Bees Swarm Over Desiard Street in Wild Borough Scene
A Monday bee swarm crowded DeSiard Street as a newsboy cried out, drawing Captain Dupree, Patrolman Cummings, and hundreds to watch. J. D. Harris mounted a ladder to capture the hive, aided by locals and a Boy newsboy, with the queen finally secured after multiple attempts. Traffic halted for 45 minutes during the rescue.
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Jackson
DeSiard
M. W. Cummings
Main Street
Fire Department
Der
Lanham Electric Company
Dupree
Willie Perkins
Northeast Junior College
Harris
David Frost
Fred Stevens
H. R. Littlepage
Robert Wagner
Papa
Captain Dupree
Cummings
South Grand Street
Occupying Axis Nations Postwar Plan Urged by Dr Atkinson
Dr. Henry A Atkinson, secretary of the World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches, urged occupying Germany Japan and Italy after the war to prove master and then feed the world. He warned against postwar chaos and called for food clothing medicine and law to reconstruct and avoid revolution as nations stabilize for a future peace conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Atkinson
Carnegie Endowed
World Alliance For International Friendship
New York
Peace Institute
Dr. Atkinson
United Nations
United Nations Group
Seven Thousand Czechs Executed by Nazis Reported
New York radio reports from a British broadcast quoted pro Nazi Czech minister Emmauel Moravec estimating 7,000 Czechs executed by the Nazis. Moravec said it is just and in the nation's interest that seven thousand die to save seven million. The note adds Canadian manufacturing is centered in Ontario and western Quebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emamuel Moravec
CBS
Moravec
Billy Boyte's Rites Not Set After Fatal Shooting
Billy Boyte 15 of Ward 8 died after a .22 rifle discharged while he tried to shoot hawks in a chicken house. He was pronounced dead en route to a hospital. Survived by mother Mrs. Mary Boyte brother Everard and grandfather Ben M. Williams. funeral arrangements pending word from Everard Boyte in Detroit Michigan.
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Billy Boyte
Ward 8
Hawks
Everard Boyte
Detroit
Mich
Hamilton
Mary Boyte
Everard
Ben M. Williams
Grain Prices Drop As Farmers Face Record Wheat Carryover
Chicago reports the lowest wheat prices since Pearl Harbor with July delivery near 1.15 a bushel. A massive postwar crop surplus, storage limits, and government loan programs shape farmers’ plans to hold or sell grain, threatening to tie up much of the new crop under loans.
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Chicago
Pearl Harbor
Chicago Board of Trade
United States
Kansas
Ohio Valley
Canada
Argentina
Kansas City
1941 Biggest Year Since 1920 for U S Farmers
The agriculture department reported that farmers received more income in 1941 than in any year since 1920. Revised figures place last year's cash income from farm marketings and government payments at 11.83 billion dollars, compared with 12.608 billion in 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Golson to Be Sworn In as West Monroe Mayor
D C Golson will take the oath of office as West Monroe mayor Wednesday at 9 am at city hall. Five newly elected aldermen Marlin Hattaway Lee Hawkins S I Kennedy L M Lee LL Rogers will also be sworn in by City Clerk L Wood. Golson succeeds Harry Williams Jr and plans to devote full time to the office after arranging his business interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
D. c
Golson
L. Wood
Marlin Hattaway
Lee Hakins
Kennedy
L. M. Lee
Ll. W. Rogers
Harry Williams, Jr
Bradley Heads 28th Division in New Command Move
Alexandria La June 30 Major General Omar N Bradley assumed command of the 28th Division succeeding Major General J Garesche Ord. Bradley was transferred from Camp Claiborne where he commanded the division since activation, the War Department announced at Camp Livingston.
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Alexandria
Omar N. Bradley
Gene J. Garesche Ord
Camp Shingston
Bradley
Livingston
Camp Claibe
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Greek Relief Association
Monroe, la
Gas Primos
Desiard Street
Tom Dupree
J. D. Harris
Park Avenue
Europe
Norway
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
J.C. Liner, SR
J. C. Liner, JR
The
Blue Network
Vieverstein
Vilverstein
A Cun
Doris Dodson
Toby Lane, Jr
Georgiana
Dorsa
Loretta
Irene Carol
Jackson and
Churchman
Germany
Italy
Japan
Los Angel
Ontario
Quebec
Bond’s Bakery, Inc. Corner
Harrison and. Ye
Gantner
U. S
D. C. Golson
Monroe
Wyst
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