Monroe bridge work resumes by Stevens Bros and Shafer
Construction on the Ouachita River bridge at Monroe will restart tomorrow with Stevens Bros and Shafer contractors. A meeting with a worker committee led by R. B. Roberts set the wage scale for common labor and announced printed application blanks to recruit men, including questions on age address voting status and dependents.
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Ouachita River
Monroe
Stevens Bros
Shafer
R. B. Roberts
Louisiana
Cool Weather Returns After Hot Spell
Miss Kate Key of the weather bureau notes yesterday's high cooled to 65 degrees last night, marking a relief from recent heat. A brief 0.38 inch rainfall began around 2 PM, flooding some streets and easing the sultry atmosphere.
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Kate Key
Weather Bureau
Rambling Local Snippets Highlight Monroe Personalities
West Monroe columnist lists short named locals and social notes from the town. Mentions attorney K Ann Dodge in Washington and Canada trip, Judge Schulze derby purchase, Mrs Minnie Ruffin's new home, Neville high school opening, teachers in Kentucky, and bank leader Fred Millsaps with George Gunby taking a Mississippi River vacation.
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Minnie Ruffin
Neville High School
Jack Hayes
Kentucky
Fred F. Millsaps
Ouachita National Bank and Chamber of Commerce
George Gunby
Mississippi River
Cotton Estimate Defended By Agriculture Department
The Agriculture Department defended its August 1 1931 cotton crop forecast of 15 584 000 bales, saying the figure is reasonably accurate though traders question it. The Farm Board and Senator Connally called for records, while the board notes its past August 1 estimates have often differed from final harvests.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Farm Board
W. F. Callander
Department
Crop Reporting Board
Senator Connally
Texas
Hyde
Callander
Martial Law Enforced Across Cuba Amid Uprising
Havana reports martial law in all provinces under President Machado aided by Congress. Nine insurgents and one rural guard officer killed in Guanabacoa engagement. five rebels captured in San Nicolas. Former President Menocal and aides reportedly landed on Oriente coast as crackdown widens.
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Havana
Cuba
Gerardo Machado
Congress
Guanabacoa
Guanabocoa
San Nicolas
Mario G. Menocal
Oriente
Menocal
Rail executive attacks subsidy of barge systems
IL Central president L A Downs told Louisiana railroad workers government participation in transportation amounts to socialism and subsidies for Inland Waterways. He argued railroads should be paid full value by users and that subsidies distort competition. Downs continued to McComb Mississippi after the talk.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
L. A. Downs
Illinois Central Railroad
Inland Waterways Corporation
Water Corporation
Downs
McComb, Miss
Polar Submarine Nautilus Adrift With Engine Trouble
The Nautilus, Sir Hubert Wilkins’s submarine mission toward the North Pole, was reported adrift in the Arctic Ocean with engine trouble that could not be repaired by the crew. The vessel left Tromsoe yesterday for Spitzbergen and the crew worked through the night trying to fix the issue.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Arctic
Spitzbergen
Wholesale Dealers Urged to Hire White Men Only
About 150 labor leaders visited Monroe wholesale firms including Monroe Grocer, F. Strauss and Son, Ritchie Grocer, and Swift and Company to demand the replacement of Black workers with white men. They requested managers meet them and stated their position as a race-based employment push.
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Monroe
Monroe Grocer Company
F. Strauss and Son, Inc
Ritchie Grocer Company
Swift and Company
Lee Lanier Announces Candidacy For Lieutenant Governor
Amite Louisiana August 11 formal announcement from Lee Lanier editor of the Amite News-Digest declaring his candidacy for lieutenant governorship as an independent He says a formal platform will follow and emphasizes changes to voting and registration laws as important.
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Amite
Lee Lanier
Amite News-Digest
Rambone's Meditations by J P Alley
A brief note presents Rambone's Meditations by J P Alley with a stylized title page line reading Sto Keeppuh Wanter. The text appears as a literary item rather than a news story with no identifiable events or further context.
Local Firemen To Attend State Meeting In Haynesville
Louisiana State Firemen's Association will hold its annual session in Haynesville September 24 25 and 26. Chief Frank Roddy reports a large turnout from localities near Haynesville and Monroe with plans for shifts to avoid weakening local fire protection. The convention will feature a report on the Baton Rouge state firemen's college and discussions on firefighting advances. The local firemen's band will give several concerts during the three day event.
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Louisiana State Firemen's Association
Haynesville
Frank Roddy
Louisiana
Roddy
Alexandria
Monroe
State Firemen's College
Baton Rouge
Seven Killed When Train Hits Auto at Suburban Crossing
Seven people die in a collision at a Chicago Milwaukee railroad crossing when a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific passenger train strikes the automobile carrying Bruno Woods and family from Milwaukee. The wreck also involves James Rutowski Martha Rutowski and two children, with Woods attempting to beat the engine. the engine stalled before clearing the tracks.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
Bruno Woods
Dizeroucki
Helen
David
James J. Rutowski
Martha
Lindbergh Landed Near Nome Amid Fog Delays
The Lindberghs diverted to a coast landing near the Seward peninsula after fog halted their Nome flight. Their pontoon monoplane touched down about 11 p m local time roughly 75 miles from Nome, with weather easing for the final leg.
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Nome
Alaska
Charles A. Lindbergh
Seward Peninsula
Washington
EB. S. T
Point Barrow
Coast Line
Kotzebue Sound
U S Airmens Missing After Flight From Greenland
Parker Cramer and radio operator Oliver Pacquette, American air men, vanished after departing Detroit for a mail route to Europe. Weather storms hampered search as Danish and Norwegian planes and ships scoured the Kattegat and Skagerack seas with no clues found.
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Denmark
Parker Cramer
Shetland Islands
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Riis Larsen
Arctic Flier
Kattegat
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Skargaard Sea
Oslo
Bergen
Cramer
Oliver Pacquette
Detroit
Michigan
Canada
Greenland
America
Europe
Faroe Islands
Tunneys Expecting Child Near Damariscotta
Polly Lauder Tunney, wife of the former heavyweight champion, was taken to a hospital near Damariscotta after a fall at a motorboat landing on John's Island while the couple spent the summer there. The AP reports she is awaiting the birth of their child.
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Damariscotta
Maine
Polly Lauder Tunney
Associated Press
John’s Island
Here
Rail rate hike opposed by exporters and unions across regions
Washington reports coal exporters western state regulators and the national grange unite against a 15 percent freight rate increase proposed by the railroads. In Kansas City a three story brick building collapsed trapping several people at 400 Main Street. no verdict on fatalities yet. In Norfolk a Honduran flyer Lisandro Garay, who began a non-stop Brooklyn to Honduras flight, was picked up 26 miles east of Cape Lookout by the steamship Biboco near the North Carolina coast.
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Western State Regulatory Commissions
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National Grange
Kansas City
Main Street
Norfolk
Lisandro Garay
Brooklyn
Honduras
Biboco
Cape Lookout
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Monroe Leads Louisiana In Per Capita Retail Sales
Louisiana retail sales in 1929 totaled 470 million with the four main cities generating 236 million. Monroe posted the highest per capita sales at 676 dollars, far above the state average of 223.65, amid 9,770 stores in New Orleans Shreveport Monroe and Baton Rouge.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Heshington
W.lamcton
D.C
Louisiana
New Orleans
Shreveport
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Four Youths Shot and Car Fire Killings Near Willis
Four youths aged 15 to 17 were found slain and burned in a car on a Willis area road. Thomas Wheatley 16 from near Denton Harry Lore 16 of Ypsilanti Vivian Gould 15 and Anna Harris 17 of Cleveland were identified by belongings. State police suspect robbery or foul play with a second car traced to the scene.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Willis
Thomas Wheatley
Denton
Harry Lore
Ypsilanti
Vivian Gould
Anna Harris
Miss Gould
Miss Harris
Cleveland
Lore
Harry Wheatley
Thomas
Mr. Wheatley
Wheatley
Passengers Rescued As Plane Sinks In Harbor
A Pan American Airways plane struck an obstruction while landing at Ponce harbor and sank in five minutes. All aboard were saved including Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt wife of the Porto Rico governor and five government officials. The party returned to San Juan with the news becoming public today.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Pan-American Airways
Theodore Roosevelt
Ponce Harbor
Diversifying Crops Replacing Cotton For Parish Farmers
Parish farmers report less cotton and more diversified crops with melons peaches and cantaloupes entering the market. Grover Temple of Dodson has abandoned cotton entirely while others cut acreage and aim for crops that provide winter food. J C McIntosh notes bellies and hogs may be fed with unsold fruit. H B Pardue of Downsville sells watermelons peaches and cantaloupes in the city, building a growing clientele as growers shift away from cotton.
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Grover Temple
Dodson
J. C. McIntosh
Deterson
H. &. Pardue
Downsville
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