Highway projects in Louisiana move forward in Monroe
Louisiana Highway Commissioner L P Abernathy announced the letting of the first contract to relocate the Rochelle Selma segment of the Monroe Alexandria highway and remove two grade crossings. A second contract between Standard and Urania will follow within 60 days with paving awards to come later.
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Grayson
Urania
L. P. Abernathy
Louisiana Highway Commission
Monroe
Rochelle
Selma
Alexandria
Missouri Pacific
Abernathy
Standard
Pineville
Louisiana
Mr. Abernathy
Cypress Street
West Monroe
Ouachita River Bridge
Mississippi Senator Opposes Roosevelt Tax Critique
Senator Harrison of Mississippi, a key writer of the tax revision, tells the Senate that President Roosevelt is wrong to criticize the law. Harrison, chairman of the tax measure committee, voiced his support while Roosevelt allowed the $5 billion revenue bill to become law without a signature, citing business concerns.
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Washington
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate
Roosevelt
Arthurdale
W.a. Tion
Spy scare ends at New Orleans in London governess case
Miss Syl via May Bradshaw of London faces a single charge for entering the United States as a visitor and violating passport terms by seeking employment here. Authorities say she photographed Barksdale air field and mailed letters to Germany while working as a governess in Hollywood and a waitress in Shreveport. The British consul general notes no other charges are evident. Immigration will hold a hearing next Tuesday.
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New Orleans
Sylvia May Bradshaw
London
England
H. Stanford London
United States
Barksdale Army Air Field
Germany
Hollywood
Shreveport
High Court Adjourning Tuesday after eight month term
The Supreme Court will adjourn for the summer next Tuesday after an eight month term that produced several Roosevelt era opinions upholding New Deal labor and tax laws. New justices Hugo Black and Stanley Reed joined the bench. Major labor board rulings included protections for strikers, withdrawal of recognition from certain unions, and jurisdiction to hear unfair labor practices. A tax ruling held the New York port authority employee salaries subject to income tax. (Continued on Sixth Page)
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Canada
National Labor Relation Board
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
Willis van Devanter
Wyoming
Stanley Reed
Kentucky
George Sutherland
Utah
New Deal
Labor Board
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc
Pacific Greyhound Lines, Inc
Federal District Court
New York
United States cites Kellogg Briand pact to curb war urge
Washington May 28 The United States urges central European powers to honor their nearly ten year old pledge to renounce war. Secretary Hull notes 63 nations remain party to the Kellogg Briand pact and warns any outbreak abroad would inject general disturbance with unpredictable consequences for world affairs.
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Washington
United States
Paris
Garden display winners listed at Ouachita parish show
Mrs. J. B. Filhiol won sweepstakes for vegetables at the Ouachita Parish spring garden show held Friday and Saturday at 322 DeSiard street. Second prize went to Mrs. Steve Sims. a lawn mower and five tooth cultivator were awarded. Mrs. J. R. Hedgwood took the best flower sweepstakes. second place went to Mrs. Sidney Stewart for an overstuffed chair and a five tooth cultivator. The Monroe Kiwanis club, the Ten Year club, and the Ouachita Parish Home Demonstration council sponsored the event.
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J. B. Filhiol
Ouachita Parish
DeSiard Street
Steve Sims
J. R. Hedgwood
Sidney Stewart
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Ten Year Club
Rockefeller Center May Bring End To Labor Rift
New York May 23 A new type of union contract at Rockefeller Center may ease the long labor civil war between the C I O and the American Federation of Labor. The plan aims to prevent work stoppages by conciliating jurisdictional disputes while keeping the project on schedule. The agreement, involving only AFL members, is not a patch for the CIO AFL split but is seen as a potential model for resolving differences without halting construction on the Fifth Avenue project led by John D Rockefeller Jr and his sons.
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New York
Rockefeller Center
C.I. O
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Rockefeller
A. F. of L
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Fifth Avenue
Fiftieth Street
Lewis
Mr. Green
Annual cooking Insurgents take school planned Puerto Escandon
The Morning World and News-Star-World announce an eighth annual cooking school and home making exposition from June 15 to 17 at Neville High School auditorium under Ida Chitwood. Classes begin at 2 15 PM daily with awards night on June 17. Chitwood, famed lecturer, leads the program, with merchants funding prizes and extensive coverage by major newspapers.
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Morning World
News- Star
Neville High School
Ida Chitwood
Louisiana
News-Star—World Cooking School
Chitwood
Chicago
Omg Tribune
Aragon Ballroom
Trianon
Guyon's
Paradise Ballroom
City Hall Closed Monday in Memorial Day Observance
City offices will be closed all day Monday in honor of Memorial Day. Mayor H. H. Benoit announced the closure as part of the observance.
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Prsegean
Setutdey
H. H. Benoit
Early Summer Store Hours Set for Monroe Retailers
Monroe retailers will begin summer closing hours and adjust weekday opening times starting Wednesday June 1. The plan, announced by the Retail Merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce, requires stores to open each morning except Saturday, with closing time at night.
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Monroe
Retail Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
Canton Raids Kill Six Hundred in Severe Air Attacks
Reported Canton air raids caused 600 dead and about 900 injured as rescuers counted casualties after raids on the Wongsha railway station district. The bombardment marked a intensified campaign to disrupt munitions movement toward central China with claims of gains and counterattacks around Lanfeng.
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Shanghai
Lanfeng
Canton
Chengchow
Lunghai
South China
Amoy
Fukien Province
Quemoy Island
Wongsha
Central China
Ship Mandalay Sinks After Collision in New York Narrows
The steamship Mandalay, a pleasure boat, sank in the narrows of the lower New York bay after a collision with the steamship Acadia. Coast guard and police launches rescued Mandalay passengers. Mandalay had about 48 aboard outbound to Atlantic Highlands. fewer on the return trip. Acadia, owned by the Eastern Steamship Company, was bound for Bermuda.
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New York
Mandalay
New York Bay
Acadia
Coast Guard
Atlantic Highlands
Battery
Fastern Steamship Company
Bermuda
Publishers Begin Meeting At Southern Newspaper Conference
Edgewater Park Miss March 3 Publishers arrive for the 36th annual Southern Newspaper Publishers association meeting. More than 300 members will focus on marketing the South and boosting newspapers as advertising media. Officers will be elected Tuesday with golf that afternoon. An appeal will seek support to establish the Herty Foundation lab in Savannah to develop pine wood uses.
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Edgewater Park
Miss
Mew
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Cranston Williams
Chattanooga
Wheeler Blasts White House Circle Over New Deal Fallout
Senator Wheeler accuses a small group close to the White House of planning to mark anti New Deal Democrats for oblivion and to dictate party reorganization. He cites Ickes Hopkins Corcoran Cohen Keenan James Roosevelt and others amid debate on a $3.247 billion lending bill. Bailey joins the attack noting Hopkins public WPA stance in primaries.
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Washington
White House
Wheeler
Montana
Senate
Interior
Ickes
Harry L. Hopkins
Thomas G. Corcoran
Ben Cohen
Joseph B. Keenan
James Roosevelt
Bailey
North Carolina
Hopkins
WPA
Louisiana Houses Take Final Vote On Sales Levy Measure
Baton Rouge May 2 The Louisiana legislature reconvenes for the last day of bill introductions with 32 measures on the calendar ready for final passage in the House. Bills include the general sales tax renamed the public welfare revenue bill and bonds totaling 10.5 million for Charity Hospital and other institutions. Senate proposals include an industrial commission to regulate wages and hours and a two year extension of the debit moratorium commission. A flood of bills is anticipated as the deadline nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House
Public Welfare
New Orleans
Senate
Sidney W. Sweeney
Lake Charles
State Department of Labor
Memorial rites for veterans planned in West Monroe
Veterans groups from Twin Cities and Quachita parish join for a 10 50 morning service at First Baptist West Monroe with Rev E F Huntsberry. Memorial day services at Riverview Burial Park at 4 pm led by veterans council feature taps and benediction. George D Holland speaks at the cemetery. graves to be decorated by Legionnaires under Charles Mitchell with wreaths arranged Saturday.
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Twin Cities
Quachita Parish
First Baptist Church
West Monroe
E. F. Huntsberry
Prince of Peace
Riverview Burial Park
Veterans’ Council
George D. Holland
Monroe
Mitchell
Neville High School graduates honored on full page
A full page of graduate portraits appears in this issue, showcasing Neville High School’s recent class. The page highlights numerous students with their photos, capturing a moment of academic completion and community pride.
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Neville High School
Morn
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Anni
Solons
U. S
Europe
James J. Hines
Tammany
Thomas Dewey
Hines
High Court
Hull
J. B. Hedgwood
Franklin D. Roosevelt
W. Va
Puerto Escandon
Lerida
Hendaye
France
Teruel
Sagunto
Valencia
Escandon
Aparicio
Teruel-Sagunto-Valencia
Tremp
Segre River
Balaguer
Seros
Vallfogona
Boo
Demetrios Sicilianos
Greece
Treasury
Industrial Commission
West Monroe Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Crosley School
L. B. Faulk
American Legion
Barnett-Downs Post
Sterlington Post
United Spanish War Veterans
Disabled American Veterans
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