Rotary Club Hears G Man Guest Speaker
Monroe Rotary Club hosted R A Guerri, Louisiana FBI special agent in charge, who spoke on federal crime, juvenile delinquency efforts, and espionage as wartime threats. Guests Wilson, Keba, Parks, Shaw, Dupree, McCloud, Sullivan attended with Rotarian Dick Morgan and LPL representative Lenyard. Next meeting will be the last for President Joe Marx before new officers take over July 1.
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Monroe
Rotary
Mr. Guerin
Wilson
Keba
Parks
Shaw
Dupree
McCloud
Sullivan
John Fox
Virginia Hotel
Oil Hearing in Texas Planned
In Austin on June 18 the Texas railroad commission will consider a proration order transferring oil allowances from high water oil ratio wells in the East Texas field to other wells with less salt water. A 40‑member committee from Tyler Houston Tulsa Shreveport Longview and Tyler again drafted the proposed order and urged field zoning. Everett Degolyer of the petroleum administration for war said East Texas activity hinges on field handling and whether more oil is needed.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
East Texas Field
Bryan Payne
Tyler
H. P. Nichols
W. E. Hubbard
Houston
C. S. Rae
Tulsa
Ohio
D. W. Aiken, Jr
Shreveport
R. F. Morgan
Longview
M. Albertson
Fred Weeks
Weeks
W. S. Morris
East Texas Salt Water Disposal Company
Everett Degolyer
The
Petroleum Administration For War
Degolyer
Masons to Confer Degrees at Louisiana Grand Consistory
New Orleans June 18 Seven degrees were to be conferred on the second day of the 13th annual reunion of the Grand Consistory of Louisiana at the Masonic temple. Afternoon items include the 15th 16th 17th and 18th degrees under Redmond Waszkowski Dunny and Meyers. Tonight the 20th 21st and 22nd degrees will be conferred. The final day follows with rituals and the reunion began yesterday marking the Consistory founded June 19 1813.
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New Orleans
Grand Consistory of
Louisiana
Masonic Temple
Vincent R. Redmond
Henry Waszkowski
E. A. Dunny
Fred I. Meyers
Leo L. Hirsch
John Guy Wilson
Henry Goldman
Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed From Yesterday
Across clues include coarse hominy riding whip and June bug plus many? Down clues cover indefinite amount hair covering and Greek theater. Puzzle features varied topics with names places and objects and ends with a list of miscellaneous terms.
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Kevetone
Reversal Won By Novelty Partner In Tax Suit
Philip Kastel, partner in Bayou Novelty, won a reversal before the Fifth Circuit in a civil tax case seeking 296000 plus for 1936 and 1937. The court remanded to the Tax Board for testimony on domicile and community property partnership. Kastel and five others were acquitted in a related criminal case.
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New Orleans
Philip Kastel
Bayou Novelty Company
United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Kastel
Edwin R. Holmes
Real estate transfers in Ouachita Parish court records
The Monroe Building and Loan Association sold to K. S. Elliott and J. G. Eberts part of lot 4 square 8 Hart's addition fronting 67 feet on Grammont street and 85 feet along Sixth street for 7250 dollars. Oscar Nelson sold to Mrs Mary D Slavent a lot in block 2 Hudson's addition fronting 87 feet on Hudson lane and 111.5 feet along North Fourth street for 5250 dollars. Mrs Geneva Dean sold to Hobson Norris a tract in the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 20 township 18 north range 3 east for 165 dollars and Joseph
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe Building and Loan Association
K. S. Elliott
J. G. Eberts
Hart
Grammont Street
Sixth Street
Oscar Nelson
Mary D Slavent
Hudson's
Hudson Lane
North Fourth Street
Geneva Dean
Hobson Norris
Section 20
Township 18
Joseph
Dean sells 13 1 3 acre tract to Norris for 600
W Dean transfers a 13 1 3 acre tract in the same section to Norris for six hundred dollars as recorded in the property transfer.
War Department awards contracts for construction in several states
The War Department awarded multiple construction contracts. Between 50,000 and 100,000 covered Capitol Building Co of Jackson Mississippi for temporary frame buildings in Harrison County Mississippi. Less than 50,000 went to The Werner Co of Shreveport Louisiana for storage facilities in Vernon Parish Louisiana with Galveston Texas noted. Barber Bros Inc of Baton Rouge Louisiana received work on taxiways and accessories in Rapides Parish Louisiana, with Little Rock Arkansas mentioned.
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Washington
War Department
Capitol Building Company
Jackson
Miss
Harrison County
Mobile
Ala
Werner Company
Shreveport
Vernon Parish
Galveston
Okay Gas for Melon Farmers
Washington June 18 Special Representative Charles E McKenzie of Louisiana assured watermelon farmers they would get enough gas for trucks to haul produce to market. He checked with the Defense Transportation and Price Administration and found no truth to rumors of gas denial. Farmers urged to report local board complaints to fix any issues.
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Washington, D. C
Charles E McKenzie
Louisiana
McKenzie
Office of Defense Transportation
Office of Price Administration
Dallas
Shreveport
Bazooka Not Music Instrument Sparks NBC Debate
Hollywood June 18. NBC says bazooka is not a musical instrument while Bob Burns’ show broadcast without music after James Petrillo’s union protested the rebroadcast from Chicago. The script asked for a bazooka solo but NBC cites tact or time. the network insists bazookas aren’t banned.
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Hollywood
Bob Burns
NBC
Burns
James Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians Union
Chicago
Defending champion tops field in all courts tennis
Top-seeded players led the day as defending champion Seymour Greenberg from Strom top seed, and the unbroken favorites faced strong showings. In women's singles, Rollins College’s Miss Rollins defeated Mary Hernando 6 0 3 8 7 5 before a final set comeback by Corkett Mapet.
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U’ Watson
Spoelstra Trinas
Seymour Greenberg
STROM
Billy Talbert Att
Corbett
Chicago
Rollins College
Mary Hernando
Corkett
Estes Poe
Saga of Notorious Murderer Is Ended
New York a June 18 The saga of Reyneclds ForsBrey murderer and jailbreaker extraordinary who once was America's most dangerous criminal has ended. The dark undersized man died on June 10 at Clinton prison Dannemora New York where he was serving a life sentence as a fourth offender disclosed yesterday. ForsBrey 58 was a habitual war had killed at least three and had escaped from prison times. He had spent nearly two of his life behind bars. United States soldiers travel furlough get a reduced railw of one cent a mile on a roll basis.
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New York
Reyneclds Forsbrey
America
Clinton Prison
Dannemora
N. Y
Forsbrey
United States
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