Monroe Voiture Officers Elected After Fifth District Wreck
C L Mitchell presided as officers were chosen with Cecil Wright Ruston Max Hellman Bastrop H B McClendon C B Braun and W M Haddad named as alternates. A district wreck led by Sam Orchard and Dr R L Wood drew voyageurs from Arkansas and the fifth district. Jack Angell was initiated and a social hour followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Mitchell
Cecil Wright
Ruston
Max Hellman
Bastrop
H. B. McClendon
C. B. Braun
W. M. Haddad
Fifth District
Arkansas
Sam Orchard
R. L. Wood
Jack Angell
Martin
C. M. Mitchel
Citizens honor Father Vandegaer for long service in Monroe
Citizens pay tribute to Father Vandegaer praising his unselfish pastoral work in Monroe. Fred Williamson calls him a close friend and urges honoring people while alive. Miss Eileen MacKinnon performs violin, and letters of congratulation from Mayor Bernstein and others are read. The Right Rev. Daniel Desmond presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eran
Fred Williamson
Father Vandegaer
Monroe
Eileen MacKinnon
Arnold Bernstein
C. R. Tidwell
W. D. H. Rodriguez
W. M. Harper
James A. Noe
Paul Fink
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Daniel Desmond
Alexandria
Principal speakers honor sanatorium dedication and jubilee
Diocese officials sent regrets for attendance due to illness as Rabbi Hirsch lauded 25 years as pastor and 35 as priest. He spoke on shared roots of Jews and Catholics and endured persecutions. Father Vandegaer received praise, a substantial congregation gift, and heartfelt thanks as musical interludes followed. A social time and guest register closed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabbi Hirsch
Frank Campbell
Father Vandegaer
Mr. Burgoyne
Ella Rose Crawford
More Protestant Pastors Arrested in Nazi Germany
Berlin reports indicate over 500 Protestant pastors were arrested under Nazi rule since 1933, with 20 to 30 seized in the latest wave. Martin Niemoeller, militant Protestant leader, spoke to a large suburb congregation denying church subordination to the regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Martin Niemoeller
Herr Niemoeller
Five Suicide Attempts End in Hospital After Heat Wave
In Shreveport Louisiana a 95 degree day capped a two day spate of suicide attempts with five people seeking hospital treatment. Four used poison and one used a pistol. Three were women and two men. All are expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
New Ouachita Parish Sanatorium Opens Amid Community Effort
The 121000 project marks a long fight led by Captain Cooley and the Ouachita Parish Tuberculosis and Public Health association. The Pine Top site near Monroe includes separate white and negro facilities with 13500 square feet of floor space and 100 foot elevation. Local groups funded furnishings, a stone arch, a library, and benefited from Christmas seal funds. The dedication featured notable speakers and a 4305 afternoon welcome with bus transport from the city hall to White's Ferry for guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorris Wimberly
Leche
Teflis Grotto
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Captain Cooley
Quachita Parish
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
White's Ferry
WPA
Economy Drug Price List Ad Highlights Household Goods
A compact catalog lists prices for soap toothpaste and cleaners. Includes Barbasol Lux Soap three for 23 cents White Shoe Cleaner Freezone 1M Aspirin 12 cents Mc Dusting Powder 83 cents Pond's Creams 10 cents Drewe Shampoo one dollar and Angelus Lip Stick among other household items.
Sanatorium Dedication Set At Pine Top Site
Strikers autos moved to the river await occupancy in autumn at the Pine Top sanatorium on a knoll near a pie grove. Captain Cooley, after 30 years with the project, received a congratulatory telegram from Anthony Blank now a UC Berkeley professor. Legionnaires are urged to attend the dedication with parade arrangements and route guidance provided by Adjutant C B Braun and Dr C L Mengis. Police will manage parking and public inspections follow the ceremony.
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Captain Cooley
Anthony Blank
University of California At
Cooley
White's Ferry
American Legion
C. B. Braun
L. B
St. John Street
Pine Top
C. L. Mengis
Braun
West Monroe
North Seventh Street
Organizers Evacuate Women as Cotton Mill Closes
A crowd removing Miss Sledge and Mrs. Messer from a hotel room drives them six miles from town after a planned event. A typewriter and items are left behind. Tupelo cotton mill had recently closed and liquidated amid a strike leaving workers idle. Local officials report no violence and will decide on further action.
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Miss Sledge
Tupelo
R. F. Reed
Reed Brothers, Inc
J. P. Nanney
Memphis Mayor Reports No Injuries to Miss Sledge
Headquarters at Memphis telephoned him to ask if Miss Sledge was hurt when she was forced to leave the city. He replied that she didn't have a scratch on her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Miss Sledge
Nanney
Parsons Case Shrouded by Kidnap Mystery and Rumors
The ransom note was found in the Parsons car and the FBI was called. No contact with captors is known, though mysterious personal ads in New York papers spurred reports. Howard McDowell, brother of the missing woman, flew in from Los Angeles. A later note mentions a vast rats population and a poison idea.
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City
Parsons
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York
Howard McDowell
Los Angeles
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