Neville High and Ouachita Parish Plan 1937 Graduations
Grace Episcopal church hosts Neville High baccalaureate May 30 at 11 a.m. The Neville commencement is June 3 at 8 p.m. The Ouachita Parish High School capstone is May 30 at 3 p.m. with 270 graduates to hear a speaker yet unnamed. St Matthew's Parochial High School graduation is May 31 at 8 p.m. for 15 graduates with no speaker announced.
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E. F. Hayward
Grace Episcopal Church
Neville High School
Grace Church
W. C. Scott
First Methodist Church
Ouachita Parish High School
St Matthew's
Edward VIII’s romance unfolds at Bedaux chateau in Touraine
Edward and Miss Simpson relax at the Bedaux estate near the Touraine chateau amid coronation plans for George VI. Officials hint the Duke of Kent may attend as best man May 18. Mrs Simpson’s status rises with marriage, gaining royal rank and diplomatic immunity. Rachel Simms, nurse at Dr Mosely’s clinic, underwent appendicitis surgery with a favorable update.
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Touraine
France
London
Surete Nationale
Edward
Duke of Kent
Kent
Chateau
Charles E. Bedaux
George VI
St. Wolfgang
Austria
Mrs. Simpson
Wallis Simpson
Duke of Windsor
Edward VIII
Duke of Norfolk
England
Rachel Simms
Norris Tenn residents approve beer sale referendum
In Norris Tennessee the TVA model town votes 184 to 103 to sell beer in a special referendum. Captain W S Nail oversees the voting as stenographers cast ballots and TVA directors must approve before any sale can occur.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Norris
Tenn
W. S. Nail
Norris Police Department
TVA
Five Defendants Face Trial as Jury Panel Shrinks
The five defendants Louisie Wilson Cleo Miller Elmo Melancon Lorenzo Milano and Ralph Falsetto sit through a lengthy session as a 50 person jury panel fails to add jurors. Judge Henry L Himel admonishes residents to volunteer for jury duty amid a crowded court. A Legion girl’s death is linked to a Dawsonville physician’s office after a nightclub event with conflicting vehicle strike claims.
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Guion
Ralph Falsetto
Lorenzo Milano
Henry L. Himel
Himel
Louisie Wilson
Cleo Miller
Elmo Melancon
Legion
Donaldsonville
April City Police Report Highlights Downtown Congestion
The April police tally shows 221 arrests and 51 traffic accidents with 5 injuries. Burglaries and 33 larcenies caused 1048 in losses. $155 worth of property was recovered. Major losses stemmed from two diamond rings and a house burglary. City court fines totaled 5236 with 1466 collected and the rest levied as street work.
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Ifty
Royal Court Arrangements For King and Queen Coronation
Details of court attire and presentations for the coronation week. Mrs. Robert W. Bingham leads American women at court wearing maize brocade gowns and jewels. dozen American debutantes named. Maharanee of Jodhpur to watch procession. Indian royal entourage guarded. Buckingham Palace hosts servants party. black list warns of crank threats to royals.
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Robert W. Bingham
United States
Bingham
Henrietta
Miss Bingham
Canada
Australia
South Africa
Eleanora Bowdoin
Aiken
S. C
George Temple Bowdoin
New York City
Vesta Putman Culbertson
Chicago
F. Vernon Foster
West Orange
N. J
Lydia Fuller
Boston
Mass
Dozier L. Gardner
St. Louis
Julia Henry
Philadelphia
Byron Hilliard
Louisville
Catherine M. Maher
Lincoln
Neb
George W. Norton, Jr
John Perrin
Anne Schenck
Homer S. Cummings
Grenville T. Emmet
Netherlands
Maharanee
Jodhpur
London
Maharajah
Buckingham Palace
Moody to Address Postmaster Conventions Across States
Representative Overton Brooks of Louisiana may join the national convention. Moody plans to speak at postmaster conventions in Arkansas Alabama Georgia Mississippi Texas California Oregon Washington Montana and Idaho during the summer months.
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Overton Brooks
Fourth
Louisiana
Mr. Moody
Moody
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Texas
California
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Idaho
25000 Scouts Prepare For National Jamboree
Washington May 5 25 000 scouts will gather on a 350 acre Potomac site for the first national jamboree. Tent city rises as administration buildings go up to house the attendees from every state. Dr James E West says plans cover at least 25 000 boys with meals at a $25 blanket expense fee to gauge attendance.
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Washington
Potomac
James E. West
New York
Chamber of Commerce Campaign Aims to Unite Twin Cities
The chamber moves to enlist all Monroe and West Monroe business and industrial firms in a broad campaign for membership. Campaign leaders report high participation, say past issues are set aside, and promise a new program with broad member involvement. Call 322 to enroll.
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Chamber of Commerce
Alston Prophit
Twin Cities
Monroe
West Monroe
Joe E. Marx
R. C. Stokes
Prophit
American Mother Advocates Religion and Family
Mrs. Car Raymond Gray of Omaha named American Mother of 1937 calls for more religion and more children at home and an end to cocktails and cigarettes for men as she prepares to receive the Motherhood medal. Her husband, retiring Union Pacific president, returns from Washington to attend the ceremony.
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New York
Car
Raymond Gray
Omaha
Neb
Kidnap Victim Confession Ties to Hauptmann Trial Plot
In Lewiston Idaho Chester Vincent won a hardware store contest for eliminating predatory animals by reporting the killing of 143 rattlesnakes in 1936 and submitting their rattles as proof. The text includes a claim about schemes to influence courts and politics involving Bruno Hauptmann, Governor Hoffman, and Edgar Hoover, tied to the Lindbergh baby case.
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Parker
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hoffman
United States
Hauptmann
Edgar Hoover
F. B
Hoffman Is Governor.” On March 6, He Sawd the Runior Parker
Aor
Lewiston
Idaho
Chester Vincent
Identified Victims In Lake Erie Killings Probe
New details confirm victims are identified as part of a Lake Erie slaying spree. Coroner Gerber links the cases to a single killer and notes precise cutting implying familiarity with anatomy. Police consider a range from a wad butcher to a sex crazed maniac while Gerber warns the killer may be making friends to lure future victims.
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Lake Erie
Gerber
Perpetrator Imagined as Calculated Beheading Killer
The passage portrays the slayer as a shrewd, cruel figure who lies in wait for public interest in each beheading to wane before striking again, suggesting the killer knows victims well and plans to maximize fear.
San Francisco traffic-violation school praised for turnout
After three years the compulsory school for traffic law violators in San Francisco remains popular with attendance between 150 and 200. Since opening, about 2,000 drivers have been taught the basics of traffic law and auto safety.
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San Francisco
Dr Bond's Pills Promise Quick Cold Relief
An old advertisement urges readers to take Dr Bond's Pills at bedtime to remove poisons and germs after a cold. The pitch claims secretions are stimulated and the system cleansed, ending with the claim that colds vanish by morning and a 25 cent bottle is available at drug stores.
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Carter
Nature
Dr. Bond
Fire devours seven miles of brush on Sound Beach coast
Strong winds and sun drive a seven mile by one mile blaze along Sound Beach Long Island as 700 men fight and four bungalows burn. Fires also burn in Franklin and Manchester New Hampshire Hyannis Massachusetts and Me towns as officials warn warm dry weather could spark more outbreaks. Rain expected later with Massachusetts Governor Hurley offering aid and fire wardens reporting South Jersey fires in check after 1400 acres burned. Oklahoma A and M offers lip reading courses to aid hearing impaired students.
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Sound Beach
Long Island
Franklin
Manchester
N. H
Hyannis
Mass
Leonidas Coyle
New Jersey
South Jersey
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