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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1929
Page
1
Engineers optimistic as Mississippi City returns to normal after levee breach two miles south. Crevasse narrowly averted by adding soil and bags. 150,000 sacks used while crews of up to 1,500 worked to shore up the levee and seal a boiil.
Reports place Col Charles A Lindbergh and his bride Anne near the Mouette after their secret May 26 wedding. A boat captain said he helped Lindbergh land at Rock Island for supplies, and the yacht is moored at a lonely shore spot with curtains drawn aboard. Irwin Chase confirms the 38-foot craft was delivered by Eleo Works of Bayonne New Jersey to the couple.
Mount Vesuvius erupts with lava advancing at about 150 feet per hour, narrowing towards Barre and Terzigno. Evacuations begin as the cone becomes a boiling lake. soldiers and officials rush to oversee the emergency and protect vineyards and woods nearby.
Herman S. Thorne arrives in Monroe to begin duties as advertising representative for the Monroe Morning Post. He comes from El Dorado where he worked with C. E. Palmer Publishing and has long newspaper experience including Hearst papers. The Morning Post will debut June 12 from News-Star Publishing on North Second Street.
Graduation exercises at the institution concluded with a noon address by Dr. Charles Iman Brough, former governor of Kansas. Seventy two diplomas were issued to graduates, most residents of Louisiana, with many already holding promising positions. A lawn breakfast hosted by Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Bond preceded the event, and faculty with long service attended.
London reports Stanley Baldwin resigns as prime minister, delivering his lettre to King George at Windsor Castle. Ramsey MacDonald, leader of the labor party, is summoned to form a cabinet after labor won the recent elections, ending five years of conservative rule begun in 1924.
Los Angeles hosts the Shriners fifty-fifth annual conclave as 75000 fez clothed nobles gather for the imperial council meeting. The circus maxims entertainment and Shrine hospital demonstrations highlight the event with trains bringing in crowds and officials. Lou B. Winsor of Grand Rapids was elected royal director of the Shrine comedians.
Twelve European journalists visiting the United States under the Carnegie foundation for international peace arrived in New Orleans. Led by Salvatore Cortesi of the Associated Press, they will tour through Thursday, with a luncheon planned with the New Orleans Newspaper Publishers association in the French quarter.
About 75 Monroe merchants attended the annual Credit Men's association banquet. D. L. Davidson was named president with Samuel Rubin as vice president and H. B. Ryland as secretary. Directors include Co Thompson W. M. Knowles Alex Miller and others. Frank L. Miller of New Orleans and Albert Horuff of Central Savings Bank spoke on bank relations and business credits.
Gray haired veterans and their families arrive in Charlotte for the 39th United Confederate Veterans reunion. By Associated Press. Official ceremonies include a welcome by Gov. Gardner and an address by General A. T. Goodwyn. An estimated 15,000 visitors came from many states to attend.
A fragment from Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley features a humorous mock invitation to a beauty doctor exchange. The piece presents Alley's satirical voice in a compact verse with playful wordplay and a nod to patients and doctors in lighthearted fashion.
A Chicago general hospital suffered a morning fire that forced 17 patients and staff to evacuate. Firemen and passersby aided escapes with ladders and rescues. ambulances moved patients to other facilities. Damages reached 25 000 dollars. Chief Corrigan warned about the risk to x ray films and planned an immediate review. The hospital sits near Clark Diversey Broadway.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Crawford wed yesterday at St. Malachy’s church New York. The couple planned a California honeymoon next week before a European trip after completing their film commitments. The surprise engagement had been kept quiet until license was issued earlier in the day.
The carbon black industry set new 1928 records for production and sales. Production reached 248,790,000 pounds, up 25 percent from 1927, while total sales totaled 280,579,000 pounds, up 26 percent. Exported 28 percent, domestic sales spread across rubber, ink, paint, and miscellaneous uses.
John M. Breard was unanimously reelected president of the Ouachita parish police jury for the coming year. H. M. Williams and F. Peters were reelected vice-presidents. Parish employees and department heads were reappointed, with three-year terms for secretaries, road maintenance, probation, farm, home demonstration, and camp foremen among others. Breard and Peters have long service on the jury.
The Mouette carrying Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his bride left Wood Hole Mass after spending the night anchored in the harbor. In Los Angeles a young woman's body was found hanging in an abandoned apartment, her head wrapped in a blood soaked cloth. police seek a tenant who rented May 24 under the name W C Johnson.
Bibb County grand jury charged Mrs. J C Powers a one year old boarding house keeper and Earl Manchester age 21 in a murder case tied to the slaying of James Parks a 25 year old printer described by police as an insurance plot.
Paris June 4 Owen D Young said after a plenary session that full agreement was reached by the reparations conference removing the last barrier to settlement. The deal reduces war debt to about 9 billion dollars.
The Monroe Morning Post will publish its first issue June 12 and appear every morning thereafter. It promises a light start to the day with humor, world news, sports, and business coverage, a morning panorama of what readers want to know.
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