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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1929

Page

14

Mrs. Hoover Brings Christmas Cheer to White House Event

Mrs. Herbert Hoover hosts a White House Christmas crowd including Salvation Army basket distribution and a community tree near Sherman Square. She distributes fruit baskets to the worthy, arrives unannounced without guards, and approves handmade crafts from disabled veterans and Boy Scouts.

Washington Herbert Hoover White House Salvation Army Sherman Square United States Florida Mitre Washington State California Alice Leake Josaph. Wheeler

Attorney General Explains Primary Qualification Provisions

McCall asserts section 822 prevents party bodies from raising elector qualifications above candidate standards. He argues the law allows differing voter and candidate qualifications unless the code sets both. He notes in this case both voter and candidate limits have been defined.

McCall

Christmas trees imported to San Juan from New England

Port of San Juan receives hundreds of Christmas trees shipped from New England as part of seasonal import. The report notes additional travel data and mentions Hawaiian island logistics with a curious per mile vehicle to food ratio.

San Juan Portof Rico New England

Christmas Dinner for All in Lake Charles Parish

In Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish a civilian relief group and the Salvation Army coordinate a Christmas dinner and toys for every family and child in town and parish, including 17 prisoners. Jailers supervise a feast with five large turkeys, oyster dressing, cranberry sauce and a full holiday menu.

Wake Charles Lake Charles Calcacien Salvation Army Calcasieu Parish Archie Hebert

Fatal bulb costs five thousand four hundred dollars

Albert Jones, an employee of the George R. Cook Company of Detroit, was electrocuted when a broken electric light bulb snapped in his hand. The accident, in Lansing, will cost the firm or its insurers $5,490 in workmen's compensation.

Lansing, Mich George R. Cook Company of Detroit Albert Jones George R. Cook Company

Peasant Terrorists Seized Near Odessa Village

A machine gun was found among equipment of peasant terrorists in Nova Nikolayevsa near Odessa. The group attacked Communists and sympathizers to disrupt grain collection.

Odessa U.S.S.R Nova-Nikolayevsa

Funeral Plans For Staple Cotton Leader Held In Greenville

The late leader served on the Federal Reserve Board and directed the Staple Cotton Cooperative Association. His flood relief work with the Red Cross drew praise from officials. He was a Sewanee and University of Virginia graduate. The body goes to Greenville this evening for funeral services tomorrow.

Federal Reserve Board Staple Cotton Cooperative Association Red Cross

Former Senator Percy Noted for Flood Control Work and Levee Protections

The former senator Percy actively backed flood control after the 1927 disaster and lobbied for levee protection for landowners. He was seen as liberal politically and worked with figures like Herbert Hoover when he was secretary of commerce. Survived by his son and a sister, Mrs. C. J. McKinney, of Knoxville Tennessee.

Mr. Percy Herbert Hoover Commerce C. J. McKinney Knoxville, Tenn Percy

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