Parade Route for Bands Leads to Central Grammar Campus
The concert program begins about 5 15 p m Saturday with a parade forming on North Street and marching via Louisville Avenue C Washington Street North Fourth to DeSiard and South Grand to Wood Street then to Central Grammar School campus. All bands perform on site then a short concert follows. Public invited all day Friday and Friday night at Quachita Parish High School auditorium with a small admission fee. Solo contests run 8 am to 3 50 pm and parish school auditorium hosts all day ensembles and brasses for grade school bands.
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Louisville Avenue c
Washington Street
North Fourth Street
DeSiard Street
Quachita Parish
Marmola Prescription Tablets Offer Fat Reduction Plan
Advertisement urges tired feet and weight loss by treating a gland problem. It claims Marmola tablets, used by doctors, burn fat by supplying a missing substance to the gland. Readers are told to avoid dieting and start Marmola today with the formula in every box.
Regional music festival draws thousands to Monroe events
In a Friday session at the parish school auditorium from 4 15 to 5 50 p m up to nine soloists from bands across the state will perform. Delegations include about 400 from New Orleans and 300 from Baton Rouge arriving via Illinois Central train early Friday. Ruston High School orchestra under Harvey Nelson will close the final session at Neville High school auditorium Saturday night. A drum major contest is planned on Neville High campus Saturday at 1 p m.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Monroe
Illinois Central Railroad
Ruston High School
Harvey Nelson
Neville High School
Babson Predicts Seven Percent Gain in 1937 U S Business
Indianapolis May 6 Babson Babson Park Mass predicted the 1937 national business would be at least seven percent better than 1936 the best year since 1929 He told about 800 Indiana bankers that activity is near 1923 27 levels but below 1929 He cited 1936 national income near 60 billion up from 39 billion in 1932 and within 28 percent of 1929 high He said profits orders and employment improved and predicts at least 30 percent rise in all building in 1937.
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Indianapolis
Arthur C. Babson
Babson Statistical Organization
Babson Park
Mass
Indiana
Taylor Death Again Probed
Los Angeles authorities reopen the William Desmond Taylor murder case joining actress Mary Miles Minter and her relatives in a grand jury inquiry. Diaries and deposition material feature as new information enters the probe into the 1922 slaying that long baffled investigators.
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Los Angeles
Baron Fitts
William Desmond Taylor
Mary Miles Minter
Charlotte Shelby
Margaret Fillmore
Fillmore
Fitts
Grand Jury
Mrs. Fillmore
Shelby
Ater
General Hospital
William Dean Tanner
Miss Minter
Deaths Lizzie Bennett of Union parish
Funeral services for Lizzie Bennett 64 lifelong Union parish resident were held at Fairview cemetery Marion. She died after a long illness in Monroe hospital. Rev. Steagall officiated. she was born in Union parish and survived by husband James Bennett and five children.
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Marion
Lizzie Bennett
Union Parish
Monroe
Fairview Cemetery
Steagall
Marion Church of Christ
Bennett
James Bennett
Alabama
When Sleep Is Disturbed
An old time advertisement promotes juniper oil and buchu leaves as kidney flush aids similar to castor oil for bowel cleansing. It claims toxins and acids irritate sleep and urinary symptoms, offering compact green tablets called Bukets from Sandman's Pharmacy in West Monroe and Monroe Louisiana with a 25 cent refund.
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Sandman's Pharmacy
Monroe
Calvert
West Monroe
Boulware Funeral Held For J L Boulware Leader In D Arbonne
Lizzie Brantley is named in a widowed survivor list with five children from Arkansas and Louisiana. The funeral for J L Boulware 70 a prominent D Arbonne planter and former Union parish police jury member was at Culbertson cemetery in Marion after a lengthy illness. Surviving children include Oscar Boulware Hobson Boulware Lucian Boulware Ellen Boulware Reagan Odom and Reagan Odom among others.
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Boulware
Marion
J. L. Boulware
D'Arbonne
Culbertson
Union Parish
Oscar Boulware
Shreveport
Hobson Boulware
Monroe
Lucian Boulware
Ellen Boulware
Farmerville
George Reagan
Reagan Odom
Ruston
Congress Quizzed by Ruth de Young At NCTE Meet
Miss Ruth de Young of the Chicago Tribune challenged 2,000 delegates at the 41st NCTE convention in Richmond. She urged awareness of local government and health conditions in slums, advocating careful planning for community progress. Delegates will tour the Virginia peninsula Friday.
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Richmond
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Ruth de Young
The
Chicago Tribune
Virginia Peninsula
Church Revives Plans for Four-Story Education Building
First Baptist church resumes construction on its educational building halted for years. The building committee orders reinforcement steel to finish the skeleton. R C Stokes elected chairman of a new permanent finance committee to fund the project. The four story, fireproof structure will house about 150 rooms and serve 1500 or more in Sunday school.
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First Baptist Church
R. C. Stokes
Brotherhood
Births Reported From Winnsboro Choudrant and Bernice
A son was born May 1 at Winnsboro sanitarium to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gunn of Tallulah. Mrs. Gunn was formerly Thelma Johnson of Winnsboro. In Choudrant a son was born May 1 to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gunn of Hopewell. Mrs. Nunn was formerly Ima Mae Patterson. In Bernice a son, Warren Donovan Grafton, arrived May 2 at Ruston Lincoln sanitarium. parents are Mr. and Mrs. George D. Grafton.
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Winnsboro
Winnsboro Sanitarium
Jesse Gunn
Tallulah
Gunn
Thelma Johnson
Choudrant
J. C. Gunn
Hopewell
Here
Bernice
Warren Donovan Grafton
George D
Sport) Grafton
Ruston, Lincoln Sanitarium
Ruston
Poo Robison of Ruston Family Mentioned in Note
Mrs W F Grafton of Bernice is cited as the paternal grandmother in a brief family notice mentioning Poo Robison of Ruston.
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Poo
Robison
Ruston
W. F. Grafton
Bernice
Low bidders named on four road projects in Louisiana
The Louisiana Highway Commission announced the low bidders for four projects with costs over 425000. Bossier parish Overpass north of Benton on the St Louis Southeastern line lists William F Rodgers of Little Rock at 77849 dollars. Vernon parish Underpass under Kansas City Southern at Leesville bids by Rodgers at 103098 dollars. Bossier parish Underpass on Traffic and Fast Second streets in Bossier City again Rodgers at 156374 dollars. Concordia parish 6.383 miles of grading and drainage structures awarded Ruth Construction Co Franklin Louisiana at 92938 dollars.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Bossier Parish
St. Louis Southeastern Railway
Benton
Bossier City
William F. Rodgers
Concordia Parish
Ruth Construction Co
Franklin
Further Narcotic Arrests Promised in New Orleans Roundup
Federal narcotic agents said more arrests would follow in a roundup that netted six detainees in New Orleans and 18 in Texas. Two of the New Orleans suspects are women. Authorities reported over 100 ounces of narcotics valued at about $20,000 seized in New Orleans, Dallas, and Houston, with big dealers supplying local and Texas networks.
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New Orleans
Texas
C. E. Miller
Dallas
Houston
Tex
Police nab alleged big-shot culprits in alcohol case
Miller said authorities will pursue the so called big shots across southern and western states. Among those arrested here Mr and Mrs Algie Howell pleaded guilty before US Commissioner R H Carter Jr to two sales each of 10 ounces and Joseph Capo pleaded innocent. All were ordered held in 7500 bond.
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Miller
Algie Howell
United States
R. H. Carter, Jr
Joseph Capo
Representative A Leonard Allen Admitted to Supreme Court
Representative A Leonard Allen from Winefield Louisiana was admitted to practice today before the supreme court. Representative Wesley E Disney of Tulsa Oklahoma introduced him.
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Washington
A. Leonard Allen
Winefield
Supreme Court
Wesley E. Disney
Tulsa
Okla
Gentle fat loss promise via Kruschen salts diet
Advert copy touts a weight loss method using Kruschen Salts with a daily half teaspoon in hot water. It claims quick fat loss and improved health, urging readers to weigh themselves and replace fatty foods. The copy targets lasting effects and low cost compared to other programs.
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Grand Street
Wood Street
Central Grammar School
Securities
Walnut St
Babson
Ars
Norman Rochevels
Kentucky
Snley
Strauss & Wholesale Distributor
C. Rapelroad
Taylor Death
Will
Mre, Lizzie Bennett
Lizzie Brantley
John Bennett
Little Rock
Ark
Perry Bennett
Truxno
Averill Bennett
Jessie Lauderback
Leslie Jones
P. W. Brantley
A. L. Harris
P.T. A. Congress
Montreal
Baptists
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