Fournet’s Rise and Long’s Grip Threaten Louisiana Power
NBA service reports on John B. Fournet, a Louisiana judge linked to Huey Long, as he seeks governor’s post while balancing a Supreme Court seat. The profile notes his Creole roots, rise from teacher to lawyer, and loyalty to Long with planned climbs and political maneuvering amid a machine-dominated era.
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Punt Harrison
NEA
Louisiane
Huey Long
Paul Harrison
NBA
New Orleans
John B. Pournet
Supreme Court
Lung
Fournet
Huey
Lousisiva
State Supreme Court
Louisiana
Pronginee
Stile University
Fouret
St. Martinville
Jennings
Bean
John
Louisiana Supreme Court
Winey Long
Carl A Weiss
Long
Middlebrooks Regains World Championship Melon Title
Oscar DB. Middlebrooks, famed Patmos truule, wins the 195 pound world melon crown in Texas. A Triu mph watermelon weighed 194 pounds to set a new record, as Middlebrooks and his sons Arnold and Melvin harvest a prize crop on their south of town half acre. The family’s production nets about $201 so far, with premiums and sale prices to come.
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Oscar DB. Middlebrooks
Texas
Atlant Texas
Hempstead County
Middlebrooks
Arnold
Melvin
Middlebreaks
Hope
Abel
Business Pick Up Shows Mixed Improvement Says Roper
Washington reports by Secretary Roper indicate modest gains in business conditions linked to New Deal efforts. Notable metrics cited include 46 percent industrial production and 7 percent factory payroll rise, with further gains in power, auto sales, freight and steel output noted in the period between March 1934 and June 1935. In New Orleans, Roosevelt hotel manager Seymour Wastes and others discuss political fundraising and state affairs while visiting local communities.
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Washington
Suererers Roper
Secsretary
Tootsie Cargile Races Down Field for Five Tallies
Hope High School football overwhelmed Idabel 33 to 0 as Tootsie Cargile scored five touchdowns. The Bobcats opened with early drives, then dominated all four quarters with Cargile breaking loose for long gains and standout runs. Hope tallied in each period and held Idabel to a single sustained drive, with numerous fumbles shaping the game.
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Hope High School
Dabel
Ola
Warriors
Tootsie Cargile
Blond
Ster
Bobcats
Bobccats
Cargile
Idabel
Hope
Reese of
Mope
Turner
Stroud
Nis
Anderson
Ponder
Straud
Hammons
CCC Camp Experts Visit State Farm
Thirty five camp superintendents, one soil engineer, foresters and technicians from Alton, Friendship, Jacksonville, Magnolia and Monticello CCC camps visited by Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station at a station in Arkansas under the leadership of De Fred Keller, acting administrator of the Emergency Conservation Works. Demonstrations included experimental woodlots, querneries, lee rum blocks and various pasture components. Other participants listed include L. Gerburn, Burd Thompson, HB Vises and cereal engineers.
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Alton
Friendshop
Lacksonville
Magnolia
Montivello
Fruit & Truck
Uatina
de Fred Keller
Arkansas
Kay G. O. Ware
Sans Cameron
Jack Lincoln
Mr Wine
L. Qerburn
Italy Rejects League Plan for Ethiopian Peace
Rome. Benito Mussolini's cabinet rejects the League of Nations plan for peace in Ethiopia after a three hour session. The ministers say they appreciate the five power committee's efforts but find the proposals unacceptable as they lack a minimum basis for a conclusive and effective realization of vital Italian rights and interests. A new cabinet meeting is set for Tuesday.
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Italy
Benito Mussolini
Turner
League of Nations
Ethiopia
League
Hub
Bank loan to pay teachers retirees boosts state aid
LITTLE ROCK The State Board of Education moved to immediately apportion 35,595.77 from a 2,000,000 Chase National Bank loan to New York in 1931 to districts for teachers salaries. Defaulting districts lose apportionments. funds cover state debt to the bank. Eighty five districts across 82 counties are in default and the plan allocates 68 cents per child from the common school fund, with 20 cents from duty taxes, 48 cents from state school tax, and separate listing for sales tax receipts.
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Little Rock
Chase National Bank of New York
Celine
New York Bank
Ammonites
Former Showman Constitution Held Pies Here at 76 Nation to Course
David Butler Whittemore of Ponca City Oklahoma lived forty four years on the famous 11 Ranch and died Tuesday at his home seven miles east of Hope. He came to Oklahoma as a youth and the Miller brothers gave him a place on the ranch. He married Ante Brown in 1921 and lived near Hope. The Kiwanis program featured a talk by Me Vesey on the American Constitution and its role in safeguarding free enterprise and moderating political extremes.
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David Butler Whittemore
Tiwin
Ponca City
Oklo
Hope
Benth
Pneu Wana
Bown i Mitsouri
Whitemore
Oklahoma
Te Miller Brothers
Ante Brown
Johny Po Vesey
Hope Kiwanis
Lotel Barla
Wesex Pam Wut
Kasi
Sekmer Cisney
Ntford Miller
Hope Building Material Company
Nore Wwener
Transient Camps to Be Liquidated in Federal Action
Washington reports the federal government plans to liquidate a program affecting several cities. The move follows new policy directives issued this week with deadlines looming after Friday midnight and unclear details.
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Wasiington
Van Sweringens Auctioned to Settle Giant Loan
John T. Flynn recounts the looming September 30 auction in Vasey Street opposite St. Paul’s Chapel graveyard. Bonds and notes tied to a J. P. Morgan loan totaling 31 million dollars back rails, coal, real estate, hotels, and department stores. The assets block wide railroad and property holdings worth over a billion, with the Van Sweringens facing possible buyout or new bidders. The piece traces how the brothers built empire through holding companies and deals, culminating in a high stakes foreclosure and shift in control.
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New York
Vasey Street
St. Paul's Chapel
van Sweringen Brothers
Cleveland
J. P. Morgan & Co
van Sweringens
Carter
New York Central
Guardian Trust Co
Nickel Plate Securities Corp
Marquette
Erie
Chesapeake and Ohio
Missouri-Pacific
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