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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1948

Page

5

Legislature Passes Porky-tinged Bill Pack Incomplete

A stream of session items shows bills advancing or being amended including claims against the state, tax title fixes, employer liability for newsboys, travel pay for lawmakers, debt limitations, hunting license fees, and consolidation into a department of agriculture. Notable measures include quieting tax titles at three years, a governor-signed bill, and pilotage fee tweaks at Lake Charles.

Ginia White State Ramond D’antonio Baton Rouge Blasi Wimberly Department of Agriculture Commissioner of Agriculture Hennigan Lockrider Lake Charles King

Adventists Plan Schools in South Seas Gratitude Offering

Monroe Seventh-day Adventist Church plans a Saturday drive at 1201 South Second Street to fund missions building schools in the South Sea Islands. Elder Osgood says about 3,000 Sabbath Schools will contribute to a fund that will support inland New Guinea and Guadalcanal schools, native teacher training, and rebuilding efforts with mission ships. He notes some natives recall past cannibalism and torture, now seeking Christian education opportunities. Europe first was introduced to coffee in 1573.

South Sea Islands Monroe Guadalcanal Osgood South Pacific Islands

Legislative Digest summary of Senate and House actions June 23

Senate bills acted include S 258 to close gambling establishments in district court and several tax and agricultural measures withdrawn or passed. House items cover appropriation to pay PSC judgments, pharmacy practice, city charter changes, hospital licensing, highway additions, and numerous fines, taxes, and constitutional amendments with varied margins.

Gipson Gardiner Smith Ascension Parish Sylvester Sylvester Et al Department of Agriculture Sylvester and Vallee Boucher Hotel Commission Blanchard Board of Trustees For Police Pension Fund New Orleans Gulotta Criminal District Court House Louisiana Public Service Commission Earhart Hagerty Orleans Fernandez Sanders and Friedman Natchitoches Parish Booth Pontalbe Anderson Louisiana Forestry Commission Madden Grizzaffi Pat Baldwin Weeks Island St. Mark Parish Fortson Et al Catalonla Lake Russell McKeithen Fontenot and Whipp Pyburn, Et al Beeson Farrell New Basin Canal Shell Road Department of Public Works Old Board of Control Lockrider Mth Oliver and Barham West Carroll and Morehouse Union Lincoln King Gardiner, Et al Brumfield Roy Lafayette Barham Tooke U. S

Kosciuszko Relics Returned to Polish Museum

Personal belongings of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish hero aiding American independence, have been recovered from German custody and returned to Poland, where flags uniforms rifles and souvenirs are now displayed in the Polish army museum.

el — Kosciuszko Warsaw Poland Tadeusz Kosciuszko

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