Delegates discuss flood plans for Monroe area
A Monroe delegation to discuss flood protection with General Ferguson and civic leaders, noting river conditions and potential heavy rainfall west and northwest of Little Rock. Inspectors review fuseplug levee plans with Col. Summerlin and cite forecasts of Arkansas River gauges, stressing contingency for crevasse risks and Bayou Macon protection.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas River
Little Rock
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Arkansas
Ferguson
John W. Summerlin
Tensas Basin
Rodriguez
Ohio River
Bocaf
Tensas
Prophit
Lake Village
Arkansas City
Yancopin
Mississippi
Bayou Macon
Macon Ridge
$100 a Month Sick Benefit Policy Offered at Low Cost
National Protective Insurance Co. promotes a sick benefit policy paying up to $100 monthly covering all diseases with no medical exam or application. Eligible are men 15 to 69 and women 18 to 59 in all occupations in good health. Send name, age, address and sex to Pickwick Bigg Kansas City Missouri for free inspection offer.
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Paty
National Protective Insurance Co
National Protective
Pickwick Bigg
Kanena City
Adv
Governor Murphy Talks Detroit Strike Concessions
Governor Murphy met with William Knudsen amid efforts to end a month-long GM strike that has halted much production. He urged peaceful methods while monitoring injunctions and court actions as 2,300 National Guardsmen guard Flint plants.
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Knudsen
Detroit
Frank Murphy
General Motors Corporation
William S. Knudsen
Washington
Perkins
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Corporation
Sloan
New York
Lansing
General Motors
United Automobile Workers of America
State Department of Labor
Fisher Body
Flint
Paul V. Gadola
National
Fisher- Chevrolet
Oakland
Calif
Buffalo
N. Y
Southgate
West Coast
Automobile Concern
Anderson
Ind
Val Nolan
United States
Indiana
C. F. Watson
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
John Porter
Cason Dies After Brief Illness In West Monroe
E. D. Cason, a prominent West Monroe businessman and former bank president, died after a sanitarium stay. Born February 16, 1879 in Chapel Hill Tennessee, he moved to Ouachita parish in 1900 and led the mercantile firm of W. R. Mitchell, later directing West Monroe State Bank. Survived by widow, children, four siblings, and a host of relatives. Monroe introduces trichogramme minutum to combat sugar cane borer.
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Cason
West Monroe
W. R. Mitchell
West Monroe State Bank
Nina Tippitt
Lousiana
Tennessee
Chapel Hill
State
D. D. Cason
Martha Sheffield Cason
Business College
Nashville
Tenn
Arcadia
T. O. Brown
Ouachita Parish
Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Western Starlodge
A. M
First Methodist Church of
Mr Cason
E. H. Cason
Greenville
Charles Cason
Monroe
Martha Annette Cason
W. T. Moore, Jr
Army engineers move to reinforce fuseplug levees in lower Mississippi
In a government action prompted by Sen. Overton and Ellender, Army engineers order immediate strengthening of fuseplug levees at the head of the Boeuf and Atchafalaya basins. The plan aims to prevent overtopping as floods threaten Louisiana while main river diversions may be used if needed.
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ARMY
Washington
Mississippi Valley
Boeuf
Atchafalaya
John H. Overton
Edward M. Markham
Markham
Overton
Allen J. Ellender
Arkansas
Bonnet Carre
New Orleans
Eudora
Morganza
Louisiana
Hitler 10 Reich ends with formal Versailles note
The article describes Hitler in the Reichstag declaring Germany accepts blame for the war yet continuing militarization. Nazi deputies give the Sieg salute and renew dictatorial powers for four years. Goering praises the leader while Eva Braun watches from a box as dignitaries cheer.
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Germany
Reichstag
Fuehrer
Rhineland
Versailles
Wilhelm Hermann Goeering
Emmy
Examinations Planned for Postmaster Jobs
The civil service commission will hold examinations for fourth class postmasters at Mount Lebanon Bienville Parish and Sondheimer East Carroll Parish. Notifications on exam dates will be posted at each post office. Meadowlarks and jays have replaced minets and horned larks as California's principal crap enemies.
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Washington, D. C
Civil Service Commission
Mount Lebanon
Bienville Parish
Sondheimer
East Carroll Parish
Post Office Department
California
Roosevelt Birthday Parties Rally to Fight Infantile Paralysis
President Roosevelt used his birthday celebrations across the nation to fund infantile paralysis aid. The White House dinner included attendees from government, journalism, and entertainment. Proceeds from a Washington breakfast and local events will support the Warm Springs foundation and community relief efforts.
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Ohio
Mississippi
White House
Navy Department
Louis McHenry Howe
New York City
Stephen T. Early
Marvin H. McIntyre
Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Thomas Lynch
Stanley Prenosil
Morgenthau
James P. Sullivan
Boston
Charles McCarthy
Marion Dickerman
Nancy Crok
Grace Tully
Marguerite Lehand
Malvina Schneider
Samuel Rosenman
James Roosevelt, Jr
Paul Bastedo
Naval
E. M. Watson
Ross T. McIntyre
Harry L. Hopkins
Texas
Old Kentucky
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Corporation
Henry L. Doherty
Warm Springs
Georgia
Jennings Guilty of Meter Interference
Judge J. T. Shell found Tom Jennings guilty in district court of interfering with electric meter regulation and defacing meter seals. Attorneys sought days for a rehearing. judge did not impose sentence at once.
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J. T. Shell
Tom Jennings
Evacuations at Kentucky Prison After Severe Flood
Convicts are evacuated from the flooded Kentucky state prison at Frankfort where 12 are reported dead in a panic caused by eight feet of water in the lower cells. Prisoners were moved to city jails as floodwaters surged.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Associated Press
Whittington Funeral Held For Carl E Whittington
The funeral cortege for Carl E. Whittington 30 of 2423 Grammont Street left Mulhearn funeral home Saturday morning for Jackson Mississippi where a service was held at Lakewood Memorial Park cemetery Rev H N King of Calvary Baptist Church Jackson officiated at the grave Pallbearers were Charles Hill Hugh Johnson Jack Frizzell Russell Hardin Henry Williams and James Huckabay He is survived by his ...
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Carl E. Whittington
Grammont Street
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Jackson
Miss
Lakewood Memorial Park
H. N. King
Calvary Baptist Church
Charles Hill
Hugh Johnson
Jack Frizzell
Russell Hardin
Henry Williams
James Huckabay
Mr. Whittington
Free plan for double rupture treatment by Capt Collings
Thousands seek relief from rupture as Capt Collings publicizes a full plan for treatment that restored him to health. Send name and address to Capt. Collings, Inc., Noxalive, Watertown, N.Y., for free information and a test result report.
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Capt. Collings
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Obituary Notice for W A Blankenship
Widow and three children survive W A Blankenship who died at his home ten miles north of Beebayou in Richland Parish. Survived by widow, son Wesley, sisters Mrs Nannie Hopkins and Mrs Emma Day. Funeral at home with Rev Hook officiating. interment Stevenson Cemetery.
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W. A. Blankenship
Beebayou
Richland Parish
Hook
Rayville
Stevenson Cemetery
Wesley Blankenship
Nannie Hopkins
Waverly
Emma Day
Texas
Insurgent forces launch fresh attack on Madrid
Insurgent forces besieging Madrid attacked government lines in Westpark and University City again despite rain and wind but were repelled. It was the second successive night of assault with mortars and machine guns used. Socialist troops strengthened University City and El Pardo as rains slowed operations at Malaga.
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Madrid
Westpark
University City
el Pardo
Malaga
Meat Cutting Demonstration at Courthouse by LSU Expert
About 26 people attended a public meat cutting demonstration at the courthouse yesterday conducted by J. B. Francioni Jr. of Louisiana State University. Francioni butchered a dressed hog and showed how to derive the greatest value from all hog parts.
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J. B. Francioni, Jr
Louisiana State University
Francioni
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