West Monroe Seeks Federal Loan for City Improvements
West Monroe plans a council meeting to hear an opinion on a loan and grant request for projects including sewer service in Ransom addition, an incinerator, sidewalks on Natchitoches Street, and a water reservoir. The request was sent to the New Orleans federal works relief agency by C A Peerman at the council’s behest.
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West Monroe
New Orleans
Federal Works Relief Agency
C. A. Peerman
Ransom Addition
Natchitoches Street
North Seventh
Chalk In Bread May Aid In Tuberculosis Battle
In Copenhagen on June 29 a Danish health order directs 5 grams of calcium phosphate per kilogram of rye flour in bread for 17,000 Greenland children. The policy aims to bolster resistance to tuberculosis amid milk and vegetable shortages.
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Copenhagen
Greenland
Observers See Japan Tighten North China Control
Foreign military observers in Tientsin say Japan aims for possible war with Soviet Russia by tightening hold on North China. They cite demilitarization of Hopei to secure lines of communication and deter Chinese opposition as Japan expands influence in Hopei and Chahar. An abortive Peiping mutiny did not stop Tokyo’s aims.
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Tientsin
China
North China
Japan
Soviet Russia
Hopei Province
Mongolia
Hopei
Chahar Province
Peiping
Kuomintang
National Government Party
Two Die in Montgomery Automobile Crash
Two unidentified people died and at least six were injured when two cars collided near Montgomery on the Birmingham road. A critically injured woman was among the injured. I Sikes of Columbus Ga described passing a truck when a head-on crash occurred. Mrs Pauline Hunton of Miami and her five year old son suffered minor injuries. The accident knocked down a telephone pole and cut communications between Montgomery and Prattville.
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Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
I. Sikes
Columbus
Prattville
Mystery planes ordered by Navy
The navy announced an $8,507,037 purchase of 60 large patrol flying boats designed by Consolidated Aircraft of Buffalo New York. The ships boast greater speed and range than earlier models and can carry a five member crew with bi motor propulsion and variable pitch propellers. Forty six of the planes recently participated in Pacific maneuvers from Pearl Harbor to counter an enemy fleet attack.
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Washington
Navy
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Buffalo
N. Y
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Treasury
Consolidated
Sikorsky Aviation Corporation
Modesty in killing and fiscal notes by Arthur Brisbane
Arthur Brisbane reflects on modesty in executions, compares British practices, and then shifts to U S finance noting tax receipts this year and spending versus debt. He ends with a science aside on mine disasters afterdamp and a note that diamonds have been found in meteorites.
Sikes Ship Passengers from Prattville Identified
The report identifies the passengers aboard Sikes ship as Prattville residents. Officials confirm hometowns for all travelers, noting community ties and statistics.
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Tify Sikes
Prattville
Memphis Gangster Shot Attempting to Escape Prison
Donald Cloud a 19 year old described as a terror gang leader lay near death after an escape attempt at Shelby county penal farm. Guard Frank Beaver shot him when he wrestled a pistol from guard W W Strong and opened fire. Henry Jones 19 was captured after grabbing a pistol and fleeing. Six other prisoners including five negroes were later captured. Cloud had pleaded guilty to robberies with four youths, receiving five year sentences.
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Memphis
Tenn
Donald Cloud
Shelby County
Frank Beaver
W. W. Strong
Cloud
Henry Jones
Obituary for Archibald Hogg 55 in Monroe
The funeral of Archibald Hogg aged 55 was held at Peters funeral chapel at 1 p m Saturday. Rev Ernest D Holloway of First Presbyterian church officiated. Interment followed in the old city cemetery. He lived in Monroe until his parents died then moved to Kansas where he had since.
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Archibald Hogg
Peters Funeral Chapel
Ernest D Holloway
First Presbyterian Church
Old City
Hogg
Ir. Monroe
Adam Hogg
Kansas
Local Professor Resigns Due to Ill Health Dies in Parsons
longtime University of Kansas faculty member died Wednesday in Parsons Kansas after resigning due to ill health. His body arrived in Monroe on Friday by the Illinois Central railroad. He had no close relatives known.
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University of Kansas
Parsons
Kansas
Monroe
Illinois Central Railroad
Hogg
Tokyo doctor reports man with two hearts at station vendor
Dr Shigeyoshi Kawakami, head of a local hospital in Tokyo, reports the case of a man who sells box lunches at a railway station and appears to have two hearts. The claim centers on a remarkable medical finding from a routine examination.
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Tokyo
Shigeyoshi Kawakami
Starting a Motor Harms When Racing Too Early
The note warns that racing a motor at start is dangerous as many parts have not yet become fully lubricated, risking damage from insufficient lubrication.
National Guard Activity At Beauregard Begins This Month
Alexandria La June 29 Camp Beauregard to host national guard activity for a month starting Monday. A 168 marine reserve detachment from New Orleans completes two weeks of training and paraded Friday. Louisiana units start July 1 with 116th hospital company and separate artillery battalion training. Mississippi units 106th engineers and 122nd motor transport train July 5 to 19. The largest peace time assembly 31st division of four states trains July 21 to Aug 4, about 4000 troops. A thirty day CMT C follows starting Aug 4 with 521 enrollees.
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Alexandria
Camp Beauregard
New Orleans
Louisiana National Guard
116Th Hospital Company
F4rst
Field Artillery
Horse
Mississippi National Guard
106Th Engineers
122Nd Motor Transport Company
Beauregard
31St Division
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Floreida
Campaign Tallulah Plans Tuberculosis Eradication Drive
In Madison parish 16 community meetings were held this week with Dr. H F Vulliamy and C F E Hester in charge. Sixty nine assembly places for cattle to be tested were designated and ten veterinarians will conduct the work starting in August, to be completed in two weeks.
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Tallulah
Madison Parish
H. F. Vulliamy
Ian
C. FE. Hester
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