Louisiana Highway Plan Urges Legislature to Restore Belief
Governor calls for swift action to reform highway management after Payne commission findings. Legislature must approve a plan to fund and rebuild Louisiana roads, detouring extravagance and restoring public trust. Four-year rehabilitation anticipated with public approval of necessary measures.
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ens-Sterfe
Govers
Louisiana
Payne Commission
Avernor Long
Payne Et al
Reality in Flood Control Push on Bonnet Carre Spillway
New Orleans advices say work on the Bonnet Carre spillway rushes toward completion by spring 1930. The project will extend five miles from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain, widen from river to lake, with a capacity of 250000 cubic feet per second and cost about eleven million dollars. One and a half million is allocated for year one for land rights, rail arrangements, and clearing to permit the flood flow across privately owned property.
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Bonnet Carre
New Orleans
WNT
Fesa
Mississippi River
Lake Pontchartrain
Northeast
North Louisiana Demos Split Over Houston Delegates
The North Louisiana hills hear a frictionless clash over Louisiana’s Democratic delegation chosen without a Baton Rouge convention. A New Orleans publisher’s rivalry fuels the dispute while the public remains largely unimpressed as factions back Smith or Reed. The tone is calm and detached with no decisive outcome.
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Louisiana
Houston
Baton Rouge
Smith
New Orleans
New York
James Reed
Missouri
Sterilization Bill Proposed in State Senate
A sterilization bill for the mentally defective and feeble minded is introduced in the state senate. A similar measure previously passed in another legislature is cited, with hopes the proposal will gain support.
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Senate
Egniat Scesiétt
Legislatura
Right Angles by Alexander Cairns on Clergy Pay Demands
In a satirical column, the writer scenes a banquet where bankers boast profits of 200000 and preachers mingle with financiers. He ridicules vast clerical salaries and proposes a Clergymen's Union to double wages, threatening to quit preaching if denied.
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Lord High Pabah
Lucre
Heidelberg’s Castle and University Highlight A Museum of Asparagus Day
The piece extols Heidelberg as Europe’s famed asparagus center and world renowned for its castle, university, and scenic Neckar Valley. It notes Heidelberg Castle’s 22 foot thick walls, the Grand Balcony view, the world’s largest wine barrel, and the university town layout with no dormitories.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Europe
Washington, D. C
Nation Geographic Society
Park
Rhine
Neckar
Alhambra
Granada
Old Heidelberg
Haupstrasse
Red hair mystery explored by British survey team
London reports an anthropometric survey of school children across Britain to study how environment affects physique. Findings may explain regional clusters of red hair in Scotland and England Wales, suggesting heredity and local factors shape this trait.
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London
Britain
Scotland
England
Wales
Undertaker traffic wardens and amused public prints
A humorous column notes a proposed traffic plan using undertakers in official garb at intersections to scold pedestrians who ignore signals. It lampoons the idea, mentions Lindbergh critics, a toddler mispronouncing ten cents, library philanthropy, near-accident on DeSiard Street, and a Camden Camdenville exchange about El Dorado and Monroe.
New Reparative Surgery Gives Tongue-Tied Children Voice
Dr J Eastman Sheehan explains how modern surgery frees the tongue by releasing the base and applying an epidemic skin graft from the arm. This membrane replacement prevents scarring and restores movement, offering hope for many tongue tied children previously unable to speak.
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J. Eastman Sheehan
M .D
New Yorkity
Police Court Docket Details Parking Violations and Fights
Court records show E B McRae fined for parking over time with $4 stayed. J C Page, described as a negro, fined for fighting and weapons offenses with $125 total penalties and 10 days jail. Borie Collins and Lula Jamison listed for profane language with modest fines. Stinson, Trousdale, Leigh and Mary Manzel fined for parking over time with $4 stayed.
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E. B. McRae
J. C. Page
Borie Collins
Lula Jamison
J. H. Stinson
George Trousdale
Thomas Leigh
Mary Manzel
Delphians Elect Officers in Meeting at MER ROUGH
In MER ROUGH Louisiana on June 7 the Delphians met with Mrs Jerome Gerald. Officers elected include Mrs Hugo Davenport as President and Mrs Jerome Gerald as Vice President. Mrs E W Andrews is listed as another officer.
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Mer Rough
Delphians
Jerome Gérald
Hugoavenport
Jerome Gerald
E. W.andrews
Local notes recount trips and family visits
Attorney O C Dawkins made a business trip to Bastrop yesterday. Miss Lucille Stroud left for Shreveport to visit her aunt Mrs Croom. Miss Marjory Oliver departs for Texas for an indefinite visit to relatives. Mrs A E Henrick of Bastrop returns from a visit to Mrs I J Newton. Mr and Mrs Noel H Breard welcome a son born Friday night. Miss Irene Newhall visits Bosco with sister Mrs Joe Littlepage. Katherine Strong improves after two weeks illness. Mrs M Jouvenat and daughters depart for Ruston to visit Mrs Eugene Funk. Miss Mildred Cahn returns home after visiting Bernice Sugar and Beatrice Callman. Mrs Irvin Coek returns home from Mississippi. Mrs Julia Wolf returns home from Cincinnati. Mrs Francesco Callman and Misses Beatrice Callman and Bernice Sugar plan a Michigan summer. Miss Ruth Washburn departs for Shreveport to visit relatives.
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O. C. Dawkins
Bastrop
Lucille Stroud
Shreveport
Bosco
Joe Littlepage
Katherine
Ed Strong
M. Jouvenat
Mary
Louise
Lois
Ruston
Eugene Funk
Mildred Cahn
Vicksburg
Bernice Sugar
Beatrice Callman
Irvin Coek
Mississippi
Fred Johnson
Julia Wolf
Cincinnati
Monroe
Berton Wolf
Francesco Callman
Michigan
Ruth Washburn
Mrs
Karl McCoy
Social Notes From Downsville and Nearby
Downsville Louisiana report lists Mrs F D Bachman and son visiting relatives in Mississippi. Local residents visiting relatives include Miss Ora Hamilton Miss Christine Raley and Duke McMay with Monroe ties. Ed Ballard Fort Worth and Miss Huel Donald return home after teaching in Beach Mississippi.
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News-Star
Downsville
F. D. Bachman
Francis
Mississippi
Ora Hamilton
Taylor Ballard
Shreveport
LM. Hester
Ruston
Jack Mashaw
Christine Raley
Monroe
Mary
Nell Hester
June
Fern Bowman
A. T. McMay
Ed Ballard
Fort Worth
Texas
Verna Johnson
Spencer
Duke McMay
Clewell Kemp
Homer Hale
Elizabeth
June Hodge
Calhoun
John Raley
Huel Donald
Beach
Will Hold Examination for Gilbert Postmaster
Special to The News-Star Winnsboro June 7 The examination for appointment as postmaster of Gilbert Louisiana will be held in Winnsboro in mid July. Applications must be filed before June 29. The post office vacancy follows the resignation of E F Kelly who was elected assessor of Franklin parish in this year’s primary. Several applicants have attested to faking the examination.
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News-Star
Winnsboro
Gilbert
Louisiana
Winninaboro
Théopénuix
E. F. Kelly
Franklin Parish
Radio Program Grid for June 7 Broadcasts Across U S Stations
A dense listing details hundreds of radio time slots and programs on stations such as WLS WJZ KDKA WGN and more. It maps show titles hosts orchestras concerts and hours across Eastern Central and Western regions with notes about Michelin programs Maxwell Hour and Hoover Sentries among others.
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WEBH
WJJD
Chicago
Dodrge
Hoover Sentinels
Children of Mooseheart
Palmer House
WGN
WLIB
Uncle Quin
Wvocal
Davis
WLW
Cincinnati
Orchestra
Maxwell Frour
WJIZ
WSAI
Trover Sentinels
Amstrels
WTAM
Cleveland
Sentinels
WOC Davenport
Moline Girls
Glee Club
Nonsense and Sons
Maybes and Musings in a Ragtime Almanac
A collage of quips and jests on love, insomnia, advice, and daily life. Bits include jokes about a Scotchman sleeping, a dentist’s toothy punchline, and a college boy misplacing two beaded dollars in arithmetic.
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Associated Press
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Alexander Cairns
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Rome
Mussolini
Ohio State Journal
Marshal Ching
Sore Dow
Peking
Arizona
Lindbergh
Lindy
Prince of Wales
DeSiard
North Second
DeSiard Street
Watch
MR. Bull
Harry Thaw
el Dorado
Camden
Camdén
el Dorai
Hugo Davenport
Deges Préséntafion Ag
Musi Lad— Wear
Wsk
St. Michelin Eroprem
KDKA
Sid Counselor
Gdzics
Brule
KPRC
WDAF
KQO Paa
Ies
WEAF
WGY
WGR
WWJ
KVOO
WFAA
ESD
Pavnet
P. M
KYW
WBBM
Nighthawks
Dodke
Maxwell
Detroit
Dodge
Wowo Ft. Wayne
Chamber of Commerce
WTMJ
Milwaukee
Maxwell Hour
Soldiers
Dance Music 405
WCCO
Minneapolis
Paul
Hamline University
WOW Omaha
KSD
St. Louis
Tulsa
WCBD
Zion
Birerchanta Banquet
Statler’s
Pennsylvanians
U. S. Navy Band
O—Maxwell Hour
Slumber Music
Newark
Belmont Park
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Schenectady
WRC
Washington
WSS
Atlanta
Dodsge
Colgate
KRLD
Dallas
Dodee
Hoover Sentinels S
WBAP
Hot Springs
NBC
Amos
WSEAX
Jacksonville
KOA Creaver
Blaxwell
Kfi
Los Angelée
Philco
KNX
Los Angeles
KGO Oakland
Sally
Peerentarion
Phi
Loulavitie
WMC
Memphis
Old Counselor
WSM
Nashville
Ramblers
Vanderbilt University
WSMB
San Antonio
KGW
Portland
Dodse
KPO
San Francisco
California
KJR
Seattle
Spokane
Biogen
John P. Medbury
Parin
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