Louisiana suit attacks Huey Long civil service law
In Baton Rouge on June 5 the case challenging the late Huey P Long civil service act was assigned to Judge James D Womack. Eugene Stanley representing eight plaintiffs filed for injunctive relief. the court ordered the civil service commission and state officials to appear June 14 and submit records. The act 22 of the second extraordinary session in 1934 aimed to centralize employment control.
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Baton Rouge, la
Huey P. Long
James D. Womack
Eugene Stanley
Orleans Parish
Civil Service Commission
Louisiana
Stanley
Long
Deep Test Drilled Shreveport Area Well
Deep test well Payne No 1 in the Rodessa area near Shreveport was drilled in section 27 23 16 on June 5. The project is led by P R Norton and targets oil and gas potential in Caddo Parish.
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Shreveport
PBR W. Norton
Payne No. 1
Rodessa
Louisiana Parishes Get Final School Fund Payment
State Treasurer A P Tugwell distributed 2 274 511 64 to parish school boards as the final payment from the 1936 37 state school fund. Distribu tion rate was 3 17 per educable child. Total for 1936 37 reached 10 610 100 14 versus 8 837 378 43 in 1935 36. Superintendent Harris urges using the extra funds for an additional month of salaries while allowing higher pay for principals and other staff where funds permit.
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Baton Rouge
A. P. Tugwell
State Department of Education
T. H. Harris
Harris
Electric Power Upgrade Planned After Outage
The light and power commission reports current plant equipment cannot offset Saturday night outage. New capacitors ordered March 1 have arrived and installation begins Monday to raise voltage regulation and distribution capacity by about 10 percent with existing generation. Drilling continues below 10,143 feet, aiming for 12,000 feet as the deepest north Louisiana well to date.
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Louisiana
Ouachita Parish Graduation Promotes Life Work Ethic
The Ouachita parish class celebrated with gowns and bouquets as Rev. B F Wallace gave the invocation. Lucille Banks delivered the salutatory on small deeds shaping character and Charles Feazel spoke on democratic ideals and public schools as a safeguard.
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Lucille Banks
Charles Feazel
Fred G. Thatcher
Ouachita Parish
Rev
Hicks
South America
New York City
New York
Blind World Miracle Restores Veteran's Sight After Years
A World War veteran, once diagnosed with incurable detached retina blindness, awoke to sight at 4 am after visiting Roanoke and Washington hospitals. He exclaimed I can see again and vowed to return to work despite having spent his bonus money on medical care.
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Veteran's Facility
Roanoke
Government Hospital
Washington
Smith
Parish Agents Attend Special Summer Course
Miss Aline Hamiter and T H Milliken from Morehouse parish travel to Baton Rouge for a Louisiana State University summer course for extension workers. The program runs through June to teach improved methods. while away, Max McDonald leads farm work, C F E Smith heads conservation work, and Mrs Bama Lee Nelson assists in home demonstration duties.
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Bastrop
Aline Hamiter
Morehouse Parish
T. H. Milliken
Parish
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Max McDonald
C. F E. Smith
Bama Lee Neson
Duke and Bride Hoarded Ornaments in Castle Interior
The couple stored animal trophies and relics from the castle attic including a deer horn elephant tusks a hippopotamus head and pheasants. Portraits of the Lady Bluebeard and her six husbands remained on the walls as legends say ghosts haunt the castle after a wife killed them.
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Bluebeard
Scotland Yard
Count Muenster
Dudley Forwood
Austria
Wales
England
Lindbergh Sees Rocket Research as Future of Flight
Charles A. Lindbergh lauds Clark University professor Robert H. Goddard’s rocket experiments as a potential path to high speed transport. He writes that rockets could offer freedom from the air and enable instruments to reach greater altitudes, comparing Goddard to Langley and Wright in early aviation.
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Worcester
Mass
Charles A. Lindbergh
Robert H. Goddard
Clark University
Clark
Lindbergh
Goddard
Langley
Wright
Eastern Star Plans June School Sessions Across Towns
The Order of the Eastern Star announces a series of instruction schools in June. Dates include June 8 in Ringgold Louisiana at 7 30 p m led by Mrs Willie Bogen deputy grand matron district No 7. June 10 in Mangham with Mrs Bessie Hixon district grand matron district No 5. and June 11 in Jonesboro with Mrs Myra Jones district grand matron district No 3. Mrs Lovie Gregory grand conductress will supervise these schools.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Ringgold
Willie Bogen
Mangham
Bessie Hixon
Jonesboro
Myra Jones
Lovie Gregory
Earhart pauses in Fortaleza before 287 mile hop to Hatl
Amelia Earhart rests in Fortaleza Brazil as she has the control apparatus of her round the world monoplane adjusted. She plans to depart around 5 am local time for the next leg to Hatl near South America’s eastern point amid news of a gold miners shortage in South Africa.
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Fortaleza
Brazil
Amelia Earhart
Hatal
South America
Playground Work Plans Set for Summer at City Recreation Center
Miss Lucyle Godwin directs all who wish to help run the municipal playgrounds to apply at the recreation center on DeSiard Street between 8 39 and 11 am Monday. A three day institute for workers is planned with playgrounds reopening a week from tomorrow and running through August. J A Taylor remains a patient at the United States Veterans hospital in Alexandria with improved condition. His son J A Taylor Jr has returned home on navy furlough from Norfolk Virginia.
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Christ
Charles Gossett
Octavis Willbanks
Gordon Cummings
Doris Adkins
Lucyle Godwin
Municipal Recreation Department
Recreation Certer
DeSiard Street
J. A. Taylor
South Grand Street
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Alexandria
J. A. Taylor, Jr
Navy
Norfolk, Va
Pension leaders resign amid reform push and fallout
Washington scene reports T W Hughes and Walter D Hick among resigning figures as Townsend declines comment and concentrates with aides at national headquarters. Brinton notes Townsend opposition to Roosevelt court plan triggered group walkout. State Department also announces Edward Rand reassigned from Algiers to Guayaquil as consul.
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National Headquarters
Brinton
Townsend
Washington
State Department
Edward B. Rand
Shreveport
Algiers
Algeria
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Local Postmen Honored At Monroe Breakfast
Travel bag presented to President Moody by group members as a token of thanks for distinguished postal service. Harrison Parkman and Frank H. Ellis lauded for extending and improving postal operations. Monroe and West Monroe officials attended with city and parish representatives as sessions and talks followed breakfast.
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Moody
Monroe
West Monroe
Hotel Virginia
Harrison Parkman
Division of
Building Operations and Supplies
Frank H. Ellis
Division of Post Office Service
Washington, D. C
Fred Williamson
News-Star
Morning World
Arnold Bernstein
W. D. H. Rodriguez
C. R. Tidwell
C. C. Bell
Parish
Ouachita
J. Lloyd Warren
J. R. Wooten
J. L. Keenan
S. L. Digby
A. K. Kilpatrick
Bourg announces birth of daughter June Bourg
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Bourg announce the birth of a daughter, June Bourg, on Tuesday, June 1 in Jonesboro Louisiana.
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Jonesboro
Elmo Bourg
June Bourg
Doctor's Prescription Free For Liquor Habit
A doctor's prescription long used for alcohol addiction is now offered for home treatment. Non habit forming and can be taken with liquor tea or coffee, with or without the user’s knowledge. Helps overcome cravings and rebuild resistance, with money back if unsatisfied. Send to Western Chemicals Inc Dept 1600 Seattle for a free trial and details.
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Western Chemicals, Inc
Seattle
Washington
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