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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1944
Page
2
A church close to a burgeoning oil field reports rising attendance as Rev. leads outreach amid economic expansion. Community gathers for services and meetings to discuss future plans and spiritual guidance in the expanding region.
Wartime Twin Cities women show resourcefulness aiding Selman Field hospital with luxuries and comforts for troops. Officers wives raise funds through a style revue and a nurse’s scholarship concert by Lt. and Mrs. LeRoy Anspach at Neville High School.
The Red Cross posts a weekly calendar for surgical dressing sessions at multiple locations. Mon and Wed at headquarters from 6 30 pm to 9 00 pm and 1 to 5 pm respectively, Thu at headquarters 1 to 5 pm, Tue at Army unit American Legion home 9 30 am to 12 am and 1 30 pm to 4 pm, Sterlington Fairbanks unit American Legion home Sterling ton 1 to 5 pm Wed and Thu.
Church groups and social clubs across Ouachita Parish plan meetings Thursday through Saturday. Highlights include Y organizations and Girl Reserves gatherings at the Y, a spring concert by Ouachita Parish High School choir, and a gulf park conference for attendees. The piece notes several social visits and a regional wedding in Natchez Mass with local attendees and host families.
The Monroe recreational department announces a free summer junior drama program for boys and girls of all levels. Meetings begin 7:30 PM on May 2 at 1700 South Grand Street Recreation Center under director Mrs. Lucyle Hupman. Activities include stage craft, makeup, costume design, and short skits with weekly Tuesday sessions for ages six to ten on Fridays afternoons.
Philadelphia May 1 The executive council of the American Federation of Labor met to decide on John L Lewis and the readmission of his United Mine Workers of America. The terms remain unsettled with a potential demand for a clear yes or no. Lewis could return with mine workers if the UMWA district 50 is disbanded, except for chemical workers he has organized.
An old advertisement touts St Joseph Aspirin as surer stronger or faster than genuine aspirin with claims of being the world’s largest seller at 10 cents for 36 tablets, 20 cents, and 35 cents for 100 tablets, urging buyers to demand St Joseph Aspirin.
The passage describes John L. Lewis pushing for an AFL charter that would grant broad control over chemical workers. It notes the AFL already has 40,000 plus chemical workers in local unions and warns those unions would join the United Mine Workers if the charter is granted, unless locals resist and withdraw.
Rev D D Cantrell, pastor since 1935, preached his farewell to Monroe’s Central Baptist Church. Under his leadership the church grew to about 500 members and a new educational building was erected. He will move with his family to Waterproof to begin duties as pastor.
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