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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1928
Page
10
A recent oil drill in the parish drew strong local interest as work resumed after the drill became stuck. After four and a half inches of drilling at a depth around six feet, cement is setting and a test will be made soon.
Six men robs the Detroit News in daylight, taking roughly $14800, less than half the payroll. They fled in an automobile, a gun battle with police wounded Patrolman George Barstad, who remained in critical condition as blood stains were found in the car. Police expanded the search, believing the robbers remained in Detroit.
Bankruptcy trustee to sell a described lot in Mangham Richland Parish Louisiana at the post office front door between 12 and 1 pm on Saturday June seth 1928. The sale, 20 percent cash, balance after court confirmation, subject to court approval. Sale notice lists property deeds and boundaries near Methodist Episcopal Church South and Mangham Columbia road.
New York civil engineer C W Sturtevant becomes head of the committee directing operations for a vast Mississippi River harnessing project valued at 325 million dollars, a feat described as greater than the Panama Canal construction. The announcement marks a major step in a century long, federally backed feat.
Linden Dalferes state service commissioner cites 15 000 World War I claims from 80 000 Louisiana veterans. 4 000 granted, 3 000 to 4 000 merit presumed among 11 000. He tours with American Legion to aid ex soldiers, notes $200 000 in compensation secured in two years, and reports extended filing deadline to January 1 1930.
The digest lists House bills by author and topic including mineral leases and breakwaters, land office representation, taxes on inheritances, and banking provisions. It cites bills by Hebert Shattuck Sylvest Calhoun Delaune and Delesdernier among others, plus Senate bills on school board terms sheriff sales paving and governor contract abrogation. It notes bills passed Senate measures on fire escapes in schools, veterans’ affairs, and funding allocations.
An advertisement extols genuine California Fig Syrup as a mild laxative for babies and kids that sweetens the stomach and starts the bowels without griping. It warns against counterfeits and urges consumers to demand the genuine product with proper directions.
In Florida on June 7 Doyle E. Carlton widens his Democratic governor nomination lead as 850 of 1200 precincts report Carltons 53 688 Catts 44 468 Hathaway 43 523 Taylor 23 671 Carson 2 048. Park Trammell leads Sen Mar tin by about 20 000 in 752 precincts. Ruth Bryan Owen leads W J Sears 80 762 to 21 298 in 228 precincts. Tom Yon leads 8 414 to 6 087 and 4 799 in the third district with 157 of 283 precincts reporting. In the first district H J Crane leads 17 073 to 7 062 8 129 for L L Bean with 174 of 360 precincts counted.
Chicago report by the Illinois Association for Criminal Justice, funded partly by the Carnegie foundation, details organized gambling networks extending to other cities. It argues gambling culture is personal and feudal, responds to political shifts, and notes reforms have mostly failed while the underworld thickens and adapts.
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