NYA program marks sixth Ouachita Parish anniversary
The Ouachita Parish NYA observes six years of youth aid with a public showcase at parish centers. Ed Apperson reports NYA has expanded into many services, helping 16 to 24 year olds attend college, gain trades, and assist in garment, metal, auto, and wood shops across Monroe, West Monroe, and nearby areas. About 300 youths are connected with NYA, under Elnora Chandler’s supervision, with projects at 901 South Grand and other sites, including sewing, metal, woodworking, auto repair, and general office work.
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Quachita Parish
Ed C. Apson
Proim
Person
Ouachita Parish
Nerous
Ege
Apperson
Ths
Les. Elnora V. Chandler
NYA Activitn
Louisiana
Monroe
Aman
D. C. Metcalf
Sambin
Milton Coverdale
McGee
Chandler
South Grand Et
Cies
West Monat
Lazarre Avenue
Uncle 2 Army
Coleman Street
West Monroe
NYA
Fical
South Grand
Colores
Seventh Street
Twin Cities
Riverside Drive
Deaths Mrs. Sallie Baker 75 of Lapine area dies
Mrs. Sallie E. Baker aged 75 of Lapine dies at a local sanitarium after an extended illness. Funeral procession from H. H. Roberts home proceeds to Welcome Home cemetery near Grayson after services at 1 PM Tuesday. She leaves two daughters, four sons, two sisters, one brother and ten grandchildren. Interment at Caldwell parish and Ouachita parish resident, lifelong Baptist member. Funeral arrangements by Dixie Funeral Home. The second obituary reports Mrs. Clara Strafford Luftenburg 68 died at home on Prairie road near New Light. funeral held at New Light church with Rev. A. D Langston Sr. officiating. she is survived by husband Ed Luftenburg. The article notes the highest temperature ever recorded by the U.S. Weather Bureau in New Orleans at 102 degrees, a record surpassed in many northern cities.
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H. H. Roberts
Lapine
Jonesboro Road
J. C. McCann
Choudrant Baptist Church
Welcome Home
Grayson
Caldwell Parish
Ouachita Parish
Clara Strafford Luftenburg
Prairie Road
New Light
A. D Langston, Sr
Dixie Funeral Home
Ed Luftenburg
United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Reds Say 127 Planes Downed In Front Line Clash
Red army claims 127 enemy planes downed as German forces push through buffer zones along the west front. Reports say 300 German tanks destroyed by artillery while Brest-Litovsk and other gains slightly penetrate Soviet territory.
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Baltic
Poland
Bessarabia
Russia
Red Army
Siauliai
East Prussia
Lithuania
Rawa Ruska
Germany
Liau‘ai
Brest- Litovsk
Bug River
Kolno
Lomza
Kaunas
Grodno
Velkowysk
Volkovisk
Kobryn
Brest-Litovsk
Wlodzimierz
Brody
Anorf
Red Army War Bulletin
Cotton insurance sites announced in Birmingham and Dallas
Washington reports federal crop insurance for cotton will begin with the 1942 crop. Birmingham will employ about 50 staffers, later growing to around 100, with offices planned to serve North Carolina to Arkansas. Senator Bankhead notes openings around January 1 and regional coverage across several southern states. The piece also recalls 1931 33 era automobile affordability hardships.
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Washington
Birmingham
Ala
Dallas
Texas
Roosevelt
Bankhead
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Florida
Mississippi
Georgia
Arkansas
Axis Sympathy Expressed by Japan and Spain
Continued World War II dispatches describe Axis sympathy from Japan and Spain amid shifting battles in Poland and Bucovina. Romanian troops occupy Cernauti as Moscow coordinates with Britain, while RAF night raids target Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Kiel. Frontline reports praise Soviet resistance and warn of heavy casualties as Berlin, Rome, and London weigh further moves in the conflict.
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Germany
Koma
Lomza
Bucharest
Reuters
Cernauti
Bucovina
Russia
Rumania
London
Moscow
Britain
Th Reich
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Kiel
German High Command
United States
Pravda
Communist Party
Berlin
DNB
East Prussia
Baltic Sea
Apkara
Black Sea
Kaunas
Lithuania
Baltic States
Estonia
Latva
Finland
Helsinki
Italy
Syria
Qatana
Beirut
Lebanon
Ethiopia
Rome
Caro
Middle East
Agaro
Bedelle
Evens
Soldier Expires at Camp Claiborne
Camp Claiborne La June 24 Private first class Emmett J Harris 21 of Clarion Ia died here after an appendectomy at the base hospital. Harris enlisted in January and served with Company E 133rd infantry Webster City Ia. Stricken in the field during 34th division maneuvers he was rushed 70 miles for surgery but died. He was the third 34th division soldier to fall in line of duty. After a military funeral the body will be sent to Clarion.
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Camp Claiborne
Emmett J. Harris
Clarion
Harris
National Guard
133Rd Infantry
Webster City
34Th
Iowa Infantry
34Th Division
Pravda calls for unity after fierce Red Army defense
The article proclaims a guaranteed Soviet victory through monolithic unity around Lenin and Stalin and the Red Army. It emphasizes honor, truth, and justice behind the multi-national homeland, defending every inch of the nation, families, labor, and cities against the fascist threat.
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Lenin
Stalin
Red Army
Red
Comrade Stalin
Sunday Reminiscences and Local Greetings Across Cities
Collinston residents Elizabeth Carr Daigarn and family enjoyed a Sunday in Hamburg Arkansas with relatives. Mrs Freeman and Mrs Stewart visited Hosston with the Cavitt family. Little Sara Cavitt visits from Hosston with Freeman and Blanche Freeman. Mrs Griffin visits Martin Tennessee to her mother. Boamer Reily of New Orleans spent days with his parents at Kalorama. Bonnie Rector of New Orleans visited Tarver family. Sam Norsworthy messages from Indianapolis at a pharmacists convention. A revival opened at the Methodist church with morning and evening services led by Reverend Sam Nader and assisted by A C Lawton. Junior choir provides music.
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Elizabeth Carr
G. W Daigarn
Walter Mae
Hamburg
Arkansas
Sara Freeman
Tommie Stewart
Hosston
W. D. Cavitt
Mr. Boamer Reily
New Orleans
Mrs. W. B Reily
Kalorama
Bonnie Sue Rector
Mrs
A. J. Tarver
Methodist Church
Sam Nader
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
A C. Lawton
Seeing Eye Officer Visits Client in Monroe New Jersey
Mrs Mary Campbell representative of the Seeing Eye visits Albert Rice a blind youth in Monroe New Jersey He operates the courthouse lobby concession with a Seeing Eye dog The dog guides him across streets traffic and stairs People are urged not to pet or whistle at the dog as Albert stays focused on his work and his master welfare.
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Mary Campbell
Morristown
N. J
Albert Rice
Rice
Monroe
Albert
Pegler taunts and schemes to press public officials
The narrator imagines pressuring officials including police commissioner Louie Valentine governor Lehman probate judge and road commissioner for information. A comic sequence follows with calls stalling and officials brushing off requests, ending with the plan to resume personal legwork and frustration over the colleague’s advantage.
Miss Mary Clay Attends American Library Association Meeting
Miss Mary H. Clay librarian at Northeast Junior College is in Boston for the American Library Association convention opening June 19 and ending June 26. She dined on Harvard yard in Cambridge Saturday and will visit relatives in New York City after the convention.
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Mary H. Clay
Northeast Junior College
Boston
Mass
American Library Association
Miss Clay
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
New York City
Holly Leaves Types in Holly Trees
Holly trees display two leaf types with stiff prickly leaves at the lower branches and spineless flexible leaves toward the canopy. The distinction highlights variation within a single plant and may relate to growth stage or light exposure.
Northeast Junior College Sealed Bids for PA System
The Northeast Junior College Division of LSU Monroe will accept sealed bids at the Auditor's Office Monroe Louisiana for modernization and improvement of the public address system until 2 30 p m June 25 1941. Bids read aloud at opening. The college may reject any or all bids. By J J Frey Assistant Auditor June 10 17 24 1941.
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Northeast Junior College
Louisiana State University
Monroe
Louisiana
J. J. Frey
Pickets Ordered Away at Shipyards as Drafted Makers Return
Admiral Greenslade calls all machinists to register at San Francisco Bethlehem and Oakland Moore Dry Dock to aid national defense. CIO objects as strikebreak action. Registration promises pay from $1.00 to $1.12 per hour with overtime rates, while strikers sought $1.15 and double time.
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Land and
Alameda
Admiral Greenslade
Civil Service Registers
San Francisco
Bethlehem
Oakland
Moore Dry Dock Company
James Smith
Navy
Army camp ok taxes invalid in major case ruling
The ruling addresses state gasoline and other sales taxes and use and excise taxes nationwide. The decision involved the army judge advocate general and Standard Oil opposing tax payments, with government representation by Col Desmond O Keefe and A Gs A J Rockwell and P Mickey. Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Roosevelt’s cultural envoy, said German propaganda has deeply influenced South America.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Army
Desmond O'Keefe
United States
Washington
A. J. Rockwell
Paul Mickey
Standard Oil Company
Panama
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Roosevelt
South America
Britain and Soviet Russia Clash Over Turkey and Pact
The article reports renewed British and Soviet denials of any secret Balkan pact with Germany as Adolf Hitler alleged, noting Turkey’s Anglo Turkish treaty remains intact. Churchill and Hore Belisha push for Turkish support while Cripps returns to Moscow as tensions rise.
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Leslie Hore- Belisha
Turkey
Germany
Churchill
Earl Winterton
Stafford Cripps
London
Moscow
Russia
Britain
Balkans
Adolf Hitler
Soviet
Soviet Union
Plan to assist Russia gains Senate backing
The article notes Senate backing for assisting Russia with supplies while doorways for Germans to return from the western hemisphere remain closed by British blockade. It mentions the Soviet as a large buyer of defense tools and material before restrictions. It reports Sumner Welles stating lease lend aid remains hypothetical and decisions await a formal request.
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Germany
Japan
United States
Russia
Sumner Welles
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