Local Woman District Head Appointed in Southwide Association
Mrs. E. C. Gibson of Monroe is named fifth district chairman of the Southwide Association of Consumers formed to demand removal of unfair restrictions on southern food products. Miss Sally Fanny Gleaton of Conyers Ga. announces district leaders as Louisiana organization expands. The group aims to repeal federal margarine restrictions and aid low income families and cotton farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Gibson
Monroe
Southwide Association of Consumers
South
Sally Fanny Gleaton
Conyers
Louisiana
C. W. Wallace
Miss Gleston
Lillie Mae Long
Delta Point
Carnine Breazeale
Natchitoches
Miss Gleaton
National Congress
Congress
Funeral services held for Byron S Vaughan in Monroe
Byron S Vaughan 40 died from a stroke or paralysis at his home on North Third Street. The Monroe native served in the American army during World War I and was connected with the Natural Gas company. He is survived by a widow Gladys Walker mother Mrs Henry Vaughan four brothers and two sisters. Burial was at River View Burial Park with pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Walker
Henry Vaughan
Monroe
Lawrence Yf Vaughan
Hal W. Vaughan
J. H. Vaughan
Philadelphia
New York City
Lucille Humphries
Maybelle Winn
Bay St. Louis
W. A
Byron S
Bonnie”) Vaughan
North Third Street
Ernest Duncan Holloway
First Presbyterian Church
S. S Holladay
Gordon Avenue Methodist Church
Riverview
Vaughan
Two Arrested in Jonesboro Road Saloon Fight
J Brown and Fay Broussard face three state charges each after a Wednesday altercation outside the Log Cabin on Jonesboro road near West Monroe. Bradford Pilant is jailed on a drunken driving charge after allegedly crashing into Fred Huenefeld’s car. bonds set at 500 for Brown and Pilant, 250 for Broussard.
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J. Brown
Fay Broussard
Jonesboro Road
West Monroe City
Lmits
Bradford Pilant
Brown
Monroe City
B. Poimboeuf
Pilant
A. L Cornett
Monroe
Fred Huenefeld
DeSsard
Births Reported in Winnsboro
Winnsboro La June 18 A daughter born June 12 to Mr and Mrs C W Berry Jr A son born June 10 announced by Mr and Mrs G W Wacton The notices reflect two newborns and the responding families in the local community.
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Winnsboro
C. W. Berry, Jr
G. W. Wacton
W C Fields Improves Amid Pneumonia Battle
Riverside California June 18 A funny exchange marks W C Fields pneumonia case as Dr Jesse Citron calls him quite a case The actor shows signs of improvement though risks remain and he jokes about dying “improved” to lift hospital spirits while oxygen tent evokes air pocket imagery
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Jesse Citron
Fields
Dr. Citron
Mr. Fields
Bill
Fire destroys barn at Rhymes plantation on Boeuf River
A large barn at Bob Rhymes's Rhymes plantation on the Boeuf River burned early Wednesday, with several tons of oats and farm supplies lost. The blaze was attributed to spontaneous combustion. A nearby small barn on Wes Smith's farm burned in a similar manner recently.
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Bob Rhymes
Boeuf River
Mr. Rhymes
Wes Smith
Mayor Stevens Davis Wilson Plans Convention Talk in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia mayor, active in Democratic national convention planning, is a relative of Mrs. M. P. Hayes of 314 Morris Avenue. He is scheduled to speak during the convention's opening ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Davis Wilson
Philadelphia
M. P. Hayes
Morris Avenue
Deaths touch families in two states
News of the death of Robert W. Wise, 45, brother of George W. Wise, at Pleasant Hill farm near Pittsburgh follows his long battle with a nervous breakdown after a fortune loss. Funeral plans not yet set. In Clarks, June 18, John F. Mathis, 53, died in Little Rock after ill health. Service to be at the Grayson family home with interment at Welcome Home cemetery. He had worked 30 years for Missouri Pacific, last four as station agent in Clarks. Surviving relatives include his widow, daughter, granddaughter, two brothers, a sister, and other relatives.
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Robert W. Wise
George W. Wise
Peach Street
Pleasant Hillis
Pittsburgh
Wise
Clarks
John F. Mathis
Little Rock
Ark
Grayson
Welcome Home Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
Mathis
Fort Smith
Missouri Pacific Lines
C. M. Mouser
Beth Mouser
Laredo
Texas
William Mouser
New Brunswick
Canada
Hugh Mathis
Ada
Okla
Ella Willbanks
Norman
Elephant slaughters in Africa reach thirty thousand yearly
Between 1905 and 1912 approximate thirty thousand elephants were killed annually in Africa as colonial hunting and ivory trade expanded, sparking concerns among naturalists and conservationists about the species’ decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alica
Perfect Student Hazel Theo Graduates Woodruff High
Hazel Theo graduates from Woodruff High School with a perfect attendance record across 11 years in public school. She never was tardy or absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodruff, S. C
Hazel Theo
Woodruff High School
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Mrs. Gibson
Consumer Association
Faonyn
Iconvention Hall
Convention Hall
Independence Hall
Arken, A Cal
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MES
Monroe Wholesale Drug Co
K. W. Tyner
North Seventh Street
West Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Riverside
Calif
W. C. Fields
Seagram
Seagram's Crown
Seagram Distillers Corp
Executit
Seagram S
New York
Seagram's
FIVE
Cnilea
F. Strauss & Son
Pat O Shauapness
Ke Steiped
Gulf
Gulflube
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