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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1929
Page
6
Washington Aug 1 Four major factors stand out in the rising cost of American national defense. Aviation development under the five year plan naval cruiser programs and exhaustion of wartime supplies pressure the budget. A board to study reductions stirs speculation on where cuts might come.
In Montgomery Louisiana a town of 800 touts good government led by mayor Lula Wardlaw a Methodist preacher earning 7.49 monthly. Since 1928 she has overseen paving waterworks electric light and an ice plant while keeping taxes low and banning street shows gambling and Sunday amusements.
An explosion in the recovery room at the Brown Paper mill injured James Kelley, 82, a Black employee, with burns on his limbs and body. The blast came from a four-furnace battery caused by a water cooler leak dripping on sodium carbonate smelt. The furnace will be rebuilt immediately.
The president's announced plans have prompted technicians and statisticians to engage in quiet analysis while awaiting potential board findings.
Paving contracts for about 26 blocks on five streets were won yesterday by M Hy man and company the sole bidder. North Second street between Auburn and K was withheld due to ongoing junction proceedings by property owners. Streets awarded include Bres Sixth to Eighth Erin Second to Sixth South Third Ouachita to Laston Rochelle Fourth to Seventh and Glenmar Front to Ninth. Work to begin immediately. Dorothy Bundy daughter of May Sutton may pursue national tennis title and could be ready for major competition in two years.
Trials of liquor charges continued in district court yesterday. Osie Joiner was found guilty of possession and manufacture of whiskey and sentenced to 60 days in jail and a 500 dollar fine plus four months more on default. Oliver Jones was acquitted on a separate bill. Other defendants received suspended sentences or jail terms for selling beer or whiskey. The assault case against R Green and Allen A Phillips and a liquor case against Mrs N A Knight were continued to August 16.
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