Veterans Start for Washington in Many Places
Traveling in a flag bedecked roadster and two trucks the veteran caravan moves toward Washington for the June 8 demo. Louisiana contingent rapid progress toward North. Atlanta reports 53 ex soldiers in route from Columbus and Phenix City.
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Washington
Louisiana
Atlanta
Columbus
Phenix City
Vigard
Ala
Opelida
Columbus Group
John L. Talbot
Honor Man of '82 to Obtain LSU Degree on Monday
Lemuel P. Conner, valedictorian of LSU class of ’82, will receive his diploma Monday in Natchez Mississippi. He began at LSU over half a century ago, excelled academically, but illness delayed his finals and the diploma, now delivered at age 71, after university officials urged completion. Conner serves as city clerk of Natchez.
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Natchez, Miss
Louisiana State University
Lemuel P. Conner
Conner
Natcher
Sam
F. M. Brice
Shreveport
Monroe
Rambling Column Notes On Local Life And People
The piece highlights Ouachita Parish Junior College’s shuttle to town via buses and carpooling by about 480 students. It recalls Swayze the street commissioner and the Delahoussay family name, plus a postal delay tale from F M Brice, and notes teachers Mildred Ganaway and Katherine Livandais planning a summer study trip to Baton Rouge.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Temple of Education
Young America
Mistah
Mildred Ganaway
Katherine Livandais
Baton Rouge
Mar
Panama Limited Becomes Tradition is Withdrawn
The Illinois Central railroad has withdrawn the Panama Limited from service to save about half a million dollars annually. Once a Mississippi valley institution, the 922 mile Chicago to New Orleans train was a little city of 155 workers and No. 1100 engine, famed for on time runs and a lore steeped in regional tradition.
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Memphis
Illinois Central Railroad
Panama Limited
Panama
Chicago
New Orleans
Charles J. Barnett
Mississippi projectionist acquitted in Brownlee murder case
Durrell Kendall of Mississippi was cleared by a jury on the murder charge tied to L H Brownlee head of a traveling minstrel show. The verdict came on the first ballot after prosecutors tried him for Brownlee's death found in a New Caney tent on December 10. A parrot's cries led locals to the scene.
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Conroe
Tex
Durrell Kendall
Mississippi
L. H. Brownlee
Tragic Deaths Attract Shreveport Investigations
Two men in Shreveport area die in separate incidents. C B Hollis 38 a former manager at a local furniture company dies by self inflicted gunshot near Cross Lake road after buying beans at Tom Stewart home. Joseph H Davison 78 killed when struck by a Kansas City Southern train in Cedar Grove in what investigators call an accident.
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Shreveport
C. B. Hollis
Joseph H. Davison
Cedar Grove
C. E. Hamner
Hollis
H. W. Phaul
Davison
Bossier City
Cross Lake Road
Hamner
Cross Lake
Lakeview
Tom Stewart
Stewart
Carload of Irish potatoes shipping from Ouachita
A carload of Irish potatoes is loaded at a switch track near W. W. McDonald's farm south of Monroe. Production tests by E. R. Strahan show yields of 168 bushels No 1 and 32 bushels below No 1 per acre. About 15 to 25 carloads are expected this spring with West Monroe already shipping two cars and more to move tonight.
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W. W. McDonald
Monroe
E. R. Strahan
McDonald
Strahan
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
New Yorker Farish Identified as Local Suicide Victim
Wealthy New Yorker William W. Farish Jr. disappeared from Las Cruces and was later found dead in a New Orleans hotel room from a self inflicted wound. An aunt in Kansas City identified him after police efforts stalled, noting his recent dental pain possibly driven by derangement. The body was sent to New York.
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New Orleans
William W. Farish, Jr
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Hal Lemon
Kansas City
Farish
Eddie Gros
William Francis
New York
Juarez
Mex
el Paso
Tex
Louisiana Bill Proposes Punishing Women for Public Smoking
A Louisiana legislator introduced a bill to prohibit women from smoking in any private or public vehicle or public place with a misdemeanor penalty. The sponsor, Representative J. W. Fordyce, claimed the measure aims to keep women from smoking while driving and to improve automobile safety.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
J. W. Fordyce
New Orleans
Tax measure for tick battle faces hearing in Baton Rouge
In Baton Rouge on June 2 the House Ways and Means Committee heard arguments for and against the Leuissier Lester bill to levy a 2 percent tax on milk milk products beef and related outputs to fund tick eradication efforts. The measure drew objections from Cloverland Creamery and a Houma sausage maker over impact and costs.
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Baton Rouge
House
Ways and Means
Leuissier-Lester
H. W. Leuissier
Catahoula
George Lester
West Feliciana
C. M. Rhodes
Cloverland Creamery
New Orleans
Malcom Dougherty
East Feliciana
E. J. Autin
Houma
Administration forces defeat tobacco tax recommit
Baton Rouge June 2. The house rejected a motion to recommit the Wimberly tobacco tax bills to the ways and means committee. The vote was 66 to 29 after a lengthy debate, defeating the administration led effort led by William Pegues Jr of De Soto.
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Baton Rouge, la
Ways and Means
House
William Pegues, Jr
DeSoto
Mayor Suggests Compromise in Highway Route
Delegates returning to Monroe from Baton Rouge after meeting state highway officials and engineers. They discussed moving Route 165 from Grand to Jackson Street and heard that federal plans require most of the current right of way for Ouachita river levees. Mayor Arnold Bernstein proposed a compromise to follow Grand Street to a point behind the Fred Peters property.
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Baton Rouge
Grand
Jackson Street
Monroe
A. P. Tugwell
Highway Commission
Highway Department
Tugwell
Grand Street
Ouachita River
Arnold Bernstein
Fred Peters Place
Bridge work to resume on Oua chita River piers within 10 days
Construction on the state highway bridge across the Oua chita River will resume within 10 days. Former employees laid off due to high water and current part time workers will handle pier dredging and river bottom reformation to steady pressure against the piers.
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Ouachita River
Stevens Brothers and Shafer
Camp Lassa Opens for 1932 Season Near Shreveport
Uncle Van Carter announces Camp Lassa for boys and girls at Forbing, four miles south of Shreveport, opens July 11 for six weeks. The Camp of the Guiding Spirit for girls 10 to 14 runs July 11 to July 23 with six listed leaders. The Four Life Lights camp for ages 15 to 24 begins July 25 for 12 days focusing on storytelling and leadership topics.
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van” Carter
Louisiana Council of Religious Education
Louisiana
Forbing
Shreveport
Kansas City Southern Railway
Guiding Spirit
Susie M. Juden
New Orleans
Malcolm McNeil
de- Quincy
Margaret Carruth
Wilson
Elizabeth Glasscock
de Ridder
Peggy Garnett
Monroe
Jessie Mae Hoag
Jennings
Audrey Strahan
Confederate Memorial day observed in Louisiana banks closed
Tomorrow is a holiday in Louisiana titled Confederate Memorial day with banks in the twin cities closed. The post office will not observe the day as it is not a nationwide holiday.
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Louisiana
Twin Cities
Testimony For And Against Regulation Acts In Louisiana
Hearings before the judiciary committees in Baton Rouge on four highway bills to regulate motor trucks and for hire autos. Former Governor Alvin O King warned the bills resemble railroad control and fear monopolies. Sheriff Waldo O Martin argued for fair regulation but warned against destruction of property and impact on farmers. Proponents had spoken previously and amendments were offered as Senator Frank H Peterman led the debate.
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Baton Rouge
Judiciary
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Senate
Alvin O. King
State Highway Commission
Public Service Commission
King
Waldo O. Martin
St. Martin Parish
Lake Charles
Frank H. Peterman
Alexandria
Detroit Auto Leader Rushes to Brother by Airplane
Thomas P. Henry of Detroit president of the American Automobile association flew to Jackson Mississippi to reach his critically ill brother Robert Henry. His plane forced down near Clarksdale before a safe landing and he arrived by car just before 7 am. Robert Henry’s condition remained unchanged at Baptist Hospital.
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Jackson, Miss
Thomas P. Henry
Detroit
American Automobile Association
Jackson
Michigan City
Robert Henry
Henry
Clarksdale
Mississippi
Baptist Hospital
Congress Hurries Budget Bill Through Senate House
Washington June 2 Congress moved into the final stretch to balance the budget and prove government stability. Conference work on the 1 1150000000 tax bill began with aims to keep total yield intact and send the measure to the president next week. The economy program centers on a 238000000 cut in outlays and a ten percent salary reduction for most workers. Senator Johnson California Republican challenged the cuts calling them repugnant and inequitable risking the savings and overall program.
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Congress
Senate
House
Johnson
California
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