Ouachita Parish Junior College Investment Urged Next Wednesday
An editorial argues Ouachita parish should approve a junior college tax proposal next Wednesday, citing Centenary college’s example in Shreveport. It outlines expected annual outlays of about 60 000 dollars, local construction benefits, and substantial returns from in parish attendance and out of parish students.
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Quachita Parish
Shreveport
Centenary College
Institution of Higher Learning
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita
Centenary
Shreveport Secures Army Air Attack Group
Shreveport wins approval for the army's third air attack group, with the News-Star noting the decision reflects Louisiana progress. Monroe had lobbied but was ruled too small, boosting northern Louisiana and Caddo Parish while advancing national recognition of the state.
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Shreveport
Army
News-Star
Caddo Parish
Monroe
War Department
Louisiana
New South
Coolidge Signals Support for Flowage Rights in Jadwin Plan
In his congressional message President Coolidge hints at recognizing landowner flowage rights in the Boeuf basin, challenging Jadwin floodway cost figures and urging justice in the lower valley. The note notes total flood control outlays around 243 million dollars plus Mississippi plans.
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Congress
Coolidge
Boeuf
Louisiana
Arkansas
Jadwin
Lower
Vale Ley
Mount Vernon and the Bastile Key as Liberty Symbol
A 1928 King Features column praises Washington's Mount Vernon as a shrine to liberty and national identity. It links the Bastile key gifted by Thomas Paine to Washington with enduring ideas of freedom and the dangers of rigid precedents. It argues liberty requires easing it for others and envisions a novel inspired by the Bastile key at Mount Vernon.
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Mount Vernon
Paris
Thomas Paine
George Washington
America
Cornwallis
Washington
Grattan
Lafayette
King Features Syndicate, Inc
British journalists visit U S for Carnegie peace drive
A group of British political reporters toured the United States on a Carnegie peace foundation goodwill mission. Their trip coincided with tense Anglo American cruiser row debates and domestic political issues, but they heard generally friendly expressions across the country.
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Washington
United States
Carnegie Peace Foundation
First of the Month Bills and Movie Sermons
A columnist reflects on the monthly bills as stories of happiness from family life and notes a cinema sermon in a Saenger film about a police chief and a sailor and a lady in best society. The piece mentions changing attitudes, decorum, and a political jab at Bilbo of Mississippi.
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Saenger
Fair City
Mercury
Visitors learn to talk American during Washington tour
Paul Cowles, former Associated Press chief in San Francisco and escort for visiting British journalists, noted the lavish receptions and speechmaking. He observed American hosts fostered a cordial atmosphere and praised the journalists for handling welcomes with poise and adapting to American speech.
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Paul Cowles
Associated Press
San Francisco
United States
Washington
Cowles
Lavish 1921 Washington banquet mocks British press
Arkansas Gazette recalls a naval limitations conference banquet where VanLear Black hosted British and American reporters at a Maryland farm. The feast featured barbecue beef chicken and pies but lacked cheese in places, prompting humorous反 remarks about excess.
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Washington
VanLear Black
Baltimore “Sunpapers
Maryland
Manchester
Health warning urges serum stock for polio control
A medical advocate outlines poliomyelitis spread via increased auto travel and urges communities to maintain serum stocks from recently recovered individuals. He stresses early serum use within days of paralysis onset and calls on parents to request immune serum for their children if needed.
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Europe
United States
Poultry Show Opens at State Capital with Strong Entries
The Louisiana Poultry Association show opens in Baton Rouge at the university livestock pavilion. Clyde Ingram says entries are superior in quality and quantity with many breeders bringing 30 to 40 birds for the four day event. Dr. A M Jill of the US Department of Agriculture will address the banquet Saturday night.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Poultry Association
Capital City Poultry Association
Clyde Ingram
Louisiana State University
University
A. M. Jill
United States Department of Agriculture
Train wreck injures sixteen in Houston street car collision
Sixteen people were injured when a Missouri Pacific switch engine struck a street car in Houston on Wednesday. Five are seriously hurt and most victims are Mexican or Black. Over thirty occupants escaped injury.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Missouri Pacific
Mississippi Mussolini Crying Sparks Tax Politics Clash
A dramatic exchange over taxes and legislative cooperation ends with a remark likening the governor to Mussolini and accusing his ally of crying. A legislative opponent links the outburst to Italy declaring a holy war on Mississippi.
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Mussolini
Italy
Mississippi
Social and business visits unfold in Monroe area
Numerous residents and visitors are listed with illnesses at home and social moves. Names include Miss Maddie Moore Mrs Faulkner Blanks Mrs J H Guill Alto Mrs M Pierson Farmerville N M Davis Riverton and more. Weddings also noted with J M Keller welcoming a son and Adeline Parker and Hillyer Sealy preparing for New Orleans trip.
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Maddie Moore
Faulkner Blanks
J. H. Guill
Alto
Monroe
M. Pierson
Farmerville
J. C. Hillman
Lucknow
W. T. Hardy
Marshall
H. N. Duff
Pine Street
N. M. Davis
Riverton
J. M. Keller
Colony
W. C. Steele
Hudson Lane
J. P. Parker
Adelaide Parker
Hillyer Sealy
New Orleans
S. S. Meredith
Effie Gray
Southern Express Company
Grayson Ledger
E. A. Dawkins
Columbia
B. C. Dawkins
Edgar Dawkins
Birmingham
Ala
Transatlantic calls reveal social side of phone links
An article notes that trans Atlantic telephone lines carry many social calls beyond business.Executives report as many as 60 calls daily with half personal, including tourists calling home and families checking on poodles. A New York shopkeeper’s wife traveling in Paris lost a notebook of contacts, prompting a comparison of telephone versus cable tolls.
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New York
United States
Europe
Paris
Wall Street
London
Rome
Bronx
France
Radio Schedule Across Major Networks
A listing of Thursday December 6 radio airings with times 7 30 8 00 8 30 and 9 00 featuring Sentinels Popular Airs Maxwell Program and Schubert s Big Moment across stations including WEAF WRC WGY WTAM WWJ KSD WOW WDAF KVOO WFAA KPRC WOAI KOA WTMJ WCCC WHAS WSM WMC WSB KOA WCCO KGO KFI KOMO KHQ and others
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WEAF
WTAM
WRC
WGY
WWI
Ksp
WOW
KVOO
WFAA
WHAS
WSM
WMC
WSB
WDAF
WCCO
WGN
WWJ
KSD
KPRC
WOAI
WTMJ
Wcccco
KGO
KFI
KOMO
Maxwell
Alice Perkins
WJIZ
KDKA
WLW
WJR
KYW
WRHM
KWYOO
WBAP
WSB Wow
WIJAX
KOA
WABC
WADC
WKRCG
WEBM
WGHP
Wowo
KMOX
KMBC
WSPD
WHE
Radio Schedule Highlights Across Major Cities
Central standard time listings show station lineups for Chicago Wylie KYW WGN and others with programs including orchestras Serenaders Sparkers and News. The page catalogs daily hours, dance music, lectures, and Maxwell Program across networks in cities from Cincinnati to Oakland and Los Angeles.
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Uncle Bob
Sparkers
Maxwell
Slumber Music
Insomnia
Genla Zielinska
Milady
Wayside Inn
Newark
Koko
N. Y
WOR Stock Co
Vienna
Phonograph Hour
Bamberger Little Symphony
Koka Pittsburgh
Bestor's Orchestra
May Be I'm Wrong by John P Medbury
A collection of humorous lines and quips from John P Medbury dated 1928 includes jokes about dumb-waiters, efficiency experts, and social missteps. The piece presents short satirical vignettes on everyday life, marriage, cars, and vanity.
Transcontinental and Transatlantic Phones Connect Nations
A stenographer reads names for four minutes at 15 dollars a minute, while notes on rapid telephone expansion recount the first trans Atlantic call from New York to London and the growth to 26 million interconnected telephones. By 1923 the New York to Pacific circuit handled only about twice daily use. now three circuits handle 400 calls per day coast to coast. Telephone executives note trans ocean service began more promisingly than earlier.
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New York
London
United States
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
Great Britain
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Paris
Copenhagen
Oslo
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Malmo
Pacific Coast
Cotton Picking Nears Finish Across Regions
Weather and crop data from the department of agriculture covers the week ending yesterday. Picking cotton is mostly complete though substantial amounts remain in northwestern Texas and parts of Oklahoma and the north central belt. the week was damp and unfavorable for gathering in the northwest but favorable in the northeast.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Oklahoma
North Central Belt
Marriage Licenses in Monroe
White J. F. Myall and Eva E. Spiller both of Monroe obtained a marriage license.
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Ef Ostaty
Morley
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Maxwr ' Ram
Old Counselor
St. Louis
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Trail Blazers
Sweetest Maid
Midnight Club
Hymn Sing
Coward Comfort
Lone Shop
Seiberling Singers
Contraltones
WJZ
Atlanta
Schenectady
Joneses
WRG
Louisville
WFLA
WSUN
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Kiwanis Club
Hot Springs
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Jacksonville
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