Noted speakers join folk school program in Jonesboro
The folk school committee in Jonesboro Louisiana has booked two prominent speakers for inspirational talks. On July 20 Dr Janet Miller internationally renowned medical missionary and Nobel prize nominee will speak. July 22 Spencer Phillips executive secretary of the Louisiana Teachers association will speak. Local talent will also perform July 21. Jackson parish to host a strong state program with more dignitaries expected.
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Jonesboro
Spe
Cial
Folk School Committee
Janet Miller
Spencer Phillips
Louisiana Teachers’ Association
Miller
Oxford
Orient
Baghdad
Phillips
Pelican High School
DeSoto Parish
G. O. Houston
Teachers’ Association
Jackson Parish
Longtime Louisiana legislator Tallieu dies in Baton Rouge
State House notes Tallieu former representative who kept private views but shaped debates during the lottery fight. Survived by widow Odine Hebert and four step-children plus two brothers. Funeral tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. in Baton Rouge, then Labadieville burial.
Warden Survives Harrowing Getaway After Three Day Crawl
Parks Warden warned headquarters there would be no word from him. He crawled toward a distant water supply as his condition improved briefly. After three days he reached his cabin and, using stacked boxes, raised himself to the telephone. Rescue arrived that night, Tuesday, with him still conscious.
Monroe Pianist to Receive M B Degree
Florence Keturah Ziegler of Monroe will receive a bachelor of music degree from the Chicago Musical College on June 25. The commencement is part of a three day festival marking the 70th anniversary of the school founded by Dr Florenz Ziegfeld Sr father of the Follies originator.
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Florence Keturah Ziegler
Monroe
Chicago Musical College
Florenz Ziegfeld
Striking Omaha Drivers Attack Fellow, Truck Flips in Bluffs
After a 12 day strike, drivers in Omaha moved across the river into Council Bluffs following a leader. A truce was signed without their knowledge and a crowd beat the leading driver, overturning his truck. A photographer captured the moment as the big vehicle toppled and police closed in.
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Omaha
Council Bluffs, Inc
Weather cools in midcontinent after heat wave
Cooling winds eased heat that battered the central United States with highs near 100. Concordia Kansas recorded 106 degrees as 14 deaths were blamed on the heat and Chicago logged eight heat deaths while Oklahoma Wisconsin and others reported multiple fatalities.
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Chicago
Gulf
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Concordia
Kas
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Winnsboro Boy Named First Junior Game Warden
Quinten McLemore a 16 year old resident of Winnsboro has been appointed the first junior game warden for the Louisiana Game Protective association in Franklin parish. State director Ernest G Albright praised his school record and noted the program aims for education not enforcement with plans for a statewide ceremony to award his badge and commission.
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Winnsboro
Ernest G. Albright
Louisiana Game Protective Association, Inc
Quinten McLemore
J. W. McLemore
Louisiana Game Protective Association
Franklin Parish
Albert
McLemore
Edacinshrdlunn
Young McLemore
Dr Rickey Wins Officer de la Legion dHonneur Honor
Rev H W Rickey of Nolley Memorial Church reports his son Dr H W Rickey of Mississippi State University has earned the Officer de la Legion D'Honneur de lAcademie, France's high honor. An official presentation is expected this fall at Mississippi State University by Connil Jean de la Greze and staff from New Orleans.
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Jena
H. W. Rickey
Nolley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Mississippi State University
l'Academie
Connil Jean de la Greze
New Orleans
Goats Block Castle Sale and Murder Rumor
In 1929 a castle taxed and later purchased by Zerkow faced a murder link in 1932 when neighbor Miss Jane Sarget Merrill was found dead. Dick and Miss Dockery were suspects but released, the crime pinned on a Black man killed by Pine Wulf police. The couple kept the castle, earning fees from visitors until a Milwaukee billionaire’s goats ban derailed a sale.
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Zerkowsky
Jane Sarget Merrill
Miss Dockery
Pine Wulf
Ark
Milwaukee
J. H. Hanson
Baptist Women of Jonesboro Meet in Jonesboro Baptist Church
The Royal Service program of Jonesboro Baptist Church was held Monday afternoon with a Bible study and talks on Rome and Italian life. Attendees included J. E. McDonald, D. D. McDonald, O. E. Corbett, J. L. Dodge, Henry Carson, J. D. Puckett, and others, concluding with prayer.
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Jonesboro
Jonesboro Baptist Church
E. Corbett
Rome
George Bethea
C McLauren
J. D. Puckett
W. T. Godfrey
Hermes Corson
J. ©. Tarbatet
John L. Daudge
J. E. McDonald
D. D. McDonald
O. E. Corbett
J. L. Dodge
Henry Carson
J. D Puckett
C. McLauren
W. H W. McLauren
W. L. Coughlin
J O Tarbelet
Marion Rockhold
E. R. Hall
E. E. Ramsay
A. Wilson
Jimmie Watts
P. Ho Key
T. C. Burkes
W. T. Godfres
J. L. Howard
L. KK. Poole
Arkansas Conurn Gets TVA Contract
Arkansas will receive its first TVA energy under a five year contract with Arkansas Power and Light. AP&L serves 250 communities in 55 of 75 counties and supplies about 5000 farmers. It has extended rural lines 500 miles in two years with two Ouachita river dams and a Sterlington La steam plant supplying Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Tennessee Valley Authority
Arkansas Power and Light Company
TVA Power
Arkansas Company
Ouachita River
Hot Springs
Sterlington
Witnesses recount fatal shooting by Thornhill in highway confrontation
A war veteran testified that Thornhill ordered the youth to cross the highway before firing as the youth stood with hands on hips. Chapman's account was supported by four others who stood nearby. The victim’s father, W. W. Wilkinson, learned his son was dead after pushing through the crowd. Thornhill has three days to appeal for a new trial.
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Thornhill
Chapman
Wilkinson
Champ Yarborough
Grover Harrell
Roy Roberts
Clyde White
W. W. Wilkinson
Felton Girl Sits Silent as Brockelhurst Trial Ends
In a courtroom Brockelhurst faced verdict while Felton Girl, kept in a cell, showed little reaction. He fainted after remarks, and the state case cited multiple killings during a two month hitchhike tour from New York to Utah.
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Brockelhurst
Felton
Bernice
Lester
Clay Young
Brockeihurst
Galesburg
New York State
Joseph Hunt
Troy Carroll
Lonoke
Hunt
Brewster
N. Y
Gates
Jack Griffith
Fort Worth
Tex
Albin Theander
Rockford
Salt Lake City
Utah
Melton
Carroll
Lonoke County
Little Rock
New Mail Route Planned Between Many and Vidalia
Local residents in Jena Louisiana discuss a planned overland mail route linking Many in Sabine parish with Vidalia in Concordia parish. The plan would serve post offices from Many to Vidalia including Netchitoches and Jens Jonesville among others as Congressman A Leonard Allen works with the post office department on the proposal.
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Jena
Sabine Parish
Vidalia
Concordia Parish
Coushatts
Netchitoches
Tullos
Trout
Good Pine
Jens Jonesville
Ferriday
A. Leonard Allen
Postoffice Department
Baptists to Meet at Olla Tuesday
Jena Louisiana June 25 Special Several hundred Baptists from across northeast Louisiana will attend an eight day encampment at the northeast Louisiana Baptist encampment grounds in Olla next Tuesday. Guest speakers include Dr. E D Heat Dr J D Grey Dr T W Gaver Ira C Prosser and others. If potatoes exposed to frost their sugar content rises though damage may occur.
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Jena
Louisiana
Olla
E. D Heat
J. D. Grey
T. W. Gaver
Ira C. Prosser
Belah Citizens Plan for Homecoming Event
Citizens of the Belah community six miles southwest of Jena will stage their annual homecoming on Sunday July 4 with an old fashioned dinner on the grounds and other entertainment for several hundred attendees.
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Jena
Belah
Folk School Planned in LaSalle Parish Jena
Plans are advancing for the first annual folk school in LaSalle parish at Jena from July 12 to July 23. Miss Cora Westbrook and county agent J. W. Hinton say four divisions will cover agriculture home management business and civic and fine arts with a juvenile department and speakers from state colleges and industry.
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Jena
LaSalle Parish
Cora Westbrook
J. W. Hinton
Wyatt Shows Nuptials Reported In Jonesboro
Miss Donnie Mae Wyatt daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Wyatt Sr and Archie Lee Shows son of Mr and Mrs J P Shows of Jonesboro were married June 12 at the home of the couple with family present.
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Jonesboro
Donnie Mae Wyatt
J. F. Wyatt, Sr
Archie Lee Shows
J. P. Shows
Wedding Ceremony Deeply Attended by Families and Friends
The bride and groom were married in a ceremony attended by many relatives and friends from both families. Alton H. Shaws served as the officiant, performing the rite as a justice of the peace. The article notes a historical fact that coffee was introduced into Europe by Venetian traders in 1615.
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Alton H. Shaws
Europe
Man finds $650 in old cabinet drawer in Montana
RE McFarland of Cole Montana found $650 in currency in an old kitchen cabinet drawer purchased at auction for $3 from the estate of James Wilson an eccentric recluse who died last spring. He turned the money over to the administrators. Officials of Urania Forest camp in Louisiana have been notified to vacate the camp by June 25 as part of a government plan to close several camps.
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Malta
Mont
RE. McFarland
Cole
McFarland
James Wilson
Jena
Urania Forest
Company 1492
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