Exchange Club Meeting at Frances Hotel Highlights Exams
The Ex change Club met at noon with President Mike Tarver presiding. Dean Rodney Cline argued examinations are valuable for teachers and students and warned against avoiding facts in national life. Martha Hatchell of the Girl Scouts donated pamphlets on overseas food shortages and spoke on growing potatoes in Louisiana.
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Exchange Club
Frances Hotel
Mike Tarver
Rodney Cline
Cline
Atti
Martha Hatchell
Girl Scouts
Louisiana
Victory Saving Stamps Presented At Club Meeting
Tom Kernberg chaired the program and J. L. Harper won the regular presentation of Victory Saving Stamps. Members sang several songs with Mrs. Melba Liner as pianist. President Tarver announced July 4 meeting canceled due to the national holiday.
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Tom Kernberg
J. L. Harper
Melba Liner
Tarver
Charley Hall Granted Permit for 203 South Twenty-Second
Building permit awarded for a one story frame dwelling at 203 South Twenty-Second Street. Total cost capped at 400 dollars with day labor employed.
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Charley Hall
South Twenty-Second Street
Rubber Tire Invention Faces Public Resistance in 1876 London
The 1876 London proposal for self propelled rubber tires was rejected by the public who feared silently moving vehicles would endanger pedestrians.
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London
Romulo Sees Philippine Independence as Hope for Orient
Brigadier General Carlos Romulo, Philippine resident commissioner, hailed independence as a beacon for freedom-seeking millions in Asia. In a farewell address for Congress before leaving for Manila, he praised U S policy since 1898 as the beginning of the end of imperialism and framed July 4, 1946 as proof of the democratic spirit in action.
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Washington
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
Orient
Romulo
Congress
Manilla
Philippine
United States
The Filipino Message to the World
A passage urging hope and unity, declaring the Filipinos have achieved a right to hope and promising true friendship with the western world. It frames the oppressed as rising and warns that this message can prevent generations of misery and bloodshed globally.
Noted Voices in the Debate Over America’s Future
The speaker urges citizens to choose between opposing ideological paths. The contrast frames conflict as the consequence of listening to rival ideas versus following a constructive, democratic path cultivated in Congress over decades.
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United States Congress
Miss Mamie Powel Succumbs in Ouachita Parish
Miss Mamie Powel 70 died at 3 20 Friday morning at the home of Mrs E M Frierson 307 Arkansas avenue. Born in Caldwell parish she lived in Ouachita parish since her brother H B Powel died. She attended St Hyacinthe Academy Monroe and St Vincent's College Shreveport. A devout Catholic she was loyal and generous. Surviving are three nieces Sadie Wooten Annie Bennett and Carl Walker Sr. Monroe. Rosary will be recited Friday.
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Mamie Powel
E. M. Frierson
Arkansas Avenue
J. B. Powel
Pauline Ferrand Powel
Sinope
Caldwell Parish
H. B. Powel
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Miss Powell
St. Hyacinth’s Academy
St. Vincent's College
Shreveport
Louise Wooten
Sadie Wooten
San Antonio
Tex
Annie Bennett
Carl Walker
Lucetta Garvey
Funeral services and mass set for local residents
The service at Hixson Bros Funeral Home begins at 8 p m with Rev Father Curran officiating. Mass will be Saturday at 9 o clock at St Matthew s Catholic Church with Rev Father J C Marsh officiating. Pallbearers include Cleo Bennett Charles Garvey Dan Arm Breard John Breard Sr Robert Breard Bernard Scheen Robert Cann.
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Hixson Bros
Father Curran
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Father J. C. Marsh
Messrs
Cleo Bennett
Charles Garvey
Dan Armand Breard
John Breard, Sr
Robert Breard
Bernard Scheen
Robert Cann
Old Belief About Tides Via Great Hole Near Sea
The ancients thought tides arose from a giant sea edge hole where water burst forth at intervals to refill the ocean and flood shorelines.
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Charles G. Bolte
AVC
Robert L. Marx
New York
Gen. Romulo
Freedom
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Monarch Vacuum
Purple Hull Peas
Ibs
Prunes
Birdseye
Frozen Foods
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