Sears Roebuck Opens Monroe Store Amid Big Crowd
Sears Roebuck and company welcomed a large Monroe crowd to its 328-330 DeSiard Street store on Thursday. Lines formed before opening and four policemen helped maintain order as sales exceeded expectations. Manager W. R. Neblett praised the city and noted about 70 people would gain employment.
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Monroe
Sears, Roebuck and Company
DeSiard Street
Sears, Roebuck
W. R. Neblett
Dallas
Tex
Sears, Roebuck Company
Louisiana
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Alexandria
Shreveport
Neblett
Jury Receives McBrayer Forged Check Case for Trial
Jurors took up the case Thursday morning after both sides argued. James McBrayer is accused of uttering a forged $175 check cashed at a local sporting goods store. The signer, H. H. Reardon, testified Wednesday that he did not sign the check.
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James McBrayer
McBrayer
H. H. Reardon
Bishop Moore to Speak at Centenary College Shreveport
Bishop John M. Moore and Dr. W. M. Alexander will address a public meeting at Centenary College chapel in Shreveport on the Christian education movement. They will meet Centenary officials today after visiting the campus, invited by Centenary board chair M. Dobbs and board members.
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Shreveport
John M. Moore
Board of Education
Southern Methodist Church
W. M. Alexander
Nashville, Tenn
Centenary College
Christian Education Movement
Moore
Alexander
Centenary
Hoyt.m. Dobbs
Centenary Board of Trustees
Windsor Smugglers of Royal Wedding Face Vatican Silence
The Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield seek an Anglican prelate for a religious ceremony to follow their civil wedding set for June 3 in Monts France. Spokesman Herman L. Rogers says several Anglican pastors declined. no member of the royal family will attend to honor the former king.
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Windsor
Herman L. Rogers
Prince of Wales
Rogers
Chateau
Duke
Mrs. Warfield
Duchess of Windsor
Queen Elizabeth
Mary
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Royal Mary
Gloucester
Kent
Anglican ties spark dispute over duke’s wedding plans
Officials questioned why the duke read a Christmas scripture from a Vienna church lectern last December as the Church of England opposed Edward's desire to wed Mrs Warfield. A civil ceremony was planned with a religious service to follow if arrangements could be made, possibly in Monts.
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Vienna
Grimes
Church of England
Edward
Warfield
Duke
Chateau
Rogers
Monts
Presbyterians to Elect Moderator as Assembly Opens
The moderator will call the assembly to order with an opening sermon by Dr. Price. About 375 clerical and lay commissioners are expected. Overtures seek equal pastor salaries, limits on pastorates, divorce ruling committee, and debates over reaffiliation with the Federal Council of Churches. Adjournment is set for next Tuesday night.
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Price
Synod of
South Carolina
Presbytery of
New Orleans
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Federal Council
Vidrine Trial Reveals Slaying Details In Cajun Court
A packed courthouse heard Vidrine admit his wife Frozina begged him to kill her during a woods killing in which three statements were shown to the jury. Prosecutors argued he lured her to harm their 18 month old child. defense stressed the pleas for mercy. The case left spectators listening via public address as the jury weighed murder or lesser charges.
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E. H. Guillory
Vidrine
J. C. Fruge
Pege Manshu
Ater
Vayou
Cardinal Mundelein backs anti Nazi stand in Catholic church row
Chicago leaders from three denominations back Cardinal Mundelein’s stance against Nazi Germany’s treatment of the church. The cardinal urged Catholics to oppose malicious propaganda while continuing daily worship at Holy Name Cathedral amid intensified controversy.
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Germany
Chicago
George Cardinal Mundelein
Reich
United States
Ernest Lynn Waldorf
Methodist Episcopal Church
George Craig Stewart
Protestant Episcopal Church
George Fox
Chicago Rabbinical Association
Holy Name Cathedral
Edward V. Dailey
The
New World
German Embassy Protests Mundelein Criticisms to U.S. State Dept
The German embassy in Washington on May 20 lodged informal representations with the U.S. State Department in response to Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago criticizing Chan. The note signals diplomatic friction over American criticisms of a German figure.
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Cellor Hitler
Germany
Hans H. Dieckhoff
Mundelein
Hitler
James Clement Dunn
State Department
Hans Thomsen
Thomsen
Dunn
Washington
Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Chan
Cadet Mickel Receives Regimental Honors at Leadership School
Cadet Mickel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mickel of Monroe, earned multiple banners and a second place rifle team award for Company F at the regimental event. He transfers with a B S degree in June and has a history in Neville High sports and yearbook work.
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Mickel
Richard B. Bailey
Shreveport
Joseph Mickel
Grammont Street
Monroe
Neville High School
College of Commerce
Scabbard and Blade
Brockelhurst and Felton Girl Held in Death Case
Bernice Brockelhurst and Felton girl were jailed on the fourth floor of a new $190000 courthouse after arriving from Poughkeepsie and Little Rock. Brockelhurst admitted killing Gates and pointed to the exact highway spot. Prosecutor Hartje said he would seek the death penalty for both on first degree murder charges.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Little Rock
Gates
Carroll
Brockelhurst
George Hartje
Felton
Lindbergh Declines Public Peace Day Observance
Lindbergh, who fled to England in December 1935, plans a quiet day with wife and baby Jon. He says he will not participate in any observance and leaves the celebration to others. A friend at Long Barn relayed the remark.
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United States
England
Lindbergh
Long Barn
Lindy’s Early St Louis Days and Atlantic Dream
In St Louis in 1925 Lindbergh lived in a hut with Phil Love and Major Lambert as he began flight training. He later flew mail, dreamed of crossing the Atlantic for the Orteig prize, and secured early backing including Lambert’s pledge and his own $2,000 savings.
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ST. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Albert Bond Lambert
Board of Police Commissioners
Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Lambert
Phil Love
35Th National Guard Division
Lambert-St. Louis Municipal
Love
Slim
Raymond Orteig
United States
Wooster
J. D. Wooster
Government Adds Phonetic Payroll Codes for Wages
A master file lists 36 varieties of similar sounding names and a numeric system groups pension plan participants by numbers. By June 30 every employer must report wages since January 1 with employee account numbers. If a name can be pronounced but not spelled, report the phonetic sound to Washington via the super speller.
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Pension Plan
Treasury
Washington
Clara Bow refuses Wind test signals retirement from films
Clara Bow, once the It girl, says she declined a screen test for Scarlett O Hara in Gone With the Wind and plans not to return to filmdom. She is shown with husband Rex Bell at French Lick Indiana on vacation as a mother. Lindbergh met St Louis and New York backers, raising $15 000 two days later. Backers included Lambert family employers Major Robertson Frank H Robertson and Harold M Bixby.
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Scarlett O'Hara
Clara Bow
Clara
French Lick
Ind
Rex Bell
Lindbergh
St. Louisans
Lamberts
William B. Robertson
Frank H. Robertson
Harold M. Bixby
Harry H. Knight
E. Lansing Ray
Earl C. Thompson
Lambert
San Diego
Cotton spinning runs above normal in April bureau report
The census bureau says cotton spinning capacity operated at 146.7 percent in April, down from 148.3 percent in March. Active spindles and hours are listed for April with state by state figures and per spindle averages, including Alabama Georgia North Carolina and Texas data.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
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Marie M. Ogden
Home of Truth
Edith Pershak
Ogden
Utah Desert
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Wilken Family, Inc
Maddin
Exec
N.Y.C
Wilken Family
Strauss Wholesale Distri
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L. 5. A. Honors
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Lindy
Atlantic Flight
By Oscar Kahan
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