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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1946
Page
10
Latin American dance expert Chiquitica, famed in New York and Florida clubs, keeps beachgoers focused on the dance as she performs rhumba steps at Miami Beach resorts. Her lively demonstration features rolls, writhes, shuffles and shakes with rhythm accents and a splash of Ai Ai.
Pacific coast lumbermen denounce an Office of Price Administration move to sue 40 companies across California Oregon Washington and Arizona seeking 9 043 530 in treble damages for alleged violations tied to 65 649 123 board feet of lumber The suits target practices like diversions re sawing and over cutting and are backed by U S Attorney General Tom Clark and Congress funds with investigations expanding in the West.
Washington reports the Wage Stabilization Board refused to approve a pay cut for eight employees of a Louisville Kentucky livestock commission firm. The decision adds another note in ongoing wage stabilization disputes and raises questions about compensation levels within the industry.
Public and labor members of the national board refused to let Brooks-Metcalf reduce monthly wages from 225 to 125 dollars, despite overtime options for 1945 earnings. Dissenting industrial members warned the ruling harms small business during reconversion and could force layoffs or closure. The decision notes the stabilization act governs both higher and lower pay. The piece also mentions a plastic fly swatter scenting the air and notes historical tidbits about Panama Canal Zone occupation and Cuba railroad ownership.
Ferriday Louisiana June 27 Special The July issue of The Ladies Home Journal features a lead novel Purgatory Street by Concordia parish author Roman McDougald from Clayton near Ferriday The piece notes the book will be published soon by Simon and Schuster and highlights McDougalds background in mathematics psychology at Tulane University his Hollywood offers and radio writing work The article also mentions his amateur hypnosis hobby and the local pride in his growing literary success.
Innocent tone assures customers that 4 of 5 loan requests are approved at Personal Finance Co. Loans range from 25 to 900 based on signature or collateral such as furniture or auto. No need to notify friends or employers. friendly, fast service offered weekdays 9 to 5 at floor Bernhardt Building.
Fragmentary notes indicate international runs from the United States to England and Ireland face losses of up to five pounds per trip. The text mentions stewardesses and the use of ox-hair plaster as a binding medium, signaling wartime material constraints.
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