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Louisiana towns cancel elections as unopposed Democrats win
Regular Democratic candidates in 13 Louisiana towns were declared elected by proclamation after facing no opposition. Elections for June 15 were canceled with leaders named in Bossier City Gretna Hammond Westwego Jennings Breaux Bridge Covington Eunice Bastrop Ville Platte Donaldsonville Oberlin Kinder and other towns all returning unopposed mayors and aldermen.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Coleman Lindsey
Senate
Richard Leche
Earl K. Long
Bossier City
H. L. Fuller
G. C. Huckabay
H. N. Bowman
H. F. Reeves
O. F. Shaver
R. W. Smith
O. A. Teekel
Board of Aldermen
Gretna
Edward J. Strehle
Beauregard Miller
Henry F. Bender
Frank Bessler
G. Aston Cox
John T. Gegenheimer
Eugene Gehring
Hammond
W. B. Jordan
Anthony Schmitt
C. J. Montagne
Breaux Bridge
Wilburn R. Angelle
Euclide Landry
Marshal
Robert Angelle
J. A. Domingues
Frank Castille
Jean L. Rivoire
Louis J. Balch
Covington
Frank P. Marsolan
Alfred Alexius
Emile Menette
Louis D. Ross
Thomas J. Champagne
Hebert Frederick
A. J. Planche, Jr
Eunice
J. B. Lewis
Allen Hundley
Willis R. Johnson
P. M. Prudhomme
Harry Smith
James Stagg
A. E. Tyson
Bastrop
A. B
Loyd Pitts
Oscar Bell
O. J Keys
Avan J. LaFosse
J. J. Liechty
E. E. Miguel