Lions Install New Officers in Monroe Meeting
Lions club members in Monroe held a Tuesday noon ceremony at Hotel Frances to install new officers led by president W Courtney Oliver. Retiring president Louis P Landry highlighted the year’s work for the blind and vision impaired, noting 48 children fitted with glasses and 12 treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Lions Club
Hotel Frances
Louis P. Landry
W. Courtney Oliver
L. W. Jones
P. A. Pong
Lucius G. Hughes
Hughes
Oliver
J. M Humble
J. C. Marsh
Jonesboro-Hedge Club
Jones and Pong
Clarence Norton
Fifty Paper Mill Workers Keep Safe Record
At least fifty Brown Paper mill employees have ten years or more with no lost time due to injury with several hired since 1923. Many other workers also reported zero lost time though their service lengths are shorter.
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Brown
Safety Department
Office Building Contract Is Let
The contract was awarded Wednesday to B. I. McGuffey for a one story frame and stucco office building at the southwest corner of Jackson and Calypso streets for the Martin Marble Works of Vicksburg Mississippi and Monroe. The cost is $935. Remodeling of O A Easterling residence at 1508 South Grand street began Wednesday with W H Blane as contractor. Plans for both projects were prepared by J W Smith and Associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. I. McGuffey
Jackson and
Calypso Streets
Martin Marble Works
Vicksburg
Miss
Monroe
O. A. Easterling
South Grand Street
W. H. Blane
Easterling
J. W. Smith
IBEW Holds Election Meeting Tonight on South Grand
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers convenes this evening at 8 o clock in its clubrooms on South Grand street. Officers for the upcoming year will be elected, making the gathering a matter of special importance for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
South Grand Street
Glass Key at Paramount with Raft as Hero
At Paramount theater Dashiell Hammett's The Glass Key stars George Raft with Edward Arnold Claire Dodd Rosalind Keith and Charles Richman in a tale of political murder. Raft plays a loyal friend who endures torture to uncover the killer and clear Arnold while winning the daughter. Frank Tuttle directs. Mississippi at Capitol with Crosby Fields Bennett features a river-set romance and songs by Rodgers and Hart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Dashiell Hammett
Thin Man
Paramount Theater
George Raft
Edward Arnold
Claire Dodd
Rosalind Keith
Charles Richman
Arnold
Raft
Armold
Frank Tuttle
Guinn Williams
Tammany Young
Capitol
Capitol Theater
Mississippi
Bing Crosby
W. C. Fields
Joan Bennett
Crosby
Swanee
Booth Tarkington
Fields
Edward Sutherland
Down By the River
Rodgers and Hart
Queenie Smith
New Stinson mail plane arrives at Selman field
A tri motor Stinson cabin plane arrives at Selman field Selman after a flight from Wayne Michigan. The aircraft will join the Atlanta Dallas division of the southern transcontinental route for night mail service. It carries eight passengers and two in the cockpit.
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Wayne
Mich
Stinson
Dallas
Selman Field
P. J. Higgins
Delta Air Corporation
C. E. Faulk
Travis Oliver
Jim Stratton
Radio Department
John C. Kelly
Eddie Miller
Stinson Company
H. R Hennen
Texas Oil Company
Leigh Parker
Delta Corporation
George Caslin
Akron
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Washington
Atlanta
Monroe
Jackson
Local Man Named Head of Employment Office
Julius Cahn, formerly an interviewer at the Louisiana Employment Service office on North Fourth Street, is promoted to manager of the Ruston office. C. A. Copeland leaves Ruston for Shreveport to replace E. L. Worthington, who moves to Baton Rouge as district manager. The appointments come from the eligible list after civil service exams in Baton Rouge.
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Julius Cahn
Louisiana Employment Service
North Fourth Street
Ruston
C. A. Copeland
Shreveport
E. L. Worthington
Baton Rouge
Employment Service
Madison Parish School Board Member Named
Dr. A. T. Palmer was appointed to the Madison parish school board to succeed the late W. M. Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Parish
Baton Rouge, la
A. T. Palmer
W. M. Murphy
City Court Dispositions Led by Judge Harper
Cases disposed Tuesday include Prentice Tinsley drunk and disorderly with 7.50 bond forfeited Joe McCormick Negro 7.50 bond forfeited David Bracken Negro drawing dangerous weapon 100 Martha Edward Negro woman anti vice 10 Eddie Curtis Negro drawing dangerous weapon 100 Lee Frank Negro weapon 10 Claud May drunk and disorderly 7.50 Bill Roberson drunk and disorderly 7.50 Solomon Johnson larceny of candy 1.20 and vagrancy 60 days Roy Munch drunk and disorderly 7.50 and resisting an officer 10 German farm leaders say productivity has doubled in three generations and push more machinery on farms.
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W. M Harper
Prentice Tinsley
Joe McCormick
David Bracken
Martha Edward
Eddie Curtis
Lee Frank
Claud May
Bill Roberson
Solomon Johnson
Roy Munch
Civil Service Exams Announced by U S Commission
Open competitive examinations are listed by the United States Civil Service commission with salaries from 1 620 to 4600 dollars a year for posts including Technical editor and senior editors in the forest service and department of agriculture and illustrator roles at the farm credit administration. Full information may be obtained from Mrs W A O Kelly secretary of the Civil Service Board of Examiners at the Monroe post office.
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The
United States Civil Service Commission
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Farm Credit Administration
South Dakota
Utah
Iowa
Vermont
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C
W. A. O'Kelly
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Monroe
Pythians to Meet for Knight Conferment and Lodge Actions
The Stonewall lodge of the Knights of Pythias will confer the rank of knight on two candidates and conduct regular business at its Thursday night meeting starting at 8 p.m. The article also notes a New Nazi training plan offering two years on a farm plus labor and military service and two years as an agricultural economist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythians
Stonewall Lodge
The
Knights of Pythias
Camp Fire Girls Plan Camp Ki Ro Li Program
The annual Camp Fire Girls encampment at Camp Ki Ro Li runs July 15 to 20 under director Mrs Charles M Mitchell with staff led by Mrs F B Neely and Mrs J G Cobb. Activities include swimming singing camp craft and nature lore. Registration capped at 40 with early notice to Mrs Neely.
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Camp Ki-Ro-Li
Charles M. Mitchell
F. B. Neeley
J. G. Cobb
A. E. Dopson
Frances Martin
Dorothy Mengis Grant
George Lowery
Thelma Shillcutt
Peggy Bubb
Winnie Hackworth
Alice Linebeck
Margarita Terry
Dorothy McComb
R. E. Allen
Virginia Baldwin
Grand Council
Mitchell
Neely
Company plans rural electric lines in northeast Louisiana
The article notes a six mile transmission line extending to the Arkansas state line, serving 30 to 40 patrons. Ten days are needed with 15 men employed, per A O Evans division manager. A second line from Choudrant to Downs ville and more routes are proposed to electrify rural areas.
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Arkansas State Line
A. O. Evans
Choudrant
Downsville
Louisiana
Evans
Massive Tokushima kites require hundreds for control
In Tokushima Japan a yearly kite contest features colossal kites so large that as many as 200 men must hold the cords to steady them during flight and display.
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Tokushima
Japan
Construction of Power Line Is Started Monday
The Louisiana Power and Light company began building a new power line from Haynesville starting Monday, outlining early steps in the project and noting regional energy expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Haynesville
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LIONS
O. A
Blane
Eskimo
Monroe Furniture Co.,ltd
North Second Street
LUX
Fay Wiay
Columbia Pictures
Luy
Camp Fire Girls
Bell Ans
Bellans
Hack
Omancé
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