London Commons erupts in disorder over J McGovern expulsion
In the House of Commons the left wing Labour members resisted suspending J McGovern of Glasgow after he challenged the speaker. The melee lasted 29 minutes as deputies and attendants were shoved and clawed. Prime Minister MacDonald moved suspension, approved 316 to 16. Continuous chaos forced adjournment, with Tory cries of abuse and Labour and Conservative MPs alike embroiled.
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London
House of Commons
J. McGovern
Glasgow
McGovern
MacDonald
Labor
David Kirkwood
Parliamentary Labor Party
Beckett
Ladies Night of Lions Club July 8 at Hotel Frances
The Lions Club hosts a ladies night and officers installation on July 8 at Hotel Frances. A banquet and dinner dance with Britt’s Orchestra will follow the 8 o’clock start. Officers include President Dr. B. M. McKain and vice presidents L. P. Abernathy and Sam Newsom.
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Lions’ Club
Hotel Frances
Auly
Britt
B. M. McKain
L. P. Abernathy
Sam Newsom
L. G. Hughes
W. H. Anders
Jes' Ramblin' About the Town Nostalgic Notes and Oddities
A column of light gossip and local color recounts peach donations to newsboys by R. R. Beaman. It notes misadventures, sports figures like Lloyd Guy and Berry Yeidell, a Baptist barbecue, hot water at a natatorium, and quick telegram flights from Jackson to Monroe.
Tokyo soldiers growing taller and heavier over time
Army enrollment statistics show Japanese heights rising from 5.16 feet in 1392 to 5.28 feet in 1930, with a steady increase in weight as well.
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Tokyo
Army
Ouachita Men Pleased After Bridge Contract Letting
A Baton Rouge trip by Ouachita parish leaders including J M Myatt and Theo Terzia focused on the Monroe river bridge contract and Route 1300 takeover. Stev ens Brothers of St Paul and highway officials expect work to start within three weeks with bids reflecting lower steel prices.
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Baton Rouge
Promit
Sterlington
Terzia
Mr. Myatt
Ouachita Parish
The
Highway Commission
Stev
Ouachita Parish School Board Plans Budget For Coming Year
Ouachita parish school board will estimate funds to be allocated for parish schools for the next scholastic year and adopt a budget of expenses at a meeting tomorrow morning in the office of T. O. Brown superintendent. The junior college under construction will be discussed along with other operating matters including teachers list transportation repairs and truck drivers.
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Ouachita Parish
T. O. Brown
Favorites Trail Three Unknowns In Golf Classic
In steamy Toledo Ohio Edie Williams and Charley Guest led the first round of the National Open at Inverness with 71s. Tommy Amour posted 75 while Tony Manero and Archie Compston faced setbacks as British contenders faltered.
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Inverness Club
Toledo
Ohio
Tommy Amour
Charles Guest
Deal
N. J
Eddie Williams
Cleveland
Herman Barron
Port Chester
N. Y
Williams
Charley Guest
N. J. Williams
Frank Walsh
Chicago
Guest
Tony Manero
Elmsford
Archie Compston
News Star World To Broadcast Cleveland Fight
The News Star World will air blow by blow coverage of the Schmeling Stribling bout from the building’s second floor for fans unable to attend. Monroe Furniture lends a large amplifier as round by round AP reports come in, starting at 9 p.m. Monroe time.
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Cleveland
News-Star-World
Monroe Furniture Company
Associated Press
Arrest of Belle Livingstone in dress theft case
Belle Livingstone a New York night club hostess was arrested in Rochester New York on a charge of obtaining five dresses from a New York shop without paying for them.
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Belle Livingstone
New York
Rochester
N. Y
Air mail from city totals 12 pounds four ounces
Post master A. A. Thoman reports Selman Airport air mail planes carried 12 lb 4 oz today. The eastbound plane took 6.5 lb of Monroe mail, the westbound 5 lb 4 oz, with Thoman praising air mail support despite customers favoring day one shipments.
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Selman
A. A. Thoman
Monroe
Thoman
Regular Army Man Killed When Troop Train Strikes Car
A sergeant of the regular army was killed and a sergeant and private were injured when their automobile was struck by a troop train from Camp Dix to the rifle range near Mount Holly New Jersey. The dead man is Sergt. Harry E. Gwynne of Cleveland Ohio, attached to headquarters company 16th infantry. The injured are Sergt. William C. Sievers of Kentucky and Private James C. Harvey of Brooklyn New York.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Camp Dix
Rifle Range
Harry E. Gwynne
Cleveland, O
16Th Infantry
William C. Sievers
Kentucky
James C. Harvey
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hambowe's Meditations by J. P. Alley
Ollie Omans shoes amid rough chatter as a local column shows humorous mondegreens and stray phrases from a small town, highlighting quirky names and antics. The brief item captures a playful fragment of community wit and local color.
Riverside Sanitarium Sold at Public Auction for 31000
Riverside Sanitarium property including real estate, personal items, notes, and an X-ray machine was sold to the Monroe Building and Loan Association for 31000 at a public auction in front of the Monroe post office. The sale, held this morning at 11 o'clock, followed an order by J M Grimmet referee in bankruptcy. Harry Oliver acted as auctioneer.
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Riverside Sanitarium
Monroe Building and Loan Association
Monroe Post Office
J. M. Grimmet
Western District of Federal Court
Harry Oliver
J. B. Collins
General Electric X-ray Corporation
Monroe Builing and Loan Association
Gotham Welcomes Round-the-World Airmen Home
New York crowds greet Wiley Post and Harold Gatty after their record round-the-world flight. Crowds line streets as two cyclists and 12 patrolmen clear a route to the Battery to board the Macom for the victory procession.
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Associated Press
New York
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Wall Street
Ritz-Carlton
Gatty
Post
North River
Battery
Dollar Day Sales Hit Twin Cities with Wide Store Reach
Tomorrow Monroe and West Monroe launch a Dollar Day event with many articles on sale from 1 to 2 or more dollars. Participating stores include Ford Levi Stationery, Palace Department Store, J C Penney, Households, Peters Furniture, Cinderella Slipper Shop, and more.
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Monroe
West Monroe
E. Jack Selig
Ford Levi Stationery Company
the Palace Department Store
T. John Department Store
Franken Brothers
Bella Scherck Davidson
Holloway and Thompson
Alice Henry
Henry Marx Company
Mike John Department Store
Sig Haas and Sons
Miller and Kahn
Grand Leader
Keene Slipper Shop
Monroe Furniture Company
Home Furniture Company
Goldman's Are
J. C. Penney
Fink the Tailor
Standard Office and
Seek Trace of Walter Morris in Mobile Alabama
Mrs Gladys Taylor daughter of Walter N Morris missing West Monro e councilman traveled to Mobile Alabama to learn his whereabouts The visit was confirmed at Central Savings Bank and Trust where she works H C Foster Morris brother in law accompanied her The report could not be verified Foster could not be located A Morris brother was mysteriously slain in Mobile in May.
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Gladys Taylor
Walter N. Morris
West Monroe
Mobile
Ala
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
H. C. Foster
Morris
Mrs. Taylor
Foster
St Paul Firm Lands River Span Contract in Monroe
The state highway commission awarded Stevens Brothers of St Paul Minn the contract for a seven year effort spanning the Ouachita River at Monroe. The bid of 485 13 was the lowest received. Additional awards include Red River bridge at Shreveport 718633 to List and Weatherly of Kansas City and Cane River bridge near Natchitoches 51386 to Boyce Kershaw Inc Mobile Alabama.
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Ouachita River
Monroe
Batonage
Stevens Brothers
St. Paul
Twin Cities
Highway Department
Highway Commission
Red River
Shreveport
List and Weatherly Construction Company
Kansas City
Cane River
Natchitoches
Boyce Kershaw, Inc
Mobile
Ala
Flenniken Construction Company
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Tullos
B. N. Davis
New Orleans
Hope of Averting Special Assembly Abandoned
Nashville Tenn July 2 As the 67th general assembly prepared for sine die adjournment administration forces abandoned all hope of averting an extraordinary session. With a deficit for the next biennium estimated at about 9 million dollars Governor Horton says an adjournment agreement bans revenue or bond bills to cover the shortfall.
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Nashville
Tenn
67Th General Assembly
Henry H. Horton
McGehee Road Extension Underway North of Monroe
Parish road crews began building the McGehee road about five miles north of Monroe as an extension to connect with the Sterlington highway. The project includes new construction and wooded right of way clearing with gravel surfacing. Estimated completion is around ten days, says S M Collins, parish engineer.
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McGehee Road
Monroe
McGehee
Sterlington Highway
S. M. Collins
Two Men Hurt When Car Overturns Near Moorhead
Moorhead Mississippi July 2 Homer W Brewer 40 year old Jackson insurance agent and Hugh Easley believed also from Jackson were seriously injured when their automobile left the highway near Moorhead overturned and burned Easley was reported paralyzed from the shoulders down with a fractured vertebra equivalent to a broken neck physicians said Both men were taken to a hospital for treatment.
Philadelphia merchant dies in Pascagoula River outing
William Rodney Mars, 40, a prominent and wealthy Philadelphia merchant, drowned in a whirlpool on the Pascagoula River near Merrill during an outing. The body was returned to Philadelphia last night for funeral services. Mars was well known across the state.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Pascagoula
Merrill
William Rodney Mars
Promi
Philadelphia
Paris Debt Talks Delayed for New Counsels
In Paris the Franco American conference was postponed to allow Mellon and Edge to confer with Washington over French counter proposals. Britain signaled readiness to convene a meeting of Hoover plan powers if Paris talks fail, with London as likely host and potential timing within days.
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Paris
Mellon
Edge
Washi
Laval
Associated Press
Washington
London
Business Women to Greet Delegates on Illinois Central Train
A large delegation of women from Northwest Louisiana Texas and western states en route to Richmond Virginia will ride an Illinois Central passenger train arriving here tomorrow night at 8 oclock. Mrs J E Doughtie and Mrs Llewella Hays will greet the delegates along with S H McClary and chamber of commerce officials. Home grown peaches will be presented, and Mrs Doughtie and Mrs Hays will hand them to the visitors. The Louisiana delegates plan events with the D C and a reception by President Hoover after the convention running July 6 to July 1.
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Louisiana
Texas
Richmond
Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Illinois Central
J. E. Doughtie
Monroe Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Llewella Hays
S. H. McClary
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
West Monroe
Doughtie
Hays
Ruth Grandstaff Rosbury
Mobile
Ruston
Meridian
Miss
Covington
Virginia
Hoover
Lake Charles
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la Red Grange
Billy Downing
Frost Lumber Company
Dr. Gladden
East Texas
J. L. Griffin
Capt
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News-Star World
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News-Star
Selman Field
Floyd
Guachita Parish Court House
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