Downing Camp to Host Ouachita Red Cross First Aid Station
The Ouachita parish Red Cross will establish a highway emergency first aid station at Downing’s tourist camp on the Dixie Overland highway west of West Monroe. Mr and Mrs Downing will run it with first aid facilities. Training classes for 15 participants led by Parker McComb and Benny Oakland proceed, aiming to serve motorists at set mile intervals. A second parish station site is chosen, but the Downing unit will start operating first.
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Ouachita Parish
Red Cross
Downing
West Monroe
Parker McComb
Benny Oakland
W. C. Holstein
Th Parish
Screen Debut for Jimmie Allen in The Sky Parade
New screen star Jimmie Allen eighteen makes his film debut at Paramount in The Sky Parade an aviation adventure. Cast includes William Gargan Katherine De Mille Grant Withers Kent Taylor and Bill Lee as the film plays at the Capitol today and Wednesday.
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Jimmie Allen
Paramount Studios
William Gargan
Katherine de Mille
Grant Withers
Kent Taylor
Bill Lee
Nlays
Capitol
Charles Deering Recovery After Abdomen Wound
Charles A Deering 46 Missouri Pacific railroad conductor improved after receiving a bullet wound to the abdomen. He was wounded at 508 South First Street during a party in his honor and was removed to St Francis sanitarium for treatment. The incident followed Deering brandishing a .22 rifle and threatening self harm before the weapon discharged.
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Charles A. Deering
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Francis Sanitarium
J. L. Jacks
South First Street
Deering
St. Francis Savitarium
Population growth boosts Moscow and Leningrad figures
Moscow has over 2 850 000 residents while Leningrad, the Soviet Union's second largest city, reaches about 2 250 000 inhabitants, reflecting rapid urban expansion across major urban centers.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Cooperative Head Replies To Merritt Book In New Orleans
N C Williamson president of the American Cotton Cooperative Association issues a rebuttal to C L Merritt of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. He defends cooperatives saying they aid farmers with lower costs and better prices while noting Merritt’s stance favors high cotton volumes and criticizes government policies.
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New Orleans
N. C. Williamson
American Cotton Cooperative Association Today
C. L Merritt
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Mr. Williamson
New Orleans Association of Commerce
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Williamson
Merritt
Congress
AAA
Mr. Merritt
Senator McKellar
Representative Zioncheck
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Zioncheck
G-men
Gly Cas Drug Miracle Aids Monroe Oil Man
Sharp neuritis pains confined Mr Blackstock to bed but Gly Cas restored his health. He praises Gly Cas as life changing, cites relief from pain digestive steadiness and renewed appetite after trying Hot Springs then Gly Cas through Phoenix Drug Co. Monroe. The ad-like testimonial promotes Gly Cas by name with location details.
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Gly-Cas
Mr. Blackstock
Jackson Street
Monroe
Phoenix Drug Co
DeSiard Street
Warren testimonial barbecue scheduled
A Lloyd Warren testimonial stag barbecue will be held Saturday evening at the Claiborne school grounds in the Claiborne community. Invitations have been mailed to friends of Mr. Warren, president of the Ouachita parish Police Jury, with arrangements coordinated by Ford Hines Larrie Henry and J A Daniel.
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J. A. Daniel's
Ford Hines
West Monroe
Sam Humphries
R. P. Benson
Tom Hicks
H. A. Brownlee
B. A. Gentry
Jake Cotham
W. C. Feazel
H. A. McDonald
W. Decker Moore
Joel Durrett
J. N. Knowles
Marvin DeFreese
E. FE. Pritchett
R. L. Kilgore
Lee Hawkins
Bonus checks arrive for veterans at Monroe post office
The Monroe post office reports Tuesday mail from New Orleans included bonus checks for 150 World War II veterans, bringing the total received to about 500. Postmaster J. R. Wooten says roughly half of the checks due have arrived and the rest are expected soon.
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Monroe
New Orleans
J. R. Wooten
Trail of the Lonesome Pine Returns to Paramount
Sylvia Sidney Henry Fonda and Fred MacMurray star in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine a Cumberland mountain clan saga in Technicolor returning to the Paramount Theatre for today and Wednesday with a special engagement and an exceptional cast.
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Sylvia Sidney
Henry Fonda
Monroe Plans Fourth of July Bike Parade and Clubs
The Monroe Recreation department will stage a bicycle parade at 9 30 a m Friday in front of Central Grammar School. Bicycles decorated with bunting will participate with all ages invited. After downtown parade, events move to Atkinson playground for stunts and an endurance race along the riverfront. Clubs will form at neighborhood playgrounds and offer outings by bike, echoing rail passenger bike trains in the east.
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Monroe Recreation Department
Central Grammar School
Atkinson Playground
Repair work proceeds at Louisiana Baptist Children's Home cottages
Superintendent Rev. B F Wallace reports progress on repairs at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home with $5 000 initially allotted to fix termite damage. Monroe and Oaks cottages are overhauled with new plaster plumbing and lighting. Some cottages will cost more due to termite damage. Wallace visited Haynesville to preach and took Charles Hazrip, nine, to Shreveport for bone surgery with expected recovery under supervision.
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Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
B. F. Wallace
Monroe
Oaks
Wallace
Haynesville
Baptist Church
Shreveport
Charles Hazript
Wisner
Wesley Players to Stage The Rock Sacred Drama in Monroe
The Wesley Players of Louisiana State University will present The Rock by Mary Hamlin on Monday July 6 at 8 p.m. in Quachita Parish High School auditorium. Directed by Mrs Joe Brown Love the cast includes Ray Lyles Patricia McHugh Blanche Gibbons Meffre Matta Mrs Joe Brown Love and Rev Joe Brown Love. Tickets from youth groups or Methodist church offices.
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Wesley Players of
Louisiana State University
Mary P. Hamlin
Quachita Parish
At & P.m
Simon Peter
Monroe
West Monroe
Joe Brown Love
Baton Rouge
Peter
Ray Lyles
Adina
Patricia McHugh
Deborah
Blanche Gibbons
Uzal
Meffre Matta
Mary Magdala
Pandira
Joe Brown
Methodist Church
Wesley Players
South
Wesley Foundation
Bootleggers Utilize Bicycles In Augusta Traffic
Augusta police report the bicycle as a new bootlegging conveyance and say four bikes have been seized recently after officers observed riders hauling liquor. Authorities describe the outfits as discreet and claim the riders used bicycles to evade standard checkpoints.
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Augusta
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State University Unit
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Firestone
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