Oil Men Adopt Six Point Plan At Ouachita Parish Meeting
Officers were elected and a six point program adopted by the Ouachita parish division of the Louisiana Petroleum Industries Committee at the parish courthouse. Key leaders include W. J. Sherrouse as chairman and Jimmie R. Major of Baton Rouge as secretary of the state organization. The program targets tax repeal on kerosene and lubricating oils, a gasoline tax reduction, tax evasion elimination, truck regulation changes, and fair treatment of the petroleum industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Petroleum Industries Committee
W. J. Sherrouse
Chic Foster
W. H. Hatfield
George Tidwell
E. N. Jackson
C. R. Tidwell
J. L. Warren
J. M. Merefee
Tom Monk
Vernon Marsh
P. E. Massey
X. Holt
W. D. Ross
E. N. Jones
L. C Latham
D. M. Carroll
Cairman
J. N. Knowles
Marlin Hattaway
Tommy Roussell
Harvey Gregg
Jimmie R. Major
Baton Rouge
Wodehouse Freed From German Camp In Berlin
British author P G Wodehouse has been released from a German internment camp and taken a room at the Adlon hotel in Berlin. He is reported completely free and continuing his writing begun during internment after capture at Le Touquet, France, in June 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
P. G. Wodehouse
Adlon
Wodehouse
le Touquet
France
Stein from Northeast Louisiana to enter Good Drivers League final
Brooks Montgomery Stein of 3405 Gordon Avenue, Neville High School graduate, is the only Northeast Louisiana entrant selected for the Louisiana State Good Drivers League final at Pontchartrain Beach in New Orleans on July 1. Ford Motor Co and McCain Richards list him as the top driver with a clean three year record and a superior essay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks Montgomery Stein
Gordon Avenue
Harry Stein
Neville
Louisiana
Pontchartrain Beach
New Orleans
Ford Motor Company
McCain-Richards, Inc
South Grand Street
Ford Distributors
Monroe
Stein
Northeast Louisiana
McCain
Jung Hotel
Detroit
Knights of Pythias Dinner For Albert W Trotter
Stonewall Lodge No. 8 will host a 7:30 p.m. dinner Thursday for Albert W. Trotter grand vice chancellor who will move to Hattiesburg Mississippi. Dr A A Garrison supreme representative from Shreveport will speak after the dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall Lodge No. 8
Knights of Pythias
Albert W. Trotter
Hattiesburg
Miss
W. E. Hinckley
A. A. Garrison
Shreveport
Trotter
First Christian Church Officers To Be Elected
The annual congregational meeting at the First Christian Church and school will elect officers at 7 30 p m today at Oak and St John streets Rev RT Watson pastor announced last night Reports from all departments will be given prior to the election
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Oak and
St John Streets
RT. Watson
Lighthouse oddity and motor overheating causes
Before oil lamps lighthouses used candles or coal fires. The St Bees lighthouse burned coal light until 1822. The three main causes of motor overheating are grease on the cylinder block carbon in the cylinders and dirt in the cooling system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bees
Biloxi Air Corps Training Station to Host Nation’s Largest School
Biloxi Miss June 25 A new 17 million air corps training center will cover 832 acres in the back bay area and become one of the nation’s largest aircraft schools. It will open for 800 men per class on a two day shift basis by September 29 with full operation by January 1 1942 expected to reach 24000 enlisted men and 400 officers. Lieutenant Colonel Arthur W Brock Jr named commandant. staff from Chanute and Scott Fields will form three squadrons of the 69th air base group and nine school squadrons. Crowded housing anticipated for officers and noncommissioned officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Miss
Back Bay
Air Corps
United States
Arthur W. Brock, Jr
Rush B. Lincoln
Brock
Gershner Field
Chanute Field
Scott Field
69Th Air Base Group
Louisiana Methodists to Meet November in Shreveport
The 1941 Louisiana Methodist conference will be held November 12 at Noel Memorial church in Shreveport. Host pastor Rev. F. M. Freeman and a hearty committee welcome delegates. 410 official members make this one of the largest conferences, with Harvard plan entertainment and Bishop A Frank Smith presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Louisiana Methodist Church
Noel Memorial
Shreveport
F. M. Freeman
Monroe
Noel Memorial Church
Louisiana
Union of Methodism
Harvard
A. Frank Smith
Houston
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Vitalaire
Progress
McKee Coolerator
United Electric Service
Brooks M. Stein
Stein IS Named From This Area
K. OF P
HOT Springs
National Park
Arkansas
Majestic
Lake Hamilton
Lake Catherine
Voor
Southwest Hotels Inc
H. Grady Manning
Wichita Falls
Tex
Rantoul, Ill
Belleville, Il
Lowry Field
Denver, Colo
Methodists
FHA
Noel Memorial Bureau
Western Railways
Union Station
Chicago, Ill
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