Cotton Crop Seen At Record Size In United States
The Department of Agriculture pegged this year’s ginned cotton production at 15,584,000 500 pound bales with 74.9 percent of normal crop condition on Aug 1. Acreage and state figures show Texas and Mississippi among top producers with Louisiana and Oklahoma contributing sizable totals. Traders on the New Orleans Cotton Exchange expressed astonishment at the government estimate.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Oc Crs Cabereses
California
United States
Lower
New Orleans
Tramp the yard dog honored in a moving Monroe tribute
A Missouri Pacific yard dog known as Tramp was killed by a train after a year and a half guarding crossings. A poem by L. H. Wallace honors the dog’s loyalty, as workers recall his life and friendship. The item also notes local names, jokes, and brief notes on residents and professions in Monroe.
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Missouri Pacific Yard
Large Delegation From Ouachita To Attend State Course
A large Ouachita parish group will attend the Louisiana State University farmers and farm women short course in Baton Rouge Monday through Thursday next week. Six police jurors plus agents and the home demonstration staff will travel by private cars, sharing expenses and keeping costs low. Delegates include S. O. Henry Sander Berry W. A. Walker C A Kincaid W J Vinson and H M Williams, with women from home demonstration clubs and council members joining. Continued on Page Two.
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Vee Ouachita Parish
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
FE. R. Strahan
Jewel L. McQuiller
Women’s Home Demonstration Clubs
Ouachita Parish
S. O. Henry
Sander Berry
W. A. Walker
C. A. Kincaid
W. J. Vinson
H. M. Williams
Uni
Bridge Work Halted Over Hiring dispute at Monroe
State highway bridge over the river at Monroe is suspended as contractors and a group from Ouachita parish clash over hiring. C B Shafer, superintendent, said only qualified Ouachita parish voters would be employed, with nine workers on payroll and no mechanics used in construction. Sheriff Coverdale pledged protection of equipment amid threats.
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Monroe
Ouachita Parish
C. B. Shafer
Stevens Bros
Shafer
St. Paul, Minn
Louisiana
Baptists Buy Lot on South Side for New Tabernacle
The Central Baptist Church on South Grand street, organized less than a year ago, purchases a corner lot at Lee and Polignac avenues overlooking Lida Benton school. A tabernacle will be built at once with a larger, more elaborate structure planned later. Rev. Roger M. Baxter leads the growth to 63 members and more in prospect.
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Central Baptist Church
South Grand Street
Vilanti Theater
South Grand
Forrest Avenue
Lee Avenue
Polignac Avenue
Lida Benton School
Roger M. Baxter
Prospect
Orleans Mart Closes Before Report Comes
New York stock exchange turnover on Saturday fell to 299,030 shares the lowest since May 8 1926 while earlier lows this year stood at 367 170 on July 18. Traders leave town for weekends as markets appear stagnant and New Orleans cotton markets closed before government figures. Chicago open with December option tumbling to 6 80 off 1 37 points.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
New Orleans
Chicago
Texas Senate Kills Cunningham Cotton Acreage Bill
In Austin on August 8 the Texas senate ended hours of debate by voting down the Cunningham cotton acreage reduction bill. In Southampton New York George Lott defeated Clifford Sutter 6 3 3 6 6 1 to win the Meadow Club invitation title. In Pine Bluff Arkansas a bloodhound search was launched for an unidentified black man who shot Mary Lee McGehes near her home.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Senate
Cunningham
Southampton
N. Y
George Lott
Meadow Club
Clifford Sutter
New Orleans
Pine Bluff
Ark
Mary Lee McGehes
Texas Houses in Controversy Over Oil Relief
In Austin the Texas legislature stalled on oil relief measures during a 30 day special session called by Gov. Ross Sterling on July 14. The House debated oil legislation while the Senate argued over a cotton acreage reduction bill, risking time to pass key conservation measures.
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Austin
Texas
Ross Sterling
House
Senate
Six Teens Hurt When Bus Wrecks Near Valatie New York
A Champlain coach line Montreal to New York bus crashed on the Albany post road near Valatie New York. Six teen passengers were seriously injured as the bus toppled after clipping a cherry tree and a telegraph pole. Driver L. R. Barlow said he swerved to avoid an oncoming car, causing the vehicle to leave the road and overturn.
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Valatie
N. Y
Wisconsin student charged with reckless driving after police motorcycle crash
Henry Souche, 21, of New Orleans a University of Wisconsin student, was arrested after his car struck a motorcycle policeman. He faced reckless driving charges in Madison on August 8 and was bailed over night.
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Madison, Wis
Henry Souche
New Orleans
University of Wisconsin
Hambone’s Meditations by J P Alley
A fragment from Hambone’s Meditations by J P Alley features a dialect sketch on how the evil continues to run and never gives up. The text showcases colloquial speech and character-based humor centered on everyday struggle.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J.P. Alley
Moss Picker Confesses to Killing Two in Louisiana
George Lauderdale, a 40 year old fisherman and moss picker, confessed to shooting Frances Hanchet 40 and Joseph Kemp 22 in their gasoline boat on the upper Grand river. Bodies recovered near the scene and shore. Lauderdale had waited in jail for days before admitting the killings.
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Lauderdale
Iberville
Joe Bergeron
Sherburne
A. G. Markins
Lindberghs Reach Arctic Outpost at Point Barrow Alaska
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrive at Point Barrow Alaska the northernmost American outpost amid fog and cheering Eskimos. The 536 mile flight from Aklavik took seven and a half hours in a low-wing monoplane with radio updates guiding the couple to shore. Dr Henry Griest meets the Lindberghs aboard a pontoon plane as native skin boats cluster nearby.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Charles A. Lindbergh
America
Arctic Circle
Col. Lindbergh
Aklavik
Beaufort Sea
Arctic Ocean
Mrs. Lindbergh
Cal. Lindbergh
Henry Griest
Radio message guides obstetrical care at sea
A nurse aboard the steamship Emma Alexander 394 miles from Victoria received obstetrical advice by Public Health Service radio from the marine hospital in San Francisco. The guidance helped her manage a labor case at sea.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Emma Alexander
Victoria
Marine Hospital
San Francisco
Sudden Death Claims Well Known Monroe Woman
Mrs. Alwine Mulhearn aged 53 wife of P. S. Mulhearn Sr Monroe undertaker and former president of the Louisiana Funeral Directors association died suddenly of a heart attack just after 4 a m and apparently in her sleep. She was active in church and local organizations including Eastern Star and the women’s auxiliary to the Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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Alwine Mulhearn
P. S. Mulhearn, Sr
Monroe
Louisiana Funeral Directors’ Association
R. E. Allen
DeSiard Road
W. J. Powell
Allen
Man Sought by Biloxi Police In Illinois Jail
William R. Frame age 25 is jailed in Harrisburg Illinois on Biloxi Mississippi charges. W J Sexton also held though released. Bobby Litsie of Tampa posed as Frame's wife. Frame allegedly stole a Biloxi auto from a man who died. A probe into Richard Wells death in Biloxi will be reopened. Frame and Sexton allegedly left Wells at a hospital and fled in Wells car toward Memphis. A federal investigator questioned Frame and Litsie. no charges filed yet.
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Harrisburg
William R. Frame
Biloxi
Miss
W. J. Sexton
Frame
Bobby Litsie
Tampa
Fla
Richard Wells
W. R. Williams
Mississippi
Wells
Memphis
Sexton
Litsie
Mrs Hoover to Christen Akron Zeppelin in Ohio Visit
First Lady Mrs Hoover arrives in Akron at 11 34 a m with Washington officials to christen the airship Akron that afternoon. Governor George White and Frank McKey join her after a Columbus flight as thousands greet the party at the station and Portage Club luncheon. Amelia Earhart Putnam attends as another honored guest with a large naval and civic entourage.
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Akron
George White
Ohio
Frank McKey
Columbus
Hoover
Frank Seiberling
P. W. Litchfield
Biloxi approves bond issue for veterans home
Biloxi voters approved 85 thousand dollar bond issue by a 22 to 1 margin to buy land for a new veterans home. The project will occupy about 500 acres including most of the naval reserve park and nearby land and start with 500 beds with plans to expand to 4000 beds.
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Biloxi
Miss
Naval Reserve Park
Walmsley Blames Politics Over New Orleans Indictment
Mayor T Semmes Walmsley charged the Orleans parish grand jury with trivial charges of investing city trust funds and improper books. He blamed politics and District Attorney Eugene Stanley, saying the other side of the story would clear him, and that a public statement would follow.
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New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Grand Jury
T. Semmes Walmsley
Eugene Stanley
Walmsley
Sosssaeley
Hold 38 Cubans for Probe In Atlantic City
Thirty eight Cubans arrested by coast guardsmen as they entered Absecon Inlet on the schooner Harold were held for questioning by federal agents. They claimed to be returning from a fruitless sea search. DOJ agents planned to probe legal entry and funding.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Absecon Inlet
Harold
New York
Department of Justice
Deportation Critics Clash Over Aliens Treatment
Washington reports charges of tyrannic practices in alien deportations by federal officials from the Wicker sham commission. Secretary Doak and the labor secretary dispute recommendations in the tenth report while Reuben Oppenheimer warns that raids and private inquiries violate fairness and humanity amid 100000 examined and 15000 deported yearly.
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Washington
Wickersham Commission
Doak
Secretary of Labor
Commission
Hoover
Reuben Oppenheimer
Baltimore
Oppenheimer
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L. H. Wallace
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Frank Day
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L. A. Dye
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Louis Fox
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Will Guy
B. B. Hay
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Alonzo Mix
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H. C. Ray
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Joe Yet
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Jack Richards
K. Ann Dodge
Bernhardt
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PT. Barrow
Arctic
Associated Press
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Flathead National Forest
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