Frame Building in Ili Central Yards Destroyed by Fire
A frame master mechanic’s office in the Mill Mois Central railroad yards in Ili was nearly razed by a fire of unknown origin shortly after 7 pm Tuesday. The 50 year old one story 20 by 40 foot building housed engineers’ lockers clothing and tool boxes all destroyed. W S Carter car inspector reported the blaze which gained headway before the alarm and fire department arrived. One engine cab near the structure suffered heat damage. losses undetermined at noon Wednesday.
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Millmois Central Railroad
W. S. Carter
Candidate plans for New Orleans civil bench seat
Spiking announced he would run for the civil bench to replace the late Judge Mark M. Boatner. Mayor T Semmes Walmsley said he will seek the mayor's post in the January primary.
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New Orleans
Mark M. Boatner
T. Semmes Walmsley
Calhoun Improves as Illness Spreads Through La Del Properties
L M Calhoun president of La Del Oil Properties based in Gilbert La with offices in Monroe was reported slightly improved after a Tuesday illness. MacGregor Smith of New Orleans Louisiana Power and Light was in Monroe for a brief business trip. Y s Men club plans a 630 p m meeting at Hotel Frances with Victor Davis leading the program.
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L. M. Calhoun
la del Oil Properties
Gilbert
Calhoun
MacGregor Smith
New Orleans
The
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Monroe
Y’s
Jis
Hotel Frances
Victor Davis
North Louisiana farm loan aides named for 26 parishes
Correspondents to the federal land bank of New Orleans and the farm loan commission in 26 north Louisiana parishes have been announced by Hal M. Gatti. The list names parish representatives and indicates blanks for loan applications, with filings to be made through local parish correspondents.
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Federal Land Bank of
New Orleans
Farm Loan Commission
North Louisiana
Hal M. Gatti
Shreveport
Congress
W. B. Sapp
Bossier City
Bossier
Caddo
W. B. Abney
Haynesville
Claiborne
George D. Marshall
Ruston
Lincoln
J. R. Hammock
Bernice
Union
Paul K. Holgate
Monroe
Morehouse
Ouachita
H. B. Landis
Winnsboro
Franklin
W. S. Wright
Oak Grove
East Carroll
West Carroll
Madison
German Baker
St. Joseph
Tensas
Concordia
W. A. Cooper
Rayville
Richland
Lon G. Rankin
Columbia
Caldwell
E. C. Abell
Jonesboro
Jackson
Winn
William B. Miller
Arcadia
Bienville
Louis F. Wakeman
Mansfield
de Soto
Robert D. Darnell
Converse
Sabine
W. G. Hyams
Natchitoches
Milton Brown
Coushatta
Req River
A. R. Ratcliff
Jena
Grant and
la Salle
Jesse G. McGee
Harrisonburg
Catahoula
Petitions Circulated in Monroe Against German Persecution
B Naito Brith organized petitions circulate in Monroe addressed to the U S president protesting persecution of Jews in Germany. The nationwide effort, tied to Hitler era aims, urges the U S government to use diplomatic channels to oppose the drive to remove Jews from German cultural and economic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Monroe
B’nai Brith
Hitler
Second New Trial Petition For Negro In Scottsboro Case
Heywood Patterson, among nine negroes in the Scottsboro attack on two white girls, seeks a second new trial in Athens Alabama. Defense argues mob prejudice and exclusion from juries, citing alleged religious prejudice in arguments and failure to call a black witness. Patterson was previously retried and again sentenced to death.
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Montgomery
Ala
Heywood Patterson
Scottsboro
Athens
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Wade Wright
New York
Knight
Patterson
Airways Gain 76.6 Percent In Seven Days June 1933
American Airways serving Monroe on the southern transcontinental route reports a 76.6 percent rise in passenger traffic for the first seven days of June 1933 over the first week in May. Local manager A S Aldridge cites Chicago figures showing 2853 revenue passengers this period versus 1672 earlier.
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American Airways
Monroe
A. S. Aldridge
Frome
Chicago
Achievement Day Social at McGuire Park Draws Large Crowd
About 150 people attended the annual achievement day picnic at Major McGuire Park in West Monroe. Home demonstration clubs from Ouachita parish organized the event with Kiwanis guests served abundant fried chicken and desserts. Activities included plays games and group singing under Mrs J B Iandreaux supervision while A W Riggs provided seating and park facilities. E R Strahan spoke on cotton acreage reduction and the gathering served as a social close to the fiscal year.
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Major McGuire Park
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Jewel la McQuiller
Kiwanis Club
J. B. Iandreaux
Home Demonstration Council
A. W. Riggs
West Monroe Street
Riggs
E. R. Strahan
Congress
Christian Life Conference at Drew Church Discusses Education
The Drew Congregational church hosted a Christian Life conference led by Miss Nita Johnston. Topics included college access, personal choice in education, and the social implications of athletics and finances, with questions like whether Elizabeth should borrow for college and what Jesus would do.
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Christian Life Conference
Drew Congregational Church
Nita Johnston
Elizabeth
Jesus
Charge Negro Planned To Slay His Mother
Tolliver Chambliss a resident of Arkansas was arrested Tuesday night eight miles from Monroe in Ward Five after allegedly planning to shoot his mother Betty Chambliss at her home. He was found concealed at the side of the house with a pistol on his person and taken to parish jail.
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Tolliver Chambliss
Sheriff's Department
Ward Five
Monroe
Chambliss
Arkansas
Betty Chambliss
Many Pay Last Tribute To Congressman Kemp
Hundreds paid a last tribute to Bolivar E. Kemp sixth district congressman at his Amite home funeral service. Interment followed at Amite cemetery with Congressmen J. O. Fernandez Riley J. Wilson Governor K. Allen and other state officials in attendance.
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Amite
Bolivar E. Kemp
Amite Cemetery
J. O. Fernandez
Riley J. Wilson
K. Allen
Otis Edwards
Percy McCay
L. A. Rabin
Clyde Holland
L. H. Bowden
Robert S. Ellis, Jr
Oldest steamship Constance used as mining vessel
The barque Constance, built in 1723, is claimed as the world’s oldest steamship and is now employed as a mining ship in Copenhagen.
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Copenhasen
Adorable Janet Gaynor Film Spoofs Peeping Tom Critique
At the Paramount Janet Gaynor performs privately in a scene watched by 72 behind the camera crew as part of the romantic comedy Adorable. The piece notes the gag and the studio setup while detailing other film showings at Capitol and Rialto theaters including Terror Aboard and The Kid From Spain with Eddie Cantor.
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Paramount
Irvin Cobb
Hollywood
Janet Gaynor
Miss Gaynor
Fox Studio
Janet
the Paramount
Rialto
West Monroe
Spain
Eddie Cantor
Samuel Goldwyn
Rialto Theater
Cantor
Goldwyn
Eddie
Mexico
Mr. Goldwyn
William Anthony McGuire
Bert ‘Kalmar
Harry Ruby
Tetterine Promised Relief For Athlete's Foot
A Sevannab Georgia advertisement touts Tetterine a 60c remedy for Athlete's Foot Ringworm eczema and other skin diseases. It claims an immediate cooling sensation and rapid healing with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.
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Shoptrine Co. Dept. F
Sevannab. Ga
Mental experts to observe two men in Shreveport jail
Two inmates transferred from Monroe to Caddo parish jail in Shreveport will be examined by mental experts after pleas of insanity. B. P. Chandler faces breaking and entering charges for an alleged March 8 offense while J. L. Allgood is charged with attempted criminal assault from March 2.
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Quachita
Caddo Parish
Shreveport
B. P. Chandler
J. L. Allgood
Allgood
Chandler
Monroe
Jackson
Columbia Doctor Injured In Highway Accident
Dr. I. B. May of Columbia sustained head and body injuries and minor lacerations when his car collided with a mule on a highway near Columbia late Tuesday. He was taken to St Francis Sanitarium where X rays showed no skull fracture.
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I. B. May
Columbia
St. Francis Sanitarium
Railroad and Motor Coach Schedule Summary
East and west bound schedules for Illinois Central Missouri Pacific and related lines listed with arrival and departure times across stations such as El Dorado Atchize Farmerville and Bastrop. Coaches and interurban transport options include TriState Pacific and Interurban Transportation with varying daily services and routes.
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Illinois Central System
Missouri Pacific Line
Seeesesverseeres Eass
EL Dorado
Atchez- Ne
Farmerville
Ecescooreses
He Pacific
Poeers
Assurance Theme of Sermon by Dr M E Dodd
Dr M E Dodd pastor of First Baptist Shreveport and SBC president preached on Assurance at First Baptist West Monroe. He urged certainty of salvation, duty to have it, and called doubt a sin, stressing Christ as sole mediator and the need to join church and Sunday school efforts. Services continue daily with 9 30 morning and 8 evening starts.
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M. E. Dodd
First Baptist Church
Shreveport
Southern Baptist Convention
West Monroe
John
God
Jesus Christ
Winnsboro Community Center Nears Completion
Winnsboro Louisiana June 21 Special The American Legion community center is nearly finished after three weeks of work It may be handed to the Legion by late next week with an official opening planned for July 4 A dedicatory ceremony with state Legion officials and a large dance is anticipated The 6000 building will house a dance hall auditorium a municipal library Legion and auxiliary club rooms a kitchenette and other public facility conveniences
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Winnsboro
American Legion Community Center
the Legion
State Legion Organization
Public Service Commission Docketed in Louisiana Hearings
Eighty cases are docketed for the Louisiana public service commission hearing in Baton Rouge on June 26 27 and 28. An additional 56 cases will be heard in Monroe on June 30 and June 2.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Monroe
Reading of Thermometer Reaches 101 Degrees Here
Official reading from Miss Kate Key shows 101 degrees maximum and 69 degrees minimum for the 24 hour period ending at 7 am Wednesday. The thermometer is distant from downtown heat, suggesting other meters may read higher. Forecasts indicate the heat may persist for several days with possible showers to cool temperatures.
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Kate Key
Key
Ladies' Night and Officers Installed by Local Club
A committee led by Lion Bobby Burns plans a ladies' night and installation of incoming officers for the club in early July. The group met Tuesday noon at Hotel Frances. next gathering will be at Ki-Ro-Li with Boy Scouts as guests. Mrs Emma Alexander of Texarkana entertained with readings, backed by Mrs Georgie Cornett and soloists Miss Lois Bushnell and Miss Olive Lee Myatt.
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Lion Bobby Burns
Hotel Frances
Ki-Ro-Li
Emma Alexander
Texarkana
Georgie Cornett
Lois Bushnell
Olive Lee Myatt
Cannery Set Up To Can Garden Surplus in New Bern
In New Bern North Carolina a cannery is established to process surplus vegetables from a 150 acre community relief garden. About 8000 cases are expected to be canned from the project.
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New Bern
N. C
Evangelist Urges Personal Answer to Christ
Rev. L. C. Bauer of Whitehall Mississippi speaks at Central Baptist on What shall I do with Christ. He stresses an individual choice and warns against delaying. Daily services at 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. invite all to attend.
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L. C. Bauer
Whitehall
Central Baptist Church
Christ
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Henry Gaynor Garat
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John Halliday
Charlie Ruggles
Neil Hamilton
Shirley Grey
Jack Barueverree
Teasdale
Paramount Picture
Capitol
Douglas Fairbanks
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Airways
M’guire Park
Drew Church
Charge Negro
Kemp
Capitol Theater
the Capitol
Verree Teasdale
Jack LaRue
Pacific
Shreveport Divine
Winnsboro Community Center
U.S
Reese
Old Union
Old Gold
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