Resignation Tendered by Louisiana Highway Official
Grundy Cooper of Alexandria resigns as vice chairman of the Louisiana highway commission effective immediately citing irreconcilable differences with other commissioners. He notes his aim was service and public good and says no compromise where principle is involved.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Grundy Cooper
Alexandria
Louisiana Highway Commission
O. H. Simpson
Cooper
W. A. Ponder
Simpson
Department
Louisiana
Mr. Cooper
Wilson T. Peterman
James R. Wooten
W.E. Atkinson
Jones S. Irvine
F. E. David
Frank T. Payne
New Orleans
McAdoo Challenges Prohibition Stand Against Political Machines
Former 1924 Democratic nominee William G. McAdoo told Tusculum College graduates that corruption in party politics seeks to undermine the eighteenth amendment. He urged leaders to defend prohibition as vital to free government and called for bold action akin to Andrew Jackson. CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN.
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Associated Press
Greenville
Tenn
William G. McAdoo
Tusculum College
Treasury
Andrew Jackson
Rally
Federa
America
West Monroe to pave 21 blocks new surfacing
West Monroe council awarded the contract to J. J. Hamiter for resurfacing 21 blocks. Plans call for paving North Fourth and North Third streets from Railroad avenue to Crosley, South First from Coleman to Ludwig, and Ludwig street with eight blocks on North Fourth and North Third, one block on South First, and four on Ludwig. The work uses natural rock and asphalt, aligning West Monroe with well paved cities in the state.
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West Monroe
J. J. Hamiter
North Fourth Street
Railroad Avenue
Crosley
North Third Street
South First Street
Coleman
Ludwig
South Fifth Street
North Fourth
Red Cross Offices in Alexandria to Close Tomorrow
The American Red Cross area headquarters at Alexandria Louisiana will close tomorrow night and the area including refugee camps at Lafayette Crowley and Opelousas will be administered from New Orleans disaster relief headquarters.
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RED Cross
Alexandria
New Orleans
American Red Cross
LaFayette
Crowley
Opelousas
Laurel Gets Murchison in Lumberjacks Trade
Laurel Lumberjacks acquire left handed pitcher Tim Murchison from the New Orleans Pelicans. He replaces Bob who has been released as part of the roster move.
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Associated Press
Laurel
Miss
Tim Murchison
Yeons Pelicans
Bob
West Monroe Builds Record $109000 In Three Months
In the past three months from March 1 to May 31 West Monroe saw $109,638 in new construction, the highest in years. A second Brown Paper Co unit expansion near the city limits drives payroll and regional industry, though not counted in permits. The largest local project is the $60,000 First Baptist church building.
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West Monroe
Brown Paper Company
First Baptist
Mamie Berry
Soviet Minister Assassinated at Warsaw Station
Warsaw June 7 A Russian student Borys Kowarda shot six times at M Wolkoff Soviet minister to Poland at the Warsaw central railway station. Wonkow fought and died after drawing his pistol. Kowarda, 19, surrendered saying I killed Volkoff. Rosengolz, former London chargé d affaires, accompanied him.
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Warsaw
Poland
M. Wolkoff
Warsaw Central
Borys Kowardo
A. P. Rosengolz
London
Moscow
England
Rosengolz
Kowarda
Vilna
Volkoff
M. Volkoff
London Evening News
Pierre Voykoff
Nicholas
Two Men Held in Slaying of Log Contractor
Amite Louisiana police held two men as material witnesses in the slaying of S. N. Holland a 62 year old logging contractor whose body was found in a thicket four miles from Amite. Police said no tangible evidence yet identified the killer. Thomas Anthony and Laurent Populace denied knowledge that would solve the mystery.
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Amite
S. N. Holland
Here
Thomas Anthony
Laurent
Husband Refusal Ties To Wife’s Suicide In Hollywood
Police said Helen St. Clair, 22, killed herself after her husband of three months refused to accompany her to a movie. She reportedly wrote a scenario, asked him again, then took poison in the bathroom on returning home.
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Hollywood
Cal
Helen St. Clair
St. Clair
Delegates to Meet in Monroe for Rehabilitation Conference
Secretary H. C. Hoover and associates will host a rehab conference tomorrow at the Hotel Virginia in Monroe. Red Cross members from northeast Louisiana parishes and rehabilitation committees from across the region will attend, with H. R. Speed as Monroe’s local representative on the state rehabilitation board. A special Missouri Pacific train will deliver Hoover’s party from Arkansas cities to Monroe after stops in McGehee and Lake Village.
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Monroe
H. C. Hoover
Virginia
Ball Room
Hoover
Red Cross
Louisiana
Arkansas State Line
Red River
State Rehabilitation Board
H. R. Speed
Hoover Party
Arkansas
Missuri Pacific
Little Rock
McGehee
Lake Village
Harvey C. Couch
Arkansas Flood Commisssion
Hoover and Red Cross leaders plan Baton Rouge talks
Secretary Hoover and James L. Fieser will meet Red Cross workers and local rehabilitation committees in Baton Rouge on Saturday. Refugee evacuation efforts accelerate as waters recede, with 6,000 refugees still in camps and ships carrying evacuees to homes in Simmesport. The Tuscumbia distributed foods to river communities including Melville and Simmesport after recent Atchafalaya travel.
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Baton Rouge
Herbert Hoover
James L. Fieser
American Red Cross
Red Cross
West Baton Rouge
Pointe Coupee
Iberville
Ascension Parishes
New Orleans
Monroe
LaFayette
Jackson, Miss
Paul Dettmer
Pacific Coast Area
San Francisco
Simmesport
Atchafalaya
Melville
Jacoby
Elba
Neita
Woodside
Odenburg
Coon
Torras
New Floods Threaten Upper Mississippi Valley and Missouri
New floods menace the upper Mississippi Valley as fresh waters push into Missouri and Arkansas. Red Cross relief chief Henry M. Baker is advised. refugees face emergency aid as crops are destroyed and levee populations relocate for the second time this year.
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New Orleans
Missouri
Arkansas
Henry M. Baker
American Red Cross
Kathryn Herd
Red Cross
Hickman
Madrid Bend
Tiptonville
Herd
Marion Rust
Columbus
Yell County
Faulkner
Yell Counties
River Stage Reports and Miscellaneous Readings
Local river stage notes show no report for Shreveport and Alexandria connected data. Minor fluctuations include Atchafalaya fall 0.2 and Morgan City 9.6 unchanged with slight rise 0.7 for Ohio area readings.
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Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita- Camden
Atchafalaya
Morgan City
Ohio
Bellanca Plans Huge Planes For European Service
New York announces Giuseppe Bellanca plans a company to build multi motor passenger planes for trans Atlantic service carrying at least 40 passengers. Experimental work estimated at 175000 dollars with production costs around 30000 per plane. Cruises at 120 mph with stopovers at Newfoundland and the Azores to fuel. A single motor NY to Rome flight is also planned for late summer.
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Associated Press
New York
Europe
Guiseppe M. Bellanea
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Germany
Paris
New Foundland
Azores
Bellanca
Rome
California fields sustain higher oil output in week
California oil fields maintained an upward trend in crude production for the United States in the week ending June 4, says the Oil and Gas Journal. U S daily output averaged 2 595 813 barrels, up from the prior week, with Texas fields dragging the mid continent but Seminole Oklahoma rising. California production rose by about 8 000 barrels daily.
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Tulsa
California
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Mid-Continent
Texas
Seminole
Oklahoma
U S Aviators Return to Templehofer Field in Germany
Clare nce Chamberlin and Charles Levine landed the Columbia at Templehofer air field near Berlin after completing a stop from Kottbus and a continuation from Roosevelt Field New York. Crowds roared as the American flag rose while Berlin officials planned celebrations.
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Associated Press
Templehofer Air Field
Germany
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Roosevelt Field
New York
Kottbus
Brandenburg
Klinge
Berelin
Eisleben
Chamberlin
Atlantic
Berlin
Two Proud Wives Off for Europe
New York reports two wives bound for Berlin to join their aviator husbands after a record air voyage. Mrs. Wilda Chamberlin and Mrs. Grace Levine travel aboard the Berlin liner and plan a tour of European capitals in the Bellanca monoplane Columbia, while receiving messages of support from their spouses and gifts from supporters.
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New York
Berlin
Germany
Wilda Chamberlin
Grace Levine
Bremen
Steamship Company
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Love
Clarence
Kottbus
Europe
Columbia
Grand Jury Pursues Case of Vernon Scruggs
In Quinchatia parish the grand jury opened a special session to probe Vernon Scruggs 22 charged with criminal assault and murder in the death of Mildred Thomas 18. The panel aims to complete the inquiry tonight and also reviewed Nason alias McDonald 15 and Homer Blakeney knife attack cases on Monday.
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Quachita Parish
Vernon Scruggs
Mildred Thomas
J. M. Thomas
Cadeville
Newell Nason
Newell McDonald
Monroe
Homer Blakeney
H. Wagner
West Monroe
Girl Returns Home Safely After Ride In Suitors Plane
June 7 Miss Noreen Burke a San Diego society girl returned home after a flight with Charles LaJotte a commercial aviator who allegedly kidnapped her from San Diego. Deputies and relatives met the plane at Los Angeles and Burke said she was held against her will but charges were not filed.
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Girl
Suitors
Los Angeles
Charles LaJotte
Noreen Burke
San Diego
Lochinvar
Lafotte
Miss Burke
John Steen
Miss Burke After Tricking Dr. Steen
LaJotte
H. R. Doyle
Hisheriffs
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