Fred Hoffiman’s Rites Held With Church Service
Funeral services for Fred A. Hoffiman 60 a West Monroe resident and Masonic leader were held at Memorial Presbyterian Church with a prior prayer service at Mulhearn Funeral Home. Interment followed at Hasley Cemetery with Masonic rites. Survived by wife Lenora Hoffiman three daughters and three sons, his mother, a brother and six grandchildren. Hoffiman born October 1 1895 in New Orleans lived in West Monroe since 1936.
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Mulhearn Funeral Home
Hoffman
Lenora Hoffman
West Monroe
Ira Cagle, Jr
Monroe
William A. Lee
William E. Whittle
Alexandria
Fred A. Hoffman Jr
Japan
Henry K. Hoffman
Frank A. Hoffman
Henry A. Hoffmann
North Louisiana Bottling Co. Founder Laid to Rest
Mulhearn Funeral Home of Monroe handles arrangements for a longtime North La. Bottling Co. owner and elder of Memorial Presbyterian Church. He served as past president of the Northeast La. Shrine Club and was active in crippled children work. he also belonged to the West Monroe Lions Club.
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North la
John Snyder and Zoe Prepare Europe Tour Departure
John Snyder a Winnsboro businessman and his daughter Zoe will depart at 8:25 a.m. Tuesday for New York for a six to seven week tour of Europe. From New York they sail to London then visit England France and other European countries.
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Winnsboro
John Snyder
Zoe Snyder
New York
Europe
London
England
France
Florida City Marks U S Mainland Southern Edge
Florida City Florida is identified as the southernmost mainland United States city at latitude 25 degrees 27 minutes north with its location noted in a geographic record.
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United States
Florida City, Fla
Funeral Services Held Today For Murder Victim
Jackson Mississippi reports funeral services for James Lann a 40 year old World War II and Korean conflict veteran and education and training supervisor at the veterans vocational rehabilitation center who was shot by DeWitt Laird a 49 year old VA center counsellor of education and training before Laird killed himself Witnesses described a struggle at the VA barracks and the coroner's jury ruled murder death by own action Lann survived by a widow and two daughters and Laird survived by his own family with multiple relatives named
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Jackson
Miss
Veterans Administration
James Lann
Lann
Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation Center
DeWitt
Laird
Truman Lunch With Queen Sees First Meeting Since 1952
Former President Harry S. Truman dined with Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace. The meeting marked the first since Elizabeth became queen in 1952, noting their prior 1951 Washington visit during her royal tour.
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London
Harry S. Truman
Queen Elizabeth
White House
Mrs. Truman
Duke of Edinburgh
Buckingham Palace
Trumans
Elizabeth
George VI
Duke’ of Edinburgh
Washington
Canada
King Of London Underworld Slain In Gangland Style
In London Maida Vale three gunmen killed a associate of the exile “king of the underworld” Jack Spot. The assassination, in trench coats, sparked fears of a Chicago type gang war over London’s bookmaking rings. The killing marks Britain’s first such bloodshed since the 1920s.
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London
Underworld
Jack Spot
Chicago
Scarface
Tommy Smithson
Smithson
Maida Vale
Britain
Great Plains wind erosion damages ten million acres
The Agriculture Department reports wind erosion in the Great Plains from Nov 1 to May 31 totaling about 10 million acres, 38 percent below the previous season. Damage concentrated in five southern states with Colorado, Texas, and Kansas leading, while eight hundred thirteen thousand acres were damaged in the northern states.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Large Northern Group Cropland Damages Across Several States
The report notes Nebraska leading the northern group with 443000 acres damaged, followed by Montana with 200000 acres. Severe losses cluster in eastern Colorado and western Kansas, with further impacts in south central Kansas, the Texas Panhandle, and the southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico. An additional 9.4 million acres are in condition to blow on dune.
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Braska
Montana
Colorado
Kansas
Texas
Panhandle
High Plains
New Mexico
Illiterate Voter Help Bill Defeated In Louisiana House
In Baton Rouge on Monday the Louisiana House defeated a bill to permit illiterate voters to get assistance at the polls. The vote was 12 to 78 with representatives Alten, Chachere, Collier voting for and Delany Downes Faulk Gibson Fields voting against the measure.
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Baton Rouge
House
I. J. Alten
Jackson
Walter A. Chachere
Franklin
Ashton B. Collier
Winn
Two Morehouse Parish Negroes Sentenced in Fourth District Court
In Bastrop on June 26 special session judge David I. Garrett sentenced Lonzo Walker, 44, to 12 years for incest, and Burel Mays, 23, to 3 years for hog theft and 5 years for cow theft, totaling 20 years. Both suspects were arrested June 14 by the Morehouse Parish sheriff. Walker's crime dates to 1950.
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Fred Hoffiman
Fred A. Hoffman
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Hugh E. Bradshaw
Hasley Cemetery
Northeast Louisiana Shrine Club
Eilers Lalslitte
Missouri Pacific
Hall St
Zoe
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Mobile
Sears Town
Edna Ledbetter
Nora Midgett
Betty Jo Williams
Alice Petty
Kaye Petty
Bobbie Jean Vining
Amory
J. Cann
Roy Lawrence
Columbus
Truman
Colgate
Jane Parker
Asgel Food
A&p
Crestmont
Armour’'S
Vienna
ANN Page
SWIFT
Vee. Bot
Waverly Wafers
California
Calif
OZ Bag
America
Aete Tet
the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Brisk
The
Colgate-Palmolive Co
Oklahoma
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Vail M. Delany
East Carroll
Lasley J. Downes
Richland
W. Gilbert Faulk
Ouachita
T. T. Fields Union
Lawrence Gibbs
Morehouse Parish
Edgar H. Lancaster, Jr
Madison
L. D. Napper
Lincoln
Seaman
Tensas
W. C. Steen, Jr
Caldwell
Woodrow Wilson
Morehouse
Spencer
Yvrick
West Carroll
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