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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1934
Page
3
The census bureau reports 1933 spending in Louisiana on personal pleasures and services totaled 20,785,247 dollars, supporting 8,646 workers who earned 6,379,353 dollars. Full-time and part-time payrolls varied by parish with Orleans and Calcasieu among the largest contributors.
Associated Press reports voters in Missouri West Virginia and Kansas cast ballots in tight party contests. Missouri and West Virginia seek Senate seats while Kansas sees no Senate race and divisions for 26 House seats. Key figures include Truman Cochran Milligan and Hatfield as Republican Patterson majors, with Landon Brinkley and others in Kansas.
In Shreveport Louisiana troops battled a forest fire that threatened brush and woodlands near a Flying Field. Authorities said about 700 acres were burning and crews worked to contain the blaze before nightfall. A protective firebreak safeguarded nearby buildings as soldiers pressed the effort.
Dayton Ohio August 6 Mrs Frances Warrel 29 co leader of the women’s refueling endurance flight died when her biplane plunged near the final marker of the national women’s air meet. She was en route to Garden City Long Island New York for burial. The crash followed the plane’s backwash collision with five others, with investigators noting possible involvement of another craft. A previous record holder on the ice was mentioned and a rheumatism treatment discovery was attributed to Dr Benjamin J Clawson.
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