Raisers of Beef Cattle Plan Mass Meeting in Alexandria
Officials of the Louisiana Cattlemen's Association call beef cattle growers to a mass meeting at the Bentley Hotel in Alexandria at 4:00 p.m. Friday August 25 to hear reports from Representative George M. Lester and W. T. Cobb and to discuss an equitable southern industry code and possible action in Washington. The meeting follows a Denver conference of the National Livestock Association and notes Gulf states must act quickly for representation and marketing code plans. Lester and Cobb earned key committee appointments in Denver.
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Louisiana Cattlemen's Association
Bentley Hotel
Alexandria
George M. Lester
W. T. Cobb
Louisiana Cattle Growers
National Livestock Association
Denver
Colorado
Louisiana
Gulf Coast States
South
Wallace
Washington
Mississippi
Gulf States
Lester
Cobb
National Association
Resolutions
Deadline to plow up Ouachita cotton crops set
On August 23 Ouachita parish will finish plowing all remaining cotton as part of the government destruction plan. Parish agent E R Strahan notes completion by nightfall, with 8 836 acres plowed and 102 403 50 dollars paid by the federal government. An additional 50 000 dollars may come from options on 2 182 bales of cotton.
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E. R. Strahan
Parish
Bank Liquidation Form Involved In Petition
A federal suit filed at Shreveport seeks the appointment of a receiver to replace the current liquidators of the Ouachita National Bank of Monroe before its reorganization as the Ouachita National Bank in Monroe last January. Attorney Allan Scholars leads the action against former bank liquidators F. F. Millsaps Sig Masur and G. M. Snelling who oversee the former bank affairs.
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Ouachita National Bank of
Monroe
Ouachita National Bank
Shreveport
Allan Scholars
F. F. Millsaps
Sig Masur
G. M. Snelling
Ouachita National
Sensible Fall Styles Forecast for 1933 Fashion
Mrs Johnnie Smith Elbert reports fall fashions are more sensible and wearable than recent seasons with new colors black eel grey brown bronze green wine purple and white. She notes broad shoulders slim hips long dresses fur trims sport looks and snake evening models using lastex fabrics with high quality but prices only modestly higher.
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Johnnie Smith Elbert
DeSiard Street
Elbert
NRA
Miss Kay Koch Holds $60 Revolutionary Currency
Fresno reporter notes Miss Kay V. Koch possesses a $60 government note from revolutionary days. The bill bears James Wilson’s signature and certifies redemption in Spanish milled dollars.
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Fresno
Cal
Kay V. Koch
James Wilson
Bank of Monroe Liquidation Case Seeks Receivership Change
Bank of Monroe officials say the suit does not affect the current bank. It aims to shift liquidation of the old institution to a receivership rather than liquidators. A hearing is set before United States Judge Ben C. Dawkins in Monroe on September 7.
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Bank of Monroe
United States
Ben C. Dawkins
Monroe
Large whiskey still destroyed in Monroe raid
Monroe police officers raided 17 Liebers quarters early Wednesday, destroying a fully equipped 250 gallon still along with whiskey and mash. No arrests were made as tenants unknown. officers poured out the whiskey and destroyed the mash, then punctured the remaining barrels with pistol fire. Efforts continue to identify owners.
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Monroe Police Department
Lieber’s
A. P. Clower
E. N. la Vasseur
W. G. Banister
Gladiolus Plants Treated to Prevent Infestations
Entomologists advise gardeners to plant only gladiolus forms pretreated with napthalene flakes or hot water or dipped in fungicide to stop trips from infesting the plants.
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Washington
Alfred E Smith Endorses NRA Plan in Speech
Alfred E Smith backs full U S cooperative effort with Roosevelt's NRA program in a New York speech. He credits wage and employment gains, urges continued trial, and warns against blanket approval or coercive tactics like threats and boycotts in the campaign.
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Alfred E. Smith
New York
Roosevelt
NRA
Luke
Growth of Harlingen From Sixshooter Junction Highlighted
Pioneers of the lower Rio Grande valley gathered in Harlingen Texas to celebrate the town’s growth from Sixshooter Junction to its current size.
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Sixshooter Junction
Harlingen
Texas
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
American Soldier Chartering Nicaragua With 200 Men Recalled
New Orleans reports a recovery of an expedition returning from Central America with Mayan relics a dinosaur bone and an old pistol. The pistol reportedly belonged to William Walker the 19th century American adventurer who used 200 men to seize Nicaragua. Relics go to the University of Pennsylvania museum the bone to the American Museum of Natural History and the camel carved bone and human sacrifice stone to Pennsylvania.
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New Orleans
Nicaragua
Central America
Gregory Mason
University of Pennsylvania
Walker
Guatemala
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
University of Pennsylvania Museum
American Museum of Natural History
Cotton Ginning Report Shows 459,911 Bales Ginned by Aug 16
The U S Bureau census reports this year's cotton crop ginned before August 16 totaling 459,911 running bales with 9,725 round bales counted as half. Last year by that date ginnings stood at 251,451 running bales. State figures include Texas 404,818 and Georgia 45,653 among others.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
States
Cross-Word Puzzle Theme Words And Clues
A newspaper style puzzle grid with across and down clues. Entries include terms such as Wandering Poles Equilateral rectangles of Flight center of a wheel and many others. The puzzle lists clues for positions across and down with varying word lengths.
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New York State
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