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ALEXANDRIA DAILY TOWN TAi.K. MONDAY. FKBKUAKl 5. VJZl PAGE TWO 100 UTETO 9 'Federal Judge JIMMY WALKER Tulane and Alabama Sign Contract For OFFICERS HOLD CONTACT CAMP Society News All I T-s Tsi: Kit. GCOBGE M01T0S WB1TSET Hears Police Jury Case SL4r FORECAST (COKTirPtD ron FAGB okei wii.ds an-1 rain, I tt.

l-utea-j criered r.crtr, st etcrm wart.inga friiu Rjoansviiie loit Arthur. Tr drtp t-t't 1-2 Ull In New 0:1 an until late tolay. It. but the n'-rta at. tafft' rvrtl tu a wtll a North Alataiai.

Aik'-nx-a an-1 SOCIAL CALENDAR TilL'RM'AY Mi II. I Si.tvr i art i jst i is k. unt rr. at 4 Chileans. a Arumec tn a petition to n-'; )j iZ members of ti.e -H-itl B.i!on Rjuije Jury from c-tthe re htarj today t-e- Judge Va ue O.

Borah in fee cut here an the ques- ti'-ri of juntd! turn vt fitieral touit a takf un iT adviein nt founstl for tlie e- tlti'-nrs granted a ee in ihicii to tile lrirf. Tlie risr.t of ittuimive jurors hold offiif was contested by three taxpayer filter nine eltn tej Jaroi rffated to recogr.tze their apptiint-iiiints by Governor Allen unJer Act ui the third i.tiul session of the w. -t! ti Lieut I I I Mil to HjroU I5.iny at th in the --n. draped in tones ar.4 the were hoode-J -sui rcl. tit Tharijr Ch U- WelJij ft M-s Mry l'Tx-" Isii.

at the l'at JVfl, Ci-jCH. r-f it on (xktall I'rty ll.iue.(.of -t 'TAIN' ANi MRS. Howard 1 l.priri'd t.ie:r M'N'PAY K.a.i; at I I S-Ji J9; emiHjwerins the rnor to apnoint an additional mem- 1 M. Huth r-vknuii. Indiana.

a W- i ti.l t-art baturUay r.tK.t. a COXTIXrtD FEOM FAGB OKE tructie. The dcuj-ntratic-n a cutjc4 l-jr the entire ccri-pnv tnoer il u.rectiwu cf apt. H. V.

Walden, coi: rjiinJt r. It cf a demotuiration if the of J7. luilimew toke Mortar ar.J ths use cf gas. The chemical warfare iemonstra- m-hlch iven ty 1) -mj (l.iaiitl 1 1 lafavette. was equally Jr.ttruc- ttve.

Tlia demonstration was wst- nessed by Mayor Ijtnikin and aev. era! members tf the Ahjvandria department. Another feature ef ti.e program Sunday afternoon, was a lecture on Mobilization I'lans," by Col. Gotts-chalk. who in a graidde nl Instructive manner outhnej pans f'r th mobilization of troops.

"Tlie Regl-menui Dibcusaion of Mobilization plans." was to have been dicussej by Capt. Frissell. of the $47th In- fantry. but the latter yielded bl time to I. Gcttktha'k.

and that official ditcutsed this Ihae of army activities also. Col. Williams F. Woodruff, dis-cufceil 'Oraanizational Get-together, for Each Branch." An Inspection of the 347tlt Infantry was maJe by Col Richmond, Sunday afternoon. The visitors were entertained at dinner at noon ycfcterday, but there was no speech-making at this function.

A fair tuej crowd of citizens from Alexandria and Pineville, witnessed tlie program. Col. Richmond and Col. Gottsehalk left thi morning for Shreveport. where they will Inspect the Reserve Officers' Vnlt In that city tonight.

They will go to Monroe tomorrow where they will make an Inspection of the Reserve Officers' Unit In that city tomorrow night, returning to their headquarters In New Orleans, Wednesday. Lieut. Glynne Jones, of Lafayette and Lieut. Alba I ley wood, of Jen nings, came here In their own plane from Lafayette, to attend the contact camp and returned to that city, last night. Saturday's program was carried out ln full, as outlined In Saturday's Town Talk.

1 Mrs. Kaiser, 76, Concert Singer. Dies at N. O. Home NEW ORLEANS.

Feb. 25. By A. Mrs. Ida Ileimnnn Kaiser, 7t years old, a popular contralto concert siner of a generation ago.

died Sunday afternoon at her St. Charles avenue residence. In 193 Mrs Kaiser sang ftt the Louisiana Day ceremonies at the Chicago World's Fair. Another notable occasion was her ninging at the dedication of the Chalinette monument here. Her husband, the late Esmar Kaiser, died in 1924.

Mrs. Kaiaer is survived by threo sons and one daughter, among them Herbert W. Kaiser, past presi dent of tlie New Orleans Bar Asso Union. Use Town Talk Ads. fca.i -i rent til Vat- "id.

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Kill; BKST Satiil ment; Unrtljr pritite Ju WANTK.D kiTiwil ji. aiexanlrU. ly JOR SALE Smirt ii.i. iv fnrt guaranteed In Birrlry rrJ Smart orm Shof," 12j7 KOR RENT Kornlthel ed bwif, nar Bnitna Hili HtJ aonable. Apply 2314 Btk air 3 WASTKIt Tea beta ini roll Monday niibt ind t-t wJr biiinM eneninr u.

CilKll-J Hraihcr l'ninboeuf, tiauttt, Biinnen Collect, KOR KENT Fjrnishet mf Apply 1233 Tar, irenm, IS KOTt SALE '32 lord V-! mi new motor: bnrffa in. Areept eliea a down Tvment ana lrrnr l'hnna 25HS-W, 1-3 ALMOST BROKE Former N. Y. Mayor Face I Creditors' Suit, Quizzed by Police tnvrinv '-frv Wa.Kcr tori vcr Jj lhr P.rhi-h Io-! lice over failure to reenter 111 l.i'o land, cxclainfd today i "I wiliimr to an thing tx cept fcive itiv The New Vt tkcr wa still dapper, but, by Ins ('n admission, pretty clote to penniless. 11c appeared chancery court to answer to two judgments agaititt him for alleged! run up by the tint Mrs.

Walker in New York, then emerged to find the police curiou at to why he had not registered till them, the regular routine action required cf every alien in Liiland. lie told the court Ikw lie Mice made a S25.UOO salary as mayor cf New York, ot of it for bis very own, and is now reduced to of which he pay, out -10 rr cent. He dejrribed tliit financial mare in ar.sAerine; two front American coippaiiies which arc trj. inc to collect bills. He testified that hi movie actress wile, the forme Mm Betty Comp-ton, financed their honeymoon and recent trip to Spam.

I Phone Company Is Assessed $30,000 for Investigation BATON TSOL'GE. Fib. 2i. (By AJ Senator Huey Long announced that the total assessment on the telephone company to meet the expense of Its being Investigated would lie $30,000. He had previously required nn "advance deposit'' of in.000, so the total set represented $20,000 additional.

One of Long's recent laws com pels a utility to pay for being Investigated regardless of the findings of the investigation. Lor.g said the $30100 would defray the inquiry cost and "leave him a little for attorney's A itness testifi'd before the lunch. eon that tho company's fixed capital account In Louisiana Increas ed to $33,400,000 in 1934 from in 1921. He said his figures showed a de crease from 144.013 telephones In the company's peak year of 1923 to 5S at the end of 1934. Afternoon testimony was ftatls technical, and Included asser tion that company revenue collec tions did not lag behind operation expenses, nnd tha payment of dividends and i HAMILTON AND PAL KIDNAP BOY (CONTINUED rKOM FACE SEVEN) they escaped from the McKInfiey trap.

Weston la ten miles northwest of McKlnney. Officers searched the region throughout the night for Hamilton and his companion but found no trace of tiicm. The area was rain-soaked and the officers were inclined to believe the fugitives had fled from the immediate vicinity in Lofticc's car. It was considered probablo that Hamilton, condemned killer and bank robber, had been wounded in the barrage of machine gun bullets the officers fired at him and his companion from I'nder Influence of Liquor NEW ORLEANS, Fee. 25.

(By A. Two men today were sen fenced In criminal district court here to pay fines or serve nil sentence? on charges of operating an auto mobile while under the influence of liquor. William J. Hays wan fined $100 or sentenced to serve four months in tho parish prison. Ed ward McCarthy was fined $30 or sentenced to serve fill days In prisen.

Both cars figured in ucticcnts, police said. Quick transportation to any point you want to go furnished by Inter urban Bus Line. i i Two Football Games i L'NlVKHflTV. Kcb. IS.

By A. I'.) Caeh Thome cf ti. I'liiversity tf Aiit-atiia announce 1. two-year rot-tract bad been fc-gned T.ilh Tulane L'niversity for football1 gam s. fitt to In Ti' i bom and borne tame.

but whether the firt (m Nevr 0r. in 1 ni-i, it a US VI v.aaitii-'ia 'tided. TuUne replaces Clemson 01 1 th Ahlami schedule In liSS. with the ginie to played Novemler t. This will mark tie firtt meelitij' 01 tlie to in more than a decade, Negro I Convicted of Entering Box Car Here WALTER Fwher.

negro, with breaking and entering a box isr in the Southern Pacific yards here lat January 20, waa tried ln the criminal section of tit court today and wn found guilty of entering in the night time, without breaking. The Jury out only al-out twenty minutes. The defense offered no testimony. The accused a defended by Attorney W. C.

Roberts, who was appointed by the court. Tho prosecution was conducted by Di.ttict Attorney Al Hun dley and Asitunt District Attorney F. Tlionipkon, Jr. The Jury was composed of A. L.

Ilo-un, Loul Williums. Baxter Laid, LouU TailU-ur. Otis Tanner, K. V. McNutt.

J. V. Boudreaux. L. Du-cote, D.

II. Flowers, M. II. perry, t. D.

Jordan, O. J. Burke. Two Men Charged With Assault, Beating in N. O.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23. (By A. Two men booked as Virgil Chambers. 20, nnd John Stickney.

21, both of South Bend, were arrested by police here late yesterday for assault, beating- and wounl-ing, resisting arrest and destroying city property. A. Fred Bultman. funeral dl- lector here, told police the men. who said they came here to look for work, had 1-euten him when he answered front door.

Bultman told police the men asked him for an antiseptic, ere of them exhibiting a cut finger, Bultman said be directed tho m-n to a cor ner drug store but that they, be coming angry, began striking him San Antonio Telephone Rate Case Is Reversed NEW ORLEANS. Feo. 23. (By A. A seven-year legal figli over telephone rates in the city of San Antonio, Texas, was apparently no nearer solution today when tho L'nited States Fifth circuit court of appeals reversed and remanded judgment of the district court re storing 1018 rates to telephone cus tomer.

1 Funds Voted by Senate for NRA Investigations WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. (By A Funds for two separate Senate investigations of NRA were voted today by the Senate audit committee, but in each case It limited the appropriations so that attorneys could not be employed. New York Cottonseed Oil NEW YORK. Kcb.

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bid Rice NEW YOKK. Kh. 25. (By A. I.

Cli-an rii i 100 lln. es-doek N. sfailv with a nod inquiry. Blue Jinse fanoT 4 1-4: extra fancy 4 3 8 Kdith 4 l.ady Wright extra fancy 4 Karly Prolific extra fan-y 3 7 Kexnra extra fancy 5 l-4Jj brok en rice i a s. Usa Town Talk Classified Ads.

BIRTHS 11KRRY Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Berry of Alexandria, La announce the birth of a son, weighing 7 pounds and 3 ounces, at Baptist IIospit.il Friday, February 22, 1935.

at 8:30 n. m. Name; Clyde Ralph. Mr? Berry will bo remembered as Au gwln Buckiior. II OS KIN'S Born to Mr.

and Mrs Olin Hoxkins, of Oakdale, a gir weighing 8 pounds, on February 15, 1933, at 10:30 p. m. Her name will bo Betty Ruth. ARTHUR BYRON pi The President Iht Techni Quad en eutitandlng ffUEN e-cation $49.75 Safe Friendly Convenient Ready to Supply You ler's ley f.nser eirly to-lay. Mlfard.

l.raaJs lBt KANSAS CJTV. I fo. A. ttorti a atranire marked ttir li-JKe v.itti dentil in ti ii.Hft today. I'iur i ijiia were anj ni'ire flinii 1M it i t.v tturnis hi i-ttu liween anl Torna lue ripped oer tiiat sular cijurso in to ronnnerfe.

Ok anl ii. lJ't nigl.t. leaving d.uimi' ated uiioff.ciaily at nure than iii a tornado which twept the ruin-! ins MiniiiuiiitKS cf Cutninet'ce and lieutlwt. Okla. Kubv IU.ff.

16. Ordwar, dd w.tli the ovcrturiuns i mother tor in a highway sand drift. Two women wer kiH-'d In Chicapa traffic accidents to a wet. blinding i-now. Uust, i-now, 'eet and rain storm" presented a bafdln? 1 Western Kansas, Euntcrn Colorado and the I'anhundla country as norther pushed rapidly toward thi Texas gulf ccat.

Trains, busses and motor cars were i-luyed by the heavy veil of dutt I'lanea were groundel. Tempera lures springlike )r a week In much of the area fell toward nero. Forecasters predicted one of tho worst anow pterins of the winter for Northern and Central Illinois. Main tenance crews worked throughout the night In Iowa, fighting steadily growing drifts. Colorart.

Wyoming and South-Central sections cf Nebraska reported between six and eight Inches of snow. Three Inches of sleet covered the ground In Northwest Missouri, Mo. torists, driving from Beiieville. Kaa. to St.

Joseph, rejxirted they encountered a bllndint dust storm, a blizzard, tlcet and rain. Funnel shaped clouds which moved with express train speeds, carrying away homes and buildlrgs, Wichita, Independence, and Baxter Springs, In Kansas; Joplin and Webb City, In Missouri and Commerce, North Century, and Douthat In Okla homa. Twenty-one houses were wrecked nt Independence, and property damage was estimated at JiOO.000. At Joplin, a tornado cut a uwath about 100 feet wide and three blocks long through a residential district. Nineteen persons Injured In ths Oklahoma communities were being treated at a richer, hospital.

Stockmen In the plains states feared for their sheep t.r,d cattle as near zero temperatures followed tho enow. Chcrch, Fraternal and Club Activities The Woman's Mirtfonary Society of Emmanuel Baptist Church will hold a monthly business meeting at the church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The W. M. S.

of tho First Moth odist Church will meet lor literary and social program Tuesday at p. in the Emma Owen class room. The Fannie White Division will be hostesses ut the session. The Woman's Auxiliary of St James' Episcopal Church will meet in program session at the rarls'a House at 2: CO p. Tuesday.

Keystone Chapter No. 44, R. A. will meet tonight in regular business poseion and confer tho Mark Master degree. Card of Thanks Wc, wish to express our heartfelt thanks to relatives, friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy, also floral offerings, ten dered us during tho illness and death Zft our beloved mother and grand mother.

Hannah Hilton, MRS. BROOKS BLESSING. CORDON- HILTON. 2-23-ltd. (j Five-Day-Old Child Has Eleven Living Forebears LAKE CHARLES, Fob.

2... (Py A. Scnard Jerold fluillory five days old, is blessed with sur viving forebears seldom witnessed In a lifetime. Senard Jerold, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Senard fiulilory, was born Feb. 20. He bus living besides his mother and father, four grandparents, Mr. nnd Mrs. Emile.

(lulllory and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cioss; four great grandparents, Mr. mid Mrs. Pavid fioss and Mr.

and Mrs. J. Busby nnd a grcat-ttTPat-grandmother, Mrs. Samantha IHIley, 93 years old. MARRIED TAYLOR.

KI.LIS At tho reside, ue tif the officiating minister, in Pine, vllle, nt 10 o'clock p. on Saturday, February 23. Mr. Claud I-o Taylor, of Wallace's Ridge, nnd Miss Rosabell Kills, of Manifest, l.t., were unite. in marriage, the Rev.

E. .1. Vallery, officiating. The witnesses to the ceremony, were; Mr. nnd Mrs.

Ernest Ix-e Vallery nnd Miss lrfiiiiso Vallery. 1M.LYIN Tlfl A the residence of the bride's father. Mr. ('. Ponthieux, "Ifi Monroe street, AW-nti'lria.

at. o'tiorK p. on Satiirihiy. 23, 1H3I. Mr, Walter C.

Btevins, of Sc.vninur. Tex-ns, and Miss Helen Ponthieux, of Alexandria, worn unltci In marriage, the Rev. E. J. Vallery, of l'lnevllle, officiating.

The witnesses to the ceremony were; Mirs Mary Ponthieux, Miss Ni-ttie P.roussard, and Miss Viola May Rnlllln, After spending a few da In Alex-nndrln, thf liappy rouplo will go to tho groom's home, nt Seymour, Tex-UK, whtre they will leeide, i to 2i nurrow I or 1 K. r' Mr itnerini- I Hid arnaliaa 4 arl A. Iunit AT Tl-V OVl'K inrn- i ir.ii. Mary I'li-ii -an, il.tti;!i!er Y.r. V.

N. C.irr. il in. Mr. arn! mi C.

A. thli ei'v. Mr, flr.d Mrs. J.ive ptitin, I.eei)i.tc. Oii'y niriuhrri tiie lioiri ar.d a few -e fiieiid attcn'leJ the (jul-1 rrre-niony.

rfortnM Kevercnd lather C. I. Ti hi ie wan civen In ty her father. Sic wore a h'autiful iis. niMe.

a white Konn with blue coat, with whit? accessories. Per corsage was cf lilies of tho val-hy. A lariie reception nt the home of ti.e hriilo parents followed the llero the coratiens were ex-ijuisiteiy nrranged. nteen tho living room, whero Taster HlieH rave beautiful ornamentation, and thi dining room, was nn arched doorway, with love birds tlep ndlnjf. that was a mass of caila lilies centered with electrics, that Rave the entire lifjhtins f'r tho two apartments.

In the nr-m, In t-alla ornamentation, was the bridal table overlaid with Irish lace cover and centered with the bride's cake, a thre'-tiered confection cmlosed In whit? atid green, l'lankim? this pice? were to low silver receptacles, horseshoe as to form, filled with lilies of the valley, baby's breath and lacy fern. The den, where tb handsome wedding sifts were displayed, waa tNOWICBSIO PACE MINE. PLEASE) MOST POPULAR AT WHITWORTH COLLEGE ty' it Si 2 4, (iiiwrf HI 1 rnnininnn 1 niiiiiiiu-rl Miss Myrtle Smllli, Tiniirhtrr ef Mr. B. Ii.

Smith, of hrnryvjUe, win rfrfntly c-Irrted th mnit popiilnr girl YVIiitn-grth College, llroolilinveD, Oil Compnny of Louisiana, an nnunced today. The show will bo held nt a later date, Mr. Landry said The rainfall today will do one pood "turn" and that is It will ex tintsuish tlie foiest fires that aro prevailing throughout this section The. pinewoods along Highways 71 and l(j." north of tho river hav burning in large pectlons for days. Tlie same tiling of the river between Leioiu, Lunice, Husband Jobless, Mother Kills Her Child With Knife NKW ORLEANS, Feb.

2,1. (Ily A. 1'.) A mother, said to have been despondent over failure of her husband to obtain steady employment, plunged a butcher hn'fu Into the heart of her daughter hero day, killing the chid almost instantly Marie Louise, daughtei of Mr. and Mrs. S.

M. Duke, was fuund lyinf? 011 the kitchen floor of her homo by her two brothers, Cleorxo, II), and Lee, 7, who rushed into tho Ionise in response to their sister'a screams, "Mother cut me," die littlo plrl is naiil to have told tlie boys when tiny reached her tide. They were her words. She died a few seconds later. Mrs.

poke was rushed to Charity Hospital by her hui-batid, who ols) was In Hie void nt the time. Hi said he was Attracted by his sons' screams, ami foiin 1 his wife walking aimlessly al-out the ro'-m. Illinois Family Sails on Ketch for South Sea NEW Feb. A I A ked ilh an Illi nois fioiily aboard h-ft hero je--'t'-day and started out m-ross lke ponli hartrain tm a tropica! tour. The entire coin' of tlr- cruise had Hot.

been plotted ns Ralph Winui-tkii. Ll iU'ehitctt, and his crew, his wife, their Ivyrar-ol'J son, William; their pretty Id-year-old danghti-r, J-'mine, llUl friend. Larnej Bowman, pulled anchor nnd Kiil'-d otf villi Panama, and tin- tiuktpiiuns I In i- st hint ion, lu'-wi Taili I. a for t-u Ii eletttd AsiVtant Attorney General Geor t.pi)ing the Injunction cn iia'f cf the rtat aigued too tjues- "tto: of jun.sd. tiiii, and attacked tha 11, toreo out-of-i-tate proKrty utters of the to biinj; an ae.

tion in a feial t-ouit because the of taJkes paij Ltr then in- amounted to lei- than K'0. (onteslins the contitu-tionaUiy of the act contended that the ourt doe have jurisdiction, and argued that 'amount of taxe ha whaUoever to do with this llefore goins Intn tho matter of cciihtitutionality ot the act, Judco Hi-ruh o-'keil tlie uttorneys to first resent their artjumenu on the Jurisdictional Issue ''because If the un has no jurindictlon. manifestly we are not concrned with the other issues." The petitioners. Clarence G. Howard (f Claiborne county.

John A. Dnigherty of Alemeda county, California, and Mrs. Louise Joly Raiche, of Wilkerson county, peek a preliminary Injunction restraining the new members of the parish police Jury from performing any official acts. John W. Cart oil, attorney for the petitioners, today filed an amendment to his original petition for r.

restraining order. that financial affairs of the parish are In t-erious jeopardy because of the clouded legality of the police Jury's status, asserting that banks cf Baton Rouge would not honor warrants of the new police Jury, and that as r. result employes are not being pah' and the parish Is In default upon maturing bonds. Right leg Sefered NF.W ORLKANS, Feb. 23.

(By A. P.1 A man police tentatively Identified as John Hughes was picked up today along a railroad track here with his right leg severed at the knee and part of his left foot severed, poctnrs said he was In a critical condition. DIED JORDAX At the Baptist hospital Alexandria, at 2 a. Sunday, February 24, 1935, James Buren Jor dan, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mr.

Edward Jordan. L'ynson and Bertie streets. Alexandria. Deceased is survived by his parents, three brothers, Edward Leroy and Marvin Ray Jordan; two sihters, Madeline and Joyce Jordan. Fu neral services were held at the fam ily residence this.

Monday afternoon, February 23, at 1:30 o'clock. Inter ment was made in the Fellowship cemetery near RlnciHon. under the direction of Hixon Brothers, la cal funeral directors. ItltOWX At the Baptist Hospital, Alexandria, at 8:20 o'clock this, Monday morning, February 23, 1935, William E. Brown, age 38 years is survived by his mother and father, Mr.

and Mrs. James C. Brown, Alexandria, R. F. D.

No. two, brothers, Joe D. Brown and Jim Brown, and three sisters, Mrs. Kath orine Ball, MNs Ida Mae Brown and Mii-s Annie Brown, all of Alexin Ulia. R.

F. D. No. 3. Funeral services aie scheduled to held from tho residence of his father and mother, where ho lived at 11 a.

m. tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb ruary 2.1. Interment will bo made in Greenwood Memorial Park, Pineville, under the direction of Ilixson Brothers, locat funciul di rectors. BKI.AMF.Y At tho family rcsi dence, near Woodworth, at 7:30 p. m.

Sunday, February 21, 193 Tolliert Richard Delaney. ago years. Deceased is survived by five sons, J. M. Deianey, pineville Charles F.

Iielauey, Luther Delaney nnd Arthur Delatiey, Woodworth and Fdi.tr Delaney, Mobile, Ala four daughters, Mrs. J. D. Wade, Clark, Mrs. A.

G. Bradford Beioit, Wisconsin; Mrs. V. R. Prlt chard.

Mobile, nnd Mis. Feliz Mestayer, New lbcrla. Ln. Funeral services will be held to morrow, Tuesday, afternoon, Feb ruary 2d nt 2 o'clock from the fnm Hy residence near Wood worth. Inter ment will bo made In Greenwood Me inorial Park.

Pineville, under the direction of the Kramer Funeral Home. rKTIU'! At the family residence. oil the Jackson street. Extension, Alexandria, nt 7 o'clock p. on Saturday.

February 2,1. 1935, Mrs. Louise Petrus. nged 61 years, months nnd 10 days. Deceased is survived by her bus- band, Mr.

Constant Petrus, and the following slep. hildrcn Mrs. Hilary Pufonr. of Monroe; Ioils Petrus nnd Constant Petrns. Alexandria: nnd one f'htrr, Mrs-.

Flleinon Vanlang- di of Alexandria. Tin funeral took place funday morning, February 21, the proces. Mini ion tne ramtiy linme nt 9 n. m. nul went to St.

Francis Navlert 1 Htneilral, where services were con ducted by Rev. Father A. dinner. The services nt the grave were ron- hided bv Rev. Father Rrotissnnl, after which Interment was made tinder the direction of the Kelly Funeral Home.

Th pallbearers were; Iiiils pet- iii. prims. Alphour Petrus, a I'm cin- i a.1 r.nm and the tai.io fiuiii l.ora ieuvres and a cra.f.l 1 jt! and hit tiif-cisM. JlO ('impllnientary Terraee Tart jkannktti: and Mi5 Hn Mnrr! ef Nv Or-loan. frln In'pired a ri-m'-er of 1.vrl." Murine their ist to Mr.

ar.d Mrs. Norwood K. Vnne ltst eok, r-cre nnipiltnentcd with a terraee T-Ttv hy Mrs. Xautnan Scott y.iturdnj evenine. After l.avin; assembled Indoor.

I her lonfiul! and nnrrluM (tave the Secoration. the eompany ash Invited to the terrace where every arranfemcnt had heen ninde for roaming wirnera and tontine mnrhm-illows. This was done ry plnwInR coals that, alons: with a bonfire, heated the out-of-doors apace. refreshment were fcrved from a preen ruhtie tahlo, craccd hy wools tlowera. over which wan fuspended n.

colorful ptmkah that ndded to the theme of things. f- Comtillmentary Military Itonre pHK recreation halt at Camp Bcau- rejrnrd was In patriotic dross Saturday tilcht for the dance that the Alexandria Chapter of the He-rve Officers' Association gave to compliment the 347th Infantry during the holdlnp of a contact camp. Fan shaped buntings In trl-colored ptrlpes were placed over window and door facings, the orchestra pit was PERSONAL MENTION Mrs. Lew Eoyce of Pineville, r- turned lat-t night from Eaton Rouge, where she spent the week-end. Mrs.

John C. Elackman and Mrs. Walter Atkinson visited Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Coraegjs in fchrevepoit, over last week-end.

Mrs. Stirling Boatner has gone I back to Baton Rouge, after a week end visit to Mrs. Bruton Dawkins. Miss Ruth Beckman of Indianap-olis, is the puest of Captain and Mrs, Howard N. I-rissell.

Missies Jeannette l'etrie and Helen Moore who visited Mr. and Mr Xonvood Vance, returned yesterday to Xew Orleans. Mrs. W. A.

Snyder Is convalescing from a two months' illncEl at her home, 607 Foisy street. Mr. and Mrs. II. II.

White and Dr. Taul King Rand reached home last night from Shreveport, where they have been with Mr. R. White, ill In a saniturium there. Mr.

White's condition is very much Improved. Mr. Clino Averett of West Mon- roe Is the guest of Mr. and Mis. J.

T. Lee. Mr. and Mrs, B. W.

Nash anl daughters, Marie and Marguerite, i have returned to their home in Dnl-T las, Texas, after a week-end visit to I Mrs. Nash's sister, Mrs. M. L. Laird, and Mr.

Laird. Billy Buchanan is nt home from I L. S. an enforced stay because of an attack of measles. Mr.

and Mrs. John Yule, who vls-; Ited Mrs. Leittif! Hill Ilerkenrath, re-; turned yesterday to Houston, Texas', Mrs. Alice T. Reader and Mr.

Whitney Reader, who spent thn week-end with Mrs. Whitney. I Mr. and Mrs. Leo flold returned Ir.st ntpht from New Orleans and are established In fin Apartment nt 1 107 Bush avenue.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Copenhaver returned yesterday to Jackson, following a to tlie Lurry Wickses and the I'in M. Pyers, Jr. Mm.

LcsMo fluillory, who underwent an operation 1." ft Wednesday morning In St. Mary's Hospital, Port Arthur, Texas-, is doing nicely. Prom the hospital, she will lo taken to the homo of her brother, Mr. II. A.

Miller, 5049 Ninth street that, city for recti perat Ion before returning home. Mr. Ford McC.il! of flood i inc. underwent nn operation nt the Bap-list Hospital here this Mr. H.

S. GarlinKton, a loading citizen of the Sinmis community, was a Visitor to the city today find save the Town Talk office a pKitJ'arit call. Miss Lucille Corr Is In Morgan City, where ulie went on Saturday to be the house-guct of Miss M.ui-rtnc Wilson. TALK OF THE TOWN According to the puvrnmcnt report the maximum temperature for the 14 hours ending this morning nt 5 o'clock was 73 and the minimum temperature was fia desrees above News bus been 1'i'iivci by Mrs. Waler Atkinson of 11 ions Injui to her daughter-in-law, Mrs.

Walter Atklnnnn, and the latter'. young sun, Lynn, In an nulumohilu aceiiient near Anhelm, hist week. From Ioa Angeles, where they ore In a hospital, advices have come today that both are out of dungrr. The exhibition of the F.sso cruiser h-io tonlaht nt o'clock nt the city hall s'u-'H' has been postponed because of the Inc'ement weather, Lnnilr-'. h'cal rtjucMtiiUUve ut thu SUnJaru a Satisfactory Banking Service BANK TRUST CO IN ALEXANDRIA "THE PRESIDENT VANISHES" GRUEN VATCH only clue to his disappearance CREDIT For Constructive Business Needs We welcome applications for for sound business progress.

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