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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1929

Page

7

Mrs McCormack and Deneen Seek Illinois Senate Nomination

Mrs Ruth Hanna McCormick of Chicago and Charles Deneen, senior senator, mount a high stakes bid for the 1980 Republican Illinois Senate nomination. She would be the first woman to run for the seat. he is a veteran reformer who ousted Thompson allies and pursues party realignments in Cook and down state factions.

Walter T. Brown Associated Press Chicago Ruth Hanna McCormick Congress Charles&. Deneen Illinois Thompson McCormick Mark Hana Naional Committee McCormick l Deneen Lottie Holman F O'Neill Bertha Baur

Locust Swarms Strip Rich Corsican Fields

Locust swarms devour wheat vegetables and strip olive groves and vineyards across the island's southern rich farming region. The disaster threatens fodder for cattle as crops vanish and farmers confront food shortages for their stock.

Ajaccio Corsica

Museum Hangar to House Woolarac Dole Winner

Frank Phillips of Bartlesville plans a large hangar to display the Woolarac, the plane piloted by Col. Arthur C. Goebel on the trans Pacific flight that won the Dola race to Hawaii two years ago. The plane will anchor a historical collection on Phillips ranch.

Bartlesville Oklo Frank Phillips Col Arthur C. Goebel Hawaii Phillips Goebel

Democrats Aim to Win Five Senate Seats in 1930s Race

Party leaders eye a major Senate shakeup with Democrats hoping to capture five or six seats in divided states. States named include Massachusetts, West Virginia, Delaware, Rhode Island, Oklahoma, Kentucky, while Republicans anticipate gains in Iowa and potential bids in New Mexico Tennessee and Virginia.

Associated Washington Senate Moses New Hampshire Tydinus Maryland Democratic Committee Massachusetts West Virginia Delaware Rhode Island Oklahoma Kentucky Iowa New Mexico Tennessee Virginia Guy D. Goff M. M. Neely Henry D. Hatfield Hoover Jess H. Metcalf Peterb. Gerry

Grand Council of Fascists to Meet August 30

The grand council of the fascist party in Rome will meet August 30 in called session to consider decisions by Premier Mussolini. The meeting follows an August 14 party directors convocation and may signal a housecleaning and expulsion of undesirables to present a united front. Ernesto Belloni, former mayor of Milan, was suspended from all party activity for using office for personal gain.

Grand Council OF Fascists Associated Press Rome Grand Council The Fascist Party Mussolini Frnesto Belloni Milan

Bids Open September 3 on Louisiana Highway Projects

The Louisiana Highway commission will open bids on September 3 for 104.99 miles of highway work including five hard surface projects, gravel resurfacing, and four bridge projects. Readvertised hardsurfaces include Terrebonne Grant Richland Beauregard Vernon Franklin parishes with several 5 to 14 mile sections. Bridge work includes Franklinton State Line Angie, West End Lakeshore, Athens Gibsland, and Baton Rouge New Orleans Airline avenues.

Associated Press Baton Rouge Louisiana Highway Commission Terrebonne Parish Houma Humphreys Grant Parish Aliha Sulphur Cameron East Feliciana St. Helena Parishes Greensburg St. John St. Charles Jefferson Parishes Franklinton State Line Angie Washington Parish New Orleans Hammond Jefferson Orleans Parishes Claiborne Parish St. Charles Parish

Louisiana Highway Receipts Hit 1929 Half-Year Total

Louisiana High way commission reports 1929 first half receipts of 17 275 355 16 with disbursements of 6 218 880 48 audit by A P Tugwell and released by O K Allen. Revenue includes 6 915 888 87. bond issue adds 10 000 000. June 30 balance 11 0564 174 73 but many contract obligations remain.

Associated Press Baton Rouge Louisiana Highway Commission A. P. Tugwell Commission O. K. Allen Ponchartrain Bridge U. S. Shipping Board Calcasieu River

American veterans honor unknown German dead near Frederick the Great

Representatives of the American Veterans of Foreign Wars visited Berlin to lay a wreath at a statue of Frederick the Great seeking to become the first Americans since World War I to honor German war dead. Captain Edwin Bettelheim Jr. led the delegation in the absence of a German unknown soldier monument.

Associated Press Berlin Frederick the Great Edwin §. Bettelheim, Jr

Veterans salute Polish war dead in Warsaw tribute

American veterans led by Commander-in-Chief Eugene P. Carver of Boston arrive in Warsaw to honor Polish dead. They are welcomed by German officials and present a message to Captain Bettelheim for President Von Hindenburg praising German and Allied courage and shared principles in World War I.

Eugene P. Carver Boston Warsaw Bettelheim von Hindenburg

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