White paper mill to be built in Mobile
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers announces a white paper mill will be built in Mobile using southern pine by Champion Coated Paper of Ohio, with four machines. A second southern white paper mill is also anticipated. Also featured is LSU professor William Whipple’s artificial dryer project, enabling rapid drying of hay at low cost, aiding dairy and Gulf coast industry.
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New Orleans
Mobile
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
R. H. Stevens
Bogalusa Paper Company
Bogalusa
Champion Coated Paper Company
Ohio
South
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
William Whipple
Louisiana State University
Whipple
Ailing Workers Rest in Former Homes of Czars
The Soviet government shields workers by lining the Black Sea coast with sanitariums and rest homes drawn from the czar era villas. Yalta leads with 21 sanitariums and 10 rest homes, housing tubercular patients from Nicholas II and Alexander III palaces.
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Yalta
Kertch Strait
Crimea
Nicholas II
Alexander III
Bank Holdup in Frankston Sparks Northeast Texas Manhunt
A posse of northeast Texas citizens chased four bandits after the Frankston State bank robbery netted 11236 dollars. Two suspects were believed wounded as they fled. A truck found near Athens provided a possible clue, suggesting a quick escape along muddy river bottoms and rough roads.
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Frankston
Tex
Texas
Frankston State
Athens
Louisiana poised to produce 3 750 000 pounds of pecans
The 1930 Louisiana pecan crop is expected at about 3 750 000 pounds valued at 750 000 dollars, ranking fourth nationally. The harvest is 70 percent higher than 1929, with more plantings and 73 000 bearing trees and 79 000 young trees reported. The state hosts the world’s largest pecan tree, Ascension parish, 107 feet tall with a 136 foot spread.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Ascension Parish
Deadly Fog Sparks Debate Over Meuse Valley deaths
In Brussels on December 12 Professor Nolf of the Belgian Red Cross opened an official inquiry into the Meuse Valley disaster that killed 67. He asserted the fog could not have killed anyone if not contaminated, bolstering the theory that fumes from Engis industrial plants caused the deaths while a health commission cited weakened respiration as the cause.
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Brussels
Belgium
Meuse
Nolf
Belgian Red Cross
Engis
Health Commission
Boy Dies of Lockjaw After Cartridge Burns
Bo Andrews aged 15, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Andrews of 1125 Mississippi street, died from lockjaw at a sanitarium Thursday night. The illness followed powder burns on his hands from discharging a blank cartridge last week. Funeral services were held Friday at 4 PM at the family home with Rev John Pope officiating. Interment was in the city cemetery.
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Bo Andrews
Edward Andrews
Mississippi Street
John Pope
Carnera Rejects French Citizenship Preference
Primo Carnera has decided he does not want to be a French citizen. While visiting Italy after a U S prize ring tour and a Barcelona bout with Pao lino Uzendun he petitioned the French government to annul his naturalization, aiming to avoid army duty. He could be arrested in France if he does not perform service or obtain permission to remain Italian.
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Paris
Primo Carnera
Carnera
Italy
Paolino Uzendun
Barcelona
Scout Review Set For Saturday In Monroe District
The Monroe district board of review will hold a merit badge exam at 7 30 PM Saturday at the Oua chita parish courthouse Boy Scout headquarters to assess readiness for the court of honor Dr John W Williams named chairman and eagle scouts will aid in the examination The article notes Yankee Stadium capacity 80000 and 1928 double header record 85265 attendance.
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Boy Scout
Ouachita Parish
Board of Review of
Monroe
Court of Honor
Board of Review
John W. Williams
Yankee Stadium
New York
Svea Court of Appeals Fines Suspect in Stockholm Case
The Svea Court of Appeals in Stockholm fined him 250 dollars, with part of the penalty related to the alleged misconduct. Further details on the charge and other penalties were not disclosed in the brief notice.
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Svea Court of Appeals
Stockholm
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Victor
Edison
Victor Electric
Silvertone
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Portable Radio Corporation of America
RCA
Victor Phonograph
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Caruso
Galli-Curci
Farrar
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Gigli
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