Hodding Carter to Speak Here in Monroe
Hodding Carter famed editor of the Delta Democrat Times will lecture at Quachita Parish High School Auditorium on October 10 under the American Association of University Women Monroee branch. Carter, known for liberal journalism and anti demagogic stance, has written books and a long newspaper career.
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Hodding Carter
Greenville, Mississippi Delta
Carter
Huey Long
Theodore Bilbo
New Orleans
Hammond
Louisiana
Courier
Long
Mississippi
Washington Post
Neiman
Harvard
Bowdoin
Delta Rho Delta Plans Square Dance at Local Rink
Miss Freeda Mickel announces a Delta Rho Delta Sigma Chapter square dance at the skating rink, 1300 Louisville, Wednesday October 11th from 8 to 11 p.m. Proceeds aid girls’ work. Guests include Mrs. Tom Jett and other callers. Various committees listed. reservations via Rancher Store or any sorority member.
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Freeda Mickel
Sigma Chapter
Delta Rho Delta Sorority
National Business Women’s Organization
Louisville
Tom Jett
Ann Mickel
Lillian Glenn
Mamie Fields
Mary Ann Ashford
Johnnie Floyd
Elizabeth Stringer
Coralee Adams
Bertha Patterson
Margaret Nell Compton
Mary Riser
Theresa Tomisee
Ruby Warner
Bernice McCrary
Weldon Bates
Biolet Butler
Dorothy Horton
Cassle Golsoon
Sara Guy
Jean Boyce
Three Arrested in Monroe on Drunk and Disorderly Charges
Monroe police arrested Clarence Corry 33 of 1315 De Siard, Charles A. Tacket 33 of Monroe, and Lois Ivy 26 of Monroe on charges of being drunk and disorderly Tuesday night.
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Monroe
Clarence Corry
DeSiard
Charles A. Tacket
Lois Ivy
Jackson family aids forestry in Louisiana farm program
Luther E. Walker of Jackson parish has integrated forestry into his diversified farm, thinning wornout cotton fields seeded to pine and managing trees as a crop. Conservation forester Paul Dalhonde guides thinning, leaving select trees to grow into saw logs while boosting land value and future farm income.
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Paul Dalhonde
Southern Advance Bay and Paper Co., Inc
Hodge
Dwight Pardue
A. J. Wyatt
Dalhonde
Walker
Luther
Franklin
Beth
Jimmy
Louisiana
Monroyan Gets to Be Lt. Col. Harold Wilenzick
Harold Wilenzick a Ouachita Parish High School 1930 graduate and longtime Army officer has been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the regular army. At 37 he earned the rank after entering service before Pearl Harbor and is now in Washington D C awaiting assignment with a wife Janet Rosenberg and two children. Local friends celebrate his advancement.
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Harold Wilenzick
Irene Wilenzick
Wilenzick
Ouachita Parish
Army
Pearl Harbor
Washington, D. C
General Herndon's Son Fatally Hurt in Highway Crash
T. B. Herndon Jr. 21, son of Brig. Gen. T. B. Herndon, director of the Louisiana aeronautics administration, was killed when a semi trailer struck his car on U S highway 171 about 20 miles south of Shreveport. He was pinned for about 15 minutes before rescue. The accident occurred in De Soto parish near Kickapoo No. Q.
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Shreveport
T. B. Herndon, Jr
T. B. Herndon
Louisiana Aeronautics Administration
U. S. Highway 171
Young Herndon
de Soto Parish
Shreveport-Mansfield Highway
Kickapoo No. Q
Building Permits Granted for Several Projects
Stewart Doernberg and Louis Krauss receive a permit to remodel a brick building at 333 De Siard Street for 800 dollars with day labor. Dr Robert Wood gets a residence permit at 1215 Park Avenue costing 13100 dollars. contractor C E Slade. J R Woodburn to build residence at 3614 Island Drive for 12175 dollars. contractor C E Slade. P S LeBlanc granted a cabin permit at 604 Alabama for 800 dollars with day labor.
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Stewart Doernberg
Louis Krauss
DeSiard Street
Robert Wood
Park Avenue
C. E. Slade
J. R. Woodburn
Island Drive
P. S. LeBlanc
Alabama
Freedom Crusade to Open October 1 in Monroe
The Monroe West Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce will open the Freedom Crusade October 1 and run through October 7 to mobilize the public against Communist propaganda. A. B. Paterson of New Orleans announced the statewide drive with planned campaigns in Lake Charles and Shreveport. The effort seeks to enroll Americans on freedom scrolls for the Freedom Bell dedication in West Berlin on October 24.
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Twin Cities
Crusade For Freedom
Monroe-West Monroe
Lake Charles
John R. Rasmussen
First Methodist Church
Shreveport
Monroe
Lowe-McFarlane Post No. 14
American Legion
West Berlin
Seven Killed As Navy Privateer Crashes In Puget Sound
A four engine navy privateer bomber on a routine training flight plunged into Puget Sound near Whidbey Island, killing seven aboard. The crew, three pilots and four enlisted men from Willow Grove naval reserve squadron, were not identified pending next of kin. Rescue planes and crash boats recovered only an oil slick amid 250 foot waters. The aircraft was based at Sand Point Station in Seattle.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Willow Grove
Naval Reserve
Saratoga Passage
Whidbey Island
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Navy
Brumfield Trial Date Set for October Twenty Third
State Senator Alva Brumfield of East Baton Rouge parish faces trial in Alexandria on October 23 for conspiring to influence witnesses before the federal petroleum board. The trial with U S District Judge Ben Dawkins will replace the earlier October 9 date. Bull fighting in Spain is valued at $50,000,000 a year.
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Lafayette
Alva Brumfield
East Baton Rouge Parish
Alexandria
Federal Petroleum Board
U. S
Ben Dawkins
Spain
Hope to Block Anti-Red Veto
Backers push a stringent anti-subversive bill in the House as a trio of measures aims at curbing subversives. The plan includes a ban on aiding Russia and allies, a 5 billion dollar tax hike, and mandatory registration for Communists with possible internment provisions during war.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Truman
Congress
Russia
Senate House
Senate
White House
Fire Destroys Walgreen Aawning at Bernhardt Building
A fire caused by a discarded cigarette damaged one of four North Second Street awnings at Walgreen s Drug Store in the Bernhardt Building. Fire crews arrived at about 11 20 a m and extinguished the blaze with no further damage to the building.
Delta Air Pays Dividend and Reports August Profit
Delta Air Lines declares a 25 cent quarterly dividend payable October 10 to shareholders of record September 29. For August 1950, operating profit $174,841 and net profit after taxes $90,752, with revenue miles 23,417,404, passengers 54,695, and total revenues $1,530,285, against prior year gains.
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Delta Air Lines
C. E. Woolman
Board of
Search for Sgt Lawrence Livingston En Route to Denver
State patrol in Colorado conducts a wide search for Sgt Lawrence Livingston traveling from Delhi Louisiana after a vacation. They aim to inform him that a dog that bit him in Delhi has died from rabies.
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Denver
Lawrence Livingston
Delhi
Colorado Patrol
Railroad Stocks Lift Prices but Rally stalls
Market traders bought railroad shares with gains around $1 per share as demand stiffened prices. Overall market opened with slight losses but recouped some, though no broad rally emerged.
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New York
Cotton futures firm as demand limits offerings in New York
Cotton futures rose from early weakness driven by trade buying and New Orleans demand. The National Cotton Council urged lifting 1951 crop restrictions and boosting production to about 16.8 million bales, while CCC sales reduced unsold stock to about 1,000,000 bales. Prices gained 15 cents to 1.10 a bale.
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New York
New Orleans
National Cotton Council
Cotton futures recover on trade buying in New Orleans
New Orleans on September 20 reports cotton futures rebounded from earlier losses as traders bought and covered short positions. By 11 a.m. CST prices rose 15 cents to as much as 1.05 dollars per bale.
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New Orleans
Illinois live poultry prices steady despite mixed receipts
Chicago on September 20 reports USDA market notes for live poultry. Receipts are irregular with 42 roads showing deliveries. Fryers outside prices fall 34 cents a pound to 31 to 36.5 cents, while other items hold unchanged.
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Chicago
USDA
Butter And Eggs Prices In Chicago Trade Report
Butter firm with receipts of 509 536 and wholesale prices mostly unchanged. A 0.5 cent rise is noted on 90 score butter at 59.75 and on 90 B carrots at 60. Eggs hold steady with a 9 017 receipt level and no price changes.
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Chicago
Chicago market hog and cattle prices pass along USDA data
Salable hogs 9,000 with weights from 160 to 600 pounds priced mostly 19.00 to 22.00 per cwt. Salable cattle 10,000 and calves 500 with steady to firm values for steers, yearlings and heifers. Cows and lower grades also listed, reflecting a wide range of weights and classes in Chicago on this date.
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Chicago
USDA
School board bids and rejections for Monroe projects
The record lists bids for elementary and Watson School projects in Monroe with amounts for Frank Masling and Son, W C Salley, Cruse and Baxter, Jesse F Heard and Son, and others. It notes rejections for Booker T Washington and Cypress cafeteria bids with specific bid sums.
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Frank Masling and Son
Monroe
Booker T. Washington
McBride and Son
Cruse and Baxter
Jesse F. Heard and Son
Cypress
J. G. Haynes
Jesse F. Heard
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Delta Rho
Delta Plans SQ. Dance
Lydia B. Pinkham
Jackson Family Aids Forestry
Woods
Jayne
Monroyan
Col
Herndon
Freedom Crusade
Brumfield
Walgreen
Walgreen’s Drug Store
Bernhardt Building
Delta Air
Asa
Carey Holmes
Scotchman
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
Michisas
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