Bladenboro Mill Strike Ends With Wage Cut And Concessions
Bladenboro North Carolina reports a strike at the Cotton Mills where workers walked out over a ten percent wage cut. An agreement was reached last night allowing the wage cut to stand while rent for company houses drops from 20 to 15 cents per room weekly and store prices fall ten percent. Officers Townsend Andrews and Skipper were wounded by birdshot during disorder. Clyde Hughes A H Shepherd and Giles Buyton faced charges related to the incident. Sessions in Ouachita Parish District Court were suspended due to flood conditions. Sweden moves to fifth in shipbuilding, ahead of Germany.
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Bladenboro
N. C
Bladenboro Cotton Mills
C. O. Bridger
Frank Townsend
John Andrews
Elizabethtown
Dank Skipper
Clyde Hughes
A. H. Shepherd
Townsend
Giles Buyton
Barge Service Inaugurated On Gulf Coast
Officials of the Louisiana Texas Waterways Corporation announce the first barge service through the intracoastal canal from New Orleans to Beaumont Texas will start tomorrow. Four steel Barges and two tug boats will haul general cargo on a ten day schedule via Abbeville Lake Charles Orange and Port Arthur until the New Orleans Morgan City link opens.
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New Orleans
Louisiana-Texas Waterways Corporation
Beaumont
Texas
Morgan City
Corpus Christi
Abbeville
Lake Charles
Orange
Port Arthur
Mississippi River
Plaquemine
Run Off Battles Swell in Winn Parish Politics
In Winn Parish, a primary sees incumbent assessor W. W. Allen pitted with Eugene Beck by 65 votes. Judges face second races. Ward One has nominees C. L. Dark and R. F. Brewer. Other races include senator and representative contests settled by withdrawals, with Davis and Lang favored. Sheriff Bryant Scholars reelected. clerk C. F. Walsworth and coroner Dr. J. F. Faith unopposed. The Allen Beck race draws most attention.
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Winnfield
Winn
W. W. Allen
Eugene Beck
Allen
Ward One
C. L. Dark
R. F. Brewer
J. E. Carter
Merchant
Long
Bryant Scholars
C. F. Walsworth
J. F. Faith
Roosevelt Opposes U N League in State Grange Address
Albany February 3 Franklin D Roosevelt New York governor and Democratic presidential hopeful outlines his stance on foreign policy European debts and tariff barriers at a state grange meeting He opposes U S participation in the League of Nations calls for a debtors meeting in America and supports an international trade conference to level tariff barriers A levee is rising around Union Oil mine in West Monroe as a precaution against the Quachita River rise.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
United States
League of Nations
Roosevelt
State Grange
League
William Randolph Hearst
Woodrow Wilson
Newton B. Beker
Wilson
Europe
Quachita River
Union Oil Mus
West Monroe
Parish Farm Bureau seeks continuance of seed loans in Louisiana
District Louisiana Farm Bureau officials urged Washington to extend seed feed and fertilizer loans for another year at a district meeting. Farmers facing credit gaps after repaying last year’s loans were told they would need only about half as much money, mainly to complete food supplies and buy fertilizer.
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Washington
Louisiana Farm Bureau
W. S. Slaughter
Farm Bureau
Harry F. Kapp
Robert R. Crittenden
Holly Ridge
W. F. Williamson
Arrest of Woman Uncovers Kidnapping Mystery in Georgia
In Mexico City a woman named Guadalupe Gonzalez Godine was arrested for forcing a four year old girl named Mary to beg in Pavo, Georgia. Police say the child, described as a blonde four or five year old, revealed abuse including a hot iron on her back. The girl and mother are American, authorities believe. The woman is detained by police as the case unfolds.
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Mexico City
Guadalupe Gonzalez Godine
Pavo
Georgia
Mary
Mexico
General Hospital
Women's Aid Society
Bell ringer misses concert at Geneva disarmament opening
In Concord New Hampshire a bell ringer marked the opening of the Geneva disarmament conference by playing Columbia the Gem of the Ocean on the chimes. The tune ended with The Army and Navy forever note.
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Concord
N. H
Columbia
Army
Navy
Mothers Watch Children’s Colds with Musterole
Mothers warn that colds often settle in throat and chest and can be dangerous for children. Use Children's Musterole hourly for five hours at first sniff, then as needed. it is a milder form of the adult Musterole with camphor and mustard oil.
Waterloo elevator man becomes Sir Reginald Wolseley heir
Reginald Wolseley quit his Waterloo Iowa elevator post after his wife urged him to claim his title in England. The couple is photographed sailing from New York for a belated honeymoon as Sir Reginald and Lady Wolseley.
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Reginald Wolseley
Waterloo
Iowa
England
Sir Reginald
New York
Lady Wolseley
WCTU Names Committees For Flood Relief Effort
A special Womans Christian Temperance Union meeting at Mrs J O McCormicks home in West Monroe named standing kitchen tea and vegetable meat pie and cake and other baked foods committees to staff flood relief efforts. Members listed include Mrs C C Bell Mrs W C Feazel Mrs Mary Witt Mrs Effie Pace Mrs J G Cobb and Mrs Fred Thatcher with Mary Witt heading the kitchen and all ladies urged to register with Mrs J G Cobb.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
J. O. McCormick
West Monroe
C. C. Bell
W. C. Feazel
Mary Witt
Effie Pace
J. G. Cobb
Helen Hunt
Fred Thatcher
Gargle aspirin for throat relief advice
An old consumer advice note suggests dissolving three to five Bayer Aspirin tablets in one third glassful of water to gargle for tonsillitis or sore throat. Gargle thoroughly and allow a little to trickle down the throat, repeating every two hours as needed. Only genuine Bayer aspirin with the Bayer cross is recommended.
Air Mail Speeds Up With New Schedule Details
The eastbound American Airways flight from Monroe will depart daily at 1 41 under a Feb 15 schedule. The change gives forenoon office time to local businessmen and improves connections at Jackson for Louisiana and Texas travelers to New Orleans. Fort Worth to Atlanta times listed.
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American Airways
Monroe
Preston Oliver
Air Mail
Jackson
Miss
Louisiana
Texas
New Orleans
Fort Worth
Dallas
Shreveport
Birmingham
Atlanta
Transformer Installation At West Monroe Substation
A large transformer arrived last night and was being installed today at the Louisiana Power and Light substation two miles north of West Monroe. It will replace a unit burned out Monday while power is supplied to West Monroe from Delhi via Winnsboro during the work.
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Louisiana Power and Light Company
West Monroe
Delhi
Winnsboro
Book Sales Top 155 Million in 1929 U S Market
In 1929 the United States sold more than 155 million books excluding school texts. The figure highlights robust consumer demand and a strong publishing industry during the era.
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United States
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Ouachita Parish
Percy Sander
Sandel
Sweden
Germany
Associated Press
Alice Jones
University of Arizona
Gulf Coast
Orleans
Booster Club
Rgiet
Ford
Essex
Dodge
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
Lee-Rogers Chevrolet Co., Inc
North Fourth St
Gove G. Davis
Olla
Vincent M. Mouser
Dudley Lang
Winn Parish
Cassimer D. Moss
Mouser
Moss
Davis
Lang
H. B. Bozeman
S. J. Harper
W. M. Mouser
J. W. Gaar
U. 5
U.S
U. S
James
American National Insurance Company
W. R. Cherry, Sup
Bernhardt
Hope Ross
Hope
Grace
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