Canada G M Signs Pact With United Auto Workers
Canada G M and the U A W union sign a five year contract in Toronto detailing a three cent an hour annual wage rise, 55 dollar monthly pensions and welfare benefits, a 40 hour work week by year five, three weeks vacation for long service, and continued cost of living adjustments. The agreement awaits ratification by 6500 Oshawa and Windsor plant workers with meetings held today. Wayne Belardi noted as the youngest member of the 1950 Brooks roster, not turning 20 until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
General Motors Corporation of Canada
C. I. O. United Auto Workers Union
Canada
Oshawa
Ont
Windsor
Detroit
Maternity Shop Opens in West Monroe Twin Cities
Northeast Louisiana announces its first maternity shop opened by Mrs. Ruby Holloway and Mrs. Margery Zagone at 809 Natchitoches Street West Monroe. Hours are 9 to 5:30 weekdays and 9 to 6 Saturday. The store offers skirts blouses and dresses with plans to add baby clothes soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margery Zagone
Ruby Holloway
Northeast Louisiana
Natchitoches Street
West Monroe
News-Star—World
Leon Noland, Jr
Northeast
Louisiana
Twin Cities
Holloway
Baker's
Spencer
Zagone
Power relief eases Mexico City shortage says ministry
Heavy rains ease a power shortage in Mexico City and the ministry of national economy says factories may use as much power as they want. Daylight saving will continue and households are asked to cut consumption by twenty percent rather than forty percent previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Ministry of National Economy
Cottage cheese salad with fruit and dressing
A large mound of cottage cheese rests on shredded lettuce topped with cling peach slices fresh cherries and pineapple spears. Served with a creamy French dressing for a complete meal.
Monroe Men Serve Aboard USS Saint Paul In Training Cruise
Three Monroe men Buford Lively Elmer N London Jr and James W Gibson serve aboard the heavy cruiser USS Saint Paul slated to join a six week naval reserve officers training corps cruise in the Pacific starting June 17 The cruise draws 153 senior midshipmen and 824 sophomores from 24 colleges and includes underway ship and gunnery drills with mock attacks Lively joined February 1944 while London and Gibson enlisted July 1948 They all attended Ouachita Parish High School.
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Monroe
Saint Paul
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Pacific
Buford Lively
Seaman
USN
Milhaven Road
Elmer N. London, Jr
Elmer N. London
Moore Ave
James W. Gibson
James O. Gibson
South Grand
United States
Ouachita Parish High School
Lively
Naval Service
London
Gibson
Ouachita Parish Training Union Meets Friday Night
The Ouachita Parish Training Union Association holds a Friday 7:45 pm meeting at First Baptist Church Monroe with department conferences on Get a Hump to Beat a Slump. Readers include Rev Filer J Seal John M Parker and others. banners to be awarded after a roll call of churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Dale Martha
Dean Beaird
Central Church
Building Permits Granted For Several Local Projects
Bettie Louis may erect a dwelling at 602 South Twenty-eighth Street for 900 dollars using day labor. Luke Miller may move a dwelling to 2800 Wall Street for 75 dollars. John and Georgiana Williams may add a garage at 400 Shotwell Street for 110 dollars with day labor. Claude H. Baines may erect a residence at 608 South Fourth Street for 7116 dollars supervised by Jim Watts. Childress Brothers named contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettie Louis
South Twenty-eighth Street
Luke Miller
Wall Street
Childress Brothers
John and
Georgiana Williams
Shotwell Street
Claude H. Baines
South Fourth Street
Jim Watts
Flooding Rivers Threaten Farms in Northwest
Floods in northwestern United States and western Canada threaten thousands of acres of crop land and force evacuations. Five deaths were reported in the region with British Columbia and Washington state under rising river danger as dikes strain and efforts race to reinforce flood barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
British Columbia
Harrison and
Fraser Rivers
Marriage Licenses Reported for Virgil Bryan and Lois Parker
Virgil O. Bryan 23 of West Monroe marries Lois Inez Parker 17 of Monroe. Calvin C. Frost 2 and Mary Joe Caples 19, both of West Monroe, are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil O. Bryan
West Monroe
Lois Inez Parker
Monroe
Calvin C. Frost
Mary Joe Caples
Flying disc sighted near Hamilton Air Force Base
Oakland reported the sighting of a disc shaped object at 1:35 a.m. moving 1000 to 1500 mph near Hamilton Field north of San Francisco. Three air force non-commissioned officers described five passes, blue flame and a thunderous roar as the saucer dove past a beacon northeast of the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Oakland Tribune
Hamilton Air Force Base
Air Force
Hamilton Field
San Francisco
Corp
Roger G. Pryor
the Tribune
Pryor
Ellis R. Lorimer
Virgil Cappuro
Airways Com Nications
Escapees Search Continues for Two Eunice Teens
Louisiana Training Institute youths Louis Durant and Wallace Vidrine, both 16 from Eunice, remain at large after escaping reform school Tuesday night. Durant is 5'2" with brown hair and eyes, about 125 pounds. Vidrine is 5'8" with brown hair, blue eyes, about 122 pounds. They were last seen riding bicycles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Training Institute
Reform School
Louis Durant
Wallace Vidrine
Eunice
Durant
Vidrine
Soviet Grain Harvest Begins In Kuban Region
Moscow reports the soviet grain harvest has started with promise of a record crop. Early dispatches describe the first day in southern districts including the Kuban region with its large state and collective farms. Nearby text notes olives as handy picnic treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Kuban
Snake in the mail confounds Azusa post office
Azusa California June 21 a parcel post delivery man found a boa constrictor under a parcel in the mail facility. Snake expert Edward R Dickson says the 14 inch boa is native to South and Central America andPost officials wonder how it arrived at the local office.
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Azusa
Calif
Parcel Post Department
Curtis Anderson
Edward R. Dickson
Dickson
South
Central America
Ceremonial Planned for Saturday by Nomads of Avrudaka
Swami Santha No. 102 Nomads held Darbar at Castle Hall on St. John Street with strong attendance despite heat. Planning details cover a Saturday June 24 cold plate supper, with Louise Fleet and others on refreshment and décor committees. Imperial officers Bertha Kiner and H H Baur read cards and letters from Swami Santha 102, Winnipeg and others thanking the group for hospitality and aid during recent floods.
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Swami Santha
Avrudaka
Castle Hall
St. John St
Inez Brown
Memorial Stadium
Louise Fleet
Cecile Parker
Rani
Kate Smith
Hall
Callie Crow
Theo Brazzell
Lena Belle Gee
Freda Henderson
H. H. Baur
Jean Pennell
Bertha Kiner
Ohio
Amy Patrick
Imperial Maharani
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
Swami Santha No
Maharajah
C. W. McLain
Dilwarre Santha
Jackson
Miss
Santha
Zenana Santha
Little Rock
Ark
Dahna Santha
Beaumont
Texas
Hammond to address class at Paramount Theater
The Frank P. Stubbs Memorial Bible class will meet Sunday June 25 1950 at 9 45 a m at Paramount Theater. W R Hammond Northeast Junior College teacher will present Jonah Learns Gods Missionary Purposes the first time in over a year. Visitors and the public are welcome for songs and music with Leon Hammond as organist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Stubbs
Paramount Theater
James Jones
W. R. Hammond
Northeast Junior College
Jonah
Hammond
Leon Hammond
Population of Alabama tops 3 000 000 in early census returns
Preliminary census figures from 56 of Alabama’s 67 counties indicate a state population over 3,000,000, up from 2,832,961 in 1940. Counties reporting show gains of about 85,000 this decade, while non industrial areas lose. Final outcome pending full statewide totals and Jefferson Montgomery and Tuscaloosa counties.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Jefferson
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
U. S
House
Grand Canyon river expedition completes successful first trip
Five adventurers completed the initial Grand Canyon river expedition of the season traveling in a motor boat near Lake Mead. The group included Otis Marston and William Belknap with KilLark Manufacturing officials, while Ed Hudson and son Ed Jr. left due to motor failure. The voyage revealed Hopi salt mines and the grave of 1889 explorer P. M. Hansbrough, with two other crew members departing at Pierce's Ferry.
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Lake Mead
Bob Manning
Desert Skyways
Boulder City
Nev
Pierce
Otis Marston
Berkley
Calif
Willie Taylor
Berkeley
William Belknap
Joseph Desloge
Guy Forcier
Killark Electrical Manufacturing Co
St. Louis
Lee Ferry
Ed Hudson
Paso Robles
Ed, Jr
Hudson
Grand Canyon Village
Desloge
Forcier
Pierce's Ferry
Hoover Dam
Colorado River
Mile Deep Canyon
Marston
P. M. Hansbrough
Canyon
Blup Star Ointment Promises Quick Itch Relief
Advertisement claims one application cures itching from eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples and scabies with repeat use as needed. Money back if the first jar fails to satisfy. encourages trying the product today.
Dapper Don Collins Dies in Attica Prison Hospital
Attica New York June 21 Dapper Don Collins a famed prohibition era crook dies at 70 in Attica State Prison Hospital. once a transatlantic smuggler and escape artist he served seven prison terms between 1908 and 1939 and faced a 15 to 30 year sentence in Sing Sing for stealing $200. He was transferred to Attica last November 4 and spent his final days cleaning cell blocks.
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Attica
N. Y
Dapper Don Collins
Dapper
Don
Attica State Prison Hospital
New York
New York City
Atlantic
Sing Sing
Teens Recur Escape at Hudson Delinquent School
In Hudson New York all 17 teenage girls who escaped the state school for delinquent girls are back inside the facility. The last three were found in Albany after scaling a 12 foot fence. Authorities say the runaways aged 13 to 16 were in for a talking to and that escapes by small groups are not unusual. There are about 225 girls under 16 at the school with no guards and freedom within a fenced area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
N. Y
Albany
Harriet Goldman
State Department of Welfare
Miss Goldman
Death of James M. Rogers in West Monroe
James M. Rogers died at his West Monroe home early Wednesday. Hall Funeral Home to conduct arrangements still incomplete at noon. Pallbearers named: Junior Bennett Sims Bennett J. T. Bennett Leo Bennett J. L. Bennett J. C. Lee H. Speaights Mike Brown. He is survived by wife two sons L. M. Rogers Springfield Oregon J. R. Rogers a daughter Mrs Jesse Portier West Monroe a sister Mrs Nude Richel Monroe a brother J. C. Rogers Texas and eight grandchildren.
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James M. Rogers
West Monroe
Hall Funeral Home
Junior Bennett
Sims Bennett
J. T. Bennett
Leo Bennett
J. L. Bennett
J. C. Lee
H. Speaights
Mike Brown
L. M. Rogers
J. R. Rogers
Springfield
Oregon
Jesse Portier
Nude Richel
Monroe
J. C. Rogers
Texas
Louis E Fuller Sr 66 dies in Franklin Parish
Louis E Fuller Sr aged 66, lifelong Franklin parish resident, died at 6 am at a local clinic. Funeral Thursday 11 am from the family home near Baskin, with Rev. J L Keys and Rev. Gill officiating. Burial Sunflower Cemetery. Survived by wife, two sons G D Fuller and Louis E Fuller Jr, five daughters Myrtle Dees Sulphur Ethel Rhinhardt Pineville Elizabeth Groom Eddiston Lola Bell Moody Baskin and Floydlee Cheek Rayville, and ten grandchildren.
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Winnsboro
Louis E. Fuller, Sr
Franklin Parish
Baskin
J. L. Keys
Gill
Sunflower Cemetery
G. D. Fuller
Louis E. Fuller, Jr
Myrtle Dees
Ethel Rhinhardt
Pineville
Elizabeth Groom
Eddiston
Lola Bell Moody
Floydlee Cheek
Rayville
Mrs. Janie Rutledge Dies in Ruston Hospital
Mrs. Janie Rutledge 57 died Tuesday night in a Ruston hospital. Peters Funeral Home removed the body to the residence of Mrs. Sally Thomas in Start. The funeral is set for Thursday with Rev. Deal officiating. She leaves three daughters Frances Mathis Mel Rouge Mandell Carr Girard and Audrey Long, two sons A D Rutledge and Fred Rutledge, two sisters Reta Hines Rayville and Sallie Thomas Starr, and a brother Wesley Aaron Oak Grove.
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Janie Rutledge
Ruston
Peters Funeral Home
Sally Thomas
Start
Rev. Deal
Rutledge
Frances Mathis
Mel Rouge
Mandell Carr
Girard
Audrey Long
Bonita
A. D. Rutledge
Fred Rutledge
Lubbock, Tex
Reta Hines
Rayville
Sallie Thomas
Starr
Wesley Aaron
Oak Grove
Tigers and Red Sox Share MLB Triple Play Mark
The Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox each completed three triple plays, a joint major league record dating to 1911 and 1924 respectively.
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Detroit Tigers
Boston Red Sox
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G. M. Signs Pact
United Auto Workers
Wayne Belardi
Brooks
Wayne
Yehudi Menuhin
Panion of
Prince
Khevenhueller Stradivarius
Steinways
Hewitt's
Grammont
Silverstein
Mr. Burns
Robert Burns
Ilverstein
North Louisiana
Training Union
Harrison Mills
Vancouver
B. C
Acton Kilby
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fraser
Idaho
Kootenai River
Bonners Ferry
Mission
Washington State
Russia
Lester
Music For
America
Boark Bros
Jackson St
MR. Flint
Bobby Rand
Jed Brewster
W.R. Hammond
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Sherwin-Williams
Catalpa
Dapper Don
Walter B. Martin
Robert A. Tourbillon
Atlanta, Ga
Gilbeys
Louis E. Fuller
National Distillers Products Corporation
N.Y
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