Reid Pushes Flood Control Bill for Lower Valley
Reid of the House flood control committee has introduced a bill aimed at full federal repayment and opposing any open floodway that would devastate lands in the Tensae basin. The clash pits the Jadwin plan against Reid’s approach with a possible compromise leaning toward Milnois terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid
House Flood Control Committee
Tensae
Congress
House
Milnois
Louisiana
A Home Market for Cream Boosts Local Dairying
The News-Star advocates a proposed local creamery to finance and build a plant in Monroe. A home cream market would diversify farming and boost cash income, supporting farmers, bankers, and the Twin City trade area by reducing reliance on out of state creamery supply and encouraging broader farming improvements. The paper notes initial slow progress but asserts the potential for regional prosperity if the proposal meets requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Monroe
West Monroe
Twin City
South
News-Star
Suburban Expansion Rumors Lift Baton Rouge Population
The Baton Rouge State-Times urges adding suburban sections to boost the capital’s 1950 census count toward 40 000, beyond 20 000 or 25 000. Monroe faces the same expansion push, despite past flood fight costs, with officials optimistic about growth among Southern cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
State-Times
Monroe
Southland
Voters Back Flood Bond Plan in Clear Endorsement
The electorate approves a flood protection highway bond, signaling confidence in direct action and government backing. If federal measures lag, Monroe remains prepared, with taxes ready to retire bond costs even without flood threat. Strong property taxpayer support marks election clarity and foresight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Copper the Electric Metal Shapes Everyday Life
A National Geographic Society bulletin notes the Quincy Copper Mine in Michigan shows the long reach of copper. It highlights copper’s central role in electrical work, infrastructure, and daily objects from roofs to clocks, with production benchmarks and the status of states in copper output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Michigan
United States
Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
Atlantic Seaboard
Equator
Europe
Atlantic
Mafalda
Alaska
Arizona
Utsh
Montana
Reforestation Efforts Across States Prompt Mississippi Question
The Brooklyn Eagle notes Wiggins and North Carolina foster connections in pine seed shipment for reforestation. It cites Bogalusa Louisiana and the Southern Lumber Company’s seed planting, praising early North Carolina forestry gains and urging Mississippi to act against timber loss, fires, and waste while stressing long term child bread winnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiggins
North Carolina
Mississippi
Carolinaa
Bogalusa
Great Southern Lumber Company
New England
Nickel Watchmen: A Comic Portrait of Tightfistedness
A humorous census sketch lampoons three million frugal Americans. It lampoons a Cleveland man who refuses to use his own gas and mocks thrift in daily life with exaggerated tales of stinginess and clever thrift tricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Notable Birthday Roles and Birthplaces Across U S History
On this date in history several figures mark birthdays. Frank Kellogg born Potsdam New York 71, Bainbridge Colby born St Louis 68, Edward C Stokes born Philadelphia 67, Opie Read born Nashville Tennessee 75, B Carroll Reece born Butler Tennessee 38. These profiles span diplomacy governance and journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bainbridge Colby
Wilson
St. Louis
Edward C. Stokes
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Opie Read
Chicago
Nashville
Tenn
B. Carroll Reece
Congress
Tennessee
Butler
Local Social Notes Highlight Harris Move and Ambitious Engagement
15 years ago Mr and Mrs J C Harris planned a Selma Alabama home move with disposal of Monroe property. Miss Gyrnie Handy and Mr Bradley Waelder announce a Christmas wedding, Handy a musically talented daughter of local business leader J S Handy, Waelder head of Penn Mutual Life Insurance agency. The couple will visit relatives in San Antonio after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Harris
Selma
Ala
Harris
Monroe
Margaret Hammett
Louisiana Industrial School
Jacque Hammett
Junction City
Ark
Hammett
Mr. Waelder
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Bride
San Antonio
Modern life rush and health effects on the body
The piece argues modern speed harms health causing irregular heartbeats indigestion sleeplessness and nervous strain. It urges cultivating poise and self discipline to balance speed and calm, noting physical states affect mental and emotional well being and warning of human wrecks from loss of self control.
Anniversaries of 1849 1853 1880 1883 1887 1894 1962 1925
Summary of notable anniversaries recounts Howell Cobb elected speaker on the 64th ballot in 1849. The steamship San Francisco wreck with 209 lives in 1853. 1880 French compulsory education bill passage. 1883 Niagara River bridge test with 22 locomotives and cars. 1887 Baracoa Cuba tidal wave destroys 800 houses. 1894 Captain Dreyfus sentenced to life deportation. 1962 Dwight Sabin death. 1925 Frank Munsey death with birth details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell Cobb
Georgia
San Francisco
New York
French Chamber of Deputies
Niagara River Bridge
Baracoa
Cuba
Dreyfus
Maloney Elected President of Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Andrew J. Maloney rises from breaker boy in 1909 to president of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company. The 1884 birth and rapid ascent mark him as a leading figure in American industry. He plans expansion into new markets amid anthracite production lagging behind 1926.
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Andrew J. Maloney
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Mr. Maloney
America
Maloney
Keep Your Poise and Drive Calmly Through Pressure
The text urges maintaining self control to preserve health and efficiency, arguing happiness suffers when rushed. It advises taking charge, keeping the wheel, and not letting others improperly influence decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Pere Goriot and the deadly lure of a gold-digging daughter
A speaker warns about daughters who demand costly dress and finery, likening the tale to Pere Goriot. He warns that such daughters push fathers to financial ruin and even death. The piece laments the moral peril of material excess in family life.
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Pere Goriot
A Year Ago Today U S Army Planes Arrived in Tampico
A year ago today United States Army planes on the Pan American Good Will flight arrived in Tampico Mexico amid a display of goodwill and aviation cooperation with Mexico authorities and local observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Tampico
Mexico
Radio Schedules Across Cities For December 22
Central time listings show daily programs from WPG to KHQ with a mix of Maxwell Hour Coward Comfort Hour and Hoover Sentinels. Numerous stations in Atlantic City Baltimore Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia and more present organ concerts orchestras theater and musical variety blocks through late evening.
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WEAF
New York
Dodge Fresentation
Hoover Sentinels
Clicquot
Hmsimos
Smith Brothers
U. S Army Land
Leonard Wood
Maxwell
Balkite
Lumberslusic
WFI
Philadelphia
Dodge Brothers
Clicquot Eskimos
WBZ
Springfield
Toronto
WRC
Washington
Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
U. S. Army Band Orchestra
Great Composers
WTAG
Worcester
Dodge Brothers Presentation
WWNC
Asheville
WSB
Atlanta
Dodge
KTHS
Hot Springs
WJAX
Jacksonville
Louisville
WMC Memphiis
WSM
Nashville
WSMB
New Orleans
WRVA
Richmond
Booker’s
Virginians
Acca Temple
WBAP
Fort Worth
Maxwell Hour
Captain Appleblogsom
WDAF
Kansas City
School of the Air
NBUC
WTMJ
Milwaukee
WCCO
Minneapolis-St. Paul
HKO
Chicago Opera
WOW Omaha
Child’s Story
San Antonio
Kelvinator
KSD
St. Louis
Dodee Brothers Presentation
KVOO
Tulsa
WCBD
Zion
Mixa
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News-Star 1
Founding
Out the News
Gulfport
Biloxi
Brooklyn Eagle
Medtury
Nickel Watchmen
Rockefeller
His
Close Harmony
GAME
Texas
QM Hall
Frank B. Kellogg
Coolidge
Potsdam
N. Y
Petter Health
Jesse F. Williams
M. D
New York City
Gorgas
Irene Simms Shields
News-Star Office
Alfyay
Cairns
ODAYS
WEE Wei Wrc
WGY
WCAK
WTAM
WWJ
WSAI
WUN
WECO
WOC
WFAA
WHAS
WMC
WSL
Clicquet Club Eskimos
WEE
WJAR
WAG
WUY
WGR
WEI
WCAE
WWI
Wanda Landowska
WJZ
WRAL
KUKA
WLW
WIR
KYW
KWOO
WSL West
WIMJ
KPRC
Chicago Opera Mary Garden
WJ2
WRZ
WHAM
KDKA
WJR
Wecco
WGN Webh
WMAQ
WPG
Atlantic City
WBAL
Baltimore
Coward
Hoover Sentinels &W—Clicquot Eskimos
WNAC
Boston
Tower Adventurers
Buffalo
Chequor Mekining
WMAK
Royal American Orchestra
WTIC
Hartford
Canitol Theater
Newark
N Y
Philharmonic Orchestra
Villa Venice Orchestra
KOKA
Pittsburgh
Providence
Clicquet Eskimos
Rochester
Schenectady
Hamiltonians
Cincinnati
Crosley Cossacks
Hicearo Opera
Prothers
Ticht Opera
Waiu Columbus
Orchestra
Dallas
NBC
Davenport
Lodge Brothers
Palkite
Des Moines
Kedge Brothers
Detroit
Dodes Brothers
O—Ciicqguet
Kbskimos
Simith Brothers
KOA
Denver
Housewives
KFI
Los Angeles
University of Southern Calif
KHJ
Music Review
KNX
Biltmore Orchestra
KGO
Oakland
KGO Players
KLX
Linner
KGW
Portland
V Pacific Network
KFRC
Merrymakers
Dance
Railroom Orchestra
KPO
Caswell
KFOA
Seattle
Maxwell Orchestra
KJR
ABC Chain
KHQ
Spokane
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