Roark Bradford Delivers New Novel Kingdom Coming
Roark Bradford, famed interpreter of negro life in the Deep South, offers Kingdom Coming set on a Louisiana plantation around 1850. The tale follows Grammy son of a respected horseman, his family, and slave community through the Civil War to its harrowing end, with pace rapid and drama epic.
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Roark Bradford
Deep South
Louisiana
Ouachita River
Edwin Cooley
Ouachita
Bradford
Red River Country
Shreve's Landing
Grammy
Telegram
Messenger
Lou’ville
N'Awlins
Dahlia
New Orleans
Jesus
Mr. Bradford
Weird Goodno
Free Heaven
The Bus Problem and Regulation of Truck and Bus Transport
The public recognizes a proper place for motor trucks and buses. Legislative efforts to ban them have failed and the need for regulation to serve the public good is growing. The issue links to the national transportation question and must be solved through study and experiment for the public interest.
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International Automotive Congress
Chicago
United States
Steel and Wood In Rail Car Wreck At Erie Line
A milk train collided with a passenger train near Binghamton New York. The steel car struck survived while the wooden car ahead crumpled instantly killing more than a dozen and injuring many others. The accident underscores the advantages of modern safety construction.
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Erie Railroad
Binghamton
N. Y
F Wood
Take Heed of Yourself In Health And Fun
John Blake urges readers to care for their bodies through balanced eating, regular exercise, and seeking medical checkups. He warns against overindulgence, excessive work, and reliance on medicines, noting many fail to live past forty without healthier habits.
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Life and choice echoed in Elliston Glee Club piece
The Glee Club presents a meditation on life as a dark shot and personal choice, with lines about heartache, a kiss, and self determination. The dialogue features Mr. Smartly asking why Binks credits his wife for success and Mrs. Smartly quipping that it is to please her.
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Mr. Smartly
Binks
Mrs. Smartly
Generational Money Talk Sparks a Laugh
A banker and gardener argue over generations while a millionaire jokes about money. The daughter challenges the count as humor turns to a claim of easy money versus madness in a witty exchange.
Not in His Line Cartoon Exchange Sparks Jocular Debate
In a humorous panel, a man asks if they would fly to arms if the country were threatened. A friend replies he would not, claiming he would drive in his car. A cartoonist jokes about buying a secondhand car for three fifty while a woman teases Tom about personal danger.
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Ether
Mr. Whizz
Tirdman
Mortuary Mortgage Mention in Peculiar Dialogue
In a dated exchange Father-Jane discusses Simkins' business habits while a daughter notes his habits. A quip about mortuaries mortgages diseased relatives. A misattribution claims gravity was discovered by Isaac Walton. Autumn apples are noted to fall. Vermin fur coats are mentioned as women’s attire.
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Simkins
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They Call It Politics in New York 1953 Mayor Race
The piece analyzes Tammany Hall’s power, McKee’s rising bid, and O Brien’s shaky support amid Bronx Flynn clashes. It notes Ta m many’s fear of McKee, Bronx and Brooklyn rivalries, and the 1953 voting dynamics with McKee possibly on the ballot.
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New York
Tammany Hall
New York State
Joseph V. McKee
Tammany
McKee
Ed Flynn
Bronx
Flynn
Roosevelt
Jim Farley
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Manhattan
Brooklyn
15 Years Ago September 29 1918 Updates
Local items note T C Newton in Tallulah on legal business. Mrs Bradley Wacder and Miss Mary Johnson weekend in New Orleans visiting B B Handy in war service. Mrs Frank P Stubbs and family in Alexandria visiting. Dr C P Gray returned from Washington disappointed at not yet overseas duty. Carrie Bell Lee in war risk department. Byron Vaughan of Collinston visited Monroe. Marie Hall of city school faculty at home with Mrs W D King. Mrs T T Webb recovering from illness. O M Gresham returns from Winnfield visit.
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Bradley Wacder
Mary Johnson
New Orleans
B. B. Handy
Dr. C. P. Gray
Washington, D. C
Washington
Marie Hall
Williams Talks Ay Rotary Meet On Parish Health Unit
Rotarian J W Williams director of the Ouachita parish health unit spoke at Monroe Rotary Club describing the unit as a preventive health program financed by city parish state and federal authorities. He noted a drop in Ouachita parish death rate from 20 8 to 9 per thousand in five years and highlighted school hygiene efforts. Mildred Dennis delivered two dramatic readings to close the luncheon.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe Rotary Club
Hotel
Virginia
J. W. Williams
Louisiana
United States Department of Health
United States Health Authorities
Rotary
Mildred Dennis
Twin Hickory Nuts Found On Hancock Spur Farm
More than 100 twin hickory nuts were found on Le Roy Perkins’s Hancock Spur farm along the Monroe Bastrop road. Two nuts were brought to Monroe by local informants. Earlier, twin hickory nuts were reported near the Brown Paper Mill last Saturday.
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LeRoy Perkins
Hancock Spur
Monroe
Bastrop Road
Brown Paper
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley
Column fragment notes trouble with a preacher shotin at one man causing wider reaction. The piece hints at local rowdy behavior and a rowdy crowd as the punch line lands with social critique in a rural or small town setting.
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Preacher
Extension Forester Plans Monroe Visit for Timber Meeting
Robert Moore LSU extension forester will be in Monroe October 3 and 4. He will open a forestry meeting at Brown Paper rails at 8 a.m. and then discuss with farmers and timber owners the timber conservation program and federal plans to lengthen marketing time and double net returns by leaving seed trees.
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Robert Moore
Louisiana State University
Monroe
E. R. Strahan
Brown Paper Rails
Mr. Strahan
Federal Forestry Department
Several Criminal Cases Are Dismissed in Court
Nolle prosequies entered in district court Thursday led to dismissal of multiple criminal cases as complainants withdrew charges or evidence was lacking. Dismissed offenses included mis demeanor and serious counts such as malicious wire fence cutting, assault and battery, bad checks, larceny, non support, false pretense, and related charges against Oliver Cloyd Horace Lt. Gentry R C Bethany Fisher Stewart Joe Dejohnett W J Craig C E Wilhite Bradie Butler Glennie Fay Vaughan and A C Shaw.
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Nolle
Oliver Cloyd
Horace Lt. Gentry
R. C. Bethany
Fisher Stewart
Joe Dejohnett
W. J. Craig
C. E. Wilhite
Bradie Butler
Glennie Fay Vaughan
A. C. Shaw
Man Injured Unloading Paper From Barge on River
L Thomas aged 35 of 408 South Seventh street suffered a severe laceration to his left foot while unloading a roll of paper from a barge near the traffic bridge on the West Monroe side of the river. An ambulance took him to St Francis sanitarium for treatment. He was loading for the Bales and Haynes barge line.
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L. Thomas
South Seventh Street
West Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Bales and Haynes
Radio Program Schedule Appears Across NBC CBS Regions
A dense list of coast to coast radio time blocks notes program rotations from 4:00 pm to 1:10 am. Stations across East Midwest West and Pacific Coast outline shows including Tom Mix The Wizard of Oz Fred Allen and Crosby era acts with repeats and cross-network listings.
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Gould & Shefter
Will Cuppy
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Fred Allen and His Gang
Victor Young
Orchestra
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Lum & Abner
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Harold Stern
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Roogie Child
Cub Catloway
Vincent Lopez
Phil Gaker
Paris revels in Ellington concert as city of light
In Paris one night in 1933 Duke Ellington and his orchestra thrill a crowd at Salle Pleyel with Harlem jazz in a packed Paris venue. The writer recounts the lure of the City of Light for tourists and Americans, detailing nightlife from cafés to a German circus and late dinners.
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Rue Faubourg Saint Honore
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Paris
Harlem
Duke Ellington
Ivie Anderson
Hylton
Bouquet of Blues
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Derby
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Dudley
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Tiger
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Montmartre
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Grand Boulevard
Flo's
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College Inn
Europe
O. K
Carey
Cafe Dome
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