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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1929
Page
9
The British ambassador Sir Esme Howard may abandon importing liquor for the embassy. Attaches say reports of a decision are not entirely accurate but diplomats note the word contemplating suggests possible action, while officials downplay speculation.
Winnipeg dispatch reports Jack Atkinson, pilot for Patricia Airways and Exploration, Inc., completed a perilous flight across a desolate northern Ontario wilderness with a dead man aboard. The aircraft served the company operating gold mines at Red Lake and was based near Sioux Lookout, 300 miles east of Winnipeg.
A pilot landed on Red Lake to recover a prospector’s body found dead alone in a cabin half buried by snow. He wrapped the corpse in a blanket and carried it to his Stinson monoplane for burial.
A man recounts wrestling a rigid body through a narrow car door then taking off to flee unsettled air. He and a dead man improvised a high altitude flight covering 125 miles to Sioux Lookout in an hour fifteen, a trip normally done by dog team in six days.
President Hoover closely monitors the law enforcement commission through daily White House calls by chairman George W. Wickersham. Each day ends with Wickersham visiting the White House and a late ruling on conference time and adjournment.
An old ad promotes Blue Star Soap to treat eczema itching tetter ringworm poison oak dandruff and other skin ailments. It claims the soap kills germs stops itching and helps restore skin health. Blue Star Remedy is priced at $1.00 and soap at 25 cents with note to ask your druggist.
When a good night’s rest fails to energize a child the issue is often sluggish bowels. Do not give adult laxatives. instead use California Fig Syrup, a pure vegetable product that is safe for babies and helps restore a child to sunny health.
Fragmentary notes indicate discussions aim to permit Mr. Wickersham to travel to the White House. Details of conferences have not been disclosed by the White House or the commission head.
Calhoun county school board ordered 7 am start with 1 pm dismissal next session to allow children to help on farms. The plan aims to shorten the school day and begin in September in Calhoun County Mississippi.
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