced in Monroe. A doubleheader between the Drillers and the Reds of Alexandria will entertain ball fans, but the overall outlook is for a quiet Fourth in the area.
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Drillers
Reds
Alexandria
Monroe
Walls of New Hotel Monroe Rise Rapidly
The brick work on the Hotel Monroe is rapidly progressing and interior construction continues briskly with rough plumbing in place on several floors. If no delays occur, the building should be ready for a formal opening in October.
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Monroe
Tornadoes Leave Hundreds Homeless Across Oklahoma Kansas
Storms in southwestern Oklahoma and southern Kansas injure many and wipe out homes over a 40 mile by three to five mile track. At least three killed in Blain and Hedrick, hundreds homeless, property damage over half a million dollars, Fort Sill tents aid displaced families.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Kansas
Blain
Headrick
Hedrick
Jackson
Hiowa
Tillman
Otis Rice
Kiowa County
Fort Sill
Steely Exceeds Old Mark By Fifteen Minutes
Robert Steely breaks his own record by fifteen minutes at Monroe Salt Water natatorium. He emerged from a coffin at 6 15 PM Sunday after tying his prior seventy-two hour subterranean mark at 6 PM. Large crowds gathered for the revival and pallbearers process, while Steely recovered in the pavilion.
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Steely
Robert Steely
Monroe Salt Water
Turner Says Louisiana Needs Hood Law Not Repeal
Baton Rouge June 18 Dr A W Turner superintendent of the Louisiana Anti Saloon League argued against repeal of the state prohibition law He warned repeal would tie sheriffs and police and leave Louisiana at the mercy of federal officers who are not enough to police the first and second districts as defined by the Peltier measure.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
A. W. Turner
Louisiana Anti-Saloon League
Peltier
Dr. Turner
State Highway Foreman Praises Sargon Cure
Edwin B. Crockett a Mississippi State Highway Department foreman reports Sargon and Sargon Soft Mass Pills vastly improved his health after twelve years of gall bladder trouble and ulcerated stomach. He credits better appetite nerves and sleep with a return of energy and vitality, and says he will continue treatment. Available in Monroe and West Monroe at local pharmacies.
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Edwin B. Crockett
South State Street
Jackson
Miss
Crockett
Mississippi State Highway Department
Mr. Crockett
Monroe
Collens’ Pharmacy
DeSiard Street
Collens
Five Points Pharmacy
Collens and Thompson, Inc
Virginia Hotel
West Monroe
Josey-Butler Drug Co
The
Sargon Co
Opponents fear Hood Act repeal impact on police
Dr Turner denounces repeal as tying sheriffs and officers to weak federal enforcement while Louisiana parishes under the Hood law report good results. He notes repeated House memorials to repeal the 18th Amendment, but says Congress has not acted and dismisses the move.
Jury selection began for Henry Moity retrial in New Orleans
Jurors were being chosen to try Henry Moity for the murder of his sister in law and wife whose bodies were found in two trunks in the Moity apartment in the Vieux Carré. Moity is serving life for his wife’s murder. The proceedings reflect the complex case and effort to secure a fair panel.
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New Orleans
Henry Moity
Moity
Vieux Carre
Molly
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Irob’t G. Buchanan
S. Carolina Camp
Is Eaus Eee
Clearer Abel
Adinola
National Toilet Co
Paris
Tenn
Gypsy Smith
Kellogg's
Chanute
Anvoria
Saline
Turner
Hood
Ford Levi Stationary Company
ALCO
Cloverbloom
Southland Securities Co., Inc
Bernhardt Bldg
Leonard
Leon
Ae Laarmaf Lial
Monage
OEM Ae Co
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