Monroe Visitor Praises Chicago World's Fair Highlights
S. Jack Rogers and Mrs. Rogers return after eight days at the Century of Progress Fair in Chicago. He notes the vast scale and variety from the transportation and general exhibitions to Automaker displays and Midway attractions. Attendance on a Saturday was 137100 with daily crowds 50 to 80 thousand.
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S. Jack Rogers
Chamber of Commerce
Rogers
Chicago
Paris
Michigan Avenue
Monroe
Little Rock
Memphis
Fulton
Lad Confesses Theft Of Car and Burglary
Howard Holmes, 20, was arrested by the sheriff on Tuesday for burglary at Gillette's filling station near the Louisiana Training Institute and theft of an auto belonging to Mitchell Bruno. The car, found 12 miles northeast of Calhoun, was reported stolen from 1909 South Grand Street, with cigarette packages also taken.
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Sheriff's Department
Howard Holmes
Gillette's
Louisiana Training Institute
Mitchell Bruno
Calhoun
South Grand Street
Gillette
Fire Destroys Three Buildings In Texas
Fire of unknown origin destroyed three business district buildings in New Boston Texas early today. Two more structures were badly damaged. Loss estimated at 35000 dollars after four hours of battling flames with Texarkana and DeKalb departments aiding local crews.
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New Boston
Texas
Texarkana
DeKalb
Birth announced for son of Mr and Mrs Webb Madison
Mr and Mrs Webb Madison of Bastrop announce the birth of a son on Tuesday.
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Mrs. Webb Madison
Bastrop
International House stars at Paramount with a vaudeville pedigree
The Paramount opens a musical comedy program featuring the eleven principal performers behind International House including Peggy Hopkins Joyce W C Fields Rudy Vallee George Burns Gracie Allen Sari Maritza Col Stoopnagle and Budd Cab Calloway with additional acts. The cast also lists Bela Lugosi Lena Andre Sterling Holloway Edmund Breese and Lumsden Hare. The Capitol hosts Ruby Keeler in 42nd Street with Warner Bros. The film follows the making of a Broadway musical with Busby Berkeley choreo and 150 dancers.
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Paramount
International House
Paramount Theater
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
W. C. Fields
Rudy Vallee
Stuart Erwin
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Sari Maritza
Col. Stoopnagle
Budd
Cab Calloway
Ho-De-Ho
Bela Lugosi
Lena Andre
Sterling Holloway
Franklin Pangborn
Edmund Breese
Lumsden Hare
Capitol
Ruby Keeler
Warner Bros
Germany Mourns Versailles Anniversary Across Nation
On the 14th anniversary of the Versailles treaty Germans observe in mourning with flags at half mast and planned demonstrations. Adolf Hitler's regime drives the Nazi revolution, denouncing Wilson's 14 points and calling for renewed sacrifice to secure national independence. Public sentiment grows after media attack on aviation inequality and calls for self protection.
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Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Wilson
Versailles
US Airlines Carried 24 300 Passengers in January
Airlines operating in the United States carried 24 300 passengers during January this year.
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United States
Cross-Word Puzzle Across and Down Clues Mixed
Puzzle fills with themes and wordplay across and down clues. Includes items such as incandes cent, mature, cavern, globes, and salutation among many others with entries like Russian sea, dillseed, born, and pieces out. Solvers map clues to common words and fill a grid.
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Russian Sea
Tarzan the Untamed Rescue and Loss in India Flight
Roger Cecil freed himself from tangled parachute rigging after his plane burned in a clearing. Local rescuers found no trace of his crew or Patricia Canby. He went back to Delhi grieving for the girl who captured his heart while knowing he had done his best.
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Roger Cecil
Patricia Canby
Roger
Delhi
Nation to Face Large Increase in Bread Costs
Washington June 28 The bread bill will raise costs by about 150 million dollars for the year starting July 8 with a 30 cent tax per bushel of wheat ground into flour to fund farmer acreage reduction for 1934 and 1935. A 4 cent a pound cotton tax to finance cotton crop reduction begins August 1. The plan includes a campaign in the South urging plow-up of 25 to 50 percent of fields and details how taxes affect loaf and flour prices.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
R. G. Tugwell
Wallace
Middle West
South
Revival Planned At Drew Church By Rev Wesley Riedel
Rev Wesley Riedel from Chicago will assist Rev George Dierlamm this summer. He studies theology in Chicago. A revival at Drew Church will feature Riedel as evangelist and singer. Public invited.
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Wesley Riedel
Chicago
George Dierlamm
Drewchurch
Reverend Riedel
Fellowship Luncheon Planned by Methodist Missionary Society
The First Methodist church hosts a fellowship luncheon on July 5 at 7 30 p m. Women not in the missionary society are guests along with all Methodist women of Monroe and West Monroe and friends from other churches. A specially interesting program will highlight the evening and invitees are urged to attend.
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The
Methodist Missionary Society
First Methodist Church
Missionary Society
Monroe
West Monroe
Night Club Hostess Shoots Lover In Head
A Broadway area shooting leaves Albert Pearson gravely wounded after a night club hostess Marquita Lopez fired once at close range. She admitted nothing and fled by taxi before surrendering at a nearby police station. Pearson could not identify his assailant as witnesses say he followed her before the attack.
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Broadway
Pearson
Marquita Lopez
West 48Th Street
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