Service Bodies Chiefs May Open Vets Hospital
Plans call for formal dedication of the new 2 million dollar government veterans hospital at Camp Stafford on January 31 1980. National commanders from four service organizations will attend with General Frank J T Hines leading the event and Congressman J B Aswell chairing the celebration while various veterans groups participate. The facility opened earlier with over 100 veterans admitted and is among the nation’s most modern in its class.
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Associated Press
Alexandria
United States
Veterans’ Hospital
J. B. McComb
J. B. Aswell
Natchitoches
Louisiana
Camp Stafford
Frank JT. Hines
Washington
Veterans’ Bureau
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Confederate Veterans, Legion
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Legion
W. George Bowden
Hines
Plan to Combine Armistice Day and Thanksgiving
Louisiana chambers vote over three weeks on a Beaumont Texas idea to merge Armistice Day and Thanksgiving into a single holiday on November 11. The proposal asks Congress to enact a universal holiday and cites reduced confusion and preserved peace as benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Baton Rouge
Chambers of Commerce
Louisiana
Beaugnont
Texas
Chamber of Commerces
Louisiana Chamber of Commerce
Herber Bayliss
Beaumont
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Congress
Union Culture Growth in Pacific Northwest Surges
Union culture in the Pacific Northwest has risen sharply, reporting a 240 percent increase over eight years across multiple industries. Local labor groups track organizational activity in key cities and advocate for greater collective bargaining rights.
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Union
Pacific Northwest
Fatal blaze at St James Hotel in Corning Arkansas
One man died and four people were badly burned when the St James hotel in Corning Arkansas was destroyed by fire on Sunday. Jewell Webb attempted rescues and perished. four others sustained serious injuries from jumps and falls during the blaze.
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Arkansas
Associated Pregs
Corning
Ark
St. James
Jewell Webb
Carl Davis
Caruthersville
Charles Cox
J. W. Jordan
H. G. Freer
Tulsa
Okla
Three Year Old Resolved to Quit Smoking
Denver story notes Billy Russell Howard, age 3, vows to give up tobacco starting New Year’s Day after becoming the nation’s youngest smoker. His doctor prescribed a pipe to cure insomnia, while his father Lee Howard remains skeptical about the resolve.
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Denver
Colo
Billy Russell Howard
Lee Howard
Billy
Tennessee Plans For New Game Reserves
United Press reports Tennessee will establish sanctuary sectors for ducks and wildlife at Reelfoot Lake. State Game Warden Howell E. Buntin led the effort creating up to three reserves of 250 acres each with regulatory enforcement to protect the area. Reelfoot draws thousands yearly for fishing and hunting, and the law aims to ensure continued supplies.
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Memphis
Tenn
State of
Tennessee
Reelfoot Lake
Howell FE. Buntin
United States
Mexico Freezes Kick From National Drink
Mexico City reports the health department ordered pulquerias in the federal district to sell only ice cold pulque to curb drunkenness. Refrigeration is said to strip pulque of inebriating powers. A separate note mentions outlaw money at Emory University museum, sourced from Fond du Lac Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Health
Federal District
Emory University
Atlanta
Fond du Lac, Wis
Dallas Wholesalers Forecast Sound 1929 Year
B L Norsworthy of the Wholesale Merchants Association in Dallas predicts a sound legitimate business year for the 11th district in 1929. The district covers Texas and parts of NM, AZ, OK, and LA with 1928 wholesale trade around 887 million dollars and a projected 5 percent rise.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Lth
Federal Reserve District
B. L. Norsworthy
Wholesale Merchants 'Association
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Norsworthy
Ficter
Banks Fail to Open Doors in Spartanburg
Carolina National bank and Dollar Savings bank in Spartanburg failed to open today. Notices on the doors said affairs are in the hands of the state bank examiner by order of the board of directors. The Dollar Savings bank is a subsidiary of the Carolina National.
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Associated Press
Spartanburg
5. C
Dees
Carolina National Bank
Dollar Savings Bank
State Bank
The
Carolina National
Toreador Kicks Cow She Wins on Points
In Atlanta a bullfighter and a cow argued about technique. The cow kicked Pruitt three times, he retaliated with a heavy kick but the cow horned him, injuring his ankle. The cow won on points, leaving Pruitt unimpressed with toreadors or cattle.
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Toreador
Associated Press
Atlanta
Rome
N. S&s
Pruitt
China challenges world powers with new year decree
London reports China demands end to extraterritorial privileges within two days and insists foreign concerns in China conform to Chinese rules. bankers and Western business interests fear disruption. Britain and the United States may push to preserve treaty rights while considering Chinese reforms.
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Associated Press
London
Dec
China
United States
Great Britain
Plane crash kills three boys at Texas flying field
At Heame, Texas, on a Sunday flight a plane piloted by 17 year old Dorothy Stocker struck a crowd, killing Kelsey Hearne 7 James Hearne 9 and Jim Webster 12 while injuring Dock Wright. The flyer was attempting to land when the accident occurred.
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Hearne
Tex
Dorothy Stocker
Houston
Kelsey Hearne
James Hearne
John Hearne
Jim Webster
John Webster
Dock Wright
Miss Stooke
Laughter Aids Cures in German Hospital
In Berlin at Charite hospital laughter was added to curative agents after a theatre company performed for chair cases and patients on crutches. The farce A Jump Into Matrimony prompted lasting merriment and doctors observed therapeutic effects. periodic performances are planned.
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Berlin
Charite
Mussolini urges ministers to drop all business roles
Rome reports Mussolini demands ministers sever all commercial work once in office. Deputy Renato Ricci eight months later becomes undersecretary in education and takes over as president of the Carrara marble consortium. Ricci previously toured the United States in 1928 to study Boy Scout programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mussolini
Renato Ricci
Carrara Marble Consortium
Ricci
United States
Growth in Southeast Industry and Agriculture Noted by Ottley
John K. Ottley president of the First National Bank of Atlanta reports 1929 showed continued industrial expansion in the southeast with agriculture holding steady. Cotton output is rising to about 1.245 million bales above 1928, while tobacco, potatoes, peanuts, sugar and rice stay at average levels.
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Atlanta
Southeast
John K. Ottley
First National Bank of Atlanta
Ottley
Federal Reserve District
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Department of Agriculture
Indians Seek Complete Independence From British Rule
In Lahore on December 31 the 44th nationalist congress opened with the All India National Congress party executive committee approving Gandhi's resolution for full independence from the British crown. The plan calls for gradual attainment beginning with non-cooperation against government machinery. A separate note mentions Tony Fuentes of Los Angeles finishing a model of the U S S and Texas after 2100 hours of night work.
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Associated Press
Lahore
India
44Th
Nationalist Congress
All India National Congress Party
Congress
Mahatma Ghandi
Ghandi
Tony Fuentes
Los Angeles
U. S&s
Texas
Growth of public capital funds strengthens regional economies
The passage notes that the accumulation of capital funds by the public for investment is increasingly impressive and significant. It argues Georgia and other progressive southern states are becoming more self contained economic and financial units.
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Georgia
Young Folk to Discuss Their Own Problems
Five thousand young church leaders from the south attend a three day B Y P U conference in Memphis Tennessee. The opening address was given by Dr I J Van Ness Baptist Sunday School board Nashville. Dr Walter P Binns LaGrange Ga spoke as well. WGBC radio will broadcast convention events and addresses.
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Memphis
Tenn
I. J. van Ness
Baptist Sunday School Board
Nashville
Walter
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Reelfoot
United Press
Mexico
Mexico City
Ike Dembenski
Prop
Tarzan
Tantor
Yarzan
Numa
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Manu
Sank
Great Baritain
Monroe
West Monroe
Vicinity
Grand Street
Monroe, Louisiana
South
Ouachita Ave
C. B. Harrington
DeSiard St
Catalpa St
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