Saratoga launched aircraft carrier in Camden
The Saratoga, world’s fastest carrier, launched at New York Shipbuilding yard. Secretary Wilbur addressed Washington naval arms limits and the carrier’s cost and air power implications. He outlined that one bombing plane needs a thousand tons of displacement and noted the scale of carrier expansion implied by 1,000 planes.
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Camden
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Delaware River
Curtis D. Wilbur
Secretary of the Navy
N. J
Saratoga
Wilbur
Washington
Great Britain
America
United States Navy
Prince Polignac Receives Warm Welcome at UDC Convention
Mansfield Louisiana April 7 with state officers and delegates attending the Louisiana division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy convening for a three day meeting. Prince Victor Mansfield De Polignac of Paris and his mother Princess Camille arrive in Shreveport and Mansfield for memorial services and unveiling ceremonies honoring his father General Camille De Polignac and General Dick Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Louisiana Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy
Florence C. Tompkins
New Orleans
Fred C. Kolman
Battle of
Joe Dubois
J. S. Allison
Louisiana Division
S. A. Steel
Mary Williams
Charles Granger
Victor Mansfield de Polignac
Paris
France
Camille de Polignac
Mansfield Battle Field
Mary B. Poppenheim
South Carolina
Tompkins
Poppenheim
Shreveport
Prince Polignac
Victor Mansfield le Polignac
Louisiana Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Prince Camille de Polignac
Mansfield Battle
Dick Taylor
General Polignac
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Polignac
Miss Poppenheim
Fuqua
Louisiana
Polignacs
Union Station
The
Chamber of Commerce
Cambridge University
United States
Los Angeles
Grand Canyon
Niagara Falls
New York
Alfred Mouton
Victor Mansfield Polignac
Royal House of
Austria
Russia
Mouton
Huey Long Opposes Lake Pontchartrain Bridge Toll Plan
Huey Long, chairman of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, said the commission would act on a suit seeking to stop the Watson-Williams bridge across Lake Pontchartrain. He condemned private tolls and pledged state regulation if tolls are collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Huey Long
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Press Today
Lake Pontchartrain
Watson-Williams Syndicate
Plans for North Fourth two story brick building
Drs J L Adams and J Q Graves announced a new brick two story building on North Fourth near DeSiard to cost about 18500. The first floor may house auto storage or two retail shops while the second floor will be the Monroe National Guard armory with showers lockers and drill space under Capt W W Cooper.
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J. L. Adams
J. Q. Graves
Masonic Temple
Facding
North Fourth Street
C. E. Fautleroy
Armour Packing Company
Drs. Adams and Graves
National Guard
National
W. W. Cooper
Chicago Raid Sparks Evidence of Rum Syndicate
Police raided a Chicago headquarters of a liquor and vice syndicate alleged to earn millions annually. Eight men were arrested as records of wealthy customers bribed officials, beer deliveries, and routes from rum fleets off New York Miami and New Orleans were seized. Large checks and a $287 toll bill to New York Miami and New Orleans were found.
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Chicago
Prohibition Enforcement
N. Y
Miami
New Orleans
North Side
New York
River Stages Report Across Mississippi and Ouachita Rivers
Data shows river levels at several cities with rises and falls. Mississippi values include St. Louis 12.0 rising 1.3 and Memphis 18.6 falling 1.4, Vicksburg 31.5 falling 0.5, New Orleans 8.4 stationary, and Shreveport 8.0 rising 0.1 Alexandria 5.6 rising 0.1. Ouachita measurements list Camden 4.7 falling 0.1 Monroe stationary.
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St. Louis
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Dunn Case Readies for Trial as Venire Exhausted
In Lake Charles Louisiana on April 7 the Dunn brothers Byron and Bab, charged with murder in the killing of deputy Sam E. Duhon on March 6, faced a trial set after the motion for continuance was overruled. Seventy five names were drawn to supplement the venire as jurors were exhausted. jurors named included R L Douglas Jr of DeQuincy and Geo Robins of Lake Charles.
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Lake Charles
State of
Louisiana
Xeraus
Bab
Byron Dann
Murcer
Sam E. Duhon
R. L. Douglas, Jr
Dequincy
Geo. Robins
Ged
Robert BR
Christman
Lake Chares
Defense seeks continuance in Dunn murder case in Lake Charles
In Lake Charles on April 7, defense counsel urged a continuance for Bob and Byron Dunn charged with no murder in the killing of deputy Samuel Duhon and federal agent W E Collins. Missing witnesses were said to be ill or in Texas, with alibi plans to show they were not at the scene. The case was adjourned with efforts to secure the two key witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Bob
Byron Dunn
Samuel E. Duhon
W. E. Collins
Prohibition
Ferguson
Leesville
M. R. Stewart
Dunn Brothers
Josephine Broussard
Vinton
Bobba
Dr. Brooks
Teigin et al set surface casing at Urania No. 1well
Geo Zeigin et al spudded in on Urania No 1 offset to Urania Petroleum discovery and set surface casing today. The Urania field shows a new oil town forming near Tullos with several buildings planned and lumber being hauled. G P Tullos leases part of his store to Dr Tom Mitchell for a drug store and office. A Shreveport firm leases two lots in Tullos for a supply house.
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J. B. King
Urania
Geo
G. P. Tullos
Tom Mitchell
el Dorado
Shreveport
Tullos
Walter Herbert
Urania boom plans underway after productive oil well
Urania in La Salle parish witnesses a fresh producing well by Urania Petroleum Company south of town. Q T Hardtner of Urania Lumber Company directs the busy office and lot sales for a new South Urania town site. The plan emphasizes orderly growth with strict restrictions to curb exploiters and support working families.
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Urania
Urania Petroleum Company
Henry
Q. T. Hardtner
Urania Lumber Company
la Salle Parish
Hardtner
South Urania
Q .T. Hardtner
Henry E. Hardtner
Prohi Cases Heard by U S Court In April Session
Lillie B Goode postmaster at Holly Ridge was found guilty of embezzling postal funds and given 60 days in jail plus a fine. Other federal liquor cases included George Palmer and Fred Endom and multiple defendants with sentences ranging from fines to three months in jail.
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Morehouse Parish
United States District Court
Federal Grand Jury
U. S
Katherine B. Woodward
Woodward
Ben C. Dawkins
Ike Thompson
Dawkins
Lillie B. Goode
Holly Ridge
J. D. Fultz
Fullerston
George Palmer
Anthony Phillips
Fred Endom
Atlanta
J. M. Fream
Jim Conn
Nolle
Conn
George Staples
John J. Johnson
Jasper McIntosh
Henry Brown
Jesse Brown
Willie Cdwards
Pearl Smith
Charles Sander
Perry Hayden
Chicago Votes Today on Traction Purchase
Chicago votes today on municipal acquisition and extension of surface and elevated railways and construction of a subway in a 700 million dollar project. A forty year payment period is tied to earnings from the lines with 162,843,584 for street railways 85,000,000 for elevated and 268,301,000 for extensions. Construction on about sixty eight miles of subways would begin with roughly 40,000,000 already available from street railway earnings.
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Chicago
Prismatic ring may let radio fans view live events at home
Baltimore April 7 Invention of a device called the prismatic ring could let radio fans see upcoming Olympic games and hear the cheers. Inventor C Francis Jenkins of Washington DC says stay at homes could watch presidential inaugurations distant sports and spectacles as they happen from their fireside.
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Baltimore
American Chemical Society
C. Francis Jenkins
Washington, D. C
Monroe Chamber Drives $20,000 Fund for Year Ends On Industrial Push
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce launched a drive at 9 a.m. to raise 20000 for current year expenses. Eight teams, including J. M. Cobb and W. Anders, visited local firms with e cards showing pro rata support. A small firm volunteered $50, then $100, and the Barkdale Faulk Post joined, signaling strong local cooperation amid oil center ambitions.
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Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Donald F. Walker
J. M. Cobb
W. Anders
Sam Newson
J. J. Herring
Sam Davis
Louis Gimler
F. F. Millaps
W. B. Gradney
Roy Hale
E. Sugar
I. Lemle
Albert Marks
Paul Fudicker
C. E. McKenzie
R. E. McLeod
C. H. McHenry
W. C. Oliver
W. H. Rodriguez
Geo. Weaks
W. C. Stevenson
J. S. Washburn
J. M. Breard
Chas. Guerriero
V. C. Spatafora
Moore
Louisiana
Barkdall Faulk Post
American Legion
Man from Missouri Pacific Hurt After Slip
Walter Foster, Missouri Pacific employee, injured himself stepping onto a sidewalk while returning home from work in Alexandria last Friday. He suffers a dislocated shoulder and is confined at the St. Francis Sanitarium ward for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Foster
Missouri Pacific
St. Francis Eganitarium
Foster
Alexandria
Missouri Pacific Ward
Sanitarium
Explosion at Hanover Threatens National Fireworks Plant
Fire from an afternoon explosion at the National Fireworks company sheds in Hanover Massachusetts endangered the plant. Early reports warned of possible loss of life as about 100 of 300 buildings burned while seven town departments fought the blaze. Maynard Goodwin died in the mixing room and several workers escaped by leaping into the Drinkwater river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Mass
National Fireworks Company
Maynard Goodwin
Republicans Clash on Eve of New Orleans Election
In New Orleans on April 17, a quiet municipal campaign was heated by a Republican rift. Emile Kuntz and A D Lines sparred over a so called dummy caucus and a nonlegal ticket, while Behrman seeks a fifth mayoral term against Gottschalk as Democrats predict a large victory.
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New Orleans
Emile Kuntz
Customs
Republican National
Kuntz
Dr. Lines
Martin Behrman
Behrman
Lionel J. Gottschalk
Commissioner Landis to Fly to Little Rock
Commissioner K. M. Landis departed New Orleans by train to Shreveport and was expected to fly from Shreveport to Little Rock per local American Legion members.
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Commissioner Landis
Little Rock
New Orleans
K. M. Landis
Shreveport
American Legion
Thle Rock
Louisi ana Social Betterment Conference Elects New Officers
Rabbi David Fichman of New Orleans elected president of the Louisiana State Conference for Social Betterment at the Washington Hotel in Shreveport. Other officers named include Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Sherman Canoda recording secretary Miss Katherine Hook and Treasurer Walter Lehman. Executive committee members are Professor G P Wyckoff Dr J W Newman Rev James Owens and Senator Weil.
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Shreveport
David Fichman
New Orleans
Jewish Federation of Charities
Louisiana State Conference For Social Betterment
Washington Hotel
Sherman Canoda
Tulane University
Katherine Hook
National Red Cross
Walter Lemann
Donaldsonville
G. P. Wyckoff
J. W. Newman
James Owens
Episcopal Church of
Weil
Alexandria
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U.S. Warships
Craft
U.D.C
Watson - Williams
Drs. Adams
Morehouse
USS
Dunn
Venire
Teigin ET AL
U.S. Court
Lillie Good
Traction
Man
M. P
N. O
Federation OF Jewish Charity
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