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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1941
Page
3
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Judge W. M. Harper retiring as district governor outlined four Rotary aims at a hotel Virginia noon meeting. The goals include service through acquaintance, high ethical standards, applied service in life, and promoting international understanding. Special praise went to local Rotarians for notable community work.
Joseph B. Eastman former federal transportation coordinator and IC C chairman argues buses fund highways through taxes and wear charges. Tri State Transit Co of Louisiana as a Trailways member exemplifies this, with a four year bus averaging 315 000 miles and 86 000 passengers while paying 437.06 yearly in highway taxes and 188 wear cost. The fleet emphasizes preventive maintenance six major overhauls and safer operation, highlighting modern air conditioned models and rising travel quality.
Staff and children at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home await the arrival of Dr. T. W. Gayer on April 1. He is from Uvalde Texas where he pastors First Baptist. Former Pineville pastor and founder of the Northeast Louisiana Baptist encampment at Olla.
Rev Verne Keiary announced a special week of prayer starting Saturday for the Seventh Day Adventist youth in El Dorado Arkansas. Rev Keisey will lead two weeks of revival services beginning Friday with events aimed at young members.
The British House of Commons backs a large fleet and crews to confront a new spring U-boat offensive. A. V. Alexander notes the need for ships and manpower, praising the trade of fifty destroyers to Britain while considering how quickly Britain can man more vessels and officers. The piece discusses U.S. involvement pressures and the strategic balance with Japan and the Balkans.
Neurologists identify distention of head arteries as the source of migraine and other headaches. The study from New York hospital and Cornell medical college maps painful artery networks in the scalp and brain coverings. Ergotamine tartarate offers migraine relief. high blood pressure headaches relate to arterial distention, not pressure level.
A 19 year old mother, Maggie Lou Hicks of Lake Providence, died from a severed jugular after a truck collision three miles north of Lake Providence at 7 pm Thursday. Her sister Roberta White, 17, and five others were injured while Eugene Parker and his son were treated after first aid.
Mrs Hicks is survived by husband and small son, mother Mrs Florida White, two brothers B. J. White and Rupert White, and sister Roberta, all of Lake Providence, after the crash with Parker's half-ton truck. A quoted witness said he had been blinded by the truck lights.
Dr. Cottingham, former Louisiana Tech president, weighs accepting the Tech presidency effective April 1. Named by the state board to succeed F. S. Richardson, Cottingham may not decide before Saturday. He arrived in Ruston with state board member Morgan Walker.
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