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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1928
Page
3
The Agriculture Department reports May price index at 148 percent of prewar level, up 8 points from April and 22 points year over year. All groups rose except dairy. grains, fruits, meats, poultry, and cotton show gains. Hog prices jumped 14 percent from April.
The city grammar school graduation occurred at 9 o clock in the city school auditorium. Seventh graders from Barkdull Faulk, Georgia Tucker, and other schools received diplomas for high school entry. Performances included piano solos by Helen Kelly Moselle Graham a chorus and student addresses with diplomas awarded by Superintendent E L Neville.
Washington June 1 Routine testimony opened the government case against Robert W Stewart an Indiana Standard Oil official on a misdemeanor charge for refusing to answer questions before the Senate Teapot Dome committee He was asked if he knew anyone who benefited from Liberty bond oil profits tied to Continental Trading and said the questions were not pertinent He also refused to say if he discussed bond transactions with Harry F Sinclair amid Sinclairs own trial for conspiring with Albert B Fall to defraud the government
Associated Press reports Paris Herald quotes that Grand Duke Andre will aid in establishing the identity of a reputed czar’s kin. The June 2 Paris dispatch notes ongoing efforts and involvement of aristocratic authorities.
Bancroft of Shreveport warns in Oil Journal that a proposed oil and gas tax would devastate many independent operators and farms. He says the measure could shut down numerous wells in Louisiana and Arkansas, raise costs, and curb new drilling while critics claim it promotes fair competition.
Associated Press reports that George W. Lewis of the Mountain Utilities Information Committee testified in the federal trade commission inquiry that payments to professors for attending "educational meetings" were limited to travel and hotel expenses. He said the sessions aimed to inform public utilities employees and to recruit speakers for public utilities programs.
Baton Rouge June 1 Associated Press reports W C Abbott state club leader outlines a sequence of 4-H camp sessions. Camps will run June 4-8 in Magnolia East Baton Rouge Parish and Morgan City and Oberlin with further gatherings through June 25-29 at Lake Bruin and Anacoco and Goldonna. Additional dates list Rayville area July 2-6 and other parishes at Grant Walker Robert's Pond and Dorcheat.
City officials test a calcium chloride based liquid to dampen a dusty road by the municipal golf course toward Park Avenue. Commissioner Will H Atkins says results will be monitored for possible use on other streets. the coating lasts about a year and keeps surfaces looking freshly wet. The material was shipped from California where a large deposit was found.
President Coolidge appointed H Theodore Tate of Tennessee to be United States treasurer by recess appointment. Tate was deputy treasurer and his nomination had been sent to the Senate but not ratified. The move follows his current post and serves until Senate action.
Reports claimed W. J. Gill, longtime superintendent of the Louisiana Training Institute, had sent in his resignation effective July 1. Gill denied the charge, and J. Arthur Smith, III, chair of the institute’s board, also said no resignation had been received. A wire to Eaton Rouge elicited a reply that the governor was unavailable due to being busy in a hotel room.
F. C. Eason Jr. was struck on the cheek with a sharp stick yesterday and received several stitches at St. Francis sanitarium. His condition is listed as good today.
He said he would ask the committee to amend the bill to eliminate any such danger. Representatives of the Alexandria area are noted as involved in the discussion.
A legislative committee debated a transportation measure affecting railroad and bus firms. Representative McClanahan called the bill unprecedented and astounding. No action was taken on the bill or a separate facilities proposal. The next committee meeting is set for Tuesday afternoon.
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