Reduced Fruit Rates Granted by Louisiana Commission
The Louisiana public service commission authorized a material reduction in rail rates for citrus fruit shipments from New Orleans to Monroe to 30 cents per 100 pounds excluding destination delivery. The Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads received spur track removals and rate adjustments for various commodities and contracts.
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Farmerville
New Orleans
Monroe
Harvey G. Fields
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Covington
Bogalusa
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Swartz
Gulf Carbon Company
Litroe
Kellogg Lumber Company
Faulkner Suit Heard Over Work Injury Claim
C F Faulkner sues Milner Fuller Inc for 20000 or for 65 percent of weekly wages for 400 weeks alleging lung damage from paint fumes at a garage job starting May 1932. He says inhalation Aug 28 1932 caused permanent disability ending full work by Jan 6. Trial before Judge J T Shell in district court.
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C. F. Faulkner
Milner-Fuller, Inc
J. T. Shell
Faulkner
Local Man Arrested After Chicken Theft Claim
Jake Snell was arrested Sunday on a charge of stealing four chickens valued at four dollars. The birds were reported as the property of Claud Causey.
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Jake Snell
Claud Causey
Three Minute Relief From Your Headache
An ad touts B. C. as a quick headache remedy prepared by a registered pharmacist. It claims rapid relief for headaches, muscular aches, colds, and neuralgia without habit forming drugs, available in 10 and 25 cent packages at druggists.
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B. C
The Eagle and the Hawk at the Paramount
The Paramount shows The Eagle and the Hawk with Fredric March Cary Grant Carole Lombard and Jack Oakie praised for its dramatic aerial sequences and strong performances. Capitol screens The Working Man with Bette Davis and a Catalina island swim scene. Rialto hosts Eddie Cantor in The Kid from Spain with a lively bullfighting comedy buildup.
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Fredric March
Cary Grant
Carole Lombard, Jack Oakie
Paramount
Paramount Theater
Carole Lombard
Jack Oakie
the Eagle
The
Flimdom
the Hawk
Jack Oskie
Amite Fisherman Dove In Bayou Tragedy
The body of Edward Dreher, 47, was recovered from Bayou Barbary Sunday after he drowned Saturday during a fishing trip near Amite Louisiana. He was found twenty yards from shore and was identified by clothing and personal effects. Authorities are investigating the mishap and awaiting autopsy results.
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Amite
Edward Dreher
Bayou Barbary
Achievement Day Slated Tuesday in West Monroe
An achievement day picnic for Ouachita parish home demonstration clubs is planned for Tuesday at Major McGuire Park in West Monroe. Kiwanis guests will attend. The event closes the year’s clothing program with emphasis on clothing for growing girls and recreation activities led by Mrs. Jewel L. McQuiller.
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Ouachita Parish
McGuire Park
West Monroe
Jewel L. McQuiller
Home Demonstration Council
Iris Davenport
McQuiller
J. B. Landreaux
New Trial Sought for Woman in Manslaughter Case
A motion for a new trial for Mrs. Frank Manley, convicted of manslaughter in the killing of Ted Reiser, was postponed to 2 p.m. Monday. If overruled, she faces immediate sentencing by Judge J. T. Shell. Defense plans to appeal to the supreme court if denied. Orville Elmore, convicted on the same charge with Mrs. Manley and Roy Smith, received a 13 to 20 year sentence. Mrs. Manley’s sentence is not indicated.
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Frank Manley
Orville Elmore
Inexpensive Whitewash Formula for U K Farmers
Ouachita parish agricultural agent E R Strahan endorses an inexpensive whitewash mix tested by a state station. Mix fifty pounds hydrated lime ten gallons water ten pounds salt two pounds alum and one bar soap. Melt soap add 24 hours before use. stir then add water to thin cream. Apply by spray or brush. sticks better and resists rain.
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Ouachita Parish
E. R. Strahan
Strahan
Y W C A to Open Unemployed Women's School in Monroe
The YWCA will start a tuition free school for unemployed women in Monroe with classes in shorthand taught by Mrs J Bolling Jones Jr and business English by Mrs M B Pearce. Enrollment is open now via Mrs Pollard at the YWCA.
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J. B. Pollard
M. B. Pearce
Chicago
Fort Worth
Pollard
Monroe
Mrs Tolbert Improves After Illness
Mrs H L Tolbert of 302 Layton Avenue has been ill for a month and is convalescing at her mother Mrs R L Gordon's home in Shreveport. She is the wife of deputy sheriff H L Tolbert.
Dodd to Preach First Sermon in West Monroe Revival
The First Baptist church revival in West Monroe opened with two services led by Rev. E. E. Huntsberry. John S. Ramond of Shreveport, formerly Monroe, spoke at the night service, and M. E. Dodd arrives Monday to lead the 8 p.m. service with 9:30 a.m. morning services daily.
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First Baptist Church
West Monroe
E. E. Huntsberry
John S. Ramond
Shreveport
Monroe
M. E. Dodd
Aeronautics Inspectors To Probe Fatal Mississippi Crash
United States bureau of aeronautics inspectors planned to investigate a fatal airplane crash near Leland Mississippi that killed Robert Adam a 35 year old Shaw resident. The plane ignited after a bystander sparked a match and witnesses placed the aircraft at about 300 feet during a vertical turn on a pleasure trip from Shaw to Indianola. Adam a plane mechanic who helped build the craft is survived by his widow and two children and his body was sent to Greenville for funeral arrangements.
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Leland
Miss
United States Bureau of Aeronautics
Robert Adam
Shaw
Adam
Indianola
Greenville
Air washing to protect library paper from acid deterioration
The process of washing the air entering libraries removes acid gases that cause paper deterioration, helping preserve archival materials longer.
City Board Meeting Set After Return From Chicago
City Junior Board of Commerce members plan a meeting this week on President Jack Bowers return from Chicago. Miss Fannie Faulk of 2719 South Grand Street plus cousins from San Antonio will tour the Century of Progress fair for about three weeks. W F Hyde, local gas man now with Texas Gasoline Corp, returned to Monroe after a weekend with family and talks of a casing head gasoline plant project in Longview.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Jack Bowers
Fannie Faulk
South Grand Street
Miss Faulk
W. K. Faulk
Ann Faulk
San Antonio
Tex
W. F. Hyde
H. R. Dickerson
Texas Gasoline Corporation
Monroe
Dallas
Houston
W&h
Longview
Price Boost for Louisiana Crude Oil on Monday
Shreveport Louisiana refinery notes north Louisiana crude rose on Monday morning after Texas company announced increases of three to twenty seven cents per barrel. The new schedule returns to gravity basis with oils 28 to 28.9 gravity up to 28 cents and higher gravity oils 40 gravity and above up 27 cents to 52 cents. No advance reported for Arkansas crude.
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Shreveport
East Texas
North Louisiana
Texas Company
Louisiana
Arkansas
Desk Sergeant Flanagan Returns After Illness
After two weeks ill with a severe cold and bronchial trouble Dr Flanagan day desk sergeant at police headquarters returned to work Monday. He described his illness as a severe cold and bronchial trouble.
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Flanagan
Police Headquarters
Red Cross Institute Delegates Lead From Ouachita Parish
Mrs. W. C. Holstein Miss Fanny Wexler and Miss June Lonas depart for the Red Cross institute for chapter workers in Vicksburg Miss The June 2023 event at the Vicksburg hotel focuses on veterans claims procedure new legislation and relief methods for Louisiana and Mississippi chapters and will run through the period with Ouachita parish attending.
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W. C. Holstein
Ouachita Parish
Red Cross
Fanny Wexler
June Lonas
Red Cross Institute
Vicksburg
Miss
Louisiana
Mississippi
Holstein
Prominent Woman Buried in Texas
Sherman Tex June 197) Mrs Arizona T Bryant wife of one federal judge and mother of another was buried here Sunday. Her late husband Judge David E Bryant was appointed federal judge in 1890 and served until 1910. Her son Randolph Bryant, federal district judge for the eastern district of Texas, was appointed in 1930 by President Hoover. She died Saturday at Judge Randolph Bryant’s Sherman home and leaves two other sons J T Bryant Pottsboro and David E Bryant Sherman and a daughter Mrs George Moulten Denison.
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Sherman
Tex
Arizona T. Bryant
David E. Bryant
Benjamin Herrison
Randolph Bryant
Eastern District of
Texas
Hoover
J. T. Bryant
Pottsboro
George Moulten
Denison
Rifle Theft Reported From Pope Home
J R Pope a traveling salesman reported a 22 caliber rifle stolen from his home at 1208 South Third Street on June 24. The loss was reported to police headquarters Monday morning.
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J. R. Pope
South Third Street
Pope
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James Dunn
ZaSu Pitts
Boots Mallory
Fox Picture
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Rialto
Biion
Rio Grande
U. S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Bear Mountain
N. Y
Central Registration Bureau
New York
Negro
Capitol
Polar Bear Club
Catalina Island
George Arliss
Warner Bros
Capitol Theater
Bette
Theodore Newton
California
Pacific
Newton
John Adolfi
Eddie Cantor
Eddie
Samuel Goldwyn
Spain
Rialto Theater
Twin Cities
Ono
Monroe Printing Co
Jack Boyer
Mgr
News-Star—World
Monroe, la
Kiwanis Club
West Side
U. K
Y. W. C. A. School For
FLIER
Henrietta Sumner
Los Angeles
Annette Gipson
Floyd Bennett Field
Desk Sergeant
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H-R-Hayes Lumber Co
H.R. Hayes Lumber Co
West Monroe, la
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