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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1944
Page
8
In Reno Nevada February saw 404 divorces issued, the highest monthly total since the six weeks residence law began 14 years ago. The prior February high was 246 divorces in 1932, and year to date decrees reached 764 versus 515 in early 1943. The giraffe makes no sound.
G Robert Lunz Jr of the Charleston museum staff pricked his finger on an 86 year old thorn while working on ancient botanical specimens. He was removed from the thorn with care. The piece notes that about 40 cities worldwide have populations over a million.
Dr William Crew Talladega Presbyterian pastor was the Lions Club guest speaker at Hotel Frances. He extolled George Washington as a courageous, pure-minded founder who built a union of states and defended liberty, urging adherence to his democratic principles.
Two brothers serving abroad in World War II sent donations to Bosco Baptist church fund to open the church debt free. H. E. Happy Douglas, in Italy, gave 100 dollars and Jack R. Douglas, in the Southwest Pacific, sent 20 dollars. By February 20 the building was in use and all debt was cleared.
If you measure medicine purchases by results you will not find a better preparation than Gly-Cas for occasional constipation and its distresses. Headaches gas or bloating biliousness or sluggish feelings may be relieved with this common sense preparation. Caution use only as directed. Gly-Cas sold by Phoenix Drug Co 348 DeSiard St and by leading Druggists in this section.
A dense crossword style list of across and down clues with numeric indices and varied wordplay elements listing items like Moor, Wears away, Arrow poison, Sea demigod, Incarnation, and many others, interspersed with odd spacing and partial phrases suggesting a published puzzle page scan.
President C B Hodges announced LSU will present the opera Robin Hood to service men at four Louisiana camps and in Baton Rouge New Orleans Shreveport. The 125 member cast with orchestra chorus and ballet will perform at Camp Claiborne Camp Selman Camp Barksdale and Camp Polk in late April and at Baton Rouge Shreveport New Orleans in March and April during the spring fiesta season.
A reader observes that eight horseshoe shoes and two stakes equal in material to an army rifle, highlighting the steel used in common outdoor games.
The Labor Department reports 486 government contracts for goods totaling 64 286 857 awarded in Louisiana for the year to June 20 1943 with 785 contracts valued at 93 439 506 filled by state products. Franklin death notice and a note about Speaker Bauer’s mother appear in the same digest.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation says it will lend to drafted businessmen with prior experience and personal equity. Loans are not grants, with 4 percent interest, and eligibility hinges on sound business plans and adequate collateral. The policy aims to aid ex servicemen while avoiding poor risks and duplicating bank loans.
Ouachita parish association officials announced that R. C. Pollock general manager of the national live stock and meat board and F. E. Mollin executive secretary of the American Livestock Association will address the Louisiana Cattlemen's Association annual convention here March 7 and 8.
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