Youth Escapes Road Gang Here
Sheriff reports Price McCorley a 19 year old fugitive from the parish road gang escaped during a morning drill. Guards spotted the escape at about 7 30 am. McCorley is described as 5 ft 9 in, 170 pounds with sandy hair and fair freckled skin. He wore blue corduroy trousers and a khaki shirt. He is Alabama native sentenced to one year road duty after December 19 larceny of an automobile.
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Price McCorley
Milton Coverdale
McCorley
Alabama
Coverdale
Louisiana Training Institute
George Ricketts
John Woods
Louisiana
Girls Escape from Alexandria Industrial School Recaptured
Acting Police Chief B L Brantley reports four girls were picked up after escaping the Alexandria Industrial School. Edna Salesbury and Eula Banks fled June 19 while Hazel Banks and Lucy Pittman escaped June 22. Betty Wood, who escaped May 8, returned, and Annie Ruth Wolsy and Dorothy Gremillion remain at large.
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Alexandria
B. L. Brantley
Edna Salesbury
Eula Banks
Hazel Banks
Lucy Pittman
Betty Wood
Annie Ruth Wolsy
Dorothy Gremillion
Ouachita 4-H Members Attend Camp Great Walker
Sixteen girls and 17 boys from Ouachita parish 4-H clubs left the courthouse for a five day encampment at Camp Great Walker near Pollock. Leaders Mrs. Braden and H B Fairchild accompanied by four local leaders chaperoned the group. Includes names of campers and leaders.
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Ouachita Parish
Camp Great Walker
Pollock
E. Doris Braden
H. B. Fairchild
Margaret Alexander
D. L. Bornman
Sam Rutledge
J. M
Bobby Kilpatrick
Milton Frost
Buddy Parsons
Thomas
Charles Bearden
Floyd Lewis
Johnny Coon
Buford Berry
West Monroe Parade Highlights Local Playgrounds
A Civic League and West Monroe PTA sponsored a Monday parade at 4 30 p m to spotlight playground activities. The event routed past Crosley Mitchell Mims and Ransom schools with playgrounds open for sessions supervised by local staff. recreation center at 307 Wood Street operates five days a week for all ages.
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West Monroe
The
Civic League
Parent-Teacher Association
Wes Monroe
Crosley School
Pine Street
Cypress Street
Cypress
Bridge Street
Cotton Street
Wood Street
Trenton
City Hall
QO. M. Green
Mitchell
Freda Banister
Millsaps
Lillie M. Kilgore
Ransom School
Helen Frederick
George Lawn
Mexican educators visit Baton Rouge to discuss education
A round table in Baton Rouge brings top Mexican educators and LSU faculty to compare rural education challenges in Mexico and the United States. The delegation includes a mariachi band and a ballet troupe touring LSUs campus to showcase modern Mexican education and cultural achievements.
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Celerino Cano
Ministry of Education
Biscuits Magnate John H. Wiles Dies in Kansas City
John H. Wiles vice-president and treasurer of the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company died yesterday in Kansas City. Born to a minister, he pledged to enter candy making rather than the ministry, a decision shaping a future as a leading confectionery entrepreneur.
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Kansas City
John H. Wiles
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company
5 Minute Relief For Itchy Skin Or Remedy Free
Advertisement claims quick relief for itching due to eczema ringworm surface rash athlete's foot scabies and insect bites. It promotes Tet terine available from Shoptrine Co Savannah Ga at 60c with a money back guarantee if itching persists after five minutes.
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Shoptrine Co
Savannah
Churchill's Bold U Turn on Russia Shapes World War II
Editor notes wartime column by DeWitt MacKenzie assistant Fred Vanderschmidt. Churchill accepts Britain's support for the Soviet Union as a strategic move to blunt Hitler’s invasion plan likely for 1942. He warns Quisling sympathizers and pledges aid to Moscow while maintaining no formal alliance with Russia. He envisions RAF air supremacy over occupied France and notes vast casualties ahead in the Russian front. He stresses Germany aims at Japan’s sphere and that aid to Russia will be sought from the United States.
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Winston Churchill
Hitler
Russia
Britain
Soviet Union
England
United States
British Isles
Churchill
Germany
Japan
Far East
Moscow
France
Red Army
Finland
Hope to End Long Walkout in Shipyards
Navy officials in the San Francisco bay area hope conference talks will settle a seven week strike by C I O and A F L machinists delaying defense work valued at 500 million dollars. Admiral Greenslade expects a decision on action and full participation from all sides to avoid force.
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Associated Press
Navy
San Francisco Bay Area
A. F
L. Machinists
J. W. Greenslade
American Potash and Chemical Company
Trona
Calif
Douglas and Lomason Company
Detroit
National Labor Relations Board
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
SWOC
United Automobile Workers Union
Ford Motor Company
Piper Aircraft Corporation
Lock Haven
Young People Plan Gala Stunt Night at Ouachita Parish
The First Methodist church young people's department hosts a stunt night at Ouachita Parish High School auditorium Tuesday at 8 p.m. A small admission fee is charged. The gala program features patriotic songs by young beginners, humorous skits by the Parker Memorial class, trick lighting by the Neal-Noe class, a Mellordrama with classic roles, and several surprises from the senior and men’s Bible classes including Carl Flannery and J. G. Peck performing dares and tricks.
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Young People's Department
The
First Methodist Church
Ouachita Parish
Frances Peterson
Parker
Neal-Noe
Polly Cole
J. G. Peck
Religious yearbook notes church growth and demographics
The yearbook reports church membership rising 7.86 percent from 1931 to 1940. It cites 244,319 churches nationwide, with 199,762 Protestant bodies of 50,000 members or more, 18,733 Roman Catholics, 93 Old Catholic, 809 Eastern Orthodox, 3,728 Jewish, and 21,194 other bodies. Roman Catholic membership totals 21,284,455. Protestant 50,000+ groups 36,103,984. Jewish 4,641,184. Old Catholic 25,909. Eastern Orthodox 735,440. all other bodies 1,710,622. Alexander the Great conquered the known world with 35,000 men.
Year Book Reports 1940 U S Church Membership Totals
The 1941 edition of the year book of American churches shows 64,301,594 church members in 1940, about 49 percent of the population. The Methodist Church, recently united with its southern branch, leads with 7,377,487 members among Protestant denominations. The northern and southern Baptist con-
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New York
United States
Methodist Church
Northern and
Southern Baptist Con
Stabbing Seeks Suspect Woman After Ice Cream Plant Altercation
Morris Knight, 45, remained alive at St Francis Sanitarium noon Monday after a Saturday stabbing at 800 Lee Avenue. Police pursue Osie Lee Hawthorne, the alleged assailant, a Negro woman who fled the scene. Knight injured with abdominal knife wounds and attended by staff.
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Morris Knight
St. Francis Sanitarium
Osie Lee Hawthorne
Lee Avenue
B. L. Brantley
Knight
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